| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
172.82 |
0.8890 |
0.2910 |
199 |
2 |
159.70 |
2009-09-17 |
| 2. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
172.23 |
0.9653 |
0.2225 |
394 |
2 |
167.96 |
2009-07-26 |
| 3. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
169.22 |
0.9485 |
0.2119 |
236 |
1 |
169.22 |
2009-07-26 |
| 4. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
163.18 |
0.9088 |
0.2133 |
348 |
1 |
163.18 |
2009-07-25 |
| 5. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
162.54 |
0.7876 |
0.3274 |
316 |
1 |
162.54 |
2009-07-25 |
| 6. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
161.99 |
0.8753 |
0.2425 |
427 |
1 |
161.99 |
2009-07-25 |
| 7. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
161.76 |
0.9005 |
0.2050 |
212 |
1 |
161.76 |
2009-07-26 |
| 8. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
161.33 |
1.0419 |
0.0622 |
261 |
2 |
160.45 |
2009-08-01 |
| 9. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
160.80 |
1.0025 |
0.0978 |
256 |
1 |
160.80 |
2009-07-24 |
| 10. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
160.19 |
0.9886 |
0.1101 |
220 |
2 |
159.38 |
2009-07-25 |
| 11. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
158.46 |
0.9064 |
0.1870 |
399 |
1 |
158.46 |
2009-09-17 |
| 12. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
158.14 |
1.0073 |
0.0827 |
369 |
1 |
158.14 |
2009-07-25 |
| 13. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
157.72 |
0.9049 |
0.1796 |
351 |
1 |
157.72 |
2009-09-17 |
| 14. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
156.91 |
0.8602 |
0.2111 |
206 |
2 |
154.41 |
2009-07-25 |
| 15. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
156.43 |
0.9776 |
0.0927 |
308 |
4 |
153.70 |
2009-07-26 |
| 16. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
156.25 |
0.9844 |
0.0893 |
293 |
1 |
156.25 |
2009-08-01 |
| 17. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
154.80 |
0.9234 |
0.1409 |
346 |
1 |
154.80 |
2009-07-24 |
| 18. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
154.73 |
0.9649 |
0.0924 |
193 |
3 |
152.81 |
2009-07-25 |
| 19. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
154.32 |
0.9109 |
0.1472 |
401 |
1 |
154.32 |
2009-07-25 |
| 20. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
153.94 |
1.0060 |
0.0422 |
171 |
2 |
150.54 |
2009-07-26 |
| 21. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
153.73 |
0.9619 |
0.0948 |
393 |
2 |
152.43 |
2009-07-25 |
| 22. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
153.55 |
0.9279 |
0.1288 |
317 |
2 |
153.27 |
2009-07-26 |
| 23. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
153.51 |
0.9372 |
0.1167 |
320 |
1 |
153.51 |
2009-08-01 |
| 24. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
151.73 |
0.8933 |
0.1507 |
363 |
1 |
151.73 |
2009-07-26 |
| 25. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
151.43 |
0.9540 |
0.0797 |
285 |
3 |
150.47 |
2009-09-17 |
| 26. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
151.10 |
0.9646 |
0.0677 |
264 |
1 |
151.10 |
2009-09-17 |
| 27. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
151.08 |
0.9212 |
0.1152 |
323 |
1 |
151.08 |
2009-09-17 |
| 28. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
150.47 |
0.9897 |
0.0369 |
274 |
1 |
150.47 |
2009-07-25 |
| 29. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
150.09 |
0.9820 |
0.0470 |
267 |
2 |
149.84 |
2009-07-24 |
| 30. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
149.47 |
0.9899 |
0.0274 |
163 |
2 |
149.30 |
2009-07-25 |
| 31. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
148.94 |
0.9672 |
0.0576 |
396 |
1 |
148.94 |
2009-07-24 |
| 32. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
148.64 |
0.9894 |
0.0312 |
323 |
1 |
148.64 |
2009-08-01 |
| 33. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
148.62 |
0.9846 |
0.0304 |
281 |
1 |
148.62 |
2009-07-24 |
| 34. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
148.58 |
0.9684 |
0.0501 |
388 |
2 |
144.93 |
2009-08-01 |
| 35. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
148.28 |
0.9922 |
0.0626 |
341 |
1 |
148.28 |
2009-09-17 |
| 36. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
148.25 |
0.8961 |
0.1140 |
189 |
1 |
148.25 |
2009-09-17 |
| 37. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
147.61 |
0.9866 |
0.0188 |
218 |
2 |
139.99 |
2009-07-26 |
| 38. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
146.51 |
0.9411 |
0.0612 |
318 |
1 |
146.51 |
2009-07-25 |
| 39. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
146.03 |
1.0154 |
0.0325 |
351 |
1 |
146.03 |
2009-09-17 |
| 40. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
145.93 |
0.9682 |
0.0273 |
143 |
2 |
145.21 |
2009-08-01 |
| 41. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
145.38 |
0.8595 |
0.1359 |
242 |
1 |
145.38 |
2009-09-17 |
| 42. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
144.18 |
0.9233 |
