| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
43.54 |
0.9931 |
0.3484 |
218 |
3 |
34.53 |
2008-11-06 |
| 2. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
43.25 |
1.0867 |
0.2453 |
171 |
1 |
43.25 |
2008-10-24 |
| 3. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
41.82 |
1.0178 |
0.2725 |
207 |
3 |
33.93 |
2008-10-31 |
| 4. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
41.52 |
1.0101 |
0.2744 |
336 |
1 |
41.52 |
2008-11-29 |
| 5. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
41.36 |
1.0095 |
0.2668 |
211 |
3 |
32.51 |
2008-10-28 |
| 6. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
41.26 |
1.0506 |
0.2236 |
259 |
1 |
41.26 |
2008-10-28 |
| 7. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
40.87 |
1.0086 |
0.2496 |
218 |
2 |
37.99 |
2008-11-06 |
| 8. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
40.54 |
1.0418 |
0.2112 |
214 |
4 |
33.38 |
2008-10-31 |
| 9. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
40.31 |
0.8827 |
0.3584 |
190 |
1 |
40.31 |
2008-11-11 |
| 10. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
40.08 |
1.0403 |
0.1960 |
234 |
1 |
40.08 |
2008-10-31 |
| 11. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
39.87 |
1.0865 |
0.1447 |
237 |
1 |
39.87 |
2008-10-25 |
| 12. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
39.69 |
1.0777 |
0.1461 |
226 |
2 |
37.72 |
2008-10-31 |
| 13. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
39.60 |
0.9166 |
0.3091 |
133 |
2 |
31.23 |
2008-11-11 |
| 14. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
39.52 |
1.0132 |
0.2080 |
371 |
2 |
36.98 |
2008-11-29 |
| 15. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
39.34 |
0.8988 |
0.3162 |
216 |
3 |
35.98 |
2008-10-25 |
| 16. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
39.29 |
1.0639 |
0.1506 |
303 |
2 |
39.06 |
2008-11-29 |
| 17. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
39.00 |
1.0372 |
0.1668 |
249 |
1 |
39.00 |
2008-10-19 |
| 18. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
38.52 |
1.0540 |
0.1305 |
184 |
2 |
29.06 |
2008-11-06 |
| 19. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
38.40 |
1.0466 |
0.1388 |
230 |
1 |
38.40 |
2008-10-24 |
| 20. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
38.35 |
0.9103 |
0.2738 |
269 |
1 |
38.35 |
2008-11-11 |
| 21. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
38.13 |
0.9928 |
0.1840 |
293 |
1 |
38.13 |
2008-11-06 |
| 22. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
37.95 |
1.0567 |
0.1148 |
314 |
1 |
37.95 |
2008-11-08 |
| 23. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
37.87 |
0.9500 |
0.2211 |
287 |
1 |
37.87 |
2008-11-06 |
| 24. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
37.74 |
0.9275 |
0.2430 |
243 |
1 |
37.74 |
2008-11-29 |
| 25. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
37.65 |
0.9636 |
0.1975 |
281 |
1 |
37.65 |
2008-11-06 |
| 26. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
37.57 |
0.9371 |
0.2141 |
156 |
2 |
36.45 |
2008-10-24 |
| 27. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
37.51 |
1.0103 |
0.1422 |
209 |
4 |
36.16 |
2008-10-25 |
| 28. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
37.41 |
0.9836 |
0.1716 |
289 |
2 |
31.80 |
2008-10-25 |
| 29. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
37.39 |
1.0291 |
0.1233 |
240 |
1 |
37.39 |
2008-10-19 |
| 30. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
37.26 |
0.9957 |
0.1545 |
323 |
1 |
37.26 |
2008-10-31 |
| 31. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
37.26 |
1.0332 |
0.1166 |
267 |
3 |
34.90 |
2008-11-29 |
| 32. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
37.21 |
0.9349 |
0.2166 |
287 |
1 |
37.21 |
2008-11-06 |
| 33. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
37.18 |
0.9948 |
0.1520 |
233 |
2 |
34.41 |
2008-10-31 |
| 34. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
37.00 |
0.9839 |
0.1582 |
308 |
1 |
37.00 |
2008-10-31 |
| 35. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
36.96 |
1.0461 |
0.0972 |
318 |
1 |
36.96 |
2008-11-29 |
| 36. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
36.89 |
0.9541 |
0.1854 |
236 |
2 |
34.12 |
2008-10-25 |
| 37. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
36.31 |
1.0561 |
0.0629 |
227 |
1 |
36.31 |
2008-10-17 |
| 38. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
35.91 |
0.9779 |
0.1291 |
255 |
1 |
35.91 |
2008-10-17 |
| 39. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
35.58 |
0.9285 |
0.1680 |
244 |
3 |
29.08 |
2008-10-17 |
| 40. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
35.19 |
0.8572 |
0.2273 |
232 |
1 |
35.19 |
2008-10-24 |
| 41. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
35.05 |
0.9709 |
0.1096 |
264 |
1 |
35.05 |
2008-10-25 |
