| 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 ... |
56.56 |
1.0561 |
0.2123 |
227 |
3 |
51.04 |
2010-02-21 |
| 2. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
56.54 |
1.0865 |
0.1831 |
237 |
2 |
49.74 |
2010-02-20 |
| 3. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
55.22 |
0.9809 |
0.2552 |
209 |
2 |
51.00 |
2010-02-20 |
| 4. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
54.33 |
0.9981 |
0.2210 |
211 |
2 |
49.31 |
2010-02-20 |
| 5. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
53.64 |
0.8768 |
0.3316 |
199 |
1 |
53.64 |
2010-02-20 |
| 6. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
53.49 |
1.0432 |
0.1584 |
276 |
1 |
53.49 |
2010-02-20 |
| 7. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
53.42 |
1.0682 |
0.1323 |
266 |
1 |
53.42 |
2010-02-20 |
| 8. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
52.12 |
1.0461 |
0.1262 |
318 |
4 |
49.98 |
2010-02-20 |
| 9. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
50.54 |
1.0873 |
0.0441 |
243 |
2 |
47.82 |
2009-02-24 |
| 10. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
50.52 |
0.9685 |
0.1662 |
304 |
1 |
50.52 |
2010-02-21 |
| 11. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
50.23 |
0.9930 |
0.1434 |
350 |
1 |
50.23 |
2010-02-20 |
| 12. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
50.12 |
1.1198 |
0.0041 |
247 |
3 |
46.44 |
2009-02-25 |
| 13. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
50.06 |
1.0901 |
0.0355 |
288 |
1 |
50.06 |
2009-03-08 |
| 14. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
50.03 |
1.0800 |
0.0359 |
129 |
1 |
50.03 |
2009-02-24 |
| 15. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
50.03 |
1.0372 |
0.0853 |
249 |
1 |
50.03 |
2009-02-25 |
| 16. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
49.91 |
1.0506 |
0.0692 |
259 |
1 |
49.91 |
2010-02-20 |
| 17. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
49.88 |
1.0576 |
0.0591 |
231 |
1 |
49.88 |
2009-02-24 |
| 18. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
49.83 |
1.0654 |
0.0505 |
247 |
1 |
49.83 |
2010-02-20 |
| 19. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
49.71 |
0.9183 |
0.1940 |
252 |
1 |
49.71 |
2010-02-20 |
| 20. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
49.56 |
0.9963 |
0.1136 |
274 |
1 |
49.56 |
2010-02-21 |
| 21. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
48.81 |
0.9068 |
0.1867 |
212 |
2 |
44.95 |
2010-02-20 |
| 22. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
48.74 |
0.9698 |
0.1290 |
389 |
2 |
43.81 |
2010-02-21 |
| 23. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
48.48 |
1.0320 |
0.0619 |
401 |
1 |
48.48 |
2010-02-20 |
| 24. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
48.34 |
0.9807 |
0.0925 |
129 |
1 |
48.34 |
2009-02-25 |
| 25. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
48.15 |
0.9909 |
0.0942 |
293 |
1 |
48.15 |
2010-02-21 |
| 26. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
48.10 |
0.9935 |
0.0881 |
217 |
1 |
48.10 |
2010-02-20 |
| 27. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
48.10 |
1.0466 |
0.0324 |
230 |
2 |
44.66 |
2009-02-25 |
| 28. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
48.09 |
1.0253 |
0.0568 |
337 |
1 |
48.09 |
2009-02-25 |
| 29. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
48.06 |
0.9603 |
0.1237 |
430 |
1 |
48.06 |
2010-02-20 |
| 30. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
47.81 |
0.9284 |
0.1481 |
346 |
1 |
47.81 |
2010-05-19 |
| 31. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
47.73 |
1.0125 |
0.0570 |
232 |
1 |
47.73 |
2009-02-25 |
| 32. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
47.61 |
1.0272 |
0.0390 |
226 |
1 |
47.61 |
2009-02-25 |
| 33. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
47.54 |
0.9136 |
0.1564 |
348 |
1 |
47.54 |
2010-02-20 |
| 34. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
47.38 |
1.0759 |
-0.0072 |
273 |
1 |
47.38 |
2010-02-21 |
| 35. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
47.17 |
0.9228 |
0.1401 |
305 |
3 |
44.08 |
2010-02-20 |
