Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
29.60 |
0.8758 |
0.3547 |
127 |
2 |
26.75 |
2009-12-19 |
2. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
29.10 |
1.0800 |
0.1242 |
129 |
3 |
26.99 |
2009-12-19 |
3. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
28.34 |
0.8830 |
0.2904 |
134 |
2 |
27.44 |
2009-12-23 |
4. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
28.22 |
0.9371 |
0.2285 |
156 |
3 |
26.15 |
2009-12-23 |
5. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
28.19 |
0.8553 |
0.3211 |
145 |
3 |
24.20 |
2009-12-19 |
6. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
27.53 |
0.8915 |
0.2540 |
158 |
1 |
27.53 |
2009-12-21 |
7. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
27.38 |
1.0472 |
0.0858 |
149 |
1 |
27.38 |
2009-12-19 |
8. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
27.38 |
0.8789 |
0.2547 |
136 |
2 |
27.36 |
2009-12-18 |
9. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
27.35 |
0.8469 |
0.2908 |
164 |
3 |
26.13 |
2009-12-19 |
10. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
27.12 |
0.8365 |
0.2880 |
145 |
2 |
24.00 |
2009-12-19 |
11. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
26.44 |
0.9255 |
0.1751 |
174 |
1 |
26.44 |
2009-12-19 |
12. |
It was evident that he came from the world where men could s... |
26.36 |
0.9417 |
0.1506 |
84 |
1 |
26.36 |
2009-12-22 |
13. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
26.30 |
0.7973 |
0.3013 |
127 |
1 |
26.30 |
2009-12-17 |
14. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
26.30 |
0.8985 |
0.1922 |
127 |
3 |
25.90 |
2009-12-19 |
15. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
26.21 |
0.8161 |
0.2767 |
109 |
4 |
21.67 |
2009-12-19 |
16. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
26.20 |
0.8726 |
0.2196 |
150 |
1 |
26.20 |
2009-12-23 |
17. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
25.69 |
0.8615 |
0.2057 |
171 |
1 |
25.69 |
2009-12-18 |
18. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
25.53 |
0.8777 |
0.1798 |
130 |
1 |
25.53 |
2009-12-19 |
19. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
25.50 |
0.8124 |
0.2494 |
137 |
2 |
24.37 |
2009-12-22 |
20. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
25.32 |
0.8965 |
0.1571 |
150 |
2 |
24.76 |
2009-12-18 |
21. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
25.30 |
0.9324 |
0.1228 |
246 |
1 |
25.30 |
2009-12-18 |
22. |
The time has come for man to plant the seed of his highest h... |
25.29 |
0.9014 |
0.1503 |
193 |
2 |
24.90 |
2009-12-23 |
23. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
25.23 |
0.9763 |
0.0725 |
143 |
2 |
23.76 |
2009-12-19 |
24. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
25.22 |
0.7874 |
0.2597 |
195 |
1 |
25.22 |
2009-12-19 |
25. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
25.13 |
1.0268 |
0.0114 |
179 |
1 |
25.13 |
2009-12-18 |
26. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
24.87 |
1.0333 |
-0.0041 |
176 |
3 |
22.45 |
2009-12-19 |
27. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
24.67 |
0.8805 |
0.1454 |
205 |
2 |
24.65 |
2009-12-19 |
28. |
There is a trick for learning to type faster. That trick is ... |
24.62 |
0.8732 |
0.1421 |
94 |
1 |
24.62 |
2009-12-17 |
29. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
24.51 |
0.8305 |
0.1841 |
162 |
4 |
22.41 |
2009-12-22 |
30. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
24.49 |
1.0264 |
-0.0122 |
191 |
3 |
22.62 |
2009-12-19 |
31. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
24.44 |
0.9598 |
0.0587 |
209 |
2 |
23.99 |
2009-12-20 |
32. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
24.40 |
0.8562 |
0.1531 |
132 |
1 |
24.40 |
2009-12-18 |
33. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
24.36 |
0.8168 |
0.1940 |
115 |
1 |
24.36 |
2009-12-18 |
34. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
24.29 |
0.9809 |
0.0252 |
209 |
2 |
23.25 |
2009-12-20 |
35. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
24.27 |
0.8337 |
0.1752 |
142 |
3 |
22.01 |
2009-12-23 |
36. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
24.23 |
0.9791 |
0.0218 |
154 |
1 |
24.23 |
2009-12-18 |
37. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
24.17 |
0.9264 |
0.0795 |
177 |
3 |
23.70 |
2009-12-23 |
38. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
24.09 |
0.8406 |
0.1581 |
170 |
1 |
24.09 |
2009-12-17 |
39. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
24.09 |
0.9394 |
0.0607 |
195 |
1 |
24.09 |
2009-12-18 |
40. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
24.08 |
1.0615 |
-0.0633 |
201 |
1 |
24.08 |
2009-12-17 |
41. |
Desktop publishing revolutionized the creation of printed do... |
24.05 |
0.8074 |
