| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
66.53 |
0.9252 |
0.5953 |
148 |
1 |
66.53 |
2010-02-27 |
| 2. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
66.23 |
1.0654 |
0.4450 |
247 |
1 |
66.23 |
2010-02-27 |
| 3. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
65.37 |
1.0487 |
0.4423 |
253 |
2 |
60.84 |
2010-02-23 |
| 4. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
64.88 |
1.0867 |
0.3910 |
171 |
2 |
50.91 |
2010-02-23 |
| 5. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
64.76 |
1.0332 |
0.4453 |
267 |
3 |
43.28 |
2010-02-27 |
| 6. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
64.49 |
1.0865 |
0.3863 |
237 |
1 |
64.49 |
2010-02-27 |
| 7. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
63.23 |
0.9768 |
0.4684 |
237 |
1 |
63.23 |
2010-02-23 |
| 8. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
62.50 |
1.0178 |
0.4078 |
207 |
2 |
49.68 |
2010-02-23 |
| 9. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
61.10 |
1.0686 |
0.3308 |
354 |
2 |
52.29 |
2010-02-23 |
| 10. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
59.75 |
1.0476 |
0.3072 |
110 |
1 |
59.75 |
2009-05-19 |
| 11. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
59.11 |
1.0800 |
0.2626 |
129 |
1 |
59.11 |
2010-02-23 |
| 12. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
57.39 |
0.9791 |
0.3243 |
154 |
1 |
57.39 |
2010-02-27 |
| 13. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
56.74 |
0.9927 |
0.3034 |
276 |
1 |
56.74 |
2010-04-04 |
| 14. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
56.31 |
0.9880 |
0.2935 |
199 |
1 |
56.31 |
2010-02-27 |
| 15. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
55.87 |
1.0067 |
0.2826 |
422 |
1 |
55.87 |
2010-02-23 |
| 16. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
55.68 |
1.0341 |
0.2363 |
273 |
1 |
55.68 |
2010-04-04 |
| 17. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
54.46 |
1.0511 |
0.1936 |
252 |
1 |
54.46 |
2010-04-04 |
| 18. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
53.90 |
1.0208 |
0.2093 |
231 |
1 |
53.90 |
2010-02-27 |
| 19. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
53.52 |
1.0411 |
0.1822 |
341 |
2 |
48.29 |
2010-02-23 |
| 20. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
52.92 |
0.9991 |
0.2077 |
339 |
2 |
50.53 |
2010-02-27 |
| 21. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
52.81 |
1.0561 |
0.1470 |
227 |
1 |
52.81 |
2010-02-27 |
| 22. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
52.38 |
1.1093 |
0.0802 |
220 |
1 |
52.38 |
2009-05-11 |
| 23. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
51.20 |
1.0334 |
0.1345 |
261 |
1 |
51.20 |
2009-05-19 |
| 24. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
51.18 |
0.9839 |
0.1839 |
308 |
1 |
51.18 |
2010-02-27 |
| 25. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
51.10 |
1.0279 |
0.1328 |
172 |
1 |
51.10 |
2009-05-19 |
| 26. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
50.75 |
0.9682 |
0.2001 |
341 |
1 |
50.75 |
2010-02-23 |
| 27. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
50.32 |
1.0543 |
0.0961 |
360 |
1 |
50.32 |
2010-02-23 |
| 28. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
49.73 |
0.9400 |
0.1975 |
434 |
1 |
49.73 |
2010-02-23 |
| 29. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
49.69 |
0.8592 |
0.2723 |
191 |
1 |
49.69 |
2010-02-23 |
| 30. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
49.50 |
0.9957 |
0.1377 |
323 |
1 |
49.50 |
2010-02-27 |
| 31. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
49.46 |
1.0462 |
0.0853 |
340 |
1 |
49.46 |
2009-05-06 |
| 32. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
48.35 |
0.9384 |
0.1616 |
296 |
1 |
48.35 |
2010-02-23 |
| 33. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
48.25 |
1.0881 |
0.0088 |
210 |
1 |
48.25 |