| 42. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
34.87 |
0.9927 |
0.0841 |
276 |
1 |
34.87 |
2008-10-09 |
| 43. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
34.73 |
1.0006 |
0.0713 |
311 |
1 |
34.73 |
2008-10-19 |
| 44. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
34.68 |
1.0588 |
0.0116 |
281 |
2 |
34.62 |
2008-10-19 |
| 45. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
34.58 |
0.8339 |
0.2328 |
209 |
6 |
29.06 |
2008-10-17 |
| 46. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
34.45 |
0.8194 |
0.2429 |
193 |
3 |
26.17 |
2008-10-28 |
| 47. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
34.39 |
0.9425 |
0.1195 |
248 |
1 |
34.39 |
2008-10-17 |
| 48. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
34.13 |
0.9841 |
0.0659 |
217 |
3 |
28.65 |
2008-10-07 |
| 49. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
34.01 |
0.9001 |
0.1498 |
217 |
2 |
28.88 |
2008-10-17 |
| 50. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
33.96 |
0.9597 |
0.0885 |
251 |
1 |
33.96 |
2008-10-17 |
| 51. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
33.91 |
0.9422 |
0.0991 |
190 |
3 |
27.22 |
2008-10-25 |
| 52. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
33.82 |
0.9252 |
0.1190 |
148 |
2 |
32.04 |
2008-10-28 |
| 53. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
33.79 |
1.0208 |
0.0218 |
231 |
1 |
33.79 |
2008-10-24 |
| 54. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
33.64 |
0.9574 |
0.0838 |
354 |
1 |
33.64 |
2008-10-17 |
| 55. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
33.58 |
0.8624 |
0.1691 |
174 |
1 |
33.58 |
2008-10-25 |
| 56. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
33.52 |
1.0615 |
-0.0302 |
201 |
4 |
28.28 |
2008-10-09 |
| 57. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
33.31 |
0.9841 |
0.0421 |
263 |
2 |
29.57 |
2008-10-31 |
| 58. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
33.01 |
0.9809 |
0.0337 |
209 |
2 |
32.55 |
2008-10-28 |
| 59. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
32.96 |
0.8669 |
0.1562 |
255 |
1 |
32.96 |
2008-10-31 |
| 60. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
32.95 |
1.0472 |
-0.0369 |
149 |
3 |
27.54 |
2008-10-25 |
| 61. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
32.80 |
1.0016 |
0.0088 |
217 |
4 |
29.51 |
2008-09-25 |
| 62. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
32.76 |
1.0125 |
-0.0033 |
232 |
1 |
32.76 |
2008-10-07 |
| 63. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
32.74 |
0.8906 |
0.1287 |
128 |
5 |
26.74 |
2008-10-07 |
| 64. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
32.73 |
0.8925 |
0.1243 |
293 |
1 |
32.73 |
2008-10-17 |
| 65. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
32.33 |
0.8192 |
0.1802 |
200 |
3 |
26.87 |
2008-10-17 |
| 66. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
32.25 |
0.9380 |
0.0554 |
284 |
1 |
32.25 |
2008-11-08 |
| 67. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
32.19 |
0.9265 |
0.0654 |
254 |
3 |
28.88 |
2008-10-25 |
| 68. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
32.14 |
1.0272 |
-0.0378 |
226 |
3 |
29.18 |
2008-10-09 |
| 69. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
32.13 |
0.9650 |
0.0289 |
347 |
1 |
32.13 |
2008-10-17 |
| 70. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
32.09 |
1.0495 |
-0.0601 |
323 |
1 |
32.09 |
2008-10-07 |
| 71. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
31.89 |
0.9807 |
-0.0086 |
129 |
2 |
30.25 |
2008-10-19 |
| 72. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
31.71 |
0.9260 |
0.0551 |
348 |
1 |
31.71 |
2008-10-09 |
| 73. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
31.38 |
0.9283 |
0.0410 |
317 |
1 |
31.38 |
2008-10-28 |
| 74. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
30.79 |
0.8847 |
0.0627 |
282 |
3 |
26.83 |
2008-10-09 |
| 75. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
30.79 |
0.9963 |
-0.0491 |
274 |
1 |
30.79 |
2008-10-09 |
| 76. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
30.59 |
0.9884 |
-0.0425 |
267 |
1 |
30.59 |
2008-10-09 |
| 77. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
30.04 |
0.8789 |
0.0417 |
136 |
4 |
26.80 |
2008-09-18 |
| 78. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
29.83 |
0.8869 |
0.0305 |
176 |
2 |
27.61 |
2008-09-19 |
| 79. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
29.66 |
1.0529 |
-0.1358 |
373 |
1 |
29.66 |
2008-10-09 |
| 80. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
29.33 |
0.9011 |
0.0064 |
322 |
1 |
29.33 |
2008-10-19 |
| 81. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
28.97 |
1.0334 |
-0.1409 |
261 |
2 |
26.55 |
2008-09-25 |
| 82. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
28.92 |
0.9228 |
-0.0268 |
305 |
