| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
37.53 |
0.9164 |
0.3876 |
121 |
1 |
37.53 |
2011-07-16 |
| 2. |
You came close, but you never made it, and if you were gonna... |
37.19 |
0.9126 |
0.3727 |
96 |
1 |
37.19 |
2011-09-22 |
| 3. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
37.08 |
1.1215 |
0.1861 |
200 |
1 |
37.08 |
2011-07-16 |
| 4. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
36.56 |
1.0788 |
0.1875 |
171 |
1 |
36.56 |
2011-07-15 |
| 5. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
35.99 |
1.0124 |
0.2347 |
204 |
1 |
35.99 |
2011-07-18 |
| 6. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
35.42 |
0.9572 |
0.2724 |
201 |
2 |
33.35 |
2011-09-22 |
| 7. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
35.32 |
0.9943 |
0.2306 |
373 |
1 |
35.32 |
2011-07-16 |
| 8. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
34.82 |
1.0396 |
0.1664 |
149 |
3 |
30.68 |
2011-07-16 |
| 9. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
34.69 |
1.0063 |
0.1958 |
371 |
1 |
34.69 |
2011-09-22 |
| 10. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
34.45 |
0.9884 |
0.2080 |
262 |
1 |
34.45 |
2011-09-25 |
| 11. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
34.33 |
0.9986 |
0.1906 |
283 |
1 |
34.33 |
2011-07-18 |
| 12. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
34.30 |
0.9886 |
0.2002 |
220 |
1 |
34.30 |
2011-07-18 |
| 13. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
34.26 |
0.8852 |
0.3026 |
158 |
2 |
30.93 |
2011-07-18 |
| 14. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
34.10 |
0.8876 |
0.2950 |
118 |
1 |
34.10 |
2011-07-17 |
| 15. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
34.10 |
1.0863 |
0.1245 |
210 |
1 |
34.10 |
2011-07-16 |
| 16. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
34.09 |
0.9722 |
0.2118 |
283 |
2 |
30.92 |
2011-07-15 |
| 17. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
34.05 |
1.0941 |
0.1131 |
256 |
2 |
30.09 |
2011-07-18 |
| 18. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
33.84 |
1.0365 |
0.1650 |
162 |
1 |
33.84 |
2011-07-15 |
| 19. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
33.80 |
0.9047 |
0.2675 |
118 |
1 |
33.80 |
2011-09-22 |
| 20. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
33.69 |
0.8788 |
0.2912 |
134 |
2 |
33.06 |
2011-07-18 |
| 21. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
33.58 |
1.0515 |
0.1109 |
166 |
2 |
32.04 |
2011-07-17 |
| 22. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
33.54 |
1.0263 |
0.1358 |
267 |
1 |
33.54 |
2011-07-16 |
| 23. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
33.27 |
0.8691 |
0.2811 |
119 |
1 |
33.27 |
2011-07-15 |
| 24. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
33.03 |
0.8581 |
0.2884 |
136 |
3 |
27.51 |
2011-07-15 |
| 25. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
33.02 |
1.0565 |
0.0870 |
247 |
1 |
33.02 |
2011-07-15 |
| 26. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
32.94 |
0.7997 |
0.3412 |
138 |
1 |
32.94 |
2011-09-22 |
| 27. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
32.90 |
1.0109 |
0.1286 |
276 |
2 |
32.65 |
2011-09-25 |
| 28. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
32.89 |
1.0023 |
0.1368 |
211 |
1 |
32.89 |
2011-07-16 |
| 29. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
32.76 |
0.8867 |
0.2500 |
163 |
3 |
30.94 |
2011-07-15 |
| 30. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
32.64 |
0.8562 |
0.2782 |
170 |
2 |
29.52 |
2011-09-25 |
| 31. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
32.62 |
1.0696 |
0.0592 |
226 |
1 |
32.62 |
2011-07-16 |
| 32. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
32.49 |
0.8731 |
0.2556 |
199 |
1 |
32.49 |
2011-07-16 |
| 33. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
32.41 |
1.0334 |
0.0870 |
131 |
3 |
27.13 |
2011-07-18 |
| 34. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
32.39 |
0.9350 |
0.1895 |
195 |
1 |
32.39 |
