| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
36.22 |
0.8814 |
0.4864 |
169 |
3 |
31.77 |
2009-02-09 |
| 2. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
32.25 |
0.9204 |
0.2994 |
121 |
2 |
26.22 |
2009-02-03 |
| 3. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
31.59 |
0.8205 |
0.3752 |
135 |
4 |
27.55 |
2009-02-11 |
| 4. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
31.56 |
1.0877 |
0.1017 |
129 |
2 |
29.47 |
2009-01-23 |
| 5. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
31.31 |
0.9285 |
0.2530 |
244 |
3 |
28.59 |
2009-02-09 |
| 6. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
30.76 |
0.8406 |
0.3189 |
170 |
2 |
29.81 |
2009-02-09 |
| 7. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
30.35 |
1.0582 |
0.0855 |
180 |
3 |
29.37 |
2009-02-10 |
| 8. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
30.16 |
0.8915 |
0.2481 |
158 |
2 |
29.87 |
2008-12-17 |
| 9. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
30.12 |
1.0867 |
0.0470 |
171 |
1 |
30.12 |
2009-01-27 |
| 10. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
30.01 |
1.1093 |
0.0190 |
220 |
1 |
30.01 |
2009-01-27 |
| 11. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
29.78 |
0.9779 |
0.1458 |
255 |
1 |
29.78 |
2009-02-11 |
| 12. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
29.68 |
1.0042 |
0.1134 |
168 |
2 |
27.59 |
2008-12-15 |
| 13. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
29.68 |
0.9316 |
0.1919 |
188 |
2 |
28.82 |
2009-02-10 |
| 14. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
29.51 |
1.0672 |
0.0465 |
239 |
1 |
29.51 |
2009-02-09 |
| 15. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
29.49 |
0.8726 |
0.2438 |
150 |
1 |
29.49 |
2009-01-28 |
| 16. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
29.31 |
1.0777 |
0.0275 |
226 |
2 |
28.65 |
2009-01-29 |
| 17. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
29.12 |
1.0845 |
0.0145 |
212 |
1 |
29.12 |
2009-02-11 |
| 18. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
28.85 |
1.0333 |
0.0514 |
176 |
3 |
26.51 |
2009-02-16 |
| 19. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
28.85 |
0.8811 |
0.2039 |
201 |
1 |
28.85 |
2009-02-04 |
| 20. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
28.62 |
0.8218 |
0.2594 |
163 |
2 |
27.16 |
2009-02-09 |
| 21. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
28.62 |
0.7904 |
0.2951 |
149 |
1 |
28.62 |
2008-12-17 |
| 22. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
28.61 |
1.0873 |
-0.0096 |
243 |
1 |
28.61 |
2009-02-11 |
| 23. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
28.50 |
0.9352 |
0.1402 |
194 |
1 |
28.50 |
2009-01-27 |
| 24. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
28.49 |
0.8777 |
0.1940 |
130 |
4 |
26.13 |
2009-01-05 |
| 25. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
28.29 |
0.8572 |
0.2096 |
232 |
1 |
28.29 |
2009-01-23 |
| 26. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
28.19 |
0.9917 |
0.0751 |
317 |
1 |
28.19 |
2009-02-04 |
| 27. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
28.19 |
1.0250 |
0.0426 |
271 |
2 |
27.07 |
2009-02-10 |
| 28. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
28.15 |
1.0332 |
0.0294 |
267 |
1 |
28.15 |
2009-01-23 |
| 29. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
28.06 |
1.0103 |
0.0438 |
209 |
2 |
27.46 |
2009-01-29 |
| 30. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
28.03 |
1.0264 |
0.0281 |
191 |
2 |
25.94 |
2009-01-28 |
| 31. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
28.02 |
0.9166 |
0.1443 |
133 |
1 |
28.02 |
2009-01-29 |
| 32. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
28.02 |
0.9685 |
0.0905 |
304 |
1 |
28.02 |
2009-01-29 |
| 33. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
27.87 |
0.9213 |
0.1291 |
165 |
1 |
