| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
62.21 |
0.9907 |
0.2347 |
211 |
1 |
62.21 |
2009-07-14 |
| 2. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
61.75 |
1.0619 |
0.1596 |
354 |
1 |
61.75 |
2009-07-09 |
| 3. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
60.35 |
1.0796 |
0.1056 |
129 |
2 |
52.54 |
2009-07-09 |
| 4. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
60.35 |
1.0613 |
0.1296 |
266 |
2 |
55.00 |
2009-07-14 |
| 5. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
60.20 |
1.0714 |
0.1067 |
129 |
1 |
60.20 |
2009-07-09 |
| 6. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
59.67 |
1.0521 |
0.1195 |
171 |
1 |
59.67 |
2009-07-14 |
| 7. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
59.17 |
1.1016 |
0.0649 |
233 |
2 |
56.19 |
2009-07-09 |
| 8. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
58.89 |
0.9682 |
0.1908 |
143 |
1 |
58.89 |
2009-07-09 |
| 9. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
58.70 |
1.0183 |
0.1332 |
191 |
2 |
56.95 |
2009-07-14 |
| 10. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
58.69 |
0.9048 |
0.2567 |
271 |
1 |
58.69 |
2009-07-14 |
| 11. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
58.60 |
1.0516 |
0.1031 |
281 |
3 |
51.72 |
2009-07-09 |
| 12. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
58.26 |
1.0361 |
0.1132 |
269 |
1 |
58.26 |
2009-07-09 |
| 13. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
58.24 |
1.0445 |
0.1043 |
373 |
1 |
58.24 |
2009-07-09 |
| 14. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
58.21 |
1.0788 |
0.0629 |
171 |
1 |
58.21 |
2009-07-09 |
| 15. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
57.04 |
0.9897 |
0.1320 |
274 |
1 |
57.04 |
2009-07-09 |
| 16. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
56.90 |
1.0399 |
0.0865 |
294 |
1 |
56.90 |
2009-07-09 |
| 17. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
56.39 |
1.0441 |
0.0684 |
252 |
2 |
52.03 |
2009-07-09 |
| 18. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
56.34 |
1.0389 |
0.0735 |
340 |
3 |
51.49 |
2009-07-14 |
| 19. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
56.27 |
1.0477 |
0.0633 |
360 |
1 |
56.27 |
2009-07-09 |
| 20. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
55.95 |
1.0218 |
0.0776 |
268 |
2 |
51.81 |
2009-07-09 |
| 21. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
55.68 |
0.9857 |
0.1102 |
293 |
1 |
55.68 |
2009-07-09 |
| 22. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
55.64 |
1.0528 |
0.0383 |
201 |
1 |
55.64 |
2009-07-09 |
| 23. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
55.35 |
1.0257 |
0.0710 |
401 |
1 |
55.35 |
2009-07-09 |
| 24. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
55.01 |
0.9532 |
0.1290 |
258 |
1 |
55.01 |
2009-07-09 |
| 25. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
54.82 |
1.0595 |
0.0227 |
379 |
1 |
54.82 |
2009-07-09 |
| 26. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
54.63 |
1.0013 |
0.0737 |
273 |
2 |
49.10 |
2009-07-14 |
| 27. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
54.56 |
1.0555 |
0.0205 |
363 |
1 |
54.56 |
2009-07-13 |
| 28. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
54.29 |
1.0203 |
0.0523 |
261 |
1 |
54.29 |
2009-07-14 |
| 29. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
53.94 |
0.9213 |
0.1414 |
295 |
1 |
53.94 |
2009-07-09 |
| 30. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
53.85 |
0.8890 |
0.1678 |
199 |
2 |
50.90 |
2009-07-09 |
| 31. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
53.82 |
1.0389 |
0.0226 |
318 |
1 |
53.82 |
2009-07-09 |
| 32. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
53.74 |
1.0426 |
0.0149 |
323 |
1 |
53.74 |
2009-07-09 |
| 33. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
53.56 |
1.0167 |
0.0447 |
378 |
2 |
51.82 |
2009-07-09 |
| 34. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
53.50 |
0.9342 |
0.1227 |
434 |
2 |
51.55 |
2009-07-14 |
| 35. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
53.29 |
0.9893 |
0.0600 |
323 |
1 |
53.29 |
