Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
51.48 |
0.9869 |
0.3908 |
193 |
2 |
40.81 |
2008-09-28 |
2. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
50.00 |
0.9271 |
0.4168 |
323 |
3 |
45.80 |
2009-02-21 |
3. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
48.88 |
1.0540 |
0.2522 |
184 |
2 |
37.76 |
2008-10-02 |
4. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
48.68 |
0.9927 |
0.3098 |
234 |
1 |
48.68 |
2008-11-14 |
5. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
48.05 |
1.0600 |
0.2291 |
351 |
2 |
45.89 |
2009-04-12 |
6. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
47.61 |
0.9597 |
0.3175 |
251 |
1 |
47.61 |
2008-11-20 |
7. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
46.78 |
0.9621 |
0.2896 |
201 |
2 |
43.76 |
2008-10-01 |
8. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
46.73 |
1.1086 |
0.1450 |
233 |
1 |
46.73 |
2008-10-02 |
9. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
46.63 |
1.1070 |
0.1424 |
265 |
3 |
41.65 |
2008-11-26 |
10. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
46.18 |
0.9027 |
0.3322 |
189 |
1 |
46.18 |
2008-09-28 |
11. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
45.94 |
1.0800 |
0.1449 |
129 |
3 |
42.92 |
2009-02-21 |
12. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
45.77 |
1.0270 |
0.2010 |
303 |
1 |
45.77 |
2008-10-02 |
13. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
45.76 |
0.8965 |
0.3311 |
150 |
4 |
39.93 |
2008-10-02 |
14. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
45.68 |
0.9561 |
0.2704 |
362 |
1 |
45.68 |
2008-11-20 |
15. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
45.14 |
1.0777 |
0.1306 |
226 |
1 |
45.14 |
2008-10-02 |
16. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
44.89 |
0.9285 |
0.2733 |
244 |
1 |
44.89 |
2008-11-14 |
17. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
42.31 |
1.0479 |
0.0846 |
205 |
1 |
42.31 |
2008-11-14 |
18. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
42.23 |
0.8339 |
0.2976 |
209 |
2 |
35.56 |
2008-10-02 |
19. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
41.96 |
0.9957 |
0.1288 |
323 |
3 |
36.66 |
2008-09-29 |
20. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
41.09 |
0.9952 |
0.1084 |
220 |
1 |
41.09 |
2008-10-24 |
21. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
40.86 |
1.0901 |
0.0069 |
288 |
1 |
40.86 |
2008-09-29 |
22. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
40.37 |
0.8194 |
0.2615 |
193 |
2 |
38.10 |
2008-09-29 |
23. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
40.25 |
1.0418 |
0.0376 |
214 |
1 |
40.25 |
2008-10-02 |
24. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
40.15 |
1.0743 |
0.0027 |
297 |
2 |
33.94 |
2008-09-28 |
25. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
39.23 |
1.0873 |
-0.0392 |
243 |
1 |
39.23 |
2008-09-30 |
26. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
39.18 |
0.8680 |
0.1769 |
196 |
1 |
39.18 |
2008-09-30 |
27. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
38.90 |
1.0059 |
0.0375 |
283 |
1 |
38.90 |
2008-09-30 |
28. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
38.44 |
0.9128 |
0.1142 |
237 |
2 |
34.88 |
2008-09-26 |
29. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
38.24 |
1.0341 |
-0.0103 |
273 |
1 |
38.24 |
2008-10-01 |
30. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
38.23 |
0.9836 |
0.0406 |
289 |
4 |
31.67 |
2008-10-28 |
31. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
37.94 |
0.9400 |
0.0789 |
434 |
1 |
37.94 |
2008-09-27 |
32. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
37.80 |
0.9621 |
0.0529 |
212 |
1 |
37.80 |
2008-11-26 |
33. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
37.54 |
0.9422 |
0.0583 |
190 |
1 |
37.54 |
2008-10-01 |
34. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
37.42 |
0.9324 |
0.0729 |
246 |
1 |
37.42 |
2008-09-30 |
35. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
37.40 |
1.0557 |
-0.0527 |
289 |
1 |
37.40 |
2008-09-28 |
36. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
37.06 |
0.9574 |
0.0384 |
354 |
1 |
37.06 |
2008-11-14 |
37. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
37.03 |
0.9839 |
0.0077 |
308 |
1 |
37.03 |
2008-10-02 |
38. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
36.78 |
0.9745 |
0.0127 |
388 |
1 |
36.78 |
2008-09-27 |
39. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
36.62 |
0.9980 |
-0.0150 |
295 |
2 |
32.26 |
2008-10-01 |
40. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
36.26 |
0.9594 |
0.0099 |
258 |
1 |
36.26 |
2008-10-01 |
41. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
36.20 |
0.8406 |
0.1259 |
170 |
2 |
33.17 |
2008-09-26 |
42. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
35.91 |
0.9183 |
0.0442 |
308 |
1 |
35.91 |
2008-10-01 |
43. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
35.91 |
1.0867 |
-0.1295 |
171 |
1 |
35.91 |
2008-10-02 |
44. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
35.90 |
0.9927 |
-0.0307 |
276 |
1 |
35.90 |
2008-09-28 |
45. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
35.88 |
0.8742 |
0.0911 |
202 |
1 |
35.88 |
2008-10-01 |
46. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
35.78 |
0.9673 |
-0.0070 |
292 |
2 |
35.34 |
2008-09-27 |
47. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
35.43 |
0.9779 |
-0.0307 |
255 |
1 |
35.43 |
2008-09-27 |
48. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
35.25 |
0.8827 |
0.0571 |
190 |
1 |
35.25 |
2008-10-02 |
49. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
35.23 |
0.8666 |
0.0742 |
206 |
1 |
35.23 |
2008-10-02 |
50. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
34.56 |
1.0403 |
-0.1168 |
234 |
1 |
34.56 |
2008-09-29 |
51. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
34.46 |
0.9917 |
-0.0671 |
317 |
2 |
33.79 |
2008-10-02 |
52. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
34.45 |
0.9827 |
-0.0595 |
314 |
1 |
34.45 |
2008-10-01 |
53. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
34.33 |
0.9948 |
-0.0769 |
233 |
1 |
34.33 |
2008-09-27 |
54. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
34.26 |
1.0615 |
-0.1473 |
201 |
1 |
34.26 |
2008-09-27 |
55. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
34.05 |
0.9922 |
-0.0801 |
264 |
1 |
34.05 |
2008-10-02 |
56. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
33.80 |
1.0582 |
-0.1565 |
180 |
1 |
33.80 |
2008-09-26 |
57. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
33.76 |
0.9915 |
-0.0887 |
281 |
1 |
33.76 |
2008-09-30 |
58. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
33.72 |
1.0106 |
-0.1090 |
302 |
1 |
33.72 |
2008-09-27 |
59. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
33.28 |
0.9271 |
-0.0368 |
295 |
2 |
30.67 |
2008-09-26 |
60. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
33.10 |
0.8381 |
0.0514 |
283 |
1 |
33.10 |
2008-10-02 |
61. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
32.73 |
0.9981 |
-0.1231 |
211 |
1 |
32.73 |
2008-09-27 |
62. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
32.47 |
0.9260 |
-0.0541 |
348 |
1 |
32.47 |
2008-09-28 |
63. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
32.32 |
1.0199 |
-0.1588 |
225 |
1 |
32.32 |
2008-09-26 |
64. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
31.99 |
0.8192 |
0.0388 |
200 |
1 |
31.99 |
2008-10-02 |
65. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
31.89 |
0.8906 |
-0.0281 |
128 |
1 |
31.89 |
2008-09-27 |
66. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
31.78 |
0.8986 |
-0.0500 |
205 |
3 |
30.65 |
2008-10-02 |
67. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
31.50 |
0.9380 |
-0.0967 |
284 |
2 |
30.72 |
2008-10-10 |
68. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
31.39 |
0.9829 |
-0.1438 |
229 |
1 |
31.39 |
2008-09-28 |
69. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
31.11 |
0.9801 |
-0.1481 |
289 |
1 |
31.11 |
2008-10-02 |
70. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
30.99 |
1.0800 |
-0.2539 |
213 |
1 |
30.99 |
2008-09-27 |
71. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
30.86 |
1.0462 |
-0.2177 |
340 |
1 |
30.86 |
2008-09-30 |
72. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
30.68 |
0.9841 |
-0.1650 |
263 |
2 |
30.61 |
2008-09-29 |
73. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
30.57 |
0.9538 |
-0.1363 |
276 |
1 |
30.57 |
2008-09-29 |
74. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
30.31 |
1.0178 |
-0.2088 |
207 |
1 |
30.31 |
2008-09-29 |
75. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
29.77 |
0.9909 |
-0.1902 |
293 |
1 |
29.77 |
2008-09-27 |
76. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
29.53 |
1.0288 |
-0.2438 |
166 |
1 |
29.53 |
2008-09-26 |
77. |
I don't want to go in there. He's a dangerous bastard. Taken... |
29.43 |
0.9353 |
-0.1413 |
174 |
1 |
29.43 |
2008-09-27 |
78. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
29.22 |
0.9286 |
-0.1455 |
177 |
1 |
29.22 |
2008-09-26 |
79. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
26.98 |
0.9166 |
-0.1931 |
133 |
1 |
26.98 |
2008-09-28 |
80. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
26.97 |
1.0590 |
-0.3394 |
250 |
1 |
26.97 |
2008-09-29 |
81. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
24.00 |
1.0125 |
-0.3734 |
232 |
1 |
24.00 |
2008-09-13 |
82. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
23.28 |
0.8077 |
-0.1865 |
148 |
1 |
23.28 |
2008-09-21 |