| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
58.13 |
1.0796 |
0.2029 |
129 |
1 |
58.13 |
2009-05-20 |
| 2. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
56.76 |
1.0714 |
0.1764 |
129 |
3 |
46.79 |
2009-06-01 |
| 3. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
56.08 |
0.9884 |
0.2574 |
262 |
1 |
56.08 |
2009-05-20 |
| 4. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
56.05 |
0.9805 |
0.2649 |
292 |
1 |
56.05 |
2009-05-29 |
| 5. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
55.84 |
1.0390 |
0.1933 |
205 |
3 |
48.90 |
2009-06-03 |
| 6. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
55.31 |
1.0167 |
0.2143 |
378 |
2 |
48.88 |
2009-05-13 |
| 7. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
54.74 |
1.0292 |
0.1810 |
262 |
1 |
54.74 |
2009-05-06 |
| 8. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
54.21 |
1.0534 |
0.1484 |
357 |
1 |
54.21 |
2009-06-01 |
| 9. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
54.03 |
1.0462 |
0.1433 |
184 |
1 |
54.03 |
2009-06-01 |
| 10. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
53.13 |
1.0131 |
0.1585 |
225 |
1 |
53.13 |
2009-06-01 |
| 11. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
52.66 |
0.9884 |
0.1758 |
233 |
4 |
47.19 |
2009-06-01 |
| 12. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
52.66 |
0.9612 |
0.2038 |
256 |
2 |
46.29 |
2009-06-01 |
| 13. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
52.46 |
0.9729 |
0.1878 |
255 |
2 |
49.06 |
2009-06-01 |
| 14. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
52.44 |
0.9941 |
0.1636 |
217 |
1 |
52.44 |
2009-06-03 |
| 15. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
52.27 |
1.0516 |
0.1042 |
281 |
2 |
47.15 |
2009-05-18 |
| 16. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
51.86 |
1.0257 |
0.1278 |
401 |
2 |
50.33 |
2009-06-01 |
| 17. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
51.80 |
1.0788 |
0.0613 |
171 |
3 |
45.12 |
2009-05-20 |
| 18. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
51.70 |
1.0477 |
0.0982 |
360 |
3 |
49.62 |
2009-05-18 |
| 19. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
51.61 |
1.0201 |
0.1146 |
172 |
2 |
51.31 |
2009-04-27 |
| 20. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
51.55 |
1.0389 |
0.1029 |
318 |
1 |
51.55 |
2009-05-27 |
| 21. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
51.45 |
1.0885 |
0.0527 |
315 |
1 |
51.45 |
2009-05-11 |
| 22. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
51.25 |
0.9965 |
0.1375 |
277 |
2 |
44.12 |
2009-05-20 |
| 23. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
51.19 |
1.0297 |
0.1012 |
249 |
1 |
51.19 |
2009-06-03 |
| 24. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
51.17 |
0.9411 |
0.1913 |
318 |
2 |
48.12 |
2009-06-03 |
| 25. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
50.03 |
1.0429 |
0.0618 |
259 |
1 |
50.03 |
2009-06-01 |
| 26. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
49.89 |
1.0523 |
0.0464 |
256 |
2 |
49.43 |
2009-05-01 |
| 27. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
49.71 |
1.0214 |
0.0722 |
166 |
1 |
49.71 |
2009-05-13 |
| 28. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
49.43 |
1.0263 |
0.0656 |
267 |
1 |
49.43 |
2009-06-01 |
| 29. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
49.32 |
0.9279 |
0.1689 |
317 |
1 |
49.32 |
2009-06-01 |
| 30. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
49.28 |
0.9576 |
0.1364 |
212 |
1 |
49.28 |
2009-05-06 |
| 31. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
48.93 |
1.0352 |
0.0489 |
341 |
1 |
48.93 |
2009-06-01 |
| 32. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
48.83 |
0.9964 |
0.0830 |
203 |
1 |
48.83 |
2009-05-27 |
| 33. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
48.57 |
0.9786 |
0.0944 |
235 |
1 |
48.57 |
2009-06-01 |
| 34. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
48.56 |
1.0013 |
0.0711 |
273 |
2 |
46.44 |
2009-05-18 |
