| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
90.33 |
0.9278 |
1.0931 |
295 |
1 |
90.33 |
2009-12-05 |
| 2. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
90.24 |
1.0361 |
0.9811 |
269 |
1 |
90.24 |
2009-12-05 |
| 3. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
88.81 |
1.0545 |
0.9702 |
416 |
1 |
88.81 |
2009-12-05 |
| 4. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
87.29 |
0.9567 |
1.0353 |
184 |
1 |
87.29 |
2009-12-05 |
| 5. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
87.10 |
0.9164 |
1.0340 |
305 |
1 |
87.10 |
2009-12-09 |
| 6. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
84.18 |
0.9157 |
0.9691 |
350 |
1 |
84.18 |
2009-12-05 |
| 7. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
81.90 |
0.9866 |
0.8383 |
218 |
1 |
81.90 |
2009-12-05 |
| 8. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
78.03 |
0.9633 |
0.7805 |
304 |
1 |
78.03 |
2009-12-09 |
| 9. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
75.27 |
1.0138 |
0.6654 |
231 |
1 |
75.27 |
2009-12-11 |
| 10. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
74.52 |
0.9350 |
0.7285 |
195 |
1 |
74.52 |
2009-12-09 |
| 11. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
73.21 |
1.0025 |
0.6306 |
256 |
1 |
73.21 |
2009-12-05 |
| 12. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
71.92 |
0.9724 |
0.6354 |
237 |
1 |
71.92 |
2009-12-13 |
| 13. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
65.20 |
0.9965 |
0.4518 |
168 |
1 |
65.20 |
2009-12-05 |
| 14. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
61.88 |
1.0498 |
0.3239 |
180 |
2 |
53.71 |
2009-12-09 |
| 15. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
55.39 |
1.0787 |
0.1526 |
237 |
1 |
55.39 |
2013-02-21 |
| 16. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
55.14 |
0.9649 |
0.2609 |
193 |
1 |
55.14 |
2009-12-05 |
| 17. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
52.06 |
1.0907 |
0.0697 |
303 |
1 |
52.06 |
2009-12-07 |
| 18. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
50.09 |
0.9886 |
0.1273 |
220 |
2 |
42.98 |
2013-02-21 |
| 19. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
49.66 |
1.0521 |
0.0468 |
171 |
1 |
49.66 |
2013-02-21 |
| 20. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
49.33 |
1.0516 |
0.0443 |
281 |
1 |
49.33 |
2009-12-13 |
| 21. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
47.00 |
1.0523 |
-0.0127 |
256 |
1 |
47.00 |
2009-12-09 |
| 22. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
46.10 |
1.0352 |
-0.0089 |
341 |
1 |
46.10 |
2009-12-09 |
| 23. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
45.83 |
0.9798 |
0.0321 |
199 |
1 |
45.83 |
2009-12-09 |
| 24. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
45.64 |
0.9863 |
0.0314 |
339 |
1 |
45.64 |
2009-12-05 |
| 25. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
44.85 |
1.0117 |
0.0287 |
297 |
1 |
44.85 |
2009-12-09 |
| 26. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
44.79 |
0.9852 |
0.0093 |
264 |
1 |
44.79 |
2013-02-21 |
| 27. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
44.22 |
1.0292 |
-0.0491 |
262 |
1 |
44.22 |
2009-12-06 |
| 28. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
43.76 |
0.9339 |
0.0357 |
310 |
1 |
43.76 |
2009-12-09 |
| 29. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
43.75 |
0.8787 |
0.0968 |
202 |
1 |
43.75 |
2009-12-09 |
| 30. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
43.69 |
0.9597 |
0.0139 |
347 |
1 |
43.69 |
2009-12-09 |
| 31. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
42.15 |
0.9048 |
0.0347 |
271 |
1 |
42.15 |
2009-12-05 |
| 32. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
41.94 |
0.9884 |
-0.0591 |
233 |
1 |
41.94 |
2009-12-09 |
| 33. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
41.84 |
0.8793 |
0.0502 |
157 |
1 |
41.84 |
2009-12-05 |
| 34. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
41.83 |
0.9997 |
-0.0684 |
382 |
1 |
41.83 |
2009-12-07 |
| 35. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
41.66 |
0.9540 |
-0.0320 |
285 |
1 |
41.66 |
2009-12-09 |
| 36. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
41.23 |
1.0711 |
-0.1620 |
213 |
2 |
37.03 |
2009-12-05 |
| 37. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
40.89 |
1.0417 |
-0.1377 |
253 |
1 |
40.89 |
2009-12-09 |
| 38. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
40.72 |
1.0368 |
-0.1332 |
276 |
1 |
40.72 |
2009-12-06 |
| 39. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
40.69 |
0.9148 |
-0.0114 |
317 |
1 |
40.69 |
2009-12-09 |
| 40. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
40.53 |
0.9846 |
-0.0873 |
281 |
1 |
40.53 |
2009-12-06 |
| 41. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
40.18 |
0.9763 |
-0.0862 |
289 |
1 |
40.18 |
2009-12-06 |
| 42. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
40.17 |
1.0201 |
-0.1294 |
303 |
1 |
40.17 |
2009-12-09 |
| 43. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
39.82 |
0.8653 |
0.0285 |
255 |
1 |
39.82 |
2009-12-09 |
| 44. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
39.34 |
1.0993 |
-0.2297 |
265 |
1 |
39.34 |
2009-12-05 |
