| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
75.33 |
1.0263 |
0.4067 |
267 |
1 |
75.33 |
2012-05-29 |
| 2. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
66.85 |
1.0462 |
0.2187 |
184 |
1 |
66.85 |
2010-02-12 |
| 3. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
65.16 |
0.8442 |
0.3983 |
265 |
2 |
54.98 |
2010-02-12 |
| 4. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
63.91 |
1.0375 |
0.2230 |
200 |
1 |
63.91 |
2010-02-21 |
| 5. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
63.80 |
1.0534 |
0.1612 |
357 |
1 |
63.80 |
2010-02-14 |
| 6. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
62.53 |
1.0740 |
0.1523 |
264 |
1 |
62.53 |
2010-08-09 |
| 7. |
I often see racers, particularly at the back of the pack in ... |
62.45 |
0.9653 |
0.2203 |
349 |
1 |
62.45 |
2012-05-25 |
| 8. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
61.96 |
1.0485 |
0.1633 |
153 |
1 |
61.96 |
2012-05-25 |
| 9. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
60.90 |
0.9894 |
0.1717 |
323 |
1 |
60.90 |
2010-08-12 |
| 10. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
60.07 |
1.0630 |
0.1110 |
397 |
1 |
60.07 |
2012-10-28 |
| 11. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
59.93 |
1.0477 |
0.0928 |
360 |
1 |
59.93 |
2010-02-14 |
| 12. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
59.75 |
0.9365 |
0.1995 |
248 |
1 |
59.75 |
2010-12-01 |
| 13. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
59.34 |
1.0154 |
0.1611 |
351 |
1 |
59.34 |
2010-02-12 |
| 14. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
58.90 |
1.0389 |
0.0811 |
318 |
2 |
56.88 |
2010-02-20 |
| 15. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
58.88 |
0.9772 |
0.1372 |
217 |
1 |
58.88 |
2010-02-20 |
| 16. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
58.49 |
1.0270 |
0.1194 |
255 |
1 |
58.49 |
2010-06-30 |
| 17. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
58.37 |
0.9786 |
0.1290 |
235 |
1 |
58.37 |
2010-02-20 |
| 18. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
57.67 |
1.0012 |
0.0968 |
260 |
1 |
57.67 |
2010-02-12 |
| 19. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
57.56 |
1.0516 |
0.0406 |
281 |
1 |
57.56 |
2010-08-12 |
| 20. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
57.02 |
0.9682 |
0.1121 |
143 |
1 |
57.02 |
2010-02-12 |
| 21. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
56.66 |
1.0349 |
0.0397 |
234 |
1 |
56.66 |
2010-02-20 |
| 22. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
56.44 |
0.9857 |
0.0843 |
293 |
1 |
56.44 |
2010-02-11 |
| 23. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
56.43 |
1.0138 |
0.0567 |
231 |
1 |
56.43 |
2010-02-20 |
| 24. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
56.40 |
0.9529 |
0.1580 |
269 |
1 |
56.40 |
2010-02-12 |
| 25. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
56.19 |
0.9540 |
0.1104 |
285 |
3 |
54.03 |
2010-02-12 |
| 26. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
55.93 |
1.0203 |
0.0444 |
261 |
1 |
55.93 |
2010-02-21 |
| 27. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
55.79 |
1.0696 |
-0.0145 |
226 |
1 |
55.79 |
2010-02-11 |
| 28. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
55.71 |
0.9726 |
0.0780 |
154 |
1 |
55.71 |
2010-02-11 |
| 29. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
55.66 |
1.0361 |
0.0210 |
269 |
1 |
55.66 |
2010-02-18 |
| 30. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
55.43 |
0.9597 |
0.0961 |
347 |
2 |
51.53 |
2010-02-12 |
| 31. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
55.04 |
0.9769 |
0.0652 |
263 |
1 |
55.04 |
2010-02-11 |
| 32. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
54.76 |
1.0944 |
-0.0108 |
308 |
