Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
72.56 |
1.0479 |
0.4699 |
205 |
5 |
55.39 |
2009-01-30 |
2. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
62.95 |
0.9839 |
0.3333 |
308 |
2 |
58.17 |
2009-01-30 |
3. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
59.60 |
1.0617 |
0.1833 |
171 |
1 |
59.60 |
2009-01-30 |
4. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
59.22 |
1.0128 |
0.2329 |
369 |
1 |
59.22 |
2009-01-30 |
5. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
58.86 |
0.9704 |
0.2610 |
254 |
2 |
56.03 |
2008-10-11 |
6. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
58.69 |
1.0057 |
0.2250 |
382 |
3 |
49.91 |
2009-01-30 |
7. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
58.28 |
0.9756 |
0.2429 |
223 |
3 |
50.21 |
2009-01-30 |
8. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
56.15 |
1.0615 |
0.1099 |
201 |
2 |
52.26 |
2008-10-10 |
9. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
55.82 |
0.9583 |
0.2096 |
237 |
1 |
55.82 |
2008-10-10 |
10. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
55.58 |
1.0487 |
0.1115 |
253 |
2 |
55.41 |
2008-10-10 |
11. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
55.41 |
1.0332 |
0.1250 |
267 |
4 |
50.41 |
2009-01-30 |
12. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
55.38 |
0.8474 |
0.3113 |
265 |
3 |
50.37 |
2008-10-11 |
13. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
54.56 |
1.0411 |
0.1016 |
341 |
2 |
50.09 |
2008-10-11 |
14. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
54.41 |
0.9927 |
0.1470 |
262 |
1 |
54.41 |
2008-10-11 |
15. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
54.35 |
1.0865 |
0.0498 |
237 |
1 |
54.35 |
2009-01-30 |
16. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
53.16 |
1.0877 |
0.0204 |
129 |
3 |
50.81 |
2008-10-11 |
17. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
53.10 |
0.9779 |
0.1309 |
255 |
2 |
50.87 |
2008-10-09 |
18. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
52.90 |
0.9332 |
0.1742 |
295 |
2 |
47.73 |
2008-11-20 |
19. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
52.71 |
0.9880 |
0.1099 |
199 |
2 |
47.08 |
2008-10-10 |
20. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
52.60 |
0.9621 |
0.1400 |
212 |
1 |
52.60 |
2008-10-10 |
21. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
52.40 |
0.9631 |
0.1319 |
273 |
1 |
52.40 |
2009-01-30 |
22. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
52.40 |
0.9864 |
0.1129 |
292 |
2 |
46.44 |
2008-10-10 |
23. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
51.33 |
1.0672 |
0.0046 |
239 |
1 |
51.33 |
2008-10-09 |
24. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
51.23 |
0.9842 |
0.0889 |
335 |
1 |
51.23 |
2008-10-09 |
25. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
50.97 |
0.8959 |
0.1750 |
328 |
1 |
50.97 |
2008-10-10 |
26. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
50.91 |
1.0181 |
0.0474 |
276 |
2 |
50.48 |
2008-10-11 |
27. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
50.80 |
1.0272 |
0.0326 |
226 |
3 |
47.97 |
2008-10-11 |
28. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
50.78 |
1.0867 |
-0.0296 |
171 |
1 |
50.78 |
2008-10-10 |
29. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
50.67 |
1.0351 |
0.0280 |
276 |
2 |
47.11 |
2008-10-11 |
30. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
50.63 |
0.9809 |
0.0735 |
209 |
2 |
48.68 |
2008-10-11 |
31. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
50.43 |
1.0736 |
-0.0169 |
350 |
2 |
50.38 |
2008-10-11 |
32. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
50.32 |
1.0432 |
0.0092 |
276 |
1 |
50.32 |
2008-10-11 |
33. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
50.19 |
0.9745 |
0.0767 |
388 |
2 |
48.16 |
2008-10-11 |
34. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
