Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
42.13 |
0.9963 |
0.2928 |
274 |
1 |
42.13 |
2010-05-05 |
2. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
41.20 |
1.0867 |
0.1717 |
171 |
2 |
38.39 |
2010-03-24 |
3. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
40.76 |
0.9243 |
0.3252 |
231 |
2 |
37.04 |
2010-05-05 |
4. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
40.58 |
0.9763 |
0.2669 |
283 |
1 |
40.58 |
2009-10-16 |
5. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
40.58 |
1.0131 |
0.2340 |
245 |
2 |
39.75 |
2010-05-05 |
6. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
40.50 |
0.9704 |
0.2709 |
254 |
2 |
32.13 |
2010-04-16 |
7. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
40.28 |
0.8985 |
0.3326 |
127 |
2 |
37.51 |
2009-12-11 |
8. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
39.94 |
0.8777 |
0.3419 |
130 |
2 |
34.45 |
2009-12-11 |
9. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
39.92 |
0.8124 |
0.4122 |
137 |
1 |
39.92 |
2010-05-05 |
10. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
39.26 |
1.0672 |
0.1347 |
239 |
1 |
39.26 |
2010-05-05 |
11. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
38.61 |
0.8948 |
0.2876 |
164 |
1 |
38.61 |
2009-10-16 |
12. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
38.47 |
1.0487 |
0.1278 |
253 |
2 |
35.29 |
2009-10-16 |
13. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
38.46 |
0.9283 |
0.2515 |
317 |
2 |
35.62 |
2009-12-11 |
14. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
38.35 |
1.0095 |
0.1642 |
211 |
2 |
34.58 |
2009-10-19 |
15. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
37.78 |
1.0777 |
0.0777 |
226 |
2 |
35.93 |
2009-09-09 |
16. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
37.71 |
0.8680 |
0.2824 |
196 |
2 |
33.87 |
2010-03-11 |
17. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
37.70 |
0.9927 |
0.1629 |
276 |
1 |
37.70 |
2010-03-11 |
18. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
37.14 |
0.8365 |
0.2974 |
145 |
1 |
37.14 |
2010-04-16 |
19. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
37.00 |
1.0615 |
0.0690 |
201 |
1 |
37.00 |
2009-09-09 |
20. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
36.96 |
0.8845 |
0.2490 |
239 |
1 |
36.96 |
2010-05-05 |
21. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
36.90 |
1.0178 |
0.1109 |
207 |
3 |
32.32 |
2009-09-29 |
22. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
36.79 |
0.8375 |
0.2884 |
203 |
1 |
36.79 |
2009-09-03 |
23. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
36.66 |
0.9864 |
0.1404 |
292 |
1 |
36.66 |
2010-01-14 |
24. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
36.23 |
0.9183 |
0.1881 |
252 |
1 |
36.23 |
2009-10-16 |
25. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
36.07 |
0.9054 |
0.2014 |
204 |
1 |
36.07 |
2009-09-29 |
26. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
35.99 |
1.0208 |
0.0815 |
231 |
1 |
35.99 |
2010-01-14 |
27. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
35.89 |
1.0509 |
0.0559 |
295 |
1 |
35.89 |
2009-10-19 |
28. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
35.60 |
0.7724 |
0.3162 |
142 |
1 |
35.60 |
2009-12-11 |
29. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
35.58 |
0.9869 |
0.0992 |
193 |
3 |
31.45 |
2009-10-19 |
30. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
35.56 |
0.9011 |
0.1912 |
322 |
1 |
35.56 |
2010-01-14 |
31. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
35.56 |
0.9621 |
0.1241 |
201 |
1 |
35.56 |
2009-09-09 |
32. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
35.52 |
0.9604 |
0.1254 |
285 |
1 |
35.52 |
2009-10-16 |
33. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
35.37 |
0.9316 |
0.1538 |
188 |
1 |
35.37 |
2009-11-24 |
34. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
35.28 |
0.8965 |
0.1845 |
150 |
1 |
35.28 |
2009-11-24 |
35. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
35.24 |
1.0341 |
0.0446 |
273 |
1 |
35.24 |
2009-10-16 |
36. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
35.23 |
0.9310 |
0.1474 |
278 |
2 |
33.70 |
2009-12-16 |
37. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
35.23 |
0.9974 |
