| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
41.66 |
0.9325 |
0.5002 |
156 |
3 |
34.64 |
2013-09-03 |
| 2. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
37.40 |
0.9028 |
0.3892 |
155 |
2 |
33.67 |
2010-11-17 |
| 3. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
37.06 |
1.0205 |
0.2519 |
179 |
1 |
37.06 |
2010-11-10 |
| 4. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
35.93 |
1.0487 |
0.1861 |
231 |
2 |
32.90 |
2013-09-03 |
| 5. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
35.08 |
1.0696 |
0.1370 |
226 |
1 |
35.08 |
2010-11-13 |
| 6. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
35.07 |
1.0151 |
0.1855 |
152 |
1 |
35.07 |
2010-11-09 |
| 7. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
34.73 |
0.8118 |
0.3915 |
109 |
1 |
34.73 |
2010-10-25 |
| 8. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
33.22 |
1.0485 |
0.1311 |
153 |
2 |
29.51 |
2010-11-13 |
| 9. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
33.12 |
1.0767 |
0.0628 |
212 |
1 |
33.12 |
2010-11-13 |
| 10. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
32.84 |
0.8739 |
0.2564 |
136 |
1 |
32.84 |
2010-10-25 |
| 11. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
32.78 |
1.0023 |
0.1254 |
211 |
1 |
32.78 |
2010-11-09 |
| 12. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
32.27 |
1.1162 |
0.0370 |
189 |
1 |
32.27 |
2010-11-09 |
| 13. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
32.27 |
1.0498 |
0.0573 |
180 |
1 |
32.27 |
2010-10-25 |
| 14. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
31.89 |
0.9740 |
0.1206 |
209 |
1 |
31.89 |
2010-11-17 |
| 15. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
31.84 |
1.0331 |
0.0616 |
234 |
1 |
31.84 |
2010-11-10 |
| 16. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
31.79 |
0.8544 |
0.2428 |
170 |
1 |
31.79 |
2010-11-17 |
| 17. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
31.78 |
1.0521 |
0.0378 |
171 |
1 |
31.78 |
2010-10-26 |
| 18. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
31.67 |
0.9353 |
0.1514 |
177 |
1 |
31.67 |
2010-11-13 |
| 19. |
The milk and cheese and yogurt, which once came from dairy c... |
31.62 |
0.9310 |
0.1539 |
188 |
1 |
31.62 |
2013-09-03 |
| 20. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
31.46 |
0.8731 |
0.2178 |
199 |
1 |
31.46 |
2010-11-13 |
| 21. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
31.35 |
1.0132 |
0.0581 |
143 |
1 |
31.35 |
2010-10-26 |
| 22. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
30.77 |
1.0574 |
0.0303 |
205 |
1 |
30.77 |
2010-11-10 |
| 23. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
30.76 |
0.8975 |
0.1625 |
268 |
1 |
30.76 |
2013-08-06 |
| 24. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
30.75 |
0.9303 |
0.1218 |
176 |
2 |
29.62 |
2010-11-09 |
| 25. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
30.51 |
0.8725 |
0.1804 |
163 |
1 |
30.51 |
2010-11-09 |
| 26. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
30.45 |
0.8854 |
0.1629 |
116 |
1 |
30.45 |
2010-10-25 |
| 27. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
30.34 |
1.0515 |
-0.0088 |
250 |
1 |
30.34 |
2010-11-13 |
| 28. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
30.26 |
1.0795 |
-0.0071 |
226 |
1 |
30.26 |
2010-10-25 |
| 29. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
30.24 |
0.9161 |
0.1229 |
200 |
1 |
30.24 |
2010-11-13 |
| 30. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
30.14 |
0.8422 |
0.1985 |
164 |
1 |
30.14 |
2010-10-25 |
| 31. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
30.01 |
0.8890 |
0.1407 |
199 |
1 |
30.01 |
2010-11-13 |
| 32. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
29.94 |
0.8602 |
0.1687 |
206 |
1 |
29.94 |
2010-10-25 |
| 33. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
29.66 |
1.0444 |
-0.0299 |
197 |
1 |
29.66 |
2010-11-10 |
| 34. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
29.40 |
0.9572 |
0.0535 |
201 |
1 |
29.40 |
2010-10-25 |
| 35. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
29.28 |
1.0788 |
-0.0767 |
171 |
1 |
29.28 |
2010-10-25 |
| 36. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
29.21 |
0.7934 |
0.2123 |
134 |
1 |
29.21 |
2013-09-03 |
| 37. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
29.14 |
0.9941 |
0.0066 |
217 |
1 |
29.14 |
2010-11-17 |
| 38. |
Grits and fried chicken won't disappear, but perhaps future ... |
29.14 |
0.8884 |
0.1147 |
135 |
2 |
29.04 |
2010-11-13 |
| 39. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
29.14 |
0.9873 |
0.0125 |
155 |
1 |
29.14 |
2010-11-13 |
| 40. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
28.80 |
0.8660 |
0.1255 |
193 |
1 |
28.80 |
2010-10-25 |
| 41. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
28.64 |
0.8788 |
0.1040 |
134 |
1 |
28.64 |
2010-11-17 |
| 42. |
This country is hard on people. Hard and crazy. Got the devi... |
28.44 |
0.9028 |
0.0738 |
111 |
1 |
28.44 |
2010-10-25 |
| 43. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
28.43 |
0.8188 |
0.1612 |
183 |
1 |
28.43 |
2010-10-25 |
| 44. |
We were all in our late twenties or early-to-middle thirties... |
28.34 |
0.8867 |
0.0934 |
241 |
1 |
28.34 |
2010-10-26 |
| 45. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
