| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
61.31 |
1.1093 |
0.2999 |
220 |
1 |
61.31 |
2009-05-27 |
| 2. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
57.53 |
0.9931 |
0.3386 |
339 |
3 |
46.90 |
2010-03-31 |
| 3. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
55.77 |
1.1070 |
0.1784 |
265 |
1 |
55.77 |
2010-03-31 |
| 4. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
53.68 |
0.9402 |
0.2960 |
310 |
3 |
42.68 |
2010-04-01 |
| 5. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
53.43 |
0.9927 |
0.2403 |
276 |
1 |
53.43 |
2010-04-01 |
| 6. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
53.09 |
1.1086 |
0.1159 |
233 |
2 |
49.80 |
2010-04-01 |
| 7. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
52.72 |
0.9864 |
0.2333 |
292 |
1 |
52.72 |
2010-04-01 |
| 8. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
52.42 |
1.0800 |
0.1217 |
129 |
1 |
52.42 |
2009-03-24 |
| 9. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
52.31 |
1.0845 |
0.1207 |
212 |
2 |
46.48 |
2010-03-31 |
| 10. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
51.86 |
0.8827 |
0.3093 |
190 |
1 |
51.86 |
2009-04-05 |
| 11. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
51.71 |
1.0529 |
0.1424 |
373 |
1 |
51.71 |
2009-04-03 |
| 12. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
51.05 |
1.0736 |
0.1075 |
256 |
2 |
50.77 |
2010-03-31 |
| 13. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
50.15 |
1.0267 |
0.1325 |
261 |
1 |
50.15 |
2009-06-10 |
| 14. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
50.06 |
1.0628 |
0.0935 |
363 |
1 |
50.06 |
2010-04-01 |
| 15. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
49.38 |
1.0268 |
0.1045 |
179 |
1 |
49.38 |
2010-03-31 |
| 16. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
49.36 |
1.0881 |
0.0460 |
210 |
1 |
49.36 |
2009-04-04 |
| 17. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
49.29 |
0.9927 |
0.1453 |
262 |
1 |
49.29 |
2009-04-05 |
| 18. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
49.15 |
0.9981 |
0.1343 |
211 |
2 |
45.97 |
2009-06-10 |
| 19. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
48.50 |
0.8869 |
0.2292 |
176 |
1 |
48.50 |
2009-04-04 |
| 20. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
48.21 |
1.0243 |
0.0905 |
153 |
1 |
48.21 |
2010-03-31 |
| 21. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
48.07 |
1.0969 |
0.0129 |
303 |
1 |
48.07 |
2010-04-01 |
| 22. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
47.85 |
0.9621 |
0.1377 |
201 |
3 |
45.81 |
2009-10-03 |
| 23. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
47.70 |
1.1198 |
-0.0216 |
247 |
1 |
47.70 |
2009-04-05 |
| 24. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
47.40 |
0.9807 |
0.1002 |
129 |
1 |
47.40 |
2009-06-10 |
| 25. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
46.93 |
1.0418 |
0.0404 |
214 |
2 |
43.51 |
2009-03-24 |
| 26. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
46.93 |
0.9324 |
0.1521 |
246 |
2 |
44.93 |
2009-04-04 |
| 27. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
46.87 |
1.0736 |
0.0091 |
350 |
1 |
46.87 |
2010-04-01 |
| 28. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
46.86 |
1.0033 |
0.0769 |
203 |
1 |
46.86 |
2010-04-01 |
| 29. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
46.82 |
0.9917 |
0.0898 |
317 |
3 |
42.41 |
2009-06-10 |
| 30. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
46.77 |
1.0582 |
0.0165 |
180 |
1 |
46.77 |
2009-04-04 |
| 31. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
46.60 |
1.0461 |
0.0301 |
318 |
1 |
46.60 |
2009-06-10 |
| 32. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
46.53 |
1.0250 |
0.0505 |
271 |
2 |
44.61 |
2009-06-10 |
| 33. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
46.43 |
1.0288 |
0.0366 |
166 |
1 |
46.43 |
2009-03-23 |
| 34. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
46.11 |
0.9541 |
0.1091 |
236 |
1 |
46.11 |
2009-04-04 |
| 35. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
46.08 |
1.0272 |
0.0326 |
226 |
1 |
46.08 |
2009-03-24 |
| 36. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
45.99 |
1.0253 |
0.0374 |
337 |
1 |
45.99 |