50.14 |
0.9162 |
0.1330 |
401 |
2 |
48.67 |
2008-11-20 |
35. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
50.12 |
1.0016 |
0.0444 |
217 |
1 |
50.12 |
2008-10-10 |
36. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
49.99 |
0.9183 |
0.1275 |
308 |
1 |
49.99 |
2008-10-10 |
37. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
49.99 |
0.8988 |
0.1461 |
216 |
2 |
47.57 |
2008-10-10 |
38. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
49.90 |
1.0466 |
-0.0040 |
230 |
1 |
49.90 |
2008-10-10 |
39. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
49.87 |
0.9917 |
0.0527 |
317 |
1 |
49.87 |
2008-10-11 |
40. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
49.77 |
1.1198 |
-0.0806 |
247 |
1 |
49.77 |
2008-10-10 |
41. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
49.58 |
0.9135 |
0.1315 |
393 |
1 |
49.58 |
2009-01-30 |
42. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
49.50 |
1.1086 |
-0.0736 |
233 |
2 |
46.62 |
2008-10-10 |
43. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
49.38 |
1.0094 |
0.0227 |
256 |
1 |
49.38 |
2008-10-10 |
44. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
49.32 |
1.0189 |
0.0113 |
290 |
2 |
49.31 |
2008-10-11 |
45. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
49.18 |
0.9703 |
0.0641 |
394 |
1 |
49.18 |
2008-10-11 |
46. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
49.15 |
0.9957 |
0.0355 |
323 |
1 |
49.15 |
2008-10-11 |
47. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
49.12 |
0.9310 |
0.0951 |
278 |
1 |
49.12 |
2008-10-09 |
48. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
49.06 |
1.0227 |
0.0087 |
378 |
2 |
45.81 |
2008-10-11 |
49. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
48.98 |
1.0270 |
-0.0028 |
303 |
2 |
45.97 |
2008-10-10 |
50. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
48.81 |
0.8847 |
0.1332 |
282 |
1 |
48.81 |
2008-10-10 |
51. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
48.65 |
1.0042 |
0.0087 |
168 |
2 |
44.74 |
2008-10-10 |
52. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
48.53 |
1.0800 |
-0.0728 |
129 |
1 |
48.53 |
2008-10-10 |
53. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
48.47 |
1.0582 |
-0.0484 |
180 |
2 |
46.31 |
2008-10-10 |
54. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
48.42 |
0.9922 |
0.0203 |
264 |
1 |
48.42 |
2008-10-10 |
55. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
48.41 |
1.0607 |
-0.0463 |
357 |
1 |
48.41 |
2008-10-11 |
56. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
48.33 |
1.0106 |
-0.0016 |
302 |
3 |
44.63 |
2008-10-10 |
57. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
48.26 |
0.9402 |
0.0664 |
310 |
2 |
46.31 |
2008-10-10 |
58. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
48.06 |
0.9128 |
0.0887 |
237 |
2 |
47.83 |
2008-10-10 |
59. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
47.84 |
1.0362 |
-0.0302 |
437 |
2 |
46.00 |
2008-10-10 |
60. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
47.75 |
1.0372 |
-0.0398 |
249 |
1 |
47.75 |
2008-10-10 |
61. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
47.75 |
0.9957 |
0.0019 |
323 |
1 |
47.75 |
2008-10-10 |
62. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
47.73 |
1.0320 |
-0.0287 |
401 |
1 |
47.73 |
2008-10-10 |
63. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
47.69 |
0.9829 |
0.0129 |
229 |
2 |
46.01 |
2008-10-10 |
64. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
47.66 |
0.9841 |
0.0085 |
217 |
1 |
47.66 |
2008-10-09 |
65. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
47.59 |
0.9768 |
0.0189 |
237 |
1 |
47.59 |
2008-10-11 |
66. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
47.56 |
0.9271 |
0.0692 |
323 |
1 |
47.56 |
2008-10-09 |
67. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
47.50 |
1.0654 |
-0.0754 |
247 |
1 |
