| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
39.63 |
0.7384 |
0.5310 |
106 |
3 |
31.38 |
2008-12-10 |
| 2. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
39.53 |
1.0540 |
0.2108 |
184 |
2 |
31.44 |
2008-10-27 |
| 3. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
39.10 |
1.0800 |
0.1730 |
213 |
3 |
35.72 |
2008-10-29 |
| 4. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
38.33 |
1.0521 |
0.1734 |
197 |
2 |
35.78 |
2008-12-03 |
| 5. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
37.50 |
1.0865 |
0.1176 |
237 |
2 |
36.01 |
2008-09-19 |
| 6. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
37.38 |
1.0877 |
0.1093 |
129 |
1 |
37.38 |
2008-10-13 |
| 7. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
37.21 |
0.9371 |
0.2490 |
156 |
2 |
35.65 |
2008-12-10 |
| 8. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
36.72 |
1.0106 |
0.1675 |
302 |
1 |
36.72 |
2008-12-18 |
| 9. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
36.64 |
1.0426 |
0.1299 |
131 |
1 |
36.64 |
2008-10-27 |
| 10. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
36.61 |
1.0016 |
0.1723 |
217 |
2 |
35.60 |
2008-12-10 |
| 11. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
36.56 |
1.0199 |
0.1502 |
225 |
2 |
32.43 |
2009-01-06 |
| 12. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
36.12 |
1.1086 |
0.0515 |
233 |
1 |
36.12 |
2008-11-24 |
| 13. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
36.10 |
0.8814 |
0.2757 |
169 |
3 |
32.46 |
2008-10-22 |
| 14. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
35.44 |
1.0042 |
0.1298 |
168 |
1 |
35.44 |
2008-10-15 |
| 15. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
35.40 |
1.0472 |
0.0830 |
149 |
6 |
30.52 |
2008-12-09 |
| 16. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
35.39 |
0.9271 |
0.2087 |
295 |
4 |
30.54 |
2008-11-20 |
| 17. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
35.29 |
0.8718 |
0.2606 |
193 |
1 |
35.29 |
2008-10-23 |
| 18. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
35.16 |
0.9084 |
0.2218 |
271 |
2 |
32.34 |
2008-09-12 |
| 19. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
35.15 |
0.9809 |
0.1436 |
209 |
1 |
35.15 |
2008-10-21 |
| 20. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
34.93 |
0.8077 |
0.3136 |
148 |
3 |
31.57 |
2008-10-06 |
| 21. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
34.69 |
1.0582 |
0.0523 |
180 |
3 |
32.83 |
2008-10-28 |
| 22. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
34.59 |
0.8915 |
0.2188 |
158 |
1 |
34.59 |
2008-12-02 |
| 23. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
34.39 |
1.0288 |
0.0704 |
166 |
2 |
31.20 |
2008-10-31 |
| 24. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
34.29 |
0.8365 |
0.2603 |
145 |
3 |
29.07 |
2008-10-01 |
| 25. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
33.87 |
0.9931 |
0.0901 |
218 |
4 |
31.86 |
2008-12-03 |
| 26. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
33.85 |
0.8847 |
0.1996 |
282 |
2 |
30.95 |
2008-10-21 |
| 27. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
33.83 |
1.1093 |
-0.0291 |
220 |
2 |
31.85 |
2008-10-29 |
| 28. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
33.81 |
0.9023 |
0.1815 |
268 |
1 |
33.81 |
2008-10-29 |
| 29. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
33.80 |
0.8161 |
0.2712 |
109 |
2 |
31.60 |
2008-12-05 |
| 30. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
33.74 |
1.0414 |
0.0406 |
234 |
1 |
33.74 |
2008-10-15 |
| 31. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
33.65 |
0.9841 |
0.0943 |
263 |
3 |
29.39 |
2008-09-26 |
| 32. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
33.60 |
0.9621 |
0.1134 |
201 |
5 |
29.54 |
2008-12-18 |
| 33. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
33.24 |
0.8205 |
0.2481 |
135 |
2 |
31.13 |
2008-10-16 |
| 34. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
33.14 |
0.9915 |
0.0711 |
281 |
