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... |
44.14 |
0.9931 |
0.2975 |
218 |
2 |
43.22 |
2009-03-17 |
2. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
42.69 |
1.0867 |
0.1607 |
171 |
3 |
38.29 |
2009-03-11 |
3. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
42.65 |
1.0543 |
0.1930 |
182 |
2 |
38.97 |
2009-03-23 |
4. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
42.00 |
0.9371 |
0.2856 |
156 |
1 |
42.00 |
2009-02-13 |
5. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
41.89 |
0.9349 |
0.2959 |
287 |
1 |
41.89 |
2009-03-17 |
6. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
41.74 |
1.0901 |
0.1357 |
288 |
3 |
37.23 |
2009-03-19 |
7. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
40.84 |
0.9316 |
0.2678 |
188 |
4 |
38.23 |
2009-03-17 |
8. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
40.60 |
1.0472 |
0.1367 |
149 |
1 |
40.60 |
2009-02-13 |
9. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
40.40 |
0.9621 |
0.2193 |
201 |
1 |
40.40 |
2009-03-12 |
10. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
40.30 |
1.0617 |
0.1178 |
171 |
1 |
40.30 |
2009-02-10 |
11. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
40.08 |
0.9166 |
0.2609 |
133 |
1 |
40.08 |
2009-03-10 |
12. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
39.80 |
1.0341 |
0.1320 |
273 |
2 |
36.27 |
2009-03-23 |
13. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
39.77 |
0.9264 |
0.2403 |
177 |
1 |
39.77 |
2009-02-12 |
14. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
39.72 |
0.9275 |
0.2420 |
243 |
2 |
38.05 |
2009-03-17 |
15. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
39.15 |
1.0881 |
0.0555 |
210 |
1 |
39.15 |
2009-03-17 |
16. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
39.15 |
1.0461 |
0.1036 |
318 |
1 |
39.15 |
2009-03-16 |
17. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
39.08 |
1.0601 |
0.0821 |
256 |
1 |
39.08 |
2009-03-10 |
18. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
39.07 |
1.0189 |
0.1256 |
290 |
2 |
36.59 |
2009-04-16 |
19. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
38.82 |
1.0561 |
0.0798 |
227 |
1 |
38.82 |
2009-02-12 |
20. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
38.51 |
0.8830 |
0.2396 |
134 |
2 |
34.81 |
2009-03-16 |
21. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
38.43 |
1.0511 |
0.0770 |
252 |
1 |
38.43 |
2009-02-13 |
22. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
38.36 |
1.1070 |
0.0161 |
265 |
2 |
37.12 |
2009-03-19 |
23. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
38.14 |
1.0059 |
0.1130 |
283 |
1 |
38.14 |
2009-03-12 |
24. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
38.00 |
1.0181 |
0.0968 |
276 |
1 |
38.00 |
2009-03-11 |
25. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
37.99 |
1.0414 |
0.0710 |
234 |
5 |
36.29 |
2009-04-16 |
26. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
37.68 |
1.0426 |
0.0576 |
131 |
1 |
37.68 |
2009-02-10 |
27. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
37.36 |
1.0529 |
0.0444 |
373 |
1 |
37.36 |
2009-04-16 |
28. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
37.14 |
0.9827 |
0.1065 |
314 |
3 |
35.83 |
2009-04-16 |
29. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
37.08 |
1.0600 |
0.0268 |
351 |
2 |
35.36 |
2009-03-23 |
30. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
37.05 |
0.9286 |
0.1588 |
177 |
1 |
37.05 |
2009-03-11 |
31. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
36.98 |
0.9948 |
0.0876 |
233 |
2 |
35.16 |
2009-03-12 |
32. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
36.87 |
1.0466 |
0.0333 |
230 |
2 |
36.07 |
2009-02-19 |
33. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
36.87 |
1.0582 |
0.0190 |
180 |
1 |
36.87 |
2009-02-19 |
34. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
36.78 |
0.9927 |
0.0869 |
262 |
1 |
36.78 |
2009-02-23 |
35. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
36.71 |
0.9880 |
0.0834 |
199 |
2 |
33.27 |
2009-03-12 |
36. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
36.25 |
1.0333 |
0.0236 |
176 |
2 |
34.87 |
2009-03-23 |
37. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
