| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
93.66 |
1.0561 |
0.2444 |
227 |
1 |
93.66 |
2012-12-08 |
| 2. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
91.27 |
1.0540 |
0.2104 |
184 |
1 |
91.27 |
2012-10-20 |
| 3. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
90.52 |
1.1095 |
0.1515 |
252 |
2 |
87.57 |
2012-12-08 |
| 4. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
88.08 |
1.0125 |
0.2107 |
232 |
2 |
84.72 |
2012-11-26 |
| 5. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
86.61 |
1.0042 |
0.1963 |
168 |
1 |
86.61 |
2012-10-25 |
| 6. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
85.01 |
1.0881 |
0.0899 |
210 |
4 |
76.87 |
2012-12-14 |
| 7. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
84.40 |
1.0291 |
0.1422 |
240 |
4 |
72.41 |
2012-12-16 |
| 8. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
82.37 |
1.0682 |
0.0777 |
266 |
2 |
81.32 |
2012-10-22 |
| 9. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
81.87 |
1.0086 |
0.1248 |
218 |
1 |
81.87 |
2012-10-19 |
| 10. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
81.77 |
1.0287 |
0.1069 |
269 |
1 |
81.77 |
2012-10-18 |
| 11. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
80.38 |
0.9991 |
0.1169 |
339 |
1 |
80.38 |
2012-12-16 |
| 12. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
80.21 |
1.0288 |
0.0812 |
166 |
1 |
80.21 |
2012-10-19 |
| 13. |
I'll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. They ... |
79.79 |
0.9839 |
0.1236 |
196 |
1 |
79.79 |
2012-10-19 |
| 14. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
79.58 |
1.0414 |
0.0633 |
234 |
2 |
77.25 |
2012-11-26 |
| 15. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
79.33 |
0.9780 |
0.1183 |
173 |
1 |
79.33 |
2012-10-20 |
| 16. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
78.82 |
1.0387 |
0.0610 |
333 |
2 |
73.73 |
2012-12-19 |
| 17. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
78.47 |
1.0588 |
0.0313 |
281 |
1 |
78.47 |
2012-10-18 |
| 18. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
78.02 |
1.0069 |
0.0802 |
242 |
1 |
78.02 |
2012-10-20 |
| 19. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
77.72 |
1.0094 |
0.0702 |
256 |
1 |
77.72 |
2012-10-20 |
| 20. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
77.71 |
0.9299 |
0.1416 |
168 |
2 |
61.91 |
2012-12-20 |
| 21. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
77.69 |
1.0334 |
0.0456 |
261 |
1 |
77.69 |
2012-10-20 |
| 22. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
77.65 |
1.0543 |
0.0268 |
360 |
1 |
77.65 |
2012-12-20 |
| 23. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
77.63 |
1.0304 |
0.0449 |
256 |
1 |
77.63 |
2012-10-19 |
| 24. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
76.59 |
1.0419 |
0.0320 |
323 |
1 |
76.59 |
2012-10-19 |
| 25. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
76.55 |
0.9922 |
0.0719 |
264 |
2 |
73.76 |
2012-12-16 |
| 26. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
76.09 |
1.0082 |
0.0438 |
212 |
1 |
76.09 |
2012-12-08 |
| 27. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
75.93 |
1.0576 |
-0.0056 |
231 |
1 |
75.93 |
2012-10-19 |
| 28. |
How do I live without the ones I love? Time still turns the ... |
75.60 |
1.0471 |
-0.0054 |
170 |
1 |
75.60 |
2012-10-19 |
| 29. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
75.49 |
1.0800 |
-0.0343 |
213 |
1 |
75.49 |
2012-10-20 |
| 30. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
74.75 |
1.0492 |
-0.0058 |
284 |
2 |
69.76 |
2012-10-18 |
| 31. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
74.67 |
1.0877 |
-0.0545 |
129 |
1 |
74.67 |
