| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
63.28 |
1.1070 |
0.3210 |
265 |
2 |
46.15 |
2008-10-24 |
| 2. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
55.98 |
0.9809 |
0.2787 |
209 |
1 |
55.98 |
2008-11-12 |
| 3. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
55.92 |
1.0199 |
0.2384 |
225 |
2 |
48.93 |
2008-11-01 |
| 4. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
55.72 |
1.0362 |
0.2277 |
437 |
1 |
55.72 |
2008-10-02 |
| 5. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
53.30 |
1.0101 |
0.1944 |
336 |
3 |
48.74 |
2008-11-21 |
| 6. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
53.13 |
1.0125 |
0.1849 |
232 |
2 |
48.73 |
2008-11-03 |
| 7. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
53.08 |
1.0873 |
0.1074 |
243 |
1 |
53.08 |
2008-11-16 |
| 8. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
52.66 |
1.0498 |
0.1396 |
261 |
3 |
43.68 |
2008-11-21 |
| 9. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
52.42 |
1.0418 |
0.1418 |
214 |
1 |
52.42 |
2008-11-01 |
| 10. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
51.17 |
1.0291 |
0.1232 |
240 |
1 |
51.17 |
2008-11-12 |
| 11. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
51.06 |
0.9685 |
0.1841 |
304 |
2 |
50.32 |
2008-11-30 |
| 12. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
50.03 |
0.9621 |
0.1636 |
201 |
1 |
50.03 |
2008-09-21 |
| 13. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
49.92 |
1.0777 |
0.0463 |
226 |
3 |
48.85 |
2008-11-13 |
| 14. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
49.76 |
1.0743 |
0.0492 |
297 |
4 |
43.50 |
2008-11-21 |
| 15. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
49.48 |
0.9931 |
0.1191 |
218 |
1 |
49.48 |
2008-11-03 |
| 16. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
49.01 |
1.0086 |
0.0925 |
218 |
1 |
49.01 |
2008-11-21 |
| 17. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
48.81 |
0.9597 |
0.1414 |
251 |
2 |
42.69 |
2008-10-28 |
| 18. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
48.51 |
1.0479 |
0.0446 |
205 |
3 |
44.53 |
2008-11-30 |
| 19. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
48.19 |
0.9680 |
0.1189 |
256 |
1 |
48.19 |
2008-10-31 |
| 20. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
48.19 |
1.0106 |
0.0752 |
302 |
2 |
41.47 |
2008-11-21 |
| 21. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
47.79 |
0.9286 |
0.1509 |
177 |
1 |
47.79 |
2008-10-28 |
| 22. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
47.54 |
0.9909 |
0.0851 |
334 |
1 |
47.54 |
2008-11-13 |
| 23. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
47.31 |
1.0334 |
0.0329 |
261 |
4 |
41.56 |
2008-10-30 |
| 24. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
47.05 |
0.8988 |
0.1622 |
216 |
1 |
47.05 |
2008-11-21 |
| 25. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
47.03 |
1.0033 |
0.0575 |
203 |
1 |
47.03 |
2008-11-30 |
| 26. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
46.83 |
0.8381 |
0.2215 |
283 |
2 |
45.54 |
2008-10-28 |
| 27. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
46.66 |
0.9915 |
0.0597 |
281 |
2 |
42.96 |
2008-10-17 |
| 28. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
46.58 |
0.9402 |
0.1082 |
310 |
1 |
46.58 |
2008-11-03 |
| 29. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
46.52 |
0.9285 |
0.1186 |
244 |
1 |
46.52 |
2008-09-21 |
| 30. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
46.46 |
1.0094 |
0.0383 |
256 |
1 |
46.46 |
2008-10-22 |
| 31. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
46.14 |
0.9631 |
0.0767 |
273 |
2 |
44.85 |
2008-11-21 |
| 32. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