2009-07-14 |
| 36. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
53.14 |
1.0201 |
0.0194 |
172 |
1 |
53.14 |
2009-07-09 |
| 37. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
53.13 |
1.1114 |
-0.0680 |
247 |
2 |
48.62 |
2009-07-09 |
| 38. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
53.02 |
1.0189 |
0.0283 |
337 |
1 |
53.02 |
2009-07-09 |
| 39. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
52.99 |
1.0668 |
-0.0210 |
350 |
2 |
50.85 |
2009-07-09 |
| 40. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
52.81 |
1.0023 |
0.0355 |
211 |
1 |
52.81 |
2009-07-14 |
| 41. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
52.72 |
0.9865 |
0.0525 |
276 |
1 |
52.72 |
2009-07-09 |
| 42. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
52.67 |
1.0529 |
-0.0161 |
351 |
1 |
52.67 |
2009-07-09 |
| 43. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
52.58 |
1.0025 |
0.0335 |
336 |
1 |
52.58 |
2009-07-09 |
| 44. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
51.94 |
1.0534 |
-0.0289 |
357 |
1 |
51.94 |
2009-07-14 |
| 45. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
51.69 |
0.9266 |
0.0908 |
267 |
1 |
51.69 |
2009-07-09 |
| 46. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
51.65 |
0.8353 |
0.1888 |
283 |
2 |
50.91 |
2009-07-14 |
| 47. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
51.57 |
1.0165 |
0.0024 |
392 |
2 |
48.15 |
2009-07-14 |
| 48. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
51.57 |
0.9776 |
0.0376 |
308 |
1 |
51.57 |
2009-07-13 |
| 49. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
51.44 |
1.0486 |
-0.0354 |
289 |
1 |
51.44 |
2009-07-09 |
| 50. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
51.09 |
1.0016 |
-0.0008 |
218 |
1 |
51.09 |
2009-07-09 |
| 51. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
50.97 |
0.8722 |
0.1337 |
285 |
1 |
50.97 |
2009-07-09 |
| 52. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
50.95 |
0.9820 |
0.0234 |
267 |
2 |
48.62 |
2009-07-09 |
| 53. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
50.56 |
1.0060 |
-0.0159 |
171 |
1 |
50.56 |
2009-07-09 |
| 54. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
50.44 |
0.9226 |
0.0761 |
348 |
2 |
48.61 |
2009-07-09 |
| 55. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
50.35 |
0.9339 |
0.0552 |
310 |
1 |
50.35 |
2009-07-09 |
| 56. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
49.86 |
0.9266 |
0.0561 |
278 |
1 |
49.86 |
2009-07-09 |
| 57. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
49.18 |
1.0398 |
-0.0830 |
110 |
1 |
49.18 |
2009-07-09 |
| 58. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
49.07 |
0.9411 |
0.0248 |
318 |
1 |
49.07 |
2009-07-14 |
| 59. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
49.06 |
0.9851 |
-0.0180 |
317 |
1 |
49.06 |
2009-07-09 |
| 60. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
48.90 |
1.0124 |
-0.0531 |
204 |
1 |
48.90 |
2009-07-14 |
| 61. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
48.87 |
1.0125 |
-0.0537 |
224 |
1 |
48.87 |
2009-07-13 |
| 62. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
48.67 |
0.9965 |
-0.0441 |
168 |
1 |
48.67 |
2009-07-09 |
| 63. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
48.56 |
0.9886 |
-0.0311 |
220 |
1 |
48.56 |
2009-07-09 |
| 64. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
48.46 |
0.9365 |
0.0179 |
248 |
1 |
48.46 |
2009-07-09 |
| 65. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
48.10 |
1.0567 |
-0.1103 |
303 |
1 |
48.10 |
2009-07-09 |
| 66. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
47.99 |
0.9646 |
-0.0219 |
264 |
1 |
47.99 |
2009-07-09 |
| 67. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
47.67 |
0.9946 |
-0.0576 |
246 |
1 |
47.67 |
2009-07-09 |
| 68. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
47.24 |
1.0797 |
-0.1566 |
210 |
1 |
47.24 |
2009-07-09 |
| 69. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
47.18 |
1.0787 |
-0.1525 |
237 |
2 |
43.23 |
2009-07-14 |
| 70. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