1 |
28.92 |
2008-10-24 |
| 83. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
28.82 |
1.0601 |
-0.1749 |
256 |
1 |
28.82 |
2008-09-20 |
| 84. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
28.63 |
0.9243 |
-0.0397 |
240 |
2 |
25.05 |
2008-10-07 |
| 85. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
28.46 |
0.9070 |
-0.0345 |
192 |
2 |
25.05 |
2008-09-23 |
| 86. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
28.44 |
0.8913 |
-0.0132 |
201 |
2 |
25.43 |
2008-10-09 |
| 87. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
28.08 |
0.8646 |
-0.0026 |
110 |
1 |
28.08 |
2008-10-17 |
| 88. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
27.89 |
1.0881 |
-0.2324 |
210 |
2 |
26.69 |
2008-09-19 |
| 89. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
27.75 |
1.0521 |
-0.2025 |
197 |
1 |
27.75 |
2008-09-16 |
| 90. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
27.70 |
1.0197 |
-0.1678 |
204 |
2 |
27.12 |
2008-09-25 |
| 91. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
27.61 |
0.9763 |
-0.1259 |
143 |
3 |
23.13 |
2008-09-20 |
| 92. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
27.30 |
0.9271 |
-0.0834 |
323 |
1 |
27.30 |
2008-10-09 |
| 93. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
27.28 |
0.9917 |
-0.1490 |
317 |
1 |
27.28 |
2008-09-25 |
| 94. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
26.75 |
0.8365 |
-0.0162 |
145 |
2 |
24.85 |
2008-09-19 |
| 95. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
26.42 |
0.7384 |
0.0719 |
106 |
3 |
23.61 |
2008-09-23 |
| 96. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
26.41 |
1.0288 |
-0.2199 |
166 |
1 |
26.41 |
2008-09-19 |
| 97. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
26.38 |
1.0287 |
-0.2171 |
269 |
1 |
26.38 |
2008-09-18 |
| 98. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
26.18 |
0.9713 |
-0.1662 |
193 |
1 |
26.18 |
2008-09-20 |
| 99. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
25.85 |
0.8406 |
-0.0473 |
170 |
1 |
25.85 |
2008-09-20 |
| 100. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
25.69 |
0.9023 |
-0.1124 |
268 |
1 |
25.69 |
2008-10-12 |
| 101. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
25.62 |
0.8164 |
-0.0276 |
197 |
5 |
23.25 |
2008-09-18 |
| 102. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
25.37 |
1.0800 |
-0.3016 |
213 |
2 |
25.07 |
2008-09-18 |
| 103. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
25.36 |
0.9286 |
-0.1458 |
177 |
3 |
24.74 |
2008-09-16 |
| 104. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
25.32 |
0.8964 |
-0.1195 |
199 |
1 |
25.32 |
2008-09-23 |
| 105. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
25.21 |
0.9332 |
-0.1568 |
267 |
1 |
25.21 |
2008-09-20 |
| 106. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
25.16 |
0.8988 |
-0.1248 |
193 |
1 |
25.16 |
2008-09-25 |
| 107. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
25.14 |
1.0582 |
-0.2871 |
180 |
1 |
25.14 |
2008-09-18 |
| 108. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
24.75 |
0.9010 |
-0.1364 |
266 |
1 |
24.75 |
2008-09-20 |
| 109. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
24.59 |
1.0042 |
-0.2509 |
168 |
4 |
23.43 |
2008-09-16 |
| 110. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
24.56 |
0.9780 |
-0.2280 |
173 |
1 |
24.56 |
2008-10-07 |
| 111. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
24.43 |
0.9981 |
-0.2468 |
211 |
1 |
24.43 |
2008-09-19 |
| 112. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
24.36 |
1.0333 |
-0.2884 |
176 |
1 |
24.36 |
2008-09-16 |
| 113. |
Do you know why they call him Franky "Four Fingers" Doug? Be... |
24.29 |
0.8792 |
-0.1204 |
214 |
1 |
24.29 |
2008-09-20 |
| 114. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
24.29 |
0.8077 |
-0.0599 |
148 |
1 |
24.29 |
2008-09-20 |
| 115. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
23.89 |
0.8117 |
-0.0730 |
209 |
1 |
23.89 |
2008-09-20 |
| 116. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
23.10 |
0.7271 |
-0.0158 |
186 |
3 |
21.62 |
2008-09-16 |
| 117. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
22.52 |
0.9503 |
-0.2641 |
211 |
1 |
22.52 |
2008-09-19 |
| 118. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
22.49 |
0.9027 |
-0.2143 |
189 |
1 |
22.49 |
2008-09-19 |
| 119. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
21.63 |
0.8205 |
-0.1535 |
135 |
1 |
21.63 |
2008-09-14 |
| 120. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
21.45 |
0.8965 |
-0.2364 |
150 |
1 |
21.45 |
2008-09-14 |
| 121. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
20.09 |
0.9621 |
-0.3476 |
201 |
1 |
20.09 |
2008-09-14 |
| 122. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
19.42 |
0.8305 |
-0.2385 |
162 |
1 |
19.42 |
2008-09-14 |