| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
85.09 |
1.0684 |
0.3676 |
253 |
1 |
85.09 |
2011-04-22 |
| 2. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
83.28 |
1.1018 |
0.2679 |
220 |
1 |
83.28 |
2010-01-29 |
| 3. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
76.71 |
0.9756 |
0.2896 |
229 |
1 |
76.71 |
2011-04-28 |
| 4. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
75.14 |
1.0619 |
0.1820 |
354 |
4 |
68.80 |
2010-02-03 |
| 5. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
74.64 |
1.0555 |
0.1779 |
363 |
2 |
72.39 |
2010-02-08 |
| 6. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
72.92 |
0.9540 |
0.2475 |
285 |
1 |
72.92 |
2010-02-03 |
| 7. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
72.62 |
1.0993 |
0.0969 |
265 |
1 |
72.62 |
2010-02-04 |
| 8. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
72.04 |
1.0125 |
0.1738 |
224 |
1 |
72.04 |
2010-02-02 |
| 9. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
71.53 |
0.9886 |
0.1940 |
220 |
2 |
70.14 |
2010-02-02 |
| 10. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
71.09 |
1.0797 |
0.0874 |
210 |
1 |
71.09 |
2010-02-10 |
| 11. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
70.93 |
0.9820 |
0.1883 |
274 |
1 |
70.93 |
2010-02-03 |
| 12. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
70.53 |
0.9740 |
0.1853 |
209 |
1 |
70.53 |
2010-01-29 |
| 13. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
70.30 |
1.0254 |
0.1750 |
217 |
2 |
69.20 |
2010-01-29 |
| 14. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
70.15 |
1.0767 |
0.0782 |
212 |
1 |
70.15 |
2010-02-04 |
| 15. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
69.88 |
1.0787 |
0.0726 |
237 |
1 |
69.88 |
2010-02-08 |
| 16. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
69.46 |
1.0340 |
0.1168 |
406 |
2 |
66.97 |
2010-02-04 |
| 17. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
69.34 |
0.9281 |
0.2206 |
273 |
1 |
69.34 |
2010-01-28 |
| 18. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
68.93 |
1.0013 |
0.1345 |
273 |
2 |
66.18 |
2010-02-10 |
| 19. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
68.32 |
0.9893 |
0.1374 |
323 |
3 |
59.52 |
2010-01-29 |
| 20. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
67.73 |
1.0240 |
0.0901 |
256 |
1 |
67.73 |
2010-01-29 |
| 21. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
67.02 |
0.8810 |
0.2247 |
282 |
1 |
67.02 |
2010-01-29 |
| 22. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
66.98 |
1.0154 |
0.1386 |
351 |
3 |
64.33 |
2010-02-04 |
| 23. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
66.84 |
1.0063 |
0.0960 |
371 |
1 |
66.84 |
2010-02-09 |
| 24. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
66.51 |
1.0004 |
0.0899 |
212 |
2 |
64.87 |
2010-02-04 |
| 25. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
66.38 |
1.0361 |
0.0591 |
269 |
1 |
66.38 |
2010-02-08 |
| 26. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
66.27 |
0.9614 |
0.1340 |
292 |
1 |
66.27 |
2010-02-03 |
| 27. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
66.00 |
0.9763 |
0.1111 |
289 |
1 |
66.00 |
2010-01-28 |
| 28. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
65.89 |
0.9239 |
0.1687 |
193 |
2 |
62.89 |
2010-02-04 |
| 29. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
65.83 |
1.0352 |
0.0524 |
341 |
1 |
65.83 |
2010-02-09 |
| 30. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
65.37 |
0.9852 |
0.0924 |
264 |
2 |
60.55 |
2010-02-08 |
| 31. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
65.23 |
1.0214 |
0.0482 |
166 |
2 |
60.98 |
2010-01-29 |
| 32. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
64.92 |
0.9068 |
0.1660 |
269 |
1 |
64.92 |
2010-02-04 |
