| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
37.54 |
1.0543 |
0.1884 |
182 |
1 |
37.54 |
2009-03-23 |
| 2. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
37.24 |
1.0800 |
0.1488 |
129 |
1 |
37.24 |
2009-04-28 |
| 3. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
36.95 |
1.1086 |
0.1177 |
233 |
1 |
36.95 |
2009-03-20 |
| 4. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
36.79 |
1.0561 |
0.1628 |
227 |
2 |
32.36 |
2009-03-20 |
| 5. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
36.63 |
1.0800 |
0.1327 |
213 |
2 |
33.66 |
2009-05-01 |
| 6. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
36.47 |
1.0873 |
0.1200 |
243 |
2 |
34.03 |
2009-03-30 |
| 7. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
36.42 |
1.0130 |
0.1956 |
288 |
1 |
36.42 |
2009-04-28 |
| 8. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
35.94 |
0.9264 |
0.2672 |
177 |
1 |
35.94 |
2009-05-01 |
| 9. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
35.90 |
0.9621 |
0.2260 |
201 |
1 |
35.90 |
2009-03-27 |
| 10. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
35.25 |
1.0881 |
0.0778 |
210 |
2 |
33.83 |
2009-05-01 |
| 11. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
35.18 |
0.9275 |
0.2454 |
243 |
1 |
35.18 |
2009-03-19 |
| 12. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
35.10 |
1.0082 |
0.1514 |
212 |
2 |
34.68 |
2009-05-01 |
| 13. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
34.88 |
1.0279 |
0.1240 |
172 |
1 |
34.88 |
2009-03-27 |
| 14. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
34.73 |
0.8830 |
0.2639 |
134 |
1 |
34.73 |
2009-03-26 |
| 15. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
34.59 |
1.0250 |
0.1259 |
271 |
1 |
34.59 |
2009-05-01 |
| 16. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
34.39 |
1.0059 |
0.1363 |
283 |
1 |
34.39 |
2009-05-01 |
| 17. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
33.92 |
0.9023 |
0.2217 |
268 |
2 |
32.55 |
2009-04-15 |
| 18. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
33.70 |
1.0018 |
0.1167 |
246 |
1 |
33.70 |
2009-04-16 |
| 19. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
33.51 |
0.8469 |
0.2656 |
164 |
2 |
31.28 |
2009-04-15 |
| 20. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
33.45 |
1.0264 |
0.0792 |
191 |
3 |
30.62 |
2009-04-15 |
| 21. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
33.43 |
0.9931 |
0.1122 |
218 |
1 |
33.43 |
2009-03-20 |
| 22. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
33.43 |
1.0042 |
0.1011 |
168 |
3 |
30.24 |
2009-04-15 |
| 23. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
33.24 |
0.8814 |
0.2201 |
169 |
1 |
33.24 |
2009-04-16 |
| 24. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
33.05 |
1.0288 |
0.0629 |
166 |
2 |
29.87 |
2009-04-15 |
| 25. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
32.98 |
0.9807 |
0.1015 |
129 |
1 |
32.98 |
2009-04-15 |
| 26. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
32.90 |
0.8815 |
0.2149 |
296 |
1 |
32.90 |
2009-03-30 |
| 27. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
32.62 |
0.8168 |
0.2632 |
115 |
2 |
29.57 |
2009-03-20 |
| 28. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
32.35 |
1.0638 |
0.0068 |
247 |
1 |
32.35 |
2009-03-26 |
| 29. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
32.27 |
1.0178 |
0.0505 |
207 |
1 |
32.27 |
2009-04-15 |
| 30. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
32.01 |
0.9928 |
0.0681 |
293 |
1 |
32.01 |
2009-03-27 |
| 31. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
31.67 |
0.9927 |
0.0582 |
276 |
1 |
31.67 |
2009-03-23 |
| 32. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
31.60 |
1.0877 |
-0.0439 |
129 |
1 |
31.60 |
2009-03-26 |
| 33. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
31.54 |
0.9332 |
0.1140 |
295 |
1 |
31.54 |
2009-02-24 |
| 34. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
31.49 |
1.0199 |
0.0206 |
225 |
1 |
31.49 |
2009-04-28 |
| 35. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
31.33 |
0.9809 |
0.0539 |
209 |
4 |
30.61 |
2009-04-16 |
| 36. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
31.23 |
1.0588 |
-0.0234 |
281 |
1 |
31.23 |
2009-03-23 |
| 37. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
31.13 |
0.9299 |
0.0940 |
168 |
1 |
31.13 |
2009-03-19 |
| 38. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
31.07 |
0.8869 |
0.1412 |
176 |
1 |
31.07 |
2009-02-27 |
| 39. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
30.87 |
0.8863 |
0.1336 |
127 |
1 |
30.87 |
2009-03-19 |
| 40. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
30.67 |
0.9561 |
0.0622 |
362 |
1 |
30.67 |
2009-03-27 |
| 41. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
30.47 |
0.9917 |
0.0209 |
317 |
1 |
30.47 |
2009-03-26 |
| 42. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
30.34 |
0.9704 |
0.0352 |
254 |
1 |
30.34 |
2009-04-23 |
| 43. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
29.73 |
1.0086 |
-0.0275 |
218 |
1 |
29.73 |
2009-03-26 |
| 44. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
29.70 |
1.0601 |