2009-05-11 |
| 34. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
47.96 |
0.9807 |
0.1016 |
129 |
2 |
39.53 |
2010-02-27 |
| 35. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
47.80 |
0.9574 |
0.1361 |
354 |
1 |
47.80 |
2010-02-23 |
| 36. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
47.44 |
0.9265 |
0.1550 |
254 |
2 |
46.50 |
2010-02-23 |
| 37. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
47.37 |
0.9271 |
0.1531 |
295 |
2 |
35.26 |
2010-02-27 |
| 38. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
47.10 |
1.0086 |
0.0612 |
218 |
1 |
47.10 |
2010-02-23 |
| 39. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
46.77 |
0.9931 |
0.0780 |
339 |
1 |
46.77 |
2010-02-23 |
| 40. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
46.57 |
0.9338 |
0.1383 |
326 |
1 |
46.57 |
2010-02-23 |
| 41. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
45.10 |
0.7923 |
0.2367 |
316 |
1 |
45.10 |
2010-02-23 |
| 42. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
44.98 |
1.0125 |
0.0082 |
171 |
2 |
44.50 |
2009-05-12 |
| 43. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
44.96 |
1.0115 |
0.0084 |
189 |
1 |
44.96 |
2009-05-18 |
| 44. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
44.10 |
0.9183 |
0.0881 |
308 |
1 |
44.10 |
2009-05-19 |
| 45. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
43.79 |
0.9765 |
0.0209 |
269 |
1 |
43.79 |
2010-02-23 |
| 46. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
43.48 |
1.0472 |
-0.0622 |
149 |
1 |
43.48 |
2009-05-19 |
| 47. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
43.22 |
0.9621 |
0.0199 |
201 |
1 |
43.22 |
2009-05-05 |
| 48. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
43.07 |
0.9801 |
0.0018 |
289 |
1 |
43.07 |
2009-05-18 |
| 49. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
42.95 |
0.9108 |
0.0685 |
235 |
1 |
42.95 |
2009-05-11 |
| 50. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
42.80 |
1.0372 |
-0.0621 |
249 |
1 |
42.80 |
2009-05-19 |
| 51. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
42.55 |
0.9380 |
0.0303 |
284 |
1 |
42.55 |
2010-02-23 |
| 52. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
41.64 |
1.0194 |
-0.0728 |
224 |
1 |
41.64 |
2009-05-05 |
| 53. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
41.48 |
0.9339 |
0.0175 |
317 |
1 |
41.48 |
2009-04-29 |
| 54. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
41.43 |
0.9561 |
-0.0085 |
291 |
1 |
41.43 |
2010-02-23 |
| 55. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
40.60 |
0.9726 |
-0.0422 |
396 |
1 |
40.60 |
2009-05-19 |
| 56. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
40.60 |
0.9841 |
-0.0603 |
263 |
1 |
40.60 |
2010-02-23 |
| 57. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
40.53 |
0.9673 |
-0.0395 |
393 |
2 |
38.45 |
2009-05-06 |
| 58. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
40.35 |
0.9332 |
-0.0141 |
267 |
1 |
40.35 |
2009-05-06 |
| 59. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
40.33 |
0.9023 |
0.0153 |
268 |
1 |
40.33 |
2009-05-04 |
| 60. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
40.19 |
1.0529 |
-0.1343 |
373 |
1 |
40.19 |
2009-04-27 |
| 61. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
39.81 |
0.9425 |
-0.0347 |
248 |
2 |
35.36 |
2009-05-11 |
| 62. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
39.71 |
0.8964 |
0.0054 |
199 |
1 |
39.71 |
2010-02-23 |
| 63. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
38.95 |
0.9644 |
-0.0740 |
398 |
1 |
38.95 |
2009-05-05 |
| 64. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
38.69 |
0.9541 |
-0.0722 |
236 |
1 |
38.69 |
2009-05-05 |
| 65. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
38.45 |
1.0419 |
-0.1628 |
341 |
1 |
38.45 |
2009-05-11 |
| 66. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
