| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
61.18 |
1.0515 |
0.4014 |
166 |
1 |
61.18 |
2012-05-04 |
| 2. |
As civilizations grew, humans spread out across the face of ... |
58.42 |
0.9418 |
0.4588 |
188 |
1 |
58.42 |
2012-05-04 |
| 3. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
57.86 |
0.9325 |
0.4416 |
156 |
1 |
57.86 |
2012-04-26 |
| 4. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
56.01 |
1.0788 |
0.2521 |
171 |
1 |
56.01 |
2012-03-24 |
| 5. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
55.38 |
1.0060 |
0.3105 |
171 |
1 |
55.38 |
2012-04-12 |
| 6. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
55.30 |
1.0972 |
0.2517 |
251 |
1 |
55.30 |
2012-04-18 |
| 7. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
55.10 |
0.9559 |
0.3607 |
195 |
1 |
55.10 |
2012-05-09 |
| 8. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
53.91 |
1.0944 |
0.2361 |
308 |
1 |
53.91 |
2012-04-06 |
| 9. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
53.14 |
1.0529 |
0.2144 |
351 |
2 |
50.05 |
2012-05-08 |
| 10. |
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the ju... |
52.71 |
1.0459 |
0.2420 |
200 |
1 |
52.71 |
2012-04-16 |
| 11. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
51.89 |
0.9866 |
0.2471 |
218 |
1 |
51.89 |
2012-04-10 |
| 12. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
51.69 |
1.0240 |
0.2053 |
256 |
2 |
45.49 |
2012-04-30 |
| 13. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
51.16 |
0.9711 |
0.2470 |
176 |
3 |
44.76 |
2012-04-30 |
| 14. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
50.76 |
1.0515 |
0.1564 |
250 |
1 |
50.76 |
2012-04-18 |
| 15. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
50.40 |
1.0390 |
0.1587 |
205 |
3 |
43.92 |
2012-04-25 |
| 16. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
50.29 |
1.0117 |
0.2316 |
297 |
1 |
50.29 |
2012-05-02 |
| 17. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
50.27 |
1.0613 |
0.1379 |
266 |
1 |
50.27 |
2012-04-12 |
| 18. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
48.43 |
0.9756 |
0.1770 |
229 |
2 |
44.33 |
2012-04-12 |
| 19. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
48.30 |
0.9946 |
0.1562 |
246 |
1 |
48.30 |
2012-04-27 |
| 20. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
48.19 |
0.9769 |
0.1693 |
263 |
1 |
48.19 |
2012-04-10 |
| 21. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
48.03 |
1.0487 |
0.0905 |
231 |
1 |
48.03 |
2012-03-27 |
| 22. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
48.00 |
1.0547 |
0.1237 |
257 |
1 |
48.00 |
2012-04-12 |
| 23. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
47.70 |
0.9303 |
0.1988 |
176 |
1 |
47.70 |
2012-05-21 |
| 24. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
47.69 |
1.0328 |
0.1420 |
356 |
1 |
47.69 |
2012-05-23 |
| 25. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
47.55 |
0.9631 |
0.2208 |
345 |
1 |
47.55 |
2012-04-27 |
| 26. |
I often see racers, particularly at the back of the pack in ... |
47.35 |
0.9653 |
0.1614 |
349 |
1 |
47.35 |
2012-05-02 |
| 27. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
46.86 |
0.9682 |
0.1464 |
143 |
1 |
46.86 |
2012-05-21 |
| 28. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
46.59 |
1.0567 |
0.0539 |
303 |
1 |
46.59 |
2012-04-06 |
| 29. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
46.48 |
0.8367 |
0.2798 |
294 |
4 |
39.15 |
2012-04-25 |
| 30. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
46.09 |
0.9897 |
0.1054 |
274 |
2 |
40.12 |
2012-05-07 |
| 31. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
45.85 |
0.9916 |
0.1429 |
282 |
1 |
45.85 |
2012-04-07 |
| 32. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
45.32 |
0.9873 |
0.0883 |
155 |
1 |
45.32 |
2012-03-02 |
| 33. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
45.06 |
1.0074 |
0.0667 |
242 |
1 |
45.06 |
2012-05-10 |
| 34. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
45.04 |
1.0498 |
0.0174 |
180 |
1 |
45.04 |
2012-03-15 |
