| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
42.95 |
1.0060 |
0.2925 |
225 |
2 |
37.98 |
2009-02-13 |
| 2. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
42.20 |
1.1093 |
0.1601 |
220 |
1 |
42.20 |
2009-01-20 |
| 3. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
41.63 |
0.9264 |
0.3322 |
177 |
1 |
41.63 |
2009-01-20 |
| 4. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
41.61 |
1.0332 |
0.2233 |
267 |
2 |
39.80 |
2009-01-20 |
| 5. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
40.85 |
1.0639 |
0.1712 |
303 |
2 |
36.26 |
2009-01-15 |
| 6. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
40.08 |
1.0403 |
0.1687 |
234 |
2 |
39.78 |
2009-01-15 |
| 7. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
39.74 |
1.0800 |
0.1133 |
129 |
2 |
38.27 |
2009-01-15 |
| 8. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
39.71 |
0.8192 |
0.3822 |
200 |
5 |
29.83 |
2009-01-20 |
| 9. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
39.39 |
0.9852 |
0.2039 |
235 |
1 |
39.39 |
2009-02-13 |
| 10. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
39.10 |
1.0472 |
0.1274 |
149 |
1 |
39.10 |
2009-01-04 |
| 11. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
38.80 |
0.8906 |
0.2904 |
128 |
1 |
38.80 |
2009-01-20 |
| 12. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
38.68 |
1.0132 |
0.1556 |
371 |
1 |
38.68 |
2009-01-16 |
| 13. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
38.66 |
0.9371 |
0.2217 |
156 |
3 |
34.65 |
2008-12-29 |
| 14. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
38.66 |
1.0865 |
0.0809 |
237 |
3 |
37.01 |
2009-01-20 |
| 15. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
38.60 |
1.0777 |
0.0859 |
226 |
1 |
38.60 |
2009-01-21 |
| 16. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
38.18 |
0.9001 |
0.2533 |
217 |
3 |
35.13 |
2009-01-05 |
| 17. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
38.12 |
1.0272 |
0.1219 |
226 |
1 |
38.12 |
2008-12-31 |
| 18. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
38.08 |
0.8845 |
0.2667 |
239 |
2 |
34.03 |
2009-01-16 |
| 19. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
38.03 |
0.8789 |
0.2638 |
136 |
3 |
29.62 |
2008-12-15 |
| 20. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
37.80 |
0.9621 |
0.1817 |
212 |
1 |
37.80 |
2009-01-20 |
| 21. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
37.29 |
1.0582 |
0.0647 |
180 |
1 |
37.29 |
2009-01-05 |
| 22. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
37.15 |
0.8948 |
0.2262 |
164 |
2 |
35.16 |
2009-01-15 |
| 23. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
37.05 |
1.0189 |
0.0992 |
290 |
1 |
37.05 |
2009-01-19 |
| 24. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
37.05 |
0.8965 |
0.2227 |
150 |
3 |
31.15 |
2009-01-21 |
| 25. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
37.01 |
1.0567 |
0.0605 |
314 |
1 |
37.01 |
2009-01-14 |
| 26. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
36.65 |
1.0115 |
0.0898 |
189 |
2 |
35.27 |
2009-01-20 |
| 27. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
36.55 |
1.0479 |
0.0540 |
205 |
3 |
32.18 |
2008-12-18 |
| 28. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
36.52 |
0.9779 |
0.1232 |
255 |
1 |
36.52 |
2008-12-20 |
| 29. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
36.48 |
0.9768 |
0.1259 |
237 |
2 |
33.52 |
2008-12-31 |
| 30. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
36.19 |
0.9084 |
0.1857 |
271 |
2 |
36.09 |
2009-01-21 |
| 31. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
36.15 |
1.0498 |
0.0427 |
261 |
1 |
36.15 |
2009-01-04 |
| 32. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
36.12 |
1.0199 |
0.0667 |
225 |
2 |
33.92 |
2009-01-21 |