2012-10-18 |
| 32. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
74.57 |
0.9606 |
0.0792 |
203 |
1 |
74.57 |
2012-10-19 |
| 33. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
74.34 |
1.0208 |
0.0117 |
231 |
2 |
69.01 |
2012-10-24 |
| 34. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
74.20 |
1.0079 |
0.0217 |
273 |
1 |
74.20 |
2012-12-16 |
| 35. |
Sometimes you concentrate more on racing the cars around you... |
74.10 |
1.0791 |
-0.0367 |
365 |
1 |
74.10 |
2012-10-18 |
| 36. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
73.76 |
1.0667 |
-0.0320 |
308 |
1 |
73.76 |
2012-12-08 |
| 37. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
73.74 |
1.0426 |
-0.0224 |
131 |
2 |
73.49 |
2012-12-08 |
| 38. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
73.13 |
1.0521 |
-0.0419 |
197 |
1 |
73.13 |
2012-10-23 |
| 39. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
73.01 |
0.9801 |
0.0420 |
282 |
1 |
73.01 |
2012-12-19 |
| 40. |
Dropping through sky, through the glass of the roof, through... |
72.58 |
0.9745 |
0.0316 |
217 |
1 |
72.58 |
2012-10-20 |
| 41. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
72.54 |
0.9836 |
0.0238 |
289 |
1 |
72.54 |
2012-12-16 |
| 42. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
72.27 |
0.9918 |
0.0189 |
400 |
1 |
72.27 |
2012-10-18 |
| 43. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
71.15 |
1.0132 |
-0.0248 |
371 |
2 |
70.07 |
2012-10-27 |
| 44. |
There are perhaps twenty regular posters on the forum, and s... |
70.94 |
1.0520 |
-0.0539 |
392 |
1 |
70.94 |
2012-10-19 |
| 45. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
70.74 |
1.0090 |
-0.0208 |
300 |
1 |
70.74 |
2012-10-19 |
| 46. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
70.67 |
1.0403 |
-0.0607 |
234 |
1 |
70.67 |
2012-10-19 |
| 47. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
70.19 |
1.0178 |
-0.0452 |
207 |
1 |
70.19 |
2012-10-19 |
| 48. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
70.15 |
1.0194 |
-0.0477 |
224 |
1 |
70.15 |
2012-10-19 |
| 49. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
69.96 |
1.0462 |
-0.0717 |
340 |
1 |
69.96 |
2012-10-18 |
| 50. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
69.89 |
0.9445 |
0.0347 |
389 |
1 |
69.89 |
2012-10-19 |
| 51. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
69.72 |
1.0755 |
-0.1070 |
243 |
1 |
69.72 |
2012-10-19 |
| 52. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
69.64 |
1.0487 |
-0.0842 |
253 |
1 |
69.64 |
2012-10-19 |
| 53. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
69.49 |
1.0461 |
-0.0789 |
318 |
1 |
69.49 |
2012-10-18 |
| 54. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
69.37 |
1.0543 |
-0.0945 |
182 |
2 |
65.87 |
2012-10-18 |
| 55. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
68.99 |
0.9885 |
-0.0305 |
355 |
1 |
68.99 |
2012-12-08 |
| 56. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
68.32 |
0.9841 |
-0.0243 |
325 |
1 |
68.32 |
2012-10-19 |
| 57. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
68.26 |
1.0791 |
-0.1262 |
259 |
1 |
68.26 |
2012-10-25 |
| 58. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
68.26 |
1.0857 |
-0.1254 |
393 |
1 |
68.26 |
2012-10-18 |
| 59. |
Being comfortable in the car is critical. If you're not comf... |
68.11 |
0.9976 |
-0.0559 |
212 |
1 |
68.11 |
2012-10-20 |
| 60. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
67.73 |
0.9928 |
-0.0532 |
293 |
1 |
67.73 |
2012-10-18 |
| 61. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
67.52 |
1.0419 |
-0.1012 |
341 |
1 |
67.52 |
2012-10-18 |
| 62. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
