| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
70.34 |
1.0099 |
0.3447 |
207 |
2 |
69.10 |
2012-01-24 |
| 2. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
69.65 |
1.0261 |
0.3572 |
410 |
1 |
69.65 |
2013-03-22 |
| 3. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
67.66 |
0.9966 |
0.3081 |
259 |
1 |
67.66 |
2012-01-10 |
| 4. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
65.27 |
1.0529 |
0.2056 |
351 |
1 |
65.27 |
2011-08-13 |
| 5. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
65.14 |
1.1162 |
0.1810 |
189 |
2 |
50.90 |
2012-01-10 |
| 6. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
65.13 |
1.0602 |
0.1999 |
389 |
1 |
65.13 |
2012-01-10 |
| 7. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
65.06 |
1.0711 |
0.1781 |
213 |
2 |
52.30 |
2011-03-29 |
| 8. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
64.93 |
1.0565 |
0.1927 |
247 |
1 |
64.93 |
2011-08-13 |
| 9. |
Grits and fried chicken won't disappear, but perhaps future ... |
64.77 |
0.8884 |
0.3612 |
135 |
1 |
64.77 |
2012-01-10 |
| 10. |
Sometimes you concentrate more on racing the cars around you... |
64.05 |
1.0968 |
0.1752 |
365 |
1 |
64.05 |
2011-08-31 |
| 11. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
63.60 |
1.0788 |
0.1417 |
171 |
2 |
45.82 |
2010-06-13 |
| 12. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
63.30 |
1.0619 |
0.1617 |
354 |
1 |
63.30 |
2011-03-26 |
| 13. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
63.22 |
1.0943 |
0.1570 |
206 |
1 |
63.22 |
2011-08-31 |
| 14. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
63.10 |
1.0124 |
0.2015 |
204 |
1 |
63.10 |
2011-03-26 |
| 15. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
62.87 |
0.9109 |
0.3035 |
401 |
1 |
62.87 |
2013-03-22 |
| 16. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
62.69 |
1.0073 |
0.2088 |
369 |
1 |
62.69 |
2011-08-31 |
| 17. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
62.62 |
1.0763 |
0.1721 |
367 |
1 |
62.62 |
2012-01-10 |
| 18. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
61.80 |
1.0417 |
0.1467 |
253 |
2 |
48.50 |
2012-01-10 |
| 19. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
61.45 |
1.1014 |
0.1205 |
273 |
1 |
61.45 |
2011-12-29 |
| 20. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
61.24 |
1.0375 |
0.1887 |
200 |
1 |
61.24 |
2012-01-10 |
| 21. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
61.20 |
1.0062 |
0.1731 |
288 |
1 |
61.20 |
2011-08-31 |
| 22. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
60.98 |
1.0203 |
0.1581 |
261 |
1 |
60.98 |
2010-12-08 |
| 23. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
60.97 |
1.0485 |
0.1610 |
153 |
1 |
60.97 |
2011-03-29 |
| 24. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
60.64 |
1.0023 |
0.1642 |
211 |
1 |
60.64 |
2012-01-10 |
| 25. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
60.42 |
0.9776 |
0.1866 |
308 |
1 |
60.42 |
2011-08-31 |
| 26. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
60.38 |
1.0797 |
0.0781 |
210 |
1 |
60.38 |
2012-01-10 |
| 27. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
59.83 |
0.9814 |
0.2107 |
364 |
1 |
59.83 |
2011-08-31 |
| 28. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
59.80 |
1.0574 |
0.1226 |
205 |
1 |
59.80 |
2011-08-31 |
| 29. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
59.72 |
0.9942 |
0.1650 |
483 |
1 |
59.72 |
2011-03-29 |
| 30. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
59.62 |
0.9943 |
0.1577 |
373 |
1 |
59.62 |
2011-03-29 |
| 31. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
59.27 |
0.8975 |
0.2448 |
268 |
1 |
59.27 |
2011-04-16 |
| 32. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
59.22 |
0.9697 |
0.1758 |
266 |
1 |
59.22 |
2010-12-08 |
| 33. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
59.07 |
1.0183 |
0.1140 |
191 |
1 |
59.07 |
2010-06-13 |
| 34. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
58.85 |
1.0644 |
0.1053 |
257 |
1 |
58.85 |
2011-04-16 |
| 35. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
58.85 |
0.9429 |
0.1918 |
287 |
1 |
58.85 |
2011-08-13 |
| 36. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
58.73 |
0.9309 |
0.1984 |
284 |
1 |
58.73 |
2011-03-26 |
| 37. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
58.65 |
0.9790 |
0.1912 |
311 |
1 |
58.65 |
2012-01-10 |
| 38. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
58.60 |
1.0389 |
0.0920 |
340 |
1 |
58.60 |
2012-01-10 |
| 39. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
58.59 |
1.0799 |
0.0450 |
243 |
1 |
58.59 |
2011-03-29 |
| 40. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
58.51 |
0.9601 |
0.1714 |
308 |
1 |
58.51 |
2011-04-16 |
| 41. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
58.39 |
