Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
64.57 |
1.0521 |
0.5735 |
197 |
1 |
64.57 |
2009-08-07 |
2. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
60.48 |
1.1093 |
0.4125 |
220 |
1 |
60.48 |
2009-08-08 |
3. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
59.93 |
1.0476 |
0.4565 |
110 |
1 |
59.93 |
2009-08-08 |
4. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
59.11 |
1.0279 |
0.4591 |
172 |
1 |
59.11 |
2009-08-14 |
5. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
59.09 |
1.0464 |
0.4508 |
294 |
3 |
52.85 |
2009-11-26 |
6. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
56.73 |
1.0873 |
0.3421 |
243 |
1 |
56.73 |
2009-08-14 |
7. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
56.73 |
1.0095 |
0.4215 |
211 |
3 |
43.43 |
2009-08-14 |
8. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
56.35 |
0.9880 |
0.4305 |
199 |
2 |
44.29 |
2009-08-14 |
9. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
55.70 |
1.0561 |
0.3482 |
227 |
1 |
55.70 |
2009-08-14 |
10. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
55.58 |
1.0881 |
0.3112 |
210 |
1 |
55.58 |
2009-08-08 |
11. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
55.43 |
1.0060 |
0.4001 |
244 |
1 |
55.43 |
2009-11-26 |
12. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
54.48 |
0.9930 |
0.3913 |
350 |
1 |
54.48 |
2009-11-26 |
13. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
53.62 |
1.0419 |
0.3147 |
341 |
1 |
53.62 |
2009-11-26 |
14. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
53.16 |
1.0192 |
0.3279 |
243 |
1 |
53.16 |
2009-11-26 |
15. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
52.45 |
0.9756 |
0.3508 |
216 |
1 |
52.45 |
2009-11-26 |
16. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
51.90 |
1.0016 |
0.3067 |
217 |
4 |
39.09 |
2009-08-14 |
17. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
51.27 |
0.9698 |
0.3291 |
389 |
1 |
51.27 |
2009-08-14 |
18. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
50.65 |
0.9909 |
0.2912 |
334 |
1 |
50.65 |
2009-08-08 |
19. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
50.64 |
1.0264 |
0.2473 |
191 |
1 |
50.64 |
2009-08-07 |
20. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
50.52 |
0.9931 |
0.2779 |
218 |
1 |
50.52 |
2009-11-26 |
21. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
48.43 |
0.9402 |
0.2798 |
310 |
1 |
48.43 |
2009-08-08 |
22. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
47.49 |
1.0617 |
0.1344 |
171 |
1 |
47.49 |
2009-08-08 |
23. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
47.08 |
1.0867 |
0.0965 |
171 |
2 |
38.24 |
2009-06-25 |
24. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
46.84 |
1.0800 |
0.0946 |
129 |
1 |
46.84 |
2009-08-14 |
25. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
46.74 |
0.8845 |
0.2958 |
239 |
1 |
46.74 |
2009-08-08 |
26. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
46.43 |
0.8988 |
0.2724 |
216 |
1 |
46.43 |
2009-08-08 |
27. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
46.06 |
1.0506 |
0.1108 |
259 |
1 |
46.06 |
2009-06-26 |
28. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
45.97 |
0.9841 |
0.1721 |
217 |
2 |
38.99 |
2009-08-08 |
29. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
45.89 |
0.9500 |
0.2092 |
287 |
1 |
45.89 |
2009-08-14 |
30. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
45.52 |
0.8777 |
0.2660 |
130 |
1 |
45.52 |
2009-04-01 |
31. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
45.04 |
1.0270 |
0.1095 |
303 |
2 |
38.64 |
2009-11-26 |
32. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
44.94 |
0.9315 |
0.2037 |
273 |
5 |
36.23 |
2009-08-07 |
33. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
44.89 |
0.8993 |
0.2356 |
366 |
1 |
44.89 |
2009-08-07 |
34. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
44.67 |
0.9252 |
0.2019 |
148 |
1 |
44.67 |
2009-03-26 |
35. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
44.50 |
0.9928 |
0.1288 |
293 |
2 |
38.98 |
2009-08-07 |
36. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
44.28 |
1.1198 |
-0.0042 |
247 |
1 |