27.87 |
2009-01-27 |
| 34. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
27.70 |
1.0095 |
0.0352 |
211 |
2 |
26.34 |
2009-02-04 |
| 35. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
27.53 |
0.9809 |
0.0549 |
209 |
2 |
26.44 |
2008-12-10 |
| 36. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
27.50 |
0.8680 |
0.1656 |
196 |
2 |
25.77 |
2009-02-10 |
| 37. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
27.13 |
0.8246 |
0.2001 |
183 |
1 |
27.13 |
2009-02-03 |
| 38. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
27.10 |
1.0561 |
-0.0347 |
227 |
1 |
27.10 |
2009-02-03 |
| 39. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
27.00 |
0.8880 |
0.1316 |
296 |
1 |
27.00 |
2009-02-03 |
| 40. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
26.85 |
0.8845 |
0.1306 |
239 |
1 |
26.85 |
2009-02-03 |
| 41. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
26.84 |
1.0086 |
0.0006 |
218 |
2 |
25.93 |
2009-02-09 |
| 42. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
26.81 |
0.8906 |
0.1309 |
128 |
4 |
22.26 |
2008-12-09 |
| 43. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
26.68 |
0.8985 |
0.1055 |
127 |
1 |
26.68 |
2009-01-28 |
| 44. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
26.62 |
1.0472 |
-0.0484 |
149 |
2 |
24.85 |
2009-02-09 |
| 45. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
26.58 |
0.8606 |
0.1429 |
170 |
1 |
26.58 |
2008-12-16 |
| 46. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
26.56 |
1.0881 |
-0.0892 |
210 |
3 |
25.76 |
2009-02-16 |
| 47. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
26.54 |
1.0638 |
-0.0637 |
247 |
1 |
26.54 |
2009-01-21 |
| 48. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
26.50 |
0.9310 |
0.0690 |
278 |
1 |
26.50 |
2009-01-29 |
| 49. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
26.48 |
1.0288 |
-0.0337 |
166 |
3 |
24.17 |
2009-01-29 |
| 50. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
26.41 |
1.0498 |
-0.0515 |
261 |
1 |
26.41 |
2009-01-27 |
| 51. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
26.36 |
1.0521 |
-0.0625 |
197 |
2 |
25.35 |
2008-12-17 |
| 52. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
26.17 |
0.9621 |
0.0230 |
201 |
1 |
26.17 |
2009-01-27 |
| 53. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
25.99 |
0.8365 |
0.1408 |
145 |
1 |
25.99 |
2008-12-11 |
| 54. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
25.80 |
0.8127 |
0.1577 |
167 |
1 |
25.80 |
2009-02-10 |
| 55. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
25.76 |
0.8742 |
0.1027 |
202 |
1 |
25.76 |
2009-02-04 |
| 56. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
25.67 |
0.8827 |
0.0823 |
190 |
1 |
25.67 |
2009-01-28 |
| 57. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
25.64 |
1.0865 |
-0.1188 |
237 |
1 |
25.64 |
2009-01-28 |
| 58. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
25.61 |
1.0082 |
-0.0465 |
212 |
1 |
25.61 |
2009-01-28 |
| 59. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
25.60 |
1.0576 |
-0.0940 |
231 |
1 |
25.60 |
2008-12-16 |
| 60. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
25.51 |
0.9001 |
0.0632 |
217 |
2 |
23.57 |
2009-01-05 |
| 61. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
25.50 |
0.8646 |
0.0945 |
110 |
1 |
25.50 |
2008-12-03 |
| 62. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
25.42 |
0.7988 |
0.1586 |
134 |
2 |
23.95 |
2009-02-16 |
| 63. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
25.33 |
0.8168 |
0.1372 |
115 |
2 |
23.99 |
2008-12-10 |
| 64. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
25.21 |
0.9324 |
0.0221 |
246 |
1 |
25.21 |
2009-01-23 |
| 65. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
25.01 |
0.8474 |
0.0970 |
265 |
1 |
25.01 |
2009-01-27 |
| 66. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
