| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
62.12 |
0.9763 |
0.2031 |
283 |
1 |
62.12 |
2009-12-30 |
| 2. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
58.13 |
0.9265 |
0.1761 |
254 |
1 |
58.13 |
2009-03-24 |
| 3. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
58.17 |
0.9422 |
0.1571 |
190 |
4 |
51.52 |
2009-03-24 |
| 4. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
55.57 |
0.8988 |
0.1560 |
216 |
1 |
55.57 |
2009-02-08 |
| 5. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
60.44 |
1.0059 |
0.1431 |
283 |
1 |
60.44 |
2009-05-13 |
| 6. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
60.77 |
1.0086 |
0.1412 |
218 |
1 |
60.77 |
2008-11-07 |
| 7. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
58.83 |
0.9765 |
0.1398 |
269 |
1 |
58.83 |
2009-03-24 |
| 8. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
57.14 |
0.9519 |
0.1368 |
323 |
1 |
57.14 |
2009-03-24 |
| 9. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
56.07 |
0.9352 |
0.1280 |
194 |
1 |
56.07 |
2009-03-24 |
| 10. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
58.80 |
1.0018 |
0.1150 |
246 |
1 |
58.80 |
2009-03-24 |
| 11. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
58.57 |
1.0057 |
0.1093 |
382 |
1 |
58.57 |
2009-03-24 |
| 12. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
62.82 |
1.0881 |
0.1012 |
210 |
3 |
57.20 |
2009-03-24 |
| 13. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
55.95 |
0.9594 |
0.1009 |
258 |
1 |
55.95 |
2009-05-13 |
| 14. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
56.71 |
0.9810 |
0.1006 |
362 |
1 |
56.71 |
2009-03-24 |
| 15. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
62.68 |
1.0867 |
0.0994 |
171 |
2 |
60.06 |
2009-02-09 |
| 16. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
56.49 |
0.9762 |
0.0962 |
249 |
2 |
54.63 |
2009-02-08 |
| 17. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
55.83 |
0.9673 |
0.0947 |
292 |
2 |
51.42 |
2009-03-24 |
| 18. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
59.34 |
1.0334 |
0.0928 |
261 |
2 |
57.90 |
2009-03-24 |
| 19. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
51.87 |
0.8993 |
0.0877 |
366 |
1 |
51.87 |
2008-11-21 |
| 20. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
63.10 |
1.1093 |
0.0837 |
220 |
1 |
63.10 |
2009-05-13 |
| 21. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
55.15 |
0.9636 |
0.0818 |
281 |
2 |
53.24 |
2009-03-24 |
| 22. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
63.31 |
1.1198 |
0.0818 |
247 |
2 |
61.28 |
2009-12-30 |
| 23. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
59.36 |
1.0466 |
0.0802 |
230 |
2 |
58.65 |
2008-11-10 |
| 24. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
56.16 |
0.9841 |
0.0787 |
217 |
2 |
54.51 |
2009-03-24 |
| 25. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
57.79 |
1.0234 |
0.0779 |
392 |
1 |
57.79 |
2009-03-24 |
| 26. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
56.62 |
1.0033 |
0.0718 |
203 |
1 |
56.62 |
2008-12-14 |
| 27. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
59.51 |
1.0588 |
0.0713 |
281 |
3 |
56.08 |
2009-03-24 |
| 28. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
58.63 |
1.0432 |
0.0706 |
276 |
1 |
58.63 |
2008-11-04 |
| 29. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
50.39 |
0.8913 |
0.0661 |
201 |
1 |
50.39 |
2008-11-21 |
| 30. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
54.95 |
0.9801 |
0.0626 |
289 |
1 |
54.95 |
2009-03-24 |
| 31. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
57.76 |
1.0341 |
0.0619 |
273 |
1 |
57.76 |
2009-03-24 |
| 32. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
53.76 |
0.9597 |
0.0607 |
251 |
1 |
53.76 |
2008-12-30 |
| 33. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
