| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
56.12 |
0.9166 |
-0.9227 |
133 |
4 |
45.33 |
2008-10-20 |
| 2. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
51.74 |
1.1093 |
-1.1185 |
220 |
1 |
51.74 |
2008-09-25 |
| 3. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
49.00 |
1.0601 |
-1.0669 |
256 |
1 |
49.00 |
2008-10-13 |
| 4. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
48.07 |
0.8906 |
-0.8873 |
128 |
2 |
39.09 |
2008-09-26 |
| 5. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
47.72 |
1.0341 |
-1.0395 |
273 |
3 |
40.50 |
2008-09-25 |
| 6. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
47.53 |
1.0461 |
-1.0501 |
318 |
1 |
47.53 |
2008-10-02 |
| 7. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
47.37 |
0.9371 |
-0.9488 |
156 |
1 |
47.37 |
2008-10-01 |
| 8. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
46.81 |
1.0287 |
-1.0345 |
269 |
2 |
45.68 |
2008-10-20 |
| 9. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
46.65 |
1.0576 |
-1.0640 |
231 |
1 |
46.65 |
2008-09-18 |
| 10. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
45.99 |
1.0881 |
-1.0955 |
210 |
1 |
45.99 |
2008-09-18 |
| 11. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
44.78 |
1.0600 |
-1.0648 |
351 |
1 |
44.78 |
2008-10-01 |
| 12. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
44.51 |
0.9286 |
-0.9357 |
177 |
2 |
40.71 |
2008-09-25 |
| 13. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
44.23 |
0.9621 |
-0.9715 |
201 |
1 |
44.23 |
2008-09-25 |
| 14. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
44.14 |
1.0638 |
-1.0709 |
247 |
2 |
39.42 |
2008-09-26 |
| 15. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
44.01 |
0.9252 |
-0.9315 |
148 |
2 |
38.31 |
2008-09-29 |
| 16. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
43.80 |
1.0567 |
-1.0625 |
314 |
1 |
43.80 |
2008-09-26 |
| 17. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
43.71 |
1.0106 |
-1.0167 |
302 |
1 |
43.71 |
2008-09-23 |
| 18. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
43.59 |
0.8778 |
-0.8822 |
285 |
1 |
43.59 |
2008-10-09 |
| 19. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
43.46 |
1.0264 |
-1.0336 |
191 |
2 |
39.08 |
2008-09-26 |
| 20. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
42.83 |
1.0557 |
-1.0601 |
289 |
2 |
42.30 |
2008-10-13 |
| 21. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
42.78 |
0.9981 |
-1.0041 |
211 |
2 |
42.00 |
2008-10-09 |
| 22. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
42.57 |
0.9836 |
-0.9884 |
289 |
2 |
39.13 |
2008-09-16 |
| 23. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
41.95 |
0.9636 |
-0.9707 |
281 |
2 |
38.84 |
2008-10-02 |
| 24. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
41.94 |
0.9183 |
-0.9239 |
308 |
1 |
41.94 |
2008-10-09 |
| 25. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
41.81 |
1.0404 |
-1.0432 |
406 |
1 |
41.81 |
2008-10-21 |
| 26. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
41.76 |
1.0540 |
-1.0623 |
184 |
1 |
41.76 |
2008-09-18 |
| 27. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
41.65 |
0.8339 |
-0.8399 |
209 |
2 |
39.60 |
2008-09-29 |
| 28. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
41.29 |
0.8742 |
-0.8785 |
202 |
1 |
41.29 |
2008-10-09 |
| 29. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
41.27 |
0.9948 |
-1.0018 |
233 |
1 |
41.27 |
2008-09-15 |
| 30. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
41.19 |
1.0867 |
-1.0949 |
171 |
1 |
41.19 |
2008-10-02 |
| 31. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
41.08 |
1.0334 |
-1.0386 |
261 |
1 |
41.08 |
2008-09-17 |
| 32. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
40.58 |
0.9909 |
-0.9947 |
293 |
3 |
36.20 |
2008-09-29 |
| 33. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
40.57 |
1.0181 |
-1.0225 |
276 |
2 |
40.38 |
2008-10-15 |
| 34. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
40.47 |
0.9597 |
-0.9649 |
251 |
3 |
33.72 |
2008-10-02 |
| 35. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
40.17 |
0.9349 |
-0.9417 |
287 |
1 |
40.17 |
2008-09-15 |
| 36. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
39.81 |
0.9503 |
-0.9589 |
211 |
1 |
39.81 |
2008-09-23 |
| 37. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
39.71 |
0.9810 |
-0.9835 |
362 |
1 |
39.71 |
2008-09-26 |
| 38. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
39.70 |
0.9400 |
-0.9438 |
434 |
1 |
39.70 |
2008-09-29 |
| 39. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
39.67 |
0.9915 |
-0.9969 |
281 |
1 |
39.67 |
2008-10-02 |
| 40. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
39.28 |
1.0267 |
-1.0293 |
261 |
1 |
39.28 |
2008-09-22 |
| 41. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
39.17 |
1.0250 |
-1.0281 |
271 |
1 |
39.17 |
2008-09-16 |
| 42. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
39.01 |
0.9762 |
-0.9810 |
249 |
1 |
39.01 |
2008-10-09 |
