| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
35.47 |
0.9941 |
0.2251 |
217 |
2 |
33.04 |
2009-07-31 |
| 2. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
35.35 |
0.9682 |
0.2473 |
143 |
2 |
33.07 |
2009-08-05 |
| 3. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
34.80 |
0.9325 |
0.2591 |
156 |
1 |
34.80 |
2009-08-05 |
| 4. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
34.62 |
1.0528 |
0.1342 |
201 |
1 |
34.62 |
2009-08-01 |
| 5. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
34.30 |
1.0462 |
0.1286 |
184 |
1 |
34.30 |
2009-08-05 |
| 6. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
34.04 |
1.0419 |
0.1299 |
261 |
1 |
34.04 |
2009-08-05 |
| 7. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
33.51 |
0.8323 |
0.3197 |
145 |
3 |
29.07 |
2009-11-11 |
| 8. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
33.41 |
0.9260 |
0.2343 |
243 |
1 |
33.41 |
2009-08-02 |
| 9. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
33.14 |
0.7916 |
0.3566 |
184 |
4 |
27.68 |
2009-08-05 |
| 10. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
32.89 |
0.9257 |
0.2116 |
317 |
1 |
32.89 |
2009-08-01 |
| 11. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
32.71 |
1.0201 |
0.0986 |
172 |
3 |
30.82 |
2009-08-05 |
| 12. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
32.67 |
1.0053 |
0.1168 |
232 |
3 |
30.58 |
2009-08-02 |
| 13. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
32.65 |
0.9286 |
0.1938 |
194 |
1 |
32.65 |
2009-08-05 |
| 14. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
32.61 |
1.0796 |
0.0377 |
129 |
3 |
29.55 |
2009-07-24 |
| 15. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
32.28 |
0.8899 |
0.2318 |
293 |
3 |
30.55 |
2009-08-05 |
| 16. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
32.22 |
1.0297 |
0.0776 |
249 |
1 |
32.22 |
2009-07-31 |
| 17. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
32.00 |
0.9772 |
0.1201 |
217 |
3 |
29.47 |
2010-03-13 |
| 18. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
31.93 |
0.9019 |
0.2017 |
204 |
2 |
31.16 |
2009-08-02 |
| 19. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
31.89 |
0.8936 |
0.2018 |
127 |
2 |
26.70 |
2009-08-05 |
| 20. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
31.87 |
1.0389 |
0.0598 |
340 |
2 |
31.27 |
2009-08-05 |
| 21. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
31.77 |
0.9758 |
0.1177 |
314 |
2 |
29.73 |
2009-08-05 |
| 22. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
31.75 |
0.9572 |
0.1338 |
201 |
2 |
29.07 |
2009-08-01 |
| 23. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
31.64 |
0.8910 |
0.1990 |
150 |
2 |
30.86 |
2009-07-31 |
| 24. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
31.60 |
0.8788 |
0.2046 |
134 |
2 |
28.23 |
2009-07-24 |
| 25. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
31.48 |
0.9275 |
0.1519 |
211 |
3 |
28.39 |
2009-08-01 |
| 26. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
31.43 |
0.9729 |
0.1083 |
255 |
2 |
30.67 |
2009-08-05 |
| 27. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
31.25 |
1.0396 |
0.0279 |
149 |
2 |
26.95 |
2009-07-31 |
| 28. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
31.11 |
0.7850 |
0.2813 |
154 |
3 |
30.00 |
2009-08-05 |
| 29. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
31.05 |
1.0016 |
0.0616 |
218 |
1 |
31.05 |
2009-07-31 |
| 30. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
30.82 |
0.8142 |
0.2400 |
187 |
1 |
30.82 |
2009-07-24 |
| 31. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
30.77 |
1.0445 |
0.0144 |
373 |
2 |
28.78 |
2009-08-05 |
| 32. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
30.76 |
1.0498 |
0.0031 |
180 |
1 |
30.76 |
2009-07-24 |
| 33. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
30.65 |
1.0711 |
-0.0224 |
213 |
1 |
30.65 |
2009-07-31 |
| 34. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
30.62 |
0.9266 |
0.1280 |
278 |
1 |
30.62 |
2009-08-05 |
| 35. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
30.51 |
0.8791 |
0.1690 |
190 |
2 |
29.79 |
2009-08-01 |
| 36. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
30.32 |
0.8125 |
0.2324 |
197 |
2 |
25.32 |
2009-08-01 |
| 37. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
30.18 |
0.8747 |
0.1583 |
201 |
2 |
28.36 |
2009-08-05 |
| 38. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
30.16 |
0.8821 |
0.1542 |
176 |
1 |
30.16 |
2009-08-05 |
| 39. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
30.15 |
0.8263 |
0.2080 |
162 |
3 |
25.09 |
2009-08-05 |
| 40. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
30.14 |
1.0213 |
0.0116 |
240 |
1 |
30.14 |
2009-08-01 |
| 41. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
30.14 |
1.0023 |
0.0319 |
211 |
1 |
30.14 |
2009-07-24 |
| 42. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
