| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
37.22 |
0.8118 |
0.4169 |
109 |
3 |
31.31 |
2008-11-25 |
| 2. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
36.04 |
0.8715 |
0.3092 |
130 |
2 |
32.91 |
2008-11-14 |
| 3. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
36.01 |
1.0095 |
0.1730 |
316 |
2 |
32.19 |
2010-02-04 |
| 4. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
35.90 |
0.9257 |
0.2597 |
317 |
1 |
35.90 |
2010-02-04 |
| 5. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
35.84 |
0.9649 |
0.2120 |
193 |
1 |
35.84 |
2008-12-08 |
| 6. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
35.66 |
0.9263 |
0.2492 |
188 |
1 |
35.66 |
2009-12-10 |
| 7. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
35.47 |
0.9710 |
0.1882 |
173 |
2 |
31.43 |
2009-12-10 |
| 8. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
35.13 |
1.0788 |
0.0700 |
171 |
2 |
29.95 |
2009-12-10 |
| 9. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
35.11 |
0.8745 |
0.2770 |
169 |
2 |
32.23 |
2009-12-10 |
| 10. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
35.05 |
0.8506 |
0.2969 |
132 |
1 |
35.05 |
2009-12-10 |
| 11. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
34.83 |
1.0365 |
0.1378 |
162 |
1 |
34.83 |
2009-12-10 |
| 12. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
34.64 |
0.8867 |
0.2573 |
163 |
2 |
30.18 |
2008-11-25 |
| 13. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
34.21 |
0.8951 |
0.2309 |
193 |
4 |
29.21 |
2009-12-10 |
| 14. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
33.92 |
1.0120 |
0.1014 |
290 |
1 |
33.92 |
2010-02-04 |
| 15. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
33.86 |
1.0251 |
0.0849 |
261 |
3 |
29.56 |
2009-08-14 |
| 16. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
33.86 |
0.9795 |
0.1327 |
308 |
1 |
33.86 |
2010-01-22 |
| 17. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
33.57 |
0.9289 |
0.1713 |
204 |
1 |
33.57 |
2008-11-21 |
| 18. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
33.55 |
1.0714 |
0.0216 |
129 |
2 |
32.70 |
2009-12-10 |
| 19. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
33.50 |
1.0515 |
0.0468 |
250 |
1 |
33.50 |
2009-12-10 |
| 20. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
33.49 |
0.8152 |
0.2849 |
163 |
2 |
32.08 |
2009-03-26 |
| 21. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
33.43 |
0.7352 |
0.3626 |
106 |
1 |
33.43 |
2008-11-16 |
| 22. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
33.27 |
0.8660 |
0.2270 |
193 |
1 |
33.27 |
2009-03-26 |
| 23. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
33.10 |
0.9226 |
0.1681 |
177 |
4 |
30.36 |
2009-01-03 |
| 24. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
33.10 |
1.0498 |
0.0323 |
180 |
1 |
33.10 |
2010-02-04 |
| 25. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
32.89 |
0.8628 |
0.2137 |
196 |
2 |
30.70 |
2008-12-06 |
| 26. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
32.86 |
1.0711 |
0.0027 |
213 |
2 |
31.62 |
2010-02-04 |
| 27. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
32.84 |
0.9572 |
0.1200 |
201 |
1 |
32.84 |
2008-11-21 |
| 28. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
32.56 |
1.0487 |
0.0153 |
231 |
1 |
32.56 |
2008-11-21 |
| 29. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
32.53 |
0.8422 |
0.2275 |
164 |
3 |
30.91 |
2008-11-25 |
| 30. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
32.49 |
1.0349 |
0.0310 |
234 |
1 |
32.49 |
2008-12-05 |
| 31. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
32.43 |
1.0516 |
0.0127 |
281 |
1 |
32.43 |
2010-02-04 |
| 32. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
32.38 |
1.0029 |
0.0537 |
209 |
1 |
32.38 |
2008-11-21 |
| 33. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
32.35 |
0.9559 |
0.1088 |
195 |
1 |
32.35 |
2009-12-10 |
| 34. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
32.33 |
1.0462 |
0.0090 |
184 |