28.20 |
1.0038 |
-0.0034 |
237 |
1 |
28.20 |
2013-06-25 |
| 46. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
28.00 |
0.8892 |
0.0808 |
207 |
1 |
28.00 |
2010-10-11 |
| 47. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
27.96 |
1.0419 |
-0.0803 |
261 |
1 |
27.96 |
2010-09-19 |
| 48. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
27.96 |
0.8872 |
0.0692 |
168 |
1 |
27.96 |
2010-09-19 |
| 49. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
27.94 |
0.7852 |
0.1822 |
149 |
3 |
27.33 |
2010-10-25 |
| 50. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
27.88 |
0.9559 |
0.0055 |
195 |
1 |
27.88 |
2010-10-11 |
| 51. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
27.80 |
0.9263 |
0.0334 |
188 |
1 |
27.80 |
2010-09-19 |
| 52. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
27.77 |
0.8723 |
0.0787 |
185 |
1 |
27.77 |
2010-11-22 |
| 53. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
27.54 |
0.7375 |
0.2142 |
148 |
1 |
27.54 |
2010-10-18 |
| 54. |
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the ju... |
27.52 |
1.0459 |
-0.0685 |
200 |
1 |
27.52 |
2013-09-03 |
| 55. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
27.49 |
0.9965 |
-0.0557 |
168 |
1 |
27.49 |
2010-09-09 |
| 56. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
27.38 |
0.8793 |
0.0634 |
157 |
1 |
27.38 |
2010-11-20 |
| 57. |
I leave you with photographs, pictures of trickery, and stai... |
26.94 |
0.9016 |
0.0324 |
192 |
1 |
26.94 |
2010-11-01 |
| 58. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
26.78 |
0.8709 |
0.0578 |
202 |
1 |
26.78 |
2010-11-13 |
| 59. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
26.77 |
0.8070 |
0.1165 |
137 |
1 |
26.77 |
2010-11-20 |
| 60. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
26.76 |
0.8348 |
0.0915 |
219 |
1 |
26.76 |
2010-10-25 |
| 61. |
And in the dream I knew that he was goin' on ahead and that ... |
26.75 |
0.9598 |
-0.0329 |
220 |
1 |
26.75 |
2010-09-19 |
| 62. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
26.65 |
1.0684 |
-0.1222 |
253 |
1 |
26.65 |
2010-11-10 |
| 63. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
26.61 |
1.0197 |
-0.1079 |
226 |
1 |
26.61 |
2013-08-06 |
| 64. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
26.59 |
1.0349 |
-0.1219 |
234 |
1 |
26.59 |
2010-09-19 |
| 65. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
26.54 |
0.8562 |
0.0562 |
170 |
1 |
26.54 |
2010-10-25 |
| 66. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
26.38 |
0.8096 |
0.1053 |
209 |
1 |
26.38 |
2010-09-19 |
| 67. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
26.18 |
0.8628 |
0.0339 |
196 |
1 |
26.18 |
2010-09-09 |
| 68. |
The intelligent person is able to identify a problem and fin... |
26.15 |
0.8157 |
0.0833 |
121 |
1 |
26.15 |
2010-11-13 |
| 69. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
26.04 |
0.9682 |
-0.0749 |
143 |
1 |
26.04 |
2010-09-19 |
| 70. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
25.92 |
1.0334 |
-0.1493 |
131 |
1 |
25.92 |
2010-10-25 |
| 71. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
25.86 |
0.9786 |
-0.0952 |
193 |
1 |
25.86 |
2010-09-09 |
| 72. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
25.80 |
1.0515 |
-0.1730 |
166 |
1 |
25.80 |
2010-09-09 |
| 73. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
25.50 |
0.9233 |
-0.0555 |
168 |
2 |
24.21 |
2010-10-11 |
| 74. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
25.46 |
0.8951 |
-0.0179 |
193 |
1 |
25.46 |
2010-11-14 |
| 75. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
25.36 |
0.8037 |
0.0708 |
148 |
1 |
25.36 |
2010-09-09 |
| 76. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
25.31 |
0.9212 |
-0.0483 |
231 |
1 |
25.31 |
2010-09-09 |
| 77. |
For all its apparent strength, the Aztec Empire had vulnerab... |
25.28 |
0.7988 |
0.0780 |
219 |
1 |
25.28 |
2010-11-10 |
| 78. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
24.71 |
0.8916 |
-0.0427 |
216 |
1 |
24.71 |
2010-09-19 |
| 79. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
24.64 |
0.8971 |
-0.0459 |
266 |
1 |
24.64 |
2013-09-03 |
| 80. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
24.56 |
0.9567 |
-0.0711 |
184 |
1 |
24.56 |
2010-11-10 |
| 81. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
24.07 |
0.7877 |
0.0431 |
142 |
1 |
24.07 |
2010-10-25 |
| 82. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
23.95 |
0.9128 |
-0.0855 |
133 |
1 |
23.95 |
2010-09-09 |
| 83. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
23.42 |
0.9023 |
-0.0558 |
231 |
1 |
23.42 |
2010-09-19 |
| 84. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
23.39 |
0.9612 |
-0.1584 |
256 |
1 |
23.39 |
2010-09-19 |
| 85. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
22.26 |
0.8022 |
-0.0363 |
215 |
1 |
22.26 |
2010-11-08 |
| 86. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
21.42 |
0.8773 |
-0.1400 |
205 |
1 |
21.42 |
2010-09-09 |
| 87. |
By the early 1990s the first Internet language (HTTP) was wr... |
20.10 |
0.7104 |
-0.0196 |
131 |
1 |
20.10 |
2010-09-09 |
| 88. |
While you were sleeping, you tossed, you turned. You rolled ... |
19.48 |
0.8614 |
-0.1978 |
172 |
1 |
19.48 |
2010-11-01 |