Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
84.45 |
1.0901 |
1.0445 |
288 |
3 |
52.97 |
2008-11-24 |
2. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
72.29 |
1.0877 |
0.7335 |
129 |
2 |
55.06 |
2008-11-24 |
3. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
71.14 |
1.0462 |
0.7523 |
340 |
1 |
71.14 |
2008-11-24 |
4. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
60.05 |
0.9594 |
0.5535 |
258 |
2 |
45.67 |
2008-11-24 |
5. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
59.34 |
1.0341 |
0.4620 |
273 |
2 |
47.88 |
2008-11-24 |
6. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
48.97 |
1.0800 |
0.1511 |
213 |
2 |
43.91 |
2008-11-25 |
7. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
48.90 |
1.0476 |
0.1753 |
110 |
1 |
48.90 |
2008-11-19 |
8. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
48.13 |
1.0529 |
0.1625 |
373 |
3 |
41.55 |
2008-12-16 |
9. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
47.75 |
0.8863 |
0.3133 |
127 |
3 |
45.03 |
2008-11-13 |
10. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
47.01 |
1.0867 |
0.0933 |
171 |
2 |
44.38 |
2008-10-30 |
11. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
46.63 |
0.9371 |
0.2289 |
156 |
3 |
42.41 |
2008-10-30 |
12. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
46.15 |
0.9807 |
0.1703 |
129 |
3 |
37.34 |
2008-11-13 |
13. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
45.56 |
0.9299 |
0.2094 |
168 |
6 |
36.62 |
2008-11-19 |
14. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
45.46 |
1.0287 |
0.1153 |
269 |
4 |
38.54 |
2008-11-13 |
15. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
45.27 |
1.0567 |
0.0833 |
314 |
1 |
45.27 |
2008-11-21 |
16. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
44.33 |
0.8815 |
0.2399 |
296 |
2 |
39.32 |
2008-10-31 |
17. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
44.00 |
1.1070 |
0.0001 |
265 |
1 |
44.00 |
2008-11-13 |
18. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
43.33 |
1.0279 |
0.0576 |
172 |
2 |
38.52 |
2008-11-27 |
19. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
42.38 |
0.9869 |
0.0766 |
193 |
1 |
42.38 |
2008-11-24 |
20. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
42.06 |
1.0498 |
0.0104 |
261 |
1 |
42.06 |
2008-11-22 |
21. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
42.05 |
0.9780 |
0.0746 |
173 |
1 |
42.05 |
2008-11-13 |
22. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
42.04 |
0.9927 |
0.0677 |
262 |
3 |
39.15 |
2008-10-13 |
23. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
42.02 |
0.9685 |
0.0902 |
304 |
2 |
40.68 |
2008-10-30 |
24. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
41.52 |
1.0495 |
-0.0046 |
323 |
1 |
41.52 |
2008-10-11 |
25. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
41.30 |
0.9621 |
0.0748 |
201 |
1 |
41.30 |
2008-10-30 |
26. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
41.30 |
1.0777 |
-0.0400 |
226 |
1 |
41.30 |
2008-11-22 |
27. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
40.92 |
1.0333 |
-0.0082 |
176 |
2 |
37.16 |
2008-11-24 |
28. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
40.90 |
1.0800 |
-0.0573 |
129 |
2 |
40.37 |
2008-11-22 |
29. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
40.82 |
1.0638 |
-0.0382 |
247 |
1 |
40.82 |
2008-10-11 |
30. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
40.29 |
0.9836 |
0.0307 |
289 |
1 |
40.29 |
2008-11-13 |
31. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
40.15 |
1.0881 |
-0.0813 |
210 |
1 |
40.15 |
2008-11-19 |
32. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
40.09 |
0.8869 |
0.1198 |
176 |
2 |
39.42 |
2008-10-13 |
33. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
40.06 |
0.9285 |
0.0781 |
244 |
1 |
40.06 |
2008-10-30 |
34. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
40.02 |
1.0540 |
-0.0516 |
184 |
2 |
36.05 |
2008-10-30 |
35. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
39.96 |
0.8906 |
0.1244 |
128 |
1 |
39.96 |
2008-11-01 |
36. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
39.88 |
1.0178 |
-0.0157 |
207 |
4 |
33.56 |
2008-10-13 |
37. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
39.71 |
1.0743 |
-0.0737 |
297 |
1 |
39.71 |
2008-11-25 |
38. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
39.60 |
0.9931 |
-0.0003 |
218 |
2 |
38.69 |
2008-10-24 |
39. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
39.43 |
1.0873 |
-0.0979 |
243 |
2 |
35.28 |
2008-10-13 |
40. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
39.26 |
0.9084 |
0.0812 |
271 |
1 |
39.26 |
2008-10-30 |
41. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
39.19 |
0.9974 |
-0.0150 |
163 |
1 |
39.19 |
2008-11-12 |
42. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
39.01 |
1.0561 |
-0.0762 |
227 |
1 |
39.01 |
2008-10-30 |
43. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
38.87 |
0.9621 |
0.0185 |
212 |
1 |
38.87 |
2008-10-24 |
44. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
38.85 |
1.0018 |
-0.0238 |
246 |
1 |
38.85 |
2008-11-12 |
45. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
38.84 |
0.9927 |
-0.0185 |
234 |
1 |
38.84 |
2008-10-23 |
46. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
38.83 |
0.9264 |
0.0517 |
177 |
2 |
37.34 |
2008-10-23 |
47. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
38.68 |
1.0197 |
-0.0481 |
204 |
1 |
38.68 |
2008-10-13 |
48. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
38.59 |
0.9252 |
0.0465 |
148 |
2 |
38.12 |
2008-10-24 |
49. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
38.10 |
1.0582 |
-0.1026 |
180 |
1 |
38.10 |
2008-10-29 |
50. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
37.46 |
1.0479 |
-0.1070 |
205 |
2 |
37.22 |
2008-10-30 |
51. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
37.44 |
0.9963 |
-0.0567 |
274 |
1 |
37.44 |
2008-10-09 |
52. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
37.35 |
1.0615 |
-0.1248 |
201 |
2 |
35.74 |
2008-10-13 |
53. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
37.32 |
1.0199 |
-0.0847 |
225 |
1 |
37.32 |
2008-10-11 |
54. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
37.21 |
0.9001 |
0.0365 |
217 |
1 |
37.21 |
2008-10-23 |
55. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
37.21 |
1.0672 |
-0.1322 |
239 |
1 |
37.21 |
2008-10-13 |
56. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
37.04 |
0.9315 |
0.0022 |
273 |
1 |
37.04 |
2008-10-09 |
57. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
37.04 |
1.0250 |
-0.0902 |
271 |
1 |
37.04 |
2008-10-31 |
58. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
36.79 |
1.0291 |
-0.1056 |
240 |
1 |
36.79 |
2008-10-12 |
59. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
36.59 |
0.9023 |
0.0168 |
268 |
1 |
36.59 |
2008-10-13 |
60. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
36.45 |
1.0264 |
-0.1137 |
191 |
1 |
36.45 |
2008-10-30 |
61. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
36.17 |
1.0576 |
-0.1505 |
231 |
2 |
35.17 |
2008-10-13 |
62. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
35.80 |
0.9271 |
-0.0270 |
295 |
2 |
32.62 |
2008-10-09 |
63. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
35.43 |
1.0372 |
-0.1465 |
249 |
1 |
35.43 |
2008-10-10 |
64. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
35.36 |
0.9228 |
-0.0290 |
305 |
1 |
35.36 |
2008-10-23 |
65. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
34.85 |
0.9574 |
-0.0778 |
354 |
1 |
34.85 |
2008-10-23 |
66. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
34.82 |
1.0487 |
-0.1752 |
253 |
1 |
34.82 |
2008-10-09 |
67. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
34.69 |
1.0094 |
-0.1369 |
256 |
1 |
34.69 |
2008-09-25 |
68. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
34.68 |
1.0132 |
-0.1405 |
371 |
1 |
34.68 |
2008-10-13 |
69. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
34.42 |
0.9324 |
-0.0639 |
246 |
1 |
34.42 |
2008-10-11 |
70. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
34.16 |
1.0418 |
-0.1820 |
214 |
1 |
34.16 |
2008-10-10 |
71. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
34.00 |
1.0461 |
-0.1890 |
318 |
1 |
34.00 |
2008-10-10 |
72. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
33.86 |
0.9763 |
-0.1254 |
143 |
1 |
33.86 |
2008-10-12 |
73. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
33.73 |
1.0601 |
-0.2152 |
256 |
1 |
33.73 |
2008-09-27 |
74. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
33.48 |
0.8406 |
-0.0018 |
170 |
1 |
33.48 |
2008-09-28 |
75. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
33.38 |
0.8742 |
-0.0305 |
202 |
1 |
33.38 |
2008-10-02 |
76. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
32.60 |
1.0288 |
-0.2141 |
166 |
1 |
32.60 |
2008-09-27 |
77. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
31.32 |
0.9631 |
-0.1766 |
273 |
1 |
31.32 |
2008-10-10 |
78. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
31.12 |
1.0403 |
-0.2600 |
234 |
1 |
31.12 |
2008-09-27 |
79. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
30.81 |
0.9166 |
-0.1399 |
133 |
1 |
30.81 |
2008-10-11 |
80. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
30.68 |
1.0095 |
-0.2401 |
211 |
2 |
30.27 |
2008-10-30 |
81. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
30.67 |
0.9597 |
-0.1889 |
251 |
1 |
30.67 |
2008-10-10 |
82. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
30.28 |
0.8172 |
-0.0608 |
204 |
1 |
30.28 |
2008-09-28 |
83. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
30.21 |
1.0588 |
-0.2998 |
281 |
1 |
30.21 |
2008-10-10 |
84. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
29.62 |
0.8964 |
-0.1553 |
199 |
2 |
27.17 |
2008-09-28 |
85. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
29.22 |
1.0125 |
-0.2802 |
232 |
1 |
29.22 |
2008-09-25 |
86. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
28.53 |
0.9346 |
-0.2211 |
211 |
1 |
28.53 |
2008-10-10 |
87. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
26.88 |
0.8077 |
-0.1331 |
148 |
1 |
26.88 |
2008-09-28 |
88. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
26.04 |
0.8192 |
-0.1639 |
200 |
1 |
26.04 |
2008-09-27 |
89. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
23.50 |
0.7384 |
-0.1530 |
106 |
1 |
23.50 |
2008-09-27 |
90. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
21.91 |
0.9713 |
-0.4240 |
193 |
1 |
21.91 |
2008-09-27 |