| 36. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
46.91 |
0.9137 |
0.1408 |
342 |
1 |
46.91 |
2010-02-21 |
| 37. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
46.87 |
1.0132 |
0.0390 |
371 |
1 |
46.87 |
2010-02-21 |
| 38. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
46.66 |
1.0498 |
-0.0017 |
261 |
1 |
46.66 |
2009-02-24 |
| 39. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
46.60 |
1.0960 |
-0.0464 |
315 |
2 |
44.30 |
2009-02-24 |
| 40. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
46.45 |
1.0672 |
-0.0263 |
239 |
2 |
39.10 |
2009-02-25 |
| 41. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
46.32 |
1.0404 |
0.0037 |
406 |
1 |
46.32 |
2009-03-08 |
| 42. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
46.23 |
0.9841 |
0.0514 |
263 |
1 |
46.23 |
2009-02-24 |
| 43. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
46.19 |
0.9636 |
0.0712 |
281 |
1 |
46.19 |
2010-02-20 |
| 44. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
46.16 |
0.9330 |
0.1143 |
341 |
1 |
46.16 |
2010-02-20 |
| 45. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
46.11 |
1.0199 |
0.0107 |
225 |
1 |
46.11 |
2009-02-25 |
| 46. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
46.06 |
1.0601 |
-0.0300 |
256 |
1 |
46.06 |
2009-02-24 |
| 47. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
45.99 |
0.8869 |
0.1424 |
176 |
1 |
45.99 |
2009-02-24 |
| 48. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
45.97 |
1.0060 |
0.0260 |
225 |
1 |
45.97 |
2009-02-24 |
| 49. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
45.92 |
1.0197 |
0.0087 |
204 |
1 |
45.92 |
2009-02-25 |
| 50. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
45.83 |
0.9264 |
0.1026 |
177 |
1 |
45.83 |
2009-03-08 |
| 51. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
45.75 |
0.9768 |
0.0508 |
237 |
1 |
45.75 |
2009-02-25 |
| 52. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
45.63 |
0.9283 |
0.0967 |
317 |
1 |
45.63 |
2009-02-24 |
| 53. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
45.55 |
1.0411 |
-0.0175 |
341 |
1 |
45.55 |
2009-03-08 |
| 54. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
45.45 |
1.0588 |
-0.0392 |
281 |
1 |
45.45 |
2009-02-24 |
| 55. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
45.44 |
0.9991 |
0.0196 |
339 |
1 |
45.44 |
2010-02-20 |
| 56. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
45.35 |
1.0617 |
-0.0463 |
171 |
1 |
45.35 |
2009-02-24 |
| 57. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
45.27 |
0.9931 |
0.0269 |
339 |
1 |
45.27 |
2010-02-20 |
| 58. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
45.23 |
1.0615 |
-0.0499 |
201 |
1 |
45.23 |
2009-02-24 |
| 59. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
45.23 |
1.0462 |
-0.0286 |
340 |
1 |
45.23 |
2009-02-24 |
| 60. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
45.20 |
0.8959 |
0.1234 |
328 |
1 |
45.20 |
2009-02-25 |
| 61. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
45.07 |
1.0101 |
0.0027 |
336 |
2 |
43.02 |
2009-02-25 |
| 62. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
44.98 |
1.0115 |
-0.0078 |
189 |
1 |
44.98 |
2009-02-25 |
| 63. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
44.96 |
1.0845 |
-0.0771 |
212 |
1 |
44.96 |
2009-02-24 |
| 64. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
44.74 |
0.9339 |
0.0754 |
317 |
1 |
44.74 |
2009-02-25 |
| 65. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
44.67 |
0.8988 |
0.1023 |
193 |
2 |
42.79 |
2009-02-25 |
| 66. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
44.48 |
0.9243 |
0.0755 |
240 |
2 |
41.31 |
2010-02-21 |
| 67. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
44.35 |
0.8117 |
0.1863 |
209 |
1 |
44.35 |
2010-02-20 |
| 68. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
44.27 |
1.0057 |
-0.0099 |
382 |
1 |
44.27 |
2009-02-24 |
| 69. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
44.22 |
1.0006 |
-0.0088 |
311 |
1 |
44.22 |
2009-02-24 |
| 70. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
43.98 |
0.8880 |
0.0985 |
296 |
1 |
