| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
88.80 |
1.0476 |
0.1872 |
110 |
2 |
75.42 |
2009-01-01 |
| 2. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
88.73 |
1.0427 |
0.2014 |
269 |
1 |
88.73 |
2008-12-31 |
| 3. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
88.43 |
1.0567 |
0.1820 |
314 |
1 |
88.43 |
2008-12-13 |
| 4. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
87.61 |
1.0418 |
0.1864 |
214 |
1 |
87.61 |
2009-01-01 |
| 5. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
86.97 |
1.1086 |
0.1102 |
233 |
1 |
86.97 |
2008-12-10 |
| 6. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
86.44 |
1.0370 |
0.1738 |
262 |
1 |
86.44 |
2009-01-01 |
| 7. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
85.85 |
1.0288 |
0.1692 |
166 |
3 |
81.42 |
2008-12-23 |
| 8. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
83.54 |
1.0582 |
0.1088 |
180 |
3 |
76.85 |
2008-12-29 |
| 9. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
83.40 |
1.0334 |
0.1342 |
261 |
1 |
83.40 |
2008-12-11 |
| 10. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
83.36 |
1.0404 |
0.1321 |
406 |
3 |
72.26 |
2008-12-14 |
| 11. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
83.27 |
1.0035 |
0.1634 |
310 |
1 |
83.27 |
2008-12-29 |
| 12. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
83.22 |
1.0743 |
0.0924 |
297 |
1 |
83.22 |
2008-12-12 |
| 13. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
82.59 |
1.0590 |
0.0967 |
250 |
1 |
82.59 |
2008-12-10 |
| 14. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
82.08 |
1.0867 |
0.0585 |
171 |
1 |
82.08 |
2008-12-31 |
| 15. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
81.96 |
1.0461 |
0.1040 |
318 |
2 |
79.22 |
2008-12-16 |
| 16. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
81.69 |
1.1198 |
0.0233 |
247 |
1 |
81.69 |
2008-12-16 |
| 17. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
81.29 |
1.0101 |
0.1302 |
336 |
3 |
75.67 |
2008-12-16 |
| 18. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
80.51 |
1.0472 |
0.0740 |
149 |
1 |
80.51 |
2008-12-18 |
| 19. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
80.49 |
1.0320 |
0.1012 |
401 |
1 |
80.49 |
2008-12-29 |
| 20. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
80.41 |
1.0265 |
0.1033 |
375 |
2 |
78.04 |
2008-12-29 |
| 21. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
80.23 |
1.0881 |
0.0315 |
210 |
1 |
80.23 |
2008-12-15 |
| 22. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
80.01 |
1.0181 |
0.1036 |
276 |
2 |
79.19 |
2008-12-18 |
| 23. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
79.98 |
1.0495 |
0.0700 |
323 |
1 |
79.98 |
2008-12-29 |
| 24. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
79.82 |
1.0250 |
0.0957 |
271 |
1 |
79.82 |
2008-12-14 |
| 25. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
79.53 |
0.9927 |
0.1177 |
234 |
3 |
70.72 |
2008-12-31 |
| 26. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
78.92 |
1.0272 |
0.0758 |
226 |
2 |
69.55 |
2008-12-11 |
| 27. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
78.67 |
0.9402 |
0.1595 |
310 |
1 |
78.67 |
2008-12-16 |
| 28. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
78.48 |
1.0506 |
0.0479 |
259 |
1 |
78.48 |
2008-12-31 |
| 29. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
78.06 |
1.0362 |
0.0631 |
437 |
2 |
72.62 |
2008-12-23 |
| 30. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
77.57 |
1.0270 |
0.0597 |
303 |
1 |
77.57 |
2008-12-31 |
| 31. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
77.49 |
1.0607 |
0.0270 |
357 |
2 |
73.33 |
2008-12-20 |
| 32. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
77.30 |
1.0638 |
0.0165 |
247 |
1 |
77.30 |
2008-12-29 |
| 33. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
77.16 |
1.0227 |
0.0637 |
378 |
1 |
77.16 |
2008-12-13 |
| 34. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
