Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
39.13 |
0.9275 |
0.2488 |
243 |
1 |
39.13 |
2012-11-22 |
2. |
When the mind is brought to rest and not allowed to wander, ... |
39.09 |
0.8733 |
0.2946 |
162 |
1 |
39.09 |
2012-11-22 |
3. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
38.46 |
1.0042 |
0.1429 |
168 |
2 |
36.28 |
2012-11-22 |
4. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
38.14 |
0.9614 |
0.1814 |
195 |
3 |
36.77 |
2012-11-22 |
5. |
Dropping through sky, through the glass of the roof, through... |
37.86 |
0.9745 |
0.1572 |
217 |
1 |
37.86 |
2012-11-22 |
6. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
37.65 |
1.0595 |
0.0606 |
166 |
2 |
35.66 |
2012-11-22 |
7. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
37.46 |
0.8827 |
0.2341 |
190 |
1 |
37.46 |
2012-11-22 |
8. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
37.46 |
0.8606 |
0.2601 |
170 |
1 |
37.46 |
2012-11-21 |
9. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
37.10 |
1.0131 |
0.1003 |
245 |
1 |
37.10 |
2012-11-22 |
10. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
37.08 |
1.0507 |
0.0641 |
253 |
1 |
37.08 |
2012-11-22 |
11. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
36.89 |
0.8553 |
0.2517 |
145 |
1 |
36.89 |
2012-11-22 |
12. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
36.72 |
0.9371 |
0.1527 |
156 |
2 |
34.74 |
2012-11-22 |
13. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
36.55 |
0.8718 |
0.2212 |
193 |
1 |
36.55 |
2012-11-20 |
14. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
36.52 |
1.0667 |
0.0363 |
308 |
1 |
36.52 |
2012-11-22 |
15. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
36.41 |
0.9925 |
0.0925 |
155 |
3 |
34.60 |
2012-11-21 |
16. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
36.39 |
0.9981 |
0.0896 |
211 |
1 |
36.39 |
2012-11-22 |
17. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
36.37 |
0.9768 |
0.1125 |
237 |
1 |
36.37 |
2012-11-22 |
18. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
36.22 |
1.0243 |
0.0630 |
153 |
1 |
36.22 |
2012-11-20 |
19. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
36.17 |
0.8845 |
0.1988 |
239 |
1 |
36.17 |
2012-11-22 |
20. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
36.01 |
0.9738 |
0.1054 |
266 |
1 |
36.01 |
2012-11-22 |
21. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
35.99 |
0.9408 |
0.1305 |
177 |
1 |
35.99 |
2012-11-20 |
22. |
There are perhaps twenty regular posters on the forum, and s... |
35.96 |
0.9339 |
0.1343 |
108 |
1 |
35.96 |
2012-11-21 |
23. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
35.93 |
1.1198 |
-0.0460 |
247 |
1 |
35.93 |
2012-11-20 |
24. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
35.87 |
0.9113 |
0.1578 |
225 |
1 |
35.87 |
2012-11-22 |
25. |
Right now there are three people in chat, but there's no way... |
35.75 |
0.9841 |
0.0838 |
154 |
2 |
35.16 |
2012-11-20 |
26. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
35.69 |
1.0800 |
-0.0194 |
129 |
2 |
34.93 |
2012-11-22 |
27. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
35.67 |
1.0753 |
-0.0014 |
206 |
1 |
35.67 |
2012-11-20 |
28. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
35.66 |
0.9836 |
0.0748 |
123 |
1 |
35.66 |
2012-11-20 |
29. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
35.51 |
1.0033 |
0.0592 |
203 |
1 |
35.51 |
2012-11-22 |
30. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
35.51 |
1.0521 |
0.0045 |
197 |
2 |
35.11 |
2012-11-22 |
31. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
35.36 |
0.9346 |
0.1202 |
211 |
1 |
35.36 |
2012-11-22 |
32. |
Because of their scouting skills and peripheral kinesthetic ... |
35.30 |
0.8208 |
0.2381 |
149 |
1 |
35.30 |
2012-11-22 |
33. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
35.22 |
0.8240 |
