| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
37.57 |
0.8809 |
0.5640 |
127 |
3 |
31.14 |
2009-02-17 |
| 2. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
34.48 |
1.0214 |
0.3003 |
166 |
3 |
27.43 |
2009-09-16 |
| 3. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
33.70 |
1.0331 |
0.2614 |
234 |
1 |
33.70 |
2009-09-16 |
| 4. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
32.87 |
0.9873 |
0.2745 |
155 |
1 |
32.87 |
2009-09-16 |
| 5. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
31.85 |
0.9251 |
0.3047 |
177 |
3 |
25.28 |
2009-02-17 |
| 6. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
31.62 |
0.9731 |
0.2303 |
129 |
2 |
28.34 |
2009-02-18 |
| 7. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
31.36 |
1.0788 |
0.1214 |
171 |
3 |
26.48 |
2009-04-07 |
| 8. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
30.96 |
1.0197 |
0.1677 |
226 |
1 |
30.96 |
2009-02-17 |
| 9. |
At the very end of these food chains (which is to say, at th... |
30.34 |
0.8202 |
0.3433 |
178 |
1 |
30.34 |
2013-04-09 |
| 10. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
29.95 |
1.0201 |
0.1241 |
172 |
5 |
23.79 |
2010-11-10 |
| 11. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
29.50 |
0.9350 |
0.1993 |
195 |
1 |
29.50 |
2013-04-09 |
| 12. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
29.47 |
0.9226 |
0.2136 |
177 |
1 |
29.47 |
2009-02-17 |
| 13. |
Problems are mind-made and need time to survive. They cannot... |
29.47 |
0.8342 |
0.3019 |
97 |
1 |
29.47 |
2013-04-09 |
| 14. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
29.44 |
1.0521 |
0.0743 |
171 |
6 |
23.18 |
2009-09-16 |
| 15. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
29.37 |
0.8731 |
0.2624 |
199 |
1 |
29.37 |
2009-09-16 |
| 16. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
29.34 |
1.0528 |
0.0695 |
201 |
2 |
27.31 |
2009-02-17 |
| 17. |
Through intensive training and psychological manipulation, a... |
29.18 |
0.8073 |
0.3153 |
173 |
1 |
29.18 |
2013-04-09 |
| 18. |
There is a trick for learning to type faster. That trick is ... |
29.10 |
0.8661 |
0.2430 |
94 |
2 |
26.28 |
2009-02-17 |
| 19. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
29.04 |
0.8360 |
0.2788 |
170 |
3 |
25.68 |
2010-11-10 |
| 20. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
28.95 |
0.9351 |
0.1715 |
190 |
2 |
26.03 |
2013-04-09 |
| 21. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
28.86 |
0.9196 |
0.1908 |
148 |
5 |
24.45 |
2009-02-17 |
| 22. |
The label doesn't mention that that rib-eye steak came from ... |
28.81 |
0.7731 |
0.3356 |
145 |
1 |
28.81 |
2013-04-09 |
| 23. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
28.41 |
1.0284 |
0.1061 |
282 |
1 |
28.41 |
2013-04-09 |
| 24. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
28.39 |
0.9461 |
0.1405 |
193 |
1 |
28.39 |
2013-04-09 |
| 25. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
28.35 |
0.7934 |
0.2946 |
134 |
2 |
26.65 |
2009-09-16 |
| 26. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
28.28 |
1.0023 |
0.0819 |
211 |
3 |
24.88 |
2009-02-18 |
| 27. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
28.04 |
0.9202 |
0.1559 |
254 |
1 |
28.04 |
2009-02-18 |
| 28. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
27.87 |
0.8190 |
0.2582 |
135 |
1 |
27.87 |
2009-02-11 |
| 29. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
27.84 |
0.8070 |
0.2645 |
137 |
1 |
27.84 |
2009-02-17 |
| 30. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
27.83 |
0.8821 |
0.1860 |
176 |
3 |
23.97 |
2009-02-17 |
| 31. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
27.75 |
1.0714 |
-0.0148 |
129 |
2 |
26.41 |
2009-02-17 |
| 32. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
27.69 |
0.8700 |
0.1925 |
127 |
2 |
27.03 |
2009-02-17 |
| 33. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
27.65 |
0.9171 |
0.1448 |
165 |
2 |