24.97 |
1.0800 |
-0.1446 |
129 |
1 |
24.97 |
2008-12-11 |
| 67. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
24.97 |
0.9252 |
0.0178 |
148 |
1 |
24.97 |
2008-12-11 |
| 68. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
24.85 |
0.7901 |
0.1426 |
154 |
1 |
24.85 |
2009-02-03 |
| 69. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
24.84 |
0.8863 |
0.0477 |
127 |
1 |
24.84 |
2008-12-09 |
| 70. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
24.73 |
1.0540 |
-0.1257 |
184 |
1 |
24.73 |
2008-12-11 |
| 71. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
24.55 |
0.9713 |
-0.0462 |
193 |
1 |
24.55 |
2009-01-23 |
| 72. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
24.45 |
0.8339 |
0.0883 |
209 |
3 |
23.62 |
2009-02-10 |
| 73. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
24.39 |
0.7966 |
0.1298 |
184 |
1 |
24.39 |
2008-12-10 |
| 74. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
24.34 |
0.8164 |
0.1018 |
197 |
1 |
24.34 |
2008-12-09 |
| 75. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
24.00 |
0.8375 |
0.0670 |
203 |
3 |
23.61 |
2009-02-09 |
| 76. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
23.94 |
0.8913 |
0.0135 |
201 |
1 |
23.94 |
2009-02-09 |
| 77. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
23.85 |
0.8918 |
0.0124 |
163 |
2 |
22.21 |
2008-12-11 |
| 78. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
23.77 |
0.9264 |
-0.0287 |
177 |
2 |
23.39 |
2008-12-15 |
| 79. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
23.74 |
0.9108 |
-0.0152 |
235 |
1 |
23.74 |
2009-01-05 |
| 80. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
23.67 |
1.0617 |
-0.1706 |
171 |
1 |
23.67 |
2009-01-23 |
| 81. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
23.65 |
0.7724 |
0.1182 |
142 |
1 |
23.65 |
2008-12-08 |
| 82. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
23.50 |
0.9084 |
-0.0203 |
271 |
1 |
23.50 |
2009-01-05 |
| 83. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
23.50 |
0.9583 |
-0.0712 |
237 |
1 |
23.50 |
2009-02-10 |
| 84. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
23.47 |
0.8624 |
0.0183 |
174 |
2 |
21.93 |
2009-01-27 |
| 85. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
23.36 |
0.8172 |
0.0598 |
204 |
1 |
23.36 |
2008-12-16 |
| 86. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
23.33 |
0.7973 |
0.0873 |
127 |
1 |
23.33 |
2008-12-09 |
| 87. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
22.79 |
0.8758 |
-0.0178 |
127 |
1 |
22.79 |
2008-12-17 |
| 88. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
22.78 |
0.8986 |
-0.0411 |
205 |
1 |
22.78 |
2009-01-23 |
| 89. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
22.46 |
0.8965 |
-0.0489 |
150 |
2 |
21.70 |
2009-02-09 |
| 90. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
22.39 |
0.8194 |
0.0241 |
193 |
1 |
22.39 |
2008-12-17 |
| 91. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
22.37 |
0.9422 |
-0.1037 |
190 |
1 |
22.37 |
2008-12-17 |
| 92. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
21.85 |
1.0426 |
-0.2227 |
131 |
1 |
21.85 |
2008-12-08 |
| 93. |
There is a trick for learning to type faster. That trick is ... |
21.82 |
0.8732 |
-0.0589 |
94 |
1 |
21.82 |
2008-12-16 |
| 94. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
21.77 |
0.9869 |
-0.1696 |
193 |
1 |
21.77 |
2008-12-10 |
| 95. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
21.29 |
0.9807 |
-0.1897 |
129 |
1 |
21.29 |
2009-01-05 |
| 96. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
20.49 |
0.9299 |
-0.1661 |
168 |
1 |
20.49 |
2008-12-08 |
| 97. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
19.16 |
1.0479 |
-0.3278 |
205 |
1 |
19.16 |
2008-12-04 |
| 98. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
18.89 |
0.7384 |
-0.0306 |
106 |
2 |
18.31 |
2009-02-09 |