53.39 |
0.9541 |
0.0597 |
236 |
3 |
49.24 |
2009-03-24 |
| 34. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
50.43 |
0.9010 |
0.0582 |
266 |
1 |
50.43 |
2008-11-22 |
| 35. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
52.12 |
0.9332 |
0.0571 |
295 |
2 |
50.58 |
2009-03-24 |
| 36. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
56.40 |
1.0125 |
0.0566 |
232 |
2 |
54.41 |
2009-02-09 |
| 37. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
58.06 |
1.0426 |
0.0557 |
131 |
1 |
58.06 |
2009-03-24 |
| 38. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
52.37 |
0.9299 |
0.0554 |
168 |
1 |
52.37 |
2009-02-09 |
| 39. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
55.52 |
0.9963 |
0.0551 |
274 |
3 |
53.57 |
2009-02-08 |
| 40. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
55.81 |
1.0128 |
0.0534 |
369 |
1 |
55.81 |
2009-03-24 |
| 41. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
60.14 |
1.0960 |
0.0502 |
315 |
1 |
60.14 |
2009-03-24 |
| 42. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
47.92 |
0.8572 |
0.0498 |
232 |
2 |
43.08 |
2009-03-18 |
| 43. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
59.98 |
1.0873 |
0.0487 |
243 |
2 |
56.81 |
2008-11-28 |
| 44. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
60.86 |
1.1070 |
0.0477 |
265 |
1 |
60.86 |
2008-11-07 |
| 45. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
56.38 |
1.0267 |
0.0467 |
261 |
1 |
56.38 |
2009-02-09 |
| 46. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
58.00 |
1.0481 |
0.0454 |
255 |
1 |
58.00 |
2009-03-24 |
| 47. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
52.64 |
0.9561 |
0.0444 |
362 |
1 |
52.64 |
2008-12-30 |
| 48. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
58.26 |
1.0639 |
0.0434 |
303 |
1 |
58.26 |
2009-03-24 |
| 49. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
54.98 |
1.0028 |
0.0396 |
259 |
2 |
53.32 |
2008-11-05 |
| 50. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
57.20 |
1.0479 |
0.0364 |
205 |
1 |
57.20 |
2009-03-24 |
| 51. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
52.61 |
0.9673 |
0.0349 |
393 |
1 |
52.61 |
2008-12-30 |
| 52. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
56.43 |
1.0333 |
0.0328 |
176 |
2 |
53.21 |
2009-02-09 |
| 53. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
58.92 |
1.0901 |
0.0307 |
288 |
1 |
58.92 |
2009-03-24 |
| 54. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
55.16 |
1.0115 |
0.0303 |
189 |
1 |
55.16 |
2009-12-30 |
| 55. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
52.69 |
0.9709 |
0.0276 |
264 |
1 |
52.69 |
2008-11-05 |
| 56. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
50.19 |
0.9339 |
0.0240 |
317 |
1 |
50.19 |
2009-12-30 |
| 57. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
54.60 |
1.0227 |
0.0197 |
378 |
2 |
51.73 |
2008-12-30 |
| 58. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
54.80 |
1.0194 |
0.0186 |
224 |
2 |
50.77 |
2009-03-24 |
| 59. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
53.21 |
0.9927 |
0.0176 |
276 |
1 |
53.21 |
2009-03-24 |
| 60. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
52.04 |
0.9704 |
0.0170 |
254 |
2 |
51.57 |
2008-11-03 |
| 61. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
42.58 |
0.7923 |
0.0151 |
316 |
2 |
41.52 |
2008-11-05 |
| 62. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
56.93 |
1.0638 |
0.0150 |
247 |
1 |
56.93 |
2009-03-24 |
| 63. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
49.91 |
0.9392 |
0.0136 |
360 |
1 |
49.91 |
2008-11-07 |
| 64. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
48.74 |
0.9128 |
0.0088 |
237 |
4 |
46.25 |
2009-03-23 |
| 65. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
57.89 |
1.0877 |
0.0080 |
129 |
2 |
57.01 |