2 |
32.22 |
2008-10-28 |
| 35. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
33.00 |
0.9763 |
0.0822 |
143 |
2 |
29.78 |
2008-10-29 |
| 36. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
32.99 |
1.0557 |
0.0042 |
289 |
1 |
32.99 |
2008-12-03 |
| 37. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
32.91 |
0.9780 |
0.0719 |
173 |
6 |
28.61 |
2008-12-11 |
| 38. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
32.90 |
1.0086 |
0.0429 |
218 |
1 |
32.90 |
2008-10-28 |
| 39. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
32.84 |
1.0873 |
-0.0364 |
243 |
3 |
31.29 |
2008-12-05 |
| 40. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
32.64 |
0.9839 |
0.0633 |
308 |
1 |
32.64 |
2008-10-31 |
| 41. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
32.53 |
1.0867 |
-0.0473 |
171 |
1 |
32.53 |
2008-10-19 |
| 42. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
32.50 |
0.9346 |
0.1054 |
211 |
2 |
29.67 |
2008-12-09 |
| 43. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
32.39 |
0.8965 |
0.1433 |
150 |
2 |
28.51 |
2008-10-20 |
| 44. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
32.39 |
1.0418 |
-0.0017 |
214 |
2 |
31.15 |
2008-11-20 |
| 45. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
32.32 |
1.0125 |
0.0231 |
232 |
2 |
31.01 |
2008-12-02 |
| 46. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
32.21 |
1.0567 |
-0.0235 |
314 |
1 |
32.21 |
2008-09-25 |
| 47. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
32.17 |
1.0615 |
-0.0323 |
201 |
2 |
28.48 |
2008-10-19 |
| 48. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
32.15 |
0.9685 |
0.0638 |
304 |
2 |
28.32 |
2008-09-05 |
| 49. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
32.11 |
0.9503 |
0.0733 |
211 |
4 |
28.79 |
2008-12-02 |
| 50. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
31.97 |
1.0279 |
-0.0078 |
172 |
3 |
28.21 |
2008-10-13 |
| 51. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
31.75 |
1.0601 |
-0.0446 |
256 |
3 |
30.45 |
2008-10-01 |
| 52. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
31.74 |
0.9981 |
0.0193 |
211 |
2 |
31.38 |
2008-10-28 |
| 53. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
31.60 |
0.8811 |
0.1279 |
201 |
1 |
31.60 |
2008-10-16 |
| 54. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
31.60 |
0.7271 |
0.2871 |
186 |
2 |
30.40 |
2008-10-21 |
| 55. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
31.56 |
1.0576 |
-0.0479 |
231 |
1 |
31.56 |
2008-09-19 |
| 56. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
31.52 |
1.0461 |
-0.0327 |
318 |
1 |
31.52 |
2008-10-28 |
| 57. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
31.42 |
0.9869 |
0.0175 |
193 |
1 |
31.42 |
2008-10-17 |
| 58. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
31.41 |
1.0638 |
-0.0581 |
247 |
2 |
31.37 |
2008-10-27 |
| 59. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
31.37 |
0.8606 |
0.1457 |
170 |
1 |
31.37 |
2008-10-21 |
| 60. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
31.26 |
0.9108 |
0.0920 |
235 |
3 |
29.38 |
2008-12-02 |
| 61. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
31.24 |
0.7987 |
0.2027 |
176 |
1 |
31.24 |
2008-12-08 |
| 62. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
31.22 |
1.0287 |
-0.0282 |
269 |
1 |
31.22 |
2008-09-04 |
| 63. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
31.16 |
0.9285 |
0.0693 |
244 |
1 |
31.16 |
2008-09-17 |
| 64. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
31.12 |
1.0291 |
-0.0329 |
240 |
1 |
31.12 |
2008-10-10 |
| 65. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
31.11 |
0.8906 |
0.1166 |
128 |
2 |
30.98 |
2008-10-13 |
| 66. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
30.92 |
0.9265 |
0.0643 |
254 |
3 |
26.89 |
2008-10-21 |
| 67. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
30.89 |
0.8406 |
0.1474 |
170 |
2 |
27.82 |
2008-10-07 |
| 68. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
