| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
52.36 |
1.0029 |
0.2184 |
209 |
1 |
52.36 |
2009-06-01 |
| 2. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
52.00 |
1.0788 |
0.1348 |
171 |
1 |
52.00 |
2009-06-05 |
| 3. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
51.56 |
1.0368 |
0.1729 |
276 |
2 |
46.47 |
2009-06-03 |
| 4. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
51.47 |
1.0251 |
0.1794 |
261 |
1 |
51.47 |
2009-05-05 |
| 5. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
50.85 |
1.1114 |
0.0779 |
247 |
3 |
46.80 |
2009-06-03 |
| 6. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
50.66 |
1.0523 |
0.1309 |
256 |
1 |
50.66 |
2009-06-02 |
| 7. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
50.37 |
0.9731 |
0.1950 |
129 |
1 |
50.37 |
2009-05-29 |
| 8. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
50.29 |
1.0619 |
0.1204 |
354 |
1 |
50.29 |
2009-05-19 |
| 9. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
50.23 |
1.0487 |
0.1236 |
231 |
1 |
50.23 |
2009-06-05 |
| 10. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
49.53 |
1.0462 |
0.1084 |
184 |
1 |
49.53 |
2009-06-03 |
| 11. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
49.51 |
0.9196 |
0.2423 |
148 |
1 |
49.51 |
2009-05-19 |
| 12. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
49.08 |
1.0417 |
0.1058 |
253 |
1 |
49.08 |
2009-06-03 |
| 13. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
49.00 |
1.0168 |
0.1327 |
271 |
2 |
43.74 |
2009-05-28 |
| 14. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
48.70 |
1.0483 |
0.0897 |
227 |
2 |
47.17 |
2009-06-02 |
| 15. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
48.50 |
0.8037 |
0.3353 |
148 |
1 |
48.50 |
2009-06-05 |
| 16. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
48.47 |
0.9572 |
0.1773 |
201 |
1 |
48.47 |
2009-06-05 |
| 17. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
48.14 |
0.9997 |
0.1316 |
382 |
1 |
48.14 |
2009-06-05 |
| 18. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
48.10 |
1.0799 |
0.0432 |
243 |
2 |
46.35 |
2009-05-05 |
| 19. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
48.06 |
1.0352 |
0.0933 |
341 |
1 |
48.06 |
2009-05-20 |
| 20. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
47.78 |
1.0261 |
0.0912 |
273 |
1 |
47.78 |
2009-06-03 |
| 21. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
47.63 |
1.0567 |
0.0596 |
303 |
1 |
47.63 |
2009-05-07 |
| 22. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
47.34 |
0.9843 |
0.1195 |
234 |
1 |
47.34 |
2009-05-18 |
| 23. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
47.07 |
0.9964 |
0.1061 |
203 |
2 |
44.90 |
2009-05-29 |
| 24. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
47.02 |
0.9540 |
0.1454 |
285 |
1 |
47.02 |
2009-05-05 |
| 25. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
47.01 |
0.8573 |
0.2473 |
270 |
2 |
44.61 |
2009-05-20 |
| 26. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
46.62 |
1.0218 |
0.0670 |
268 |
2 |
42.87 |
2009-05-29 |
| 27. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
46.60 |
1.0352 |
0.0592 |
341 |
1 |
46.60 |
2009-05-29 |
| 28. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
46.59 |
0.8653 |
0.2370 |
255 |
1 |
46.59 |
2009-05-28 |
| 29. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
46.38 |
1.0515 |
0.0326 |
250 |
1 |
46.38 |
2009-05-29 |
| 30. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
46.37 |
1.0529 |
0.0328 |
351 |
4 |
41.98 |
2009-05-29 |
| 31. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
46.08 |
1.0189 |
0.0633 |
337 |
1 |
46.08 |
2009-05-29 |
| 32. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
46.07 |
1.0477 |
0.0334 |
360 |
1 |
46.07 |
2009-05-05 |
| 33. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
45.91 |
0.9811 |
0.0965 |
272 |
2 |
44.32 |
2009-06-05 |
| 34. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
45.61 |
0.9756 |
0.0909 |
229 |
1 |
45.61 |
2009-05-20 |
| 35. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
45.54 |
1.0063 |
0.0602 |
371 |
