| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
74.77 |
1.1016 |
0.1841 |
233 |
1 |
74.77 |
2010-07-01 |
| 2. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
72.41 |
1.1081 |
0.1711 |
206 |
1 |
72.41 |
2010-06-25 |
| 3. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
69.23 |
1.0907 |
0.1014 |
303 |
1 |
69.23 |
2010-06-25 |
| 4. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
67.99 |
1.0829 |
0.0865 |
288 |
1 |
67.99 |
2010-06-25 |
| 5. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
67.15 |
1.0885 |
0.0681 |
315 |
2 |
66.27 |
2010-06-25 |
| 6. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
66.91 |
1.0203 |
0.1322 |
261 |
1 |
66.91 |
2010-06-25 |
| 7. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
66.47 |
0.9820 |
0.1597 |
274 |
3 |
62.69 |
2010-06-29 |
| 8. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
64.60 |
0.9426 |
0.1695 |
317 |
1 |
64.60 |
2010-07-01 |
| 9. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
64.25 |
0.9697 |
0.1334 |
249 |
1 |
64.25 |
2010-07-01 |
| 10. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
63.90 |
1.0567 |
0.0407 |
303 |
2 |
58.62 |
2010-06-27 |
| 11. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
63.28 |
0.9811 |
0.1077 |
272 |
1 |
63.28 |
2010-07-01 |
| 12. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
63.00 |
0.9513 |
0.1337 |
354 |
2 |
58.24 |
2010-07-01 |
| 13. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
62.69 |
0.9780 |
0.0988 |
337 |
2 |
62.35 |
2010-06-28 |
| 14. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
62.52 |
1.0038 |
0.0994 |
237 |
1 |
62.52 |
2010-07-01 |
| 15. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
62.43 |
1.0095 |
0.0607 |
316 |
1 |
62.43 |
2010-06-28 |
| 16. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
62.41 |
0.9653 |
0.1140 |
394 |
2 |
60.71 |
2010-06-28 |
| 17. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
61.76 |
1.0417 |
0.0155 |
253 |
1 |
61.76 |
2010-06-25 |
| 18. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
61.53 |
0.9734 |
0.0820 |
289 |
1 |
61.53 |
2010-06-30 |
| 19. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
61.50 |
0.9576 |
0.1021 |
212 |
2 |
53.91 |
2010-06-27 |
| 20. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
61.42 |
0.9922 |
0.1027 |
341 |
1 |
61.42 |
2010-06-29 |
| 21. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
61.30 |
1.0120 |
0.0389 |
290 |
1 |
61.30 |
2010-06-25 |
| 22. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
60.98 |
1.0486 |
-0.0017 |
289 |
1 |
60.98 |
2010-06-28 |
| 23. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
60.57 |
0.9907 |
0.0467 |
211 |
1 |
60.57 |
2010-06-25 |
| 24. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
60.37 |
1.0389 |
-0.0017 |
318 |
1 |
60.37 |
2010-07-01 |
| 25. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
60.17 |
0.9805 |
0.0562 |
292 |
2 |
57.03 |
2010-06-25 |
| 26. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
59.95 |
0.9303 |
0.0916 |
176 |
1 |
59.95 |
2010-06-27 |
| 27. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
59.73 |
1.0574 |
-0.0051 |
205 |
1 |
59.73 |
2010-06-25 |
| 28. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
59.71 |
0.9986 |
0.0261 |
283 |
1 |
59.71 |
2010-06-25 |
| 29. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
59.44 |
0.9632 |
0.0985 |
345 |
2 |
57.33 |
2010-06-25 |
| 30. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
59.39 |
1.0644 |
-0.0098 |
257 |
1 |
59.39 |
2010-06-25 |
| 31. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
59.34 |
0.9372 |
0.0844 |
320 |
1 |
59.34 |
2010-07-01 |
| 32. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
