| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
84.00 |
1.0595 |
0.2413 |
166 |
2 |
79.43 |
2010-05-23 |
| 2. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
78.83 |
1.1086 |
0.1182 |
233 |
1 |
78.83 |
2009-11-29 |
| 3. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
77.35 |
1.0115 |
0.1866 |
189 |
1 |
77.35 |
2010-05-29 |
| 4. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
76.07 |
1.0370 |
0.1461 |
262 |
1 |
76.07 |
2010-05-23 |
| 5. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
75.30 |
1.0529 |
0.1209 |
373 |
1 |
75.30 |
2009-11-29 |
| 6. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
75.06 |
0.9949 |
0.1830 |
304 |
1 |
75.06 |
2010-05-23 |
| 7. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
74.83 |
0.9408 |
0.2178 |
177 |
1 |
74.83 |
2010-05-23 |
| 8. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
74.15 |
1.1198 |
0.0324 |
247 |
2 |
71.50 |
2010-05-26 |
| 9. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
73.76 |
1.0464 |
0.1065 |
213 |
1 |
73.76 |
2010-05-26 |
| 10. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
73.45 |
1.0669 |
0.0786 |
379 |
1 |
73.45 |
2009-11-27 |
| 11. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
72.95 |
1.0291 |
0.1033 |
240 |
1 |
72.95 |
2010-05-26 |
| 12. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
72.56 |
0.9928 |
0.1350 |
293 |
2 |
70.11 |
2009-11-27 |
| 13. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
72.31 |
1.0498 |
0.0759 |
261 |
2 |
69.77 |
2009-11-28 |
| 14. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
72.30 |
1.0111 |
0.1254 |
452 |
2 |
66.82 |
2010-05-23 |
| 15. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
72.30 |
1.0607 |
0.0664 |
357 |
2 |
65.79 |
2009-11-28 |
| 16. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
71.86 |
0.9756 |
0.1411 |
223 |
1 |
71.86 |
2010-05-26 |
| 17. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
71.06 |
1.0462 |
0.0617 |
340 |
1 |
71.06 |
2009-11-28 |
| 18. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
70.66 |
0.9980 |
0.1029 |
295 |
1 |
70.66 |
2009-11-27 |
| 19. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
70.59 |
0.9931 |
0.1006 |
218 |
1 |
70.59 |
2009-11-30 |
| 20. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
70.54 |
0.9737 |
0.1258 |
237 |
1 |
70.54 |
2010-05-29 |
| 21. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
70.40 |
0.9873 |
0.1178 |
396 |
1 |
70.40 |
2009-11-30 |
| 22. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
70.24 |
1.0334 |
0.0581 |
261 |
1 |
70.24 |
2009-11-30 |
| 23. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
70.08 |
0.9810 |
0.1136 |
362 |
1 |
70.08 |
2010-05-29 |
| 24. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
69.97 |
0.9952 |
0.0951 |
220 |
1 |
69.97 |
2010-05-27 |
| 25. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
69.85 |
1.0561 |
0.0280 |
227 |
1 |
69.85 |
2010-03-26 |
| 26. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
69.58 |
0.9561 |
0.1290 |
291 |
1 |
69.58 |
2009-11-28 |
| 27. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
69.31 |
1.0060 |
0.0730 |
260 |
1 |
69.31 |
2009-11-26 |
| 28. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
69.18 |
0.9315 |
0.1458 |
273 |
1 |
69.18 |
2010-05-26 |
| 29. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
69.06 |
0.9839 |
0.0896 |
308 |
1 |
69.06 |
2009-11-28 |
| 30. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
68.68 |
1.0188 |
0.0582 |
316 |
1 |
68.68 |
2010-05-29 |
| 31. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
68.63 |
0.9885 |
0.0785 |
355 |
1 |
68.63 |
2009-11-27 |
| 32. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
68.63 |
1.0267 |
0.0433 |
261 |
2 |
63.63 |
2009-11-28 |
| 33. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
68.38 |
1.0800 |
-0.0240 |
129 |
1 |
68.38 |
2009-11-27 |
| 34. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
67.75 |
1.0189 |
0.0337 |
290 |
1 |
67.75 |
2009-11-26 |
| 35. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
67.74 |
1.0272 |
0.0237 |
226 |
1 |
67.74 |
2010-05-23 |
| 36. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
67.40 |
1.0521 |
-0.0100 |
197 |
1 |
67.40 |
2009-11-29 |
| 37. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
67.15 |
0.9841 |
0.0564 |
217 |
1 |
67.15 |
2010-05-27 |
| 38. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
66.94 |
1.0567 |
-0.0165 |
314 |
1 |
66.94 |
2010-05-23 |
| 39. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
66.83 |
0.9284 |
0.1141 |
346 |
1 |
66.83 |
2010-05-29 |
| 40. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