0.0776 |
163 |
1 |
35.23 |
2009-10-19 |
38. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
35.11 |
0.8726 |
0.2050 |
150 |
1 |
35.11 |
2010-04-09 |
39. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
35.06 |
1.0060 |
0.0744 |
244 |
2 |
34.01 |
2009-11-23 |
40. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
35.04 |
0.8869 |
0.1838 |
176 |
2 |
33.52 |
2010-05-05 |
41. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
35.03 |
1.0877 |
-0.0183 |
129 |
2 |
30.43 |
2009-09-09 |
42. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
35.01 |
0.9991 |
0.0725 |
339 |
2 |
32.98 |
2009-12-11 |
43. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
34.92 |
0.9285 |
0.1391 |
244 |
4 |
31.08 |
2010-04-26 |
44. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
34.82 |
1.0279 |
0.0327 |
172 |
2 |
31.74 |
2009-11-30 |
45. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
34.70 |
0.9980 |
0.0668 |
295 |
1 |
34.70 |
2009-10-16 |
46. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
34.65 |
1.0901 |
-0.0270 |
288 |
1 |
34.65 |
2009-09-04 |
47. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
34.61 |
1.0506 |
0.0089 |
259 |
2 |
33.47 |
2010-04-26 |
48. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
34.58 |
1.0511 |
0.0096 |
252 |
2 |
31.95 |
2009-11-30 |
49. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
34.57 |
1.0094 |
0.0493 |
256 |
2 |
34.36 |
2009-10-23 |
50. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
34.55 |
1.0479 |
0.0085 |
205 |
1 |
34.55 |
2009-09-03 |
51. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
34.50 |
1.0333 |
0.0181 |
176 |
3 |
30.20 |
2010-04-26 |
52. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
34.30 |
0.9166 |
0.1363 |
133 |
1 |
34.30 |
2009-09-09 |
53. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
34.26 |
0.9643 |
0.0934 |
282 |
1 |
34.26 |
2009-12-16 |
54. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
34.04 |
0.9598 |
0.0847 |
209 |
2 |
30.64 |
2010-03-11 |
55. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
33.83 |
0.8378 |
0.2006 |
219 |
1 |
33.83 |
2009-10-20 |
56. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
33.81 |
0.8805 |
0.1547 |
205 |
1 |
33.81 |
2009-12-16 |
57. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
33.77 |
1.1093 |
-0.0809 |
220 |
1 |
33.77 |
2009-09-03 |
58. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
33.61 |
1.1198 |
-0.0917 |
247 |
1 |
33.61 |
2009-09-04 |
59. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
33.51 |
0.9252 |
0.1014 |
148 |
1 |
33.51 |
2009-09-25 |
60. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
33.48 |
1.0199 |
0.0013 |
225 |
1 |
33.48 |
2009-09-03 |
61. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
33.46 |
1.0165 |
0.0071 |
316 |
1 |
33.46 |
2009-09-09 |
62. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
33.46 |
1.0462 |
-0.0188 |
340 |
1 |
33.46 |
2010-01-14 |
63. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
33.34 |
1.0250 |
-0.0014 |
271 |
1 |
33.34 |
2009-09-09 |
64. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
33.14 |
1.0426 |
-0.0320 |
131 |
1 |
33.14 |
2009-10-19 |
65. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
33.12 |
0.9952 |
0.0212 |
220 |
1 |
33.12 |
2009-10-19 |
66. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
33.11 |
0.9935 |
0.0223 |
217 |
2 |
28.81 |
2009-12-16 |
67. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
33.07 |
0.9286 |
0.0856 |
177 |
2 |
30.41 |
2009-11-24 |
68. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
33.04 |
0.9128 |
0.0959 |
237 |
1 |
33.04 |
2009-11-23 |
69. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
32.97 |
0.9809 |
0.0245 |
209 |
1 |
32.97 |
2010-04-09 |
70. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
32.91 |
0.8592 |
0.1457 |
191 |
2 |
30.21 |
2010-04-16 |
71. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
32.82 |
0.9084 |
0.0978 |
271 |
1 |
32.82 |
2009-09-08 |
72. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
32.80 |
0.9841 |
0.0167 |
217 |
1 |
32.80 |
2009-11-24 |
73. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
32.70 |
0.8606 |
0.1403 |
170 |
1 |
32.70 |
2009-09-09 |
74. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
32.69 |
0.9275 |
0.0784 |
243 |
1 |
32.69 |
2009-09-09 |
75. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
32.47 |
1.0521 |
-0.0638 |
197 |
1 |
32.47 |
2010-03-11 |
76. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
32.46 |
0.9829 |
0.0100 |
229 |
1 |
32.46 |
2009-11-24 |
77. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
32.24 |
0.8925 |
0.1014 |
293 |
1 |
32.24 |
2009-12-11 |
78. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
32.13 |
1.0332 |
-0.0503 |
267 |
1 |
32.13 |
2010-01-15 |
79. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
32.03 |
0.9884 |
-0.0055 |
267 |
1 |
32.03 |
2009-11-30 |
80. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
32.01 |
0.8768 |
0.1070 |
199 |
2 |
31.52 |
2009-12-16 |
81. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
31.98 |
0.9890 |
-0.0063 |
272 |
1 |
31.98 |
2010-01-14 |
82. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
31.90 |
0.7271 |
0.2497 |
186 |
3 |
28.00 |
2009-10-16 |
83. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
31.81 |
0.8576 |
0.1210 |
260 |
1 |
31.81 |
2009-12-11 |
84. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
31.78 |
0.9332 |
0.0395 |
267 |
2 |
30.89 |
2009-12-11 |
85. |
Wood and other fibrous material is mixed with liquid and mas... |
31.66 |
0.8938 |
0.0760 |
238 |
1 |
31.66 |
2010-04-09 |
86. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
31.66 |
1.0576 |
-0.0914 |
231 |
2 |
26.30 |
2009-09-03 |
87. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
31.62 |
0.9357 |
0.0299 |
204 |
1 |
31.62 |
2009-10-19 |
88. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
31.58 |
0.9243 |
0.0443 |
240 |
1 |
31.58 |
2010-04-26 |
89. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
31.51 |
0.9264 |
0.0389 |
177 |
2 |
27.27 |
2009-08-26 |
90. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
31.46 |
1.0800 |
-0.1242 |
129 |
1 |
31.46 |
2009-09-18 |
91. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
31.32 |
0.9791 |
-0.0272 |
154 |
1 |
31.32 |
2009-09-09 |
92. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
31.30 |
0.9561 |
0.0051 |
291 |
1 |
31.30 |
2009-10-19 |
93. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
31.21 |
1.0617 |
-0.1085 |
171 |
1 |
31.21 |
2009-09-03 |
94. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
31.12 |
0.8958 |
0.0531 |
188 |
2 |
30.85 |
2009-09-09 |
95. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
31.00 |
0.9780 |
-0.0355 |
173 |
1 |
31.00 |
2009-09-03 |
96. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
30.99 |
1.0600 |
-0.1114 |
351 |
1 |
30.99 |
2009-09-08 |
97. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
30.93 |
0.9927 |
-0.0495 |
234 |
1 |
30.93 |
2009-12-11 |
98. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
30.81 |
1.0638 |
-0.1230 |
247 |
1 |
30.81 |
2009-10-19 |
99. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
30.70 |
1.0883 |
-0.1425 |
189 |
1 |
30.70 |
2010-01-14 |
100. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
30.69 |
0.9324 |
0.0097 |
246 |
1 |
30.69 |
2009-09-09 |
101. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
30.55 |
0.9213 |
0.0113 |
165 |
2 |
30.38 |
2009-12-11 |
102. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
30.50 |
0.7875 |
0.1483 |
257 |
1 |
30.50 |
2009-09-03 |
103. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
30.41 |
0.9866 |
-0.0557 |
308 |
1 |
30.41 |
2009-10-19 |
104. |
Jay earned himself a promotion to lieutenant on the strength... |
30.37 |
0.8175 |
0.1128 |
181 |
1 |
30.37 |
2009-09-25 |
105. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
30.24 |
0.9873 |
-0.0633 |
274 |
2 |
29.25 |
2009-09-09 |
106. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
30.17 |
1.0743 |
-0.1501 |
297 |
1 |
30.17 |
2009-09-08 |
107. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
30.11 |
0.9108 |
0.0103 |
235 |
1 |
30.11 |
2009-09-03 |
108. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
29.96 |
0.8830 |
0.0361 |
300 |
1 |
29.96 |
2009-09-09 |
109. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
29.90 |
0.9673 |
-0.0503 |
292 |
1 |
29.90 |
2009-09-09 |
110. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
29.85 |
0.9757 |
-0.0658 |
176 |
2 |
29.59 |
2009-09-04 |
111. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
29.83 |
0.9807 |
-0.0797 |
129 |
1 |
29.83 |
2009-09-09 |
112. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
29.76 |
0.8837 |
0.0261 |
157 |
1 |
29.76 |
2010-01-14 |
113. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
29.65 |
1.0086 |
-0.1058 |
218 |
1 |
29.65 |
2009-09-08 |
114. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
29.52 |
0.8161 |
0.0895 |
109 |
1 |
29.52 |
2009-09-03 |
115. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
29.23 |
0.8172 |
0.0726 |
204 |
1 |
29.23 |
2009-11-24 |
116. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
29.09 |
0.8824 |
0.0091 |
202 |
1 |
29.09 |
2009-11-30 |
117. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
28.88 |
1.0654 |
-0.1845 |
247 |
1 |
28.88 |
2010-04-09 |
118. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
28.86 |
0.7423 |
0.1385 |
145 |
1 |
28.86 |
2009-12-11 |
119. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
28.73 |
0.9010 |
-0.0198 |
266 |
1 |
28.73 |
2009-09-03 |
120. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
28.72 |
1.0103 |
-0.1376 |
209 |
1 |
28.72 |
2009-10-19 |
121. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
28.57 |
0.9809 |
-0.0993 |
250 |
1 |
28.57 |
2010-04-26 |
122. |
Because of their scouting skills and peripheral kinesthetic ... |
28.42 |
0.8208 |
0.0514 |
149 |
1 |
28.42 |
2009-09-09 |
123. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
28.36 |
0.9299 |
-0.0710 |
168 |
1 |
28.36 |
2009-09-04 |
124. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
28.19 |
0.9503 |
-0.0949 |
211 |
1 |
28.19 |
2009-09-29 |
125. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
27.78 |
0.9538 |
-0.1045 |
276 |
1 |
27.78 |
2009-09-08 |
126. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
27.68 |
0.7920 |
0.0516 |
230 |
1 |
27.68 |
2009-11-24 |
127. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
27.32 |
0.7988 |
0.0344 |
134 |
1 |
27.32 |
2010-04-09 |
128. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
27.09 |
1.0082 |
-0.1850 |
212 |
2 |
25.02 |
2010-01-15 |
129. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
26.69 |
0.9922 |
-0.1757 |
264 |
1 |
26.69 |
2009-09-04 |
130. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
26.56 |
1.0115 |
-0.2048 |
189 |
1 |
26.56 |
2009-08-26 |
131. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
26.38 |
0.9384 |
-0.1345 |
296 |
1 |
26.38 |
2009-08-26 |
132. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
26.36 |
0.9068 |
-0.1030 |
212 |
1 |
26.36 |
2009-11-30 |
133. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
26.19 |
0.9352 |
-0.1358 |
194 |
1 |
26.19 |
2009-09-01 |
134. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
26.00 |
0.9763 |
-0.1822 |
143 |
1 |
26.00 |
2009-09-02 |
135. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
25.94 |
1.0270 |
-0.2336 |
303 |
1 |
25.94 |
2009-09-09 |
136. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
25.70 |
0.8077 |
-0.0223 |
148 |
1 |
25.70 |
2009-08-26 |
137. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
25.11 |
0.8194 |
-0.0531 |
193 |
1 |
25.11 |
2009-08-26 |
138. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
25.02 |
0.8986 |
-0.1335 |
216 |
1 |
25.02 |
2009-09-01 |
139. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
24.86 |
1.0493 |
-0.2829 |
264 |
1 |
24.86 |
2010-05-04 |
140. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
24.02 |
0.8339 |
-0.1007 |
209 |
2 |
21.60 |
2009-09-08 |
141. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
23.62 |
1.0042 |
-0.2867 |
168 |
1 |
23.62 |
2009-09-01 |
142. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
23.58 |
0.8811 |
-0.1658 |
201 |
1 |
23.58 |
2009-08-26 |
143. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
23.40 |
0.9027 |
-0.1916 |
189 |
1 |
23.40 |
2009-08-26 |
144. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
23.29 |
0.7973 |
-0.0816 |
127 |
1 |
23.29 |
2009-09-03 |
145. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
20.26 |
0.8215 |
-0.2109 |
124 |
1 |
20.26 |
2009-08-26 |