| 35. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
44.91 |
0.9365 |
0.1342 |
248 |
1 |
44.91 |
2012-04-29 |
| 36. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
44.65 |
0.8793 |
0.1843 |
157 |
2 |
39.66 |
2012-04-06 |
| 37. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
44.45 |
0.8731 |
0.1915 |
199 |
1 |
44.45 |
2012-03-27 |
| 38. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
44.09 |
0.9653 |
0.0925 |
394 |
1 |
44.09 |
2012-04-25 |
| 39. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
44.01 |
0.9019 |
0.1507 |
204 |
1 |
44.01 |
2012-03-19 |
| 40. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
43.96 |
0.9430 |
0.1054 |
297 |
2 |
41.19 |
2012-05-09 |
| 41. |
How many times have you seen the leader of a race have a mec... |
43.77 |
1.0155 |
0.0267 |
232 |
1 |
43.77 |
2012-03-07 |
| 42. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
43.54 |
0.8773 |
0.1620 |
205 |
2 |
41.32 |
2012-04-27 |
| 43. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
43.43 |
1.0521 |
-0.0241 |
171 |
2 |
42.58 |
2012-05-23 |
| 44. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
43.40 |
1.0151 |
0.0081 |
152 |
1 |
43.40 |
2012-02-28 |
| 45. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
43.28 |
1.0523 |
-0.0268 |
256 |
3 |
41.57 |
2012-03-20 |
| 46. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
43.22 |
1.0172 |
0.0463 |
341 |
1 |
43.22 |
2012-05-10 |
| 47. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
43.20 |
0.9532 |
0.0733 |
258 |
1 |
43.20 |
2012-04-25 |
| 48. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
43.19 |
1.0201 |
0.0009 |
172 |
1 |
43.19 |
2012-03-15 |
| 49. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
43.15 |
1.0403 |
0.0010 |
193 |
1 |
43.15 |
2012-04-04 |
| 50. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
42.99 |
0.8353 |
0.1947 |
283 |
1 |
42.99 |
2012-04-26 |
| 51. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
42.92 |
0.8961 |
0.1217 |
189 |
1 |
42.92 |
2012-05-02 |
| 52. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
42.82 |
1.0412 |
-0.0230 |
225 |
1 |
42.82 |
2012-03-09 |
| 53. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
42.72 |
1.0197 |
-0.0063 |
226 |
1 |
42.72 |
2012-04-07 |
| 54. |
When the mind is brought to rest and not allowed to wander, ... |
42.58 |
0.8650 |
0.1443 |
162 |
1 |
42.58 |
2012-03-19 |
| 55. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
42.44 |
0.9233 |
0.0779 |
168 |
1 |
42.44 |
2012-04-10 |
| 56. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
42.37 |
1.0463 |
-0.0430 |
182 |
1 |
42.37 |
2012-04-18 |
| 57. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
42.12 |
1.0379 |
-0.0014 |
245 |
1 |
42.12 |
2012-04-04 |
| 58. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
42.10 |
0.9216 |
0.1190 |
255 |
2 |
37.46 |
2012-05-07 |
| 59. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
42.01 |
0.9865 |
0.0139 |
276 |
1 |
42.01 |
2012-04-18 |
| 60. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
42.01 |
0.9330 |
0.0730 |
360 |
1 |
42.01 |
2012-05-08 |
| 61. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
41.96 |
0.8900 |
0.1092 |
164 |
2 |
36.61 |
2012-03-07 |
| 62. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
41.86 |
0.8919 |
0.1024 |
205 |
1 |
41.86 |
2012-04-29 |
| 63. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
41.58 |
1.0429 |
-0.0558 |
259 |
1 |
41.58 |
2012-03-26 |
| 64. |
You have to be a fairly determined ecological detective to f... |
41.52 |
0.8994 |
0.0896 |
188 |
2 |
38.60 |
2012-03-15 |
| 65. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
41.36 |
0.8916 |
0.0924 |
216 |
2 |
36.32 |
2012-04-29 |
| 66. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
41.26 |
1.0201 |
-0.0385 |
303 |
1 |
41.26 |
2012-04-12 |
| 67. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
41.26 |
1.0669 |
-0.0537 |
286 |
1 |
41.26 |
2012-04-26 |
| 68. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
41.20 |
0.9286 |
0.0498 |
194 |
1 |
41.20 |
2012-04-09 |
| 69. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