76.90 |
1.0135 |
0.0664 |
358 |
2 |
74.72 |
2008-12-15 |
| 35. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
76.59 |
1.0351 |
0.0411 |
276 |
1 |
76.59 |
2008-12-31 |
| 36. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
76.59 |
0.9915 |
0.0799 |
281 |
3 |
70.92 |
2008-12-31 |
| 37. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
76.56 |
0.9801 |
0.0914 |
289 |
2 |
75.66 |
2008-12-18 |
| 38. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
76.30 |
1.0498 |
0.0196 |
261 |
1 |
76.30 |
2008-12-15 |
| 39. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
75.87 |
1.0267 |
0.0385 |
261 |
2 |
72.70 |
2008-12-15 |
| 40. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
75.55 |
0.9869 |
0.0671 |
193 |
4 |
71.60 |
2008-12-31 |
| 41. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
75.51 |
0.9727 |
0.0911 |
442 |
1 |
75.51 |
2008-12-13 |
| 42. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
75.18 |
0.9400 |
0.1150 |
434 |
1 |
75.18 |
2008-12-16 |
| 43. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
75.05 |
0.9704 |
0.0802 |
254 |
1 |
75.05 |
2008-12-16 |
| 44. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
74.37 |
1.0588 |
-0.0177 |
281 |
1 |
74.37 |
2008-12-18 |
| 45. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
74.21 |
1.0615 |
-0.0257 |
201 |
2 |
65.83 |
2008-12-13 |
| 46. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
74.00 |
0.9931 |
0.0472 |
339 |
1 |
74.00 |
2008-12-16 |
| 47. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
73.93 |
1.0487 |
-0.0161 |
253 |
1 |
73.93 |
2008-12-13 |
| 48. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
73.84 |
1.0543 |
-0.0185 |
360 |
1 |
73.84 |
2008-12-10 |
| 49. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
73.64 |
1.0639 |
-0.0321 |
303 |
1 |
73.64 |
2008-12-10 |
| 50. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
73.59 |
1.0042 |
0.0220 |
168 |
1 |
73.59 |
2008-12-29 |
| 51. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
73.57 |
1.0628 |
-0.0311 |
363 |
1 |
73.57 |
2008-12-11 |
| 52. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
73.50 |
1.0873 |
-0.0615 |
243 |
1 |
73.50 |
2008-12-31 |
| 53. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
73.48 |
0.9673 |
0.0651 |
393 |
1 |
73.48 |
2008-12-23 |
| 54. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
73.40 |
0.9885 |
0.0390 |
355 |
1 |
73.40 |
2008-12-31 |
| 55. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
73.33 |
0.9243 |
0.1042 |
240 |
2 |
67.74 |
2008-12-13 |
| 56. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
73.12 |
1.0086 |
0.0105 |
218 |
2 |
69.36 |
2008-12-15 |
| 57. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
72.88 |
0.9631 |
0.0564 |
273 |
2 |
72.46 |
2008-12-29 |
| 58. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
72.67 |
0.8666 |
0.1480 |
206 |
1 |
72.67 |
2008-12-24 |
| 59. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
72.62 |
1.0178 |
-0.0031 |
207 |
1 |
72.62 |
2008-12-10 |
| 60. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
72.51 |
1.0419 |
-0.0240 |
341 |
1 |
72.51 |
2008-12-16 |
| 61. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
72.22 |
0.9650 |
0.0484 |
347 |
2 |
68.48 |
2008-12-31 |
| 62. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
72.02 |
0.9603 |
0.0531 |
430 |
1 |
72.02 |
2008-12-10 |
| 63. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
71.98 |
1.0672 |
-0.0610 |
239 |
2 |
70.29 |
2008-12-31 |
| 64. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
71.96 |
1.0079 |
-0.0018 |
273 |
2 |
71.36 |
2008-12-20 |
| 65. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
71.91 |
0.9359 |
0.0712 |
355 |
2 |
68.59 |
2008-12-16 |
| 66. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
71.47 |
0.9890 |
0.0151 |
272 |
1 |
71.47 |
2008-12-15 |
| 67. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