0.2282 |
159 |
1 |
35.22 |
2012-11-22 |
34. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
35.20 |
0.9264 |
0.1273 |
177 |
1 |
35.20 |
2012-11-20 |
35. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
35.16 |
1.0095 |
0.0407 |
211 |
1 |
35.16 |
2012-11-22 |
36. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
35.14 |
1.0341 |
0.0163 |
273 |
1 |
35.14 |
2012-11-20 |
37. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
35.00 |
1.0103 |
0.0308 |
209 |
2 |
33.98 |
2012-11-21 |
38. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
34.86 |
0.9763 |
0.0658 |
143 |
2 |
33.50 |
2012-11-22 |
39. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
34.77 |
0.9915 |
0.0475 |
281 |
2 |
32.80 |
2012-11-22 |
40. |
The milk and cheese and yogurt, which once came from dairy c... |
34.76 |
0.9358 |
0.0980 |
188 |
1 |
34.76 |
2012-11-21 |
41. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
34.73 |
0.9403 |
0.1071 |
307 |
1 |
34.73 |
2012-11-22 |
42. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
34.72 |
1.0881 |
-0.0536 |
210 |
1 |
34.72 |
2012-11-22 |
43. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
34.67 |
0.9149 |
0.1208 |
153 |
1 |
34.67 |
2012-11-20 |
44. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
34.66 |
0.8887 |
0.1524 |
194 |
1 |
34.66 |
2012-11-22 |
45. |
And in the dream I knew that he was goin' on ahead and that ... |
34.53 |
0.9635 |
0.0736 |
220 |
1 |
34.53 |
2012-11-22 |
46. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
34.52 |
0.9987 |
0.0381 |
236 |
1 |
34.52 |
2012-11-20 |
47. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
34.43 |
1.0165 |
0.0124 |
316 |
1 |
34.43 |
2012-11-21 |
48. |
You have to be a fairly determined ecological detective to f... |
34.27 |
0.9040 |
0.1209 |
188 |
1 |
34.27 |
2012-11-22 |
49. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
34.23 |
0.8742 |
0.1540 |
202 |
2 |
32.76 |
2012-11-22 |
50. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
34.18 |
0.9927 |
0.0262 |
234 |
1 |
34.18 |
2012-11-22 |
51. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
34.12 |
1.1070 |
-0.0877 |
265 |
1 |
34.12 |
2012-11-20 |
52. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
34.06 |
1.0036 |
0.0159 |
277 |
2 |
33.16 |
2012-11-21 |
53. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
34.02 |
0.9480 |
0.0705 |
297 |
1 |
34.02 |
2012-11-20 |
54. |
The girls I like best are ones I never feel much like kiddin... |
33.80 |
0.9102 |
0.1057 |
239 |
2 |
32.43 |
2012-11-22 |
55. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
33.78 |
1.0543 |
-0.0419 |
360 |
1 |
33.78 |
2012-11-20 |
56. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
33.60 |
0.9210 |
0.0799 |
200 |
1 |
33.60 |
2012-11-21 |
57. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
33.55 |
1.0540 |
-0.0558 |
184 |
1 |
33.55 |
2012-11-20 |
58. |
In most cases, there is more to be gained by maximizing the ... |
33.41 |
0.9225 |
0.0726 |
112 |
1 |
33.41 |
2012-11-20 |
59. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
33.36 |
1.0800 |
-0.0854 |
213 |
1 |
33.36 |
2012-11-22 |
60. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
33.35 |
0.9384 |
0.0563 |
296 |
1 |
33.35 |
2012-11-20 |
61. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
33.28 |
1.0557 |
-0.0594 |
289 |
1 |
33.28 |
2012-11-22 |
62. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
33.14 |
0.9286 |
0.0641 |
177 |
2 |
32.19 |
2012-11-22 |
63. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
33.09 |
0.9604 |
0.0269 |
285 |
1 |
33.09 |
2012-11-22 |
64. |
At the very end of these food chains (which is to say, at th... |
32.98 |
0.8236 |
0.1565 |
178 |
1 |
32.98 |
2012-11-22 |
65. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
32.98 |
0.9352 |
0.0498 |
194 |
1 |
32.98 |
2012-11-21 |
66. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
32.95 |
1.0004 |
-0.0127 |
373 |
1 |
32.95 |
2012-11-21 |
67. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
32.89 |
0.8925 |
0.0978 |
293 |
1 |
32.89 |
2012-11-22 |
68. |
Imagine words like "if" as a two-finger movement instead of ... |
32.87 |
0.7512 |
0.2303 |
169 |
2 |
31.72 |
2012-11-22 |
69. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
32.83 |
0.9564 |
0.0190 |
263 |
1 |
32.83 |
2012-11-21 |
70. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
32.82 |
0.9183 |
0.0595 |
252 |
1 |
32.82 |
2012-11-21 |
71. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
32.80 |
0.8869 |
0.0913 |
176 |
1 |
32.80 |
2012-11-20 |
72. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
32.64 |
1.0877 |
-0.1153 |
129 |
1 |
32.64 |
2012-11-22 |
73. |
Thing is Butch, right now you got ability. But painful as it... |
32.58 |
0.8957 |
0.0783 |
186 |
1 |
32.58 |
2012-11-20 |
74. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
32.54 |
1.0698 |
-0.0901 |
303 |
1 |
32.54 |
2012-11-20 |
75. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
32.53 |
0.9779 |
-0.0069 |
255 |
1 |
32.53 |
2012-11-20 |
76. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
32.40 |
1.0059 |
-0.0361 |
283 |
1 |
32.40 |
2012-11-21 |
77. |
Being comfortable in the car is critical. If you're not comf... |
32.27 |
0.9976 |
-0.0364 |
212 |
1 |
32.27 |
2012-11-20 |
78. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
32.22 |
1.0672 |
-0.1052 |
239 |
1 |
32.22 |
2012-11-20 |
79. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
32.19 |
0.9541 |
0.0088 |
236 |
1 |
32.19 |
2012-11-21 |
80. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
32.16 |
0.9211 |
0.0389 |
165 |
1 |
32.16 |
2012-11-20 |
81. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
32.12 |
0.9761 |
-0.0114 |
227 |
1 |
32.12 |
2012-11-22 |
82. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
32.12 |
1.0010 |
-0.0369 |
213 |
1 |
32.12 |
2012-11-22 |
83. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
32.08 |
0.9621 |
-0.0060 |
201 |
1 |
32.08 |
2012-11-21 |
84. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
32.05 |
0.8194 |
0.1378 |
193 |
1 |
32.05 |
2012-11-21 |
85. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
32.04 |
1.0590 |
-0.1023 |
250 |
1 |
32.04 |
2012-11-22 |
86. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
32.00 |
0.9594 |
-0.0046 |
258 |
1 |
32.00 |
2012-11-20 |
87. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
31.96 |
1.0006 |
-0.0452 |
311 |
1 |
31.96 |
2012-11-20 |
88. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
31.93 |
0.9597 |
-0.0050 |
251 |
1 |
31.93 |
2012-11-21 |
89. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
31.93 |
0.9299 |
0.0162 |
168 |
1 |
31.93 |
2012-11-21 |
90. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
31.87 |
0.8164 |
0.1360 |
197 |
1 |
31.87 |
2012-11-21 |
91. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
31.86 |
0.9271 |
0.0249 |
295 |
1 |
31.86 |
2012-11-20 |
92. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
31.71 |
0.9402 |
0.0057 |
310 |
1 |
31.71 |
2012-11-20 |
93. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
31.68 |
0.9872 |
-0.0332 |
229 |
1 |
31.68 |
2012-11-20 |
94. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
31.65 |
0.8911 |
0.0561 |
207 |
1 |
31.65 |
2012-11-21 |
95. |
However we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of ... |
31.63 |
1.0051 |
-0.0648 |
162 |
1 |
31.63 |
2012-11-21 |
96. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
31.59 |
1.0498 |
-0.1044 |
261 |
1 |
31.59 |
2012-11-22 |
97. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
31.58 |
1.0178 |
-0.0756 |
207 |
1 |
31.58 |
2012-11-22 |
98. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
31.53 |