40.71 |
0.9047 |
0.0561 |
118 |
2 |
40.00 |
2012-03-23 |
| 70. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
40.68 |
1.0740 |
-0.0685 |
264 |
1 |
40.68 |
2012-03-24 |
| 71. |
Dropping through sky, through the glass of the roof, through... |
40.63 |
0.9688 |
-0.0039 |
217 |
1 |
40.63 |
2012-03-03 |
| 72. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
40.48 |
0.9572 |
0.0035 |
201 |
1 |
40.48 |
2012-04-07 |
| 73. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
40.46 |
1.0795 |
-0.0874 |
226 |
1 |
40.46 |
2012-04-05 |
| 74. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
40.28 |
1.0615 |
-0.0786 |
305 |
1 |
40.28 |
2012-03-09 |
| 75. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
40.26 |
0.9430 |
0.0068 |
211 |
1 |
40.26 |
2012-05-23 |
| 76. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
39.96 |
1.0768 |
-0.0873 |
295 |
1 |
39.96 |
2012-03-19 |
| 77. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
39.95 |
0.9527 |
-0.0028 |
251 |
1 |
39.95 |
2012-03-22 |
| 78. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
39.95 |
0.8190 |
0.1380 |
135 |
1 |
39.95 |
2012-03-19 |
| 79. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
39.83 |
0.9991 |
-0.0518 |
225 |
1 |
39.83 |
2012-03-09 |
| 80. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
39.77 |
0.9964 |
-0.0513 |
203 |
1 |
39.77 |
2012-04-07 |
| 81. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
39.62 |
0.9212 |
0.0234 |
323 |
1 |
39.62 |
2012-04-10 |
| 82. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
39.40 |
0.8723 |
0.0595 |
185 |
2 |
36.17 |
2012-03-19 |
| 83. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
39.31 |
0.8968 |
0.0338 |
186 |
1 |
39.31 |
2012-03-27 |
| 84. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
39.16 |
0.8787 |
0.0562 |
202 |
2 |
38.14 |
2012-03-24 |
| 85. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
39.00 |
1.0993 |
-0.1746 |
265 |
1 |
39.00 |
2012-03-09 |
| 86. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
38.99 |
0.8809 |
0.0429 |
127 |
1 |
38.99 |
2012-03-09 |
| 87. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
38.84 |
1.0023 |
-0.0816 |
211 |
1 |
38.84 |
2012-03-10 |
| 88. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
38.78 |
0.9855 |
-0.0306 |
258 |
1 |
38.78 |
2012-03-08 |
| 89. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
38.76 |
0.9128 |
0.0132 |
133 |
1 |
38.76 |
2012-03-05 |
| 90. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
38.70 |
0.8348 |
0.0905 |
219 |
1 |
38.70 |
2012-03-09 |
| 91. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
38.17 |
0.9097 |
-0.0033 |
153 |
1 |
38.17 |
2012-03-19 |
| 92. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
38.14 |
0.8077 |
0.0955 |
167 |
2 |
34.41 |
2012-03-03 |
| 93. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
38.00 |
0.9965 |
-0.0986 |
168 |
1 |
38.00 |
2012-03-08 |
| 94. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
37.69 |
1.0506 |
-0.1268 |
277 |
1 |
37.69 |
2012-03-05 |
| 95. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
37.60 |
0.9266 |
-0.0322 |
278 |
1 |
37.60 |
2012-02-29 |
| 96. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
37.52 |
0.9665 |
-0.0261 |
326 |
1 |
37.52 |
2012-03-09 |
| 97. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
37.50 |
0.8323 |
0.0577 |
145 |
1 |
37.50 |
2012-02-29 |
| 98. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
37.35 |
1.0375 |
-0.1048 |
200 |
1 |
37.35 |
2012-03-02 |
| 99. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
37.23 |
0.9426 |
-0.0555 |
317 |
1 |
37.23 |
2012-04-04 |
| 100. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
37.14 |
0.9350 |
-0.0529 |
195 |
2 |
36.30 |
2012-03-06 |
| 101. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
36.82 |
1.0485 |
-0.1403 |
153 |
1 |
36.82 |
2012-03-20 |
| 102. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
36.81 |
0.8845 |
-0.0107 |
273 |
1 |
36.81 |
2012-03-23 |
| 103. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