2011-07-16 |
| 35. |
This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immo... |
32.15 |
0.8244 |
0.2917 |
73 |
1 |
32.15 |
2011-07-16 |
| 36. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
32.08 |
0.9567 |
0.1923 |
184 |
2 |
31.04 |
2011-07-18 |
| 37. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
31.89 |
1.0214 |
0.0827 |
166 |
1 |
31.89 |
2011-07-16 |
| 38. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
31.83 |
0.9740 |
0.1285 |
209 |
1 |
31.83 |
2011-07-16 |
| 39. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
31.39 |
1.0684 |
0.0433 |
253 |
1 |
31.39 |
2011-07-16 |
| 40. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
31.36 |
1.0197 |
0.0658 |
226 |
1 |
31.36 |
2011-07-16 |
| 41. |
Since the ninja is that being than which nothing sweeter can... |
31.34 |
0.8919 |
0.1953 |
152 |
1 |
31.34 |
2011-07-14 |
| 42. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
31.25 |
1.0677 |
0.0399 |
284 |
1 |
31.25 |
2011-07-16 |
| 43. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
31.25 |
1.0125 |
0.0697 |
224 |
1 |
31.25 |
2011-07-16 |
| 44. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
31.15 |
1.0444 |
0.0336 |
197 |
1 |
31.15 |
2011-07-15 |
| 45. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
31.14 |
0.9966 |
0.0825 |
259 |
1 |
31.14 |
2011-09-22 |
| 46. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
30.89 |
0.9795 |
0.0900 |
308 |
1 |
30.89 |
2011-07-15 |
| 47. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
30.49 |
0.9266 |
0.1295 |
267 |
1 |
30.49 |
2011-07-16 |
| 48. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
30.16 |
1.0506 |
0.0174 |
277 |
1 |
30.16 |
2011-07-15 |
| 49. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
30.16 |
1.0463 |
-0.0031 |
182 |
1 |
30.16 |
2011-07-15 |
| 50. |
The time has come for man to plant the seed of his highest h... |
30.13 |
0.8953 |
0.1487 |
193 |
1 |
30.13 |
2011-07-15 |
| 51. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
30.11 |
0.8190 |
0.2289 |
135 |
1 |
30.11 |
2011-07-16 |
| 52. |
The girls I like best are ones I never feel much like kiddin... |
30.07 |
0.9063 |
0.1378 |
239 |
1 |
30.07 |
2011-07-15 |
| 53. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
29.98 |
1.1016 |
-0.0637 |
233 |
1 |
29.98 |
2011-07-15 |
| 54. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
29.94 |
0.8323 |
0.2060 |
203 |
1 |
29.94 |
2011-07-15 |
| 55. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
29.87 |
1.0292 |
0.0041 |
262 |
1 |
29.87 |
2011-07-15 |
| 56. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
29.70 |
1.0132 |
0.0147 |
143 |
1 |
29.70 |
2011-07-15 |
| 57. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
29.51 |
0.8854 |
0.1366 |
116 |
1 |
29.51 |
2011-07-15 |
| 58. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
29.48 |
0.8653 |
0.1606 |
255 |
2 |
27.34 |
2011-07-16 |
| 59. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
29.47 |
0.9772 |
0.0430 |
217 |
2 |
28.13 |
2011-07-16 |
| 60. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
29.42 |
0.9514 |
0.0671 |
237 |
3 |
25.85 |
2011-07-16 |
| 61. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
29.42 |
0.9171 |
0.1041 |
165 |
1 |
29.42 |
2011-07-15 |
| 62. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
29.40 |
0.9866 |
0.0316 |
218 |
1 |
29.40 |
2011-07-15 |
| 63. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
29.38 |
0.9820 |
0.0367 |
274 |
2 |
28.81 |
2011-07-15 |
| 64. |
When the green lights came on, pedestrians skirted or jumped... |
29.32 |
0.8297 |
0.1832 |
103 |
1 |
29.32 |
2011-07-15 |
| 65. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
29.30 |
0.8382 |
0.1775 |
268 |
1 |
29.30 |
2011-07-16 |
| 66. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
29.25 |
0.9048 |
0.1110 |
271 |
2 |
29.22 |
2011-07-16 |
| 67. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
29.22 |
1.0033 |
0.0069 |
189 |
1 |
29.22 |
2011-07-16 |