30.88 |
0.9299 |
0.0523 |
168 |
1 |
30.88 |
2008-10-27 |
| 69. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
30.82 |
0.9756 |
0.0123 |
223 |
2 |
30.12 |
2008-09-19 |
| 70. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
30.72 |
0.9011 |
0.0875 |
322 |
1 |
30.72 |
2008-12-11 |
| 71. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
30.59 |
0.9070 |
0.0694 |
192 |
2 |
29.59 |
2008-10-20 |
| 72. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
30.54 |
0.9768 |
0.0041 |
237 |
1 |
30.54 |
2008-10-19 |
| 73. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
30.52 |
0.8572 |
0.1201 |
232 |
1 |
30.52 |
2008-10-27 |
| 74. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
30.42 |
0.9704 |
0.0053 |
254 |
2 |
29.18 |
2008-12-10 |
| 75. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
30.42 |
0.9928 |
-0.0177 |
293 |
1 |
30.42 |
2008-10-29 |
| 76. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
30.18 |
0.8986 |
0.0677 |
205 |
3 |
29.35 |
2008-10-22 |
| 77. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
30.12 |
1.0334 |
-0.0679 |
261 |
1 |
30.12 |
2008-09-09 |
| 78. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
30.10 |
0.9597 |
0.0059 |
251 |
2 |
30.04 |
2008-12-03 |
| 79. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
30.07 |
1.0881 |
-0.1276 |
210 |
1 |
30.07 |
2008-09-29 |
| 80. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
29.97 |
1.0333 |
-0.0772 |
176 |
4 |
26.33 |
2008-12-02 |
| 81. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
29.87 |
0.8789 |
0.0734 |
136 |
2 |
28.97 |
2008-09-09 |
| 82. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
29.87 |
1.0403 |
-0.0840 |
234 |
1 |
29.87 |
2008-09-05 |
| 83. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
29.85 |
1.0178 |
-0.0622 |
207 |
1 |
29.85 |
2008-09-25 |
| 84. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
29.82 |
1.0028 |
-0.0475 |
259 |
2 |
29.04 |
2008-11-13 |
| 85. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
29.80 |
1.0060 |
-0.0496 |
225 |
1 |
29.80 |
2009-01-06 |
| 86. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
29.77 |
0.9927 |
-0.0412 |
234 |
2 |
27.09 |
2008-11-19 |
| 87. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
29.75 |
0.9631 |
-0.0095 |
273 |
1 |
29.75 |
2008-11-14 |
| 88. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
29.72 |
0.9680 |
-0.0148 |
256 |
2 |
29.13 |
2008-10-19 |
| 89. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
29.68 |
0.8375 |
0.1133 |
203 |
1 |
29.68 |
2008-10-17 |
| 90. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
29.58 |
0.9252 |
0.0240 |
148 |
3 |
28.67 |
2008-09-23 |
| 91. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
29.52 |
1.0197 |
-0.0748 |
204 |
4 |
27.79 |
2008-09-25 |
| 92. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
29.40 |
0.8827 |
0.0561 |
190 |
1 |
29.40 |
2008-11-24 |
| 93. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
29.31 |
0.9745 |
-0.0325 |
388 |
1 |
29.31 |
2008-10-22 |
| 94. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
29.27 |
1.0250 |
-0.0835 |
271 |
1 |
29.27 |
2008-09-23 |
| 95. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
28.90 |
0.9001 |
0.0270 |
217 |
1 |
28.90 |
2008-09-09 |
| 96. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
28.61 |
0.9827 |
-0.0645 |
314 |
1 |
28.61 |
2008-10-23 |
| 97. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
28.49 |
0.8880 |
0.0255 |
296 |
2 |
28.00 |
2008-09-08 |
| 98. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
28.24 |
0.8936 |
0.0107 |
346 |
1 |
28.24 |
2008-10-29 |
| 99. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
28.24 |
1.0267 |
-0.1182 |
261 |
1 |
28.24 |
2008-12-03 |
| 100. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
28.19 |
0.9948 |
-0.0921 |
233 |
1 |
28.19 |
2008-10-19 |
| 101. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
28.08 |
0.8603 |
0.0398 |
270 |
1 |
28.08 |