2 |
44.59 |
2009-06-03 |
| 36. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
45.53 |
0.9633 |
0.1048 |
304 |
3 |
43.85 |
2009-06-02 |
| 37. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
45.44 |
0.9128 |
0.1565 |
133 |
1 |
45.44 |
2009-06-02 |
| 38. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
45.44 |
1.0596 |
0.0021 |
239 |
1 |
45.44 |
2009-05-05 |
| 39. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
45.40 |
0.9281 |
0.1398 |
273 |
1 |
45.40 |
2009-05-18 |
| 40. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
45.30 |
0.9884 |
0.0713 |
233 |
1 |
45.30 |
2009-05-28 |
| 41. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
45.05 |
1.0197 |
0.0319 |
226 |
1 |
45.05 |
2009-05-29 |
| 42. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
45.04 |
0.9612 |
0.0931 |
256 |
1 |
45.04 |
2009-05-29 |
| 43. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
44.93 |
0.9019 |
0.1550 |
204 |
1 |
44.93 |
2009-05-27 |
| 44. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
44.65 |
0.9907 |
0.0528 |
211 |
1 |
44.65 |
2009-06-03 |
| 45. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
44.54 |
1.0138 |
0.0282 |
231 |
2 |
42.65 |
2009-05-29 |
| 46. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
44.45 |
0.9965 |
0.0441 |
310 |
1 |
44.45 |
2009-06-01 |
| 47. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
44.20 |
0.9570 |
0.0791 |
287 |
1 |
44.20 |
2009-06-03 |
| 48. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
44.16 |
0.9768 |
0.0592 |
387 |
1 |
44.16 |
2009-05-29 |
| 49. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
44.12 |
0.9289 |
0.1013 |
204 |
1 |
44.12 |
2009-05-28 |
| 50. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
44.00 |
0.8791 |
0.1497 |
190 |
2 |
42.18 |
2009-05-28 |
| 51. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
44.00 |
0.9233 |
0.0981 |
168 |
2 |
42.26 |
2009-05-26 |
| 52. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
43.97 |
0.9965 |
0.0276 |
168 |
1 |
43.97 |
2009-05-07 |
| 53. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
43.79 |
1.0399 |
-0.0100 |
294 |
1 |
43.79 |
2009-05-28 |
| 54. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
43.76 |
0.8975 |
0.1270 |
268 |
2 |
43.49 |
2009-05-18 |
| 55. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
43.74 |
0.8919 |
0.1299 |
205 |
2 |
43.73 |
2009-06-03 |
| 56. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
43.73 |
1.0025 |
0.0207 |
256 |
1 |
43.73 |
2009-05-12 |
| 57. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
43.58 |
0.9646 |
0.0542 |
264 |
2 |
39.73 |
2009-05-28 |
| 58. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
43.52 |
1.0429 |
-0.0260 |
259 |
1 |
43.52 |
2009-05-28 |
| 59. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
43.45 |
0.9342 |
0.0859 |
434 |
1 |
43.45 |
2009-05-05 |
| 60. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
43.30 |
0.9763 |
0.0363 |
289 |
3 |
41.63 |
2009-06-03 |
| 61. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
43.19 |
1.0297 |
-0.0204 |
249 |
1 |
43.19 |
2009-05-05 |
| 62. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
42.85 |
1.0034 |
-0.0025 |
302 |
1 |
42.85 |
2009-05-20 |
| 63. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
42.77 |
1.0004 |
-0.0060 |
212 |
1 |
42.77 |
2009-06-03 |
| 64. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
42.77 |
1.0201 |
-0.0192 |
303 |
1 |
42.77 |
2009-05-12 |
| 65. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
42.68 |
0.9866 |
0.0081 |
218 |
1 |
42.68 |
2009-05-05 |
| 66. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
42.36 |
1.0095 |
-0.0198 |
316 |
2 |
41.40 |
2009-05-06 |
| 67. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
42.32 |
0.8533 |
0.1376 |
232 |
1 |
42.32 |
2009-05-28 |
| 68. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
42.28 |
0.9257 |
0.0687 |
317 |
1 |
42.28 |
2009-05-05 |
| 69. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
41.98 |
0.9109 |
0.0735 |
401 |
1 |
41.98 |
2009-06-02 |
| 70. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
