| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
55.39 |
0.9729 |
0.4824 |
255 |
1 |
55.39 |
2011-06-17 |
| 2. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
54.71 |
1.0555 |
0.3829 |
363 |
1 |
54.71 |
2011-06-24 |
| 3. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
54.62 |
1.1114 |
0.3206 |
247 |
1 |
54.62 |
2011-06-24 |
| 4. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
54.09 |
1.0334 |
0.3807 |
131 |
2 |
42.92 |
2011-06-17 |
| 5. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
53.62 |
1.0214 |
0.3813 |
166 |
1 |
53.62 |
2011-06-24 |
| 6. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
52.40 |
1.1162 |
0.3006 |
189 |
1 |
52.40 |
2011-06-24 |
| 7. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
52.36 |
1.0240 |
0.3481 |
256 |
1 |
52.36 |
2011-06-17 |
| 8. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
51.28 |
1.0943 |
0.2844 |
206 |
2 |
45.40 |
2011-06-24 |
| 9. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
50.96 |
1.0390 |
0.2949 |
205 |
1 |
50.96 |
2011-06-17 |
| 10. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
49.86 |
0.9722 |
0.3384 |
283 |
1 |
49.86 |
2011-05-03 |
| 11. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
49.83 |
1.0944 |
0.2582 |
308 |
1 |
49.83 |
2011-06-17 |
| 12. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
49.78 |
1.0740 |
0.2706 |
264 |
1 |
49.78 |
2011-06-24 |
| 13. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
49.29 |
1.0320 |
0.2986 |
293 |
1 |
49.29 |
2011-06-17 |
| 14. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
49.17 |
0.9964 |
0.2939 |
203 |
1 |
49.17 |
2011-06-22 |
| 15. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
48.76 |
1.0343 |
0.2824 |
242 |
1 |
48.76 |
2011-06-22 |
| 16. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
48.69 |
0.9997 |
0.2813 |
382 |
1 |
48.69 |
2011-06-24 |
| 17. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
48.22 |
1.0063 |
0.2592 |
371 |
1 |
48.22 |
2011-06-24 |
| 18. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
47.44 |
1.0288 |
0.2476 |
300 |
1 |
47.44 |
2011-06-24 |
| 19. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
47.07 |
1.1081 |
0.1609 |
206 |
1 |
47.07 |
2011-06-17 |
| 20. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
46.57 |
1.0352 |
0.1893 |
341 |
1 |
46.57 |
2011-06-17 |
| 21. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
45.80 |
1.0201 |
0.1849 |
375 |
1 |
45.80 |
2011-06-24 |
| 22. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
45.55 |
0.9350 |
0.2600 |
195 |
2 |
44.60 |
2011-06-17 |
| 23. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
44.72 |
0.9986 |
0.1742 |
283 |
1 |
44.72 |
2011-06-17 |
| 24. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
44.70 |
0.9865 |
0.1863 |
276 |
1 |
44.70 |
2011-06-24 |
| 25. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
44.69 |
0.8941 |
0.2794 |
216 |
1 |
44.69 |
2011-06-24 |
| 26. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
44.48 |
0.9754 |
0.1966 |
362 |
1 |
44.48 |
2011-06-17 |
| 27. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
44.34 |
0.8821 |
0.2797 |
176 |
2 |
37.81 |
2011-05-03 |
| 28. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
44.24 |
1.0796 |
0.0750 |
129 |
1 |
44.24 |
2011-03-23 |
| 29. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
44.06 |
1.0696 |
0.0816 |
226 |
1 |
44.06 |
2011-06-17 |
| 30. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
43.88 |
1.0907 |
0.0621 |
303 |
1 |
43.88 |
2011-05-03 |
| 31. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
43.66 |
1.0621 |
0.1014 |
263 |
3 |
36.18 |
2011-05-03 |
| 32. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
43.36 |
0.9941 |
0.1397 |
217 |
1 |
43.36 |
2011-06-24 |
| 33. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
43.28 |
1.0124 |
0.1194 |
204 |
1 |
43.28 |
2011-06-17 |
| 34. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
42.83 |
1.0788 |
0.0377 |
171 |
1 |
42.83 |
2011-05-03 |
| 35. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
42.71 |
0.9711 |
0.1467 |
176 |
1 |
42.71 |
2011-06-22 |
| 36. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
42.22 |
1.1014 |
0.0424 |
273 |
1 |
42.22 |
2011-05-02 |
| 37. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
42.13 |
0.8907 |
0.2258 |
351 |
1 |
42.13 |
2011-06-17 |
| 38. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
42.07 |
1.0516 |
0.0499 |
281 |
1 |
42.07 |
2011-03-23 |
| 39. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