59.22 |
0.9768 |
0.0414 |
387 |
2 |
58.80 |
2010-07-01 |
| 33. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
59.17 |
1.0719 |
-0.0296 |
360 |
1 |
59.17 |
2010-06-25 |
| 34. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
59.17 |
1.0390 |
-0.0281 |
205 |
1 |
59.17 |
2010-07-01 |
| 35. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
58.93 |
1.0083 |
0.0463 |
273 |
1 |
58.93 |
2010-06-25 |
| 36. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
58.90 |
1.0662 |
-0.0185 |
407 |
1 |
58.90 |
2010-06-25 |
| 37. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
58.75 |
0.8811 |
0.1309 |
239 |
1 |
58.75 |
2010-06-25 |
| 38. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
58.74 |
0.9439 |
0.0713 |
476 |
1 |
58.74 |
2010-06-25 |
| 39. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
58.66 |
1.1323 |
-0.0928 |
341 |
1 |
58.66 |
2010-06-25 |
| 40. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
58.23 |
1.0463 |
-0.0525 |
182 |
2 |
56.17 |
2010-06-30 |
| 41. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
58.14 |
0.9844 |
0.0172 |
293 |
1 |
58.14 |
2010-06-30 |
| 42. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
58.09 |
0.9857 |
0.0092 |
293 |
2 |
57.70 |
2010-06-27 |
| 43. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
57.71 |
0.9814 |
0.0473 |
364 |
2 |
57.03 |
2010-06-27 |
| 44. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
57.54 |
0.9365 |
0.0513 |
248 |
1 |
57.54 |
2010-06-25 |
| 45. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
57.53 |
0.9946 |
-0.0086 |
246 |
1 |
57.53 |
2010-06-25 |
| 46. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
57.43 |
1.0088 |
0.0144 |
396 |
1 |
57.43 |
2010-06-25 |
| 47. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
57.19 |
1.0167 |
-0.0296 |
378 |
1 |
57.19 |
2010-06-30 |
| 48. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
57.16 |
0.9792 |
0.0390 |
265 |
1 |
57.16 |
2010-07-01 |
| 49. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
57.15 |
1.0768 |
-0.0571 |
295 |
1 |
57.15 |
2010-06-30 |
| 50. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
57.09 |
0.9619 |
0.0219 |
393 |
1 |
57.09 |
2010-07-01 |
| 51. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
57.08 |
1.0201 |
-0.0377 |
375 |
2 |
56.74 |
2010-06-30 |
| 52. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
57.04 |
1.0331 |
-0.0576 |
234 |
1 |
57.04 |
2010-06-29 |
| 53. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
56.98 |
0.9353 |
0.0373 |
177 |
1 |
56.98 |
2010-06-25 |
| 54. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
56.92 |
0.8961 |
0.0761 |
189 |
1 |
56.92 |
2010-06-27 |
| 55. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
56.92 |
1.0169 |
-0.0027 |
346 |
1 |
56.92 |
2010-07-01 |
| 56. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
56.85 |
0.9863 |
-0.0075 |
339 |
1 |
56.85 |
2010-06-30 |
| 57. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
56.53 |
1.0613 |
-0.0916 |
266 |
1 |
56.53 |
2010-06-27 |
| 58. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
56.46 |
1.0528 |
-0.0902 |
201 |
1 |
56.46 |
2010-06-25 |
| 59. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
56.44 |
0.9936 |
-0.0266 |
311 |
1 |
56.44 |
2010-06-27 |
| 60. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
56.31 |
0.9514 |
0.0139 |
237 |
1 |
56.31 |
2010-06-25 |
| 61. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
56.24 |
1.0523 |
-0.0928 |
256 |
1 |
56.24 |
2010-06-25 |
| 62. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
55.91 |
0.9612 |
-0.0031 |
256 |
1 |
55.91 |
2010-06-30 |
| 63. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
55.60 |
1.0297 |
-0.0782 |
249 |