2 |
31.14 |
2009-12-10 |
| 35. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
32.32 |
0.9731 |
0.0754 |
129 |
4 |
30.67 |
2009-08-14 |
| 36. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
32.02 |
0.9798 |
0.0655 |
199 |
2 |
31.32 |
2008-12-13 |
| 37. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
31.97 |
1.0565 |
-0.0097 |
247 |
2 |
31.61 |
2009-12-10 |
| 38. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
31.96 |
0.8145 |
0.2368 |
115 |
1 |
31.96 |
2009-12-10 |
| 39. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
31.95 |
1.0004 |
0.0422 |
212 |
1 |
31.95 |
2010-02-04 |
| 40. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
31.88 |
0.9965 |
0.0451 |
168 |
1 |
31.88 |
2009-12-10 |
| 41. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
31.84 |
1.0023 |
0.0408 |
211 |
1 |
31.84 |
2009-03-26 |
| 42. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
31.79 |
0.8792 |
0.1735 |
296 |
2 |
28.84 |
2008-11-14 |
| 43. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
31.74 |
0.8263 |
0.2133 |
162 |
4 |
28.44 |
2008-12-05 |
| 44. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
31.74 |
1.0334 |
0.0018 |
131 |
3 |
28.28 |
2009-12-10 |
| 45. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
31.57 |
0.9758 |
0.0610 |
314 |
2 |
28.01 |
2008-11-25 |
| 46. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
31.49 |
0.9866 |
0.0431 |
218 |
3 |
30.39 |
2008-11-25 |
| 47. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
31.41 |
1.1018 |
-0.0774 |
220 |
1 |
31.41 |
2008-12-05 |
| 48. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
31.31 |
1.0254 |
0.0428 |
217 |
1 |
31.31 |
2009-12-10 |
| 49. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
31.23 |
1.1016 |
-0.0767 |
233 |
1 |
31.23 |
2008-11-21 |
| 50. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
31.16 |
1.0787 |
-0.0575 |
237 |
2 |
26.20 |
2008-11-25 |
| 51. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
31.11 |
1.0944 |
-0.0288 |
308 |
1 |
31.11 |
2010-02-04 |
| 52. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
31.10 |
0.9846 |
0.0348 |
281 |
3 |
30.09 |
2008-12-08 |
| 53. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
30.91 |
0.9614 |
0.0557 |
292 |
1 |
30.91 |
2009-01-10 |
| 54. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
30.77 |
1.0150 |
0.0435 |
325 |
1 |
30.77 |
2009-12-10 |
| 55. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
30.77 |
0.8747 |
0.1303 |
201 |
1 |
30.77 |
2008-11-29 |
| 56. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
30.73 |
0.9275 |
0.0774 |
211 |
1 |
30.73 |
2008-12-05 |
| 57. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
30.69 |
0.8037 |
0.2058 |
148 |
1 |
30.69 |
2008-11-15 |
| 58. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
30.67 |
0.8890 |
0.1136 |
199 |
1 |
30.67 |
2010-01-22 |
| 59. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
30.63 |
0.9266 |
0.0800 |
278 |
2 |
27.32 |
2009-03-26 |
| 60. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
30.56 |
0.9233 |
0.0709 |
168 |
2 |
25.45 |
2008-11-16 |
| 61. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
30.51 |
0.7852 |
0.2216 |
149 |
2 |
28.13 |
2008-11-25 |
| 62. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
30.48 |
0.7389 |
0.2624 |
145 |
1 |
30.48 |
2009-12-10 |
| 63. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
30.48 |
0.8544 |
0.1459 |
170 |
2 |
27.73 |
2008-11-09 |
| 64. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
30.41 |
1.0696 |
-0.0756 |
226 |
2 |
27.93 |
2008-11-29 |
| 65. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
30.23 |
0.9851 |
0.0087 |
317 |
2 |
29.12 |
2008-11-29 |
| 66. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
30.03 |
0.9226 |
0.0686 |
348 |
1 |
30.03 |
2010-01-22 |
| 67. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
29.86 |
0.7259 |
0.2593 |
186 |
1 |
29.86 |
2008-11-21 |
| 68. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