1 |
54.76 |
2010-02-11 |
| 33. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
54.71 |
1.0668 |
-0.0265 |
350 |
1 |
54.71 |
2010-02-20 |
| 34. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
54.68 |
0.9567 |
0.1227 |
184 |
1 |
54.68 |
2010-02-20 |
| 35. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
54.33 |
1.1016 |
-0.0710 |
233 |
1 |
54.33 |
2010-02-12 |
| 36. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
54.14 |
1.0613 |
-0.0335 |
266 |
1 |
54.14 |
2010-02-12 |
| 37. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
54.05 |
0.9668 |
0.1009 |
383 |
1 |
54.05 |
2010-02-16 |
| 38. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
53.97 |
0.9570 |
0.0683 |
287 |
1 |
53.97 |
2010-02-14 |
| 39. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
53.94 |
0.9485 |
0.0762 |
236 |
1 |
53.94 |
2010-02-14 |
| 40. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
53.94 |
0.8573 |
0.1693 |
270 |
1 |
53.94 |
2010-02-12 |
| 41. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
53.48 |
1.0714 |
-0.0661 |
129 |
1 |
53.48 |
2011-02-23 |
| 42. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
53.28 |
1.0016 |
0.0042 |
218 |
1 |
53.28 |
2010-02-14 |
| 43. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
53.23 |
0.9729 |
0.0367 |
255 |
1 |
53.23 |
2010-02-20 |
| 44. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
53.15 |
1.0316 |
-0.0199 |
333 |
1 |
53.15 |
2010-02-12 |
| 45. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
52.63 |
0.9844 |
0.0183 |
293 |
1 |
52.63 |
2010-02-12 |
| 46. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
52.59 |
1.0577 |
-0.0641 |
247 |
1 |
52.59 |
2010-02-11 |
| 47. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
52.44 |
0.9340 |
0.0600 |
296 |
1 |
52.44 |
2010-02-11 |
| 48. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
51.47 |
0.9161 |
0.0575 |
200 |
1 |
51.47 |
2010-02-11 |
| 49. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
51.28 |
1.0254 |
-0.0127 |
217 |
1 |
51.28 |
2010-02-14 |
| 50. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
51.25 |
1.0444 |
-0.0796 |
197 |
1 |
51.25 |
2010-02-18 |
| 51. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
51.20 |
0.9943 |
-0.0207 |
373 |
1 |
51.20 |
2010-02-16 |
| 52. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
50.56 |
0.9514 |
0.0070 |
237 |
1 |
50.56 |
2010-02-12 |
| 53. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
50.10 |
0.9234 |
0.0313 |
346 |
2 |
49.52 |
2010-02-11 |
| 54. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
50.05 |
0.9851 |
-0.0346 |
317 |
1 |
50.05 |
2010-02-11 |
| 55. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
49.76 |
0.9734 |
-0.0309 |
289 |
2 |
46.30 |
2010-02-11 |
| 56. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
49.64 |
0.9572 |
0.0264 |
376 |
1 |
49.64 |
2010-02-12 |
| 57. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
49.64 |
0.9127 |
0.0255 |
252 |
1 |
49.64 |
2010-02-11 |
| 58. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
49.44 |
1.0337 |
-0.0977 |
214 |
1 |
49.44 |
2010-02-10 |
| 59. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
49.29 |
1.0767 |
-0.1452 |
212 |
1 |
49.29 |
2010-02-14 |
| 60. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
49.26 |
1.0033 |
-0.0768 |
189 |
1 |
49.26 |
2010-02-11 |
| 61. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
49.24 |
1.0596 |
-0.1289 |
239 |
1 |
49.24 |
2010-02-10 |
| 62. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
49.21 |
1.0117 |
-0.0347 |
297 |
1 |
49.21 |
2010-02-11 |
| 63. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
48.95 |
1.0131 |
-0.0898 |
225 |
1 |
48.95 |
2010-02-10 |
| 64. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
