| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
48.31 |
0.9171 |
0.3121 |
165 |
3 |
42.87 |
2009-05-21 |
| 2. |
Everyone gets everything he wants. I wanted a mission, and f... |
48.22 |
1.0809 |
0.1479 |
204 |
1 |
48.22 |
2016-12-05 |
| 3. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
47.37 |
1.0095 |
0.1941 |
316 |
1 |
47.37 |
2009-08-06 |
| 4. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
47.07 |
0.9682 |
0.2269 |
143 |
2 |
40.19 |
2009-10-07 |
| 5. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
46.87 |
1.0349 |
0.1563 |
234 |
2 |
42.39 |
2009-05-20 |
| 6. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
46.80 |
0.9263 |
0.2673 |
188 |
1 |
46.80 |
2009-05-19 |
| 7. |
Be with me always - take any form - drive me mad! Only do no... |
46.27 |
0.8430 |
0.3072 |
110 |
1 |
46.27 |
2016-12-05 |
| 8. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
46.25 |
0.9340 |
0.2417 |
296 |
1 |
46.25 |
2009-09-08 |
| 9. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
44.75 |
0.9289 |
0.2062 |
204 |
1 |
44.75 |
2016-12-05 |
| 10. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
44.74 |
0.9612 |
0.1759 |
256 |
1 |
44.74 |
2009-05-06 |
| 11. |
With people like us, you should hang out, get to know what t... |
44.41 |
1.0979 |
0.0353 |
191 |
1 |
44.41 |
2016-12-05 |
| 12. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
44.28 |
1.0483 |
0.0740 |
227 |
1 |
44.28 |
2009-09-08 |
| 13. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
44.23 |
0.9711 |
0.1517 |
176 |
1 |
44.23 |
2016-12-05 |
| 14. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
44.09 |
0.8709 |
0.2574 |
202 |
3 |
41.29 |
2009-08-06 |
| 15. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
44.01 |
1.0173 |
0.1453 |
268 |
1 |
44.01 |
2009-09-08 |
| 16. |
I leave you with photographs, pictures of trickery, and stai... |
43.92 |
0.9016 |
0.2222 |
192 |
1 |
43.92 |
2016-12-05 |
| 17. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
43.84 |
1.1016 |
0.0125 |
233 |
2 |
40.46 |
2009-05-22 |
| 18. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
43.66 |
0.9941 |
0.1129 |
217 |
1 |
43.66 |
2009-10-07 |
| 19. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
43.14 |
1.0829 |
0.0146 |
288 |
1 |
43.14 |
2009-09-08 |
| 20. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
42.85 |
1.0131 |
0.0715 |
225 |
1 |
42.85 |
2009-05-20 |
| 21. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
42.82 |
0.9866 |
0.0975 |
218 |
1 |
42.82 |
2009-09-08 |
| 22. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
42.74 |
1.0016 |
0.0795 |
218 |
1 |
42.74 |
2009-05-06 |
| 23. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
42.69 |
1.1018 |
-0.0238 |
220 |
1 |
42.69 |
2009-05-06 |
| 24. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
42.59 |
0.9722 |
0.1118 |
283 |
1 |
42.59 |
2009-10-07 |
| 25. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
41.82 |
0.9756 |
0.0852 |
229 |
1 |
41.82 |
2009-05-19 |
| 26. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
41.81 |
1.0796 |
-0.0226 |
129 |
1 |
41.81 |
2009-08-06 |
| 27. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
41.67 |
1.0214 |
0.0314 |
166 |
2 |
39.35 |
2009-05-07 |
| 28. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
41.47 |
1.0567 |
-0.0030 |
303 |
1 |
41.47 |
2009-05-07 |
| 29. |
I felt good and all washed clean of sin for the first time I... |
41.46 |
1.0989 |
-0.0406 |
302 |
1 |
41.46 |
2016-12-05 |
| 30. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
41.28 |
0.9636 |
0.0845 |
254 |
1 |
41.28 |
2009-05-22 |
| 31. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
41.13 |
1.0183 |
0.0204 |
191 |
2 |
38.23 |
2009-09-08 |
| 32. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
41.10 |
0.9785 |
0.0683 |
335 |
1 |
41.10 |
2009-05-22 |
| 33. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
40.84 |
0.9068 |
0.1331 |
269 |
1 |
40.84 |
2009-05-07 |
| 34. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
40.78 |
0.9275 |
0.1045 |
211 |
3 |
38.08 |
2009-05-20 |