| 35. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
48.50 |
0.8810 |
0.1917 |
282 |
1 |
48.50 |
2009-05-18 |
| 36. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
48.46 |
1.0352 |
0.0389 |
341 |
1 |
48.46 |
2009-05-27 |
| 37. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
48.43 |
1.0596 |
0.0087 |
239 |
1 |
48.43 |
2009-04-22 |
| 38. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
48.36 |
1.0487 |
0.0151 |
231 |
2 |
48.30 |
2009-05-27 |
| 39. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
48.32 |
1.0613 |
0.0075 |
266 |
1 |
48.32 |
2009-04-27 |
| 40. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
48.28 |
1.0296 |
0.0438 |
437 |
1 |
48.28 |
2009-04-29 |
| 41. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
47.96 |
1.0417 |
0.0156 |
253 |
1 |
47.96 |
2009-05-11 |
| 42. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
47.95 |
1.0711 |
-0.0166 |
213 |
2 |
41.07 |
2009-05-11 |
| 43. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
47.73 |
0.9769 |
0.0757 |
263 |
1 |
47.73 |
2009-04-29 |
| 44. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
47.62 |
1.0829 |
-0.0292 |
288 |
2 |
46.99 |
2009-05-27 |
| 45. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
47.55 |
1.0023 |
0.0465 |
211 |
2 |
45.88 |
2009-04-27 |
| 46. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
47.45 |
1.0419 |
0.0065 |
261 |
2 |
44.65 |
2009-06-01 |
| 47. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
47.27 |
1.0567 |
-0.0117 |
303 |
1 |
47.27 |
2009-04-27 |
| 48. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
47.25 |
1.0666 |
-0.0225 |
297 |
1 |
47.25 |
2009-05-18 |
| 49. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
47.22 |
0.9597 |
0.0877 |
347 |
3 |
43.41 |
2009-05-01 |
| 50. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
47.10 |
1.0797 |
-0.0447 |
210 |
2 |
37.73 |
2009-05-15 |
| 51. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
47.07 |
0.9281 |
0.1169 |
273 |
1 |
47.07 |
2009-05-11 |
| 52. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
46.76 |
1.0068 |
0.0295 |
358 |
1 |
46.76 |
2009-05-01 |
| 53. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
46.75 |
0.9756 |
0.0559 |
229 |
1 |
46.75 |
2009-06-01 |
| 54. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
46.63 |
1.0577 |
-0.0311 |
247 |
1 |
46.63 |
2009-04-22 |
| 55. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
46.61 |
0.8975 |
0.1326 |
268 |
2 |
46.42 |
2009-06-05 |
| 56. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
46.26 |
0.9786 |
0.0380 |
193 |
2 |
43.54 |
2009-06-01 |
| 57. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
45.93 |
1.0060 |
0.0037 |
171 |
1 |
45.93 |
2009-06-05 |
| 58. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
45.89 |
1.0496 |
-0.0368 |
314 |
1 |
45.89 |
2009-04-29 |
| 59. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
45.82 |
1.0483 |
-0.0393 |
227 |
1 |
45.82 |
2009-04-20 |
| 60. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
45.81 |
0.9593 |
0.0572 |
398 |
1 |
45.81 |
2009-05-01 |
| 61. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
45.76 |
0.9148 |
0.0972 |
317 |
1 |
45.76 |
2009-05-11 |
| 62. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
45.73 |
1.0463 |
-0.0409 |
182 |
1 |
45.73 |
2009-05-27 |
| 63. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
45.68 |
1.0034 |
0.0039 |
302 |
1 |
45.68 |
2009-05-27 |
| 64. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
45.62 |
1.0053 |
0.0002 |
232 |
2 |
45.36 |
2009-05-27 |
| 65. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
45.29 |
0.9910 |
0.0110 |
295 |
1 |
45.29 |
2009-04-15 |
| 66. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
45.14 |
1.0203 |
-0.0201 |
261 |
3 |
44.60 |
2009-06-01 |
| 67. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
45.13 |
0.9202 |
0.0756 |
254 |
1 |
45.13 |
2009-04-29 |
| 68. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
44.90 |
0.9468 |
0.0441 |
276 |
1 |
44.90 |