46.11 |
0.9841 |
0.0539 |
263 |
3 |
45.66 |
2008-11-16 |
| 33. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
46.07 |
1.0567 |
-0.0183 |
314 |
1 |
46.07 |
2008-11-30 |
| 34. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
46.00 |
1.0877 |
-0.0540 |
129 |
2 |
45.55 |
2008-11-21 |
| 35. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
45.87 |
1.0615 |
-0.0303 |
201 |
4 |
43.29 |
2008-11-03 |
| 36. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
45.81 |
1.0543 |
-0.0192 |
360 |
2 |
43.88 |
2008-11-13 |
| 37. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
45.67 |
0.9650 |
0.0674 |
347 |
1 |
45.67 |
2008-11-20 |
| 38. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
45.60 |
0.9349 |
0.0958 |
287 |
1 |
45.60 |
2008-09-13 |
| 39. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
45.47 |
0.9503 |
0.0681 |
211 |
1 |
45.47 |
2008-11-16 |
| 40. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
45.39 |
1.0372 |
-0.0143 |
249 |
1 |
45.39 |
2008-11-01 |
| 41. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
45.36 |
1.0686 |
-0.0424 |
354 |
1 |
45.36 |
2008-09-14 |
| 42. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
44.93 |
1.0426 |
-0.0337 |
131 |
1 |
44.93 |
2008-11-20 |
| 43. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
44.78 |
0.9103 |
0.0990 |
269 |
1 |
44.78 |
2008-09-14 |
| 44. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
44.69 |
0.9500 |
0.0591 |
287 |
2 |
44.52 |
2008-11-30 |
| 45. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
44.64 |
0.9884 |
0.0204 |
267 |
2 |
37.36 |
2008-11-30 |
| 46. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
44.60 |
0.8192 |
0.1882 |
200 |
1 |
44.60 |
2008-09-23 |
| 47. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
44.45 |
1.0800 |
-0.0809 |
213 |
3 |
36.52 |
2008-10-31 |
| 48. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
44.29 |
1.0018 |
-0.0031 |
246 |
1 |
44.29 |
2008-10-22 |
| 49. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
44.27 |
0.8906 |
0.1165 |
128 |
2 |
41.11 |
2008-10-28 |
| 50. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
44.24 |
0.9283 |
0.0703 |
317 |
1 |
44.24 |
2008-10-28 |
| 51. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
44.10 |
1.0419 |
-0.0447 |
341 |
1 |
44.10 |
2008-11-12 |
| 52. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
43.98 |
0.9866 |
0.0051 |
308 |
1 |
43.98 |
2008-11-01 |
| 53. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
43.57 |
0.9768 |
0.0065 |
237 |
1 |
43.57 |
2008-10-31 |
| 54. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
43.56 |
0.9880 |
-0.0104 |
199 |
1 |
43.56 |
2008-11-13 |
| 55. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
43.23 |
1.0016 |
-0.0289 |
217 |
1 |
43.23 |
2008-10-28 |
| 56. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
43.22 |
0.9084 |
0.0672 |
271 |
1 |
43.22 |
2008-09-13 |
| 57. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
43.09 |
0.8172 |
0.1496 |
204 |
1 |
43.09 |
2008-10-22 |
| 58. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
42.98 |
0.9243 |
0.0464 |
240 |
1 |
42.98 |
2008-11-01 |
| 59. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
42.89 |
0.9869 |
-0.0239 |
193 |
1 |
42.89 |
2008-11-21 |
| 60. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
42.85 |
1.0682 |
-0.1014 |
266 |
1 |
42.85 |
2008-11-01 |
| 61. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
42.69 |
0.9909 |
-0.0242 |
293 |
2 |
39.60 |
2008-09-13 |
| 62. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
41.72 |
1.0270 |
-0.0863 |
303 |
1 |
41.72 |
2008-09-13 |
| 63. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
41.63 |
1.0476 |
-0.1190 |
110 |