| 33. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
36.05 |
0.9574 |
0.1341 |
354 |
2 |
33.97 |
2009-01-19 |
| 34. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
36.00 |
0.9260 |
0.1638 |
348 |
2 |
33.53 |
2009-01-16 |
| 35. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
35.98 |
1.0462 |
0.0430 |
340 |
3 |
34.80 |
2008-12-31 |
| 36. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
35.78 |
1.0426 |
0.0335 |
131 |
1 |
35.78 |
2009-01-04 |
| 37. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
35.73 |
1.0511 |
0.0293 |
252 |
1 |
35.73 |
2009-01-04 |
| 38. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
35.73 |
1.0561 |
0.0206 |
227 |
1 |
35.73 |
2009-01-14 |
| 39. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
35.66 |
1.0521 |
0.0188 |
197 |
1 |
35.66 |
2008-12-15 |
| 40. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
35.64 |
0.8830 |
0.1869 |
134 |
1 |
35.64 |
2009-01-14 |
| 41. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
35.54 |
0.9315 |
0.1431 |
273 |
1 |
35.54 |
2009-01-15 |
| 42. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
35.52 |
0.9422 |
0.1249 |
190 |
2 |
32.17 |
2008-12-16 |
| 43. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
35.49 |
0.8815 |
0.1947 |
296 |
3 |
34.19 |
2009-01-20 |
| 44. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
35.43 |
1.1086 |
-0.0387 |
233 |
1 |
35.43 |
2009-01-20 |
| 45. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
35.33 |
1.0334 |
0.0325 |
261 |
2 |
33.51 |
2009-01-16 |
| 46. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
34.94 |
0.9915 |
0.0622 |
281 |
2 |
31.23 |
2008-12-31 |
| 47. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
34.59 |
0.9713 |
0.0713 |
193 |
3 |
31.17 |
2009-01-20 |
| 48. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
34.44 |
1.0103 |
0.0234 |
209 |
2 |
33.77 |
2009-01-14 |
| 49. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
34.33 |
0.8827 |
0.1494 |
190 |
1 |
34.33 |
2008-12-18 |
| 50. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
34.33 |
1.0288 |
0.0026 |
166 |
1 |
34.33 |
2009-01-04 |
| 51. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
34.06 |
0.8986 |
0.1299 |
216 |
2 |
30.17 |
2009-01-21 |
| 52. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
34.05 |
0.9685 |
0.0598 |
304 |
2 |
33.79 |
2009-01-04 |
| 53. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
34.04 |
0.9023 |
0.1236 |
268 |
2 |
31.59 |
2008-12-18 |
| 54. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
33.93 |
0.9981 |
0.0249 |
211 |
1 |
33.93 |
2008-12-16 |
| 55. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
33.88 |
0.9957 |
0.0265 |
323 |
2 |
33.46 |
2009-01-14 |
| 56. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
33.86 |
0.9841 |
0.0361 |
263 |
1 |
33.86 |
2008-12-18 |
| 57. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
33.83 |
1.0033 |
0.0179 |
203 |
1 |
33.83 |
2008-12-29 |
| 58. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
33.73 |
1.0018 |
0.0164 |
246 |
1 |
33.73 |
2009-01-19 |
| 59. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
33.64 |
0.9213 |
0.0916 |
165 |
1 |
33.64 |
2009-01-04 |
| 60. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
33.59 |
0.9884 |
0.0277 |
267 |
1 |
33.59 |
2009-01-04 |
| 61. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
33.53 |
1.0270 |
-0.0146 |
303 |
1 |
33.53 |
2009-01-20 |
| 62. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
33.50 |
0.8680 |
0.1380 |
196 |
1 |
33.50 |
2008-12-18 |
| 63. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
33.46 |
1.0197 |
-0.0118 |
204 |
2 |
33.46 |
2008-12-30 |
| 64. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
33.44 |
1.0036 |
0.0065 |
277 |
1 |