2009-03-23 |
| 66. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
54.45 |
1.0270 |
0.0070 |
303 |
2 |
53.38 |
2009-03-24 |
| 67. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
56.56 |
1.0672 |
0.0053 |
239 |
2 |
56.09 |
2008-11-07 |
| 68. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
55.00 |
1.0403 |
0.0019 |
234 |
3 |
51.77 |
2008-12-14 |
| 69. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
53.68 |
1.0165 |
0.0014 |
316 |
1 |
53.68 |
2009-03-23 |
| 70. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
55.52 |
1.0472 |
0.0003 |
149 |
2 |
52.95 |
2008-11-10 |
| 71. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
54.55 |
1.0404 |
-0.0002 |
406 |
1 |
54.55 |
2008-11-07 |
| 72. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
52.31 |
0.9928 |
-0.0008 |
293 |
1 |
52.31 |
2008-11-04 |
| 73. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
47.06 |
0.8965 |
-0.0037 |
150 |
1 |
47.06 |
2008-11-03 |
| 74. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
53.54 |
1.0208 |
-0.0049 |
231 |
3 |
49.78 |
2009-02-09 |
| 75. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
44.19 |
0.8437 |
-0.0069 |
268 |
3 |
40.20 |
2008-12-14 |
| 76. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
55.17 |
1.0557 |
-0.0073 |
289 |
1 |
55.17 |
2008-11-05 |
| 77. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
48.87 |
0.9359 |
-0.0083 |
355 |
2 |
45.55 |
2009-02-09 |
| 78. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
54.02 |
1.0332 |
-0.0086 |
267 |
1 |
54.02 |
2008-11-05 |
| 79. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
55.36 |
1.0628 |
-0.0100 |
363 |
2 |
52.65 |
2009-03-24 |
| 80. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
54.81 |
1.0487 |
-0.0106 |
253 |
2 |
52.84 |
2009-03-24 |
| 81. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
56.29 |
1.0777 |
-0.0113 |
226 |
2 |
54.33 |
2009-03-18 |
| 82. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
51.39 |
0.9909 |
-0.0120 |
334 |
1 |
51.39 |
2008-11-04 |
| 83. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
53.33 |
1.0291 |
-0.0192 |
240 |
1 |
53.33 |
2009-03-24 |
| 84. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
50.47 |
0.9763 |
-0.0194 |
143 |
3 |
42.75 |
2009-03-24 |
| 85. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
55.12 |
1.0654 |
-0.0217 |
247 |
1 |
55.12 |
2008-11-04 |
| 86. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
54.35 |
1.0607 |
-0.0264 |
357 |
1 |
54.35 |
2008-11-04 |
| 87. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
46.59 |
0.9143 |
-0.0300 |
300 |
2 |
45.93 |
2008-11-07 |
| 88. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
54.10 |
1.0561 |
-0.0313 |
227 |
2 |
52.79 |
2008-12-18 |
| 89. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
51.34 |
1.0042 |
-0.0340 |
168 |
1 |
51.34 |
2008-12-13 |
| 90. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
50.76 |
0.9931 |
-0.0340 |
218 |
1 |
50.76 |
2008-11-07 |
| 91. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
48.79 |
0.9703 |
-0.0384 |
394 |
1 |
48.79 |
2009-03-24 |
| 92. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
44.78 |
0.8880 |
-0.0391 |
296 |
1 |
44.78 |
2008-11-04 |
| 93. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
47.91 |
0.9500 |
-0.0398 |
287 |
1 |
47.91 |
2008-11-04 |
| 94. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
51.84 |
1.0199 |
-0.0401 |
225 |
1 |
51.84 |
2008-12-13 |
| 95. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
52.16 |
1.0264 |
-0.0409 |
191 |
2 |
47.84 |
2008-11-22 |
| 96. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
53.45 |
1.0576 |
-0.0461 |
231 |
2 |
52.64 |
2008-12-14 |
| 97. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
48.60 |
0.9745 |
-0.0507 |
388 |
1 |
48.60 |
2009-02-09 |
