| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
42.67 |
1.0986 |
0.2908 |
118 |
1 |
42.67 |
2011-04-12 |
| 2. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
40.80 |
1.0249 |
0.3036 |
209 |
2 |
36.02 |
2011-02-08 |
| 3. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
39.53 |
1.0664 |
0.2208 |
127 |
2 |
33.62 |
2011-05-12 |
| 4. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
38.95 |
1.0747 |
0.1936 |
189 |
1 |
38.95 |
2011-04-21 |
| 5. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
37.52 |
1.0634 |
0.1583 |
269 |
1 |
37.52 |
2011-05-12 |
| 6. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
37.52 |
0.9705 |
0.2512 |
177 |
1 |
37.52 |
2011-04-12 |
| 7. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
37.36 |
1.0675 |
0.1490 |
172 |
1 |
37.36 |
2011-04-26 |
| 8. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
35.23 |
1.0083 |
0.1388 |
155 |
1 |
35.23 |
2011-04-28 |
| 9. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
35.20 |
1.0599 |
0.0863 |
212 |
1 |
35.20 |
2011-04-12 |
| 10. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
34.97 |
1.0756 |
0.0631 |
262 |
1 |
34.97 |
2011-04-26 |
| 11. |
When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, y... |
34.80 |
1.0888 |
0.0443 |
105 |
1 |
34.80 |
2011-04-12 |
| 12. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
34.49 |
1.0727 |
0.0503 |
129 |
2 |
31.70 |
2011-04-26 |
| 13. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
34.35 |
1.0750 |
0.0435 |
182 |
1 |
34.35 |
2011-04-14 |
| 14. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
34.33 |
1.1318 |
-0.0140 |
229 |
1 |
34.33 |
2011-04-26 |
| 15. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
33.87 |
0.9815 |
0.1214 |
218 |
1 |
33.87 |
2011-04-12 |
| 16. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
33.75 |
0.9407 |
0.1583 |
190 |
2 |
29.66 |
2011-04-21 |
| 17. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
33.73 |
1.0974 |
0.0009 |
256 |
1 |
33.73 |
2011-05-12 |
| 18. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
33.66 |
1.0273 |
0.0687 |
128 |
3 |
31.10 |
2011-04-21 |
| 19. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
33.65 |
1.0243 |
0.0714 |
134 |
1 |
33.65 |
2011-05-12 |
| 20. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
33.62 |
0.9693 |
0.1254 |
218 |
2 |
32.91 |
2011-04-19 |
| 21. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
33.54 |
1.0318 |
0.0603 |
278 |
1 |
33.54 |
2011-04-26 |
| 22. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
33.52 |
1.0952 |
-0.0037 |
163 |
1 |
33.52 |
2011-03-17 |
| 23. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
33.49 |
1.0701 |
0.0204 |
100 |
1 |
33.49 |
2011-04-05 |
| 24. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
33.21 |
0.9561 |
0.1253 |
199 |
1 |
33.21 |
2011-02-10 |
| 25. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
33.18 |
1.0120 |
0.0684 |
227 |
1 |
33.18 |
2011-02-03 |
| 26. |
While you were sleeping, you tossed, you turned. You rolled ... |
33.09 |
0.9744 |
0.1031 |
172 |
1 |
33.09 |
2011-03-01 |
| 27. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
32.79 |
1.0440 |
0.0237 |
244 |
1 |
32.79 |
2011-02-08 |
| 28. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
32.69 |
1.1015 |
-0.0371 |
127 |
1 |
32.69 |
2011-03-08 |
| 29. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
32.53 |
1.0436 |
0.0156 |
195 |
1 |
32.53 |
2011-02-03 |
| 30. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
32.23 |
1.1003 |
-0.0508 |
136 |
2 |
31.08 |
2011-02-15 |
| 31. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
32.21 |
1.0067 |
0.0421 |
217 |
1 |
32.21 |
2011-05-12 |
| 32. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