66.66 |
1.0461 |
-0.0052 |
286 |
1 |
66.66 |
2009-11-27 |
| 41. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
66.17 |
1.0464 |
-0.0129 |
294 |
1 |
66.17 |
2009-11-26 |
| 42. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
66.07 |
0.9987 |
0.0326 |
236 |
1 |
66.07 |
2010-05-23 |
| 43. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
65.98 |
0.9985 |
0.0393 |
392 |
1 |
65.98 |
2009-11-27 |
| 44. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
65.89 |
0.9265 |
0.0965 |
254 |
2 |
63.84 |
2010-05-29 |
| 45. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
65.78 |
1.0506 |
-0.0286 |
259 |
2 |
64.99 |
2009-11-27 |
| 46. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
65.73 |
1.0144 |
0.0083 |
162 |
1 |
65.73 |
2010-05-26 |
| 47. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
65.03 |
1.0128 |
0.0046 |
369 |
1 |
65.03 |
2009-11-26 |
| 48. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
64.86 |
1.0301 |
-0.0234 |
268 |
2 |
61.89 |
2009-11-27 |
| 49. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
64.71 |
0.9948 |
0.0097 |
233 |
1 |
64.71 |
2010-05-29 |
| 50. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
64.51 |
0.9123 |
0.0995 |
351 |
2 |
62.69 |
2010-05-29 |
| 51. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
64.39 |
1.0208 |
-0.0203 |
231 |
1 |
64.39 |
2009-11-25 |
| 52. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
64.39 |
1.0338 |
-0.0279 |
277 |
1 |
64.39 |
2009-11-27 |
| 53. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
64.39 |
1.0419 |
-0.0382 |
341 |
1 |
64.39 |
2009-11-27 |
| 54. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
64.38 |
0.9604 |
0.0380 |
285 |
2 |
59.01 |
2010-05-23 |
| 55. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
64.05 |
1.0582 |
-0.0660 |
180 |
1 |
64.05 |
2009-11-25 |
| 56. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
63.94 |
0.9869 |
0.0031 |
193 |
1 |
63.94 |
2009-11-29 |
| 57. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
63.90 |
1.0960 |
-0.0989 |
315 |
1 |
63.90 |
2009-11-26 |
| 58. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
63.89 |
1.0026 |
-0.0054 |
200 |
1 |
63.89 |
2009-11-30 |
| 59. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
63.47 |
1.0466 |
-0.0607 |
230 |
1 |
63.47 |
2009-11-27 |
| 60. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
63.20 |
1.0036 |
-0.0206 |
277 |
1 |
63.20 |
2009-11-30 |
| 61. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
63.07 |
1.0125 |
-0.0374 |
171 |
1 |
63.07 |
2009-11-27 |
| 62. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
62.71 |
0.9673 |
0.0093 |
292 |
2 |
60.41 |
2010-05-23 |
| 63. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
62.63 |
0.9935 |
-0.0182 |
217 |
2 |
62.53 |
2010-05-23 |
| 64. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
62.62 |
1.0086 |
-0.0399 |
218 |
1 |
62.62 |
2010-05-23 |
| 65. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
62.61 |
0.9918 |
-0.0119 |
400 |
1 |
62.61 |
2009-11-27 |
| 66. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
62.60 |
0.9561 |
0.0239 |
364 |
1 |
62.60 |
2009-11-27 |
| 67. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
62.56 |
1.0426 |
-0.0746 |
131 |
1 |
62.56 |
2009-11-28 |
| 68. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
62.21 |
1.0372 |
-0.0711 |
249 |
2 |
58.61 |
2009-11-29 |
| 69. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
61.99 |
1.0601 |
-0.1002 |
256 |
1 |
61.99 |
2009-11-27 |
| 70. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
61.97 |
1.0165 |
-0.0545 |
316 |
1 |
61.97 |
2009-11-27 |
| 71. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
61.63 |
0.9650 |
-0.0048 |
347 |
1 |
61.63 |
2009-11-28 |
| 72. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
61.41 |
0.9927 |
-0.0381 |
276 |
1 |
61.41 |
2009-11-28 |
| 73. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
61.34 |
0.8666 |
0.0838 |
206 |
1 |
61.34 |
2009-11-26 |
| 74. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
60.96 |
0.9713 |
-0.0257 |
193 |
1 |
60.96 |
2009-11-25 |
| 75. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
60.89 |
0.9762 |
-0.0303 |
249 |
1 |
60.89 |
2010-05-23 |
| 76. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
60.76 |
0.9857 |
-0.0359 |
268 |
1 |
60.76 |
2009-11-26 |
| 77. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
60.71 |
0.9817 |
-0.0332 |
304 |
1 |
60.71 |
2009-11-29 |
| 78. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
60.70 |
0.8856 |
0.0649 |
369 |
1 |
60.70 |
2009-11-27 |
| 79. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
