| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
49.83 |
0.8847 |
0.6576 |
282 |
1 |
49.83 |
2008-11-14 |
| 2. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
43.10 |
1.0638 |
0.2692 |
247 |
1 |
43.10 |
2008-12-03 |
| 3. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
42.10 |
0.9927 |
0.3131 |
262 |
2 |
40.03 |
2008-12-03 |
| 4. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
41.57 |
1.0867 |
0.1963 |
171 |
2 |
36.97 |
2008-12-03 |
| 5. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
40.25 |
1.0279 |
0.2127 |
172 |
1 |
40.25 |
2008-11-18 |
| 6. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
38.56 |
1.0582 |
0.1325 |
180 |
4 |
35.97 |
2008-12-03 |
| 7. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
38.52 |
1.0567 |
0.1355 |
314 |
2 |
36.27 |
2008-11-18 |
| 8. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
37.87 |
1.0901 |
0.0842 |
288 |
1 |
37.87 |
2008-12-03 |
| 9. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
37.85 |
0.9839 |
0.1876 |
308 |
1 |
37.85 |
2008-11-18 |
| 10. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
37.38 |
0.9283 |
0.2301 |
317 |
1 |
37.38 |
2008-12-03 |
| 11. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
37.32 |
1.1086 |
0.0470 |
233 |
3 |
33.71 |
2008-11-26 |
| 12. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
37.26 |
1.0028 |
0.1494 |
259 |
2 |
32.88 |
2008-11-26 |
| 13. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
36.71 |
1.0287 |
0.1064 |
269 |
3 |
34.30 |
2008-11-18 |
| 14. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
36.56 |
0.9709 |
0.1593 |
264 |
1 |
36.56 |
2008-11-07 |
| 15. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
36.13 |
1.0600 |
0.0584 |
351 |
1 |
36.13 |
2008-12-03 |
| 16. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
36.02 |
0.9371 |
0.1688 |
156 |
2 |
31.04 |
2008-10-30 |
| 17. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
35.92 |
0.9204 |
0.1920 |
121 |
1 |
35.92 |
2008-10-28 |
| 18. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
35.43 |
0.9310 |
0.1649 |
278 |
1 |
35.43 |
2008-11-07 |
| 19. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
35.30 |
1.0341 |
0.0576 |
273 |
3 |
31.34 |
2008-11-18 |
| 20. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
35.27 |
0.8869 |
0.2021 |
176 |
1 |
35.27 |
2008-11-18 |
| 21. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
35.23 |
1.0479 |
0.0406 |
205 |
4 |
29.28 |
2008-11-26 |
| 22. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
35.11 |
0.9952 |
0.0936 |
220 |
1 |
35.11 |
2008-11-18 |
| 23. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
34.97 |
0.8918 |
0.1945 |
163 |
1 |
34.97 |
2008-10-24 |
| 24. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
34.77 |
0.9980 |
0.0800 |
295 |
1 |
34.77 |
2008-11-14 |
| 25. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
34.34 |
0.9275 |
0.1401 |
243 |
2 |
34.13 |
2008-11-07 |
| 26. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
34.25 |
0.9931 |
0.0626 |
218 |
1 |
34.25 |
2008-10-30 |
| 27. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
34.18 |
0.9001 |
0.1578 |
217 |
2 |
33.64 |
2008-11-18 |
| 28. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
34.18 |
1.0125 |
0.0435 |
232 |
1 |
34.18 |
2008-12-03 |
| 29. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
34.14 |
0.8985 |
0.1543 |
127 |
1 |
34.14 |
2008-11-06 |
| 30. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
33.74 |
0.9713 |
0.0711 |
193 |
1 |
33.74 |
2008-11-14 |
| 31. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
33.64 |
0.8646 |
0.1725 |
110 |
2 |
31.66 |
2008-12-03 |
| 32. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
33.62 |
1.0094 |
0.0307 |
256 |
1 |
33.62 |
2008-11-26 |
| 33. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
33.47 |
0.9928 |
0.0420 |
293 |
1 |
33.47 |
2008-11-26 |
| 34. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
33.46 |
0.9680 |
0.0671 |
256 |
3 |
31.68 |
2008-11-18 |
| 35. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
33.30 |
0.8205 |
0.2114 |
135 |
1 |
33.30 |
