| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
72.03 |
1.0472 |
0.3506 |
149 |
1 |
72.03 |
2010-12-31 |
| 2. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
69.40 |
0.9952 |
0.3551 |
220 |
1 |
69.40 |
2011-01-02 |
| 3. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
66.03 |
1.0845 |
0.1991 |
212 |
2 |
64.56 |
2011-01-02 |
| 4. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
64.39 |
0.9768 |
0.2731 |
237 |
1 |
64.39 |
2011-01-02 |
| 5. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
63.80 |
1.0867 |
0.1517 |
171 |
1 |
63.80 |
2011-01-02 |
| 6. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
63.73 |
0.9780 |
0.2583 |
173 |
1 |
63.73 |
2011-01-02 |
| 7. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
63.31 |
1.1095 |
0.1265 |
252 |
1 |
63.31 |
2011-01-01 |
| 8. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
63.03 |
1.0165 |
0.2093 |
316 |
1 |
63.03 |
2010-12-31 |
| 9. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
61.19 |
0.9636 |
0.2243 |
281 |
2 |
56.41 |
2011-01-01 |
| 10. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
61.09 |
1.0362 |
0.1540 |
437 |
1 |
61.09 |
2011-01-02 |
| 11. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
60.77 |
0.9621 |
0.2161 |
201 |
2 |
52.69 |
2011-01-01 |
| 12. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
59.78 |
0.9857 |
0.1831 |
268 |
1 |
59.78 |
2011-01-02 |
| 13. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
58.95 |
0.9932 |
0.1593 |
281 |
1 |
58.95 |
2010-12-31 |
| 14. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
58.85 |
1.1086 |
0.0347 |
233 |
2 |
52.39 |
2011-01-01 |
| 15. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
58.76 |
0.9909 |
0.1524 |
293 |
1 |
58.76 |
2011-01-02 |
| 16. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
58.73 |
1.0759 |
0.0715 |
273 |
2 |
51.77 |
2011-01-24 |
| 17. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
58.66 |
1.0698 |
0.0777 |
303 |
1 |
58.66 |
2011-01-02 |
| 18. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
58.22 |
1.0225 |
0.1049 |
152 |
1 |
58.22 |
2011-01-02 |
| 19. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
58.04 |
1.0462 |
0.0835 |
340 |
1 |
58.04 |
2011-01-01 |
| 20. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
57.84 |
1.0969 |
0.0270 |
303 |
1 |
57.84 |
2011-01-01 |
| 21. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
57.75 |
0.9991 |
0.1220 |
339 |
1 |
57.75 |
2010-12-31 |
| 22. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
57.60 |
0.9779 |
0.1392 |
255 |
1 |
57.60 |
2010-12-31 |
| 23. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
57.42 |
1.0524 |
0.0665 |
177 |
1 |
57.42 |
2011-01-02 |
| 24. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
57.30 |
1.0495 |
0.0649 |
323 |
2 |
57.19 |
2011-01-02 |
| 25. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
56.97 |
1.0697 |
0.0450 |
341 |
1 |
56.97 |
2011-01-01 |
| 26. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
56.86 |
0.9836 |
0.1174 |
123 |
1 |
56.86 |
2010-12-31 |
| 27. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
56.77 |
0.8775 |
0.2210 |
185 |
1 |
56.77 |
2011-01-01 |
| 28. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
56.69 |
1.0736 |
0.0338 |
256 |
2 |
56.11 |
2011-01-06 |
| 29. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
56.56 |
1.0332 |
0.0660 |
267 |
1 |
56.56 |
2010-12-31 |
| 30. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
56.24 |
1.0094 |
0.0836 |
256 |
1 |
56.24 |
2011-01-02 |
| 31. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
56.17 |
0.9422 |
0.1470 |
190 |
2 |
54.44 |
2011-01-01 |
| 32. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
55.96 |
0.9981 |
0.0891 |
211 |
1 |
55.96 |
2011-01-02 |
| 33. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
55.92 |
0.9408 |
0.1421 |
177 |
1 |
55.92 |
2011-01-01 |
| 34. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
55.53 |
0.9614 |
0.1165 |
195 |
1 |
55.53 |
2011-01-02 |
