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... |
54.30 |
1.1093 |
0.2918 |
220 |
3 |
46.49 |
2009-02-04 |
2. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
50.15 |
0.9299 |
0.3604 |
168 |
2 |
44.71 |
2009-02-16 |
3. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
49.59 |
1.1070 |
0.1761 |
265 |
1 |
49.59 |
2008-11-05 |
4. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
49.43 |
1.0543 |
0.2224 |
182 |
2 |
42.30 |
2009-02-13 |
5. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
47.78 |
0.9963 |
0.2384 |
274 |
2 |
43.30 |
2009-02-16 |
6. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
47.67 |
1.0615 |
0.1697 |
201 |
1 |
47.67 |
2009-02-18 |
7. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
45.36 |
0.9252 |
0.2495 |
148 |
3 |
38.44 |
2008-11-24 |
8. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
44.81 |
1.0557 |
0.1053 |
289 |
2 |
41.41 |
2009-02-18 |
9. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
44.40 |
0.8906 |
0.2677 |
128 |
1 |
44.40 |
2008-11-24 |
10. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
43.90 |
0.9948 |
0.1402 |
233 |
1 |
43.90 |
2009-02-13 |
11. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
43.80 |
1.0567 |
0.0765 |
314 |
1 |
43.80 |
2009-02-17 |
12. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
43.74 |
0.8646 |
0.2638 |
110 |
1 |
43.74 |
2008-11-17 |
13. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
43.71 |
1.1198 |
0.0104 |
247 |
1 |
43.71 |
2009-02-15 |
14. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
43.44 |
1.0777 |
0.0443 |
226 |
1 |
43.44 |
2009-02-06 |
15. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
43.26 |
0.9809 |
0.1346 |
209 |
4 |
39.16 |
2008-11-24 |
16. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
43.23 |
1.0540 |
0.0597 |
184 |
2 |
39.87 |
2009-02-06 |
17. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
43.05 |
0.9779 |
0.1346 |
255 |
2 |
42.16 |
2009-02-18 |
18. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
42.91 |
0.9271 |
0.1857 |
323 |
2 |
39.50 |
2009-02-18 |
19. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
42.89 |
0.8830 |
0.2208 |
134 |
1 |
42.89 |
2009-02-13 |
20. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
42.80 |
0.9915 |
0.1151 |
281 |
2 |
40.15 |
2008-11-20 |
21. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
42.55 |
1.0334 |
0.0670 |
261 |
2 |
39.76 |
2008-11-24 |
22. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
42.34 |
0.9922 |
0.1039 |
264 |
3 |
39.21 |
2008-11-20 |
23. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
42.33 |
0.9745 |
0.1228 |
388 |
2 |
39.14 |
2009-02-17 |
24. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
42.29 |
1.0079 |
0.0853 |
273 |
2 |
39.22 |
2009-02-17 |
25. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
42.19 |
1.0600 |
0.0319 |
351 |
1 |
42.19 |
2009-02-15 |
26. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
41.97 |
0.9604 |
0.1234 |
285 |
1 |
41.97 |
2008-11-20 |
27. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
41.66 |
1.0267 |
0.0542 |
261 |
3 |
35.35 |
2009-02-04 |
28. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
41.64 |
1.0372 |
0.0397 |
249 |
1 |
41.64 |
2009-02-17 |
29. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
41.62 |
1.0115 |
0.0601 |
189 |
1 |
41.62 |
2009-02-18 |
30. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
41.22 |
0.9704 |
0.0960 |
254 |
2 |
40.41 |
2009-02-17 |
31. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
41.20 |
0.9352 |
0.1295 |
194 |
3 |
38.61 |
2008-11-17 |
32. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
40.99 |
0.9243 |
0.1382 |
240 |
3 |
36.31 |
2009-02-06 |
33. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
40.99 |
1.0189 |
0.0409 |
290 |
1 |
40.99 |
2009-02-04 |
34. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
40.94 |
0.9756 |
0.0828 |
223 |
1 |
40.94 |
2008-11-17 |
35. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
40.94 |
0.9680 |
0.0912 |
256 |
4 |
35.95 |
2009-02-06 |
36. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
40.93 |
0.9070 |
0.1470 |
192 |
1 |
40.93 |
2009-02-17 |
37. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
