| 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... |
38.22 |
0.9187 |
0.2426 |
118 |
1 |
38.22 |
2014-04-02 |
| 2. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
38.10 |
1.0444 |
0.1169 |
197 |
2 |
37.05 |
2014-04-02 |
| 3. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
38.02 |
0.9706 |
0.1987 |
216 |
1 |
38.02 |
2014-04-02 |
| 4. |
Right now there are three people in chat, but there's no way... |
37.69 |
0.9785 |
0.1770 |
154 |
2 |
33.60 |
2014-04-02 |
| 5. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
37.07 |
1.0201 |
0.1094 |
172 |
1 |
37.07 |
2014-04-02 |
| 6. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
36.99 |
1.0270 |
0.1423 |
255 |
2 |
30.88 |
2014-04-02 |
| 7. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
36.94 |
1.0799 |
0.0481 |
243 |
1 |
36.94 |
2014-04-01 |
| 8. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
36.94 |
0.9904 |
0.1819 |
203 |
1 |
36.94 |
2014-04-01 |
| 9. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
36.91 |
1.1162 |
0.0560 |
189 |
1 |
36.91 |
2014-04-02 |
| 10. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
36.70 |
1.0320 |
0.1296 |
293 |
1 |
36.70 |
2014-04-02 |
| 11. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
36.64 |
0.9776 |
0.1453 |
308 |
1 |
36.64 |
2014-04-01 |
| 12. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
36.56 |
1.0205 |
0.0928 |
179 |
1 |
36.56 |
2014-04-01 |
| 13. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
36.13 |
0.9127 |
0.1912 |
252 |
1 |
36.13 |
2014-04-02 |
| 14. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
36.06 |
0.9540 |
0.1486 |
285 |
1 |
36.06 |
2014-04-01 |
| 15. |
In the capital of the Sunbelt South, the quiet revolution of... |
36.00 |
0.9098 |
0.1890 |
167 |
2 |
35.17 |
2014-04-02 |
| 16. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
35.97 |
1.0463 |
0.0509 |
182 |
1 |
35.97 |
2014-04-02 |
| 17. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
35.87 |
1.0214 |
0.1197 |
281 |
2 |
34.04 |
2014-04-02 |
| 18. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
35.86 |
1.0099 |
0.0853 |
207 |
2 |
32.77 |
2014-04-02 |
| 19. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
35.77 |
0.9897 |
0.1035 |
274 |
1 |
35.77 |
2014-04-02 |
| 20. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
35.68 |
0.8918 |
0.1997 |
100 |
1 |
35.68 |
2014-04-02 |
| 21. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
35.50 |
1.0063 |
0.0812 |
371 |
1 |
35.50 |
2014-04-02 |
| 22. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
35.30 |
0.8323 |
0.2497 |
203 |
1 |
35.30 |
2014-04-01 |
| 23. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
35.29 |
1.0132 |
0.0587 |
143 |
1 |
35.29 |
2014-04-02 |
| 24. |
The girls I like best are ones I never feel much like kiddin... |
35.24 |
0.9063 |
0.1810 |
239 |
1 |
35.24 |
2014-04-02 |
| 25. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
35.24 |
0.9691 |
0.1096 |
223 |
1 |
35.24 |
2014-04-02 |
| 26. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
35.15 |
0.9303 |
0.1391 |
176 |
2 |
34.57 |
2014-04-01 |
| 27. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
35.12 |
0.8941 |
0.1829 |
216 |
2 |
33.62 |
2014-04-02 |
| 28. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
34.74 |
1.0083 |
0.0998 |
273 |
1 |
34.74 |
2014-04-02 |
| 29. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
34.69 |
0.9350 |
0.1276 |
195 |
1 |
34.69 |
2014-04-01 |
| 30. |
Being comfortable in the car is critical. If you're not comf... |
34.55 |
0.9911 |
0.0631 |
212 |
1 |
34.55 |
2014-04-02 |
| 31. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
34.52 |
0.9844 |
0.0776 |
293 |
2 |
32.57 |
2014-04-01 |
| 32. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
34.46 |
1.0567 |
-0.0007 |
303 |
2 |
34.03 |
2014-04-01 |
| 33. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
34.43 |
0.9572 |
0.0954 |
201 |
1 |
34.43 |
2014-04-01 |
| 34. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
34.41 |
0.8709 |
0.1904 |
202 |
1 |
34.41 |
2014-04-01 |
| 35. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
34.40 |
0.8666 |
0.1903 |
150 |
2 |
34.38 |
2014-04-01 |