| 43. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
38.97 |
1.0462 |
-1.0496 |
340 |
2 |
38.34 |
2008-10-09 |
| 44. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
38.97 |
0.9673 |
-0.9717 |
292 |
1 |
38.97 |
2008-10-02 |
| 45. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
38.94 |
1.0199 |
-1.0286 |
225 |
1 |
38.94 |
2008-09-29 |
| 46. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
38.48 |
0.9928 |
-0.9981 |
293 |
2 |
37.52 |
2008-09-17 |
| 47. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
38.26 |
0.9594 |
-0.9665 |
258 |
1 |
38.26 |
2008-10-01 |
| 48. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
38.05 |
0.9927 |
-0.9981 |
276 |
1 |
38.05 |
2008-10-01 |
| 49. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
37.90 |
1.0178 |
-1.0234 |
207 |
2 |
36.34 |
2008-09-23 |
| 50. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
37.89 |
0.9931 |
-1.0019 |
218 |
1 |
37.89 |
2008-09-18 |
| 51. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
37.74 |
0.9631 |
-0.9689 |
273 |
1 |
37.74 |
2008-09-18 |
| 52. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
37.62 |
1.0132 |
-1.0181 |
371 |
1 |
37.62 |
2008-09-29 |
| 53. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
37.59 |
0.9260 |
-0.9325 |
348 |
1 |
37.59 |
2008-09-25 |
| 54. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
37.26 |
0.9010 |
-0.9071 |
266 |
1 |
37.26 |
2008-10-13 |
| 55. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
37.21 |
1.0016 |
-1.0080 |
217 |
1 |
37.21 |
2008-09-17 |
| 56. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
37.11 |
0.9756 |
-0.9812 |
223 |
1 |
37.11 |
2008-09-22 |
| 57. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
37.10 |
0.7384 |
-0.7451 |
106 |
1 |
37.10 |
2008-09-15 |
| 58. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
36.72 |
0.9841 |
-0.9910 |
217 |
1 |
36.72 |
2008-09-18 |
| 59. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
36.67 |
0.9027 |
-0.9091 |
189 |
1 |
36.67 |
2008-10-09 |
| 60. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
36.64 |
0.9713 |
-0.9776 |
193 |
1 |
36.64 |
2008-09-25 |
| 61. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
36.10 |
0.8789 |
-0.8900 |
136 |
1 |
36.10 |
2008-09-15 |
| 62. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
35.98 |
0.8117 |
-0.8160 |
209 |
3 |
31.84 |
2008-09-29 |
| 63. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
35.94 |
0.8988 |
-0.9074 |
193 |
1 |
35.94 |
2008-10-09 |
| 64. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
35.81 |
0.8863 |
-0.8962 |
127 |
1 |
35.81 |
2008-10-17 |
| 65. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
35.73 |
1.0362 |
-1.0379 |
437 |
1 |
35.73 |
2008-09-17 |
| 66. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
35.63 |
1.0901 |
-1.0941 |
288 |
1 |
35.63 |
2008-09-18 |
| 67. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
35.45 |
1.0059 |
-1.0101 |
283 |
2 |
35.15 |
2008-10-02 |
| 68. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
35.36 |
0.8988 |
-0.9064 |
216 |
1 |
35.36 |
2008-10-02 |
| 69. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
35.35 |
0.8869 |
-0.8971 |
176 |
1 |
35.35 |
2008-10-01 |
| 70. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
34.82 |
0.8815 |
-0.8850 |
296 |
1 |
34.82 |
2008-10-01 |
| 71. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
34.78 |
0.9243 |
-0.9279 |
240 |
1 |
34.78 |
2008-09-23 |
| 72. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
34.74 |
0.8656 |
-0.8707 |
242 |
2 |
33.27 |
2008-09-22 |
| 73. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
34.58 |
1.0777 |
-1.0839 |
226 |
1 |
34.58 |
2008-09-15 |
| 74. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
34.29 |
0.9866 |
-0.9914 |
308 |
1 |
34.29 |
2008-10-21 |
| 75. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
33.75 |
1.0006 |
-1.0061 |
311 |
1 |
33.75 |
2008-09-29 |
| 76. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
33.71 |
0.8913 |
-0.8964 |
201 |
2 |
30.95 |
2008-10-02 |
| 77. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
33.52 |
1.0125 |
-1.0185 |
232 |
1 |
33.52 |
2008-09-15 |
| 78. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
33.12 |
0.9541 |
-0.9595 |
236 |
1 |
33.12 |
2008-10-03 |
| 79. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
32.92 |
0.9927 |
-0.9995 |
234 |
2 |
30.66 |
2008-09-22 |
| 80. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
32.52 |
0.9869 |
-0.9934 |
193 |
2 |
30.60 |
2008-09-25 |
| 81. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
32.26 |
1.0272 |
-1.0339 |
226 |
1 |
32.26 |
2008-09-10 |
| 82. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
30.53 |
0.9917 |
-0.9963 |
317 |
1 |
30.53 |
2008-09-15 |
| 83. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
29.80 |
1.0103 |
-1.0185 |
209 |
1 |
29.80 |
2008-10-09 |
| 84. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
21.44 |
0.8205 |
-0.8250 |
135 |
1 |
21.44 |
2008-09-11 |