35.99 |
1.0028 |
0.0505 |
259 |
1 |
35.99 |
2009-02-10 |
38. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
35.97 |
0.9762 |
0.0776 |
249 |
1 |
35.97 |
2009-02-13 |
39. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
35.94 |
1.0800 |
-0.0300 |
213 |
2 |
35.26 |
2009-03-23 |
40. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
35.93 |
1.0372 |
0.0150 |
249 |
2 |
34.22 |
2009-03-17 |
41. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
35.82 |
1.0590 |
-0.0107 |
250 |
1 |
35.82 |
2009-02-27 |
42. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
35.72 |
1.0615 |
-0.0181 |
201 |
2 |
33.37 |
2009-03-12 |
43. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
35.71 |
1.0095 |
0.0352 |
211 |
2 |
33.63 |
2009-03-12 |
44. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
35.60 |
1.0272 |
0.0136 |
226 |
2 |
33.81 |
2009-02-27 |
45. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
35.58 |
0.8869 |
0.1530 |
176 |
2 |
35.20 |
2009-03-17 |
46. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
35.48 |
0.9841 |
0.0519 |
217 |
2 |
34.77 |
2009-02-10 |
47. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
35.42 |
1.0197 |
0.0161 |
204 |
2 |
32.84 |
2009-03-11 |
48. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
35.04 |
1.0125 |
0.0124 |
232 |
1 |
35.04 |
2009-02-23 |
49. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
34.89 |
0.9631 |
0.0584 |
273 |
1 |
34.89 |
2009-03-11 |
50. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
34.89 |
0.9869 |
0.0315 |
193 |
3 |
34.52 |
2009-03-11 |
51. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
34.89 |
0.9927 |
0.0260 |
234 |
3 |
31.91 |
2009-03-17 |
52. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
34.88 |
0.9839 |
0.0376 |
308 |
1 |
34.88 |
2009-03-11 |
53. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
34.76 |
0.9285 |
0.0878 |
244 |
2 |
31.63 |
2009-03-17 |
54. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
34.67 |
1.0576 |
-0.0449 |
231 |
1 |
34.67 |
2009-02-02 |
55. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
34.67 |
0.8925 |
0.1300 |
293 |
1 |
34.67 |
2009-03-16 |
56. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
34.61 |
0.9841 |
0.0280 |
263 |
1 |
34.61 |
2009-03-17 |
57. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
34.53 |
0.9597 |
0.0519 |
251 |
1 |
34.53 |
2009-03-11 |
58. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
34.41 |
0.8827 |
0.1211 |
190 |
1 |
34.41 |
2009-02-13 |
59. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
34.39 |
0.8815 |
0.1306 |
296 |
1 |
34.39 |
2009-02-23 |
60. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
34.35 |
1.0036 |
0.0034 |
277 |
1 |
34.35 |
2009-02-12 |
61. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
34.26 |
0.9807 |
0.0111 |
129 |
2 |
32.94 |
2009-02-10 |
62. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
34.17 |
0.9352 |
0.0644 |
194 |
2 |
32.30 |
2009-03-11 |
63. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
34.16 |
0.9010 |
0.1019 |
266 |
3 |
33.12 |
2009-04-16 |
64. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
34.11 |
0.9500 |
0.0507 |
287 |
1 |
34.11 |
2009-03-17 |
65. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
34.10 |
0.8656 |
0.1343 |
242 |
1 |
34.10 |
2009-03-11 |
66. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
34.09 |
0.9928 |
0.0050 |
293 |
1 |
34.09 |
2009-04-16 |
67. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
34.05 |
0.7904 |
0.2112 |
149 |
1 |
34.05 |
2009-02-02 |
68. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
34.04 |
1.0800 |
-0.0901 |
129 |
1 |
34.04 |
2009-02-20 |
69. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
34.03 |
1.0264 |
-0.0340 |
191 |
3 |
32.77 |
2009-03-23 |
70. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
33.79 |
1.0132 |
-0.0231 |
371 |
1 |
33.79 |
2009-03-10 |
71. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
33.72 |
0.9023 |
0.0838 |
268 |
1 |
33.72 |
2009-02-13 |
72. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
33.65 |
1.0086 |
-0.0275 |
218 |
1 |
33.65 |
2009-04-16 |
73. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
33.55 |
0.8669 |
0.1218 |
255 |
1 |
33.55 |