71.31 |
0.9836 |
0.0144 |
289 |
1 |
71.31 |
2008-12-11 |
| 68. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
71.29 |
1.0669 |
-0.0661 |
379 |
1 |
71.29 |
2008-12-12 |
| 69. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
71.19 |
1.0450 |
-0.0435 |
358 |
1 |
71.19 |
2008-12-24 |
| 70. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
71.06 |
1.0479 |
-0.0551 |
205 |
1 |
71.06 |
2008-12-12 |
| 71. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
70.42 |
1.0426 |
-0.0612 |
131 |
2 |
69.65 |
2008-12-31 |
| 72. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
70.26 |
0.9678 |
0.0196 |
392 |
1 |
70.26 |
2008-12-29 |
| 73. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
70.21 |
1.0189 |
-0.0371 |
290 |
2 |
69.65 |
2008-12-11 |
| 74. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
70.18 |
1.0057 |
-0.0208 |
382 |
1 |
70.18 |
2008-12-23 |
| 75. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
70.09 |
0.9352 |
0.0444 |
194 |
1 |
70.09 |
2008-12-31 |
| 76. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
69.76 |
0.9780 |
-0.0081 |
173 |
1 |
69.76 |
2008-12-10 |
| 77. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
69.43 |
1.0540 |
-0.0875 |
184 |
1 |
69.43 |
2008-12-29 |
| 78. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
69.40 |
0.9864 |
-0.0116 |
292 |
1 |
69.40 |
2008-12-31 |
| 79. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
69.12 |
0.9927 |
-0.0250 |
276 |
2 |
67.97 |
2008-12-16 |
| 80. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
69.01 |
1.0060 |
-0.0398 |
225 |
2 |
66.38 |
2008-12-24 |
| 81. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
68.91 |
0.9680 |
-0.0038 |
256 |
2 |
66.20 |
2008-12-13 |
| 82. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
68.78 |
0.9996 |
-0.0298 |
483 |
1 |
68.78 |
2008-12-10 |
| 83. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
68.46 |
0.9736 |
-0.0087 |
378 |
1 |
68.46 |
2008-12-23 |
| 84. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
68.35 |
1.0059 |
-0.0485 |
283 |
1 |
68.35 |
2008-12-23 |
| 85. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
68.13 |
0.9763 |
-0.0237 |
143 |
1 |
68.13 |
2008-12-31 |
| 86. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
68.04 |
0.9787 |
-0.0234 |
364 |
1 |
68.04 |
2008-12-12 |
| 87. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
67.97 |
0.9829 |
-0.0327 |
229 |
1 |
67.97 |
2008-12-24 |
| 88. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
67.57 |
0.9917 |
-0.0443 |
317 |
1 |
67.57 |
2008-12-13 |
| 89. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
67.13 |
1.0006 |
-0.0615 |
311 |
1 |
67.13 |
2008-12-24 |
| 90. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
67.11 |
0.9658 |
-0.0233 |
308 |
1 |
67.11 |
2008-12-18 |
| 91. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
66.95 |
0.9228 |
0.0182 |
305 |
1 |
66.95 |
2008-12-13 |
| 92. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
66.67 |
0.9332 |
-0.0006 |
267 |
1 |
66.67 |
2008-12-10 |
| 93. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
66.15 |
0.9108 |
0.0144 |
235 |
1 |
66.15 |
2008-12-11 |
| 94. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
66.04 |
0.9839 |
-0.0604 |
308 |
1 |
66.04 |
2008-12-13 |
| 95. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
66.01 |
0.9299 |
-0.0150 |
168 |
2 |
64.50 |
2008-12-16 |
| 96. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
65.96 |
0.9849 |
-0.0611 |
337 |
1 |
65.96 |
2008-12-11 |
| 97. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
65.71 |
1.0279 |
-0.1145 |
172 |
2 |
65.60 |
2008-12-16 |
| 98. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
65.28 |
0.9346 |
-0.0245 |
211 |
1 |
65.28 |
2008-12-23 |
| 99. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
65.21 |
0.9809 |
-0.0728 |
209 |
1 |
65.21 |
2008-12-14 |
| 100. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