38.18 |
0.9143 |
-0.0438 |
300 |
1 |
38.18 |
2009-05-11 |
| 67. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
38.08 |
0.9829 |
-0.1163 |
229 |
1 |
38.08 |
2009-05-04 |
| 68. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
38.05 |
0.8172 |
0.0449 |
204 |
1 |
38.05 |
2009-05-12 |
| 69. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
36.08 |
0.8437 |
-0.0225 |
268 |
1 |
36.08 |
2009-05-11 |
| 70. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
35.70 |
1.0333 |
-0.2258 |
176 |
1 |
35.70 |
2009-05-04 |
| 71. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
35.22 |
1.0320 |
-0.2243 |
401 |
1 |
35.22 |
2009-05-04 |
| 72. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
35.11 |
0.9713 |
-0.1733 |
193 |
1 |
35.11 |
2009-05-04 |
| 73. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
34.71 |
1.0095 |
-0.2211 |
211 |
1 |
34.71 |
2009-03-10 |
| 74. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
34.51 |
0.8880 |
-0.1023 |
296 |
1 |
34.51 |
2009-05-06 |
| 75. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
33.69 |
0.9756 |
-0.2098 |
223 |
1 |
33.69 |
2009-04-27 |
| 76. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
33.67 |
0.9917 |
-0.2231 |
317 |
1 |
33.67 |
2009-04-27 |
| 77. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
33.30 |
0.8814 |
-0.1247 |
169 |
1 |
33.30 |
2009-03-10 |
| 78. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
33.24 |
0.8915 |
-0.1344 |
158 |
1 |
33.24 |
2009-03-10 |
| 79. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
33.04 |
1.0264 |
-0.2788 |
191 |
1 |
33.04 |
2009-03-16 |
| 80. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
32.41 |
0.8161 |
-0.0757 |
109 |
1 |
32.41 |
2009-04-22 |
| 81. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
32.12 |
1.0132 |
-0.2823 |
371 |
1 |
32.12 |
2009-04-27 |
| 82. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
31.83 |
0.9980 |
-0.2717 |
295 |
1 |
31.83 |
2009-03-10 |
| 83. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
31.78 |
0.7724 |
-0.0505 |
142 |
1 |
31.78 |
2009-03-16 |
| 84. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
31.70 |
1.0267 |
-0.3027 |
261 |
1 |
31.70 |
2009-03-10 |
| 85. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
31.43 |
0.9884 |
-0.2709 |
267 |
1 |
31.43 |
2009-05-04 |
| 86. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
31.08 |
1.0404 |
-0.3288 |
406 |
1 |
31.08 |
2009-03-10 |
| 87. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
30.69 |
0.8988 |
-0.2016 |
193 |
1 |
30.69 |
2009-03-10 |
| 88. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
30.66 |
0.9128 |
-0.2189 |
237 |
1 |
30.66 |
2009-04-27 |
| 89. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
30.47 |
1.0033 |
-0.3105 |
203 |
1 |
30.47 |
2009-03-10 |
| 90. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
29.77 |
1.0125 |
-0.3373 |
232 |
1 |
29.77 |
2009-03-16 |
| 91. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
28.97 |
0.9103 |
-0.2525 |
269 |
1 |
28.97 |
2009-03-10 |
| 92. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
28.80 |
0.9927 |
-0.3417 |
234 |
2 |
26.95 |
2009-04-27 |
| 93. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
27.66 |
0.9809 |
-0.3567 |
209 |
1 |
27.66 |
2009-03-16 |
| 94. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
26.88 |
0.9604 |
-0.3524 |
285 |
1 |
26.88 |
2009-03-10 |
| 95. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
26.45 |
1.0540 |
-0.4584 |
184 |
1 |
26.45 |
2009-04-23 |
| 96. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
25.64 |
0.8669 |
-0.2788 |
255 |
1 |
25.64 |
2009-03-16 |
| 97. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
24.75 |
1.0617 |
-0.5025 |
171 |
1 |
24.75 |
2009-04-23 |
| 98. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
21.15 |
0.7423 |
-0.2650 |
145 |
1 |
21.15 |
2009-04-23 |