| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
72.56 |
0.9927 |
0.9711 |
262 |
1 |
72.56 |
2008-11-10 |
| 2. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
63.60 |
1.0403 |
0.6769 |
234 |
3 |
52.17 |
2008-12-05 |
| 3. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
62.92 |
0.9349 |
0.7681 |
287 |
1 |
62.92 |
2008-11-10 |
| 4. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
61.33 |
1.0543 |
0.6053 |
360 |
1 |
61.33 |
2008-11-10 |
| 5. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
61.33 |
0.9285 |
0.7270 |
244 |
4 |
37.56 |
2008-11-09 |
| 6. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
59.33 |
1.0672 |
0.5346 |
239 |
1 |
59.33 |
2008-11-10 |
| 7. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
58.07 |
0.8192 |
0.7517 |
200 |
1 |
58.07 |
2008-11-10 |
| 8. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
57.94 |
1.0208 |
0.5444 |
231 |
1 |
57.94 |
2008-11-10 |
| 9. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
56.62 |
1.0132 |
0.5169 |
371 |
2 |
45.37 |
2008-10-27 |
| 10. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
56.39 |
0.9880 |
0.5311 |
199 |
2 |
44.98 |
2008-11-10 |
| 11. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
55.73 |
0.9561 |
0.5509 |
362 |
1 |
55.73 |
2008-10-27 |
| 12. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
54.97 |
0.9332 |
0.5516 |
267 |
1 |
54.97 |
2008-10-27 |
| 13. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
52.19 |
0.9884 |
0.4235 |
267 |
3 |
38.48 |
2008-11-07 |
| 14. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
49.83 |
0.9538 |
0.3914 |
276 |
1 |
49.83 |
2008-10-27 |
| 15. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
47.89 |
1.0462 |
0.2495 |
340 |
1 |
47.89 |
2008-11-10 |
| 16. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
46.82 |
1.0582 |
0.2024 |
180 |
2 |
41.62 |
2008-11-08 |
| 17. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
46.25 |
0.9392 |
0.3152 |
360 |
1 |
46.25 |
2008-11-10 |
| 18. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
42.20 |
0.9400 |
0.2010 |
434 |
1 |
42.20 |
2008-10-27 |
| 19. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
42.08 |
0.9685 |
0.1674 |
304 |
2 |
40.26 |
2008-11-08 |
| 20. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
41.52 |
0.8985 |
0.2181 |
127 |
1 |
41.52 |
2008-10-25 |
| 21. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
39.69 |
1.0669 |
0.0066 |
379 |
1 |
39.69 |
2008-12-05 |
| 22. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
39.56 |
0.9204 |
0.1472 |
121 |
2 |
37.29 |
2008-10-25 |
| 23. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
39.28 |
0.9594 |
0.0980 |
258 |
1 |
39.28 |
2008-11-08 |
| 24. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
38.78 |
1.1093 |
-0.0692 |
220 |
3 |
37.59 |
2008-12-05 |
| 25. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
38.23 |
0.9869 |
0.0402 |
193 |
2 |
35.51 |
2008-11-08 |
| 26. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
38.20 |
1.0590 |
-0.0302 |
250 |
2 |
35.40 |
2008-11-01 |
| 27. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
37.31 |
1.0873 |
-0.0845 |
243 |
1 |
37.31 |
2008-10-26 |
| 28. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
37.21 |
0.9264 |
0.0776 |
177 |
2 |
35.49 |
2008-11-08 |
| 29. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
37.11 |
1.0079 |
-0.0085 |
273 |
1 |
37.11 |
2008-11-08 |
| 30. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
37.08 |
1.0495 |
-0.0505 |
323 |
2 |
35.88 |
2008-11-08 |
| 31. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
36.86 |
1.0270 |
-0.0328 |
303 |
1 |
36.86 |
2008-11-08 |
| 32. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
36.82 |
1.0800 |
-0.0945 |
129 |
2 |
33.56 |
2008-12-05 |
| 33. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
36.82 |
1.0466 |
-0.0545 |
230 |
2 |
34.55 |
2008-11-07 |
| 34. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
36.10 |
1.0125 |
-0.0410 |
232 |
2 |
34.90 |
2008-11-01 |
| 35. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
36.00 |
1.0279 |
-0.0634 |
172 |
1 |
36.00 |