2009-05-01 |
| 69. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
44.83 |
0.9485 |
0.0430 |
236 |
2 |
42.56 |
2009-04-27 |
| 70. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
44.82 |
0.9500 |
0.0418 |
362 |
2 |
42.00 |
2009-05-18 |
| 71. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
44.71 |
1.0528 |
-0.0707 |
201 |
1 |
44.71 |
2009-05-04 |
| 72. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
44.45 |
0.9570 |
0.0260 |
287 |
1 |
44.45 |
2009-05-04 |
| 73. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
44.16 |
0.9684 |
0.0091 |
388 |
1 |
44.16 |
2009-06-01 |
| 74. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
44.05 |
0.8653 |
0.1184 |
255 |
1 |
44.05 |
2009-04-20 |
| 75. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
43.92 |
0.9266 |
0.0447 |
278 |
1 |
43.92 |
2009-05-27 |
| 76. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
43.76 |
1.0337 |
-0.0684 |
214 |
2 |
43.71 |
2009-05-22 |
| 77. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
43.71 |
0.9986 |
-0.0332 |
283 |
2 |
41.30 |
2009-05-01 |
| 78. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
43.66 |
1.0125 |
-0.0511 |
224 |
1 |
43.66 |
2009-04-29 |
| 79. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
43.58 |
0.9907 |
-0.0304 |
211 |
1 |
43.58 |
2009-06-01 |
| 80. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
43.53 |
0.9866 |
-0.0295 |
218 |
1 |
43.53 |
2009-04-20 |
| 81. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
43.53 |
0.8442 |
0.1206 |
265 |
3 |
38.24 |
2009-05-27 |
| 82. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
43.40 |
0.9635 |
-0.0003 |
389 |
1 |
43.40 |
2009-04-29 |
| 83. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
43.29 |
0.9376 |
0.0232 |
367 |
1 |
43.29 |
2009-05-18 |
| 84. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
43.08 |
0.9234 |
0.0327 |
346 |
1 |
43.08 |
2009-05-20 |
| 85. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
42.95 |
1.0016 |
-0.0584 |
218 |
1 |
42.95 |
2009-06-01 |
| 86. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
42.89 |
0.9646 |
-0.0191 |
264 |
1 |
42.89 |
2009-04-22 |
| 87. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
42.68 |
0.9852 |
-0.0432 |
264 |
1 |
42.68 |
2009-04-29 |
| 88. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
42.49 |
1.0025 |
-0.0641 |
336 |
2 |
40.86 |
2009-04-20 |
| 89. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
42.32 |
0.9567 |
-0.0232 |
273 |
1 |
42.32 |
2009-05-27 |
| 90. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
42.03 |
0.9532 |
-0.0273 |
258 |
1 |
42.03 |
2009-05-18 |
| 91. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
41.81 |
0.8105 |
0.1075 |
204 |
2 |
37.99 |
2009-05-01 |
| 92. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
41.71 |
0.9109 |
0.0117 |
401 |
1 |
41.71 |
2009-05-20 |
| 93. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
41.20 |
0.9429 |
-0.0330 |
287 |
1 |
41.20 |
2009-05-06 |
| 94. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
41.18 |
0.9049 |
0.0087 |
351 |
1 |
41.18 |
2009-06-01 |
| 95. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
41.14 |
0.9776 |
-0.0701 |
308 |
1 |
41.14 |
2009-05-15 |
| 96. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
40.92 |
0.9309 |
-0.0304 |
284 |
1 |
40.92 |
2009-05-15 |
| 97. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
40.88 |
0.9843 |
-0.0878 |
234 |
1 |
40.88 |
2009-04-20 |
| 98. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
40.65 |
0.9351 |
-0.0443 |
190 |
1 |
40.65 |
2009-04-22 |
| 99. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
40.64 |
0.9196 |
-0.0218 |
148 |
1 |
40.64 |
2009-04-22 |
| 100. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
40.53 |
1.0183 |
-0.1302 |
191 |
2 |
37.16 |
2009-05-15 |
| 101. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
40.50 |
0.8958 |
0.0018 |
322 |
1 |
40.50 |
2009-05-01 |
| 102. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
40.41 |
0.9682 |