| 35. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
55.26 |
1.0509 |
0.0295 |
295 |
1 |
55.26 |
2010-12-31 |
| 36. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
54.83 |
1.0576 |
0.0075 |
231 |
1 |
54.83 |
2011-01-01 |
| 37. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
54.63 |
1.0427 |
0.0191 |
269 |
2 |
50.14 |
2011-01-01 |
| 38. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
54.58 |
0.8863 |
0.1697 |
127 |
1 |
54.58 |
2010-12-30 |
| 39. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
54.49 |
1.0268 |
0.0263 |
179 |
1 |
54.49 |
2011-01-02 |
| 40. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
54.42 |
1.0028 |
0.0542 |
259 |
1 |
54.42 |
2011-01-02 |
| 41. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
54.33 |
0.9836 |
0.0730 |
289 |
3 |
48.63 |
2011-01-01 |
| 42. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
54.31 |
0.9963 |
0.0581 |
274 |
1 |
54.31 |
2011-01-02 |
| 43. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
54.10 |
1.0250 |
0.0278 |
271 |
1 |
54.10 |
2010-12-31 |
| 44. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
54.08 |
1.0507 |
0.0057 |
253 |
1 |
54.08 |
2011-01-01 |
| 45. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
54.03 |
0.9930 |
0.0650 |
350 |
2 |
51.82 |
2010-12-31 |
| 46. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
53.89 |
1.0777 |
-0.0309 |
226 |
1 |
53.89 |
2011-01-02 |
| 47. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
53.88 |
0.9243 |
0.1198 |
231 |
1 |
53.88 |
2010-12-31 |
| 48. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
53.67 |
0.9434 |
0.1014 |
367 |
1 |
53.67 |
2011-01-01 |
| 49. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
53.32 |
0.9854 |
0.0542 |
174 |
1 |
53.32 |
2010-12-30 |
| 50. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
53.31 |
1.0464 |
-0.0043 |
213 |
2 |
47.60 |
2010-12-31 |
| 51. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
53.07 |
1.0506 |
-0.0193 |
259 |
1 |
53.07 |
2010-12-31 |
| 52. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
52.84 |
1.0059 |
0.0217 |
283 |
1 |
52.84 |
2010-12-31 |
| 53. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
52.64 |
0.9980 |
0.0319 |
341 |
1 |
52.64 |
2010-12-31 |
| 54. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
52.60 |
1.0479 |
-0.0262 |
205 |
1 |
52.60 |
2010-12-31 |
| 55. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
52.46 |
1.0883 |
-0.0631 |
189 |
2 |
50.67 |
2011-01-02 |
| 56. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
52.37 |
1.0412 |
-0.0169 |
205 |
1 |
52.37 |
2011-01-02 |
| 57. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
52.16 |
0.9339 |
0.0819 |
317 |
1 |
52.16 |
2011-01-01 |
| 58. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
52.09 |
0.9833 |
0.0303 |
387 |
2 |
48.52 |
2011-01-01 |
| 59. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
52.09 |
0.9783 |
0.0409 |
273 |
1 |
52.09 |
2011-01-01 |
| 60. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
52.03 |
0.9632 |
0.0479 |
287 |
2 |
51.96 |
2011-01-01 |
| 61. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
51.98 |
0.9270 |
0.0813 |
193 |
1 |
51.98 |
2011-01-01 |
| 62. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
51.92 |
1.0590 |
-0.0506 |
250 |
1 |
51.92 |
2011-01-02 |
| 63. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
51.74 |
0.9809 |
0.0229 |
209 |
2 |
48.79 |
2010-12-30 |
| 64. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
51.50 |
1.0010 |
0.0050 |
213 |
2 |
49.43 |
2010-12-31 |
| 65. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
51.46 |
0.9987 |
0.0061 |
236 |
2 |
50.74 |
2011-01-02 |
| 66. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
51.25 |
0.8837 |
0.1095 |
157 |
1 |
51.25 |
2011-01-01 |
| 67. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
51.23 |
0.9757 |
0.0167 |
176 |
1 |
51.23 |
2010-12-30 |
| 68. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
51.20 |
1.0686 |
-0.0731 |
354 |
1 |
51.20 |
2010-12-31 |