24.81 |
2009-02-18 |
| 34. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
27.40 |
0.9286 |
0.1223 |
194 |
1 |
27.40 |
2009-02-17 |
| 35. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
27.28 |
0.8919 |
0.1536 |
205 |
1 |
27.28 |
2009-09-16 |
| 36. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
27.19 |
0.8037 |
0.2428 |
148 |
1 |
27.19 |
2009-02-17 |
| 37. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
27.01 |
0.8118 |
0.2299 |
109 |
2 |
24.49 |
2009-02-18 |
| 38. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
26.83 |
0.9572 |
0.0715 |
201 |
1 |
26.83 |
2009-02-13 |
| 39. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
26.80 |
0.9871 |
0.0777 |
209 |
1 |
26.80 |
2013-04-09 |
| 40. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
26.75 |
0.9164 |
0.1138 |
121 |
1 |
26.75 |
2009-02-17 |
| 41. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
26.50 |
0.9353 |
0.0775 |
177 |
1 |
26.50 |
2010-11-10 |
| 42. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
26.17 |
0.8666 |
0.1405 |
150 |
1 |
26.17 |
2009-02-11 |
| 43. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
25.97 |
1.0396 |
-0.0505 |
149 |
2 |
23.10 |
2009-02-17 |
| 44. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
25.64 |
1.0016 |
-0.0227 |
218 |
1 |
25.64 |
2009-02-17 |
| 45. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
25.43 |
0.8660 |
0.1098 |
193 |
2 |
24.06 |
2013-04-09 |
| 46. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
25.25 |
0.8725 |
0.0980 |
163 |
1 |
25.25 |
2013-04-09 |
| 47. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
25.16 |
0.8323 |
0.1312 |
145 |
2 |
23.98 |
2009-02-13 |
| 48. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
25.14 |
0.8788 |
0.0818 |
134 |
2 |
24.67 |
2009-02-17 |
| 49. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
25.10 |
0.8975 |
0.0655 |
268 |
1 |
25.10 |
2013-04-09 |
| 50. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
25.01 |
0.9740 |
-0.0191 |
209 |
1 |
25.01 |
2009-02-13 |
| 51. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
24.98 |
0.7850 |
0.1693 |
154 |
1 |
24.98 |
2009-02-13 |
| 52. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
24.96 |
1.0029 |
-0.0522 |
209 |
1 |
24.96 |
2009-02-17 |
| 53. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
24.90 |
0.8070 |
0.1447 |
167 |
1 |
24.90 |
2009-02-17 |
| 54. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
24.81 |
1.0033 |
-0.0587 |
189 |
2 |
22.76 |
2009-02-18 |
| 55. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
24.76 |
0.8791 |
0.0693 |
190 |
3 |
23.26 |
2009-02-13 |
| 56. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
24.71 |
0.9072 |
0.0385 |
237 |
1 |
24.71 |
2011-07-18 |
| 57. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
24.48 |
1.0796 |
-0.1460 |
129 |
2 |
22.92 |
2009-02-11 |
| 58. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
24.42 |
0.8628 |
0.0699 |
196 |
1 |
24.42 |
2009-04-07 |
| 59. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
24.19 |
0.9128 |
0.0199 |
133 |
2 |
22.80 |
2009-02-11 |
| 60. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
24.14 |
0.7916 |
0.1413 |
184 |
2 |
23.08 |
2009-02-17 |
| 61. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
24.13 |
0.8715 |
0.0494 |
130 |
2 |
23.82 |
2011-07-18 |
| 62. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
23.90 |
0.8142 |
0.0961 |
187 |
1 |
23.90 |
2009-02-17 |
| 63. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
23.86 |
0.7826 |
0.1355 |
97 |
1 |
23.86 |
2009-02-13 |
| 64. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
23.78 |
0.8887 |
0.0365 |
128 |
1 |
23.78 |
2009-02-10 |
| 65. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
23.74 |
0.8826 |
0.0285 |
296 |
1 |
23.74 |
2009-02-17 |
| 66. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
23.58 |
0.8096 |
0.1018 |
209 |
1 |
23.58 |
2009-02-17 |
