Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
52.47 |
1.1093 |
0.1235 |
220 |
2 |
52.38 |
2008-10-18 |
2. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
51.52 |
1.0561 |
0.1579 |
227 |
1 |
51.52 |
2009-01-09 |
3. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
49.21 |
1.0472 |
0.1076 |
149 |
1 |
49.21 |
2008-10-04 |
4. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
48.90 |
1.0288 |
0.1202 |
166 |
2 |
44.11 |
2008-10-05 |
5. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
48.63 |
1.0873 |
0.0570 |
243 |
3 |
46.44 |
2009-01-09 |
6. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
48.19 |
0.9952 |
0.1441 |
220 |
3 |
42.30 |
2008-10-10 |
7. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
47.57 |
0.9957 |
0.1263 |
323 |
2 |
43.85 |
2008-10-12 |
8. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
47.18 |
1.0638 |
0.0471 |
247 |
1 |
47.18 |
2008-10-04 |
9. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
47.15 |
1.0521 |
0.0545 |
197 |
1 |
47.15 |
2008-10-05 |
10. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
47.02 |
1.0414 |
0.0668 |
234 |
2 |
44.70 |
2008-10-05 |
11. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
46.85 |
1.0865 |
0.0184 |
237 |
2 |
46.74 |
2009-01-09 |
12. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
46.79 |
0.8906 |
0.2223 |
128 |
1 |
46.79 |
2008-10-05 |
13. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
46.50 |
1.0006 |
0.0962 |
311 |
1 |
46.50 |
2008-10-12 |
14. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
46.39 |
0.9380 |
0.1547 |
284 |
2 |
41.74 |
2008-10-06 |
15. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
46.38 |
0.9927 |
0.1018 |
276 |
1 |
46.38 |
2008-10-11 |
16. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
45.81 |
0.9836 |
0.0969 |
289 |
3 |
40.55 |
2008-10-07 |
17. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
45.70 |
1.0165 |
0.0605 |
316 |
1 |
45.70 |
2008-10-12 |
18. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
45.25 |
1.0028 |
0.0632 |
259 |
1 |
45.25 |
2008-10-18 |
19. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
44.45 |
0.9632 |
0.0862 |
287 |
1 |
44.45 |
2008-10-05 |
20. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
44.37 |
0.9206 |
0.1262 |
317 |
1 |
44.37 |
2008-10-05 |
21. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
44.17 |
0.9597 |
0.0820 |
251 |
1 |
44.17 |
2008-10-05 |
22. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
44.11 |
1.0495 |
-0.0099 |
323 |
1 |
44.11 |
2008-10-11 |
23. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
44.07 |
1.0877 |
-0.0519 |
129 |
1 |
44.07 |
2008-10-04 |
24. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
44.06 |
0.8827 |
0.1522 |
190 |
1 |
44.06 |
2008-10-05 |
25. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
44.04 |
0.9974 |
0.0371 |
163 |
1 |
44.04 |
2008-10-04 |
26. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
44.03 |
1.0341 |
0.0035 |
273 |
1 |
44.03 |
2008-10-10 |
27. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
43.86 |
0.9252 |
0.1096 |
148 |
1 |
43.86 |
2008-10-06 |
28. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
43.70 |
0.9927 |
0.0396 |
262 |
2 |
43.04 |
2008-10-10 |
29. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
43.60 |
0.9538 |
0.0740 |
276 |
1 |
43.60 |
2009-01-09 |
30. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
43.51 |
1.0901 |
-0.0622 |
288 |
1 |
43.51 |
2008-10-04 |
31. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
43.50 |
1.0557 |
-0.0289 |
289 |
1 |
43.50 |
2008-10-04 |
32. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
43.25 |
1.0272 |
-0.0096 |
226 |
1 |
43.25 |
2008-10-18 |
33. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
43.24 |
1.0654 |
-0.0484 |
247 |
1 |
43.24 |
2008-10-18 |
34. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
43.18 |
0.9981 |
0.0190 |
211 |
1 |
43.18 |
2008-10-12 |
35. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
43.17 |
0.8911 |
0.1279 |
207 |
2 |
41.65 |
2008-10-11 |
36. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
43.14 |
0.9709 |
0.0449 |
264 |
1 |
43.14 |
2008-10-11 |
37. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
43.03 |
0.9957 |
0.0228 |
323 |
1 |
43.03 |
2009-01-09 |
38. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
43.02 |
0.8474 |
0.1673 |
265 |
2 |
41.75 |
2008-10-11 |
39. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
42.91 |
1.0576 |
-0.0488 |
231 |
1 |
42.91 |
2008-10-04 |
40. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
42.88 |
1.0181 |
-0.0059 |
276 |
1 |
42.88 |
2008-10-05 |
41. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
42.85 |
0.9010 |
0.1117 |
266 |
1 |
42.85 |
2008-10-07 |
42. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
42.79 |
0.8988 |
0.1092 |
193 |
2 |
39.44 |
2008-10-07 |
43. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
42.70 |
1.0130 |
-0.0062 |
288 |
1 |
42.70 |
2009-01-09 |
44. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
42.63 |
1.0135 |
-0.0052 |
358 |
2 |
42.61 |
2009-01-09 |
45. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
42.55 |
1.0082 |
-0.0101 |
212 |
1 |
42.55 |
2008-10-10 |
46. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
42.38 |
1.0189 |
-0.0204 |
290 |
1 |
42.38 |
2008-10-05 |
47. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
42.29 |
1.0590 |
-0.0632 |
250 |
1 |
42.29 |
2008-10-04 |
48. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
42.13 |
0.9275 |
0.0708 |
243 |
1 |
42.13 |
2008-10-04 |
49. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
42.08 |
0.9541 |
0.0384 |
236 |
1 |
42.08 |
2008-10-11 |
50. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
42.03 |
0.9917 |
0.0012 |
317 |
1 |
42.03 |
2008-10-04 |
51. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
41.98 |
0.8965 |
0.0936 |
150 |
1 |
41.98 |
2008-10-05 |
52. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
41.85 |
0.9915 |
-0.0059 |
281 |
1 |
41.85 |
2008-10-18 |
53. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
41.83 |
0.9745 |
0.0136 |
388 |
1 |
41.83 |
2008-10-18 |
54. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
41.82 |
0.9324 |
0.0564 |
246 |
1 |
41.82 |
2008-10-05 |
55. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
41.82 |
0.9880 |
-0.0064 |
199 |
2 |
40.21 |
2008-10-05 |
56. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
41.78 |
1.0372 |
-0.0528 |
249 |
1 |
41.78 |
2008-10-04 |
57. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
41.58 |
0.9271 |
0.0555 |
323 |
1 |
41.58 |
2008-10-18 |
58. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
41.57 |
0.9183 |
0.0625 |
308 |
2 |
40.02 |
2008-10-18 |
59. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
41.55 |
0.9839 |
-0.0047 |
308 |
2 |
39.90 |
2008-10-04 |
60. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
41.39 |
1.0588 |
-0.0831 |
281 |
1 |
41.39 |
2008-10-04 |
61. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
41.02 |
0.9143 |
0.0535 |
300 |
2 |
39.03 |
2008-10-12 |
62. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
40.94 |
1.0511 |
-0.0844 |
252 |
1 |
40.94 |
2008-10-04 |
63. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
40.93 |
0.8988 |
0.0659 |
216 |
4 |
36.91 |
2008-10-11 |
64. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
40.92 |
1.0582 |
-0.0969 |
180 |
1 |
40.92 |
2008-11-04 |
65. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
40.90 |
0.8847 |
0.0771 |
282 |
1 |
40.90 |
2008-10-04 |
66. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
40.86 |
0.9594 |
0.0018 |
258 |
1 |
40.86 |
2008-10-11 |
67. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
40.84 |
0.8913 |
0.0727 |
201 |
2 |
37.80 |
2008-10-12 |
68. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
40.81 |
0.8742 |
0.0921 |
202 |
1 |
40.81 |
2008-10-11 |
69. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
40.56 |
0.9402 |
0.0138 |
310 |
1 |
40.56 |
2008-10-10 |
70. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
39.46 |
1.0291 |
-0.1014 |
240 |
2 |
38.67 |
2008-10-04 |
71. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
39.25 |
1.0479 |
-0.1247 |
205 |
1 |
39.25 |
2008-10-03 |
72. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
39.08 |
0.9108 |
0.0099 |
235 |
1 |
39.08 |
2008-10-05 |
73. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
39.05 |
0.9763 |
-0.0567 |
143 |
2 |
36.86 |
2008-10-04 |
74. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
38.97 |
0.9779 |
-0.0612 |
255 |
1 |
38.97 |
2008-10-04 |
75. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
38.97 |
0.8845 |
0.0350 |
239 |
2 |
38.76 |
2008-10-11 |
76. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
38.88 |
0.9673 |
-0.0474 |
393 |
1 |
38.88 |
2008-10-05 |
77. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
38.38 |
0.9621 |
-0.0608 |
201 |
1 |
38.38 |
2008-10-11 |
78. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
38.24 |
0.8986 |
0.0073 |
363 |
1 |
38.24 |
2008-10-05 |
79. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
38.06 |
0.9392 |
-0.0365 |
360 |
2 |
37.85 |
2008-11-04 |
80. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
37.94 |
0.8830 |
0.0132 |
300 |
2 |
36.05 |
2008-10-10 |
81. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
37.77 |
1.0079 |
-0.1192 |
273 |
1 |
37.77 |
2008-10-04 |
82. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
37.50 |
0.9027 |
-0.0229 |
189 |
1 |
37.50 |
2008-10-04 |
83. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
36.00 |
0.9011 |
-0.0502 |
322 |
1 |
36.00 |
2008-10-05 |
84. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
35.48 |
0.8624 |
-0.0317 |
174 |
1 |
35.48 |
2008-10-12 |
85. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
34.50 |
1.0101 |
-0.1961 |
336 |
1 |
34.50 |
2008-10-04 |
86. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
33.53 |
0.9673 |
-0.1760 |
292 |
1 |
33.53 |
2008-10-04 |
87. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
32.87 |
0.8437 |
-0.0709 |
268 |
2 |
32.84 |
2008-10-11 |
88. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
31.74 |
1.0682 |
-0.3204 |
266 |
1 |
31.74 |
2009-01-09 |
89. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
31.45 |
0.8127 |
-0.0765 |
167 |
2 |
31.10 |
2008-10-04 |
90. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
30.92 |
0.8666 |
-0.1419 |
206 |
1 |
30.92 |
2008-10-04 |