30.04 |
1.0463 |
-0.0183 |
182 |
2 |
28.67 |
2009-08-05 |
| 43. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
30.01 |
0.9710 |
0.0541 |
173 |
2 |
28.89 |
2009-08-01 |
| 44. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
30.00 |
0.9846 |
0.0455 |
281 |
1 |
30.00 |
2009-08-02 |
| 45. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
29.86 |
0.7375 |
0.2920 |
148 |
4 |
27.74 |
2009-08-02 |
| 46. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
29.78 |
1.0483 |
-0.0277 |
227 |
1 |
29.78 |
2009-07-24 |
| 47. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
29.78 |
0.9786 |
0.0398 |
193 |
3 |
26.88 |
2009-08-05 |
| 48. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
29.62 |
0.8037 |
0.2170 |
148 |
3 |
26.01 |
2009-08-05 |
| 49. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
29.58 |
1.0385 |
-0.0237 |
230 |
1 |
29.58 |
2009-07-31 |
| 50. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
29.55 |
0.9342 |
0.0849 |
434 |
1 |
29.55 |
2009-07-24 |
| 51. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
29.53 |
0.9798 |
0.0294 |
199 |
1 |
29.53 |
2009-08-01 |
| 52. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
29.47 |
1.0787 |
-0.0672 |
237 |
1 |
29.47 |
2009-07-31 |
| 53. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
29.44 |
0.7934 |
0.2175 |
134 |
1 |
29.44 |
2009-08-05 |
| 54. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
29.41 |
0.9221 |
0.0871 |
244 |
2 |
27.41 |
2009-07-24 |
| 55. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
29.39 |
1.0797 |
-0.0753 |
210 |
3 |
27.76 |
2010-03-13 |
| 56. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
29.24 |
0.8533 |
0.1526 |
232 |
1 |
29.24 |
2009-07-24 |
| 57. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
29.18 |
0.8145 |
0.1905 |
115 |
2 |
26.84 |
2009-08-05 |
| 58. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
29.10 |
1.0714 |
-0.0804 |
129 |
3 |
28.08 |
2009-08-05 |
| 59. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
29.01 |
0.9820 |
0.0176 |
267 |
1 |
29.01 |
2009-07-24 |
| 60. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
29.01 |
0.8961 |
0.0973 |
189 |
2 |
28.63 |
2009-08-05 |
| 61. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
28.98 |
0.9965 |
-0.0056 |
168 |
1 |
28.98 |
2009-08-01 |
| 62. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
28.92 |
0.8956 |
0.1006 |
217 |
1 |
28.92 |
2009-08-01 |
| 63. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
28.92 |
0.8941 |
0.1015 |
216 |
3 |
25.32 |
2010-03-13 |
| 64. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
28.90 |
0.8190 |
0.1809 |
135 |
2 |
27.13 |
2009-08-01 |
| 65. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
28.89 |
0.8900 |
0.1038 |
164 |
1 |
28.89 |
2009-07-31 |
| 66. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
28.68 |
0.9633 |
0.0242 |
304 |
2 |
28.41 |
2009-08-05 |
| 67. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
28.67 |
1.0444 |
-0.0661 |
197 |
1 |
28.67 |
2009-08-02 |
| 68. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
28.64 |
1.0496 |
-0.0664 |
314 |
1 |
28.64 |
2009-07-31 |
| 69. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
28.61 |
0.9684 |
0.0171 |
388 |
1 |
28.61 |
2009-11-11 |
| 70. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
28.60 |
1.0063 |
-0.0234 |
371 |
1 |
28.60 |
2009-07-24 |
| 71. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
28.56 |
0.8919 |
0.0875 |
205 |
1 |
28.56 |
2009-08-01 |
| 72. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
28.49 |
0.8792 |
0.1088 |
296 |
1 |
28.49 |
2009-07-31 |
| 73. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
28.41 |
1.0131 |
-0.0411 |
225 |
1 |
28.41 |
2009-07-24 |
| 74. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
28.36 |
0.9884 |
-0.0151 |
233 |
2 |
27.85 |
2009-07-31 |
| 75. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
28.18 |
0.9691 |
-0.0017 |
223 |
1 |
28.18 |
2009-07-24 |
| 76. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
27.88 |
0.8118 |
0.1505 |
109 |
1 |
27.88 |
2009-08-05 |
| 77. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
27.72 |
0.9251 |
0.0318 |
177 |
1 |
27.72 |
2009-07-31 |
| 78. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
27.72 |
1.0183 |
-0.0720 |
191 |
3 |
27.44 |
2009-08-05 |
| 79. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
27.65 |
0.8660 |
0.0838 |
193 |
1 |
27.65 |
2009-08-01 |
| 80. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
27.54 |
0.9213 |
0.0248 |
295 |
3 |
25.45 |
2009-07-24 |
| 81. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
27.48 |
0.8077 |
0.1339 |
167 |
2 |
26.58 |
2010-03-13 |
| 82. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
27.48 |
0.9866 |
-0.0468 |
218 |
2 |
26.51 |
2009-07-24 |
| 83. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
