| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
53.59 |
0.8867 |
0.4988 |
163 |
1 |
53.59 |
2010-10-03 |
| 2. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
47.93 |
0.9941 |
0.2351 |
217 |
1 |
47.93 |
2010-09-27 |
| 3. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
47.53 |
1.0767 |
0.1422 |
212 |
1 |
47.53 |
2010-10-07 |
| 4. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
46.37 |
1.0596 |
0.1291 |
239 |
1 |
46.37 |
2010-10-08 |
| 5. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
46.09 |
1.0608 |
0.1562 |
258 |
1 |
46.09 |
2010-09-10 |
| 6. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
45.79 |
1.0788 |
0.0915 |
171 |
1 |
45.79 |
2010-09-27 |
| 7. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
45.64 |
0.9128 |
0.2645 |
133 |
2 |
40.81 |
2010-10-08 |
| 8. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
45.18 |
0.8506 |
0.3061 |
132 |
1 |
45.18 |
2010-09-27 |
| 9. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
44.94 |
1.0523 |
0.0974 |
256 |
1 |
44.94 |
2010-10-07 |
| 10. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
44.62 |
0.8852 |
0.2615 |
158 |
1 |
44.62 |
2010-09-10 |
| 11. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
44.36 |
1.0941 |
0.0760 |
256 |
2 |
44.16 |
2010-10-07 |
| 12. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
43.40 |
1.0031 |
0.1442 |
304 |
1 |
43.40 |
2010-10-07 |
| 13. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
43.36 |
0.9514 |
0.1617 |
237 |
1 |
43.36 |
2010-10-03 |
| 14. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
43.28 |
1.0263 |
0.0834 |
267 |
2 |
41.40 |
2010-09-27 |
| 15. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
43.27 |
1.1114 |
-0.0037 |
247 |
1 |
43.27 |
2010-10-08 |
| 16. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
42.24 |
0.9731 |
0.0980 |
129 |
1 |
42.24 |
2010-09-29 |
| 17. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
42.23 |
1.0375 |
0.0919 |
200 |
1 |
42.23 |
2010-10-07 |
| 18. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
42.06 |
1.0284 |
0.0941 |
282 |
1 |
42.06 |
2010-10-01 |
| 19. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
41.95 |
1.1296 |
-0.0244 |
252 |
1 |
41.95 |
2010-09-10 |
| 20. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
41.86 |
0.9691 |
0.1043 |
223 |
3 |
39.48 |
2010-09-29 |
| 21. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
41.80 |
0.9353 |
0.1325 |
177 |
1 |
41.80 |
2010-10-07 |
| 22. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
41.53 |
1.0197 |
0.0428 |
226 |
1 |
41.53 |
2010-09-10 |
| 23. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
41.45 |
0.9769 |
0.0845 |
263 |
1 |
41.45 |
2010-10-03 |
| 24. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
41.37 |
1.0154 |
0.0956 |
351 |
1 |
41.37 |
2010-10-07 |
| 25. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
41.32 |
0.8725 |
0.1896 |
163 |
1 |
41.32 |
2010-10-03 |
| 26. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
41.32 |
0.9916 |
0.1110 |
282 |
1 |
41.32 |
2010-09-27 |
| 27. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
41.30 |
0.9871 |
0.1085 |
209 |
2 |
40.66 |
2010-09-29 |
| 28. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
41.30 |
0.9873 |
0.0688 |
155 |
1 |
41.30 |
2010-09-29 |
| 29. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
41.04 |
0.9567 |
0.0961 |
273 |
1 |
41.04 |
2010-10-07 |
| 30. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
40.59 |
0.8773 |
0.1672 |
205 |
1 |
40.59 |
2010-10-07 |
| 31. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
40.41 |
0.9468 |
0.0895 |
276 |
2 |
39.46 |
2010-10-03 |
| 32. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
40.10 |
0.8793 |
0.1499 |
157 |
1 |
40.10 |
2010-09-27 |
| 33. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
39.83 |
0.8810 |
0.1407 |
282 |
1 |
39.83 |
2010-09-10 |
| 34. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
39.76 |
1.0577 |
-0.0421 |
247 |
1 |
39.76 |
2010-09-29 |