1 |
55.60 |
2010-06-29 |
| 64. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
55.59 |
1.0013 |
-0.0497 |
273 |
1 |
55.59 |
2010-06-25 |
| 65. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
55.43 |
1.0515 |
-0.1096 |
166 |
1 |
55.43 |
2010-06-28 |
| 66. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
55.21 |
0.8826 |
0.0647 |
296 |
2 |
53.12 |
2010-07-01 |
| 67. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
55.04 |
0.9578 |
-0.0153 |
281 |
1 |
55.04 |
2010-06-27 |
| 68. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
54.79 |
0.9846 |
-0.0471 |
281 |
1 |
54.79 |
2010-06-25 |
| 69. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
54.67 |
0.8845 |
0.0524 |
273 |
1 |
54.67 |
2010-07-01 |
| 70. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
54.49 |
0.9176 |
0.0496 |
267 |
1 |
54.49 |
2010-06-25 |
| 71. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
54.28 |
0.9485 |
-0.0170 |
236 |
1 |
54.28 |
2010-06-25 |
| 72. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
54.05 |
0.9342 |
-0.0049 |
434 |
2 |
49.90 |
2010-06-30 |
| 73. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
53.98 |
0.9912 |
-0.0397 |
237 |
1 |
53.98 |
2010-06-25 |
| 74. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
53.44 |
0.9790 |
-0.0232 |
311 |
2 |
52.06 |
2010-06-28 |
| 75. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
53.23 |
1.0288 |
-0.0852 |
300 |
1 |
53.23 |
2010-06-30 |
| 76. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
53.10 |
1.0314 |
-0.0829 |
452 |
1 |
53.10 |
2010-06-25 |
| 77. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
53.05 |
1.0419 |
-0.1335 |
261 |
1 |
53.05 |
2010-06-26 |
| 78. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
52.67 |
0.9754 |
-0.0675 |
362 |
1 |
52.67 |
2010-06-25 |
| 79. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
52.44 |
1.0151 |
-0.1258 |
152 |
1 |
52.44 |
2010-06-29 |
| 80. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
52.33 |
1.0346 |
-0.0967 |
244 |
1 |
52.33 |
2010-06-25 |
| 81. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
52.26 |
1.0099 |
-0.1181 |
207 |
1 |
52.26 |
2010-06-25 |
| 82. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
52.20 |
0.8947 |
0.0038 |
366 |
1 |
52.20 |
2010-06-25 |
| 83. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
51.89 |
0.8981 |
-0.0052 |
393 |
1 |
51.89 |
2010-06-25 |
| 84. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
51.85 |
1.0031 |
-0.0820 |
304 |
1 |
51.85 |
2010-06-27 |
| 85. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
51.36 |
0.9164 |
-0.0325 |
305 |
1 |
51.36 |
2010-06-30 |
| 86. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
51.07 |
0.9309 |
-0.0588 |
284 |
1 |
51.07 |
2010-06-27 |
| 87. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
50.64 |
1.0062 |
-0.1397 |
288 |
1 |
50.64 |
2010-06-27 |
| 88. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
49.75 |
1.0412 |
-0.1907 |
225 |
1 |
49.75 |
2010-06-25 |
| 89. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
49.74 |
1.0109 |
-0.1592 |
276 |
1 |
49.74 |
2010-06-27 |
| 90. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
48.77 |
0.9088 |
-0.0695 |
348 |
1 |
48.77 |
2010-06-30 |
| 91. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
47.27 |
0.9601 |
-0.1474 |
308 |
1 |
47.27 |
2010-06-25 |
| 92. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
45.92 |
0.9148 |
-0.1288 |
317 |
1 |
45.92 |
2010-06-27 |
| 93. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
45.79 |
0.8722 |
-0.0870 |
285 |
1 |
45.79 |
2010-06-25 |
| 94. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
45.12 |
0.9763 |
-0.2061 |
289 |
1 |
45.12 |
2010-06-25 |