67.32 |
0.9820 |
-0.0391 |
297 |
1 |
67.32 |
2012-10-19 |
| 63. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
67.31 |
1.0736 |
-0.1353 |
256 |
1 |
67.31 |
2012-10-18 |
| 64. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
67.27 |
0.9536 |
-0.0111 |
311 |
1 |
67.27 |
2012-10-19 |
| 65. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
67.15 |
0.9885 |
-0.0498 |
469 |
1 |
67.15 |
2012-10-19 |
| 66. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
66.53 |
0.9408 |
-0.0231 |
177 |
1 |
66.53 |
2012-10-18 |
| 67. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
66.53 |
1.0135 |
-0.0868 |
358 |
1 |
66.53 |
2012-10-19 |
| 68. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
66.12 |
0.9574 |
-0.0365 |
354 |
1 |
66.12 |
2012-10-20 |
| 69. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
65.91 |
1.0466 |
-0.1322 |
230 |
1 |
65.91 |
2012-10-26 |
| 70. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
65.87 |
0.9829 |
-0.0694 |
229 |
1 |
65.87 |
2012-10-19 |
| 71. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
65.68 |
1.0665 |
-0.1542 |
210 |
1 |
65.68 |
2012-10-18 |
| 72. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
65.44 |
1.0498 |
-0.1406 |
261 |
1 |
65.44 |
2012-10-18 |
| 73. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
65.22 |
1.0567 |
-0.1518 |
314 |
1 |
65.22 |
2012-10-18 |
| 74. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
64.85 |
1.0582 |
-0.1615 |
180 |
1 |
64.85 |
2012-10-18 |
| 75. |
We were all in our late twenties or early-to-middle thirties... |
64.78 |
0.8911 |
0.0107 |
241 |
1 |
64.78 |
2012-10-19 |
| 76. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
63.81 |
1.0103 |
-0.1307 |
209 |
1 |
63.81 |
2012-10-18 |
| 77. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
63.74 |
0.9749 |
-0.0811 |
337 |
1 |
63.74 |
2012-10-18 |
| 78. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
63.70 |
0.9947 |
-0.1010 |
346 |
1 |
63.70 |
2012-10-18 |
| 79. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
63.47 |
1.0095 |
-0.1304 |
211 |
1 |
63.47 |
2012-10-18 |
| 80. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
63.20 |
0.9783 |
-0.0936 |
273 |
1 |
63.20 |
2012-10-18 |
| 81. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
62.56 |
1.0018 |
-0.1334 |
246 |
1 |
62.56 |
2012-10-18 |
| 82. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
62.46 |
0.9797 |
-0.1088 |
269 |
1 |
62.46 |
2012-10-19 |
| 83. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
62.38 |
0.8986 |
-0.0345 |
205 |
1 |
62.38 |
2012-12-16 |
| 84. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
62.35 |
0.9403 |
-0.0627 |
345 |
1 |
62.35 |
2012-10-19 |
| 85. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
61.14 |
0.9927 |
-0.1479 |
234 |
1 |
61.14 |
2012-10-19 |
| 86. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
61.03 |
0.9530 |
-0.1104 |
193 |
1 |
61.03 |
2012-10-18 |
| 87. |
Ultimately, this is not about solving your problems. It's ab... |
60.36 |
1.0390 |
-0.1965 |
260 |
1 |
60.36 |
2012-10-19 |
| 88. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
59.47 |
0.9068 |
-0.0839 |
212 |
2 |
55.86 |
2012-10-19 |
| 89. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
59.32 |
0.8624 |
-0.0443 |
174 |
1 |
59.32 |
2012-10-19 |
| 90. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
57.57 |
0.9583 |
-0.1596 |
237 |
1 |
57.57 |
2012-10-18 |
| 91. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
55.90 |
1.0800 |
-0.3124 |
129 |
1 |
55.90 |
2012-10-18 |
| 92. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
52.06 |
1.0617 |
-0.3427 |
171 |
1 |
52.06 |
2012-10-18 |