| 36. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
34.37 |
1.0574 |
0.0229 |
205 |
1 |
34.37 |
2014-04-02 |
| 37. |
This country is hard on people. Hard and crazy. Got the devi... |
34.20 |
0.9028 |
0.1420 |
111 |
1 |
34.20 |
2014-04-02 |
| 38. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
33.89 |
0.9307 |
0.1144 |
246 |
1 |
33.89 |
2014-04-02 |
| 39. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
33.82 |
0.9965 |
0.0393 |
277 |
1 |
33.82 |
2014-04-01 |
| 40. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
33.47 |
0.8559 |
0.1696 |
191 |
1 |
33.47 |
2014-04-02 |
| 41. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
33.44 |
1.0462 |
-0.0287 |
184 |
1 |
33.44 |
2014-04-01 |
| 42. |
First of all, you must be comfortable, otherwise it will be ... |
33.44 |
0.8372 |
0.1856 |
179 |
1 |
33.44 |
2014-04-01 |
| 43. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
33.36 |
1.0120 |
0.0081 |
290 |
1 |
33.36 |
2014-04-01 |
| 44. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
33.24 |
0.8739 |
0.1419 |
136 |
1 |
33.24 |
2014-04-01 |
| 45. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
33.23 |
1.0565 |
-0.0425 |
247 |
3 |
30.98 |
2014-04-02 |
| 46. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
33.19 |
0.7690 |
0.2491 |
142 |
1 |
33.19 |
2014-04-01 |
| 47. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
33.15 |
0.9633 |
0.0533 |
304 |
1 |
33.15 |
2014-04-02 |
| 48. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
33.15 |
0.8118 |
0.2082 |
109 |
1 |
33.15 |
2014-04-02 |
| 49. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
33.14 |
0.9820 |
0.0352 |
267 |
1 |
33.14 |
2014-04-02 |
| 50. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
33.10 |
0.9941 |
0.0164 |
217 |
1 |
33.10 |
2014-04-02 |
| 51. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
33.09 |
0.8533 |
0.1602 |
232 |
1 |
33.09 |
2014-04-01 |
| 52. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
32.87 |
0.8442 |
0.1655 |
265 |
1 |
32.87 |
2014-04-02 |
| 53. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
32.86 |
0.8811 |
0.1287 |
239 |
1 |
32.86 |
2014-03-31 |
| 54. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
32.78 |
0.9884 |
0.0186 |
262 |
1 |
32.78 |
2014-04-01 |
| 55. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
32.69 |
1.0796 |
-0.0849 |
129 |
1 |
32.69 |
2014-03-31 |
| 56. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
32.58 |
0.9844 |
0.0230 |
229 |
2 |
32.53 |
2014-04-01 |
| 57. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
32.44 |
0.8573 |
0.1385 |
270 |
2 |
31.64 |
2014-04-02 |
| 58. |
How do I live without the ones I love? Time still turns the ... |
32.20 |
1.0381 |
-0.0641 |
170 |
1 |
32.20 |
2014-03-31 |
| 59. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
31.84 |
0.9943 |
-0.0174 |
373 |
1 |
31.84 |
2014-04-02 |
| 60. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
31.81 |
0.8725 |
0.1026 |
163 |
2 |
30.86 |
2014-04-01 |
| 61. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
31.71 |
1.0396 |
-0.0771 |
149 |
1 |
31.71 |
2014-04-02 |
| 62. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
31.59 |
0.8915 |
0.0731 |
188 |
1 |
31.59 |
2014-04-01 |
| 63. |
Every time you practice a technique incorrectly, you're incr... |
31.57 |
0.7791 |
0.1847 |
172 |
1 |
31.57 |
2014-04-02 |
| 64. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
31.55 |
0.9289 |
0.0336 |
204 |
1 |
31.55 |
2014-04-02 |
| 65. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
31.46 |
1.0426 |
-0.0812 |
323 |
1 |
31.46 |
2014-04-02 |
| 66. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
31.34 |
0.9567 |
0.0018 |
273 |
1 |
31.34 |
2014-04-01 |
| 67. |
If the driver would only slow down, the car would actually g... |
31.25 |
0.8842 |
0.0675 |
135 |
1 |
31.25 |
2014-04-01 |
| 68. |
We were all in our late twenties or early-to-middle thirties... |
31.16 |
0.8867 |
0.0711 |
241 |
1 |
31.16 |
2014-04-01 |
| 69. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
31.13 |
0.9263 |
0.0289 |
188 |
1 |
31.13 |
2014-04-02 |
| 70. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
31.06 |
0.9068 |
0.0410 |
225 |
1 |
31.06 |
