| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
101.01 |
1.0753 |
0.4618 |
206 |
1 |
101.01 |
2010-10-01 |
| 2. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
89.09 |
1.1086 |
0.2406 |
233 |
1 |
89.09 |
2010-07-10 |
| 3. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
88.19 |
1.0960 |
0.2432 |
315 |
1 |
88.19 |
2010-10-14 |
| 4. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
84.90 |
0.9949 |
0.3005 |
304 |
1 |
84.90 |
2010-07-12 |
| 5. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
82.23 |
1.0777 |
0.1647 |
226 |
2 |
75.55 |
2010-10-14 |
| 6. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
81.36 |
1.0130 |
0.2185 |
288 |
1 |
81.36 |
2010-10-14 |
| 7. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
80.68 |
1.0479 |
0.1716 |
205 |
1 |
80.68 |
2010-08-01 |
| 8. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
80.28 |
1.0529 |
0.1645 |
373 |
1 |
80.28 |
2010-10-14 |
| 9. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
79.66 |
1.0877 |
0.1143 |
129 |
1 |
79.66 |
2010-06-22 |
| 10. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
79.57 |
0.9836 |
0.2208 |
289 |
2 |
71.67 |
2010-07-12 |
| 11. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
78.28 |
1.0506 |
0.1334 |
259 |
1 |
78.28 |
2010-07-10 |
| 12. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
77.99 |
1.0588 |
0.1214 |
281 |
1 |
77.99 |
2010-06-22 |
| 13. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
76.75 |
1.0561 |
0.1034 |
227 |
1 |
76.75 |
2010-08-01 |
| 14. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
76.73 |
0.9503 |
0.2041 |
211 |
1 |
76.73 |
2010-06-08 |
| 15. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
76.60 |
1.0267 |
0.1353 |
261 |
1 |
76.60 |
2010-07-12 |
| 16. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
76.18 |
1.0511 |
0.1033 |
252 |
1 |
76.18 |
2010-03-03 |
| 17. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
76.14 |
1.0412 |
0.1158 |
205 |
2 |
71.40 |
2010-08-01 |
| 18. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
75.38 |
1.0638 |
0.0744 |
247 |
1 |
75.38 |
2010-07-10 |
| 19. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
75.24 |
0.9807 |
0.1462 |
129 |
2 |
66.36 |
2010-07-10 |
| 20. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
74.73 |
1.0270 |
0.1041 |
303 |
1 |
74.73 |
2010-06-08 |
| 21. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
74.22 |
1.0225 |
0.0928 |
152 |
1 |
74.22 |
2010-06-08 |
| 22. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
73.85 |
1.0042 |
0.1091 |
168 |
1 |
73.85 |
2010-07-12 |
| 23. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
73.72 |
0.9761 |
0.1436 |
227 |
1 |
73.72 |
2010-10-14 |
| 24. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
73.00 |
0.9931 |
0.1073 |
218 |
1 |
73.00 |
2010-06-08 |
| 25. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
72.45 |
0.9810 |
0.1196 |
362 |
1 |
72.45 |
2010-10-01 |
| 26. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
72.37 |
0.9974 |
0.0934 |
163 |
1 |
72.37 |
2010-06-22 |
| 27. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
72.31 |
1.0504 |
0.0452 |
225 |
1 |
72.31 |
2010-06-21 |
| 28. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
71.79 |
1.0139 |
0.0847 |
349 |
1 |
71.79 |
2010-06-08 |
| 29. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
71.40 |
0.9820 |
0.1063 |
297 |
2 |
69.11 |
2010-08-15 |
| 30. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
70.90 |
0.9885 |
0.0839 |
355 |
1 |
70.90 |
2010-06-22 |
| 31. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
70.84 |
1.0800 |
-0.0156 |
129 |
1 |
70.84 |
2010-05-14 |
| 32. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
70.63 |
0.9801 |
0.0877 |
289 |
1 |
70.63 |
2010-10-14 |
| 33. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
70.62 |
0.9957 |
0.0721 |
323 |
1 |
70.62 |
2010-06-21 |
| 34. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
70.04 |
0.9933 |
0.0732 |
450 |
1 |
70.04 |
2010-07-10 |
| 35. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
69.96 |
0.9243 |
0.1342 |
231 |
1 |
69.96 |
2010-03-02 |
| 36. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
68.31 |
1.0234 |
0.0134 |
392 |
2 |
60.08 |
2010-08-01 |
| 37. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
67.91 |
1.0144 |
0.0137 |
162 |
1 |
67.91 |
2010-06-22 |
| 38. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
67.48 |
0.9926 |
0.0388 |
413 |
1 |
67.48 |
2010-10-01 |
| 39. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
67.46 |
0.9839 |
0.0358 |
308 |
1 |
67.46 |
2010-08-15 |
| 40. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
67.36 |
0.9787 |
0.0432 |
364 |
2 |
61.35 |
2010-07-10 |
| 41. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
67.34 |
1.0103 |
0.0022 |
209 |
1 |
67.34 |
2010-08-15 |
| 42. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
67.12 |
0.9930 |
0.0307 |
350 |
1 |
67.12 |
2010-05-05 |
| 43. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
66.40 |
1.0006 |
0.0030 |
311 |
1 |
66.40 |
2010-07-10 |