29.78 |
0.9532 |
0.0221 |
258 |
1 |
29.78 |
2009-03-26 |
| 69. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
29.77 |
0.9281 |
0.0533 |
273 |
1 |
29.77 |
2008-12-08 |
| 70. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
29.75 |
0.8360 |
0.1388 |
170 |
1 |
29.75 |
2008-11-25 |
| 71. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
29.72 |
0.8910 |
0.0853 |
150 |
3 |
26.81 |
2008-12-13 |
| 72. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
29.71 |
1.0124 |
-0.0405 |
204 |
1 |
29.71 |
2008-11-14 |
| 73. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
29.67 |
0.8852 |
0.0898 |
201 |
3 |
26.42 |
2008-11-25 |
| 74. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
29.62 |
0.9266 |
0.0448 |
267 |
2 |
28.77 |
2009-12-10 |
| 75. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
29.50 |
0.9125 |
0.0566 |
308 |
1 |
29.50 |
2009-10-27 |
| 76. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
29.49 |
1.0337 |
-0.0673 |
214 |
2 |
28.78 |
2009-03-26 |
| 77. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
29.47 |
0.8852 |
0.0815 |
158 |
1 |
29.47 |
2008-11-25 |
| 78. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
29.40 |
0.9128 |
0.0567 |
133 |
3 |
26.05 |
2008-11-21 |
| 79. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
29.36 |
0.8153 |
0.1521 |
200 |
2 |
28.87 |
2008-12-08 |
| 80. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
29.36 |
1.0214 |
-0.0605 |
269 |
1 |
29.36 |
2008-11-16 |
| 81. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
29.35 |
1.0767 |
-0.1166 |
212 |
1 |
29.35 |
2009-03-26 |
| 82. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
29.28 |
0.9986 |
-0.0380 |
283 |
1 |
29.28 |
2008-12-05 |
| 83. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
29.28 |
0.9772 |
-0.0207 |
217 |
1 |
29.28 |
2008-11-10 |
| 84. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
29.10 |
1.0213 |
-0.0705 |
240 |
1 |
29.10 |
2008-11-16 |
| 85. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
29.06 |
1.0053 |
-0.0546 |
232 |
1 |
29.06 |
2008-11-10 |
| 86. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
29.03 |
0.9213 |
0.0309 |
295 |
1 |
29.03 |
2008-11-16 |
| 87. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
29.02 |
0.9636 |
-0.0124 |
254 |
2 |
27.69 |
2008-11-25 |
| 88. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
28.98 |
0.8096 |
0.1483 |
209 |
2 |
28.34 |
2010-02-04 |
| 89. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
28.96 |
0.9351 |
0.0088 |
190 |
1 |
28.96 |
2008-11-29 |
| 90. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
28.85 |
0.9612 |
-0.0155 |
256 |
3 |
27.97 |
2009-12-10 |
| 91. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
28.63 |
0.9729 |
-0.0343 |
255 |
1 |
28.63 |
2009-11-18 |
| 92. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
28.43 |
0.8971 |
0.0399 |
266 |
1 |
28.43 |
2008-11-14 |
| 93. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
28.34 |
0.8709 |
0.0658 |
202 |
1 |
28.34 |
2008-11-25 |
| 94. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
28.28 |
1.0799 |
-0.1568 |
243 |
1 |
28.28 |
2008-11-16 |
| 95. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
28.26 |
1.0528 |
-0.1317 |
201 |
1 |
28.26 |
2008-11-14 |
| 96. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
28.20 |
0.9221 |
0.0005 |
244 |
1 |
28.20 |
2009-12-10 |
| 97. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
28.04 |
1.0390 |
-0.1240 |
205 |
3 |
27.50 |
2008-12-05 |
| 98. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
27.99 |
0.9763 |
-0.0597 |
289 |
1 |
27.99 |
2008-11-25 |
| 99. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
27.94 |
0.8936 |
0.0203 |
127 |
1 |
27.94 |
2008-11-15 |
| 100. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
27.84 |
1.0388 |
-0.0951 |
243 |
1 |
27.84 |
2009-12-10 |
| 101. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
27.63 |
0.8887 |
0.0305 |
128 |
2 |
26.36 |