0.8192 |
0.1252 |
200 |
1 |
31.53 |
2012-11-20 |
99. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
31.50 |
0.7423 |
0.1973 |
145 |
1 |
31.50 |
2012-11-20 |
100. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
31.47 |
0.8218 |
0.1189 |
163 |
1 |
31.47 |
2012-11-21 |
101. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
31.43 |
0.9084 |
0.0325 |
271 |
1 |
31.43 |
2012-11-20 |
102. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
31.27 |
0.8646 |
0.0665 |
110 |
1 |
31.27 |
2012-11-22 |
103. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
31.26 |
0.9948 |
-0.0616 |
233 |
1 |
31.26 |
2012-11-20 |
104. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
31.16 |
0.8812 |
0.0494 |
177 |
2 |
31.11 |
2012-11-21 |
105. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
31.10 |
0.8592 |
0.0677 |
191 |
1 |
31.10 |
2012-11-20 |
106. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
31.03 |
1.0582 |
-0.1339 |
180 |
1 |
31.03 |
2012-11-20 |
107. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
30.99 |
0.8964 |
0.0269 |
199 |
1 |
30.99 |
2012-11-21 |
108. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
30.88 |
0.8718 |
0.0546 |
318 |
1 |
30.88 |
2012-11-22 |
109. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
30.74 |
0.8067 |
0.1129 |
215 |
1 |
30.74 |
2012-11-22 |
110. |
This business is filled to the brim with unrealistic people ... |
30.73 |
0.9131 |
0.0128 |
187 |
1 |
30.73 |
2012-11-20 |
111. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
30.69 |
0.9425 |
-0.0246 |
248 |
1 |
30.69 |
2012-11-22 |
112. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
30.64 |
0.9324 |
-0.0138 |
246 |
1 |
30.64 |
2012-11-20 |
113. |
I'll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. They ... |
30.44 |
0.9839 |
-0.0754 |
196 |
1 |
30.44 |
2012-11-20 |
114. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
30.39 |
0.9213 |
-0.0154 |
165 |
1 |
30.39 |
2012-11-20 |
115. |
While you were sleeping, you tossed, you turned. You rolled ... |
30.38 |
0.8663 |
0.0374 |
172 |
1 |
30.38 |
2012-11-22 |
116. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
30.22 |
0.9145 |
-0.0080 |
404 |
1 |
30.22 |
2012-11-22 |
117. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
30.19 |
1.0250 |
-0.1200 |
271 |
1 |
30.19 |
2012-11-20 |
118. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
30.07 |
0.8936 |
0.0038 |
346 |
2 |
29.42 |
2012-11-22 |
119. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
30.01 |
0.7874 |
0.1075 |
195 |
1 |
30.01 |
2012-11-20 |
120. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
29.64 |
0.9243 |
-0.0366 |
240 |
1 |
29.64 |
2012-11-20 |
121. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
29.53 |
0.7868 |
0.0919 |
116 |
1 |
29.53 |
2012-11-20 |
122. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
29.34 |
0.9952 |
-0.1163 |
220 |
1 |
29.34 |
2012-11-20 |
123. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
29.02 |
1.0060 |
-0.1384 |
225 |
1 |
29.02 |
2012-11-20 |
124. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
28.90 |
1.0132 |
-0.1493 |
371 |
1 |
28.90 |
2012-11-20 |
125. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
28.66 |
1.0504 |
-0.1924 |
225 |
1 |
28.66 |
2012-11-20 |
126. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
28.59 |
0.9606 |
-0.1025 |
203 |
1 |
28.59 |
2012-11-21 |
127. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
28.54 |
0.7852 |
0.0612 |
154 |
1 |
28.54 |
2012-11-20 |
128. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
28.11 |
0.7988 |
0.0386 |
134 |
1 |
28.11 |
2012-11-20 |
129. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
26.58 |
0.9143 |
-0.1198 |
300 |
1 |
26.58 |
2012-11-20 |
130. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
25.91 |
0.8172 |
-0.0482 |
204 |
1 |
25.91 |
2012-11-21 |