| 69. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
51.03 |
0.9530 |
0.0353 |
193 |
1 |
51.03 |
2010-12-31 |
| 70. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
50.97 |
0.9673 |
0.0230 |
292 |
1 |
50.97 |
2011-01-01 |
| 71. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
50.62 |
1.0628 |
-0.0776 |
363 |
1 |
50.62 |
2011-01-01 |
| 72. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
50.56 |
0.8624 |
0.1184 |
174 |
2 |
43.74 |
2010-12-31 |
| 73. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
50.40 |
1.0060 |
-0.0268 |
225 |
2 |
48.89 |
2011-01-01 |
| 74. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
50.37 |
1.0501 |
-0.0675 |
263 |
1 |
50.37 |
2011-01-01 |
| 75. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
50.35 |
1.0315 |
-0.0505 |
193 |
1 |
50.35 |
2010-12-31 |
| 76. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
50.22 |
0.9011 |
0.0755 |
322 |
1 |
50.22 |
2010-12-31 |
| 77. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
50.13 |
0.9980 |
-0.0228 |
295 |
1 |
50.13 |
2010-12-31 |
| 78. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
49.73 |
0.9252 |
0.0383 |
148 |
1 |
49.73 |
2010-12-30 |
| 79. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
49.62 |
0.9255 |
0.0369 |
174 |
2 |
48.57 |
2010-12-30 |
| 80. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
49.60 |
1.0131 |
-0.0439 |
245 |
1 |
49.60 |
2011-01-02 |
| 81. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
49.53 |
0.9349 |
0.0258 |
287 |
1 |
49.53 |
2010-12-29 |
| 82. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
49.35 |
0.9380 |
0.0199 |
284 |
2 |
48.38 |
2011-01-01 |
| 83. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
49.08 |
0.9299 |
0.0202 |
168 |
1 |
49.08 |
2010-12-31 |
| 84. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
48.98 |
0.9935 |
-0.0364 |
217 |
1 |
48.98 |
2011-01-01 |
| 85. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
48.92 |
0.9726 |
-0.0206 |
396 |
2 |
48.20 |
2011-01-02 |
| 86. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
48.83 |
0.8328 |
0.1198 |
343 |
1 |
48.83 |
2010-12-31 |
| 87. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
48.82 |
1.0392 |
-0.0843 |
258 |
1 |
48.82 |
2011-01-02 |
| 88. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
48.79 |
0.9315 |
0.0157 |
273 |
1 |
48.79 |
2011-01-02 |
| 89. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
48.72 |
1.0288 |
-0.0841 |
166 |
2 |
46.63 |
2011-01-01 |
| 90. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
48.59 |
0.9957 |
-0.0516 |
323 |
1 |
48.59 |
2010-12-31 |
| 91. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
48.43 |
1.0130 |
-0.0716 |
288 |
2 |
46.77 |
2011-01-02 |
| 92. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
48.39 |
1.0103 |
-0.0721 |
209 |
1 |
48.39 |
2010-12-31 |
| 93. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
48.35 |
1.0753 |
-0.1287 |
206 |
1 |
48.35 |
2011-01-01 |
| 94. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
48.09 |
0.9479 |
-0.0143 |
317 |
1 |
48.09 |
2011-01-01 |
| 95. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
48.07 |
0.9844 |
-0.0413 |
351 |
1 |
48.07 |
2010-12-30 |
| 96. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
48.01 |
1.0338 |
-0.0951 |
277 |
1 |
48.01 |
2011-01-01 |
| 97. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
47.78 |
0.8993 |
0.0307 |
366 |
1 |
47.78 |
2010-12-31 |
| 98. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
47.30 |
0.9957 |
-0.0751 |
323 |
1 |
47.30 |
2011-01-02 |
| 99. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
46.99 |
1.0582 |
-0.1468 |
180 |
1 |
46.99 |
2011-01-01 |
| 100. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
46.87 |
1.0557 |
-0.1448 |
289 |
1 |
46.87 |
2010-12-30 |
| 101. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
46.85 |
0.9704 |
-0.0598 |
254 |
1 |
46.85 |
2010-12-30 |
| 102. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
46.81 |
1.0667 |
-0.1492 |