2009-02-13 |
74. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
33.55 |
0.9864 |
-0.0001 |
292 |
1 |
33.55 |
2009-02-10 |
75. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
33.53 |
1.0418 |
-0.0591 |
214 |
2 |
29.66 |
2009-03-17 |
76. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
33.50 |
1.0320 |
-0.0450 |
401 |
1 |
33.50 |
2009-01-29 |
77. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
33.49 |
0.9981 |
-0.0183 |
211 |
1 |
33.49 |
2009-02-09 |
78. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
33.48 |
0.9829 |
-0.0032 |
229 |
1 |
33.48 |
2009-03-11 |
79. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
33.48 |
1.0267 |
-0.0432 |
261 |
2 |
32.56 |
2009-02-19 |
80. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
33.45 |
1.0018 |
-0.0220 |
246 |
1 |
33.45 |
2009-03-23 |
81. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
33.41 |
0.9380 |
0.0388 |
284 |
2 |
31.44 |
2009-04-16 |
82. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
33.27 |
0.9503 |
0.0172 |
211 |
4 |
30.18 |
2009-03-19 |
83. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
33.27 |
0.9084 |
0.0673 |
271 |
1 |
33.27 |
2009-03-19 |
84. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
33.12 |
0.9704 |
-0.0006 |
254 |
2 |
32.99 |
2009-03-12 |
85. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
33.02 |
1.0877 |
-0.1242 |
129 |
1 |
33.02 |
2009-02-23 |
86. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
32.92 |
0.9346 |
0.0264 |
211 |
1 |
32.92 |
2009-04-16 |
87. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
32.90 |
1.0334 |
-0.0707 |
261 |
2 |
32.10 |
2009-03-11 |
88. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
32.86 |
1.0178 |
-0.0574 |
207 |
2 |
32.01 |
2009-03-17 |
89. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
32.69 |
0.8845 |
0.0739 |
239 |
2 |
32.30 |
2009-03-23 |
90. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
32.67 |
0.9915 |
-0.0359 |
281 |
1 |
32.67 |
2009-02-02 |
91. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
32.66 |
0.9357 |
0.0183 |
204 |
3 |
31.46 |
2009-02-23 |
92. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
32.54 |
1.0479 |
-0.0968 |
205 |
1 |
32.54 |
2009-04-16 |
93. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
32.52 |
0.9685 |
-0.0157 |
304 |
1 |
32.52 |
2009-03-10 |
94. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
32.45 |
0.9604 |
-0.0124 |
285 |
1 |
32.45 |
2009-02-19 |
95. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
32.42 |
0.8847 |
0.0623 |
282 |
1 |
32.42 |
2009-03-16 |
96. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
32.38 |
0.9070 |
0.0362 |
192 |
1 |
32.38 |
2009-02-19 |
97. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
32.36 |
1.0370 |
-0.0898 |
262 |
1 |
32.36 |
2009-02-20 |
98. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
32.26 |
1.0094 |
-0.0648 |
256 |
3 |
31.68 |
2009-03-17 |
99. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
32.13 |
1.0521 |
-0.1171 |
197 |
1 |
32.13 |
2009-03-16 |
100. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
31.95 |
1.0498 |
-0.1133 |
261 |
2 |
31.26 |
2009-03-23 |
101. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
31.87 |
0.9468 |
-0.0140 |
318 |
1 |
31.87 |
2009-02-13 |
102. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
31.84 |
1.0557 |
-0.1224 |
289 |
1 |
31.84 |
2009-02-09 |
103. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
31.77 |
0.9260 |
0.0070 |
348 |
1 |
31.77 |
2009-02-13 |
104. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
31.62 |
0.8572 |
0.0667 |
232 |
1 |
31.62 |
2009-04-16 |
105. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
31.52 |
0.8474 |
0.0758 |
265 |
1 |
31.52 |
2009-03-17 |
106. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
31.41 |
0.8965 |
0.0234 |
150 |
1 |
31.41 |
2009-02-09 |
107. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
31.13 |
1.0288 |
-0.1223 |
166 |
1 |
31.13 |
2009-03-17 |
108. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
31.06 |
0.9265 |
-0.0185 |
254 |
1 |
31.06 |
2009-02-23 |
109. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
31.02 |
0.9980 |
-0.0879 |
295 |
1 |
31.02 |
2009-02-10 |
110. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
30.93 |
0.8381 |
0.0708 |
283 |
1 |
30.93 |
2009-02-12 |
111. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
30.85 |
1.0042 |
-0.1051 |
168 |
2 |
30.78 |
2009-02-20 |
112. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
30.84 |
0.9213 |
-0.0209 |
165 |
1 |
30.84 |
2009-01-29 |
113. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
30.81 |
0.9001 |
0.0020 |
217 |
1 |
30.81 |
2009-03-17 |
114. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
30.73 |
0.9852 |
-0.0864 |
235 |
1 |
30.73 |
2009-02-10 |
115. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
30.72 |
1.0462 |
-0.1441 |
340 |
1 |
30.72 |
2009-02-20 |
116. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
30.65 |
1.0279 |
-0.1366 |
172 |
1 |
30.65 |
2009-03-17 |
117. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
30.55 |
0.9332 |
-0.0391 |
267 |
2 |
28.99 |
2009-02-10 |
118. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
30.51 |
1.0115 |
-0.1238 |
189 |
1 |
30.51 |
2009-02-20 |
119. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
30.44 |
0.9673 |
-0.0726 |
393 |
1 |
30.44 |
2009-01-29 |
120. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
30.29 |
0.9145 |
-0.0246 |
404 |
1 |
30.29 |
2009-02-12 |
121. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
30.26 |
0.8172 |
0.0640 |
204 |
2 |
28.31 |
2009-03-19 |
122. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
30.23 |
0.8127 |
0.0683 |
167 |
2 |
26.56 |
2009-03-12 |
123. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
30.17 |
0.8778 |
0.0069 |
285 |
1 |
30.17 |
2009-03-11 |
124. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
30.06 |
0.8936 |
-0.0151 |
346 |
1 |
30.06 |
2009-02-23 |
125. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
29.93 |
0.8666 |
0.0067 |
206 |
2 |
28.35 |
2009-03-17 |
126. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
29.86 |
0.9866 |
-0.1125 |
308 |
1 |
29.86 |
2009-02-20 |
127. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
29.86 |
0.9709 |
-0.0985 |
264 |
1 |
29.86 |
2009-02-10 |
128. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
29.75 |
0.9243 |
-0.0517 |
240 |
1 |
29.75 |
2009-03-11 |
129. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
29.69 |
0.9402 |
-0.0734 |
310 |
2 |
28.13 |
2009-02-20 |
130. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
29.62 |
0.8742 |
-0.0030 |
202 |
1 |
29.62 |
2009-03-10 |
131. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
29.57 |
0.9974 |
-0.1361 |
163 |
2 |
27.72 |
2009-03-12 |
132. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
29.23 |
0.7966 |
0.0646 |
184 |
1 |
29.23 |
2009-02-02 |
133. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
29.22 |
0.8880 |
-0.0330 |
296 |
1 |
29.22 |
2009-02-10 |
134. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
28.93 |
1.0865 |
-0.2404 |
237 |
1 |
28.93 |
2009-01-29 |
135. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
28.74 |
0.8863 |
-0.0491 |
127 |
2 |
28.36 |
2009-02-19 |
136. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
28.68 |
1.0165 |
-0.1783 |
316 |
1 |
28.68 |
2009-02-10 |
137. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
28.34 |
0.9780 |
-0.1553 |
173 |
1 |
28.34 |
2009-02-23 |
138. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
28.02 |
0.9027 |
-0.0867 |
189 |
2 |
27.19 |
2009-03-19 |
139. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
27.75 |
0.8246 |
-0.0128 |
183 |
1 |
27.75 |
2009-01-29 |
140. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
27.59 |
0.8988 |
-0.0920 |
216 |
1 |
27.59 |
2009-03-17 |
141. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
27.43 |
0.8913 |
-0.0877 |
201 |
1 |
27.43 |
2009-01-29 |
142. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
27.24 |
0.8830 |
-0.0840 |
300 |
1 |
27.24 |
2009-03-17 |
143. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
26.86 |
0.9108 |
-0.1256 |
235 |
1 |
26.86 |
2009-02-12 |
144. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
25.64 |
0.8437 |
-0.0950 |
268 |
1 |
25.64 |
2009-02-23 |
145. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
25.03 |
0.8624 |
-0.1357 |
174 |
2 |
24.87 |
2009-02-19 |