Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
44.25 |
0.7724 |
0.9658 |
142 |
1 |
44.25 |
2009-02-20 |
2. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
38.64 |
1.0291 |
0.4867 |
240 |
1 |
38.64 |
2009-02-20 |
3. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
30.09 |
0.8777 |
0.2996 |
130 |
2 |
26.89 |
2009-11-01 |
4. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
29.19 |
1.0845 |
0.0594 |
212 |
2 |
27.49 |
2009-02-27 |
5. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
28.78 |
0.8918 |
0.2426 |
163 |
1 |
28.78 |
2009-03-04 |
6. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
27.42 |
1.0615 |
0.0109 |
201 |
3 |
24.75 |
2009-02-24 |
7. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
27.38 |
0.9054 |
0.1705 |
204 |
1 |
27.38 |
2009-02-23 |
8. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
27.28 |
1.0576 |
0.0092 |
231 |
2 |
24.70 |
2009-02-27 |
9. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
27.02 |
1.0800 |
-0.0236 |
213 |
2 |
25.07 |
2008-12-17 |
10. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
26.99 |
0.8830 |
0.1700 |
134 |
1 |
26.99 |
2009-02-27 |
11. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
26.83 |
0.8965 |
0.1561 |
150 |
1 |
26.83 |
2009-02-26 |
12. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
26.83 |
1.0865 |
-0.0350 |
237 |
1 |
26.83 |
2009-02-27 |
13. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
26.74 |
0.8469 |
0.2025 |
164 |
2 |
26.06 |
2009-02-20 |
14. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
26.50 |
1.0115 |
0.0222 |
189 |
1 |
26.50 |
2009-03-09 |
15. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
26.43 |
1.0873 |
-0.0544 |
243 |
1 |
26.43 |
2009-02-24 |
16. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
26.25 |
0.8814 |
0.1467 |
169 |
1 |
26.25 |
2008-12-17 |
17. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
26.17 |
0.8988 |
0.1267 |
216 |
1 |
26.17 |
2009-02-27 |
18. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
25.91 |
0.9324 |
0.0861 |
246 |
1 |
25.91 |
2009-02-24 |
19. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
25.48 |
0.9285 |
0.0685 |
244 |
1 |
25.48 |
2009-02-24 |
20. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
25.18 |
1.0543 |
-0.0708 |
182 |
1 |
25.18 |
2009-02-23 |
21. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
25.17 |
0.9704 |
0.0158 |
254 |
1 |
25.17 |
2009-02-25 |
22. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
25.01 |
0.8077 |
0.1730 |
148 |
2 |
23.74 |
2009-02-23 |
23. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
24.85 |
0.9023 |
0.0702 |
268 |
1 |
24.85 |
2009-02-27 |
24. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
24.73 |
1.0426 |
-0.0776 |
131 |
1 |
24.73 |
2009-02-19 |
25. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
24.54 |
0.8305 |
0.1265 |
162 |
1 |
24.54 |
2010-02-03 |
26. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
24.34 |
1.0288 |
-0.0798 |
166 |
2 |
21.88 |
2009-02-19 |
27. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
24.25 |
0.9709 |
-0.0220 |
264 |
1 |
24.25 |
2010-02-03 |
28. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
24.13 |
0.9756 |
-0.0309 |
223 |
1 |
24.13 |
2009-02-26 |
29. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
24.13 |
0.9762 |
-0.0309 |
249 |
1 |
24.13 |
2009-02-25 |
30. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
24.01 |
0.7987 |
0.1412 |
176 |
1 |
24.01 |
2008-12-17 |
31. |
Jay earned himself a promotion to lieutenant on the strength... |
23.84 |
0.8175 |
0.1178 |
181 |
1 |
23.84 |
2010-02-03 |
32. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
23.62 |
0.9271 |
-0.0021 |
295 |
1 |
23.62 |
2009-02-26 |
33. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
23.47 |
0.9757 |
-0.0599 |
176 |
1 |
23.47 |
2010-02-03 |
34. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
23.14 |
0.9265 |
-0.0207 |
254 |
1 |
23.14 |
2009-02-27 |
35. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
23.10 |
1.0178 |
-0.1151 |
207 |
1 |
23.10 |
2009-02-23 |
36. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
23.04 |
0.9981 |
-0.0964 |
211 |
1 |
23.04 |
2009-02-25 |
37. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
22.79 |
0.7966 |
0.1025 |
184 |
1 |
22.79 |
2009-02-19 |
38. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
22.64 |
0.9880 |
-0.1054 |
199 |
1 |
22.64 |
2009-03-04 |
39. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
22.61 |
1.0332 |
-0.1487 |
267 |
1 |
22.61 |
2009-02-25 |
40. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
22.45 |
0.9264 |
-0.0461 |
177 |
1 |
22.45 |
2009-01-08 |
41. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
22.26 |
0.7384 |
0.1304 |
106 |
2 |
20.54 |
2008-12-17 |
42. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
22.14 |
0.7904 |
0.0814 |
149 |
1 |
22.14 |
2008-12-17 |
43. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
21.71 |
0.8869 |
-0.0389 |
176 |
2 |
21.59 |
2009-02-26 |
44. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
21.27 |
0.9252 |
-0.0922 |
148 |
1 |
21.27 |
2009-03-04 |
45. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
21.14 |
0.9621 |
-0.1379 |
201 |
1 |
21.14 |
2008-12-17 |
46. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
19.31 |
1.0199 |
-0.2684 |
225 |
1 |
19.31 |
2010-02-03 |
47. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
18.41 |
0.8863 |
-0.1700 |
127 |
1 |
18.41 |
2009-01-16 |