| 33. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
64.42 |
1.0189 |
0.0459 |
337 |
2 |
63.16 |
2010-02-11 |
| 34. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
64.34 |
1.0412 |
0.0184 |
225 |
1 |
64.34 |
2010-02-04 |
| 35. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
64.33 |
1.0218 |
0.0353 |
268 |
1 |
64.33 |
2010-02-08 |
| 36. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
64.13 |
0.8793 |
0.1790 |
157 |
3 |
59.29 |
2010-02-05 |
| 37. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
64.07 |
0.9785 |
0.0804 |
335 |
1 |
64.07 |
2010-01-29 |
| 38. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
63.81 |
0.9884 |
0.0621 |
233 |
1 |
63.81 |
2010-02-09 |
| 39. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
63.78 |
1.0668 |
-0.0135 |
350 |
1 |
63.78 |
2010-02-04 |
| 40. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
63.73 |
0.9278 |
0.1249 |
295 |
2 |
63.17 |
2010-02-03 |
| 41. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
63.70 |
1.0796 |
-0.0349 |
129 |
2 |
62.47 |
2010-02-08 |
| 42. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
63.69 |
1.0090 |
0.0841 |
282 |
1 |
63.69 |
2010-01-29 |
| 43. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
63.68 |
0.9786 |
0.0654 |
193 |
1 |
63.68 |
2010-02-04 |
| 44. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
63.53 |
0.9633 |
0.0856 |
304 |
1 |
63.53 |
2010-01-29 |
| 45. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
63.46 |
1.0023 |
0.0413 |
211 |
2 |
54.58 |
2011-04-22 |
| 46. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
63.28 |
0.9922 |
0.0914 |
341 |
1 |
63.28 |
2010-01-29 |
| 47. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
63.27 |
0.9795 |
0.0628 |
308 |
1 |
63.27 |
2010-02-08 |
| 48. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
63.14 |
1.0768 |
0.0035 |
295 |
1 |
63.14 |
2010-01-28 |
| 49. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
62.78 |
0.9559 |
0.0810 |
195 |
3 |
61.23 |
2010-02-08 |
| 50. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
62.64 |
0.9946 |
0.0370 |
246 |
1 |
62.64 |
2010-02-02 |
| 51. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
62.45 |
1.0053 |
0.0213 |
232 |
1 |
62.45 |
2010-01-29 |
| 52. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
62.29 |
0.9844 |
0.0464 |
293 |
1 |
62.29 |
2010-02-03 |
| 53. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
62.21 |
1.0314 |
0.0324 |
452 |
1 |
62.21 |
2010-02-02 |
| 54. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
62.21 |
1.0885 |
-0.0606 |
315 |
1 |
62.21 |
2010-02-02 |
| 55. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
62.10 |
0.9286 |
0.0932 |
194 |
2 |
54.19 |
2010-02-09 |
| 56. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
61.91 |
0.9593 |
0.0650 |
398 |
2 |
61.65 |
2010-02-10 |
| 57. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
61.85 |
0.9758 |
0.0435 |
314 |
1 |
61.85 |
2010-01-28 |
| 58. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
61.49 |
0.9646 |
0.0471 |
264 |
1 |
61.49 |
2010-02-01 |
| 59. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
61.46 |
0.9986 |
0.0141 |
283 |
2 |
59.85 |
2010-02-05 |
| 60. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
61.38 |
0.8947 |
0.1210 |
366 |
1 |
61.38 |
2010-02-02 |
| 61. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
61.37 |
0.9597 |
0.0550 |
347 |
1 |
61.37 |
2010-01-29 |
| 62. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
60.87 |
0.9572 |
0.0882 |
376 |
1 |
60.87 |
2010-02-05 |
| 63. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
60.83 |
0.9636 |
0.0379 |
254 |
2 |
55.88 |
2010-02-01 |
| 64. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
60.70 |
0.9699 |
0.0290 |
269 |
1 |
60.70 |