0.0537 |
168 |
1 |
144.18 |
2009-07-24 |
| 43. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
143.26 |
0.9865 |
-0.0064 |
276 |
2 |
135.79 |
2009-07-24 |
| 44. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
143.19 |
1.0385 |
-0.0618 |
230 |
1 |
143.19 |
2009-08-01 |
| 45. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
142.99 |
0.9785 |
0.0018 |
335 |
1 |
142.99 |
2009-09-17 |
| 46. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
142.57 |
0.9768 |
0.0000 |
387 |
1 |
142.57 |
2009-07-24 |
| 47. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
142.43 |
0.9426 |
0.0337 |
317 |
1 |
142.43 |
2009-09-17 |
| 48. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
142.36 |
1.0203 |
-0.0442 |
261 |
1 |
142.36 |
2009-08-01 |
| 49. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
142.36 |
0.9578 |
0.0144 |
281 |
1 |
142.36 |
2009-07-24 |
| 50. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
142.32 |
1.0197 |
-0.0501 |
226 |
1 |
142.32 |
2009-07-24 |
| 51. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
142.10 |
1.0263 |
-0.0562 |
267 |
1 |
142.10 |
2009-07-25 |
| 52. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
141.93 |
1.0596 |
-0.0919 |
239 |
1 |
141.93 |
2009-07-24 |
| 53. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
140.73 |
0.8826 |
0.0802 |
296 |
1 |
140.73 |
2009-07-24 |
| 54. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
140.47 |
1.0109 |
-0.0505 |
276 |
1 |
140.47 |
2009-07-24 |
| 55. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
140.15 |
0.9622 |
0.0016 |
392 |
1 |
140.15 |
2009-07-24 |
| 56. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
139.73 |
1.0261 |
-0.0735 |
273 |
1 |
139.73 |
2009-08-01 |
| 57. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
138.86 |
0.9164 |
0.0369 |
305 |
1 |
138.86 |
2009-07-24 |
| 58. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
138.59 |
1.0516 |
-0.1054 |
281 |
1 |
138.59 |
2009-07-24 |
| 59. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
136.81 |
0.9339 |
-0.0011 |
310 |
1 |
136.81 |
2009-07-25 |
| 60. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
134.42 |
1.0399 |
-0.1169 |
294 |
1 |
134.42 |
2009-08-01 |
| 61. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
134.08 |
1.0565 |
-0.1437 |
247 |
1 |
134.08 |
2009-07-24 |
| 62. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
133.95 |
1.0426 |
-0.1288 |
323 |
1 |
133.95 |
2009-07-26 |
| 63. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
133.91 |
1.0619 |
-0.1441 |
354 |
1 |
133.91 |
2009-07-25 |
| 64. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
133.58 |
0.9833 |
-0.0698 |
355 |
1 |
133.58 |
2009-07-24 |
| 65. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
133.41 |
1.0120 |
-0.1020 |
290 |
2 |
133.07 |
2009-09-17 |
| 66. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
132.57 |
0.9997 |
-0.0912 |
382 |
1 |
132.57 |
2009-07-24 |
| 67. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
132.05 |
0.9843 |
-0.0880 |
234 |
1 |
132.05 |
2009-07-24 |
| 68. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
131.93 |
1.0515 |
-0.1529 |
250 |
1 |
131.93 |
2009-08-01 |
| 69. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
130.95 |
1.0004 |
-0.1128 |
212 |
1 |
130.95 |
2009-07-24 |
| 70. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
130.65 |
0.9758 |
-0.0834 |
314 |
1 |
130.65 |
2009-08-01 |
| 71. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
130.29 |
1.0189 |
-0.1264 |
337 |
1 |
130.29 |
2009-07-24 |
| 72. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
128.96 |
1.0361 |
-0.1551 |
269 |
1 |
128.96 |
2009-07-24 |
| 73. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
128.56 |
1.0252 |
-0.1545 |
176 |
1 |
128.56 |
2009-07-24 |
| 74. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
128.08 |
1.0368 |
-0.1620 |
276 |
1 |
128.08 |
2009-07-25 |
| 75. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
127.88 |
1.0347 |
-0.1368 |
550 |
1 |
127.88 |
2009-09-17 |
| 76. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
126.11 |
0.9527 |
-0.0926 |
251 |
2 |
124.76 |
2009-07-24 |
| 77. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
126.11 |
1.0033 |
-0.1498 |
189 |
1 |
126.11 |
2009-08-01 |
| 78. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
125.68 |
1.0696 |
-0.2159 |
226 |
1 |
125.68 |
2009-07-24 |
| 79. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
125.15 |
1.0523 |
-0.2030 |
256 |
1 |
125.15 |
2009-07-24 |
| 80. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
124.27 |
1.0390 |
-0.1953 |
205 |
2 |
124.20 |
2009-07-25 |
| 81. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
123.94 |
0.8996 |
-0.0599 |
192 |
1 |
123.94 |
2009-07-27 |
| 82. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
123.73 |
1.0555 |
-0.2104 |
363 |
1 |
123.73 |
2009-07-25 |
| 83. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
116.16 |
1.0787 |
-0.2887 |
237 |
1 |
116.16 |
2009-07-24 |