| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
85.42 |
1.1093 |
0.1422 |
220 |
1 |
85.42 |
2008-10-20 |
| 2. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
81.34 |
1.0543 |
0.1448 |
360 |
2 |
74.52 |
2008-10-24 |
| 3. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
81.15 |
1.1198 |
0.0732 |
247 |
2 |
66.73 |
2008-11-14 |
| 4. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
78.71 |
1.0103 |
0.1419 |
209 |
1 |
78.71 |
2008-10-23 |
| 5. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
78.07 |
0.9678 |
0.1849 |
392 |
1 |
78.07 |
2008-10-22 |
| 6. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
77.22 |
1.0178 |
0.1163 |
207 |
2 |
74.78 |
2008-10-24 |
| 7. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
77.21 |
1.0588 |
0.0770 |
281 |
1 |
77.21 |
2008-10-20 |
| 8. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
76.96 |
0.9931 |
0.1434 |
339 |
1 |
76.96 |
2008-10-24 |
| 9. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
76.47 |
1.0567 |
0.0677 |
314 |
2 |
74.07 |
2008-11-14 |
| 10. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
76.43 |
1.0267 |
0.1005 |
261 |
2 |
73.50 |
2008-10-22 |
| 11. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
76.22 |
0.9963 |
0.1223 |
274 |
1 |
76.22 |
2008-10-24 |
| 12. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
75.49 |
1.0227 |
0.0936 |
378 |
1 |
75.49 |
2008-10-23 |
| 13. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
75.07 |
0.9346 |
0.1665 |
211 |
1 |
75.07 |
2008-10-28 |
| 14. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
74.54 |
1.0639 |
0.0334 |
303 |
2 |
69.98 |
2008-10-24 |
| 15. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
74.48 |
1.0576 |
0.0349 |
231 |
1 |
74.48 |
2008-10-23 |
| 16. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
74.41 |
0.9698 |
0.1295 |
389 |
1 |
74.41 |
2008-10-20 |
| 17. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
74.41 |
1.0960 |
0.0024 |
315 |
1 |
74.41 |
2008-10-23 |
| 18. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
74.24 |
1.0208 |
0.0709 |
231 |
1 |
74.24 |
2008-10-24 |
| 19. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
74.04 |
1.0095 |
0.0779 |
211 |
1 |
74.04 |
2008-10-28 |
| 20. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
73.36 |
1.0464 |
0.0373 |
294 |
2 |
72.49 |
2008-10-20 |
| 21. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
73.23 |
1.0466 |
0.0298 |
230 |
1 |
73.23 |
2008-10-28 |
| 22. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
73.22 |
0.9801 |
0.0963 |
289 |
1 |
73.22 |
2008-11-14 |
| 23. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
72.53 |
1.0669 |
0.0028 |
379 |
1 |
72.53 |
2008-11-14 |
| 24. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
72.18 |
1.0272 |
0.0320 |
226 |
1 |
72.18 |
2008-11-14 |
| 25. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
72.05 |
0.9957 |
0.0635 |
323 |
1 |
72.05 |
2008-10-20 |
| 26. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
71.75 |
1.0495 |
0.0049 |
323 |
1 |
71.75 |
2008-10-28 |
| 27. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
71.70 |
0.9468 |
0.1072 |
318 |
1 |
71.70 |
2008-10-20 |
| 28. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
71.16 |
0.9425 |
0.1044 |
248 |
1 |
71.16 |
2008-10-24 |
| 29. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
70.79 |
0.9836 |
0.0572 |
289 |
1 |
70.79 |
2008-10-20 |
| 30. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
70.15 |
0.9849 |
0.0476 |
337 |
2 |
69.94 |
2008-10-28 |
| 31. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
70.12 |
1.0414 |
-0.0115 |
234 |
1 |
70.12 |
2008-10-28 |
| 32. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
69.48 |
1.0197 |
-0.0001 |
204 |
1 |
69.48 |
2008-10-24 |
| 33. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
69.47 |
0.9650 |
0.0589 |
347 |
3 |
66.65 |
2008-11-14 |
| 34. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
69.14 |
0.9271 |
0.0888 |
295 |
1 |
69.14 |
2008-10-20 |
| 35. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
68.88 |
0.9890 |
0.0274 |
272 |
1 |
68.88 |
2008-10-20 |
| 36. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
68.71 |
0.9243 |
0.0878 |
240 |
2 |
63.34 |
2008-11-14 |
| 37. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
68.57 |
1.0529 |
-0.0424 |
373 |
1 |
68.57 |
2008-10-22 |
| 38. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
68.37 |
1.0332 |
-0.0289 |
267 |
1 |
68.37 |
2008-10-20 |
| 39. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
67.72 |
1.0132 |
-0.0173 |
371 |
1 |
67.72 |
2008-10-24 |