| 68. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
29.21 |
0.9303 |
0.0812 |
176 |
1 |
29.21 |
2011-07-15 |
| 69. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
29.15 |
0.7389 |
0.2737 |
145 |
2 |
26.60 |
2011-07-16 |
| 70. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
29.09 |
0.8619 |
0.1452 |
119 |
1 |
29.09 |
2011-07-15 |
| 71. |
Jay earned himself a promotion to lieutenant on the strength... |
29.06 |
0.8122 |
0.1953 |
181 |
2 |
28.61 |
2011-07-15 |
| 72. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
29.06 |
0.8900 |
0.1180 |
164 |
1 |
29.06 |
2011-07-15 |
| 73. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
28.91 |
0.9612 |
0.0396 |
256 |
1 |
28.91 |
2011-07-15 |
| 74. |
This country is hard on people. Hard and crazy. Got the devi... |
28.84 |
0.9028 |
0.0972 |
111 |
1 |
28.84 |
2011-07-15 |
| 75. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
28.84 |
0.9893 |
0.0095 |
323 |
1 |
28.84 |
2011-07-18 |
| 76. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
28.82 |
0.9527 |
0.0448 |
251 |
1 |
28.82 |
2011-07-16 |
| 77. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
28.80 |
0.9673 |
0.0664 |
232 |
1 |
28.80 |
2011-07-16 |
| 78. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
28.71 |
0.8500 |
0.1453 |
145 |
1 |
28.71 |
2011-07-15 |
| 79. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
28.66 |
1.0462 |
-0.0551 |
184 |
1 |
28.66 |
2011-07-15 |
| 80. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
28.65 |
1.0429 |
-0.0521 |
259 |
1 |
28.65 |
2011-07-15 |
| 81. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
28.64 |
1.1018 |
-0.1111 |
220 |
1 |
28.64 |
2011-07-15 |
| 82. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
28.63 |
0.8916 |
0.0992 |
216 |
1 |
28.63 |
2011-07-16 |
| 83. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
28.58 |
0.8188 |
0.1715 |
183 |
1 |
28.58 |
2011-07-14 |
| 84. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
28.58 |
0.8660 |
0.1243 |
193 |
1 |
28.58 |
2011-07-14 |
| 85. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
28.55 |
0.8666 |
0.1224 |
150 |
1 |
28.55 |
2011-07-14 |
| 86. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
28.46 |
0.9871 |
0.0321 |
209 |
1 |
28.46 |
2011-07-15 |
| 87. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
28.44 |
0.8506 |
0.1350 |
132 |
2 |
26.65 |
2011-07-14 |
| 88. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
28.40 |
0.8773 |
0.1093 |
205 |
1 |
28.40 |
2011-07-14 |
| 89. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
28.36 |
0.8037 |
0.1807 |
148 |
1 |
28.36 |
2011-07-15 |
| 90. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
28.32 |
1.0993 |
-0.1200 |
265 |
1 |
28.32 |
2011-07-15 |
| 91. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
28.07 |
0.9559 |
0.0169 |
195 |
1 |
28.07 |
2011-07-15 |
| 92. |
While it may hold true that the final few seconds of a bike ... |
27.93 |
0.7996 |
0.1687 |
177 |
1 |
27.93 |
2011-09-22 |
| 93. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
27.29 |
0.8125 |
0.1347 |
197 |
1 |
27.29 |
2011-07-14 |
| 94. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
27.10 |
0.8723 |
0.0670 |
185 |
1 |
27.10 |
2011-07-14 |
| 95. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
27.00 |
1.0214 |
-0.0877 |
269 |
1 |
27.00 |
2011-07-15 |
| 96. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
26.81 |
1.0379 |
-0.0787 |
245 |
1 |
26.81 |
2011-07-15 |
| 97. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
26.71 |
0.9251 |
0.0023 |
177 |
1 |
26.71 |
2011-07-15 |
| 98. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
26.41 |
0.8360 |
0.0799 |
170 |
1 |
26.41 |
2011-07-14 |
| 99. |
I leave you with photographs, pictures of trickery, and stai... |
26.35 |
0.9016 |
0.0130 |
192 |
1 |
26.35 |
2011-07-14 |
| 100. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
26.22 |
0.9127 |
-0.0045 |
252 |
2 |
24.25 |
2011-07-15 |
| 101. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