-0.0788 |
256 |
1 |
29.70 |
2009-02-24 |
| 45. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
29.68 |
0.9316 |
0.0542 |
188 |
1 |
29.68 |
2009-03-19 |
| 46. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
29.61 |
0.8847 |
0.0942 |
282 |
1 |
29.61 |
2009-03-24 |
| 47. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
29.55 |
0.8915 |
0.0887 |
158 |
1 |
29.55 |
2009-04-15 |
| 48. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
29.34 |
0.9869 |
-0.0180 |
193 |
1 |
29.34 |
2009-04-16 |
| 49. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
28.98 |
0.8077 |
0.1531 |
148 |
1 |
28.98 |
2009-02-12 |
| 50. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
28.86 |
0.9070 |
0.0446 |
192 |
2 |
26.86 |
2009-04-15 |
| 51. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
28.45 |
0.8161 |
0.1296 |
109 |
1 |
28.45 |
2009-03-11 |
| 52. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
28.44 |
1.0165 |
-0.0752 |
316 |
1 |
28.44 |
2009-03-23 |
| 53. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
28.42 |
0.9166 |
0.0275 |
133 |
1 |
28.42 |
2009-02-17 |
| 54. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
28.36 |
0.8124 |
0.1238 |
167 |
1 |
28.36 |
2009-03-10 |
| 55. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
28.06 |
0.9402 |
-0.0124 |
310 |
1 |
28.06 |
2009-03-20 |
| 56. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
27.95 |
1.0103 |
-0.0900 |
209 |
1 |
27.95 |
2009-02-23 |
| 57. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
27.92 |
1.0617 |
-0.1389 |
171 |
1 |
27.92 |
2009-03-27 |
| 58. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
27.90 |
0.9252 |
-0.0005 |
148 |
1 |
27.90 |
2009-04-15 |
| 59. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
27.81 |
1.0291 |
-0.1096 |
240 |
1 |
27.81 |
2009-04-15 |
| 60. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
27.62 |
1.0529 |
-0.1350 |
373 |
1 |
27.62 |
2009-03-30 |
| 61. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
27.35 |
1.0639 |
-0.1565 |
303 |
1 |
27.35 |
2009-01-29 |
| 62. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
27.29 |
0.8827 |
0.0174 |
190 |
2 |
26.96 |
2009-03-27 |
| 63. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
27.13 |
1.0197 |
-0.1229 |
204 |
1 |
27.13 |
2009-02-18 |
| 64. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
27.11 |
1.0101 |
-0.1100 |
336 |
1 |
27.11 |
2009-03-30 |
| 65. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
27.08 |
0.7425 |
0.1571 |
148 |
1 |
27.08 |
2009-03-19 |
| 66. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
27.07 |
1.0615 |
-0.1674 |
201 |
1 |
27.07 |
2009-05-01 |
| 67. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
26.90 |
0.8562 |
0.0303 |
132 |
1 |
26.90 |
2009-02-27 |
| 68. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
26.85 |
0.9927 |
-0.1066 |
234 |
1 |
26.85 |
2009-03-19 |
| 69. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
26.77 |
0.8880 |
-0.0010 |
296 |
1 |
26.77 |
2009-04-15 |
| 70. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
26.37 |
1.0333 |
-0.1651 |
176 |
1 |
26.37 |
2009-02-17 |
| 71. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
26.15 |
0.9698 |
-0.0983 |
389 |
1 |
26.15 |
2009-02-23 |
| 72. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
25.72 |
0.7271 |
0.1256 |
186 |
1 |
25.72 |
2009-04-15 |
| 73. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
25.70 |
0.8375 |
0.0130 |
203 |
1 |
25.70 |
2009-02-17 |
| 74. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
25.58 |
0.8124 |
0.0364 |
137 |
1 |
25.58 |
2009-04-16 |
| 75. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
25.19 |
0.8194 |
0.0137 |
193 |
1 |
25.19 |
2009-03-20 |
| 76. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
25.14 |
1.0036 |
-0.1702 |
277 |
1 |
25.14 |
2009-03-27 |
| 77. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
24.96 |
0.8718 |
-0.0463 |
193 |
1 |
24.96 |
2009-02-17 |
| 78. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
24.83 |
0.8986 |
-0.0758 |
216 |
1 |
24.83 |
2009-03-16 |
| 79. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
24.67 |
0.7904 |
0.0310 |
149 |
1 |
24.67 |
2009-01-29 |
| 80. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
24.05 |
0.7889 |
0.0112 |
97 |
1 |
24.05 |
2009-01-29 |
| 81. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
24.02 |
0.8925 |
-0.0909 |
293 |
1 |
24.02 |
2009-01-29 |
| 82. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
23.31 |
1.0016 |
-0.2319 |
217 |
1 |
23.31 |
2009-02-12 |
| 83. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
23.00 |
0.9346 |
-0.1764 |
211 |
1 |
23.00 |
2009-02-17 |
| 84. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
22.87 |
0.8603 |
-0.1041 |
270 |
1 |
22.87 |
2009-02-17 |
| 85. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
22.80 |
0.8164 |
-0.0615 |
197 |
1 |
22.80 |
2009-01-29 |
| 86. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
21.49 |
0.7988 |
-0.0892 |
134 |
1 |
21.49 |
2009-03-10 |
| 87. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
21.45 |
0.9265 |
-0.2178 |
254 |
1 |
21.45 |
2009-03-10 |