36.59 |
1.0025 |
-0.1344 |
256 |
1 |
36.59 |
2012-02-27 |
| 104. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
36.47 |
0.9846 |
-0.1206 |
281 |
1 |
36.47 |
2012-03-22 |
| 105. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
36.20 |
0.9773 |
-0.1266 |
123 |
1 |
36.20 |
2012-02-28 |
| 106. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
36.18 |
1.0883 |
-0.1973 |
303 |
1 |
36.18 |
2012-03-06 |
| 107. |
The intelligent person is able to identify a problem and fin... |
36.02 |
0.8157 |
0.0390 |
121 |
1 |
36.02 |
2012-02-29 |
| 108. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
35.81 |
0.9740 |
-0.1286 |
209 |
1 |
35.81 |
2012-03-10 |
| 109. |
Every time you practice a technique incorrectly, you're incr... |
35.64 |
0.8826 |
-0.0355 |
241 |
1 |
35.64 |
2012-03-10 |
| 110. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
35.43 |
0.8725 |
-0.0297 |
163 |
1 |
35.43 |
2012-02-29 |
| 111. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
35.06 |
1.0125 |
-0.1835 |
224 |
1 |
35.06 |
2012-02-29 |
| 112. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
35.06 |
1.0038 |
-0.1418 |
237 |
1 |
35.06 |
2012-03-03 |
| 113. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
35.00 |
0.9941 |
-0.1662 |
217 |
1 |
35.00 |
2012-02-29 |
| 114. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
34.70 |
0.9164 |
-0.0881 |
305 |
1 |
34.70 |
2012-02-29 |
| 115. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
34.67 |
0.8890 |
-0.0705 |
199 |
2 |
31.35 |
2012-04-12 |
| 116. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
34.61 |
0.9863 |
-0.1611 |
339 |
1 |
34.61 |
2012-02-28 |
| 117. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
34.56 |
0.8520 |
-0.0319 |
202 |
1 |
34.56 |
2012-03-10 |
| 118. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
34.39 |
1.0496 |
-0.2348 |
314 |
1 |
34.39 |
2012-02-29 |
| 119. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
34.30 |
0.9196 |
-0.1050 |
148 |
1 |
34.30 |
2012-02-28 |
| 120. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
34.21 |
0.9221 |
-0.1122 |
244 |
1 |
34.21 |
2012-03-10 |
| 121. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
34.12 |
1.0090 |
-0.1563 |
282 |
1 |
34.12 |
2012-03-06 |
| 122. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
34.03 |
1.0677 |
-0.2305 |
284 |
1 |
34.03 |
2012-03-03 |
| 123. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
33.91 |
0.9820 |
-0.1749 |
267 |
1 |
33.91 |
2012-03-02 |
| 124. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
33.78 |
1.0077 |
-0.1660 |
250 |
1 |
33.78 |
2012-03-08 |
| 125. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
33.77 |
0.9636 |
-0.1634 |
254 |
1 |
33.77 |
2012-03-09 |
| 126. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
33.56 |
0.8629 |
-0.0631 |
299 |
1 |
33.56 |
2012-03-09 |
| 127. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
33.55 |
1.0214 |
-0.2275 |
269 |
1 |
33.55 |
2012-03-02 |
| 128. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
33.31 |
1.0679 |
-0.2584 |
177 |
1 |
33.31 |
2012-03-05 |
| 129. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
32.95 |
0.8791 |
-0.0992 |
190 |
1 |
32.95 |
2012-02-29 |
| 130. |
And in the dream I knew that he was goin' on ahead and that ... |
32.80 |
0.9598 |
-0.1758 |
220 |
1 |
32.80 |
2012-03-05 |
| 131. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
32.26 |
0.9316 |
-0.1611 |
287 |
1 |
32.26 |
2012-02-28 |
| 132. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
30.73 |
0.9289 |
-0.2039 |
204 |
1 |
30.73 |
2012-03-02 |
| 133. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
30.00 |
0.8826 |
-0.1712 |
296 |
1 |
30.00 |
2012-02-27 |
| 134. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
29.35 |
0.9907 |
-0.2980 |
211 |
1 |
29.35 |
2012-03-07 |
| 135. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
29.33 |
0.8105 |
-0.1215 |
204 |
1 |
29.33 |
2012-03-13 |
| 136. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
28.71 |
0.7805 |
-0.1065 |
154 |
1 |
28.71 |
2012-03-02 |