308 |
1 |
46.81 |
2010-12-29 |
| 103. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
46.54 |
0.8845 |
0.0180 |
239 |
1 |
46.54 |
2010-12-31 |
| 104. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
46.50 |
0.9394 |
-0.0402 |
195 |
1 |
46.50 |
2010-12-30 |
| 105. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
46.43 |
0.8576 |
0.0439 |
260 |
1 |
46.43 |
2010-12-31 |
| 106. |
Grits and fried chicken won't disappear, but perhaps future ... |
46.27 |
0.8936 |
0.0031 |
135 |
1 |
46.27 |
2010-12-30 |
| 107. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
46.14 |
0.9271 |
-0.0310 |
295 |
1 |
46.14 |
2011-01-01 |
| 108. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
45.86 |
0.9922 |
-0.1013 |
264 |
1 |
45.86 |
2010-12-30 |
| 109. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
45.74 |
0.9839 |
-0.0955 |
308 |
1 |
45.74 |
2010-12-29 |
| 110. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
45.62 |
0.8880 |
-0.0014 |
296 |
1 |
45.62 |
2010-12-30 |
| 111. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
45.28 |
1.0498 |
-0.1711 |
261 |
1 |
45.28 |
2010-12-31 |
| 112. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
45.10 |
1.0543 |
-0.1804 |
182 |
1 |
45.10 |
2010-12-31 |
| 113. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
45.07 |
0.9357 |
-0.0613 |
204 |
1 |
45.07 |
2010-12-30 |
| 114. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
44.93 |
0.9869 |
-0.1146 |
193 |
1 |
44.93 |
2011-01-01 |
| 115. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
44.80 |
0.9829 |
-0.1130 |
229 |
1 |
44.80 |
2010-12-29 |
| 116. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
44.71 |
0.8986 |
-0.0276 |
363 |
1 |
44.71 |
2011-01-02 |
| 117. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
44.70 |
1.0370 |
-0.1687 |
262 |
2 |
42.51 |
2010-12-30 |
| 118. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
44.48 |
1.0189 |
-0.1547 |
290 |
1 |
44.48 |
2010-12-29 |
| 119. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
44.36 |
1.0301 |
-0.1688 |
268 |
1 |
44.36 |
2010-12-31 |
| 120. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
44.13 |
0.9763 |
-0.1191 |
143 |
1 |
44.13 |
2010-12-30 |
| 121. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
44.06 |
0.9851 |
-0.1238 |
237 |
1 |
44.06 |
2011-01-02 |
| 122. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
43.72 |
0.9068 |
-0.0578 |
212 |
1 |
43.72 |
2011-01-02 |
| 123. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
42.46 |
0.9538 |
-0.1297 |
276 |
1 |
42.46 |
2011-01-01 |
| 124. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
42.45 |
0.9265 |
-0.1022 |
254 |
1 |
42.45 |
2010-12-31 |
| 125. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
42.03 |
0.9027 |
-0.0870 |
189 |
1 |
42.03 |
2010-12-31 |
| 126. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
41.97 |
0.9113 |
-0.0907 |
318 |
1 |
41.97 |
2010-12-30 |
| 127. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
41.84 |
1.0036 |
-0.1907 |
277 |
1 |
41.84 |
2011-01-01 |
| 128. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
41.39 |
1.0640 |
-0.2538 |
210 |
1 |
41.39 |
2010-12-29 |
| 129. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
40.76 |
0.9243 |
-0.1320 |
240 |
1 |
40.76 |
2011-01-01 |
| 130. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
40.65 |
0.9206 |
-0.1307 |
317 |
1 |
40.65 |
2010-12-31 |
| 131. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
39.76 |
0.7915 |
-0.0207 |
142 |
1 |
39.76 |
2010-12-29 |
| 132. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
39.47 |
0.8666 |
-0.1014 |
206 |
2 |
37.20 |
2011-01-01 |
| 133. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
39.25 |
0.9503 |
-0.1903 |
211 |
1 |
39.25 |
2010-12-30 |
| 134. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
34.05 |
0.9841 |
-0.3244 |
217 |
1 |
34.05 |
2010-12-29 |
| 135. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
32.94 |
0.8656 |
-0.2265 |
242 |
1 |
32.94 |
2010-12-30 |