47.50 |
2008-10-10 |
68. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
47.44 |
0.9636 |
0.0262 |
281 |
2 |
45.68 |
2008-10-10 |
69. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
47.16 |
0.9332 |
0.0522 |
267 |
2 |
46.40 |
2008-10-10 |
70. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
47.15 |
1.0018 |
-0.0164 |
246 |
1 |
47.15 |
2008-10-11 |
71. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
47.00 |
1.0529 |
-0.0683 |
373 |
1 |
47.00 |
2008-10-10 |
72. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
46.97 |
0.9931 |
-0.0072 |
339 |
2 |
44.11 |
2008-10-10 |
73. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
46.87 |
0.9698 |
0.0145 |
389 |
2 |
44.24 |
2008-10-10 |
74. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
46.82 |
1.0059 |
-0.0265 |
283 |
2 |
46.49 |
2008-10-10 |
75. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
46.80 |
0.9136 |
0.0675 |
348 |
1 |
46.80 |
2008-10-09 |
76. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
46.68 |
0.9108 |
0.0644 |
235 |
1 |
46.68 |
2008-10-09 |
77. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
46.66 |
1.1093 |
-0.1401 |
220 |
1 |
46.66 |
2008-10-10 |
78. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
46.53 |
0.9927 |
-0.0200 |
276 |
2 |
46.06 |
2008-10-11 |
79. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
46.44 |
1.0901 |
-0.1179 |
288 |
1 |
46.44 |
2008-10-09 |
80. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
46.32 |
0.9265 |
0.0401 |
254 |
1 |
46.32 |
2008-10-10 |
81. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
46.30 |
1.0267 |
-0.0563 |
261 |
1 |
46.30 |
2008-10-10 |
82. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
46.26 |
0.9503 |
0.0094 |
211 |
1 |
46.26 |
2008-10-10 |
83. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
46.11 |
0.8913 |
0.0735 |
201 |
1 |
46.11 |
2008-10-10 |
84. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
45.92 |
0.9574 |
0.0051 |
354 |
1 |
45.92 |
2008-10-10 |
85. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
45.45 |
0.9849 |
-0.0343 |
337 |
1 |
45.45 |
2008-10-11 |
86. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
45.45 |
1.0250 |
-0.0727 |
271 |
1 |
45.45 |
2008-10-10 |
87. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
45.27 |
1.0960 |
-0.1463 |
315 |
2 |
43.35 |
2008-10-10 |
88. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
45.25 |
0.8936 |
0.0505 |
346 |
1 |
45.25 |
2008-10-10 |
89. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
45.15 |
1.0600 |
-0.1166 |
351 |
1 |
45.15 |
2008-10-09 |
90. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
45.12 |
1.0462 |
-0.1007 |
340 |
1 |
45.12 |
2008-10-09 |
91. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
45.04 |
1.0638 |
-0.1250 |
247 |
1 |
45.04 |
2008-10-09 |
92. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
44.99 |
1.0881 |
-0.1523 |
210 |
1 |
44.99 |
2008-10-09 |
93. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
44.95 |
0.8666 |
0.0698 |
206 |
3 |
40.34 |
2008-10-10 |
94. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
44.79 |
1.0464 |
-0.1059 |
294 |
1 |
44.79 |
2008-10-10 |
95. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
44.74 |
1.0103 |
-0.0815 |
209 |
1 |
44.74 |
2008-10-10 |
96. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
44.59 |
0.9346 |
-0.0062 |
211 |
1 |
44.59 |
2008-10-09 |
97. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
44.59 |
0.9145 |
0.0203 |
404 |
1 |
44.59 |
2008-10-10 |
98. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
44.55 |
0.9422 |
-0.0168 |
190 |
2 |
41.44 |
2008-10-10 |
99. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
44.53 |
0.8381 |
0.0956 |
283 |
2 |
43.20 |
2008-10-11 |
100. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
44.52 |
1.0418 |
-0.1111 |
214 |
1 |
44.52 |
2008-10-10 |
101. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
44.43 |
0.8778 |
0.0520 |
285 |
2 |
42.50 |
2008-10-10 |
102. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
44.42 |
1.0498 |
-0.1208 |
261 |
1 |
44.42 |
2008-10-09 |
103. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
44.40 |
1.0419 |
-0.1115 |
341 |
3 |
44.02 |
2008-10-11 |
104. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
44.28 |
1.0060 |
-0.0805 |
225 |
1 |
44.28 |
2008-10-11 |
105. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
44.24 |
0.8986 |
0.0304 |
363 |
2 |
42.48 |
2008-10-11 |
106. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
44.01 |
0.9909 |
-0.0679 |
334 |
1 |
44.01 |
2008-10-11 |
107. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
43.82 |
1.0208 |
-0.1058 |
231 |
1 |
43.82 |
2008-10-10 |
108. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
43.44 |
0.8986 |
0.0091 |
216 |
1 |
43.44 |
2008-10-10 |
109. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
43.36 |
0.9339 |
-0.0226 |
317 |
3 |
39.38 |
2008-10-11 |
110. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
43.10 |
0.9841 |
-0.0857 |
263 |
1 |
43.10 |
2008-10-10 |
111. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
42.96 |
1.0199 |
-0.1266 |
225 |
1 |
42.96 |
2008-10-10 |
112. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
42.95 |
0.8988 |
-0.0028 |
193 |
1 |
42.95 |
2008-10-11 |
113. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
42.73 |
1.0082 |
-0.1210 |
212 |
1 |
42.73 |
2008-10-10 |
114. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
42.73 |
1.0135 |
-0.1180 |
358 |
1 |
42.73 |
2008-10-10 |
115. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
42.72 |
0.9594 |
-0.0692 |
258 |
1 |
42.72 |
2008-10-10 |
116. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
42.70 |
1.0800 |
-0.1913 |
213 |
1 |
42.70 |
2008-10-10 |
117. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
42.54 |
1.0079 |
-0.1207 |
273 |
1 |
42.54 |
2008-10-10 |
118. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
42.39 |
1.0506 |
-0.1659 |
259 |
1 |
42.39 |
2008-10-10 |
119. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
42.30 |
0.8986 |
-0.0171 |
205 |
1 |
42.30 |
2008-11-20 |
120. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
42.12 |
0.9011 |
-0.0185 |
322 |
1 |
42.12 |
2008-10-10 |
121. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
41.33 |
0.9561 |
-0.0917 |
362 |
1 |
41.33 |
2008-10-10 |
122. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
40.97 |
0.9890 |
-0.1299 |
272 |
1 |
40.97 |
2008-10-10 |
123. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
40.45 |
0.9070 |
-0.0675 |
192 |
1 |
40.45 |
2008-10-11 |
124. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
40.26 |
0.8845 |
-0.0429 |
239 |
1 |
40.26 |
2008-10-11 |
125. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
40.11 |
1.0426 |
-0.2095 |
131 |
1 |
40.11 |
2008-10-10 |
126. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
39.85 |
1.0333 |
-0.2067 |
176 |
1 |
39.85 |
2008-10-09 |
127. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
38.86 |
0.8964 |
-0.0885 |
199 |
1 |
38.86 |
2008-10-09 |
128. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
37.40 |
0.9103 |
-0.1303 |
269 |
1 |
37.40 |
2008-10-09 |
129. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
35.97 |
1.0178 |
-0.2694 |
207 |
1 |
35.97 |
2008-10-10 |
130. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
35.13 |
0.7923 |
-0.0593 |
316 |
1 |
35.13 |
2008-10-11 |
131. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
34.41 |
0.9380 |
-0.2222 |
284 |
1 |
34.41 |
2008-10-09 |
132. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
33.15 |
0.9869 |
-0.2997 |
193 |
1 |
33.15 |
2008-10-09 |
133. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
32.32 |
0.9260 |
-0.2497 |
348 |
1 |
32.32 |
2008-10-10 |