44.28 |
2009-06-24 |
37. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
44.27 |
1.0197 |
0.0949 |
204 |
2 |
36.42 |
2009-06-25 |
38. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
44.21 |
0.9621 |
0.1552 |
212 |
1 |
44.21 |
2009-08-07 |
39. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
44.16 |
1.0320 |
0.0876 |
401 |
1 |
44.16 |
2009-08-08 |
40. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
44.15 |
0.9917 |
0.1237 |
317 |
3 |
40.22 |
2009-06-24 |
41. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
43.92 |
0.9425 |
0.1657 |
248 |
2 |
43.44 |
2009-08-08 |
42. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
43.82 |
0.9011 |
0.2071 |
322 |
1 |
43.82 |
2009-08-14 |
43. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
43.45 |
1.0287 |
0.0658 |
269 |
1 |
43.45 |
2009-06-24 |
44. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
42.68 |
1.0461 |
0.0322 |
318 |
1 |
42.68 |
2009-06-26 |
45. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
42.46 |
0.9316 |
0.1410 |
188 |
1 |
42.46 |
2009-06-24 |
46. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
42.40 |
1.0472 |
0.0155 |
149 |
1 |
42.40 |
2009-05-09 |
47. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
42.16 |
1.0333 |
0.0245 |
176 |
2 |
40.76 |
2009-04-11 |
48. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
41.62 |
0.9927 |
0.0584 |
262 |
3 |
35.39 |
2009-05-09 |
49. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
41.59 |
0.9332 |
0.1152 |
267 |
2 |
33.25 |
2009-08-08 |
50. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
41.10 |
1.0332 |
0.0022 |
267 |
1 |
41.10 |
2009-03-27 |
51. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
41.02 |
0.9768 |
0.0585 |
237 |
1 |
41.02 |
2009-03-27 |
52. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
40.97 |
0.9713 |
0.0600 |
193 |
1 |
40.97 |
2009-11-26 |
53. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
40.28 |
0.8666 |
0.1461 |
206 |
1 |
40.28 |
2009-08-08 |
54. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
40.14 |
1.0250 |
-0.0104 |
271 |
1 |
40.14 |
2009-04-11 |
55. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
40.04 |
1.1086 |
-0.0991 |
233 |
2 |
38.71 |
2009-04-08 |
56. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
40.03 |
1.0178 |
-0.0106 |
207 |
2 |
34.81 |
2009-04-11 |
57. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
39.68 |
0.8680 |
0.1271 |
196 |
1 |
39.68 |
2009-04-02 |
58. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
39.64 |
1.0639 |
-0.0638 |
303 |
2 |
37.41 |
2009-05-09 |
59. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
39.64 |
1.0341 |
-0.0357 |
273 |
1 |
39.64 |
2009-04-02 |
60. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
39.46 |
1.0426 |
-0.0522 |
131 |
2 |
36.65 |
2009-03-27 |
61. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
39.36 |
0.9324 |
0.0625 |
246 |
1 |
39.36 |
2009-04-10 |
62. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
39.35 |
0.9709 |
0.0194 |
264 |
1 |
39.35 |
2009-04-02 |
63. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
39.30 |
1.0638 |
-0.0754 |
247 |
2 |
36.60 |
2009-04-01 |
64. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
39.08 |
0.9561 |
0.0303 |
362 |
2 |
37.59 |
2009-04-11 |
65. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
38.98 |
1.0487 |
-0.0687 |
253 |
1 |
38.98 |
2009-06-26 |
66. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
38.50 |
0.8194 |
0.1498 |
193 |
2 |
34.87 |
2009-04-08 |
67. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
38.45 |
1.0291 |
-0.0624 |
240 |
1 |
38.45 |
2009-04-08 |
68. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
38.35 |
0.9538 |
0.0123 |
276 |
1 |
38.35 |
2009-04-02 |
69. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
38.31 |
0.9541 |
0.0118 |
236 |
1 |
38.31 |
2009-04-11 |
70. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
38.21 |
0.9275 |
0.0404 |
243 |
2 |
36.90 |
2009-04-10 |
71. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
38.16 |
0.8572 |
0.1026 |
232 |
1 |
38.16 |
2009-04-11 |
72. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