| 67. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
23.49 |
0.7690 |
0.1326 |
142 |
1 |
23.49 |
2009-02-17 |
| 68. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
23.40 |
0.9907 |
-0.0958 |
211 |
1 |
23.40 |
2009-02-17 |
| 69. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
23.32 |
0.8910 |
0.0041 |
150 |
1 |
23.32 |
2009-04-07 |
| 70. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
23.32 |
0.8936 |
-0.0018 |
127 |
2 |
22.84 |
2009-02-11 |
| 71. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
23.29 |
0.8544 |
0.0382 |
170 |
1 |
23.29 |
2009-02-11 |
| 72. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
23.28 |
0.9691 |
-0.0778 |
223 |
1 |
23.28 |
2009-02-17 |
| 73. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
23.26 |
0.8900 |
0.0022 |
164 |
1 |
23.26 |
2009-02-11 |
| 74. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
23.15 |
0.9772 |
-0.0939 |
217 |
1 |
23.15 |
2009-02-13 |
| 75. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
23.08 |
0.9047 |
-0.0276 |
118 |
1 |
23.08 |
2011-07-18 |
| 76. |
As civilizations grew, humans spread out across the face of ... |
22.97 |
0.9418 |
-0.0564 |
188 |
1 |
22.97 |
2011-07-18 |
| 77. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
22.92 |
0.8077 |
0.0682 |
167 |
1 |
22.92 |
2009-02-17 |
| 78. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
22.82 |
1.0797 |
-0.2114 |
210 |
1 |
22.82 |
2009-02-17 |
| 79. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
22.82 |
0.7938 |
0.0811 |
176 |
1 |
22.82 |
2009-02-13 |
| 80. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
22.73 |
0.9710 |
-0.1071 |
173 |
1 |
22.73 |
2009-02-17 |
| 81. |
This country is hard on people. Hard and crazy. Got the devi... |
22.69 |
0.9028 |
-0.0357 |
111 |
1 |
22.69 |
2011-07-18 |
| 82. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
22.61 |
0.8553 |
0.0054 |
174 |
2 |
22.31 |
2009-02-17 |
| 83. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
22.54 |
1.0462 |
-0.1893 |
184 |
1 |
22.54 |
2009-02-10 |
| 84. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
22.54 |
0.9340 |
-0.0712 |
296 |
1 |
22.54 |
2011-07-18 |
| 85. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
22.36 |
0.9260 |
-0.0596 |
243 |
1 |
22.36 |
2011-07-18 |
| 86. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
22.20 |
0.8295 |
0.0221 |
209 |
3 |
20.17 |
2009-02-17 |
| 87. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
22.13 |
1.0767 |
-0.2318 |
212 |
1 |
22.13 |
2009-02-17 |
| 88. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
21.99 |
0.9769 |
-0.1373 |
263 |
1 |
21.99 |
2009-04-07 |
| 89. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
21.88 |
0.9798 |
-0.1481 |
199 |
1 |
21.88 |
2009-02-11 |
| 90. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
21.61 |
0.8188 |
0.0092 |
183 |
2 |
20.66 |
2009-02-11 |
| 91. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
21.52 |
0.8105 |
0.0086 |
204 |
1 |
21.52 |
2009-02-11 |
| 92. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
21.45 |
1.0565 |
-0.2384 |
247 |
1 |
21.45 |
2009-02-09 |
| 93. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
21.10 |
0.8745 |
-0.0696 |
169 |
1 |
21.10 |
2009-02-11 |
| 94. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
20.77 |
0.7375 |
0.0600 |
148 |
1 |
20.77 |
2009-04-07 |
| 95. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
20.72 |
0.8739 |
-0.0856 |
136 |
1 |
20.72 |
2009-02-10 |
| 96. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
20.67 |
0.9682 |
-0.1797 |
143 |
1 |
20.67 |
2009-02-17 |
| 97. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
19.85 |
0.7908 |
-0.0276 |
127 |
1 |
19.85 |
2009-02-10 |
| 98. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
19.77 |
0.8941 |
-0.1367 |
216 |
1 |
19.77 |
2011-07-18 |
| 99. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
17.94 |
0.9325 |
-0.2549 |
156 |
1 |
17.94 |
2009-02-11 |