65.15 |
1.0208 |
-0.1097 |
231 |
1 |
65.15 |
2008-12-10 |
| 101. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
64.93 |
0.9745 |
-0.0643 |
388 |
1 |
64.93 |
2008-12-16 |
| 102. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
64.65 |
1.0291 |
-0.1271 |
240 |
1 |
64.65 |
2008-12-24 |
| 103. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
64.14 |
0.9561 |
-0.0575 |
362 |
1 |
64.14 |
2008-12-10 |
| 104. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
64.14 |
0.9339 |
-0.0311 |
317 |
1 |
64.14 |
2008-12-10 |
| 105. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
63.64 |
0.9957 |
-0.1018 |
323 |
2 |
59.56 |
2008-12-29 |
| 106. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
63.54 |
0.9719 |
-0.0762 |
383 |
1 |
63.54 |
2008-12-23 |
| 107. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
63.44 |
0.9574 |
-0.0671 |
354 |
1 |
63.44 |
2008-12-23 |
| 108. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
63.23 |
0.9468 |
-0.0629 |
318 |
1 |
63.23 |
2008-12-12 |
| 109. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
62.83 |
0.9357 |
-0.0594 |
204 |
1 |
62.83 |
2008-12-16 |
| 110. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
62.71 |
0.9756 |
-0.0995 |
223 |
1 |
62.71 |
2008-12-12 |
| 111. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
62.62 |
1.0414 |
-0.1667 |
234 |
1 |
62.62 |
2008-12-29 |
| 112. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
62.44 |
0.9810 |
-0.1030 |
362 |
1 |
62.44 |
2008-12-10 |
| 113. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
62.02 |
0.9636 |
-0.0979 |
281 |
1 |
62.02 |
2008-12-13 |
| 114. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
61.89 |
0.9827 |
-0.1165 |
314 |
1 |
61.89 |
2008-12-15 |
| 115. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
60.70 |
0.9265 |
-0.0791 |
254 |
1 |
60.70 |
2008-12-24 |
| 116. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
60.17 |
0.9681 |
-0.1214 |
392 |
1 |
60.17 |
2008-12-10 |
| 117. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
58.57 |
0.9963 |
-0.1802 |
274 |
1 |
58.57 |
2008-12-11 |
| 118. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
58.50 |
0.9027 |
-0.0887 |
189 |
1 |
58.50 |
2008-12-24 |
| 119. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
58.47 |
0.9424 |
-0.1228 |
320 |
1 |
58.47 |
2008-12-10 |
| 120. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
58.34 |
1.0264 |
-0.2153 |
191 |
1 |
58.34 |
2008-12-16 |
| 121. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
58.17 |
0.9632 |
-0.1491 |
287 |
1 |
58.17 |
2008-12-10 |
| 122. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
58.15 |
0.8437 |
-0.0318 |
268 |
1 |
58.15 |
2008-12-14 |
| 123. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
58.00 |
0.9284 |
-0.1142 |
346 |
1 |
58.00 |
2008-12-13 |
| 124. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
57.70 |
0.9143 |
-0.1070 |
300 |
1 |
57.70 |
2008-12-12 |
| 125. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
55.99 |
1.0033 |
-0.2208 |
203 |
1 |
55.99 |
2008-12-16 |
| 126. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
55.98 |
0.9541 |
-0.1714 |
236 |
1 |
55.98 |
2008-12-10 |
| 127. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
55.41 |
0.9136 |
-0.1363 |
348 |
1 |
55.41 |
2008-12-12 |
| 128. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
54.74 |
0.9011 |
-0.1333 |
322 |
1 |
54.74 |
2008-12-13 |
| 129. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
54.73 |
0.9479 |
-0.1817 |
317 |
1 |
54.73 |
2009-01-17 |
| 130. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
53.52 |
0.9128 |
-0.1682 |
237 |
1 |
53.52 |
2008-12-10 |
| 131. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
52.24 |
0.8172 |
-0.0921 |
204 |
1 |
52.24 |
2008-12-10 |
| 132. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
52.17 |
0.9609 |
-0.2277 |
331 |
1 |
52.17 |
2008-12-12 |