2010-02-05 |
| 65. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
60.69 |
1.0068 |
-0.0042 |
358 |
1 |
60.69 |
2010-02-05 |
| 66. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
60.68 |
0.9233 |
0.0675 |
168 |
1 |
60.68 |
2010-02-03 |
| 67. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
60.60 |
1.0352 |
-0.0343 |
341 |
1 |
60.60 |
2010-01-28 |
| 68. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
60.48 |
0.8951 |
0.1029 |
193 |
2 |
52.47 |
2010-02-10 |
| 69. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
60.26 |
0.9612 |
0.0309 |
256 |
1 |
60.26 |
2010-01-28 |
| 70. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
59.90 |
0.9966 |
-0.0111 |
259 |
1 |
59.90 |
2011-04-22 |
| 71. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
59.78 |
1.0337 |
-0.0502 |
214 |
2 |
58.28 |
2010-02-04 |
| 72. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
59.77 |
1.0203 |
-0.0329 |
261 |
1 |
59.77 |
2010-02-03 |
| 73. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
59.69 |
1.0232 |
0.0053 |
350 |
1 |
59.69 |
2010-01-29 |
| 74. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
59.58 |
1.0577 |
-0.0804 |
247 |
1 |
59.58 |
2010-02-03 |
| 75. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
59.39 |
1.0025 |
-0.0240 |
336 |
1 |
59.39 |
2010-02-10 |
| 76. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
59.33 |
0.9109 |
0.0683 |
401 |
1 |
59.33 |
2010-02-03 |
| 77. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
59.20 |
0.9005 |
0.0724 |
212 |
2 |
52.69 |
2010-02-01 |
| 78. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
59.18 |
0.8914 |
0.0835 |
366 |
1 |
59.18 |
2010-02-03 |
| 79. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
59.14 |
0.9125 |
0.0627 |
308 |
2 |
58.70 |
2010-02-05 |
| 80. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
58.80 |
0.9461 |
0.0215 |
276 |
1 |
58.80 |
2010-02-03 |
| 81. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
58.77 |
0.9509 |
0.0548 |
225 |
3 |
55.33 |
2011-04-22 |
| 82. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
58.40 |
0.9316 |
0.0355 |
287 |
1 |
58.40 |
2010-01-28 |
| 83. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
58.39 |
0.8573 |
0.1072 |
270 |
1 |
58.39 |
2010-02-09 |
| 84. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
58.11 |
0.9665 |
0.0391 |
326 |
1 |
58.11 |
2010-01-28 |
| 85. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
58.07 |
0.8553 |
0.0952 |
174 |
1 |
58.07 |
2010-02-09 |
| 86. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
58.01 |
0.9780 |
-0.0224 |
337 |
1 |
58.01 |
2010-01-29 |
| 87. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
56.87 |
0.9682 |
-0.0345 |
143 |
1 |
56.87 |
2010-02-02 |
| 88. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
56.76 |
0.9234 |
0.0158 |
346 |
1 |
56.76 |
2010-02-02 |
| 89. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
56.59 |
0.9570 |
-0.0244 |
287 |
1 |
56.59 |
2010-01-29 |
| 90. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
56.41 |
1.0117 |
-0.0390 |
297 |
1 |
56.41 |
2010-02-02 |
| 91. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
56.30 |
0.9769 |
-0.0529 |
263 |
1 |
56.30 |
2010-01-28 |
| 92. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
56.25 |
0.9976 |
-0.0522 |
174 |
2 |
53.25 |
2010-02-08 |
| 93. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
55.96 |
0.9164 |
0.0088 |
305 |
1 |
55.96 |
2010-01-29 |
| 94. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
55.91 |
1.0016 |
-0.0866 |
218 |
1 |
55.91 |
2010-01-28 |
| 95. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
55.89 |
0.9213 |
-0.0016 |
295 |
1 |
55.89 |
2010-01-29 |
| 96. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
55.76 |
0.9127 |
0.0021 |