47.00 |
1.0417 |
-0.1203 |
253 |
1 |
47.00 |
2009-07-09 |
| 71. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
46.98 |
0.9068 |
0.0197 |
269 |
1 |
46.98 |
2009-07-09 |
| 72. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
46.90 |
0.9786 |
-0.0572 |
235 |
2 |
45.15 |
2009-07-13 |
| 73. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
46.84 |
0.8573 |
0.0670 |
270 |
1 |
46.84 |
2009-07-14 |
| 74. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
46.69 |
0.8810 |
0.0375 |
282 |
1 |
46.69 |
2009-07-09 |
| 75. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
46.06 |
0.8996 |
0.0000 |
192 |
1 |
46.06 |
2009-07-13 |
| 76. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
45.90 |
0.8878 |
0.0139 |
346 |
1 |
45.90 |
2009-07-09 |
| 77. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
45.89 |
1.0419 |
-0.1402 |
261 |
1 |
45.89 |
2009-07-09 |
| 78. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
45.65 |
0.9514 |
-0.0541 |
237 |
1 |
45.65 |
2009-07-14 |
| 79. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
45.17 |
0.9289 |
-0.0438 |
204 |
2 |
44.61 |
2009-07-14 |
| 80. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
45.17 |
0.9863 |
-0.0945 |
339 |
1 |
45.17 |
2009-07-09 |
| 81. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
45.15 |
0.8958 |
-0.0042 |
322 |
2 |
43.36 |
2009-07-09 |
| 82. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
44.98 |
0.9084 |
-0.0230 |
300 |
1 |
44.98 |
2009-07-14 |
| 83. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
44.96 |
1.0029 |
-0.1261 |
209 |
1 |
44.96 |
2009-07-14 |
| 84. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
44.91 |
0.9567 |
-0.0747 |
273 |
1 |
44.91 |
2009-07-09 |
| 85. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
44.69 |
0.8975 |
-0.0192 |
268 |
1 |
44.69 |
2009-07-09 |
| 86. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
44.68 |
1.0138 |
-0.1366 |
231 |
1 |
44.68 |
2009-07-14 |
| 87. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
44.35 |
0.8935 |
-0.0127 |
328 |
1 |
44.35 |
2009-07-14 |
| 88. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
43.90 |
1.0131 |
-0.1549 |
225 |
1 |
43.90 |
2009-07-14 |
| 89. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
43.88 |
0.8951 |
-0.0312 |
193 |
2 |
42.46 |
2009-07-14 |
| 90. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
43.84 |
1.0297 |
-0.1700 |
249 |
1 |
43.84 |
2009-07-09 |
| 91. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
43.83 |
1.0197 |
-0.1619 |
226 |
1 |
43.83 |
2009-07-09 |
| 92. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
43.82 |
0.8916 |
-0.0308 |
216 |
1 |
43.82 |
2009-07-14 |
| 93. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
43.72 |
1.0349 |
-0.1771 |
234 |
1 |
43.72 |
2009-07-09 |
| 94. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
43.15 |
1.0263 |
-0.1800 |
267 |
1 |
43.15 |
2009-07-09 |
| 95. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
40.74 |
0.8826 |
-0.0821 |
296 |
1 |
40.74 |
2009-07-09 |
| 96. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
40.47 |
0.9769 |
-0.1853 |
263 |
1 |
40.47 |
2009-07-09 |
| 97. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
40.14 |
0.9148 |
-0.1263 |
317 |
1 |
40.14 |
2009-07-09 |
| 98. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
39.50 |
1.0799 |
-0.3092 |
243 |
1 |
39.50 |
2009-06-13 |
| 99. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
38.32 |
1.0498 |
-0.3037 |
180 |
1 |
38.32 |
2009-07-09 |
| 100. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
38.26 |
0.9168 |
-0.1658 |
240 |
1 |
38.26 |
2009-07-09 |
| 101. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
37.77 |
0.8811 |
-0.1366 |
239 |
1 |
37.77 |
2009-07-14 |
| 102. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
37.24 |
0.9966 |
-0.2679 |
259 |
1 |
37.24 |
2009-07-09 |
| 103. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
37.07 |
0.8105 |
-0.0888 |
204 |
2 |
34.81 |
2009-07-09 |
| 104. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
36.35 |
0.9731 |
-0.2740 |
129 |
1 |
36.35 |
2009-07-09 |