| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
60.41 |
0.9884 |
0.3762 |
262 |
1 |
60.41 |
2011-07-18 |
| 2. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
59.17 |
1.0905 |
0.2786 |
210 |
1 |
59.17 |
2012-09-05 |
| 3. |
Samatha is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, foc... |
55.89 |
1.0673 |
0.2357 |
230 |
1 |
55.89 |
2012-09-06 |
| 4. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
55.39 |
0.9212 |
0.3281 |
231 |
1 |
55.39 |
2012-04-13 |
| 5. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
53.01 |
1.0296 |
0.1676 |
437 |
2 |
49.51 |
2012-09-10 |
| 6. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
52.48 |
1.0615 |
0.1462 |
305 |
1 |
52.48 |
2011-08-15 |
| 7. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
52.47 |
1.0767 |
0.1039 |
212 |
1 |
52.47 |
2012-07-02 |
| 8. |
His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly... |
52.40 |
1.0314 |
0.1448 |
172 |
1 |
52.40 |
2013-03-11 |
| 9. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
52.34 |
1.1323 |
0.0785 |
341 |
1 |
52.34 |
2012-11-01 |
| 10. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
52.15 |
1.0012 |
0.1745 |
260 |
1 |
52.15 |
2012-06-02 |
| 11. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
51.84 |
0.9991 |
0.1685 |
225 |
1 |
51.84 |
2012-05-27 |
| 12. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
51.16 |
0.9532 |
0.1986 |
258 |
1 |
51.16 |
2012-05-31 |
| 13. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
51.05 |
0.9260 |
0.2300 |
243 |
1 |
51.05 |
2012-09-05 |
| 14. |
However we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of ... |
51.03 |
0.9986 |
0.1462 |
162 |
1 |
51.03 |
2012-09-10 |
| 15. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
50.85 |
1.0486 |
0.0970 |
289 |
1 |
50.85 |
2012-04-13 |
| 16. |
You have to be a fairly determined ecological detective to f... |
50.59 |
0.8994 |
0.2404 |
188 |
1 |
50.59 |
2013-06-07 |
| 17. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
50.28 |
0.9578 |
0.1737 |
281 |
1 |
50.28 |
2012-09-05 |
| 18. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
50.27 |
1.0417 |
0.0892 |
253 |
2 |
46.92 |
2011-08-15 |
| 19. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
50.19 |
1.0197 |
0.1090 |
226 |
1 |
50.19 |
2013-06-30 |
| 20. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
50.05 |
0.9912 |
0.1653 |
237 |
1 |
50.05 |
2012-05-31 |
| 21. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
49.94 |
0.9461 |
0.1753 |
193 |
2 |
47.25 |
2012-10-04 |
| 22. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
49.94 |
1.1296 |
0.0268 |
252 |
1 |
49.94 |
2012-12-11 |
| 23. |
As civilizations grew, humans spread out across the face of ... |
49.92 |
0.9418 |
0.1845 |
188 |
1 |
49.92 |
2012-11-23 |
| 24. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
49.70 |
0.9852 |
0.1340 |
264 |
1 |
49.70 |
2012-10-03 |
| 25. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
49.34 |
0.8731 |
0.2423 |
199 |
1 |
49.34 |
2012-04-13 |
| 26. |
Being comfortable in the car is critical. If you're not comf... |
49.12 |
0.9911 |
0.1117 |
212 |
1 |
49.12 |
2012-09-07 |
| 27. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
48.80 |
1.1014 |
0.0354 |
273 |
2 |
43.13 |
2013-03-20 |
| 28. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
48.64 |
0.8777 |
0.2185 |
177 |
1 |
48.64 |
2012-05-29 |
| 29. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
48.64 |
1.0205 |
0.0694 |
179 |
1 |
48.64 |
2012-04-08 |
| 30. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
48.39 |
1.0885 |
0.0014 |
315 |
1 |
48.39 |
2012-05-29 |
| 31. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
48.20 |
1.0829 |
0.0026 |
288 |
2 |
47.92 |
2012-09-04 |
| 32. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
47.95 |
1.0288 |
0.0830 |
300 |
2 |
