| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
61.51 |
1.0201 |
0.4343 |
172 |
2 |
55.22 |
2009-12-19 |
| 2. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
54.25 |
0.9943 |
0.2961 |
373 |
1 |
54.25 |
2009-12-19 |
| 3. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
53.28 |
1.0053 |
0.2567 |
232 |
1 |
53.28 |
2009-12-19 |
| 4. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
51.85 |
1.0829 |
0.1483 |
288 |
1 |
51.85 |
2010-02-12 |
| 5. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
51.63 |
1.0714 |
0.1441 |
129 |
1 |
51.63 |
2009-12-05 |
| 6. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
51.45 |
1.0441 |
0.1775 |
252 |
1 |
51.45 |
2009-12-04 |
| 7. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
50.90 |
0.9711 |
0.2346 |
176 |
1 |
50.90 |
2009-12-04 |
| 8. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
49.83 |
0.8791 |
0.3013 |
190 |
1 |
49.83 |
2009-12-04 |
| 9. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
49.53 |
1.0060 |
0.1634 |
171 |
1 |
49.53 |
2009-12-05 |
| 10. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
48.10 |
1.0486 |
0.0920 |
289 |
1 |
48.10 |
2009-12-05 |
| 11. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
48.02 |
1.0389 |
0.1007 |
318 |
3 |
45.67 |
2009-12-05 |
| 12. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
47.49 |
1.0388 |
0.1180 |
243 |
1 |
47.49 |
2009-12-19 |
| 13. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
47.15 |
1.0390 |
0.0743 |
205 |
1 |
47.15 |
2009-12-19 |
| 14. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
46.96 |
1.0516 |
0.0605 |
281 |
1 |
46.96 |
2009-12-04 |
| 15. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
46.66 |
0.9286 |
0.1757 |
194 |
1 |
46.66 |
2009-12-05 |
| 16. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
45.75 |
1.0297 |
0.0526 |
249 |
1 |
45.75 |
2009-12-04 |
| 17. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
45.26 |
1.0034 |
0.0669 |
302 |
1 |
45.26 |
2009-12-18 |
| 18. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
44.82 |
0.9865 |
0.0758 |
276 |
1 |
44.82 |
2009-12-19 |
| 19. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
44.58 |
1.0165 |
0.0429 |
392 |
1 |
44.58 |
2009-12-05 |
| 20. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
43.76 |
0.8810 |
0.1556 |
282 |
1 |
43.76 |
2009-12-05 |
| 21. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
43.75 |
0.8892 |
0.1524 |
207 |
1 |
43.75 |
2009-12-05 |
| 22. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
43.74 |
1.0787 |
-0.0447 |
237 |
1 |
43.74 |
2009-12-04 |
| 23. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
43.58 |
1.0521 |
-0.0254 |
171 |
1 |
43.58 |
2009-12-05 |
| 24. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
43.37 |
0.9532 |
0.0720 |
258 |
1 |
43.37 |
2009-12-05 |
| 25. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
42.63 |
1.0211 |
0.0183 |
213 |
1 |
42.63 |
2009-12-19 |
| 26. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
41.87 |
0.9910 |
0.0014 |
295 |
1 |
41.87 |
2009-12-19 |
| 27. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
41.81 |
0.9127 |
0.0741 |
252 |
1 |
41.81 |
2009-12-05 |
| 28. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
41.76 |
1.0523 |
-0.0687 |
256 |
1 |
41.76 |
2009-12-05 |
| 29. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
40.90 |
0.9576 |
0.0143 |
212 |
1 |
40.90 |
2009-12-05 |
| 30. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
40.75 |
1.0613 |
-0.0967 |
266 |
1 |
40.75 |
2009-12-04 |
| 31. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
40.71 |
0.9722 |
-0.0074 |
283 |
1 |
40.71 |
2009-12-05 |
| 32. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
40.26 |
0.9426 |
0.0124 |
317 |
1 |
40.26 |
2009-12-05 |
| 33. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
40.10 |
1.0213 |
-0.0764 |
240 |
1 |
40.10 |
2009-12-09 |
| 34. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
39.98 |
0.9500 |
-0.0026 |
362 |
1 |
39.98 |
2009-12-19 |
| 35. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
39.86 |
1.0090 |
-0.0228 |
282 |
1 |
39.86 |
2009-12-04 |
| 36. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
39.58 |
1.0167 |
-0.0742 |
378 |
1 |
39.58 |
2009-12-08 |
| 37. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
39.46 |
1.0379 |
-0.0702 |
245 |
1 |
39.46 |
2009-12-09 |
| 38. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
38.71 |
0.9161 |
-0.0033 |
200 |
1 |
38.71 |
2009-12-05 |
| 39. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
38.59 |
0.9916 |
-0.0371 |
282 |
1 |
38.59 |
2009-12-19 |
| 40. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
38.25 |
1.0099 |
-0.1090 |
207 |
1 |
38.25 |
2009-12-04 |
| 41. |
Because of their scouting skills and peripheral kinesthetic ... |
38.09 |
0.8162 |
0.0888 |
149 |
1 |
38.09 |
2009-12-05 |
| 42. |
Imagine words like "if" as a two-finger movement instead of ... |
37.77 |
0.7443 |
0.1466 |
169 |
1 |
37.77 |
2009-12-04 |
| 43. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
37.66 |
0.9293 |
-0.0389 |
355 |
1 |
37.66 |
2009-12-19 |
| 44. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
36.72 |
0.9769 |
-0.1119 |
263 |
1 |
36.72 |
2009-12-04 |
| 45. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
36.58 |
0.9886 |
-0.1223 |
220 |
1 |
36.58 |
2009-12-11 |
| 46. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
36.35 |
1.0154 |
-0.1074 |
351 |
1 |
36.35 |
2009-12-05 |
| 47. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
36.03 |
0.8916 |
-0.0407 |
216 |
1 |
36.03 |
2009-12-04 |
| 48. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
35.93 |
1.0025 |
-0.1544 |
256 |
1 |
35.93 |
2009-12-04 |
| 49. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
35.86 |
1.0077 |
-0.1199 |
250 |
3 |
35.53 |
2010-02-08 |
| 50. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
35.69 |
0.8442 |
0.0022 |
265 |
2 |
32.86 |
2009-12-12 |
| 51. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
35.50 |
0.7890 |
0.0498 |
230 |
1 |
35.50 |
2009-12-05 |
| 52. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
34.61 |
1.0173 |
-0.1566 |
268 |
1 |
34.61 |
2009-12-05 |
| 53. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
34.39 |
1.0252 |
-0.2204 |
176 |
1 |
34.39 |
2009-12-11 |
| 54. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
34.19 |
0.9899 |
-0.1881 |
163 |
1 |
34.19 |
2010-02-12 |
| 55. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
33.49 |
0.9894 |
-0.1953 |
323 |
1 |
33.49 |
2009-12-05 |
| 56. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
31.52 |
1.0023 |
-0.2617 |
211 |
1 |
31.52 |
2009-12-18 |
| 57. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
24.37 |
0.8852 |
-0.3120 |
201 |
1 |
24.37 |
2009-12-12 |
| 58. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
22.96 |
0.9128 |
-0.3700 |
133 |
1 |
22.96 |
2009-12-04 |