33.44 |
2009-01-10 |
| 65. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
33.35 |
1.0466 |
-0.0407 |
230 |
1 |
33.35 |
2008-12-18 |
| 66. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
33.33 |
1.0287 |
-0.0241 |
269 |
1 |
33.33 |
2009-01-20 |
| 67. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
33.24 |
0.9980 |
0.0072 |
295 |
1 |
33.24 |
2009-01-20 |
| 68. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
33.24 |
0.9271 |
0.0784 |
323 |
2 |
32.90 |
2009-01-05 |
| 69. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
33.24 |
1.0414 |
-0.0393 |
234 |
1 |
33.24 |
2008-12-19 |
| 70. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
33.13 |
0.8218 |
0.1780 |
163 |
1 |
33.13 |
2008-12-31 |
| 71. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
33.11 |
0.7904 |
0.2130 |
149 |
1 |
33.11 |
2008-12-16 |
| 72. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
33.11 |
0.9380 |
0.0595 |
284 |
1 |
33.11 |
2008-12-19 |
| 73. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
33.03 |
0.9809 |
0.0118 |
209 |
2 |
31.05 |
2008-12-15 |
| 74. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
33.00 |
1.0125 |
-0.0183 |
232 |
1 |
33.00 |
2008-12-20 |
| 75. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
32.81 |
0.9780 |
0.0057 |
173 |
1 |
32.81 |
2009-01-05 |
| 76. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
32.61 |
0.8863 |
0.0941 |
127 |
2 |
25.38 |
2008-12-16 |
| 77. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
32.31 |
0.9839 |
-0.0093 |
308 |
1 |
32.31 |
2008-12-19 |
| 78. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
32.20 |
0.8172 |
0.1499 |
204 |
2 |
29.44 |
2009-01-16 |
| 79. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
32.18 |
0.9922 |
-0.0208 |
264 |
1 |
32.18 |
2008-12-31 |
| 80. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
31.97 |
0.9145 |
0.0534 |
404 |
1 |
31.97 |
2009-01-10 |
| 81. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
31.88 |
1.0178 |
-0.0578 |
207 |
3 |
29.97 |
2009-01-15 |
| 82. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
31.86 |
0.8847 |
0.0742 |
282 |
1 |
31.86 |
2008-12-16 |
| 83. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
31.76 |
0.9583 |
0.0003 |
237 |
1 |
31.76 |
2008-12-30 |
| 84. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
31.69 |
1.0672 |
-0.1125 |
239 |
1 |
31.69 |
2008-12-19 |
| 85. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
31.68 |
0.9680 |
-0.0123 |
256 |
1 |
31.68 |
2008-12-15 |
| 86. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
31.18 |
0.8603 |
0.0801 |
270 |
1 |
31.18 |
2008-12-19 |
| 87. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
31.16 |
0.9673 |
-0.0253 |
292 |
1 |
31.16 |
2008-12-31 |
| 88. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
31.10 |
0.9310 |
0.0065 |
278 |
1 |
31.10 |
2008-12-19 |
| 89. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
30.84 |
0.9357 |
-0.0078 |
204 |
2 |
29.69 |
2008-12-31 |
| 90. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
30.55 |
0.8964 |
0.0220 |
199 |
1 |
30.55 |
2008-12-31 |
| 91. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
29.99 |
0.9332 |
-0.0289 |
267 |
1 |
29.99 |
2008-12-17 |
| 92. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
29.94 |
0.8777 |
0.0207 |
130 |
3 |
27.23 |
2008-12-16 |
| 93. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
29.84 |
1.0086 |
-0.1131 |
218 |
1 |
29.84 |
2008-12-13 |
| 94. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
29.84 |
0.9909 |
-0.0865 |
293 |
1 |
29.84 |
2008-12-17 |
| 95. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
29.82 |
1.0101 |
-0.1091 |
336 |
1 |
29.82 |
2008-12-19 |
| 96. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
29.75 |