| 35. |
The time has come for man to plant the seed of his highest h... |
39.74 |
0.8953 |
0.1249 |
193 |
1 |
39.74 |
2010-10-07 |
| 36. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
39.62 |
0.9527 |
0.0633 |
251 |
1 |
39.62 |
2010-09-27 |
| 37. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
39.52 |
1.0214 |
-0.0135 |
166 |
1 |
39.52 |
2010-10-07 |
| 38. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
39.51 |
0.9048 |
0.1126 |
271 |
1 |
39.51 |
2010-10-08 |
| 39. |
We were all in our late twenties or early-to-middle thirties... |
39.49 |
0.8867 |
0.1307 |
241 |
2 |
39.33 |
2010-10-08 |
| 40. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
39.39 |
1.0529 |
-0.0432 |
351 |
1 |
39.39 |
2010-09-27 |
| 41. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
39.38 |
0.9578 |
0.0516 |
281 |
1 |
39.38 |
2010-09-09 |
| 42. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
39.15 |
0.9226 |
0.0871 |
348 |
1 |
39.15 |
2010-09-27 |
| 43. |
One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the av... |
39.06 |
0.9247 |
0.0812 |
253 |
1 |
39.06 |
2010-09-10 |
| 44. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
39.03 |
1.0211 |
0.0099 |
213 |
2 |
35.24 |
2010-10-07 |
| 45. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
38.80 |
1.0297 |
-0.0365 |
249 |
1 |
38.80 |
2010-10-07 |
| 46. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
38.63 |
1.0485 |
-0.0241 |
153 |
1 |
38.63 |
2010-09-10 |
| 47. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
38.58 |
0.9429 |
0.0474 |
287 |
1 |
38.58 |
2010-10-07 |
| 48. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
38.50 |
0.9266 |
0.0599 |
267 |
1 |
38.50 |
2010-10-07 |
| 49. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
38.37 |
0.9964 |
-0.0132 |
203 |
1 |
38.37 |
2010-10-03 |
| 50. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
38.37 |
0.9697 |
0.0177 |
266 |
1 |
38.37 |
2010-09-27 |
| 51. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
38.28 |
1.0774 |
-0.0671 |
304 |
1 |
38.28 |
2010-09-29 |
| 52. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
38.27 |
1.0496 |
-0.0697 |
314 |
1 |
38.27 |
2010-10-08 |
| 53. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
38.25 |
0.8573 |
0.1261 |
270 |
2 |
35.05 |
2010-10-03 |
| 54. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
37.97 |
0.9485 |
0.0262 |
236 |
1 |
37.97 |
2010-10-01 |
| 55. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
37.84 |
0.9726 |
-0.0100 |
154 |
2 |
36.69 |
2010-10-03 |
| 56. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
37.83 |
1.0251 |
-0.0578 |
261 |
1 |
37.83 |
2010-09-09 |
| 57. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
37.76 |
1.0349 |
-0.0685 |
234 |
1 |
37.76 |
2010-10-01 |
| 58. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
37.72 |
1.0444 |
-0.0845 |
197 |
1 |
37.72 |
2010-10-08 |
| 59. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
37.62 |
1.0029 |
-0.0456 |
209 |
1 |
37.62 |
2010-10-01 |
| 60. |
Dropping through sky, through the glass of the roof, through... |
37.47 |
0.9688 |
-0.0100 |
217 |
1 |
37.47 |
2010-09-10 |
| 61. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
37.44 |
0.8811 |
0.0823 |
239 |
1 |
37.44 |
2010-10-08 |
| 62. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
37.30 |
1.0506 |
-0.0663 |
277 |
1 |
37.30 |
2010-09-10 |
| 63. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
37.26 |
0.9811 |
-0.0240 |
272 |
1 |
37.26 |
2010-09-10 |
| 64. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
36.92 |
1.0719 |
-0.0984 |
360 |
1 |
36.92 |
2010-09-29 |
| 65. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
36.91 |
0.9763 |
-0.0315 |
289 |
2 |
34.91 |
2010-10-07 |
| 66. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
36.90 |
0.9559 |
-0.0085 |
195 |
1 |
36.90 |
2010-09-29 |
| 67. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
36.61 |
0.9670 |
0.0127 |
307 |
1 |
36.61 |
2010-10-07 |
| 68. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