0.1963 |
182 |
3 |
22.97 |
2009-12-19 |
42. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
24.03 |
1.0617 |
-0.0645 |
171 |
1 |
24.03 |
2009-12-19 |
43. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
23.96 |
1.0867 |
-0.0949 |
171 |
2 |
23.67 |
2009-12-19 |
44. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
23.89 |
0.9614 |
0.0334 |
195 |
3 |
22.77 |
2009-12-18 |
45. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
23.76 |
0.8218 |
0.1661 |
163 |
2 |
22.58 |
2009-12-18 |
46. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
23.76 |
0.9780 |
0.0036 |
173 |
3 |
21.64 |
2009-12-23 |
47. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
23.70 |
0.9166 |
0.0713 |
133 |
2 |
23.58 |
2009-12-20 |
48. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
23.51 |
1.0638 |
-0.0884 |
247 |
1 |
23.51 |
2009-12-20 |
49. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
23.49 |
0.8124 |
0.1597 |
167 |
1 |
23.49 |
2009-12-18 |
50. |
Imagine words like "if" as a two-finger movement instead of ... |
23.39 |
0.7512 |
0.2199 |
169 |
1 |
23.39 |
2009-12-23 |
51. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
23.34 |
0.8863 |
0.0804 |
127 |
3 |
22.97 |
2009-12-23 |
52. |
This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immo... |
23.30 |
0.8288 |
0.1391 |
73 |
1 |
23.30 |
2009-12-17 |
53. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
23.26 |
0.8164 |
0.1502 |
197 |
2 |
22.76 |
2009-12-17 |
54. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
23.08 |
0.8201 |
0.1329 |
187 |
1 |
23.08 |
2009-12-17 |
55. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
23.01 |
1.0479 |
-0.0931 |
205 |
2 |
22.39 |
2009-12-23 |
56. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
22.99 |
1.0095 |
-0.0553 |
211 |
1 |
22.99 |
2009-12-19 |
57. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
22.98 |
0.9869 |
-0.0353 |
193 |
1 |
22.98 |
2009-12-17 |
58. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
22.93 |
1.0243 |
-0.0674 |
153 |
1 |
22.93 |
2009-12-17 |
59. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
22.75 |
0.7988 |
0.1447 |
134 |
3 |
19.71 |
2009-12-17 |
60. |
Through intensive training and psychological manipulation, a... |
22.70 |
0.8135 |
0.1310 |
173 |
1 |
22.70 |
2009-12-18 |
61. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
22.56 |
0.8837 |
0.0532 |
157 |
3 |
22.19 |
2009-12-18 |
62. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
22.08 |
0.8624 |
0.0504 |
174 |
1 |
22.08 |
2009-12-17 |
63. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
22.03 |
0.8053 |
0.1082 |
126 |
1 |
22.03 |
2009-12-18 |
64. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
21.92 |
0.7889 |
0.1253 |
97 |
1 |
21.92 |
2009-12-17 |
65. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
21.92 |
0.8646 |
0.0427 |
110 |
2 |
21.05 |
2009-12-18 |
66. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
21.78 |
0.7384 |
0.1630 |
106 |
2 |
20.84 |
2009-12-19 |
67. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
21.71 |
0.8948 |
0.0066 |
164 |
1 |
21.71 |
2009-12-16 |
68. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
21.70 |
1.0082 |
-0.1116 |
212 |
1 |
21.70 |
2009-12-21 |
69. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
21.67 |
0.9807 |
-0.0919 |
129 |
1 |
21.67 |
2009-12-18 |
70. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
21.61 |
0.9252 |
-0.0267 |
148 |
1 |
21.61 |
2009-12-16 |
71. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
21.21 |
0.8880 |
-0.0068 |
296 |
1 |
21.21 |
2009-12-17 |
72. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
20.72 |
1.0426 |
-0.1860 |
131 |
2 |
20.58 |
2009-12-18 |
73. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
20.56 |
0.8215 |
0.0252 |
124 |
2 |
19.95 |
2009-12-19 |
74. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
20.48 |
0.7724 |
0.0765 |
142 |
1 |
20.48 |
2009-12-17 |
75. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
20.19 |
1.0524 |
-0.2158 |
177 |
1 |
20.19 |
2009-12-16 |
76. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
19.95 |
0.8964 |
-0.0709 |
199 |
1 |
19.95 |
2009-12-17 |
77. |
Because of their scouting skills and peripheral kinesthetic ... |
19.42 |
0.8208 |
-0.0116 |
149 |
1 |
19.42 |
2009-12-16 |
78. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
19.38 |
0.9027 |
-0.1016 |
189 |
1 |
19.38 |
2009-12-16 |
79. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
18.89 |
0.8339 |
-0.0503 |
209 |
1 |
18.89 |
2009-12-19 |
80. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
18.62 |
0.7901 |
-0.0225 |
154 |
1 |
18.62 |
2009-12-17 |
81. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
18.06 |
0.8958 |
-0.1499 |
188 |
1 |
18.06 |
2009-12-17 |