0.9917 |
-0.0926 |
317 |
1 |
29.75 |
2008-12-29 |
| 97. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
29.71 |
0.8305 |
0.0607 |
162 |
1 |
29.71 |
2008-12-16 |
| 98. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
29.70 |
0.9166 |
-0.0185 |
133 |
1 |
29.70 |
2008-12-30 |
| 99. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
29.49 |
0.9704 |
-0.0813 |
254 |
1 |
29.49 |
2008-12-15 |
| 100. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
29.08 |
0.9324 |
-0.0527 |
246 |
1 |
29.08 |
2008-12-13 |
| 101. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
28.86 |
0.7384 |
0.1280 |
106 |
1 |
28.86 |
2008-12-16 |
| 102. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
28.43 |
0.8339 |
0.0226 |
209 |
2 |
25.18 |
2008-12-16 |
| 103. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
28.40 |
0.8205 |
0.0373 |
135 |
1 |
28.40 |
2008-12-16 |
| 104. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
28.09 |
1.0540 |
-0.2124 |
184 |
3 |
25.47 |
2008-12-15 |
| 105. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
27.93 |
0.9183 |
-0.0756 |
308 |
1 |
27.93 |
2008-12-29 |
| 106. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
27.82 |
1.0576 |
-0.2220 |
231 |
1 |
27.82 |
2008-12-14 |
| 107. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
27.75 |
1.0094 |
-0.1730 |
256 |
1 |
27.75 |
2008-12-29 |
| 108. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
27.65 |
1.0601 |
-0.2300 |
256 |
1 |
27.65 |
2008-12-15 |
| 109. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
27.62 |
1.0877 |
-0.2587 |
129 |
1 |
27.62 |
2008-12-11 |
| 110. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
27.60 |
0.9143 |
-0.0815 |
300 |
1 |
27.60 |
2008-12-30 |
| 111. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
27.29 |
0.8656 |
-0.0421 |
242 |
1 |
27.29 |
2008-12-30 |
| 112. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
27.19 |
0.8437 |
-0.0251 |
268 |
1 |
27.19 |
2008-12-30 |
| 113. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
26.93 |
0.8880 |
-0.0765 |
296 |
1 |
26.93 |
2008-12-15 |
| 114. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
26.73 |
0.8127 |
-0.0110 |
167 |
1 |
26.73 |
2008-12-15 |
| 115. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
26.30 |
0.9010 |
-0.1062 |
266 |
1 |
26.30 |
2008-12-15 |
| 116. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
26.22 |
0.8624 |
-0.0772 |
174 |
2 |
24.81 |
2008-12-17 |
| 117. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
26.15 |
1.0341 |
-0.2470 |
273 |
1 |
26.15 |
2008-12-12 |
| 118. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
26.08 |
0.9807 |
-0.2067 |
129 |
1 |
26.08 |
2008-12-15 |
| 119. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
26.00 |
0.8869 |
-0.1061 |
176 |
1 |
26.00 |
2008-12-13 |
| 120. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
25.56 |
0.7987 |
-0.0297 |
176 |
1 |
25.56 |
2008-12-15 |
| 121. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
24.95 |
0.8606 |
-0.1094 |
170 |
1 |
24.95 |
2008-11-28 |
| 122. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
24.69 |
0.9265 |
-0.1842 |
254 |
1 |
24.69 |
2008-12-12 |
| 123. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
24.47 |
0.9880 |
-0.2555 |
199 |
1 |
24.47 |
2008-12-12 |
| 124. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
23.47 |
0.9299 |
-0.2319 |
168 |
1 |
23.47 |
2009-01-21 |
| 125. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
22.90 |
0.8365 |
-0.1513 |
145 |
1 |
22.90 |
2008-11-28 |
| 126. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
22.37 |
0.9252 |
-0.2516 |
148 |
1 |
22.37 |
2008-12-12 |
| 127. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
18.71 |
0.8915 |
-0.3296 |
158 |
1 |
18.71 |
2008-11-22 |