36.59 |
0.9986 |
-0.0609 |
283 |
1 |
36.59 |
2010-09-10 |
| 69. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
36.54 |
0.8933 |
0.0489 |
363 |
1 |
36.54 |
2010-10-08 |
| 70. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
36.45 |
0.9213 |
0.0129 |
295 |
1 |
36.45 |
2010-10-01 |
| 71. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
36.33 |
0.8915 |
0.0373 |
188 |
1 |
36.33 |
2010-10-03 |
| 72. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
36.32 |
0.9233 |
-0.0015 |
168 |
1 |
36.32 |
2010-10-07 |
| 73. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
36.14 |
0.9342 |
-0.0051 |
434 |
1 |
36.14 |
2010-10-03 |
| 74. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
36.01 |
0.9865 |
-0.0633 |
276 |
1 |
36.01 |
2010-10-03 |
| 75. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
35.80 |
0.9852 |
-0.0683 |
264 |
1 |
35.80 |
2010-09-10 |
| 76. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
35.74 |
0.8941 |
0.0223 |
216 |
1 |
35.74 |
2010-10-01 |
| 77. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
35.74 |
0.9786 |
-0.0688 |
193 |
1 |
35.74 |
2010-10-01 |
| 78. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
35.69 |
0.8958 |
0.0228 |
322 |
1 |
35.69 |
2010-09-27 |
| 79. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
35.54 |
1.0083 |
-0.0542 |
273 |
1 |
35.54 |
2010-09-09 |
| 80. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
35.51 |
0.9976 |
-0.0682 |
174 |
1 |
35.51 |
2010-09-10 |
| 81. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
35.05 |
0.8788 |
0.0153 |
134 |
1 |
35.05 |
2010-10-01 |
| 82. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
34.71 |
0.9572 |
-0.0259 |
376 |
2 |
34.07 |
2010-09-27 |
| 83. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
34.59 |
0.9936 |
-0.1086 |
311 |
1 |
34.59 |
2010-10-03 |
| 84. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
34.58 |
0.8382 |
0.0476 |
268 |
1 |
34.58 |
2010-10-07 |
| 85. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
34.52 |
0.8022 |
0.0838 |
215 |
1 |
34.52 |
2010-10-08 |
| 86. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
34.19 |
0.9148 |
-0.0385 |
317 |
1 |
34.19 |
2010-09-29 |
| 87. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
34.10 |
0.8723 |
-0.0042 |
185 |
1 |
34.10 |
2010-09-27 |
| 88. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
33.79 |
0.9697 |
-0.1054 |
249 |
1 |
33.79 |
2010-09-27 |
| 89. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
33.35 |
0.8787 |
-0.0212 |
202 |
1 |
33.35 |
2010-09-27 |
| 90. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
33.13 |
1.0669 |
-0.1866 |
213 |
2 |
32.28 |
2010-10-03 |
| 91. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
32.81 |
1.0090 |
-0.1264 |
282 |
1 |
32.81 |
2010-10-01 |
| 92. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
32.76 |
1.0004 |
-0.1689 |
212 |
1 |
32.76 |
2010-10-01 |
| 93. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
32.74 |
0.9871 |
-0.1273 |
227 |
2 |
32.53 |
2010-10-03 |
| 94. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
32.67 |
1.0917 |
-0.2330 |
243 |
1 |
32.67 |
2010-09-09 |
| 95. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
31.69 |
0.9682 |
-0.1599 |
143 |
1 |
31.69 |
2010-10-01 |
| 96. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
31.67 |
0.8919 |
-0.0839 |
205 |
1 |
31.67 |
2010-09-27 |
| 97. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
31.67 |
1.0201 |
-0.2174 |
172 |
1 |
31.67 |
2010-10-08 |
| 98. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
30.96 |
0.9426 |
-0.1486 |
317 |
1 |
30.96 |
2010-10-03 |
| 99. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
30.22 |
0.9309 |
-0.1612 |
284 |
1 |
30.22 |
2010-10-07 |
| 100. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
30.09 |
1.0095 |
-0.2427 |
316 |
1 |
30.09 |
2010-10-03 |
| 101. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
29.22 |
0.9339 |
-0.1898 |
310 |
1 |
29.22 |
2010-10-03 |