Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
44.18 |
1.1062 |
0.1285 |
200 |
1 |
44.18 |
2012-12-28 |
2. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
43.25 |
1.0304 |
0.1802 |
257 |
2 |
40.04 |
2013-01-02 |
3. |
One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the av... |
42.83 |
0.9278 |
0.2682 |
253 |
1 |
42.83 |
2012-12-31 |
4. |
How many times have you seen the leader of a race have a mec... |
42.73 |
1.0208 |
0.1706 |
232 |
1 |
42.73 |
2012-12-31 |
5. |
Dropping through sky, through the glass of the roof, through... |
42.53 |
0.9745 |
0.2100 |
217 |
2 |
39.50 |
2013-01-02 |
6. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
42.47 |
0.8758 |
0.3080 |
127 |
1 |
42.47 |
2012-12-31 |
7. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
42.44 |
1.0639 |
0.1217 |
303 |
1 |
42.44 |
2013-01-02 |
8. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
41.62 |
0.9948 |
0.1656 |
233 |
1 |
41.62 |
2013-01-02 |
9. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
41.60 |
1.0867 |
0.0693 |
171 |
2 |
41.12 |
2012-12-29 |
10. |
At the very end of these food chains (which is to say, at th... |
41.02 |
0.8236 |
0.3136 |
178 |
3 |
36.47 |
2012-12-31 |
11. |
The milk and cheese and yogurt, which once came from dairy c... |
40.25 |
0.9358 |
0.1802 |
188 |
1 |
40.25 |
2012-12-31 |
12. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
40.16 |
0.9963 |
0.1213 |
274 |
1 |
40.16 |
2012-12-28 |
13. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
39.61 |
0.9621 |
0.1444 |
212 |
1 |
39.61 |
2012-12-28 |
14. |
First of all, you must be comfortable, otherwise it will be ... |
39.55 |
0.9893 |
0.1098 |
222 |
1 |
39.55 |
2012-12-30 |
15. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
39.38 |
0.9680 |
0.1306 |
256 |
2 |
35.96 |
2012-12-28 |
16. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
39.09 |
1.0426 |
0.0434 |
131 |
1 |
39.09 |
2012-12-31 |
17. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
38.96 |
1.0060 |
0.0812 |
225 |
1 |
38.96 |
2012-12-31 |
18. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
38.93 |
1.0399 |
0.0509 |
257 |
1 |
38.93 |
2012-12-31 |
19. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
38.91 |
1.0791 |
0.0109 |
259 |
1 |
38.91 |
2012-12-28 |
20. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
38.90 |
1.0197 |
0.0632 |
204 |
1 |
38.90 |
2012-12-31 |
21. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
38.88 |
0.8993 |
0.1880 |
366 |
1 |
38.88 |
2013-01-02 |
22. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
38.67 |
1.0883 |
-0.0035 |
189 |
1 |
38.67 |
2012-12-31 |
23. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
38.50 |
0.8594 |
0.2104 |
170 |
2 |
34.19 |
2012-12-31 |
24. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
38.39 |
0.9421 |
0.1267 |
173 |
1 |
38.39 |
2012-12-31 |
25. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
38.35 |
0.9866 |
0.0836 |
308 |
2 |
36.82 |
2012-12-31 |
26. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
38.16 |
0.9804 |
0.0839 |
227 |
1 |
38.16 |
2012-12-31 |
27. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
38.14 |
1.0464 |
0.0222 |
294 |
1 |
38.14 |
2012-12-28 |
28. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
38.14 |
1.0877 |
-0.0284 |
129 |
1 |
38.14 |
2012-12-28 |
29. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
38.12 |
1.0493 |
0.0205 |
264 |
1 |
38.12 |
2012-12-31 |
30. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
37.94 |
0.9145 |
0.1464 |
404 |
1 |
37.94 |
2012-12-31 |
31. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
37.86 |
1.0836 |
-0.0250 |
206 |
1 |
37.86 |
2012-12-28 |
32. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
37.83 |
1.0125 |
0.0408 |
232 |
1 |
37.83 |
2013-01-02 |
33. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
37.82 |
1.0333 |
0.0160 |
176 |
1 |
37.82 |
2012-12-28 |
34. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
37.82 |
0.8815 |
0.1778 |
296 |
1 |
37.82 |
2012-12-31 |
35. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
37.75 |
1.0301 |
0.0212 |
268 |
1 |
37.75 |
2012-12-28 |
36. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
37.39 |
0.8988 |
0.1429 |
193 |
1 |
37.39 |
2012-12-31 |
37. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
37.15 |
0.9128 |
0.1196 |
237 |
1 |
37.15 |
2012-12-28 |
38. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
36.94 |
1.0204 |
0.0011 |
143 |
1 |
36.94 |
2012-12-29 |
39. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
36.94 |
0.9422 |
0.0825 |
190 |
1 |
36.94 |
2012-12-31 |
40. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
36.84 |
1.0412 |
-0.0090 |
205 |
1 |
36.84 |
2012-12-29 |
41. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
36.79 |
1.0016 |
0.0224 |
217 |
1 |
36.79 |
2012-12-28 |
42. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
36.69 |
1.0487 |
-0.0285 |
253 |
1 |
36.69 |
2012-12-31 |
43. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
36.68 |
0.9310 |
0.0907 |
278 |
1 |
36.68 |
2013-01-02 |
44. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
36.57 |
0.8192 |
0.2018 |
200 |
1 |
36.57 |
2012-12-30 |
45. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
36.49 |
1.0501 |
-0.0325 |
263 |
1 |
36.49 |
2012-12-31 |
46. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
36.46 |
0.9820 |
0.0425 |
297 |
1 |
36.46 |
2013-01-02 |
47. |
You have to be a fairly determined ecological detective to f... |
36.42 |
0.9040 |
0.1107 |
188 |
1 |
36.42 |
2012-12-28 |
48. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
36.24 |
1.0529 |
-0.0399 |
373 |
1 |
36.24 |
2012-12-28 |
49. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
35.97 |
0.9873 |
0.0135 |
274 |
1 |
35.97 |
2012-12-31 |
50. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
35.89 |
0.9561 |
0.0477 |
291 |
1 |
35.89 |
2012-12-28 |
51. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
35.87 |
1.0498 |
-0.0491 |
261 |
1 |
35.87 |
2012-12-28 |
52. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
35.63 |
0.8053 |
0.1867 |
126 |
1 |
35.63 |
2012-12-28 |
53. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
35.35 |
0.9839 |
0.0012 |
308 |
2 |
34.54 |
2012-12-31 |
54. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
35.35 |
0.9974 |
-0.0164 |
163 |
1 |
35.35 |
2012-12-31 |
55. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
34.99 |
0.9500 |
0.0270 |
287 |
1 |
34.99 |
2012-12-31 |
56. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
34.97 |
1.0039 |
-0.0233 |
255 |
1 |
34.97 |
2013-01-02 |
57. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
34.86 |
1.0057 |
-0.0311 |
382 |
1 |
34.86 |
2012-12-28 |
58. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
34.56 |
1.0332 |
-0.0712 |
267 |
1 |
34.56 |
2012-12-31 |
59. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
34.54 |
1.0507 |
-0.0826 |
253 |
1 |
34.54 |
2012-12-31 |
60. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
34.38 |
1.0372 |
-0.0796 |
249 |
1 |
34.38 |
2012-12-31 |
61. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
34.35 |
0.9745 |
-0.0156 |
388 |
1 |
34.35 |
2012-12-31 |
62. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
34.24 |
1.0131 |
-0.0560 |
245 |
1 |
34.24 |
2012-12-31 |
63. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
34.17 |
0.9761 |
-0.0191 |
227 |
1 |
34.17 |
2012-12-28 |
64. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
34.07 |
0.8856 |
0.0714 |
369 |
1 |
34.07 |
2012-12-31 |
65. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
34.02 |
0.7915 |
0.1577 |
142 |
1 |
34.02 |
2012-12-31 |
66. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
34.02 |
0.9756 |
-0.0285 |
223 |
1 |
34.02 |
2012-12-30 |
67. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