38.02 |
0.9836 |
-0.0256 |
289 |
2 |
34.85 |
2009-04-02 |
73. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
37.96 |
0.9084 |
0.0495 |
271 |
2 |
33.78 |
2009-04-07 |
74. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
37.83 |
0.8117 |
0.1447 |
209 |
2 |
33.78 |
2009-04-11 |
75. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
37.69 |
0.9704 |
-0.0209 |
254 |
3 |
33.31 |
2009-04-11 |
76. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
37.38 |
0.9762 |
-0.0345 |
249 |
2 |
35.73 |
2009-08-07 |
77. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
37.20 |
1.0082 |
-0.0761 |
212 |
1 |
37.20 |
2009-03-27 |
78. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
37.08 |
0.9264 |
0.0086 |
177 |
3 |
35.68 |
2009-05-09 |
79. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
36.81 |
1.0103 |
-0.0888 |
209 |
1 |
36.81 |
2009-04-11 |
80. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
36.25 |
0.9957 |
-0.0829 |
323 |
1 |
36.25 |
2009-03-27 |
81. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
36.23 |
0.9827 |
-0.0693 |
314 |
2 |
34.20 |
2009-06-25 |
82. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
36.06 |
0.9948 |
-0.0877 |
233 |
2 |
34.74 |
2009-03-27 |
83. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
35.93 |
0.9909 |
-0.0814 |
293 |
2 |
34.94 |
2009-05-09 |
84. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
35.85 |
0.8246 |
0.0785 |
183 |
2 |
33.84 |
2009-04-07 |
85. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
35.47 |
1.0018 |
-0.1083 |
246 |
2 |
34.43 |
2009-04-02 |
86. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
35.36 |
0.9213 |
-0.0330 |
165 |
1 |
35.36 |
2009-04-01 |
87. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
35.21 |
1.0189 |
-0.1328 |
290 |
2 |
34.70 |
2009-04-02 |
88. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
35.01 |
0.9260 |
-0.0414 |
348 |
1 |
35.01 |
2009-04-02 |
89. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
34.98 |
1.0115 |
-0.1359 |
189 |
2 |
33.56 |
2009-04-03 |
90. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
34.79 |
0.8815 |
-0.0006 |
296 |
2 |
33.02 |
2009-04-01 |
91. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
34.70 |
0.9371 |
-0.0722 |
156 |
1 |
34.70 |
2009-03-27 |
92. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
34.68 |
0.8811 |
-0.0127 |
201 |
1 |
34.68 |
2009-03-26 |
93. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
34.62 |
0.9271 |
-0.0529 |
323 |
1 |
34.62 |
2009-04-01 |
94. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
34.41 |
0.9285 |
-0.0639 |
244 |
2 |
31.77 |
2009-04-07 |
95. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
34.39 |
1.0106 |
-0.1457 |
302 |
1 |
34.39 |
2009-06-25 |
96. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
34.30 |
0.9128 |
-0.0520 |
237 |
1 |
34.30 |
2009-04-02 |
97. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
34.28 |
0.9866 |
-0.1231 |
308 |
1 |
34.28 |
2009-05-09 |
98. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
34.19 |
1.0743 |
-0.2124 |
297 |
2 |
31.91 |
2009-04-02 |
99. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
34.11 |
0.8880 |
-0.0291 |
296 |
2 |
30.98 |
2009-06-25 |
100. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
34.06 |
0.8656 |
-0.0069 |
242 |
3 |
30.39 |
2009-04-02 |
101. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
33.81 |
0.9869 |
-0.1394 |
193 |
1 |
33.81 |
2009-08-07 |
102. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
33.59 |
0.9841 |
-0.1401 |
263 |
2 |
32.15 |
2009-04-03 |
103. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
33.51 |
0.9422 |
-0.1038 |
190 |
2 |
32.82 |
2009-04-01 |
104. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
33.44 |
0.8406 |
-0.0017 |
170 |
1 |
33.44 |
2009-04-06 |
105. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
33.17 |
1.0036 |
-0.1677 |
277 |
1 |
33.17 |
2009-03-27 |
106. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
32.95 |
0.9621 |
-0.1357 |
201 |
2 |
32.70 |
2009-06-25 |
107. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
32.92 |
0.9243 |
-0.0936 |
240 |
2 |
29.31 |