32.19 |
1.0251 |
0.0231 |
259 |
1 |
32.19 |
2011-02-10 |
| 33. |
Don't make assumptions. Communicate with others as clearly a... |
32.16 |
0.9299 |
0.1173 |
186 |
1 |
32.16 |
2011-04-05 |
| 34. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
32.15 |
0.9180 |
0.1289 |
163 |
1 |
32.15 |
2011-04-28 |
| 35. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
32.11 |
0.9949 |
0.0507 |
116 |
1 |
32.11 |
2011-05-12 |
| 36. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
32.08 |
1.0982 |
-0.0536 |
200 |
1 |
32.08 |
2011-03-08 |
| 37. |
In the capital of the Sunbelt South, the quiet revolution of... |
32.00 |
0.9936 |
0.0484 |
167 |
1 |
32.00 |
2011-04-05 |
| 38. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
31.93 |
0.9778 |
0.0619 |
195 |
1 |
31.93 |
2011-05-12 |
| 39. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
31.85 |
1.0276 |
0.0095 |
267 |
2 |
30.27 |
2011-02-10 |
| 40. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
31.73 |
0.9350 |
0.0982 |
212 |
1 |
31.73 |
2011-04-21 |
| 41. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
31.66 |
1.2492 |
-0.2183 |
207 |
1 |
31.66 |
2011-05-12 |
| 42. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
31.64 |
1.0235 |
0.0067 |
277 |
1 |
31.64 |
2011-04-26 |
| 43. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
31.56 |
0.9915 |
0.0361 |
351 |
1 |
31.56 |
2011-04-28 |
| 44. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
31.55 |
1.0189 |
0.0084 |
240 |
2 |
30.17 |
2011-04-21 |
| 45. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
31.21 |
1.0214 |
-0.0052 |
204 |
2 |
29.42 |
2011-02-24 |
| 46. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
30.99 |
1.1398 |
-0.1307 |
206 |
1 |
30.99 |
2011-02-03 |
| 47. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
30.93 |
0.9540 |
0.0531 |
202 |
1 |
30.93 |
2011-04-26 |
| 48. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
30.92 |
0.9824 |
0.0244 |
212 |
1 |
30.92 |
2011-02-10 |
| 49. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
30.77 |
1.0452 |
-0.0433 |
201 |
1 |
30.77 |
2011-02-10 |
| 50. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
30.76 |
0.9082 |
0.0934 |
150 |
1 |
30.76 |
2011-02-03 |
| 51. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
30.34 |
0.9067 |
0.0812 |
115 |
1 |
30.34 |
2011-03-01 |
| 52. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
30.29 |
0.8743 |
0.1120 |
149 |
1 |
30.29 |
2011-03-03 |
| 53. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
30.29 |
0.9684 |
0.0179 |
196 |
1 |
30.29 |
2011-03-01 |
| 54. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
29.78 |
0.9701 |
-0.0004 |
233 |
1 |
29.78 |
2011-03-17 |
| 55. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
29.73 |
0.9458 |
0.0223 |
142 |
1 |
29.73 |
2011-03-08 |
| 56. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
29.71 |
1.0598 |
-0.0924 |
271 |
1 |
29.71 |
2011-02-10 |
| 57. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
29.71 |
0.9831 |
-0.0157 |
193 |
1 |
29.71 |
2011-04-26 |
| 58. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
29.66 |
1.1481 |
-0.1823 |
233 |
1 |
29.66 |
2011-02-24 |
| 59. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
29.65 |
0.8965 |
0.0689 |
191 |
1 |
29.65 |
2011-04-07 |
| 60. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
29.61 |
0.9797 |
-0.0156 |
164 |
1 |
29.61 |
2011-02-03 |
| 61. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
29.51 |
0.9717 |
-0.0108 |
264 |
1 |
29.51 |
2011-04-21 |
| 62. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
29.47 |
1.0958 |
-0.1362 |
152 |
1 |
29.47 |
2011-03-03 |
| 63. |
Do you know why they call him Franky "Four Fingers" Doug? Be... |