2008-11-01 |
| 36. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
35.92 |
0.9315 |
0.0384 |
273 |
1 |
35.92 |
2008-11-08 |
| 37. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
35.72 |
1.0561 |
-0.0953 |
227 |
1 |
35.72 |
2008-11-08 |
| 38. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
35.56 |
0.9084 |
0.0514 |
271 |
2 |
34.90 |
2008-11-08 |
| 39. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
35.35 |
1.0033 |
-0.0504 |
203 |
1 |
35.35 |
2008-11-07 |
| 40. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
35.31 |
1.0867 |
-0.1396 |
171 |
2 |
34.87 |
2008-12-30 |
| 41. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
35.19 |
0.9644 |
-0.0130 |
398 |
1 |
35.19 |
2008-12-05 |
| 42. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
35.18 |
0.9839 |
-0.0361 |
308 |
2 |
34.17 |
2008-11-08 |
| 43. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
35.14 |
1.0332 |
-0.0869 |
267 |
1 |
35.14 |
2008-10-26 |
| 44. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
34.68 |
0.9948 |
-0.0615 |
233 |
1 |
34.68 |
2008-10-26 |
| 45. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
34.59 |
1.0881 |
-0.1600 |
210 |
1 |
34.59 |
2008-11-08 |
| 46. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
34.35 |
0.9763 |
-0.0513 |
143 |
1 |
34.35 |
2008-10-26 |
| 47. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
34.27 |
0.9402 |
-0.0188 |
310 |
1 |
34.27 |
2008-11-08 |
| 48. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
34.16 |
1.0199 |
-0.1034 |
225 |
1 |
34.16 |
2008-11-01 |
| 49. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
34.15 |
1.0086 |
-0.0928 |
218 |
1 |
34.15 |
2008-11-07 |
| 50. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
34.06 |
0.9252 |
-0.0070 |
148 |
1 |
34.06 |
2008-11-08 |
| 51. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
34.01 |
0.9359 |
-0.0189 |
355 |
1 |
34.01 |
2008-11-01 |
| 52. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
33.92 |
0.8827 |
0.0271 |
190 |
1 |
33.92 |
2008-11-01 |
| 53. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
33.63 |
0.7988 |
0.1051 |
134 |
2 |
30.79 |
2008-10-26 |
| 54. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
33.56 |
0.9310 |
-0.0274 |
278 |
1 |
33.56 |
2008-10-26 |
| 55. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
33.54 |
0.9068 |
-0.0052 |
212 |
1 |
33.54 |
2008-11-01 |
| 56. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
33.46 |
1.0567 |
-0.1556 |
314 |
1 |
33.46 |
2008-10-26 |
| 57. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
33.31 |
1.0418 |
-0.1437 |
214 |
1 |
33.31 |
2008-10-25 |
| 58. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
33.06 |
0.9915 |
-0.1019 |
281 |
1 |
33.06 |
2008-10-26 |
| 59. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
32.93 |
1.0600 |
-0.1727 |
351 |
1 |
32.93 |
2008-10-26 |
| 60. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
32.91 |
1.0479 |
-0.1631 |
205 |
1 |
32.91 |
2008-11-09 |
| 61. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
32.72 |
0.8988 |
-0.0183 |
193 |
1 |
32.72 |
2008-11-07 |
| 62. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
32.62 |
1.0506 |
-0.1724 |
259 |
1 |
32.62 |
2008-10-26 |
| 63. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
32.60 |
1.0115 |
-0.1387 |
189 |
1 |
32.60 |
2008-12-30 |
| 64. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
32.58 |
1.0178 |
-0.1420 |
207 |
1 |
32.58 |
2008-11-01 |
| 65. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
32.43 |
1.0333 |
-0.1650 |
176 |
1 |
32.43 |
2008-11-08 |
| 66. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
32.42 |
0.9909 |
-0.1132 |
293 |
1 |
32.42 |
2008-11-08 |
| 67. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
32.34 |
1.0181 |
-0.1458 |
276 |
1 |
32.34 |
2008-11-01 |
| 68. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
32.30 |
1.0189 |
-0.1496 |
290 |
1 |
32.30 |
2008-11-08 |
| 69. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
32.29 |
0.9621 |
-0.0901 |
212 |
2 |
31.23 |
2008-11-08 |
| 70. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