41.75 |
0.8916 |
0.2023 |
216 |
1 |
41.75 |
2011-06-24 |
| 40. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
41.17 |
1.0462 |
0.0258 |
184 |
1 |
41.17 |
2011-05-03 |
| 41. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
41.07 |
0.9904 |
0.1256 |
203 |
1 |
41.07 |
2011-05-03 |
| 42. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
40.75 |
0.9857 |
0.0803 |
293 |
2 |
39.47 |
2011-05-03 |
| 43. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
40.54 |
0.9884 |
0.0774 |
262 |
2 |
35.61 |
2011-05-02 |
| 44. |
And in the dream I knew that he was goin' on ahead and that ... |
40.45 |
0.9598 |
0.1066 |
220 |
1 |
40.45 |
2011-05-03 |
| 45. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
40.43 |
0.9340 |
0.1244 |
296 |
2 |
38.57 |
2011-05-03 |
| 46. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
40.38 |
1.0201 |
0.0375 |
303 |
1 |
40.38 |
2011-04-01 |
| 47. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
40.25 |
0.9763 |
0.0770 |
289 |
1 |
40.25 |
2011-05-03 |
| 48. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
40.08 |
0.9485 |
0.1025 |
236 |
1 |
40.08 |
2011-05-03 |
| 49. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
39.89 |
0.9769 |
0.0652 |
263 |
2 |
34.40 |
2011-05-03 |
| 50. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
39.86 |
1.0669 |
0.0094 |
213 |
1 |
39.86 |
2011-05-03 |
| 51. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
39.53 |
1.0232 |
0.0471 |
236 |
1 |
39.53 |
2011-04-01 |
| 52. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
39.03 |
0.9925 |
0.0657 |
247 |
1 |
39.03 |
2011-05-02 |
| 53. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
38.27 |
0.9005 |
0.0993 |
212 |
1 |
38.27 |
2011-05-03 |
| 54. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
38.04 |
0.9844 |
0.0156 |
293 |
1 |
38.04 |
2011-05-03 |
| 55. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
37.99 |
1.0029 |
-0.0153 |
209 |
1 |
37.99 |
2011-03-23 |
| 56. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
37.83 |
1.0521 |
-0.0673 |
171 |
1 |
37.83 |
2011-04-01 |
| 57. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
37.75 |
0.9161 |
0.0693 |
200 |
1 |
37.75 |
2011-04-01 |
| 58. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
37.68 |
1.0197 |
-0.0370 |
226 |
1 |
37.68 |
2011-04-01 |
| 59. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
37.67 |
0.8628 |
0.1193 |
196 |
1 |
37.67 |
2011-05-03 |
| 60. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
37.42 |
0.9168 |
0.0633 |
240 |
1 |
37.42 |
2011-05-03 |
| 61. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
37.41 |
0.8809 |
0.0955 |
127 |
1 |
37.41 |
2011-04-01 |
| 62. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
37.38 |
0.8541 |
0.1319 |
260 |
2 |
31.19 |
2011-05-03 |
| 63. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
37.07 |
0.8725 |
0.0990 |
163 |
2 |
34.96 |
2011-04-01 |
| 64. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
36.64 |
1.0767 |
-0.1209 |
212 |
1 |
36.64 |
2011-05-02 |
| 65. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
36.43 |
1.0419 |
-0.0894 |
261 |
1 |
36.43 |
2011-03-23 |
| 66. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
36.22 |
1.0574 |
-0.0825 |
205 |
1 |
36.22 |
2011-05-03 |
| 67. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
36.09 |
0.8670 |
0.0819 |
318 |
1 |
36.09 |
2011-05-02 |
| 68. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
35.88 |
0.8845 |
0.0539 |
273 |
1 |
35.88 |
2011-05-03 |
| 69. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
35.84 |
1.1018 |
-0.1714 |
220 |
1 |
35.84 |
2010-12-02 |
| 70. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
35.79 |
0.8544 |
0.0822 |
170 |
1 |
35.79 |
2010-12-03 |
| 71. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
35.51 |
0.9758 |
-0.0469 |
314 |
1 |
35.51 |
2011-05-02 |
| 72. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
34.99 |
0.9820 |
-0.0674 |
274 |
1 |
34.99 |
2011-05-02 |
| 73. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
34.95 |
0.8971 |
0.0216 |
266 |
1 |
34.95 |
2011-05-02 |
| 74. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
34.77 |
0.9673 |
-0.0195 |
232 |
1 |
34.77 |
2011-04-01 |
| 75. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
34.55 |
1.0016 |
-0.1036 |
218 |
1 |
34.55 |
2011-06-22 |
| 76. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
34.17 |
0.9275 |
-0.0382 |
211 |
2 |
29.41 |
2011-03-23 |
| 77. |
Through intensive training and psychological manipulation, a... |