2008-11-14 |
| 102. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
27.60 |
0.9045 |
0.0000 |
235 |
1 |
27.60 |
2008-11-10 |
| 103. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
27.48 |
0.9633 |
-0.0609 |
304 |
1 |
27.48 |
2008-11-21 |
| 104. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
27.38 |
0.8615 |
0.0355 |
110 |
1 |
27.38 |
2008-11-25 |
| 105. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
27.21 |
0.8919 |
-0.0024 |
205 |
1 |
27.21 |
2008-11-16 |
| 106. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
27.19 |
0.7938 |
0.0977 |
176 |
1 |
27.19 |
2008-11-14 |
| 107. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
27.17 |
0.9286 |
-0.0397 |
194 |
1 |
27.17 |
2008-11-10 |
| 108. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
27.15 |
0.9740 |
-0.0889 |
209 |
2 |
25.41 |
2008-11-09 |
| 109. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
26.97 |
1.0596 |
-0.1785 |
239 |
1 |
26.97 |
2008-11-16 |
| 110. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
26.82 |
0.9691 |
-0.0914 |
223 |
1 |
26.82 |
2008-11-14 |
| 111. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
26.80 |
0.9251 |
-0.0425 |
177 |
1 |
26.80 |
2009-10-27 |
| 112. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
26.78 |
0.9941 |
-0.1196 |
217 |
1 |
26.78 |
2008-11-09 |
| 113. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
26.69 |
0.8700 |
0.0032 |
127 |
1 |
26.69 |
2009-08-14 |
| 114. |
Imagine words like "if" as a two-finger movement instead of ... |
26.63 |
0.7443 |
0.1262 |
169 |
1 |
26.63 |
2008-11-09 |
| 115. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
26.55 |
1.0261 |
-0.1587 |
273 |
1 |
26.55 |
2008-11-21 |
| 116. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
26.54 |
0.7375 |
0.1346 |
148 |
1 |
26.54 |
2008-11-16 |
| 117. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
26.51 |
0.8941 |
-0.0242 |
216 |
1 |
26.51 |
2008-11-21 |
| 118. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
26.51 |
1.0214 |
-0.1589 |
166 |
1 |
26.51 |
2008-11-14 |
| 119. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
26.48 |
0.9976 |
-0.1105 |
174 |
1 |
26.48 |
2010-02-04 |
| 120. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
26.27 |
0.9325 |
-0.0792 |
156 |
1 |
26.27 |
2008-11-21 |
| 121. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
26.24 |
0.9966 |
-0.1382 |
259 |
1 |
26.24 |
2008-11-26 |
| 122. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
26.20 |
0.8975 |
-0.0394 |
268 |
1 |
26.20 |
2008-11-10 |
| 123. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
26.10 |
0.8125 |
0.0443 |
197 |
1 |
26.10 |
2008-11-09 |
| 124. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
25.99 |
0.9682 |
-0.1194 |
143 |
1 |
25.99 |
2008-11-14 |
| 125. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
25.94 |
0.9786 |
-0.1348 |
193 |
1 |
25.94 |
2008-11-16 |
| 126. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
25.92 |
0.8154 |
0.0347 |
193 |
2 |
24.30 |
2008-11-25 |
| 127. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
25.84 |
1.1014 |
-0.2179 |
273 |
1 |
25.84 |
2009-12-10 |
| 128. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
25.76 |
0.8442 |
0.0028 |
265 |
1 |
25.76 |
2008-11-14 |
| 129. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
25.53 |
1.0168 |
-0.1800 |
271 |
1 |
25.53 |
2008-11-10 |
| 130. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
25.31 |
0.8553 |
-0.0323 |
174 |
1 |
25.31 |
2009-10-23 |
| 131. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
24.62 |
0.9907 |
-0.1872 |
211 |
1 |
24.62 |
2008-11-09 |
| 132. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
24.05 |
0.8956 |
-0.1068 |
217 |
1 |
24.05 |
2008-11-09 |
| 133. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
23.69 |
0.8595 |
-0.0835 |
242 |
2 |
22.93 |
2008-11-13 |
| 134. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
23.12 |
0.9697 |
-0.2142 |
249 |
1 |
23.12 |
2008-11-09 |