45.63 |
2012-12-13 |
| 33. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
47.93 |
1.0644 |
0.0508 |
257 |
1 |
47.93 |
2012-09-04 |
| 34. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
47.92 |
1.0917 |
0.0141 |
243 |
1 |
47.92 |
2013-10-02 |
| 35. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
47.89 |
1.0053 |
0.0719 |
232 |
1 |
47.89 |
2012-04-13 |
| 36. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
47.80 |
1.0763 |
0.0379 |
367 |
1 |
47.80 |
2012-11-13 |
| 37. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
47.70 |
0.9966 |
0.0772 |
259 |
1 |
47.70 |
2012-09-04 |
| 38. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
47.45 |
0.9905 |
0.1066 |
337 |
1 |
47.45 |
2012-01-02 |
| 39. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
47.44 |
1.0343 |
0.0736 |
242 |
2 |
43.57 |
2012-04-07 |
| 40. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
47.30 |
0.9275 |
0.1357 |
211 |
1 |
47.30 |
2013-01-01 |
| 41. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
47.24 |
1.0368 |
0.0261 |
276 |
1 |
47.24 |
2012-05-27 |
| 42. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
47.13 |
0.9925 |
0.1057 |
247 |
1 |
47.13 |
2012-06-02 |
| 43. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
47.12 |
0.9350 |
0.1243 |
195 |
3 |
44.67 |
2012-12-11 |
| 44. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
47.04 |
1.0252 |
0.0304 |
176 |
1 |
47.04 |
2012-04-08 |
| 45. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
47.01 |
1.0797 |
-0.0250 |
210 |
1 |
47.01 |
2012-04-07 |
| 46. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
46.69 |
1.0201 |
0.0275 |
172 |
1 |
46.69 |
2012-04-08 |
| 47. |
Some drivers actually perform best when there is a little ex... |
46.61 |
0.9632 |
0.0841 |
240 |
1 |
46.61 |
2013-06-30 |
| 48. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
46.43 |
1.0284 |
0.0591 |
282 |
1 |
46.43 |
2012-06-16 |
| 49. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
46.37 |
1.0529 |
-0.0093 |
351 |
2 |
45.45 |
2012-11-13 |
| 50. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
46.35 |
0.7890 |
0.2551 |
230 |
1 |
46.35 |
2011-08-15 |
| 51. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
46.26 |
0.8295 |
0.2144 |
209 |
1 |
46.26 |
2013-04-17 |
| 52. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
45.76 |
0.9907 |
0.0378 |
211 |
2 |
45.42 |
2013-03-14 |
| 53. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
45.71 |
1.0316 |
-0.0017 |
333 |
1 |
45.71 |
2012-09-10 |
| 54. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
45.55 |
0.8615 |
0.1644 |
110 |
1 |
45.55 |
2013-11-07 |
| 55. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
45.36 |
1.0534 |
-0.0323 |
357 |
1 |
45.36 |
2012-09-06 |
| 56. |
Ultimately, this is not about solving your problems. It's ab... |
44.93 |
1.0604 |
-0.0162 |
260 |
1 |
44.93 |
2013-03-16 |
| 57. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
44.50 |
1.0109 |
-0.0096 |
276 |
1 |
44.50 |
2011-09-05 |
| 58. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
44.45 |
1.0516 |
-0.0518 |
281 |
1 |
44.45 |
2011-09-24 |
| 59. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
44.43 |
0.9529 |
0.0867 |
269 |
1 |
44.43 |
2012-09-04 |
| 60. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
44.40 |
0.9368 |
0.0592 |
173 |
1 |
44.40 |
2012-01-02 |
| 61. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
43.93 |
0.9221 |
0.0653 |
244 |
1 |
43.93 |
2012-09-06 |
| 62. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
43.84 |
1.0684 |
-0.0523 |
253 |
1 |
43.84 |
2013-06-07 |
| 63. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
43.71 |
0.9048 |
0.0806 |
271 |
2 |
43.07 |
2013-11-24 |
| 64. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
43.55 |
0.9893 |
-0.0094 |
323 |
1 |
43.55 |
2013-11-07 |