40.92 |
1.0132 |
0.0460 |
371 |
1 |
40.92 |
2008-11-07 |
38. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
40.87 |
1.0028 |
0.0534 |
259 |
4 |
38.23 |
2009-02-06 |
39. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
40.85 |
0.9981 |
0.0577 |
211 |
2 |
39.30 |
2008-11-28 |
40. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
40.75 |
0.9869 |
0.0636 |
193 |
1 |
40.75 |
2009-02-18 |
41. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
40.74 |
1.0288 |
0.0204 |
166 |
2 |
39.78 |
2009-01-21 |
42. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
40.67 |
1.0094 |
0.0428 |
256 |
2 |
39.35 |
2009-02-06 |
43. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
40.65 |
1.0743 |
-0.0217 |
297 |
1 |
40.65 |
2008-11-24 |
44. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
40.64 |
0.9957 |
0.0554 |
323 |
1 |
40.64 |
2008-11-20 |
45. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
40.59 |
1.0101 |
0.0417 |
336 |
2 |
38.26 |
2008-11-20 |
46. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
40.59 |
0.8863 |
0.1602 |
127 |
2 |
33.61 |
2008-11-24 |
47. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
40.58 |
0.9631 |
0.0861 |
273 |
2 |
39.47 |
2009-02-04 |
48. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
40.56 |
1.0199 |
0.0255 |
225 |
1 |
40.56 |
2008-11-24 |
49. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
40.49 |
0.9068 |
0.1387 |
212 |
2 |
38.45 |
2009-02-06 |
50. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
40.37 |
1.0006 |
0.0436 |
311 |
1 |
40.37 |
2008-11-20 |
51. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
40.33 |
1.0576 |
-0.0172 |
231 |
2 |
38.88 |
2009-02-13 |
52. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
40.09 |
0.8474 |
0.1901 |
265 |
3 |
37.00 |
2009-02-13 |
53. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
39.99 |
0.9594 |
0.0732 |
258 |
1 |
39.99 |
2009-02-16 |
54. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
39.95 |
1.0016 |
0.0301 |
217 |
3 |
34.66 |
2008-11-15 |
55. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
39.82 |
1.0059 |
0.0252 |
283 |
1 |
39.82 |
2009-02-06 |
56. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
39.74 |
0.9636 |
0.0629 |
281 |
2 |
37.34 |
2008-11-11 |
57. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
39.64 |
1.0036 |
0.0227 |
277 |
1 |
39.64 |
2009-02-16 |
58. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
39.49 |
1.0370 |
-0.0159 |
262 |
1 |
39.49 |
2009-02-06 |
59. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
39.44 |
0.9931 |
0.0230 |
218 |
1 |
39.44 |
2008-11-17 |
60. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
39.42 |
0.9108 |
0.1086 |
235 |
2 |
35.84 |
2009-02-17 |
61. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
39.27 |
1.0466 |
-0.0314 |
230 |
1 |
39.27 |
2008-11-17 |
62. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
39.21 |
1.0082 |
0.0009 |
212 |
2 |
39.11 |
2009-02-06 |
63. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
39.11 |
0.9866 |
0.0253 |
308 |
1 |
39.11 |
2009-02-18 |
64. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
39.06 |
0.8572 |
0.1513 |
232 |
4 |
36.13 |
2009-02-06 |
65. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
39.03 |
0.9597 |
0.0499 |
251 |
2 |
37.23 |
2009-02-16 |
66. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
38.94 |
0.8192 |
0.1898 |
200 |
1 |
38.94 |
2009-02-06 |
67. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
38.90 |
0.8656 |
0.1416 |
242 |
1 |
38.90 |
2008-11-05 |
68. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
38.79 |
0.9183 |
0.0857 |
308 |
1 |
38.79 |
2009-02-15 |
69. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
38.74 |
1.0521 |
-0.0559 |
197 |
1 |
38.74 |
2008-11-24 |
70. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
38.48 |
1.0208 |
-0.0258 |
231 |
1 |
38.48 |
2008-11-24 |
71. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
38.31 |
1.0487 |
-0.0603 |
253 |
1 |
38.31 |
2008-11-20 |
72. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
38.27 |
1.0250 |
-0.0325 |
271 |
2 |
37.25 |
2008-11-15 |
73. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