| 40. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
67.38 |
0.9909 |
0.0033 |
334 |
1 |
67.38 |
2008-10-23 |
| 41. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
67.35 |
0.9136 |
0.0796 |
348 |
1 |
67.35 |
2008-10-23 |
| 42. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
67.34 |
1.0018 |
-0.0118 |
246 |
1 |
67.34 |
2008-10-28 |
| 43. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
67.11 |
0.8381 |
0.1518 |
283 |
1 |
67.11 |
2008-10-22 |
| 44. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
67.06 |
0.9380 |
0.0461 |
284 |
1 |
67.06 |
2008-10-24 |
| 45. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
67.06 |
1.0060 |
-0.0197 |
225 |
1 |
67.06 |
2008-10-20 |
| 46. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
66.59 |
1.0686 |
-0.0864 |
354 |
1 |
66.59 |
2008-11-14 |
| 47. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
66.31 |
0.9885 |
-0.0073 |
469 |
1 |
66.31 |
2008-10-22 |
| 48. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
66.15 |
1.0130 |
-0.0408 |
288 |
1 |
66.15 |
2008-10-22 |
| 49. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
66.09 |
0.9713 |
-0.0015 |
193 |
1 |
66.09 |
2008-10-20 |
| 50. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
65.73 |
0.9228 |
0.0476 |
305 |
1 |
65.73 |
2008-10-20 |
| 51. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
65.61 |
1.0487 |
-0.0868 |
253 |
1 |
65.61 |
2008-10-20 |
| 52. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
65.26 |
0.8988 |
0.0593 |
193 |
1 |
65.26 |
2008-10-20 |
| 53. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
64.84 |
1.0094 |
-0.0566 |
256 |
1 |
64.84 |
2008-10-21 |
| 54. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
64.63 |
0.9917 |
-0.0400 |
317 |
1 |
64.63 |
2008-10-24 |
| 55. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
64.20 |
1.0082 |
-0.0699 |
212 |
1 |
64.20 |
2008-10-22 |
| 56. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
64.09 |
0.8666 |
0.0725 |
206 |
3 |
59.85 |
2008-10-22 |
| 57. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
63.96 |
0.9108 |
0.0288 |
235 |
2 |
61.76 |
2008-10-22 |
| 58. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
63.45 |
1.0016 |
-0.0710 |
217 |
1 |
63.45 |
2008-10-24 |
| 59. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
63.35 |
0.9284 |
0.0060 |
346 |
1 |
63.35 |
2008-10-22 |
| 60. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
63.05 |
0.9779 |
-0.0531 |
255 |
1 |
63.05 |
2008-11-14 |
| 61. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
62.86 |
0.9621 |
-0.0362 |
212 |
1 |
62.86 |
2008-10-24 |
| 62. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
62.42 |
0.9541 |
-0.0366 |
236 |
2 |
61.18 |
2008-10-24 |
| 63. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
62.08 |
0.9704 |
-0.0585 |
254 |
1 |
62.08 |
2008-10-24 |
| 64. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
61.71 |
0.9519 |
-0.0416 |
323 |
1 |
61.71 |
2008-11-14 |
| 65. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
61.20 |
1.0165 |
-0.1184 |
316 |
1 |
61.20 |
2008-10-22 |
| 66. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
60.63 |
0.9357 |
-0.0474 |
204 |
1 |
60.63 |
2008-11-14 |
| 67. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
60.58 |
1.0101 |
-0.1186 |
336 |
1 |
60.58 |
2008-10-20 |
| 68. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
60.36 |
0.9927 |
-0.1043 |
262 |
1 |
60.36 |
2008-10-23 |
| 69. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
60.23 |
0.8964 |
-0.0147 |
199 |
1 |
60.23 |
2008-10-28 |
| 70. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
59.54 |
0.9299 |
-0.0639 |
168 |
2 |
56.59 |
2008-10-24 |
| 71. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
57.44 |
1.0418 |
-0.1977 |
214 |
1 |
57.44 |
2008-10-24 |
| 72. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
57.06 |
1.0135 |
-0.1725 |
358 |
1 |
57.06 |
2008-10-22 |
| 73. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
55.67 |
1.0362 |
-0.2128 |
437 |
1 |
55.67 |
2008-10-23 |
| 74. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
55.61 |
1.0426 |
-0.2304 |
131 |
1 |
55.61 |
2008-10-22 |
| 75. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
55.60 |
0.9084 |
-0.0908 |
271 |
1 |
55.60 |
2008-10-20 |
| 76. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
48.86 |
0.7923 |
-0.0753 |
316 |
1 |
48.86 |
2008-10-24 |
| 77. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
45.99 |
0.9974 |
-0.3273 |
163 |
1 |
45.99 |
2008-10-20 |
| 78. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
35.18 |
0.9763 |
-0.4627 |
143 |
1 |
35.18 |
2008-10-24 |