| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
40.97 |
1.1016 |
0.3926 |
233 |
1 |
40.97 |
2009-01-16 |
| 2. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
39.24 |
0.8295 |
0.6028 |
209 |
2 |
38.28 |
2009-01-14 |
| 3. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
38.73 |
0.9572 |
0.4534 |
201 |
1 |
38.73 |
2009-01-16 |
| 4. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
38.70 |
1.0799 |
0.3270 |
243 |
2 |
37.14 |
2009-01-14 |
| 5. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
38.40 |
0.9724 |
0.4308 |
237 |
1 |
38.40 |
2009-01-14 |
| 6. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
38.34 |
0.9758 |
0.4223 |
314 |
1 |
38.34 |
2009-01-14 |
| 7. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
37.77 |
0.8910 |
0.4871 |
150 |
1 |
37.77 |
2009-01-16 |
| 8. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
37.72 |
1.0125 |
0.3598 |
224 |
2 |
35.53 |
2009-01-16 |
| 9. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
37.63 |
1.1114 |
0.2572 |
247 |
1 |
37.63 |
2009-01-16 |
| 10. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
37.16 |
1.0796 |
0.2696 |
129 |
2 |
36.49 |
2009-01-16 |
| 11. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
35.62 |
0.9769 |
0.3183 |
263 |
1 |
35.62 |
2009-01-14 |
| 12. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
35.39 |
1.0441 |
0.2463 |
252 |
1 |
35.39 |
2009-01-16 |
| 13. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
34.21 |
1.0183 |
0.2216 |
191 |
2 |
27.82 |
2009-01-16 |
| 14. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
34.19 |
0.9213 |
0.3239 |
295 |
1 |
34.19 |
2009-01-16 |
| 15. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
33.75 |
0.9907 |
0.2363 |
211 |
1 |
33.75 |
2009-01-16 |
| 16. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
33.21 |
1.0201 |
0.1818 |
172 |
2 |
26.75 |
2009-01-16 |
| 17. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
30.02 |
0.9991 |
0.0928 |
225 |
1 |
30.02 |
2009-01-16 |
| 18. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
29.51 |
0.7876 |
0.2876 |
316 |
1 |
29.51 |
2009-01-16 |
| 19. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
29.39 |
0.9171 |
0.1514 |
165 |
2 |
26.18 |
2009-01-12 |
| 20. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
29.34 |
1.0444 |
0.0153 |
197 |
2 |
27.36 |
2009-01-12 |
| 21. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
28.29 |
1.0462 |
-0.0246 |
184 |
3 |
23.00 |
2009-01-16 |
| 22. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
27.73 |
0.9325 |
0.0679 |
156 |
2 |
26.39 |
2009-01-16 |
| 23. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
27.25 |
0.9164 |
0.0766 |
121 |
2 |
26.41 |
2009-01-12 |
| 24. |
There is a trick for learning to type faster. That trick is ... |
27.06 |
0.8661 |
0.1075 |
94 |
1 |
27.06 |
2009-01-12 |
| 25. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
27.05 |
0.8544 |
0.1281 |
170 |
4 |
25.60 |
2009-01-14 |
| 26. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
26.46 |
0.8852 |
0.0773 |
201 |
1 |
26.46 |
2009-01-16 |
| 27. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
25.77 |
0.9798 |
-0.0505 |
199 |
2 |
23.62 |
2009-01-14 |
| 28. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
25.64 |
0.7916 |
0.1463 |
184 |
2 |
23.96 |
2009-01-12 |
| 29. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
25.34 |
0.8791 |
0.0392 |
190 |
2 |
24.23 |
2009-01-12 |
| 30. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
25.29 |
1.0528 |
-0.1404 |
201 |
1 |
25.29 |
2009-01-12 |
| 31. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
25.15 |
1.0487 |
-0.1415 |
231 |
2 |
24.90 |
2009-01-12 |
| 32. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
24.97 |
0.8125 |
0.0956 |
197 |
1 |
24.97 |
2009-01-12 |
| 33. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
24.78 |
1.0124 |
-0.1162 |
204 |
1 |
24.78 |
2009-01-16 |
| 34. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
24.61 |
0.9045 |
-0.0119 |
235 |
1 |
24.61 |
2009-01-16 |
| 35. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
24.15 |
1.0396 |
-0.1714 |
149 |
2 |
23.12 |
2009-01-12 |
| 36. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
23.26 |
0.8153 |
0.0322 |
200 |
1 |
23.26 |
2009-01-12 |
| 37. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
22.92 |
0.9786 |
-0.1536 |
193 |
1 |
22.92 |
2009-01-12 |
| 38. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
22.79 |
0.8788 |
-0.0569 |
134 |
1 |
22.79 |
2009-01-12 |
| 39. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
22.00 |
0.7938 |
0.0035 |
176 |
1 |
22.00 |
2009-01-12 |
| 40. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
21.85 |
0.9941 |
-0.2057 |
217 |
1 |
21.85 |
2009-01-12 |
| 41. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
21.65 |
0.8360 |
-0.0533 |
170 |
2 |
20.31 |
2009-01-12 |
| 42. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
21.53 |
0.9233 |
-0.1525 |
168 |
1 |
21.53 |
2009-01-12 |
| 43. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
21.52 |
0.8177 |
-0.0433 |
124 |
2 |
20.57 |
2009-01-12 |
| 44. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
21.50 |
0.8747 |
-0.1012 |
201 |
1 |
21.50 |
2009-01-12 |
| 45. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
21.46 |
0.8323 |
-0.0554 |
203 |
1 |
21.46 |
2009-01-12 |
| 46. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
21.21 |
0.8077 |
-0.0423 |
167 |
1 |
21.21 |
2009-01-12 |
| 47. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
21.16 |
1.0214 |
-0.2614 |
166 |
1 |
21.16 |
2009-01-12 |
| 48. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
21.15 |
1.0390 |
-0.2777 |
205 |
1 |
21.15 |
2009-01-12 |
| 49. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
20.85 |
0.8975 |
-0.1430 |
268 |
1 |
20.85 |
2009-01-12 |
| 50. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
20.31 |
0.8323 |
-0.0995 |
145 |
1 |
20.31 |
2009-01-12 |
| 51. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
20.13 |
0.8887 |
-0.1471 |
128 |
1 |
20.13 |
2009-01-12 |
| 52. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
20.13 |
0.8852 |
-0.1572 |
158 |
1 |
20.13 |
2009-01-12 |
| 53. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
20.05 |
0.9251 |
-0.1955 |
177 |
1 |
20.05 |
2009-01-12 |
| 54. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
19.70 |
0.7389 |
-0.0258 |
145 |
1 |
19.70 |
2009-01-12 |
| 55. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
18.58 |
1.0711 |
-0.4057 |
213 |
1 |
18.58 |
2009-01-12 |
| 56. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
18.34 |
0.8263 |
-0.1667 |
162 |
1 |
18.34 |
2009-01-12 |
| 57. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
18.01 |
0.7352 |
-0.0857 |
106 |
1 |
18.01 |
2009-01-12 |
| 58. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
17.85 |
0.8715 |
-0.2317 |
130 |
1 |
17.85 |
2009-01-12 |