| 65. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
43.28 |
0.9776 |
-0.0038 |
308 |
1 |
43.28 |
2012-09-05 |
| 66. |
If you begin to repeat an error, or if your concentration or... |
43.19 |
0.9505 |
0.0203 |
204 |
2 |
42.26 |
2012-11-07 |
| 67. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
43.15 |
1.0150 |
0.0011 |
325 |
1 |
43.15 |
2011-08-08 |
| 68. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
43.09 |
0.8968 |
0.0692 |
186 |
1 |
43.09 |
2012-04-08 |
| 69. |
At the very end of these food chains (which is to say, at th... |
42.93 |
0.8202 |
0.1448 |
178 |
1 |
42.93 |
2013-11-24 |
| 70. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
42.77 |
0.9084 |
0.0559 |
404 |
1 |
42.77 |
2013-06-30 |
| 71. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
42.68 |
0.9863 |
-0.0246 |
339 |
2 |
36.91 |
2013-11-07 |
| 72. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
42.27 |
0.9072 |
0.0421 |
237 |
1 |
42.27 |
2013-06-07 |
| 73. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
42.25 |
1.0740 |
-0.0849 |
264 |
1 |
42.25 |
2012-11-04 |
| 74. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
41.98 |
0.9843 |
-0.0430 |
234 |
1 |
41.98 |
2012-04-07 |
| 75. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
41.72 |
0.9176 |
0.0553 |
365 |
1 |
41.72 |
2012-06-02 |
| 76. |
Grits and fried chicken won't disappear, but perhaps future ... |
41.33 |
0.8884 |
0.0405 |
135 |
1 |
41.33 |
2012-09-04 |
| 77. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
41.05 |
0.9649 |
-0.0426 |
193 |
2 |
40.35 |
2013-03-20 |
| 78. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
40.42 |
0.9597 |
-0.0490 |
347 |
1 |
40.42 |
2012-09-06 |
| 79. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
39.81 |
0.8914 |
0.0029 |
366 |
1 |
39.81 |
2012-10-04 |
| 80. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
39.36 |
0.9682 |
-0.0853 |
143 |
1 |
39.36 |
2012-10-01 |
| 81. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
39.22 |
1.0090 |
-0.0847 |
282 |
1 |
39.22 |
2011-08-15 |
| 82. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
38.95 |
0.8826 |
-0.0058 |
296 |
1 |
38.95 |
2012-09-04 |
| 83. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
38.79 |
0.9289 |
-0.0588 |
204 |
1 |
38.79 |
2011-08-07 |
| 84. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
38.71 |
0.9128 |
-0.0032 |
369 |
1 |
38.71 |
2012-04-08 |
| 85. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
38.61 |
0.9670 |
-0.0593 |
307 |
1 |
38.61 |
2011-08-07 |
| 86. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
37.51 |
0.9540 |
-0.1121 |
285 |
1 |
37.51 |
2012-10-01 |
| 87. |
Thing is Butch, right now you got ability. But painful as it... |
36.18 |
0.8912 |
-0.0795 |
186 |
1 |
36.18 |
2013-06-30 |
| 88. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
36.07 |
1.0346 |
-0.1827 |
244 |
1 |
36.07 |
2012-09-04 |
| 89. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
35.93 |
0.9855 |
-0.1458 |
258 |
1 |
35.93 |
2012-07-04 |
| 90. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
35.46 |
0.8722 |
-0.0747 |
285 |
1 |
35.46 |
2012-07-02 |
| 91. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
34.68 |
1.0577 |
-0.2823 |
247 |
1 |
34.68 |
2012-09-04 |
| 92. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
32.90 |
0.8975 |
-0.1602 |
268 |
1 |
32.90 |
2013-11-07 |
| 93. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
32.31 |
0.9668 |
-0.2027 |
383 |
1 |
32.31 |
2013-01-01 |
| 94. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
31.53 |
0.7708 |
-0.0606 |
207 |
1 |
31.53 |
2013-11-24 |
| 95. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
29.82 |
0.9857 |
-0.3184 |
293 |
1 |
29.82 |
2012-11-13 |
| 96. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
28.62 |
0.9904 |
-0.3084 |
203 |
1 |
28.62 |
2013-01-01 |