| 98. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
49.83 |
0.9957 |
-0.0507 |
323 |
2 |
49.45 |
2009-03-23 |
| 99. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
45.10 |
0.9084 |
-0.0520 |
271 |
1 |
45.10 |
2008-11-05 |
| 100. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
48.54 |
0.9756 |
-0.0557 |
223 |
1 |
48.54 |
2008-11-07 |
| 101. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
50.36 |
1.0082 |
-0.0579 |
212 |
1 |
50.36 |
2009-03-23 |
| 102. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
45.32 |
0.9206 |
-0.0610 |
317 |
1 |
45.32 |
2008-11-07 |
| 103. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
53.88 |
1.0845 |
-0.0631 |
212 |
1 |
53.88 |
2009-03-18 |
| 104. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
42.36 |
0.8666 |
-0.0665 |
206 |
1 |
42.36 |
2009-02-09 |
| 105. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
47.61 |
0.9713 |
-0.0699 |
193 |
1 |
47.61 |
2009-02-09 |
| 106. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
44.12 |
0.9068 |
-0.0725 |
212 |
1 |
44.12 |
2008-11-03 |
| 107. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
48.34 |
0.9807 |
-0.0755 |
129 |
1 |
48.34 |
2008-12-30 |
| 108. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
45.52 |
0.9380 |
-0.0766 |
284 |
1 |
45.52 |
2009-03-23 |
| 109. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
48.26 |
0.9880 |
-0.0770 |
199 |
1 |
48.26 |
2008-11-10 |
| 110. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
50.34 |
1.0418 |
-0.0861 |
214 |
1 |
50.34 |
2009-03-24 |
| 111. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
49.91 |
1.0387 |
-0.0878 |
333 |
1 |
49.91 |
2009-02-08 |
| 112. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
46.05 |
0.9650 |
-0.0893 |
347 |
2 |
45.76 |
2009-03-23 |
| 113. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
43.47 |
0.9162 |
-0.0912 |
401 |
1 |
43.47 |
2009-02-09 |
| 114. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
48.98 |
1.0253 |
-0.0933 |
337 |
1 |
48.98 |
2009-02-08 |
| 115. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
38.46 |
0.8172 |
-0.0934 |
204 |
1 |
38.46 |
2008-11-07 |
| 116. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
42.45 |
0.8988 |
-0.0953 |
193 |
2 |
41.64 |
2008-11-04 |
| 117. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
46.63 |
0.9931 |
-0.1045 |
339 |
1 |
46.63 |
2008-11-21 |
| 118. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
48.24 |
1.0178 |
-0.1047 |
207 |
1 |
48.24 |
2009-03-23 |
| 119. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
45.07 |
0.9632 |
-0.1077 |
287 |
1 |
45.07 |
2008-11-03 |
| 120. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
40.41 |
0.8986 |
-0.1327 |
216 |
2 |
39.22 |
2009-02-09 |
| 121. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
46.08 |
1.0103 |
-0.1424 |
209 |
1 |
46.08 |
2008-12-14 |
| 122. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
43.10 |
0.9604 |
-0.1458 |
285 |
2 |
39.97 |
2008-11-04 |
| 123. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
39.59 |
0.9027 |
-0.1565 |
189 |
1 |
39.59 |
2008-11-05 |
| 124. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
43.60 |
0.9948 |
-0.1696 |
233 |
1 |
43.60 |
2008-11-03 |
| 125. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
43.99 |
1.0130 |
-0.1792 |
288 |
1 |
43.99 |
2008-11-07 |
| 126. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
40.05 |
0.9434 |
-0.1804 |
367 |
1 |
40.05 |
2008-11-04 |
| 127. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
38.06 |
0.9315 |
-0.2092 |
273 |
1 |
38.06 |
2008-10-05 |
| 128. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
41.60 |
1.0800 |
-0.2989 |
129 |
1 |
41.60 |
2008-11-03 |
| 129. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
34.78 |
0.9927 |
-0.3381 |
234 |
1 |
34.78 |
2008-10-05 |