2008-10-28 |
| 36. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
33.30 |
1.0079 |
0.0212 |
273 |
1 |
33.30 |
2008-11-18 |
| 37. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
33.27 |
0.9763 |
0.0523 |
143 |
1 |
33.27 |
2008-11-14 |
| 38. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
33.21 |
1.0418 |
-0.0137 |
214 |
1 |
33.21 |
2008-11-06 |
| 39. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
33.18 |
0.9541 |
0.0728 |
236 |
1 |
33.18 |
2008-12-03 |
| 40. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
32.91 |
1.0495 |
-0.0321 |
323 |
1 |
32.91 |
2008-11-07 |
| 41. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
32.69 |
1.0800 |
-0.0759 |
129 |
1 |
32.69 |
2008-11-07 |
| 42. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
32.67 |
0.8192 |
0.1933 |
200 |
1 |
32.67 |
2008-11-07 |
| 43. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
32.62 |
0.9650 |
0.0466 |
347 |
1 |
32.62 |
2008-11-07 |
| 44. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
32.26 |
0.8406 |
0.1542 |
170 |
3 |
31.40 |
2008-10-30 |
| 45. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
32.22 |
1.0777 |
-0.0833 |
226 |
1 |
32.22 |
2008-11-18 |
| 46. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
32.21 |
0.9271 |
0.0686 |
295 |
1 |
32.21 |
2008-11-18 |
| 47. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
32.20 |
0.7904 |
0.2098 |
149 |
1 |
32.20 |
2008-10-28 |
| 48. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
31.94 |
1.0461 |
-0.0562 |
318 |
1 |
31.94 |
2008-11-18 |
| 49. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
31.94 |
0.8381 |
0.1532 |
283 |
1 |
31.94 |
2008-11-26 |
| 50. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
31.67 |
1.0540 |
-0.0797 |
184 |
2 |
31.12 |
2008-10-30 |
| 51. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
31.65 |
0.9145 |
0.0677 |
404 |
2 |
30.49 |
2008-11-07 |
| 52. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
31.64 |
1.0086 |
-0.0345 |
218 |
1 |
31.64 |
2008-11-18 |
| 53. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
31.63 |
0.8911 |
0.0882 |
207 |
1 |
31.63 |
2008-11-06 |
| 54. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
31.61 |
0.9324 |
0.0481 |
246 |
1 |
31.61 |
2008-10-27 |
| 55. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
31.43 |
0.9011 |
0.0740 |
322 |
1 |
31.43 |
2008-11-18 |
| 56. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
31.41 |
0.8666 |
0.1022 |
206 |
1 |
31.41 |
2008-11-26 |
| 57. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
31.34 |
0.9756 |
-0.0072 |
223 |
3 |
27.24 |
2008-10-30 |
| 58. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
31.27 |
0.9809 |
-0.0179 |
209 |
1 |
31.27 |
2008-11-07 |
| 59. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
31.20 |
0.9685 |
-0.0031 |
304 |
2 |
29.93 |
2008-10-28 |
| 60. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
31.14 |
0.8124 |
0.1461 |
167 |
1 |
31.14 |
2008-10-28 |
| 61. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
31.10 |
0.9841 |
-0.0241 |
263 |
1 |
31.10 |
2008-11-18 |
| 62. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
31.08 |
0.9349 |
0.0287 |
287 |
1 |
31.08 |
2008-10-28 |
| 63. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
31.03 |
0.8965 |
0.0634 |
150 |
1 |
31.03 |
2008-10-28 |
| 64. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
30.87 |
0.8742 |
0.0847 |
202 |
2 |
30.54 |
2008-10-30 |
| 65. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
30.83 |
0.9503 |
-0.0038 |
211 |
1 |
30.83 |
2008-10-30 |
| 66. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
30.73 |
0.8988 |
0.0505 |
193 |
2 |
29.16 |
2008-11-07 |
| 67. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
30.64 |
0.9866 |
-0.0389 |
308 |
2 |
30.49 |
2008-11-18 |
| 68. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
30.58 |
0.9574 |
-0.0088 |
354 |
1 |
30.58 |
2008-11-18 |
| 69. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
30.39 |
0.8815 |
0.0629 |
296 |
1 |
30.39 |
2008-11-07 |
| 70. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
30.23 |