41.94 |
1.0389 |
-0.0557 |
340 |
2 |
40.43 |
2009-05-18 |
| 71. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
41.88 |
1.0426 |
-0.0639 |
323 |
1 |
41.88 |
2009-05-29 |
| 72. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
41.77 |
0.9965 |
-0.0191 |
277 |
1 |
41.77 |
2009-05-28 |
| 73. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
41.72 |
1.0577 |
-0.0856 |
247 |
2 |
39.01 |
2009-06-05 |
| 74. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
41.71 |
0.9899 |
-0.0192 |
163 |
1 |
41.71 |
2009-05-06 |
| 75. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
41.65 |
0.9614 |
0.0156 |
292 |
1 |
41.65 |
2009-05-28 |
| 76. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
41.64 |
0.9897 |
-0.0183 |
274 |
1 |
41.64 |
2009-05-11 |
| 77. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
41.48 |
0.8770 |
0.0961 |
300 |
1 |
41.48 |
2009-05-28 |
| 78. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
41.45 |
0.9844 |
-0.0104 |
293 |
1 |
41.45 |
2009-05-27 |
| 79. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
41.42 |
0.9754 |
-0.0008 |
362 |
1 |
41.42 |
2009-06-05 |
| 80. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
41.35 |
0.8153 |
0.1564 |
200 |
1 |
41.35 |
2009-06-03 |
| 81. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
41.31 |
0.9513 |
0.0184 |
354 |
1 |
41.31 |
2009-05-08 |
| 82. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
41.22 |
1.0390 |
-0.0790 |
205 |
1 |
41.22 |
2009-05-18 |
| 83. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
41.18 |
1.0099 |
-0.0500 |
207 |
2 |
40.69 |
2009-06-02 |
| 84. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
41.03 |
0.9729 |
-0.0134 |
255 |
1 |
41.03 |
2009-05-29 |
| 85. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
40.99 |
0.8935 |
0.0745 |
328 |
1 |
40.99 |
2009-05-29 |
| 86. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
40.96 |
1.0201 |
-0.0693 |
172 |
2 |
40.03 |
2009-05-11 |
| 87. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
40.90 |
0.9886 |
-0.0299 |
220 |
2 |
38.69 |
2009-05-28 |
| 88. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
40.70 |
0.9500 |
0.0037 |
362 |
1 |
40.70 |
2009-05-13 |
| 89. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
40.19 |
0.9740 |
-0.0387 |
209 |
1 |
40.19 |
2009-05-26 |
| 90. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
40.15 |
0.9734 |
-0.0353 |
289 |
1 |
40.15 |
2009-05-19 |
| 91. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
39.95 |
0.9084 |
0.0294 |
404 |
2 |
38.63 |
2009-06-03 |
| 92. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
39.81 |
0.9786 |
-0.0487 |
235 |
1 |
39.81 |
2009-05-20 |
| 93. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
39.77 |
1.0213 |
-0.0951 |
240 |
1 |
39.77 |
2009-05-28 |
| 94. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
39.56 |
0.9485 |
-0.0223 |
236 |
1 |
39.56 |
2009-06-03 |
| 95. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
39.53 |
1.0183 |
-0.1002 |
191 |
1 |
39.53 |
2009-06-02 |
| 96. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
39.40 |
0.9286 |
-0.0089 |
194 |
1 |
39.40 |
2009-05-20 |
| 97. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
39.24 |
0.9567 |
-0.0400 |
273 |
1 |
39.24 |
2009-05-18 |
| 98. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
39.05 |
0.8916 |
0.0211 |
216 |
2 |
35.35 |
2009-06-05 |
| 99. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
39.04 |
0.9865 |
-0.0733 |
276 |
1 |
39.04 |
2009-05-28 |
| 100. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
39.00 |
1.0257 |
-0.1081 |
401 |
1 |
39.00 |
2009-05-28 |
| 101. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
38.99 |
0.8947 |
0.0211 |
366 |
2 |
37.94 |
2009-05-29 |
| 102. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
38.88 |
0.9430 |
-0.0420 |
211 |
2 |
38.21 |
2009-06-03 |
| 103. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
38.73 |
0.9278 |
-0.0203 |
295 |
1 |
38.73 |
2009-05-29 |
| 104. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
38.61 |
0.9772 |
-0.0788 |
217 |
1 |
38.61 |