1.0349 |
0.0890 |
234 |
2 |
56.73 |
2011-08-13 |
| 42. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
57.80 |
1.0214 |
0.1344 |
281 |
1 |
57.80 |
2011-03-26 |
| 43. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
57.78 |
0.8845 |
0.2287 |
273 |
1 |
57.78 |
2011-08-13 |
| 44. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
57.78 |
1.0486 |
0.0649 |
289 |
1 |
57.78 |
2011-03-26 |
| 45. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
57.76 |
1.0189 |
0.0967 |
337 |
1 |
57.76 |
2010-06-13 |
| 46. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
57.67 |
1.0883 |
0.0544 |
303 |
1 |
57.67 |
2011-03-29 |
| 47. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
57.58 |
1.0016 |
0.1025 |
218 |
1 |
57.58 |
2010-12-08 |
| 48. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
57.47 |
0.9772 |
0.1260 |
217 |
1 |
57.47 |
2011-03-29 |
| 49. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
57.37 |
0.9899 |
0.1101 |
163 |
1 |
57.37 |
2011-03-29 |
| 50. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
57.33 |
0.9527 |
0.1511 |
251 |
1 |
57.33 |
2011-08-13 |
| 51. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
57.13 |
1.0352 |
0.0672 |
341 |
1 |
57.13 |
2011-03-29 |
| 52. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
57.09 |
0.9426 |
0.1599 |
317 |
1 |
57.09 |
2011-08-31 |
| 53. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
56.80 |
0.9293 |
0.1650 |
355 |
1 |
56.80 |
2010-06-13 |
| 54. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
56.48 |
0.9468 |
0.1400 |
276 |
1 |
56.48 |
2011-03-29 |
| 55. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
56.23 |
1.0340 |
0.0534 |
406 |
1 |
56.23 |
2010-12-08 |
| 56. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
56.04 |
1.0034 |
0.0740 |
302 |
1 |
56.04 |
2011-04-16 |
| 57. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
55.89 |
0.9908 |
0.1307 |
342 |
1 |
55.89 |
2011-03-29 |
| 58. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
55.83 |
1.0038 |
0.1012 |
237 |
1 |
55.83 |
2011-08-13 |
| 59. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
55.51 |
1.0365 |
0.0621 |
162 |
1 |
55.51 |
2010-05-22 |
| 60. |
We might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been... |
55.28 |
0.9359 |
0.1673 |
353 |
1 |
55.28 |
2011-04-16 |
| 61. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
55.09 |
0.9965 |
0.0642 |
277 |
1 |
55.09 |
2011-03-29 |
| 62. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
55.04 |
1.0254 |
0.0749 |
217 |
1 |
55.04 |
2010-06-13 |
| 63. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
54.70 |
1.0109 |
0.0746 |
400 |
1 |
54.70 |
2010-12-20 |
| 64. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
54.68 |
0.9964 |
0.0557 |
203 |
2 |
40.16 |
2011-03-26 |
| 65. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
54.52 |
0.9699 |
0.0787 |
269 |
1 |
54.52 |
2011-03-29 |
| 66. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
54.37 |
0.9045 |
0.1419 |
235 |
1 |
54.37 |
2011-03-29 |
| 67. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
54.29 |
1.0441 |
0.0419 |
316 |
1 |
54.29 |
2010-04-21 |
| 68. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
54.10 |
0.9281 |
0.1180 |
273 |
1 |
54.10 |
2010-04-21 |
| 69. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
53.96 |
0.9597 |
0.0826 |
347 |
1 |
53.96 |
2011-03-29 |
| 70. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
53.83 |
0.9372 |
0.1025 |
320 |
1 |
53.83 |
2011-03-29 |
| 71. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
53.51 |
1.0150 |
0.0635 |
325 |
1 |
53.51 |
2012-01-10 |
| 72. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
52.84 |
1.0577 |
-0.0448 |
247 |
1 |
52.84 |
2010-04-21 |
| 73. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
52.59 |
0.8826 |
0.1303 |
296 |
1 |
52.59 |
2011-04-16 |
| 74. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
52.46 |
1.0320 |
0.0142 |
293 |
1 |
52.46 |
2011-04-16 |
| 75. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
51.98 |
1.0521 |
-0.0572 |
171 |
1 |
51.98 |
2011-03-29 |
| 76. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
51.96 |
1.0944 |
-0.0503 |
308 |
1 |
51.96 |
2010-06-13 |
| 77. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
51.55 |
0.9678 |
0.0583 |
445 |
1 |
51.55 |
2011-03-26 |
| 78. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
51.30 |
0.8878 |
0.0983 |
346 |
1 |
51.30 |
2011-04-16 |
| 79. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
51.18 |
1.0068 |
-0.0195 |
358 |
1 |
51.18 |
2010-05-22 |
| 80. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
49.65 |
1.0528 |
-0.1034 |
201 |
1 |
49.65 |
2009-12-28 |
| 81. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
48.60 |
0.9072 |
0.0249 |
237 |
1 |
48.60 |
2010-06-13 |