43.98 |
2010-02-20 |
| 71. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
43.98 |
1.0418 |
-0.0546 |
214 |
1 |
43.98 |
2009-02-24 |
| 72. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
43.98 |
1.0370 |
-0.0508 |
262 |
2 |
41.27 |
2009-03-08 |
| 73. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
43.97 |
0.9400 |
0.0487 |
434 |
3 |
39.98 |
2009-03-08 |
| 74. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
43.82 |
0.9704 |
0.0124 |
254 |
1 |
43.82 |
2009-03-08 |
| 75. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
43.68 |
0.9841 |
-0.0078 |
217 |
1 |
43.68 |
2010-02-20 |
| 76. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
43.68 |
0.9673 |
0.0145 |
292 |
2 |
42.28 |
2009-02-24 |
| 77. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
43.50 |
1.0487 |
-0.0754 |
253 |
1 |
43.50 |
2009-03-08 |
| 78. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
43.48 |
0.9779 |
-0.0043 |
255 |
3 |
42.29 |
2009-03-08 |
| 79. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
43.41 |
0.9745 |
0.0011 |
388 |
1 |
43.41 |
2009-02-25 |
| 80. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
43.40 |
1.0234 |
-0.0460 |
392 |
1 |
43.40 |
2009-02-24 |
| 81. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
43.29 |
1.0521 |
-0.0869 |
197 |
1 |
43.29 |
2009-02-24 |
| 82. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
43.26 |
0.9538 |
0.0161 |
276 |
1 |
43.26 |
2009-02-25 |
| 83. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
43.23 |
0.8913 |
0.0796 |
201 |
1 |
43.23 |
2009-02-24 |
| 84. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
43.23 |
0.9709 |
-0.0028 |
264 |
2 |
39.52 |
2009-02-24 |
| 85. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
43.22 |
0.9541 |
0.0157 |
236 |
2 |
41.89 |
2009-02-24 |
| 86. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
43.19 |
1.0270 |
-0.0579 |
303 |
1 |
43.19 |
2009-03-08 |
| 87. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
42.99 |
0.9103 |
0.0535 |
269 |
1 |
42.99 |
2009-02-25 |
| 88. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
42.97 |
0.9650 |
0.0013 |
347 |
1 |
42.97 |
2009-02-25 |
| 89. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
42.86 |
1.0267 |
-0.0625 |
261 |
2 |
39.52 |
2009-03-08 |
| 90. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
42.71 |
1.0414 |
-0.0846 |
234 |
1 |
42.71 |
2009-02-24 |
| 91. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
42.39 |
0.9299 |
0.0122 |
168 |
1 |
42.39 |
2009-02-25 |
| 92. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
42.35 |
1.0582 |
-0.1117 |
180 |
1 |
42.35 |
2009-02-24 |
| 93. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
42.13 |
0.8603 |
0.0842 |
270 |
1 |
42.13 |
2009-03-08 |
| 94. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
42.11 |
1.0291 |
-0.0870 |
240 |
2 |
38.94 |
2009-02-25 |
| 95. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
42.05 |
0.9425 |
0.0010 |
248 |
1 |
42.05 |
2009-02-24 |
| 96. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
41.92 |
0.8827 |
0.0532 |
190 |
1 |
41.92 |
2009-02-24 |
| 97. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
41.89 |
1.0250 |
-0.0829 |
271 |
1 |
41.89 |
2009-02-24 |
| 98. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
41.86 |
1.0333 |
-0.0999 |
176 |
1 |
41.86 |
2009-02-24 |
| 99. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
41.64 |
0.9957 |
-0.0581 |
323 |
1 |
41.64 |
2009-02-25 |
| 100. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
41.62 |
0.8901 |
0.0423 |
273 |
1 |
41.62 |
2010-02-21 |
| 101. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
41.56 |
0.9084 |
0.0249 |
271 |
1 |
41.56 |
2009-02-24 |
| 102. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
41.51 |
1.0529 |
-0.1197 |
373 |
1 |
41.51 |
2009-02-24 |
| 103. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
41.47 |
0.9974 |
-0.0716 |
163 |
1 |
41.47 |
2009-02-24 |
| 104. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
41.26 |
1.0082 |
-0.0882 |
212 |
1 |
41.26 |
2009-03-08 |
| 105. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
41.22 |