38.15 |
0.9836 |
0.0030 |
289 |
1 |
38.15 |
2008-11-24 |
74. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
38.15 |
0.9332 |
0.0533 |
267 |
2 |
37.34 |
2008-11-20 |
75. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
38.08 |
0.9010 |
0.0862 |
266 |
2 |
37.43 |
2009-02-16 |
76. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
37.99 |
0.9650 |
0.0200 |
347 |
1 |
37.99 |
2009-02-04 |
77. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
37.74 |
0.9673 |
0.0107 |
292 |
1 |
37.74 |
2009-02-15 |
78. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
37.53 |
1.0125 |
-0.0437 |
232 |
1 |
37.53 |
2008-11-15 |
79. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
37.43 |
0.9864 |
-0.0149 |
292 |
1 |
37.43 |
2008-11-28 |
80. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
37.41 |
0.9402 |
0.0251 |
310 |
1 |
37.41 |
2009-02-06 |
81. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
37.36 |
0.9952 |
-0.0269 |
220 |
1 |
37.36 |
2008-11-18 |
82. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
37.35 |
1.0332 |
-0.0681 |
267 |
1 |
37.35 |
2008-11-11 |
83. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
37.29 |
0.9027 |
0.0579 |
189 |
1 |
37.29 |
2008-11-05 |
84. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
37.23 |
0.9260 |
0.0395 |
348 |
3 |
34.32 |
2008-11-24 |
85. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
37.21 |
1.0272 |
-0.0673 |
226 |
1 |
37.21 |
2008-11-15 |
86. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
37.07 |
0.8127 |
0.1421 |
167 |
2 |
35.10 |
2009-02-04 |
87. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
36.82 |
0.9023 |
0.0482 |
268 |
2 |
34.26 |
2008-11-17 |
88. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
36.71 |
1.0197 |
-0.0725 |
204 |
2 |
35.27 |
2008-11-20 |
89. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
36.68 |
1.0639 |
-0.1146 |
303 |
1 |
36.68 |
2008-11-20 |
90. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
36.66 |
0.9310 |
0.0162 |
278 |
1 |
36.66 |
2009-01-21 |
91. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
36.56 |
0.8845 |
0.0619 |
239 |
5 |
34.58 |
2008-11-24 |
92. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
36.55 |
0.9500 |
-0.0035 |
287 |
1 |
36.55 |
2008-11-11 |
93. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
36.54 |
0.9084 |
0.0377 |
271 |
2 |
36.00 |
2008-11-24 |
94. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
36.44 |
0.9909 |
-0.0443 |
293 |
1 |
36.44 |
2008-11-11 |
95. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
36.34 |
0.9166 |
0.0254 |
133 |
1 |
36.34 |
2009-02-18 |
96. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
36.32 |
0.8742 |
0.0692 |
202 |
2 |
35.36 |
2009-02-04 |
97. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
36.21 |
0.9538 |
-0.0180 |
276 |
1 |
36.21 |
2008-11-24 |
98. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
36.19 |
1.0881 |
-0.1565 |
210 |
1 |
36.19 |
2008-11-15 |
99. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
36.19 |
1.0086 |
-0.0774 |
218 |
1 |
36.19 |
2008-11-15 |
100. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
36.09 |
0.9357 |
-0.0050 |
204 |
2 |
34.85 |
2008-11-24 |
101. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
36.01 |
0.8986 |
0.0328 |
216 |
1 |
36.01 |
2009-02-16 |
102. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
36.00 |
0.9145 |
0.0195 |
404 |
1 |
36.00 |
2009-02-04 |
103. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
35.94 |
0.8815 |
0.0524 |
296 |
2 |
35.59 |
2009-02-15 |
104. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
35.89 |
0.9927 |
-0.0683 |
234 |
1 |
35.89 |
2009-02-15 |
105. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
35.81 |
0.9890 |
-0.0595 |
272 |
2 |
35.26 |
2009-02-04 |
106. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
35.73 |
1.0106 |
-0.0881 |
302 |
1 |
35.73 |
2008-11-15 |
107. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
35.73 |
1.0178 |
-0.0960 |
207 |
1 |
35.73 |
2009-01-21 |
108. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
35.64 |
0.9574 |
-0.0330 |
354 |
1 |
35.64 |
2008-11-15 |
109. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