2009-06-25 |
108. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
32.80 |
0.8742 |
-0.0442 |
202 |
2 |
29.72 |
2009-04-06 |
109. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
32.80 |
0.8988 |
-0.0741 |
193 |
1 |
32.80 |
2009-03-27 |
110. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
32.61 |
0.9685 |
-0.1471 |
304 |
1 |
32.61 |
2009-03-26 |
111. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
32.57 |
0.8127 |
0.0034 |
167 |
3 |
31.12 |
2009-03-27 |
112. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
32.38 |
0.9108 |
-0.0960 |
235 |
1 |
32.38 |
2009-04-03 |
113. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
32.34 |
0.8986 |
-0.0841 |
216 |
1 |
32.34 |
2009-05-09 |
114. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
32.25 |
0.8925 |
-0.0739 |
293 |
1 |
32.25 |
2009-03-26 |
115. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
32.20 |
0.9922 |
-0.1813 |
264 |
1 |
32.20 |
2009-04-02 |
116. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
32.17 |
1.0877 |
-0.2815 |
129 |
1 |
32.17 |
2009-04-07 |
117. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
32.11 |
0.9680 |
-0.1599 |
256 |
1 |
32.11 |
2009-04-03 |
118. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
32.07 |
0.9931 |
-0.1816 |
339 |
1 |
32.07 |
2009-04-01 |
119. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
31.71 |
1.0334 |
-0.2361 |
261 |
1 |
31.71 |
2009-04-05 |
120. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
31.64 |
0.8948 |
-0.0994 |
164 |
1 |
31.64 |
2009-03-27 |
121. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
31.52 |
1.0028 |
-0.2108 |
259 |
2 |
30.58 |
2009-04-01 |
122. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
31.37 |
0.8305 |
-0.0458 |
162 |
1 |
31.37 |
2009-04-06 |
123. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
31.27 |
0.9228 |
-0.1316 |
305 |
1 |
31.27 |
2009-03-26 |
124. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
31.17 |
1.0208 |
-0.2367 |
231 |
1 |
31.17 |
2009-03-27 |
125. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
30.96 |
0.8381 |
-0.0556 |
283 |
1 |
30.96 |
2009-03-27 |
126. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
30.56 |
0.9963 |
-0.2300 |
274 |
1 |
30.56 |
2009-03-27 |
127. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
30.51 |
0.9597 |
-0.1920 |
251 |
1 |
30.51 |
2009-03-26 |
128. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
30.32 |
0.8624 |
-0.1044 |
174 |
1 |
30.32 |
2009-04-11 |
129. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
30.23 |
0.7987 |
-0.0391 |
176 |
2 |
29.96 |
2009-04-06 |
130. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
30.21 |
0.9852 |
-0.2259 |
235 |
1 |
30.21 |
2009-04-06 |
131. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
30.21 |
0.7904 |
-0.0261 |
149 |
1 |
30.21 |
2009-03-26 |
132. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
30.02 |
0.9299 |
-0.1833 |
168 |
1 |
30.02 |
2009-04-03 |
133. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
29.91 |
0.8469 |
-0.0949 |
164 |
1 |
29.91 |
2009-06-25 |
134. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
29.82 |
0.9780 |
-0.2342 |
173 |
1 |
29.82 |
2009-03-26 |
135. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
27.93 |
0.8646 |
-0.1661 |
110 |
1 |
27.93 |
2009-06-24 |
136. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
27.79 |
0.9650 |
-0.2638 |
347 |
1 |
27.79 |
2009-03-27 |
137. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
26.82 |
0.7425 |
-0.0671 |
148 |
2 |
25.69 |
2009-04-07 |
138. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
26.70 |
0.9807 |
-0.3214 |
129 |
1 |
26.70 |
2009-04-06 |
139. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
26.59 |
0.9756 |
-0.3082 |
223 |
1 |
26.59 |
2009-04-07 |
140. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
26.38 |
0.9829 |
-0.3209 |
229 |
1 |
26.38 |
2009-03-26 |
141. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
24.93 |
0.9927 |
-0.3700 |
234 |
1 |
24.93 |
2009-03-26 |
142. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
24.63 |
0.8906 |
-0.2630 |
128 |
1 |
24.63 |
2009-03-27 |