29.38 |
1.0153 |
-0.0586 |
214 |
1 |
29.38 |
2011-04-07 |
| 64. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
29.33 |
1.1003 |
-0.1453 |
234 |
1 |
29.33 |
2011-01-25 |
| 65. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
29.00 |
1.0056 |
-0.0613 |
170 |
1 |
29.00 |
2011-02-08 |
| 66. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
28.66 |
0.8214 |
0.1118 |
157 |
3 |
27.27 |
2011-04-19 |
| 67. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
28.64 |
0.9209 |
0.0117 |
292 |
1 |
28.64 |
2011-04-28 |
| 68. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
28.54 |
0.9612 |
-0.0319 |
162 |
1 |
28.54 |
2011-03-01 |
| 69. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
28.49 |
0.8899 |
0.0378 |
216 |
1 |
28.49 |
2011-04-19 |
| 70. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
28.21 |
0.9953 |
-0.0767 |
273 |
1 |
28.21 |
2011-01-25 |
| 71. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
27.71 |
1.0048 |
-0.1025 |
281 |
1 |
27.71 |
2011-03-31 |
| 72. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
27.50 |
0.9472 |
-0.0518 |
258 |
1 |
27.50 |
2011-04-12 |
| 73. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
27.45 |
0.8891 |
0.0047 |
170 |
1 |
27.45 |
2011-04-07 |
| 74. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
27.13 |
0.9042 |
-0.0208 |
296 |
1 |
27.13 |
2011-02-15 |
| 75. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
27.01 |
1.1185 |
-0.2390 |
242 |
1 |
27.01 |
2011-01-25 |
| 76. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
26.81 |
0.8886 |
-0.0156 |
267 |
1 |
26.81 |
2011-02-08 |
| 77. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
26.70 |
1.0784 |
-0.2090 |
143 |
1 |
26.70 |
2011-02-15 |
| 78. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
26.55 |
0.9195 |
-0.0550 |
185 |
1 |
26.55 |
2011-05-12 |
| 79. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
26.48 |
0.8658 |
-0.0036 |
215 |
1 |
26.48 |
2011-02-10 |
| 80. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
26.39 |
0.8987 |
-0.0394 |
200 |
1 |
26.39 |
2011-04-28 |
| 81. |
Because of their scouting skills and peripheral kinesthetic ... |
26.32 |
0.8561 |
0.0009 |
149 |
2 |
25.48 |
2011-04-05 |
| 82. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
26.26 |
0.9597 |
-0.1046 |
110 |
1 |
26.26 |
2011-05-12 |
| 83. |
While it may hold true that the final few seconds of a bike ... |
26.21 |
0.9540 |
-0.1006 |
177 |
1 |
26.21 |
2011-03-17 |
| 84. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
25.89 |
0.9044 |
-0.0614 |
219 |
1 |
25.89 |
2011-02-03 |
| 85. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
25.43 |
0.9105 |
-0.0825 |
326 |
1 |
25.43 |
2011-02-03 |
| 86. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
24.92 |
1.0532 |
-0.2418 |
177 |
1 |
24.92 |
2011-02-08 |
| 87. |
The label doesn't mention that that rib-eye steak came from ... |
24.68 |
0.9457 |
-0.1421 |
145 |
1 |
24.68 |
2011-02-08 |
| 88. |
This country is hard on people. Hard and crazy. Got the devi... |
24.59 |
1.1775 |
-0.3768 |
111 |
1 |
24.59 |
2011-03-03 |
| 89. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
24.36 |
1.0224 |
-0.2292 |
148 |
1 |
24.36 |
2011-02-10 |
| 90. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
24.13 |
0.9054 |
-0.1197 |
211 |
1 |
24.13 |
2011-02-08 |
| 91. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
21.66 |
1.0251 |
-0.3198 |
180 |
1 |
21.66 |
2011-02-24 |
| 92. |
Desktop publishing revolutionized the creation of printed do... |
20.82 |
0.8921 |
-0.2142 |
182 |
1 |
20.82 |
2011-03-08 |
| 93. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
20.46 |
0.8476 |
-0.1814 |
231 |
1 |
20.46 |
2011-02-24 |