252 |
1 |
55.76 |
2010-02-08 |
| 97. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
55.32 |
1.0343 |
-0.0872 |
242 |
1 |
55.32 |
2010-02-08 |
| 98. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
54.75 |
0.8595 |
0.0425 |
242 |
1 |
54.75 |
2010-02-03 |
| 99. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
54.73 |
1.0696 |
-0.1732 |
226 |
1 |
54.73 |
2010-01-29 |
| 100. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
54.35 |
1.0385 |
-0.1467 |
230 |
1 |
54.35 |
2010-02-04 |
| 101. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
53.73 |
0.9088 |
-0.0204 |
348 |
1 |
53.73 |
2010-02-08 |
| 102. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
53.46 |
0.8826 |
-0.0025 |
296 |
2 |
43.14 |
2010-02-02 |
| 103. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
53.34 |
1.0463 |
-0.1742 |
182 |
2 |
52.88 |
2010-02-10 |
| 104. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
53.26 |
0.9786 |
-0.1037 |
235 |
1 |
53.26 |
2010-02-05 |
| 105. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
52.79 |
0.7876 |
0.0825 |
316 |
1 |
52.79 |
2010-02-05 |
| 106. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
52.69 |
0.9855 |
-0.0863 |
258 |
1 |
52.69 |
2011-04-22 |
| 107. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
52.00 |
0.9731 |
-0.1312 |
129 |
2 |
51.77 |
2010-02-02 |
| 108. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
51.26 |
0.9513 |
-0.1055 |
354 |
1 |
51.26 |
2010-02-08 |
| 109. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
50.90 |
1.0095 |
-0.1746 |
316 |
1 |
50.90 |
2010-02-11 |
| 110. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
49.62 |
1.0334 |
-0.2252 |
131 |
1 |
49.62 |
2010-02-03 |
| 111. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
49.55 |
1.0077 |
-0.1529 |
250 |
1 |
49.55 |
2010-01-29 |
| 112. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
49.32 |
0.9670 |
-0.1152 |
307 |
1 |
49.32 |
2010-02-03 |
| 113. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
49.01 |
0.9089 |
-0.1005 |
342 |
1 |
49.01 |
2010-01-29 |
| 114. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
48.67 |
0.8845 |
-0.0853 |
273 |
1 |
48.67 |
2010-02-03 |
| 115. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
48.15 |
1.0396 |
-0.2566 |
149 |
1 |
48.15 |
2010-01-29 |
| 116. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
47.80 |
0.9897 |
-0.2077 |
274 |
1 |
47.80 |
2010-02-05 |
| 117. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
47.10 |
1.0534 |
-0.2786 |
357 |
1 |
47.10 |
2010-02-11 |
| 118. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
46.40 |
0.9266 |
-0.1638 |
278 |
1 |
46.40 |
2010-01-28 |
| 119. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
45.60 |
0.9632 |
-0.2092 |
392 |
1 |
45.60 |
2011-04-22 |
| 120. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
44.51 |
1.0444 |
-0.3216 |
197 |
1 |
44.51 |
2010-01-28 |
| 121. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
43.61 |
0.8467 |
-0.1081 |
343 |
1 |
43.61 |
2011-04-22 |
| 122. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
43.01 |
1.0498 |
-0.3502 |
180 |
1 |
43.01 |
2011-04-22 |
| 123. |
For all its apparent strength, the Aztec Empire had vulnerab... |
42.56 |
0.7988 |
-0.0932 |
219 |
1 |
42.56 |
2010-01-28 |
| 124. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
42.55 |
0.9275 |
-0.2340 |
211 |
1 |
42.55 |
2010-02-02 |
| 125. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
40.34 |
0.8956 |
-0.2311 |
322 |
1 |
40.34 |
2010-02-11 |
| 126. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
32.36 |
0.9087 |
-0.3712 |
393 |
1 |
32.36 |
2011-04-22 |
| 127. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
30.33 |
0.9912 |
-0.4714 |
237 |
1 |
30.33 |
2011-04-28 |