33.99 |
0.9597 |
-0.0121 |
251 |
1 |
33.99 |
2012-12-31 |
68. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
33.98 |
1.0540 |
-0.1122 |
184 |
1 |
33.98 |
2012-12-31 |
69. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
33.94 |
1.0090 |
-0.0575 |
300 |
1 |
33.94 |
2012-12-28 |
70. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
33.80 |
0.9084 |
0.0346 |
271 |
1 |
33.80 |
2012-12-30 |
71. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
33.64 |
0.9380 |
-0.0024 |
284 |
2 |
31.98 |
2012-12-28 |
72. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
33.48 |
0.9791 |
-0.0537 |
154 |
1 |
33.48 |
2012-12-28 |
73. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
33.47 |
0.8656 |
0.0670 |
299 |
1 |
33.47 |
2013-01-02 |
74. |
For all its apparent strength, the Aztec Empire had vulnerab... |
33.37 |
0.8003 |
0.1321 |
219 |
1 |
33.37 |
2012-12-28 |
75. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
33.35 |
0.9228 |
0.0112 |
305 |
1 |
33.35 |
2012-12-31 |
76. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
33.18 |
0.9271 |
-0.0029 |
295 |
1 |
33.18 |
2012-12-31 |
77. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
33.03 |
0.8965 |
0.0237 |
150 |
1 |
33.03 |
2012-12-28 |
78. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
32.88 |
0.9011 |
0.0183 |
322 |
1 |
32.88 |
2012-12-31 |
79. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
32.84 |
0.9890 |
-0.0703 |
272 |
1 |
32.84 |
2012-12-31 |
80. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
32.75 |
1.0279 |
-0.1212 |
172 |
1 |
32.75 |
2012-12-27 |
81. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
32.43 |
0.9952 |
-0.0896 |
220 |
1 |
32.43 |
2012-12-30 |
82. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
32.33 |
1.0495 |
-0.1496 |
323 |
1 |
32.33 |
2012-12-29 |
83. |
Don't make assumptions. Communicate with others as clearly a... |
31.82 |
0.8130 |
0.0798 |
186 |
1 |
31.82 |
2013-01-02 |
84. |
Grits and fried chicken won't disappear, but perhaps future ... |
31.53 |
0.8936 |
-0.0174 |
135 |
1 |
31.53 |
2012-12-28 |
85. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
31.24 |
0.9606 |
-0.0870 |
203 |
1 |
31.24 |
2012-12-31 |
86. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
31.13 |
0.8474 |
0.0198 |
265 |
1 |
31.13 |
2013-01-02 |
87. |
There are perhaps twenty regular posters on the forum, and s... |
30.94 |
0.9339 |
-0.0814 |
108 |
1 |
30.94 |
2012-12-31 |
88. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
30.60 |
0.9468 |
-0.0950 |
318 |
1 |
30.60 |
2012-12-29 |
89. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
30.38 |
0.9243 |
-0.0762 |
240 |
1 |
30.38 |
2012-12-28 |
90. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
29.95 |
0.8837 |
-0.0515 |
157 |
1 |
29.95 |
2012-12-29 |
91. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
29.27 |
0.8830 |
-0.0659 |
300 |
1 |
29.27 |
2012-12-28 |
92. |
This business is filled to the brim with unrealistic people ... |
29.23 |
0.9131 |
-0.0923 |
187 |
1 |
29.23 |
2012-12-29 |
93. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
28.72 |
1.0524 |
-0.2555 |
177 |
1 |
28.72 |
2012-12-28 |
94. |
The hectic speed, and the brevity of the lines in the thread... |
28.28 |
0.9189 |
-0.1379 |
144 |
1 |
28.28 |
2012-12-27 |
95. |
His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly... |
28.19 |
1.0379 |
-0.2577 |
172 |
1 |
28.19 |
2012-12-28 |
96. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
27.86 |
1.0479 |
-0.2743 |
205 |
1 |
27.86 |
2012-12-27 |
97. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
27.61 |
0.7739 |
-0.0042 |
207 |
1 |
27.61 |
2012-12-31 |
98. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
27.44 |
0.8624 |
-0.1035 |
174 |
1 |
27.44 |
2012-12-28 |
99. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
27.11 |
0.8913 |
-0.1355 |
201 |
1 |
27.11 |
2012-12-28 |