-0.0791 |
143 |
1 |
40.41 |
2009-05-13 |
| 103. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
40.37 |
1.0396 |
-0.1567 |
149 |
1 |
40.37 |
2009-05-04 |
| 104. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
40.00 |
0.9865 |
-0.1036 |
276 |
1 |
40.00 |
2009-04-22 |
| 105. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
39.87 |
0.9430 |
-0.0714 |
211 |
1 |
39.87 |
2009-05-18 |
| 106. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
39.66 |
0.8961 |
-0.0253 |
189 |
1 |
39.66 |
2009-05-18 |
| 107. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
39.48 |
1.0025 |
-0.1324 |
256 |
1 |
39.48 |
2009-04-20 |
| 108. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
39.37 |
1.0109 |
-0.1424 |
276 |
1 |
39.37 |
2009-04-22 |
| 109. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
39.29 |
0.9633 |
-0.0952 |
304 |
1 |
39.29 |
2009-04-17 |
| 110. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
38.40 |
1.0316 |
-0.1818 |
333 |
1 |
38.40 |
2009-05-04 |
| 111. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
38.31 |
0.8382 |
0.0063 |
268 |
1 |
38.31 |
2009-04-29 |
| 112. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
38.14 |
0.9899 |
-0.1544 |
163 |
2 |
37.57 |
2009-05-29 |
| 113. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
38.09 |
0.9125 |
-0.0716 |
308 |
1 |
38.09 |
2009-04-22 |
| 114. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
38.02 |
0.8722 |
-0.0318 |
285 |
1 |
38.02 |
2009-05-04 |
| 115. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
37.95 |
0.9763 |
-0.1409 |
289 |
1 |
37.95 |
2009-05-18 |
| 116. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
37.92 |
0.9851 |
-0.1476 |
317 |
1 |
37.92 |
2009-04-20 |
| 117. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
37.72 |
0.9798 |
-0.1547 |
199 |
1 |
37.72 |
2009-04-20 |
| 118. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
37.51 |
0.9289 |
-0.1051 |
204 |
1 |
37.51 |
2009-05-27 |
| 119. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
37.47 |
0.8935 |
-0.0586 |
328 |
1 |
37.47 |
2009-05-27 |
| 120. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
37.39 |
0.8602 |
-0.0390 |
206 |
1 |
37.39 |
2009-04-22 |
| 121. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
37.23 |
0.9966 |
-0.1774 |
259 |
1 |
37.23 |
2009-04-20 |
| 122. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
37.22 |
0.9084 |
-0.0847 |
404 |
1 |
37.22 |
2009-04-22 |
| 123. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
37.17 |
0.9540 |
-0.1373 |
285 |
1 |
37.17 |
2009-05-01 |
| 124. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
36.73 |
0.8852 |
-0.0744 |
201 |
1 |
36.73 |
2009-04-20 |
| 125. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
36.61 |
0.9649 |
-0.1600 |
193 |
1 |
36.61 |
2009-06-05 |
| 126. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
36.07 |
0.9048 |
-0.1063 |
271 |
1 |
36.07 |
2009-04-15 |
| 127. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
35.66 |
0.9213 |
-0.1361 |
295 |
1 |
35.66 |
2009-04-20 |
| 128. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
35.12 |
1.0521 |
-0.2843 |
171 |
1 |
35.12 |
2009-04-22 |
| 129. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
34.80 |
0.9734 |
-0.2082 |
289 |
1 |
34.80 |
2009-05-04 |
| 130. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
34.47 |
1.0138 |
-0.2561 |
231 |
1 |
34.47 |
2009-05-06 |
| 131. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
34.38 |
0.9426 |
-0.1834 |
317 |
1 |
34.38 |
2009-05-27 |
| 132. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
34.13 |
1.0565 |
-0.3086 |
247 |
1 |
34.13 |
2009-04-20 |
| 133. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
33.37 |
0.9897 |
-0.2585 |
274 |
1 |
33.37 |
2009-04-17 |
| 134. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
33.18 |
1.0349 |
-0.3063 |
234 |
1 |
33.18 |
2009-05-01 |
| 135. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
29.91 |
0.9841 |
-0.3242 |
334 |
1 |
29.91 |
2009-05-20 |