1.0601 |
-0.1288 |
256 |
2 |
30.01 |
2008-10-27 |
| 71. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
30.10 |
0.9621 |
-0.0292 |
212 |
1 |
30.10 |
2008-11-07 |
| 72. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
29.65 |
1.0178 |
-0.1030 |
207 |
2 |
29.06 |
2008-10-30 |
| 73. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
29.59 |
0.9974 |
-0.0867 |
163 |
1 |
29.59 |
2008-11-07 |
| 74. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
29.59 |
1.0877 |
-0.1765 |
129 |
1 |
29.59 |
2008-10-24 |
| 75. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
29.52 |
0.8880 |
0.0245 |
296 |
1 |
29.52 |
2008-11-26 |
| 76. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
29.41 |
0.8814 |
0.0256 |
169 |
1 |
29.41 |
2008-10-24 |
| 77. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
29.28 |
0.8124 |
0.0938 |
137 |
1 |
29.28 |
2008-10-27 |
| 78. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
29.23 |
1.0199 |
-0.1203 |
225 |
1 |
29.23 |
2008-10-28 |
| 79. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
29.12 |
1.0561 |
-0.1580 |
227 |
1 |
29.12 |
2008-10-28 |
| 80. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
29.08 |
0.8718 |
0.0264 |
193 |
1 |
29.08 |
2008-10-24 |
| 81. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
29.03 |
0.9583 |
-0.0606 |
237 |
1 |
29.03 |
2008-11-06 |
| 82. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
29.02 |
1.0042 |
-0.1111 |
168 |
1 |
29.02 |
2008-10-28 |
| 83. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
28.90 |
1.0334 |
-0.1409 |
261 |
1 |
28.90 |
2008-10-30 |
| 84. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
28.77 |
0.8469 |
0.0419 |
164 |
1 |
28.77 |
2008-10-24 |
| 85. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
28.66 |
0.8915 |
-0.0058 |
158 |
1 |
28.66 |
2008-10-24 |
| 86. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
28.44 |
0.9332 |
-0.0544 |
267 |
2 |
26.85 |
2008-11-06 |
| 87. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
28.44 |
0.9948 |
-0.1171 |
233 |
1 |
28.44 |
2008-10-24 |
| 88. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
28.33 |
1.0082 |
-0.1378 |
212 |
1 |
28.33 |
2008-11-07 |
| 89. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
28.22 |
0.9010 |
-0.0265 |
266 |
1 |
28.22 |
2008-10-28 |
| 90. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
28.16 |
0.8572 |
0.0112 |
232 |
1 |
28.16 |
2008-11-07 |
| 91. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
27.98 |
0.7988 |
0.0636 |
134 |
3 |
27.13 |
2008-10-27 |
| 92. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
27.66 |
0.9299 |
-0.0837 |
168 |
1 |
27.66 |
2008-10-30 |
| 93. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
27.63 |
0.7966 |
0.0630 |
184 |
1 |
27.63 |
2008-10-28 |
| 94. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
27.57 |
0.7724 |
0.0777 |
142 |
2 |
26.93 |
2008-10-28 |
| 95. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
27.54 |
0.8305 |
0.0157 |
162 |
1 |
27.54 |
2008-10-30 |
| 96. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
27.12 |
0.8624 |
-0.0293 |
174 |
2 |
26.35 |
2008-11-26 |
| 97. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
26.91 |
1.0588 |
-0.2275 |
281 |
1 |
26.91 |
2008-10-28 |
| 98. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
26.90 |
0.8474 |
-0.0160 |
265 |
1 |
26.90 |
2008-11-06 |
| 99. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
26.75 |
0.8726 |
-0.0441 |
150 |
1 |
26.75 |
2008-10-27 |
| 100. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
25.83 |
0.9917 |
-0.1920 |
317 |
1 |
25.83 |
2008-10-24 |
| 101. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
25.09 |
0.9836 |
-0.2089 |
289 |
1 |
25.09 |
2008-10-27 |
| 102. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
24.99 |
0.8603 |
-0.0889 |
270 |
2 |
24.66 |
2008-10-27 |
| 103. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
24.06 |
1.0487 |
-0.3084 |
253 |
1 |
24.06 |
2008-10-24 |
| 104. |
Imagine words like "if" as a two-finger movement instead of ... |
23.98 |
0.7512 |
-0.0124 |
169 |
1 |
23.98 |
2008-10-24 |