2009-05-29 |
| 105. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
38.51 |
0.9339 |
-0.0358 |
310 |
1 |
38.51 |
2009-05-11 |
| 106. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
38.45 |
1.0496 |
-0.1522 |
314 |
1 |
38.45 |
2009-05-18 |
| 107. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
38.22 |
0.8961 |
-0.0068 |
189 |
1 |
38.22 |
2009-06-03 |
| 108. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
37.94 |
1.0131 |
-0.1309 |
225 |
1 |
37.94 |
2009-05-20 |
| 109. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
37.77 |
0.8105 |
0.0672 |
204 |
1 |
37.77 |
2009-05-28 |
| 110. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
37.47 |
0.9863 |
-0.1070 |
339 |
1 |
37.47 |
2009-05-05 |
| 111. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
37.46 |
0.8900 |
-0.0141 |
164 |
1 |
37.46 |
2009-06-03 |
| 112. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
37.29 |
0.8951 |
-0.0222 |
193 |
1 |
37.29 |
2009-05-05 |
| 113. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
37.25 |
0.8810 |
-0.0105 |
282 |
2 |
36.62 |
2009-06-05 |
| 114. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
37.20 |
0.9578 |
-0.0898 |
281 |
1 |
37.20 |
2009-05-07 |
| 115. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
37.16 |
1.0109 |
-0.1425 |
276 |
1 |
37.16 |
2009-05-18 |
| 116. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
37.03 |
0.9376 |
-0.0677 |
367 |
1 |
37.03 |
2009-06-05 |
| 117. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
36.84 |
0.9758 |
-0.1151 |
314 |
1 |
36.84 |
2009-05-07 |
| 118. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
36.68 |
0.9780 |
-0.1208 |
337 |
1 |
36.68 |
2009-06-01 |
| 119. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
36.56 |
0.8811 |
-0.0231 |
239 |
1 |
36.56 |
2009-05-13 |
| 120. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
36.44 |
0.9005 |
-0.0515 |
212 |
3 |
35.32 |
2009-06-02 |
| 121. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
36.40 |
0.8595 |
-0.0081 |
242 |
1 |
36.40 |
2009-06-05 |
| 122. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
36.17 |
0.8154 |
0.0305 |
193 |
1 |
36.17 |
2009-05-07 |
| 123. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
36.14 |
0.9593 |
-0.1112 |
398 |
1 |
36.14 |
2009-06-05 |
| 124. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
35.97 |
1.0033 |
-0.1706 |
189 |
1 |
35.97 |
2009-05-05 |
| 125. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
35.97 |
0.9351 |
-0.1012 |
190 |
1 |
35.97 |
2009-05-06 |
| 126. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
35.65 |
1.0214 |
-0.1950 |
166 |
1 |
35.65 |
2009-05-06 |
| 127. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
35.51 |
0.9991 |
-0.1701 |
225 |
1 |
35.51 |
2009-05-20 |
| 128. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
35.32 |
0.8382 |
-0.0137 |
268 |
1 |
35.32 |
2009-05-05 |
| 129. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
35.08 |
0.9125 |
-0.0924 |
308 |
1 |
35.08 |
2009-06-05 |
| 130. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
34.98 |
0.9164 |
-0.0957 |
305 |
1 |
34.98 |
2009-05-28 |
| 131. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
34.70 |
0.9072 |
-0.0996 |
237 |
1 |
34.70 |
2009-05-07 |
| 132. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
34.10 |
0.9226 |
-0.1237 |
177 |
1 |
34.10 |
2009-05-05 |
| 133. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
34.07 |
0.9468 |
-0.1529 |
276 |
1 |
34.07 |
2009-05-06 |
| 134. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
33.88 |
0.9805 |
-0.1860 |
292 |
1 |
33.88 |
2009-05-05 |
| 135. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
33.31 |
0.8941 |
-0.1157 |
216 |
1 |
33.31 |
2009-05-28 |
| 136. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
32.62 |
1.0062 |
-0.2462 |
288 |
1 |
32.62 |
2009-06-03 |
| 137. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
32.59 |
0.9168 |
-0.1562 |
240 |
2 |
32.03 |
2009-06-02 |
| 138. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
32.44 |
0.7876 |
-0.0293 |
316 |
2 |
31.60 |
2009-05-11 |