| 35. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
40.71 |
1.0462 |
-0.0188 |
184 |
1 |
40.71 |
2009-09-08 |
| 36. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
40.60 |
0.9281 |
0.1077 |
273 |
2 |
40.19 |
2009-05-07 |
| 37. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
40.34 |
0.8353 |
0.1962 |
283 |
1 |
40.34 |
2009-10-07 |
| 38. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
40.29 |
0.9964 |
0.0264 |
203 |
2 |
37.06 |
2009-10-07 |
| 39. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
40.07 |
0.9884 |
0.0330 |
262 |
1 |
40.07 |
2009-05-19 |
| 40. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
39.91 |
1.0385 |
-0.0273 |
230 |
1 |
39.91 |
2009-05-20 |
| 41. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
39.90 |
0.9570 |
0.0574 |
287 |
1 |
39.90 |
2009-05-06 |
| 42. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
39.81 |
1.0109 |
0.0003 |
276 |
1 |
39.81 |
2009-05-06 |
| 43. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
39.50 |
1.0596 |
-0.0593 |
239 |
2 |
39.29 |
2009-08-06 |
| 44. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
39.44 |
0.9049 |
0.1014 |
351 |
1 |
39.44 |
2009-05-22 |
| 45. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
39.17 |
0.9500 |
0.0462 |
362 |
1 |
39.17 |
2009-05-06 |
| 46. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
39.15 |
1.0496 |
-0.0569 |
314 |
1 |
39.15 |
2009-05-19 |
| 47. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
39.12 |
0.8958 |
0.1015 |
322 |
1 |
39.12 |
2009-08-06 |
| 48. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
39.11 |
1.0201 |
-0.0273 |
303 |
1 |
39.11 |
2009-05-06 |
| 49. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
39.08 |
0.8961 |
0.0921 |
189 |
1 |
39.08 |
2009-05-07 |
| 50. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
38.92 |
0.9430 |
0.0372 |
211 |
2 |
37.42 |
2009-05-21 |
| 51. |
Horror and moral terror are your friends. If they are not, t... |
38.85 |
0.9054 |
0.0484 |
94 |
1 |
38.85 |
2016-12-05 |
| 52. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
38.65 |
0.9578 |
0.0223 |
281 |
1 |
38.65 |
2009-09-08 |
| 53. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
38.60 |
0.9884 |
-0.0099 |
233 |
1 |
38.60 |
2009-05-06 |
| 54. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
38.59 |
1.0529 |
-0.0740 |
351 |
1 |
38.59 |
2009-05-06 |
| 55. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
38.37 |
1.0463 |
-0.0775 |
182 |
1 |
38.37 |
2009-05-06 |
| 56. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
38.15 |
0.9754 |
-0.0016 |
362 |
1 |
38.15 |
2009-05-06 |
| 57. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
38.08 |
0.9330 |
0.0395 |
360 |
2 |
37.15 |
2009-08-06 |
| 58. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
37.96 |
0.8845 |
0.0788 |
273 |
1 |
37.96 |
2009-09-08 |
| 59. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
37.92 |
0.8941 |
0.0697 |
216 |
2 |
36.23 |
2009-05-07 |
| 60. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
37.92 |
0.9251 |
0.0417 |
177 |
1 |
37.92 |
2009-05-19 |
| 61. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
37.85 |
0.8892 |
0.0768 |
207 |
1 |
37.85 |
2009-05-19 |
| 62. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
37.67 |
0.9148 |
0.0420 |
317 |
1 |
37.67 |
2009-05-22 |
| 63. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
37.63 |
0.9886 |
-0.0317 |
220 |
1 |
37.63 |
2009-05-21 |
| 64. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
37.11 |
0.9710 |
-0.0365 |
173 |
1 |
37.11 |
2009-08-06 |
| 65. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
37.09 |
1.0340 |
-0.0883 |
406 |
1 |
37.09 |
2009-05-06 |
| 66. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
37.08 |
0.9763 |
-0.0366 |
289 |
1 |
37.08 |
2009-05-06 |
| 67. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
36.92 |
0.8852 |
0.0530 |
201 |
1 |
36.92 |
2009-05-06 |
| 68. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
36.92 |
1.0515 |
-0.1173 |
250 |
1 |
36.92 |
2009-08-06 |
| 69. |
This business is filled to the brim with unrealistic people ... |
36.83 |