60.67 |
0.9727 |
-0.0235 |
442 |
1 |
60.67 |
2009-11-26 |
| 80. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
60.49 |
0.9424 |
-0.0002 |
320 |
1 |
60.49 |
2009-11-25 |
| 81. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
59.85 |
0.9377 |
-0.0004 |
198 |
2 |
59.03 |
2009-11-29 |
| 82. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
59.80 |
0.9143 |
0.0156 |
300 |
2 |
57.73 |
2009-11-28 |
| 83. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
59.67 |
1.0686 |
-0.1382 |
354 |
1 |
59.67 |
2009-11-26 |
| 84. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
59.66 |
0.9658 |
-0.0354 |
308 |
1 |
59.66 |
2010-05-23 |
| 85. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
59.63 |
0.9145 |
0.0152 |
404 |
1 |
59.63 |
2009-11-28 |
| 86. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
59.61 |
1.0101 |
-0.0824 |
336 |
1 |
59.61 |
2009-11-26 |
| 87. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
59.30 |
0.9598 |
-0.0366 |
209 |
1 |
59.30 |
2010-05-27 |
| 88. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
59.22 |
0.8964 |
0.0205 |
199 |
1 |
59.22 |
2009-11-27 |
| 89. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
59.19 |
0.9780 |
-0.0649 |
173 |
1 |
59.19 |
2009-11-26 |
| 90. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
58.55 |
1.0639 |
-0.1535 |
303 |
1 |
58.55 |
2009-11-26 |
| 91. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
58.35 |
0.9933 |
-0.0797 |
450 |
1 |
58.35 |
2009-11-25 |
| 92. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
58.04 |
1.0094 |
-0.1080 |
256 |
1 |
58.04 |
2009-11-25 |
| 93. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
57.95 |
0.9332 |
-0.0319 |
295 |
2 |
53.22 |
2009-11-26 |
| 94. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
57.83 |
0.9422 |
-0.0492 |
190 |
1 |
57.83 |
2009-11-28 |
| 95. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
57.52 |
0.8986 |
-0.0048 |
216 |
1 |
57.52 |
2009-11-26 |
| 96. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
57.52 |
1.0557 |
-0.1613 |
289 |
1 |
57.52 |
2009-11-26 |
| 97. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
57.49 |
0.9500 |
-0.0556 |
287 |
1 |
57.49 |
2009-11-26 |
| 98. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
57.39 |
0.9070 |
-0.0206 |
192 |
1 |
57.39 |
2009-11-28 |
| 99. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
57.36 |
1.0615 |
-0.1738 |
201 |
1 |
57.36 |
2009-11-25 |
| 100. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
57.25 |
0.9380 |
-0.0505 |
284 |
1 |
57.25 |
2009-12-02 |
| 101. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
57.01 |
0.9011 |
-0.0127 |
322 |
1 |
57.01 |
2010-05-29 |
| 102. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
56.81 |
0.8986 |
-0.0182 |
205 |
1 |
56.81 |
2009-11-27 |
| 103. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
56.34 |
1.0270 |
-0.1516 |
303 |
1 |
56.34 |
2010-05-29 |
| 104. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
56.25 |
0.9339 |
-0.0547 |
317 |
1 |
56.25 |
2009-11-28 |
| 105. |
The girls I like best are ones I never feel much like kiddin... |
55.98 |
0.9102 |
-0.0359 |
239 |
1 |
55.98 |
2009-11-25 |
| 106. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
55.84 |
0.9329 |
-0.0516 |
345 |
1 |
55.84 |
2009-11-26 |
| 107. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
55.58 |
1.0845 |
-0.2227 |
212 |
1 |
55.58 |
2009-11-26 |
| 108. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
55.32 |
1.0234 |
-0.1605 |
392 |
1 |
55.32 |
2009-11-26 |
| 109. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
55.21 |
0.9763 |
-0.1197 |
143 |
1 |
55.21 |
2009-11-28 |
| 110. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
55.05 |
0.9136 |
-0.0557 |
348 |
1 |
55.05 |
2009-11-25 |
| 111. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
54.95 |
0.9543 |
-0.0945 |
265 |
1 |
54.95 |
2009-11-26 |
| 112. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
54.02 |
0.9119 |
-0.0691 |
396 |
1 |
54.02 |
2009-11-26 |
| 113. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
54.00 |
0.9206 |
-0.0819 |
317 |
1 |
54.00 |
2009-11-26 |
| 114. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
53.65 |
1.0617 |
-0.2309 |
171 |
1 |
53.65 |
2009-11-26 |
| 115. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
53.58 |
0.8986 |
-0.0620 |
363 |
1 |
53.58 |
2009-11-26 |
| 116. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
51.85 |
0.9403 |
-0.1230 |
345 |
1 |
51.85 |
2010-05-23 |
| 117. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
48.21 |
0.9346 |
-0.1899 |
211 |
1 |
48.21 |
2009-11-28 |