33.20 |
0.8073 |
0.0614 |
173 |
1 |
33.20 |
2010-12-02 |
| 78. |
The milk and cheese and yogurt, which once came from dairy c... |
33.11 |
0.9310 |
-0.0703 |
188 |
1 |
33.11 |
2011-05-02 |
| 79. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
32.72 |
0.9351 |
-0.0864 |
190 |
1 |
32.72 |
2011-03-23 |
| 80. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
32.71 |
0.9740 |
-0.1240 |
209 |
1 |
32.71 |
2010-11-28 |
| 81. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
32.68 |
0.9559 |
-0.1000 |
195 |
2 |
29.96 |
2010-12-02 |
| 82. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
32.52 |
1.0074 |
-0.1564 |
242 |
1 |
32.52 |
2010-11-28 |
| 83. |
Grits and fried chicken won't disappear, but perhaps future ... |
32.40 |
0.8884 |
-0.0423 |
135 |
1 |
32.40 |
2010-11-28 |
| 84. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
32.14 |
0.7352 |
0.1036 |
106 |
1 |
32.14 |
2010-12-03 |
| 85. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
32.02 |
0.9316 |
-0.0897 |
287 |
2 |
30.83 |
2010-12-03 |
| 86. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
31.49 |
0.8918 |
-0.0719 |
100 |
1 |
31.49 |
2010-12-03 |
| 87. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
31.35 |
0.9023 |
-0.0416 |
231 |
1 |
31.35 |
2010-12-04 |
| 88. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
31.33 |
0.8961 |
-0.0821 |
189 |
1 |
31.33 |
2010-11-28 |
| 89. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
30.48 |
0.9938 |
-0.1981 |
339 |
1 |
30.48 |
2010-12-04 |
| 90. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
29.39 |
1.0263 |
-0.2611 |
267 |
1 |
29.39 |
2010-12-02 |
| 91. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
28.88 |
0.9084 |
-0.1519 |
404 |
1 |
28.88 |
2010-12-03 |
| 92. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
28.71 |
1.0677 |
-0.2894 |
284 |
1 |
28.71 |
2010-12-03 |
| 93. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
28.51 |
1.0183 |
-0.2813 |
191 |
1 |
28.51 |
2010-12-02 |
| 94. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
27.96 |
0.8653 |
-0.1259 |
255 |
1 |
27.96 |
2010-12-02 |
| 95. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
27.66 |
0.7375 |
-0.0137 |
148 |
1 |
27.66 |
2010-12-02 |
| 96. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
27.01 |
0.9636 |
-0.2608 |
254 |
1 |
27.01 |
2010-12-02 |
| 97. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
26.87 |
0.9916 |
-0.2497 |
282 |
1 |
26.87 |
2010-11-28 |
| 98. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
26.69 |
0.7826 |
-0.0843 |
97 |
1 |
26.69 |
2010-12-02 |
| 99. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
26.21 |
1.0251 |
-0.3455 |
261 |
1 |
26.21 |
2010-12-02 |
| 100. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
26.12 |
0.9772 |
-0.3012 |
217 |
2 |
25.07 |
2010-12-02 |
| 101. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
25.86 |
0.9089 |
-0.2326 |
342 |
1 |
25.86 |
2010-12-04 |
| 102. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
25.36 |
0.8105 |
-0.1556 |
204 |
1 |
25.36 |
2010-12-02 |
| 103. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
24.95 |
0.9127 |
-0.2666 |
252 |
1 |
24.95 |
2010-12-02 |
| 104. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
24.72 |
0.9266 |
-0.2844 |
267 |
1 |
24.72 |
2010-11-28 |
| 105. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
24.67 |
0.8188 |
-0.1766 |
183 |
1 |
24.67 |
2010-12-02 |
| 106. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
24.27 |
0.9019 |
-0.2662 |
204 |
1 |
24.27 |
2010-11-28 |
| 107. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
23.97 |
0.8382 |
-0.2154 |
268 |
1 |
23.97 |
2010-12-02 |
| 108. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
23.85 |
0.8919 |
-0.2745 |
205 |
1 |
23.85 |
2010-12-03 |
| 109. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
23.74 |
0.9646 |
-0.3493 |
264 |
1 |
23.74 |
2010-11-28 |
| 110. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
23.65 |
0.9871 |
-0.3370 |
209 |
2 |
23.60 |
2010-12-02 |
| 111. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
23.55 |
0.8070 |
-0.1983 |
167 |
1 |
23.55 |
2010-12-02 |
| 112. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
23.39 |
0.9233 |
-0.3245 |
168 |
1 |
23.39 |
2010-12-02 |
| 113. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
21.89 |
0.7801 |
-0.2166 |
116 |
1 |
21.89 |
2010-12-02 |
| 114. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
21.30 |
0.8263 |
-0.2767 |
162 |
1 |
21.30 |
2010-12-02 |