| 45. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
39.31 |
0.9814 |
-0.0710 |
364 |
1 |
39.31 |
2009-12-09 |
| 46. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
39.08 |
0.9578 |
-0.0925 |
281 |
1 |
39.08 |
2009-12-09 |
| 47. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
38.65 |
0.9936 |
-0.1377 |
311 |
1 |
38.65 |
2009-12-05 |
| 48. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
38.58 |
0.9251 |
-0.0655 |
177 |
2 |
34.29 |
2008-11-08 |
| 49. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
38.30 |
0.9820 |
-0.1309 |
267 |
1 |
38.30 |
2009-12-09 |
| 50. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
38.10 |
0.9572 |
-0.1145 |
201 |
2 |
37.89 |
2009-12-09 |
| 51. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
37.89 |
0.9176 |
-0.0447 |
267 |
1 |
37.89 |
2013-02-21 |
| 52. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
37.48 |
0.9430 |
-0.1103 |
297 |
1 |
37.48 |
2009-12-05 |
| 53. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
36.63 |
1.0120 |
-0.2021 |
290 |
1 |
36.63 |
2009-12-05 |
| 54. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
36.28 |
0.9636 |
-0.1608 |
254 |
1 |
36.28 |
2008-11-16 |
| 55. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
35.98 |
1.0349 |
-0.2395 |
234 |
1 |
35.98 |
2008-11-16 |
| 56. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
35.78 |
0.8947 |
-0.0982 |
366 |
1 |
35.78 |
2013-02-21 |
| 57. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
35.26 |
0.9213 |
-0.1409 |
295 |
1 |
35.26 |
2009-12-05 |
| 58. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
34.67 |
1.0203 |
-0.2502 |
261 |
1 |
34.67 |
2008-11-16 |
| 59. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
34.64 |
0.9570 |
-0.1893 |
287 |
1 |
34.64 |
2008-11-16 |
| 60. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
34.43 |
0.9691 |
-0.2083 |
223 |
1 |
34.43 |
2008-11-08 |
| 61. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
34.25 |
1.0183 |
-0.2667 |
191 |
1 |
34.25 |
2009-12-05 |
| 62. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
34.08 |
0.9897 |
-0.2386 |
274 |
1 |
34.08 |
2008-11-16 |
| 63. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
33.92 |
0.8709 |
-0.1132 |
202 |
1 |
33.92 |
2008-11-16 |
| 64. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
33.77 |
1.0390 |
-0.2964 |
205 |
1 |
33.77 |
2008-11-16 |
| 65. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
33.64 |
0.8852 |
-0.1396 |
201 |
1 |
33.64 |
2009-12-09 |
| 66. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
33.43 |
1.0714 |
-0.3415 |
129 |
1 |
33.43 |
2008-11-16 |
| 67. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
32.99 |
1.0565 |
-0.3302 |
247 |
1 |
32.99 |
2008-11-16 |
| 68. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
32.92 |
0.9084 |
-0.1770 |
404 |
1 |
32.92 |
2008-11-16 |
| 69. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
32.90 |
0.9710 |
-0.2506 |
173 |
1 |
32.90 |
2008-11-16 |
| 70. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
32.74 |
0.9325 |
-0.2159 |
156 |
1 |
32.74 |
2008-11-08 |
| 71. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
32.69 |
0.8442 |
-0.1181 |
265 |
1 |
32.69 |
2008-11-16 |
| 72. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
32.39 |
1.0016 |
-0.2908 |
218 |
1 |
32.39 |
2008-11-16 |
| 73. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
32.25 |
1.0486 |
-0.3355 |
289 |
1 |
32.25 |
2008-11-16 |
| 74. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
31.86 |
0.9527 |
-0.2493 |
251 |
1 |
31.86 |
2008-11-16 |
| 75. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
31.86 |
1.0168 |
-0.3119 |
271 |
2 |
31.75 |
2008-11-02 |
| 76. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
31.55 |
0.8951 |
-0.1964 |
193 |
1 |
31.55 |
2009-12-05 |
| 77. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
31.33 |
1.0025 |
-0.3100 |
336 |
1 |
31.33 |
2009-04-08 |
| 78. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
31.09 |
0.9309 |
-0.2466 |
284 |
1 |
31.09 |
2008-11-16 |
| 79. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
31.08 |
1.0053 |
-0.3214 |
232 |
1 |
31.08 |
2008-11-08 |
| 80. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
31.03 |
0.9275 |
-0.2460 |
211 |
1 |
31.03 |
2008-11-08 |
| 81. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
30.97 |
0.8152 |
-0.1315 |
163 |
1 |
30.97 |
2008-11-08 |
| 82. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
30.93 |
0.8792 |
-0.1873 |
296 |
1 |
30.93 |
2008-11-02 |
| 83. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
30.42 |
0.9844 |
-0.3085 |
293 |
1 |
30.42 |
2009-12-05 |
| 84. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
30.05 |
0.9857 |
-0.3239 |
293 |
1 |
30.05 |
2009-12-11 |
| 85. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
27.85 |
0.9965 |
-0.3826 |
277 |
1 |
27.85 |
2009-04-08 |
| 86. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
27.75 |
0.8890 |
-0.2815 |
199 |
1 |
27.75 |
2008-11-02 |
| 87. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
26.17 |
0.9168 |
-0.3400 |
240 |
1 |
26.17 |
2008-11-02 |
| 88. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
22.53 |
0.7352 |
-0.2416 |
106 |
1 |
22.53 |
2008-11-02 |