| 82. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
48.04 |
1.0412 |
-0.1188 |
225 |
1 |
48.04 |
2010-03-21 |
| 83. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
48.03 |
0.9851 |
-0.0603 |
317 |
2 |
38.13 |
2010-04-21 |
| 84. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
47.98 |
0.9852 |
-0.0633 |
264 |
1 |
47.98 |
2010-04-21 |
| 85. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
47.28 |
0.9946 |
-0.0867 |
246 |
1 |
47.28 |
2010-05-22 |
| 86. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
45.73 |
0.9697 |
-0.0916 |
249 |
1 |
45.73 |
2010-03-21 |
| 87. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
44.44 |
0.8841 |
-0.0242 |
194 |
1 |
44.44 |
2010-05-22 |
| 88. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
43.48 |
1.0389 |
-0.2030 |
318 |
1 |
43.48 |
2009-12-28 |
| 89. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
42.77 |
1.0025 |
-0.1815 |
336 |
1 |
42.77 |
2009-12-28 |
| 90. |
For all its apparent strength, the Aztec Empire had vulnerab... |
42.63 |
0.7988 |
0.0277 |
219 |
1 |
42.63 |
2010-04-21 |
| 91. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
42.24 |
0.9089 |
-0.0950 |
342 |
1 |
42.24 |
2010-02-21 |
| 92. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
41.99 |
1.0029 |
-0.2041 |
209 |
1 |
41.99 |
2009-11-22 |
| 93. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
41.48 |
0.9670 |
-0.1298 |
307 |
1 |
41.48 |
2010-02-21 |
| 94. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
41.41 |
0.9843 |
-0.1955 |
234 |
1 |
41.41 |
2010-01-09 |
| 95. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
41.03 |
1.0213 |
-0.2381 |
240 |
1 |
41.03 |
2009-12-28 |
| 96. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
40.97 |
0.9125 |
-0.1256 |
308 |
1 |
40.97 |
2010-05-22 |
| 97. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
39.62 |
1.0441 |
-0.2836 |
252 |
1 |
39.62 |
2009-11-22 |
| 98. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
39.49 |
0.9798 |
-0.2293 |
199 |
2 |
36.30 |
2009-11-22 |
| 99. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
38.85 |
0.9865 |
-0.2414 |
276 |
1 |
38.85 |
2009-12-28 |
| 100. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
38.57 |
0.9532 |
-0.2158 |
258 |
1 |
38.57 |
2009-12-28 |
| 101. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
38.31 |
1.0516 |
-0.3185 |
281 |
1 |
38.31 |
2009-12-10 |
| 102. |
The girls I like best are ones I never feel much like kiddin... |
37.25 |
0.9063 |
-0.1852 |
239 |
1 |
37.25 |
2009-11-22 |
| 103. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
36.58 |
0.9266 |
-0.2249 |
278 |
1 |
36.58 |
2009-11-22 |
| 104. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
36.26 |
0.8731 |
-0.1721 |
199 |
1 |
36.26 |
2009-12-28 |
| 105. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
34.36 |
0.8936 |
-0.2384 |
127 |
1 |
34.36 |
2009-10-02 |
| 106. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
34.02 |
1.0117 |
-0.3170 |
297 |
1 |
34.02 |
2009-11-28 |
| 107. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
33.95 |
0.8788 |
-0.2334 |
134 |
1 |
33.95 |
2009-10-02 |
| 108. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
33.66 |
0.8739 |
-0.2344 |
136 |
1 |
33.66 |
2009-10-12 |
| 109. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
31.85 |
1.0523 |
-0.4487 |
256 |
1 |
31.85 |
2009-10-02 |
| 110. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
31.65 |
0.8910 |
-0.2856 |
150 |
1 |
31.65 |
2009-10-02 |
| 111. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
31.52 |
1.0462 |
-0.4510 |
184 |
1 |
31.52 |
2009-10-02 |
| 112. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
30.81 |
0.8142 |
-0.2319 |
187 |
1 |
30.81 |
2009-10-10 |
| 113. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
30.44 |
0.8595 |
-0.2776 |
242 |
1 |
30.44 |
2009-10-02 |
| 114. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
29.88 |
1.0261 |
-0.4587 |
273 |
1 |
29.88 |
2009-10-12 |
| 115. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
28.95 |
0.9350 |
-0.3829 |
195 |
1 |
28.95 |
2009-09-25 |
| 116. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
28.71 |
0.7934 |
-0.2474 |
134 |
1 |
28.71 |
2009-10-02 |
| 117. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
28.60 |
0.9572 |
-0.4137 |
201 |
1 |
28.60 |
2009-10-12 |
| 118. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
28.18 |
0.7690 |
-0.2311 |
142 |
1 |
28.18 |
2009-10-10 |
| 119. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
27.34 |
1.0487 |
-0.5340 |
231 |
1 |
27.34 |
2009-10-08 |
| 120. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
27.01 |
0.8900 |
-0.3752 |
164 |
1 |
27.01 |
2009-09-25 |
| 121. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
25.67 |
0.8793 |
-0.3903 |
157 |
1 |
25.67 |
2009-10-02 |