2014-04-02 |
| 71. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
30.93 |
1.0297 |
-0.0853 |
249 |
1 |
30.93 |
2014-04-01 |
| 72. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
30.89 |
0.9089 |
0.0390 |
342 |
1 |
30.89 |
2014-04-02 |
| 73. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
30.84 |
0.9729 |
-0.0300 |
255 |
1 |
30.84 |
2014-04-01 |
| 74. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
30.80 |
0.8348 |
0.1130 |
219 |
1 |
30.80 |
2014-04-02 |
| 75. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
30.71 |
0.8541 |
0.0929 |
260 |
1 |
30.71 |
2014-03-31 |
| 76. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
30.58 |
0.7877 |
0.1517 |
142 |
2 |
29.68 |
2014-04-02 |
| 77. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
30.49 |
1.0029 |
-0.0775 |
209 |
1 |
30.49 |
2014-03-31 |
| 78. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
30.38 |
1.0487 |
-0.1252 |
231 |
1 |
30.38 |
2014-03-31 |
| 79. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
30.37 |
0.8154 |
0.1147 |
193 |
1 |
30.37 |
2014-04-01 |
| 80. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
30.29 |
1.0151 |
-0.0986 |
152 |
1 |
30.29 |
2014-04-01 |
| 81. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
30.25 |
0.9266 |
-0.0022 |
267 |
2 |
30.15 |
2014-04-02 |
| 82. |
Desktop publishing revolutionized the creation of printed do... |
30.11 |
0.8023 |
0.1236 |
182 |
1 |
30.11 |
2014-03-31 |
| 83. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
30.09 |
0.9684 |
-0.0464 |
388 |
1 |
30.09 |
2014-04-01 |
| 84. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
30.05 |
0.9430 |
-0.0223 |
297 |
1 |
30.05 |
2014-03-31 |
| 85. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
29.73 |
1.0053 |
-0.0987 |
232 |
1 |
29.73 |
2014-04-01 |
| 86. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
29.60 |
0.9504 |
-0.0518 |
263 |
1 |
29.60 |
2014-04-01 |
| 87. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
29.52 |
0.8791 |
0.0220 |
190 |
1 |
29.52 |
2014-03-31 |
| 88. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
29.50 |
1.0696 |
-0.1718 |
226 |
1 |
29.50 |
2014-03-31 |
| 89. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
29.27 |
0.8898 |
-0.0002 |
158 |
1 |
29.27 |
2014-04-01 |
| 90. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
28.48 |
1.0025 |
-0.1332 |
256 |
1 |
28.48 |
2014-03-31 |
| 91. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
27.64 |
0.9851 |
-0.1389 |
317 |
1 |
27.64 |
2014-04-01 |
| 92. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
27.62 |
0.8105 |
0.0280 |
204 |
1 |
27.62 |
2014-04-01 |
| 93. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
27.49 |
0.8670 |
-0.0229 |
318 |
1 |
27.49 |
2014-03-31 |
| 94. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
27.40 |
0.9468 |
-0.1106 |
276 |
1 |
27.40 |
2014-04-01 |
| 95. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
27.26 |
0.9665 |
-0.0853 |
326 |
1 |
27.26 |
2014-03-31 |
| 96. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
27.12 |
0.9461 |
-0.1227 |
193 |
1 |
27.12 |
2014-03-31 |
| 97. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
26.75 |
0.9168 |
-0.0991 |
240 |
1 |
26.75 |
2014-04-01 |
| 98. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
26.65 |
0.9023 |
-0.0463 |
231 |
1 |
26.65 |
2014-03-31 |
| 99. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
26.45 |
1.0388 |
-0.2004 |
243 |
1 |
26.45 |
2014-03-31 |
| 100. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
25.44 |
0.8628 |
-0.0903 |
196 |
1 |
25.44 |
2014-04-01 |
| 101. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
25.14 |
0.7890 |
-0.0216 |
230 |
1 |
25.14 |
2014-04-01 |
| 102. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
24.95 |
0.9863 |
-0.2217 |
339 |
1 |
24.95 |
2014-03-31 |
| 103. |
Every time you practice a technique incorrectly, you're incr... |
22.17 |
0.8826 |
-0.2068 |
241 |
1 |
22.17 |
2014-03-31 |
| 104. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
22.16 |
0.8022 |
-0.1257 |
215 |
1 |
22.16 |
2014-03-31 |
| 105. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
21.92 |
0.7375 |
-0.0667 |
148 |
1 |
21.92 |
2014-03-31 |