26.19 |
0.9023 |
0.0407 |
231 |
1 |
26.19 |
2011-07-16 |
| 102. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
26.06 |
0.7801 |
0.1215 |
116 |
1 |
26.06 |
2011-07-15 |
| 103. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
26.06 |
0.9504 |
-0.0481 |
263 |
1 |
26.06 |
2011-07-16 |
| 104. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
25.98 |
0.9851 |
-0.0862 |
317 |
1 |
25.98 |
2011-07-15 |
| 105. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
25.78 |
1.0138 |
-0.1223 |
231 |
2 |
24.98 |
2011-07-15 |
| 106. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
25.53 |
0.9068 |
-0.0215 |
225 |
1 |
25.53 |
2011-07-15 |
| 107. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
25.26 |
0.9786 |
-0.1065 |
193 |
1 |
25.26 |
2011-07-15 |
| 108. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
25.02 |
0.8177 |
0.0505 |
124 |
1 |
25.02 |
2011-07-15 |
| 109. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
24.86 |
0.8275 |
0.0327 |
142 |
1 |
24.86 |
2011-07-15 |
| 110. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
24.84 |
0.7259 |
0.1386 |
186 |
1 |
24.84 |
2011-07-14 |
| 111. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
24.63 |
0.8263 |
0.0279 |
162 |
1 |
24.63 |
2011-07-15 |
| 112. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
24.53 |
1.0211 |
-0.1461 |
213 |
1 |
24.53 |
2011-07-14 |
| 113. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
24.20 |
0.8573 |
-0.0169 |
270 |
1 |
24.20 |
2011-07-14 |
| 114. |
Pulp: a soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. |
24.09 |
0.7559 |
0.0808 |
46 |
2 |
23.09 |
2011-07-15 |
| 115. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
24.02 |
0.9863 |
-0.1559 |
339 |
1 |
24.02 |
2011-07-15 |
| 116. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
23.85 |
0.9351 |
-0.1110 |
190 |
1 |
23.85 |
2011-07-14 |
| 117. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
23.80 |
0.7877 |
0.0380 |
142 |
2 |
22.78 |
2011-07-15 |
| 118. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
23.79 |
0.8793 |
-0.0546 |
157 |
1 |
23.79 |
2011-07-15 |
| 119. |
Because of their scouting skills and peripheral kinesthetic ... |
23.77 |
0.8162 |
0.0076 |
149 |
1 |
23.77 |
2011-07-14 |
| 120. |
For all its apparent strength, the Aztec Empire had vulnerab... |
23.76 |
0.7988 |
0.0278 |
219 |
1 |
23.76 |
2011-07-15 |
| 121. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
23.48 |
0.8096 |
0.0066 |
209 |
1 |
23.48 |
2011-07-15 |
| 122. |
In the capital of the Sunbelt South, the quiet revolution of... |
23.23 |
0.9098 |
-0.1048 |
167 |
1 |
23.23 |
2011-07-14 |
| 123. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
23.13 |
0.9233 |
-0.1238 |
168 |
1 |
23.13 |
2011-07-15 |
| 124. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
23.08 |
0.8628 |
-0.0636 |
196 |
1 |
23.08 |
2011-07-14 |
| 125. |
You can't get away with saying "I don't like green food!" mu... |
22.72 |
0.7484 |
0.0370 |
185 |
1 |
22.72 |
2011-07-15 |
| 126. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
22.41 |
0.9529 |
-0.1459 |
269 |
1 |
22.41 |
2011-07-15 |
| 127. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
22.19 |
0.8089 |
-0.0415 |
158 |
1 |
22.19 |
2011-07-14 |
| 128. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
21.84 |
0.8153 |
-0.0580 |
200 |
1 |
21.84 |
2011-07-14 |
| 129. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
21.50 |
0.7916 |
-0.0473 |
184 |
1 |
21.50 |
2011-07-14 |
| 130. |
At the very end of these food chains (which is to say, at th... |
20.66 |
0.8202 |
-0.1035 |
178 |
1 |
20.66 |
2011-07-14 |
| 131. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
20.11 |
1.0521 |
-0.3608 |
171 |
1 |
20.11 |
2011-07-14 |
| 132. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
19.56 |
0.9773 |
-0.3019 |
123 |
1 |
19.56 |
2011-07-15 |
| 133. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
19.52 |
0.7805 |
-0.1049 |
154 |
1 |
19.52 |
2011-07-15 |