2010-04-01 |
| 37. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
45.80 |
1.0270 |
0.0292 |
303 |
3 |
37.74 |
2009-04-05 |
| 38. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
45.76 |
0.9810 |
0.0784 |
362 |
1 |
45.76 |
2010-03-31 |
| 39. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
45.38 |
1.0511 |
-0.0039 |
252 |
1 |
45.38 |
2009-10-03 |
| 40. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
45.23 |
0.9084 |
0.1351 |
271 |
1 |
45.23 |
2009-04-05 |
| 41. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
44.82 |
0.8901 |
0.1416 |
273 |
1 |
44.82 |
2010-04-01 |
| 42. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
44.75 |
1.0301 |
-0.0004 |
268 |
1 |
44.75 |
2009-04-04 |
| 43. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
44.75 |
1.0227 |
0.0146 |
378 |
1 |
44.75 |
2009-06-12 |
| 44. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
44.69 |
0.9757 |
0.0504 |
176 |
1 |
44.69 |
2010-03-31 |
| 45. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
44.55 |
1.0576 |
-0.0339 |
231 |
1 |
44.55 |
2009-04-04 |
| 46. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
44.42 |
0.9400 |
0.0863 |
434 |
1 |
44.42 |
2009-04-03 |
| 47. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
44.11 |
0.9252 |
0.0916 |
148 |
1 |
44.11 |
2009-04-04 |
| 48. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
43.77 |
0.9422 |
0.0610 |
190 |
1 |
43.77 |
2010-04-01 |
| 49. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
43.68 |
1.0601 |
-0.0570 |
256 |
1 |
43.68 |
2009-04-04 |
| 50. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
43.47 |
0.9270 |
0.0773 |
193 |
1 |
43.47 |
2010-04-01 |
| 51. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
43.31 |
0.9963 |
-0.0011 |
274 |
1 |
43.31 |
2009-04-04 |
| 52. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
43.20 |
0.9023 |
0.0915 |
268 |
1 |
43.20 |
2008-11-12 |
| 53. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
43.20 |
1.0543 |
-0.0626 |
182 |
1 |
43.20 |
2010-04-01 |
| 54. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
43.17 |
0.9948 |
-0.0011 |
233 |
1 |
43.17 |
2009-03-23 |
| 55. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
43.12 |
1.0332 |
-0.0408 |
267 |
2 |
39.74 |
2009-04-04 |
| 56. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
43.07 |
1.0351 |
-0.0390 |
276 |
1 |
43.07 |
2009-04-05 |
| 57. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
43.00 |
0.9866 |
0.0047 |
308 |
1 |
43.00 |
2009-04-04 |
| 58. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
42.84 |
0.9756 |
0.0105 |
223 |
1 |
42.84 |
2009-04-04 |
| 59. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
42.48 |
0.9332 |
0.0450 |
267 |
1 |
42.48 |
2009-06-10 |
| 60. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
42.29 |
1.0615 |
-0.0902 |
201 |
1 |
42.29 |
2009-04-04 |
| 61. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
42.18 |
0.9310 |
0.0400 |
278 |
2 |
38.34 |
2009-04-03 |
| 62. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
42.01 |
0.8666 |
0.0987 |
206 |
1 |
42.01 |
2009-04-05 |
| 63. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
41.90 |
1.0291 |
-0.0661 |
240 |
2 |
41.80 |
2009-04-04 |
| 64. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
41.87 |
0.8778 |
0.0886 |
285 |
2 |
41.58 |
2009-05-27 |
| 65. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
41.30 |
0.9265 |
0.0241 |
254 |
2 |
39.97 |
2009-04-05 |
| 66. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
41.20 |
0.9269 |
0.0296 |
269 |
1 |
41.20 |
2010-03-31 |
| 67. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
41.10 |
0.8863 |
0.0568 |
127 |
1 |
41.10 |
2009-10-03 |
| 68. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
40.89 |
0.9703 |
-0.0220 |
394 |
1 |
40.89 |
2009-04-05 |
| 69. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
40.74 |
0.9561 |
-0.0165 |
362 |
2 |
38.66 |
2009-04-04 |
| 70. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
40.69 |
0.9957 |
-0.0591 |
323 |
2 |
38.12 |
2009-03-24 |
| 71. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
40.66 |
0.9332 |
0.0044 |
295 |
1 |
40.66 |
2009-05-27 |
| 72. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
40.57 |