| 44. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
65.76 |
0.9824 |
0.0248 |
352 |
1 |
65.76 |
2010-08-01 |
| 45. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
65.48 |
1.0498 |
-0.0587 |
261 |
1 |
65.48 |
2010-05-14 |
| 46. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
65.15 |
1.0865 |
-0.1020 |
237 |
1 |
65.15 |
2010-03-03 |
| 47. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
64.85 |
0.9948 |
-0.0157 |
233 |
1 |
64.85 |
2010-06-21 |
| 48. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
63.97 |
1.0341 |
-0.0678 |
273 |
1 |
63.97 |
2010-07-10 |
| 49. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
63.42 |
0.9128 |
0.0428 |
237 |
1 |
63.42 |
2010-03-03 |
| 50. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
63.37 |
0.9403 |
0.0299 |
345 |
2 |
61.02 |
2010-07-10 |
| 51. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
63.24 |
1.0063 |
-0.0458 |
293 |
1 |
63.24 |
2010-03-03 |
| 52. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
63.02 |
1.0059 |
-0.0525 |
283 |
1 |
63.02 |
2010-05-13 |
| 53. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
62.80 |
0.8986 |
0.0509 |
216 |
1 |
62.80 |
2010-10-16 |
| 54. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
62.80 |
1.0615 |
-0.1154 |
201 |
1 |
62.80 |
2010-03-03 |
| 55. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
62.46 |
1.0873 |
-0.1463 |
243 |
1 |
62.46 |
2010-05-05 |
| 56. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
62.33 |
0.9768 |
-0.0334 |
237 |
1 |
62.33 |
2010-03-02 |
| 57. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
61.97 |
1.0543 |
-0.1155 |
360 |
1 |
61.97 |
2010-03-02 |
| 58. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
61.43 |
1.0090 |
-0.0750 |
300 |
1 |
61.43 |
2010-06-22 |
| 59. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
60.68 |
1.0845 |
-0.1686 |
212 |
1 |
60.68 |
2010-03-03 |
| 60. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
59.70 |
0.9603 |
-0.0531 |
430 |
1 |
59.70 |
2010-05-05 |
| 61. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
59.45 |
1.0682 |
-0.1689 |
266 |
1 |
59.45 |
2010-03-02 |
| 62. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
59.08 |
0.9842 |
-0.0896 |
335 |
1 |
59.08 |
2010-08-01 |
| 63. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
57.78 |
0.9917 |
-0.1170 |
317 |
1 |
57.78 |
2010-03-03 |
| 64. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
56.30 |
0.9479 |
-0.0959 |
317 |
1 |
56.30 |
2010-03-03 |
| 65. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
56.15 |
0.9377 |
-0.0822 |
198 |
1 |
56.15 |
2010-06-22 |
| 66. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
56.14 |
1.0208 |
-0.1731 |
231 |
1 |
56.14 |
2010-03-02 |
| 67. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
56.01 |
0.9332 |
-0.0861 |
295 |
1 |
56.01 |
2010-03-03 |
| 68. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
55.82 |
0.9873 |
-0.1455 |
274 |
1 |
55.82 |
2010-08-01 |
| 69. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
55.24 |
0.9480 |
-0.1126 |
297 |
1 |
55.24 |
2010-03-02 |
| 70. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
55.16 |
1.0487 |
-0.2181 |
253 |
1 |
55.16 |
2010-03-02 |
| 71. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
54.74 |
1.0301 |
-0.2050 |
268 |
1 |
54.74 |
2010-03-02 |
| 72. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
54.66 |
0.8993 |
-0.0715 |
366 |
1 |
54.66 |
2010-05-13 |
| 73. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
54.39 |
0.9258 |
-0.0999 |
184 |
1 |
54.39 |
2010-03-02 |
| 74. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
53.87 |
0.9101 |
-0.0932 |
351 |
1 |
53.87 |
2010-05-05 |
| 75. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
53.54 |
0.9727 |
-0.1581 |
442 |
1 |
53.54 |
2010-03-03 |
| 76. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
51.40 |
0.9408 |
-0.1702 |
177 |
1 |
51.40 |
2010-06-08 |
| 77. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
50.98 |
0.9500 |
-0.1792 |
287 |
1 |
50.98 |
2010-03-03 |
| 78. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
50.55 |
0.7923 |
-0.0290 |
316 |
1 |
50.55 |
2010-03-02 |
| 79. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
50.47 |
0.9636 |
-0.2034 |
281 |
1 |
50.47 |
2010-03-03 |
| 80. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
49.77 |
1.0320 |
-0.2752 |
401 |
1 |
49.77 |
2010-03-02 |
| 81. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
48.69 |
0.9119 |
-0.1731 |
396 |
1 |
48.69 |
2010-03-02 |
| 82. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
48.39 |
0.8721 |
-0.1363 |
231 |
1 |
48.39 |
2010-10-14 |
| 83. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
44.87 |
0.8966 |
-0.2209 |
366 |
1 |
44.87 |
2010-04-09 |
| 84. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
42.77 |
1.1093 |
-0.4703 |
220 |
1 |
42.77 |
2010-03-02 |
| 85. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
42.49 |
0.9203 |
-0.2773 |
350 |
1 |
42.49 |
2010-03-02 |
| 86. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
35.05 |
0.7852 |
-0.2641 |
154 |
1 |
35.05 |
2010-08-01 |