27.47 |
0.9202 |
0.0223 |
254 |
1 |
27.47 |
2009-08-05 |
| 84. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
27.44 |
1.0004 |
-0.0644 |
212 |
2 |
26.11 |
2009-07-31 |
| 85. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
27.39 |
0.8506 |
0.0856 |
132 |
1 |
27.39 |
2009-07-23 |
| 86. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
27.38 |
0.8353 |
0.1122 |
283 |
3 |
26.00 |
2010-03-13 |
| 87. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
27.13 |
1.0565 |
-0.1278 |
247 |
2 |
25.55 |
2009-07-23 |
| 88. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
27.02 |
1.0534 |
-0.1237 |
357 |
1 |
27.02 |
2009-07-23 |
| 89. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
27.00 |
0.8810 |
0.0466 |
282 |
1 |
27.00 |
2009-07-31 |
| 90. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
26.98 |
0.8615 |
0.0647 |
110 |
1 |
26.98 |
2009-07-23 |
| 91. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
26.85 |
1.0252 |
-0.1101 |
176 |
1 |
26.85 |
2009-07-23 |
| 92. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
26.76 |
0.8996 |
0.0134 |
192 |
1 |
26.76 |
2009-08-01 |
| 93. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
26.54 |
0.8809 |
0.0277 |
127 |
1 |
26.54 |
2009-07-31 |
| 94. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
26.48 |
0.8348 |
0.0802 |
219 |
1 |
26.48 |
2010-03-13 |
| 95. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
26.43 |
0.8745 |
0.0303 |
169 |
1 |
26.43 |
2009-07-23 |
| 96. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
26.42 |
1.0349 |
-0.1290 |
234 |
1 |
26.42 |
2009-07-23 |
| 97. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
26.35 |
0.7908 |
0.1181 |
127 |
1 |
26.35 |
2009-07-23 |
| 98. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
26.35 |
0.8852 |
0.0211 |
201 |
2 |
24.80 |
2009-08-05 |
| 99. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
26.30 |
0.9740 |
-0.0757 |
209 |
1 |
26.30 |
2009-08-05 |
| 100. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
26.18 |
0.8709 |
0.0353 |
202 |
2 |
25.41 |
2009-07-31 |
| 101. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
26.09 |
0.8602 |
0.0327 |
206 |
2 |
24.42 |
2009-07-31 |
| 102. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
26.06 |
1.0099 |
-0.1187 |
207 |
1 |
26.06 |
2009-07-23 |
| 103. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
26.01 |
0.8653 |
0.0384 |
255 |
1 |
26.01 |
2009-11-11 |
| 104. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
25.98 |
1.0696 |
-0.1818 |
226 |
2 |
24.28 |
2009-07-23 |
| 105. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
25.74 |
0.7690 |
0.1156 |
142 |
1 |
25.74 |
2010-03-13 |
| 106. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
25.72 |
1.0033 |
-0.1277 |
189 |
2 |
23.51 |
2009-11-11 |
| 107. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
25.57 |
0.9196 |
-0.0409 |
148 |
1 |
25.57 |
2009-07-23 |
| 108. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
25.45 |
1.0521 |
-0.1840 |
171 |
1 |
25.45 |
2009-07-23 |
| 109. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
25.37 |
0.8892 |
-0.0131 |
207 |
3 |
24.36 |
2009-11-11 |
| 110. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
25.34 |
1.0029 |
-0.1403 |
209 |
1 |
25.34 |
2009-07-24 |
| 111. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
24.84 |
0.9769 |
-0.1274 |
263 |
1 |
24.84 |
2009-07-23 |
| 112. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
24.64 |
0.8544 |
-0.0093 |
170 |
1 |
24.64 |
2009-07-23 |
| 113. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
24.58 |
0.8295 |
0.0149 |
209 |
1 |
24.58 |
2009-07-23 |
| 114. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
24.57 |
0.7352 |
0.1069 |
106 |
2 |
24.17 |
2009-07-23 |
| 115. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
24.14 |
0.9351 |
-0.1133 |
190 |
2 |
22.62 |
2009-07-24 |
| 116. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
24.09 |
0.8323 |
-0.0064 |
203 |
1 |
24.09 |
2009-07-23 |
| 117. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
23.39 |
1.0523 |
-0.2554 |
256 |
1 |
23.39 |
2009-07-23 |
| 118. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
22.68 |
0.9128 |
-0.1308 |
133 |
1 |
22.68 |
2009-07-23 |
| 119. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
22.23 |
0.8188 |
-0.0569 |
183 |
1 |
22.23 |
2009-07-23 |
| 120. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
21.21 |
0.7389 |
-0.0122 |
145 |
1 |
21.21 |
2009-11-11 |
| 121. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
21.20 |
0.8916 |
-0.1664 |
216 |
1 |
21.20 |
2009-07-23 |
| 122. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
20.91 |
0.8700 |
-0.1558 |
127 |
1 |
20.91 |
2010-03-13 |
| 123. |
The intelligent person is able to identify a problem and fin... |
18.86 |
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