0.9631 |
-0.0291 |
273 |
1 |
40.57 |
2010-03-31 |
| 73. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
40.49 |
0.9780 |
-0.0517 |
173 |
1 |
40.49 |
2009-03-24 |
| 74. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
40.39 |
0.9884 |
-0.0556 |
267 |
1 |
40.39 |
2008-11-12 |
| 75. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
40.36 |
0.9538 |
-0.0242 |
276 |
1 |
40.36 |
2009-06-10 |
| 76. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
40.27 |
1.0540 |
-0.1314 |
184 |
1 |
40.27 |
2009-04-04 |
| 77. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
40.07 |
0.9909 |
-0.0643 |
334 |
1 |
40.07 |
2009-06-10 |
| 78. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
40.00 |
0.9763 |
-0.0555 |
143 |
1 |
40.00 |
2009-04-04 |
| 79. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
39.76 |
1.0341 |
-0.1195 |
273 |
1 |
39.76 |
2009-06-10 |
| 80. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
39.58 |
1.0464 |
-0.1301 |
294 |
1 |
39.58 |
2009-04-04 |
| 81. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
39.34 |
1.0873 |
-0.1849 |
243 |
1 |
39.34 |
2008-11-12 |
| 82. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
39.32 |
0.9839 |
-0.0788 |
308 |
1 |
39.32 |
2009-03-24 |
| 83. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
39.24 |
1.0060 |
-0.1019 |
225 |
1 |
39.24 |
2009-04-04 |
| 84. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
39.09 |
0.9299 |
-0.0384 |
168 |
1 |
39.09 |
2009-03-24 |
| 85. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
38.53 |
1.0197 |
-0.1348 |
204 |
1 |
38.53 |
2009-04-05 |
| 86. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
38.48 |
0.9931 |
-0.1110 |
218 |
1 |
38.48 |
2008-11-12 |
| 87. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
38.20 |
1.0462 |
-0.1641 |
340 |
1 |
38.20 |
2008-11-12 |
| 88. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
38.10 |
0.9952 |
-0.1159 |
220 |
1 |
38.10 |
2010-04-01 |
| 89. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
37.98 |
1.0320 |
-0.1519 |
401 |
1 |
37.98 |
2009-04-04 |
| 90. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
36.96 |
1.0106 |
-0.1610 |
302 |
2 |
36.65 |
2009-03-23 |
| 91. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
36.56 |
0.9468 |
-0.1057 |
318 |
1 |
36.56 |
2009-04-04 |
| 92. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
36.28 |
1.0498 |
-0.2141 |
261 |
1 |
36.28 |
2009-03-24 |
| 93. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
35.82 |
1.0165 |
-0.1936 |
316 |
1 |
35.82 |
2009-04-04 |
| 94. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
35.51 |
0.9500 |
-0.1312 |
287 |
1 |
35.51 |
2009-04-04 |
| 95. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
35.37 |
1.0006 |
-0.1868 |
311 |
1 |
35.37 |
2008-11-12 |
| 96. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
35.27 |
0.9070 |
-0.1006 |
192 |
1 |
35.27 |
2009-04-04 |
| 97. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
34.96 |
0.8437 |
-0.0398 |
268 |
2 |
34.42 |
2009-04-25 |
| 98. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
34.94 |
0.9183 |
-0.1136 |
308 |
1 |
34.94 |
2009-04-04 |
| 99. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
33.75 |
0.9928 |
-0.2175 |
293 |
1 |
33.75 |
2009-03-23 |
| 100. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
33.68 |
1.0079 |
-0.2346 |
273 |
1 |
33.68 |
2009-04-03 |
| 101. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
33.27 |
0.8381 |
-0.0697 |
283 |
1 |
33.27 |
2009-04-04 |
| 102. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
33.25 |
0.9479 |
-0.1818 |
317 |
1 |
33.25 |
2009-04-05 |
| 103. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
31.87 |
0.8172 |
-0.0893 |
204 |
1 |
31.87 |
2009-05-27 |
| 104. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
31.76 |
0.9264 |
-0.1953 |
177 |
1 |
31.76 |
2009-04-04 |
| 105. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
31.75 |
0.8656 |
-0.1344 |
242 |
1 |
31.75 |
2008-11-12 |
| 106. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
27.19 |
0.9260 |
-0.2991 |
348 |
1 |
27.19 |
2009-03-24 |
| 107. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
26.72 |
1.0426 |
-0.4336 |
131 |
1 |
26.72 |
2008-11-12 |