0.9884 |
-0.0618 |
267 |
1 |
41.22 |
2009-02-24 |
| 106. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
41.13 |
0.9927 |
-0.0701 |
276 |
1 |
41.13 |
2009-02-24 |
| 107. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
40.97 |
0.9952 |
-0.0744 |
220 |
1 |
40.97 |
2009-02-24 |
| 108. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
40.95 |
0.9359 |
-0.0172 |
355 |
1 |
40.95 |
2009-02-25 |
| 109. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
40.91 |
0.9810 |
-0.0589 |
362 |
1 |
40.91 |
2009-02-25 |
| 110. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
40.85 |
0.9380 |
-0.0238 |
284 |
2 |
38.56 |
2009-03-08 |
| 111. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
40.65 |
0.8666 |
0.0421 |
206 |
1 |
40.65 |
2010-02-20 |
| 112. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
40.56 |
0.9597 |
-0.0503 |
251 |
1 |
40.56 |
2009-02-24 |
| 113. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
40.44 |
0.9402 |
-0.0356 |
310 |
2 |
39.01 |
2009-03-08 |
| 114. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
40.43 |
0.9880 |
-0.0859 |
199 |
1 |
40.43 |
2009-03-08 |
| 115. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
40.23 |
1.0557 |
-0.1528 |
289 |
1 |
40.23 |
2009-03-08 |
| 116. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
39.89 |
0.9128 |
-0.0215 |
237 |
3 |
38.22 |
2009-03-08 |
| 117. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
39.79 |
0.9352 |
-0.0445 |
194 |
1 |
39.79 |
2009-02-24 |
| 118. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
39.77 |
0.9780 |
-0.0928 |
173 |
1 |
39.77 |
2009-02-24 |
| 119. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
39.63 |
0.9680 |
-0.0797 |
256 |
1 |
39.63 |
2009-02-24 |
| 120. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
39.56 |
0.8936 |
-0.0081 |
346 |
1 |
39.56 |
2009-02-24 |
| 121. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
39.56 |
0.9145 |
-0.0244 |
404 |
1 |
39.56 |
2009-02-24 |
| 122. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
39.16 |
1.0590 |
-0.1825 |
250 |
1 |
39.16 |
2009-02-25 |
| 123. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
39.12 |
0.9070 |
-0.0351 |
192 |
1 |
39.12 |
2009-02-25 |
| 124. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
38.80 |
0.8572 |
0.0106 |
232 |
1 |
38.80 |
2009-02-24 |
| 125. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
38.61 |
1.0288 |
-0.1683 |
166 |
1 |
38.61 |
2009-02-24 |
| 126. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
38.60 |
0.9371 |
-0.0809 |
156 |
1 |
38.60 |
2009-02-24 |
| 127. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
38.43 |
0.9827 |
-0.1207 |
314 |
1 |
38.43 |
2009-02-24 |
| 128. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
38.22 |
0.9866 |
-0.1298 |
308 |
1 |
38.22 |
2009-02-24 |
| 129. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
38.10 |
0.8845 |
-0.0295 |
239 |
1 |
38.10 |
2009-02-24 |
| 130. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
38.05 |
0.9801 |
-0.1194 |
282 |
1 |
38.05 |
2010-05-19 |
| 131. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
38.01 |
0.9143 |
-0.0617 |
300 |
1 |
38.01 |
2009-02-24 |
| 132. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
37.89 |
0.9864 |
-0.1337 |
292 |
1 |
37.89 |
2009-02-24 |
| 133. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
37.55 |
0.9011 |
-0.0566 |
322 |
1 |
37.55 |
2009-02-24 |
| 134. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
37.23 |
0.9108 |
-0.0769 |
235 |
2 |
36.78 |
2009-02-25 |
| 135. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
37.14 |
0.8778 |
-0.0440 |
285 |
1 |
37.14 |
2009-02-24 |
| 136. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
36.22 |
0.9260 |
-0.1118 |
348 |
1 |
36.22 |
2009-02-24 |
| 137. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
34.71 |
0.8194 |
-0.0431 |
193 |
1 |
34.71 |
2009-02-24 |
| 138. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
31.72 |
1.0472 |
-0.3438 |
149 |
1 |
31.72 |
2009-02-24 |
| 139. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
31.33 |
0.8988 |
-0.1979 |
216 |
1 |
31.33 |
2009-02-24 |