35.63 |
0.9422 |
-0.0264 |
190 |
1 |
35.63 |
2008-11-24 |
110. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
35.63 |
1.0291 |
-0.1103 |
240 |
1 |
35.63 |
2008-11-19 |
111. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
35.55 |
0.9286 |
-0.0080 |
177 |
1 |
35.55 |
2008-11-15 |
112. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
35.54 |
0.7923 |
0.1269 |
316 |
1 |
35.54 |
2008-11-20 |
113. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
35.50 |
0.9349 |
-0.0148 |
287 |
1 |
35.50 |
2008-11-06 |
114. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
35.49 |
0.9503 |
-0.0397 |
211 |
2 |
35.43 |
2009-02-18 |
115. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
35.40 |
1.0865 |
-0.1718 |
237 |
1 |
35.40 |
2008-11-15 |
116. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
34.99 |
1.0590 |
-0.1558 |
250 |
1 |
34.99 |
2008-11-05 |
117. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
34.97 |
0.9425 |
-0.0381 |
248 |
2 |
32.89 |
2008-11-24 |
118. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
34.84 |
1.0181 |
-0.1164 |
276 |
1 |
34.84 |
2008-11-18 |
119. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
34.81 |
0.9841 |
-0.0878 |
217 |
1 |
34.81 |
2008-11-11 |
120. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
34.71 |
0.8986 |
-0.0033 |
205 |
1 |
34.71 |
2008-11-17 |
121. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
34.59 |
0.9324 |
-0.0356 |
246 |
1 |
34.59 |
2008-11-15 |
122. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
34.41 |
0.8117 |
0.0808 |
209 |
2 |
34.33 |
2008-11-15 |
123. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
34.40 |
1.0060 |
-0.1164 |
225 |
2 |
33.79 |
2008-11-13 |
124. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
34.38 |
0.8913 |
-0.0014 |
201 |
1 |
34.38 |
2008-11-15 |
125. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
34.28 |
0.8778 |
0.0098 |
285 |
2 |
31.70 |
2008-11-24 |
126. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
34.14 |
1.0672 |
-0.1863 |
239 |
1 |
34.14 |
2008-11-24 |
127. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
33.89 |
0.9928 |
-0.1178 |
293 |
2 |
30.92 |
2009-02-18 |
128. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
33.77 |
1.0561 |
-0.1855 |
227 |
1 |
33.77 |
2008-11-15 |
129. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
33.72 |
1.0165 |
-0.1461 |
316 |
1 |
33.72 |
2008-11-15 |
130. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
33.58 |
0.8680 |
-0.0053 |
196 |
1 |
33.58 |
2008-11-05 |
131. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
33.26 |
0.9265 |
-0.0684 |
254 |
1 |
33.26 |
2008-11-19 |
132. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
33.17 |
0.9807 |
-0.1354 |
129 |
1 |
33.17 |
2008-11-05 |
133. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
33.14 |
0.9103 |
-0.0544 |
269 |
1 |
33.14 |
2008-11-17 |
134. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
32.89 |
0.9829 |
-0.1340 |
229 |
1 |
32.89 |
2009-02-15 |
135. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
32.22 |
1.0800 |
-0.2507 |
213 |
1 |
32.22 |
2008-11-24 |
136. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
32.12 |
0.9685 |
-0.1382 |
304 |
1 |
32.12 |
2008-11-11 |
137. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
31.82 |
1.0867 |
-0.2693 |
171 |
1 |
31.82 |
2008-11-11 |
138. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
31.60 |
0.9011 |
-0.0819 |
322 |
1 |
31.60 |
2008-11-20 |
139. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
31.36 |
0.8437 |
-0.0346 |
268 |
1 |
31.36 |
2009-02-06 |
140. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
30.36 |
0.9541 |
-0.1697 |
236 |
1 |
30.36 |
2008-11-15 |
141. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
29.91 |
0.8172 |
-0.0494 |
204 |
1 |
29.91 |
2008-11-24 |
142. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
29.10 |
0.8988 |
-0.1486 |
193 |
1 |
29.10 |
2008-11-05 |
143. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
28.77 |
0.9583 |
-0.2154 |
237 |
1 |
28.77 |
2008-11-07 |
144. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
27.82 |
1.0264 |
-0.3129 |
191 |
1 |
27.82 |
2008-11-15 |