1 |
41.63 |
2008-11-21 |
| 64. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
41.45 |
0.8624 |
0.0668 |
174 |
1 |
41.45 |
2008-11-21 |
| 65. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
41.33 |
0.9931 |
-0.0574 |
339 |
1 |
41.33 |
2008-09-13 |
| 66. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
41.30 |
1.0487 |
-0.1204 |
253 |
1 |
41.30 |
2008-11-03 |
| 67. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
41.25 |
0.9745 |
-0.0430 |
388 |
1 |
41.25 |
2008-10-28 |
| 68. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
41.20 |
0.8778 |
0.0523 |
285 |
1 |
41.20 |
2008-10-28 |
| 69. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
41.11 |
0.8830 |
0.0457 |
300 |
2 |
40.43 |
2008-10-28 |
| 70. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
41.01 |
0.9538 |
-0.0300 |
276 |
2 |
40.67 |
2008-09-21 |
| 71. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
40.73 |
0.9981 |
-0.0814 |
211 |
1 |
40.73 |
2008-09-13 |
| 72. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
40.64 |
0.9299 |
-0.0227 |
168 |
1 |
40.64 |
2008-10-04 |
| 73. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
40.15 |
0.9260 |
-0.0185 |
348 |
1 |
40.15 |
2008-09-23 |
| 74. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
39.78 |
0.9713 |
-0.0766 |
193 |
1 |
39.78 |
2008-09-13 |
| 75. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
39.72 |
0.8437 |
0.0503 |
268 |
1 |
39.72 |
2008-09-13 |
| 76. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
39.71 |
0.9594 |
-0.0667 |
258 |
3 |
36.55 |
2008-09-13 |
| 77. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
38.23 |
0.9583 |
-0.0969 |
237 |
1 |
38.23 |
2008-09-13 |
| 78. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
37.74 |
0.9265 |
-0.0778 |
254 |
2 |
32.35 |
2008-10-24 |
| 79. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
37.52 |
0.8988 |
-0.0548 |
193 |
1 |
37.52 |
2008-09-05 |
| 80. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
37.17 |
1.1093 |
-0.2780 |
220 |
1 |
37.17 |
2008-09-05 |
| 81. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
37.06 |
1.0060 |
-0.1709 |
225 |
2 |
35.04 |
2008-09-20 |
| 82. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
36.96 |
0.9673 |
-0.1330 |
292 |
1 |
36.96 |
2008-09-05 |
| 83. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
36.55 |
0.9839 |
-0.1613 |
308 |
1 |
36.55 |
2008-09-20 |
| 84. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
36.13 |
0.9922 |
-0.1783 |
264 |
2 |
31.21 |
2008-10-12 |
| 85. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
36.10 |
0.9027 |
-0.0936 |
189 |
1 |
36.10 |
2008-09-13 |
| 86. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
35.90 |
0.9332 |
-0.1251 |
267 |
2 |
33.59 |
2008-11-20 |
| 87. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
35.80 |
0.9315 |
-0.1239 |
273 |
1 |
35.80 |
2008-10-31 |
| 88. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
35.40 |
1.0028 |
-0.2072 |
259 |
1 |
35.40 |
2008-09-05 |
| 89. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
34.98 |
1.0341 |
-0.2475 |
273 |
1 |
34.98 |
2008-09-20 |
| 90. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
34.08 |
0.9836 |
-0.2167 |
289 |
1 |
34.08 |
2008-09-05 |
| 91. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
33.61 |
1.0042 |
-0.2519 |
168 |
1 |
33.61 |
2008-09-05 |
| 92. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
33.12 |
0.9228 |
-0.1733 |
305 |
1 |
33.12 |
2008-09-20 |
| 93. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
33.07 |
0.9636 |
-0.2211 |
281 |
1 |
33.07 |
2008-09-13 |
| 94. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
32.28 |
0.9917 |
-0.2636 |
317 |
1 |
32.28 |
2008-09-05 |