0.9089 |
0.0349 |
187 |
1 |
36.83 |
2016-12-05 |
| 70. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
36.66 |
0.9852 |
-0.0555 |
264 |
1 |
36.66 |
2009-09-08 |
| 71. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
36.55 |
0.8919 |
0.0330 |
205 |
2 |
34.38 |
2009-10-07 |
| 72. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
36.24 |
0.8105 |
0.1038 |
204 |
3 |
30.75 |
2009-05-06 |
| 73. |
Races are not won in the first corner; however, they are oft... |
36.19 |
0.9582 |
-0.0393 |
259 |
1 |
36.19 |
2012-01-03 |
| 74. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
36.13 |
1.0666 |
-0.1507 |
297 |
1 |
36.13 |
2009-05-06 |
| 75. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
36.13 |
1.0429 |
-0.1285 |
259 |
1 |
36.13 |
2009-05-06 |
| 76. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
35.98 |
1.0025 |
-0.0896 |
336 |
2 |
35.88 |
2009-05-20 |
| 77. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
35.92 |
1.0214 |
-0.1127 |
269 |
1 |
35.92 |
2009-05-06 |
| 78. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
35.89 |
0.7876 |
0.1246 |
316 |
2 |
32.58 |
2009-05-07 |
| 79. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
35.87 |
0.8722 |
0.0398 |
285 |
1 |
35.87 |
2009-05-22 |
| 80. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
35.86 |
1.0099 |
-0.1039 |
207 |
1 |
35.86 |
2009-05-06 |
| 81. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
35.58 |
0.9724 |
-0.0671 |
237 |
1 |
35.58 |
2009-05-06 |
| 82. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
35.56 |
0.9633 |
-0.0599 |
304 |
1 |
35.56 |
2009-08-06 |
| 83. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
35.37 |
1.0297 |
-0.1346 |
249 |
1 |
35.37 |
2009-05-19 |
| 84. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
35.20 |
0.9084 |
-0.0124 |
404 |
1 |
35.20 |
2009-05-22 |
| 85. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
35.20 |
0.8810 |
0.0117 |
282 |
1 |
35.20 |
2009-05-06 |
| 86. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
35.16 |
0.8811 |
0.0144 |
239 |
1 |
35.16 |
2009-05-06 |
| 87. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
35.16 |
0.9776 |
-0.0865 |
308 |
1 |
35.16 |
2009-05-06 |
| 88. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
34.97 |
0.9798 |
-0.0995 |
199 |
1 |
34.97 |
2009-05-20 |
| 89. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
34.94 |
1.0797 |
-0.2001 |
210 |
1 |
34.94 |
2009-05-06 |
| 90. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
34.58 |
0.9965 |
-0.1253 |
168 |
1 |
34.58 |
2009-05-06 |
| 91. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
34.39 |
0.8887 |
-0.0036 |
128 |
1 |
34.39 |
2009-05-21 |
| 92. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
33.89 |
0.9168 |
-0.0573 |
240 |
1 |
33.89 |
2009-05-06 |
| 93. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
33.71 |
0.8770 |
-0.0202 |
300 |
1 |
33.71 |
2009-08-06 |
| 94. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
33.65 |
0.9048 |
-0.0481 |
271 |
2 |
32.80 |
2009-05-06 |
| 95. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
33.57 |
1.0767 |
-0.2289 |
212 |
1 |
33.57 |
2009-05-06 |
| 96. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
33.52 |
0.9865 |
-0.1367 |
276 |
1 |
33.52 |
2009-05-06 |
| 97. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
33.17 |
0.8878 |
-0.0483 |
346 |
1 |
33.17 |
2009-05-06 |
| 98. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
32.15 |
0.9411 |
-0.1268 |
318 |
1 |
32.15 |
2009-05-06 |
| 99. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
31.11 |
0.8602 |
-0.0756 |
206 |
1 |
31.11 |
2016-12-05 |
| 100. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
29.61 |
1.0083 |
-0.2160 |
273 |
1 |
29.61 |
2010-06-26 |
| 101. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
29.41 |
0.9646 |
-0.2224 |
264 |
1 |
29.41 |
2009-05-06 |
| 102. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
29.35 |
0.9965 |
-0.2544 |
277 |
1 |
29.35 |
2009-05-06 |
| 103. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
27.79 |
0.8916 |
-0.1899 |
216 |
1 |
27.79 |
2009-05-06 |