48.94 |
0.9798 |
-0.0585 |
199 |
1 |
48.94 |
2010-02-12 |
| 65. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
48.77 |
0.9852 |
-0.0612 |
264 |
1 |
48.77 |
2010-02-11 |
| 66. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
48.71 |
0.9756 |
-0.0543 |
229 |
1 |
48.71 |
2010-02-11 |
| 67. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
48.63 |
0.9286 |
-0.0085 |
194 |
1 |
48.63 |
2010-02-11 |
| 68. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
48.28 |
0.9846 |
-0.0714 |
281 |
1 |
48.28 |
2010-02-11 |
| 69. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
48.19 |
0.7890 |
0.1245 |
230 |
1 |
48.19 |
2010-02-11 |
| 70. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
48.14 |
0.8810 |
0.0314 |
282 |
1 |
48.14 |
2010-02-10 |
| 71. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
48.03 |
1.0388 |
-0.0977 |
243 |
1 |
48.03 |
2010-02-11 |
| 72. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
47.96 |
0.9653 |
-0.0488 |
394 |
2 |
47.16 |
2010-02-11 |
| 73. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
47.58 |
0.9785 |
-0.0744 |
335 |
1 |
47.58 |
2010-02-12 |
| 74. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
47.55 |
1.0426 |
-0.1430 |
323 |
1 |
47.55 |
2010-02-10 |
| 75. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
47.49 |
0.9266 |
-0.0273 |
267 |
2 |
46.58 |
2010-02-12 |
| 76. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
47.42 |
0.9226 |
-0.0185 |
348 |
1 |
47.42 |
2010-02-10 |
| 77. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
47.40 |
1.0109 |
-0.1127 |
276 |
1 |
47.40 |
2010-02-11 |
| 78. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
47.29 |
1.0396 |
-0.1515 |
149 |
1 |
47.29 |
2010-02-12 |
| 79. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
47.20 |
0.9072 |
-0.0153 |
237 |
1 |
47.20 |
2010-02-11 |
| 80. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
46.95 |
0.9532 |
-0.0657 |
258 |
2 |
45.85 |
2010-02-14 |
| 81. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
46.42 |
0.9233 |
-0.0530 |
168 |
1 |
46.42 |
2010-02-20 |
| 82. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
45.52 |
1.0389 |
-0.1752 |
340 |
1 |
45.52 |
2010-02-18 |
| 83. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
45.39 |
0.9965 |
-0.1425 |
168 |
1 |
45.39 |
2010-02-11 |
| 84. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
45.25 |
0.9164 |
-0.0555 |
305 |
1 |
45.25 |
2010-02-10 |
| 85. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
44.65 |
0.9289 |
-0.0866 |
204 |
1 |
44.65 |
2010-02-11 |
| 86. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
44.19 |
0.9411 |
-0.1045 |
318 |
1 |
44.19 |
2010-02-10 |
| 87. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
44.07 |
1.0218 |
-0.1912 |
268 |
1 |
44.07 |
2010-02-11 |
| 88. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
42.71 |
0.9202 |
-0.1135 |
254 |
1 |
42.71 |
2010-02-10 |
| 89. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
42.63 |
0.8971 |
-0.0860 |
266 |
1 |
42.63 |
2010-02-11 |
| 90. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
42.55 |
1.0334 |
-0.2356 |
131 |
1 |
42.55 |
2010-02-12 |
| 91. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
40.62 |
0.8105 |
-0.0476 |
204 |
1 |
40.62 |
2010-02-11 |
| 92. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
40.35 |
1.0795 |
-0.2870 |
226 |
1 |
40.35 |
2010-02-10 |
| 93. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
38.30 |
0.9168 |
-0.1928 |
240 |
1 |
38.30 |
2010-02-10 |
| 94. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
34.72 |
0.8996 |
-0.2512 |
192 |
1 |
34.72 |
2010-02-11 |
| 95. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
30.44 |
0.9005 |
-0.3303 |
212 |
1 |
30.44 |
2010-02-10 |