32.25 |
0.8646 |
0.0004 |
110 |
2 |
30.99 |
2008-10-26 |
| 71. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
32.10 |
0.9023 |
-0.0392 |
268 |
1 |
32.10 |
2008-12-05 |
| 72. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
32.02 |
0.9324 |
-0.0671 |
246 |
1 |
32.02 |
2008-10-25 |
| 73. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
31.94 |
1.0521 |
-0.1976 |
197 |
1 |
31.94 |
2008-10-25 |
| 74. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
31.74 |
1.0877 |
-0.2364 |
129 |
1 |
31.74 |
2008-11-08 |
| 75. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
31.70 |
0.9841 |
-0.1321 |
263 |
1 |
31.70 |
2008-11-08 |
| 76. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
31.67 |
0.9265 |
-0.0748 |
254 |
3 |
29.34 |
2008-12-08 |
| 77. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
31.48 |
1.0341 |
-0.1871 |
273 |
1 |
31.48 |
2008-10-25 |
| 78. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
31.41 |
0.8124 |
0.0345 |
137 |
1 |
31.41 |
2008-10-25 |
| 79. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
30.83 |
0.9286 |
-0.0968 |
177 |
1 |
30.83 |
2008-10-25 |
| 80. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
30.81 |
0.9841 |
-0.1579 |
217 |
1 |
30.81 |
2008-10-25 |
| 81. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
30.60 |
1.0016 |
-0.1794 |
217 |
1 |
30.60 |
2008-10-25 |
| 82. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
30.40 |
0.8789 |
-0.0662 |
136 |
1 |
30.40 |
2008-10-25 |
| 83. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
30.12 |
0.9128 |
-0.1048 |
237 |
2 |
27.60 |
2008-11-01 |
| 84. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
30.01 |
0.9680 |
-0.1601 |
256 |
1 |
30.01 |
2008-10-25 |
| 85. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
29.93 |
0.9809 |
-0.1792 |
209 |
1 |
29.93 |
2008-10-25 |
| 86. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
29.71 |
1.0018 |
-0.2019 |
246 |
1 |
29.71 |
2008-11-01 |
| 87. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
29.46 |
0.8606 |
-0.0678 |
170 |
1 |
29.46 |
2008-10-25 |
| 88. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
29.43 |
0.9673 |
-0.1731 |
292 |
1 |
29.43 |
2008-11-08 |
| 89. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
29.33 |
0.9027 |
-0.1169 |
189 |
1 |
29.33 |
2008-11-01 |
| 90. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
29.30 |
1.0042 |
-0.2195 |
168 |
1 |
29.30 |
2008-10-25 |
| 91. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
29.26 |
0.9650 |
-0.1749 |
347 |
1 |
29.26 |
2008-10-26 |
| 92. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
28.97 |
0.8572 |
-0.0793 |
232 |
1 |
28.97 |
2008-10-25 |
| 93. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
28.72 |
0.7923 |
-0.0189 |
316 |
1 |
28.72 |
2008-11-08 |
| 94. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
28.49 |
0.8656 |
-0.0979 |
242 |
2 |
27.58 |
2008-11-08 |
| 95. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
28.03 |
0.8624 |
-0.1130 |
174 |
1 |
28.03 |
2008-11-08 |
| 96. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
28.00 |
0.9745 |
-0.2191 |
388 |
1 |
28.00 |
2008-10-26 |
| 97. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
27.92 |
1.0426 |
-0.2955 |
131 |
1 |
27.92 |
2008-10-25 |
| 98. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
27.68 |
1.0197 |
-0.2769 |
204 |
1 |
27.68 |
2008-10-25 |
| 99. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
27.19 |
0.8218 |
-0.0904 |
163 |
1 |
27.19 |
2008-10-25 |
| 100. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
26.56 |
0.8194 |
-0.1061 |
193 |
1 |
26.56 |
2008-12-30 |
| 101. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
26.23 |
0.9143 |
-0.2080 |
300 |
1 |
26.23 |
2008-10-25 |
| 102. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
25.73 |
1.0288 |
-0.3418 |
166 |
1 |
25.73 |
2008-10-25 |
| 103. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
25.21 |
0.8666 |
-0.1915 |
206 |
1 |
25.21 |
2008-10-25 |
| 104. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
25.20 |
0.9108 |
-0.2336 |
235 |
1 |
25.20 |
2008-10-25 |