2008-10-13 |
| 102. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
28.06 |
0.8339 |
0.0652 |
209 |
1 |
28.06 |
2008-09-08 |
| 103. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
28.05 |
0.9829 |
-0.0844 |
229 |
1 |
28.05 |
2008-10-31 |
| 104. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
27.96 |
0.9866 |
-0.0899 |
308 |
1 |
27.96 |
2008-12-05 |
| 105. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
27.93 |
1.0479 |
-0.1541 |
205 |
1 |
27.93 |
2008-12-05 |
| 106. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
27.92 |
0.9332 |
-0.0382 |
267 |
2 |
27.92 |
2009-01-06 |
| 107. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
27.79 |
0.8624 |
0.0237 |
174 |
4 |
23.81 |
2008-12-05 |
| 108. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
27.67 |
0.7966 |
0.0964 |
184 |
1 |
27.67 |
2008-10-21 |
| 109. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
27.65 |
0.9010 |
-0.0122 |
266 |
1 |
27.65 |
2008-10-10 |
| 110. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
27.53 |
1.0272 |
-0.1468 |
226 |
2 |
27.48 |
2008-10-23 |
| 111. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
27.53 |
0.9583 |
-0.0753 |
237 |
1 |
27.53 |
2008-11-18 |
| 112. |
Do you know why they call him Franky "Four Fingers" Doug? Be... |
27.41 |
0.8792 |
0.0104 |
214 |
2 |
26.36 |
2008-09-08 |
| 113. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
27.16 |
0.9422 |
-0.0768 |
190 |
1 |
27.16 |
2008-10-15 |
| 114. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
27.12 |
1.0264 |
-0.1614 |
191 |
2 |
26.58 |
2008-09-05 |
| 115. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
27.08 |
0.7904 |
0.0819 |
149 |
1 |
27.08 |
2008-10-27 |
| 116. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
26.96 |
1.0181 |
-0.1527 |
276 |
1 |
26.96 |
2008-10-23 |
| 117. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
26.87 |
0.9974 |
-0.1402 |
163 |
1 |
26.87 |
2008-10-23 |
| 118. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
26.82 |
0.8913 |
-0.0303 |
201 |
1 |
26.82 |
2008-12-08 |
| 119. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
26.81 |
0.8164 |
0.0425 |
197 |
2 |
25.69 |
2008-10-07 |
| 120. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
26.73 |
0.9027 |
-0.0496 |
189 |
2 |
23.92 |
2008-12-02 |
| 121. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
26.64 |
0.9931 |
-0.1349 |
339 |
1 |
26.64 |
2008-10-27 |
| 122. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
26.34 |
0.8666 |
-0.0251 |
206 |
1 |
26.34 |
2008-11-18 |
| 123. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
26.17 |
0.9243 |
-0.0836 |
240 |
1 |
26.17 |
2008-09-05 |
| 124. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
26.13 |
0.9779 |
-0.1421 |
255 |
1 |
26.13 |
2008-09-03 |
| 125. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
26.08 |
0.8964 |
-0.0637 |
199 |
2 |
25.10 |
2008-10-21 |
| 126. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
26.03 |
1.0082 |
-0.1792 |
212 |
1 |
26.03 |
2008-12-02 |
| 127. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
25.93 |
0.7724 |
0.0567 |
142 |
1 |
25.93 |
2008-10-16 |
| 128. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
25.89 |
0.9538 |
-0.1245 |
276 |
1 |
25.89 |
2008-10-19 |
| 129. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
25.87 |
1.0095 |
-0.1820 |
211 |
1 |
25.87 |
2008-09-03 |
| 130. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
25.53 |
0.9917 |
-0.1717 |
317 |
1 |
25.53 |
2008-09-03 |
| 131. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
25.45 |
0.8986 |
-0.0827 |
216 |
1 |
25.45 |
2008-11-24 |
| 132. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
25.30 |
0.8117 |
0.0021 |
209 |
1 |
25.30 |
2008-10-20 |
| 133. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
24.93 |
0.8194 |
-0.0218 |
193 |
1 |
24.93 |
2008-09-05 |
| 134. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
23.02 |
0.8988 |
-0.1619 |
216 |
1 |
23.02 |
2008-10-28 |