| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
46.13 |
1.0799 |
0.1604 |
243 |
2 |
42.56 |
2008-12-18 |
| 2. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
43.89 |
1.1016 |
0.0814 |
233 |
1 |
43.89 |
2008-10-24 |
| 3. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
43.25 |
0.8791 |
0.2855 |
190 |
2 |
40.33 |
2008-12-18 |
| 4. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
42.71 |
1.0567 |
0.0947 |
303 |
1 |
42.71 |
2008-10-21 |
| 5. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
42.45 |
1.0788 |
0.0593 |
171 |
1 |
42.45 |
2008-10-24 |
| 6. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
41.90 |
0.9964 |
0.1324 |
203 |
1 |
41.90 |
2008-12-09 |
| 7. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
41.80 |
1.1114 |
0.0119 |
247 |
1 |
41.80 |
2008-12-05 |
| 8. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
41.75 |
0.9865 |
0.1392 |
276 |
1 |
41.75 |
2008-10-21 |
| 9. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
41.73 |
1.0797 |
0.0388 |
210 |
1 |
41.73 |
2008-10-21 |
| 10. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
41.63 |
1.0331 |
0.0861 |
234 |
1 |
41.63 |
2008-10-24 |
| 11. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
41.44 |
1.0555 |
0.0621 |
363 |
1 |
41.44 |
2008-12-05 |
| 12. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
41.18 |
1.0417 |
0.0649 |
253 |
1 |
41.18 |
2008-12-18 |
| 13. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
41.04 |
0.9893 |
0.1161 |
323 |
2 |
40.37 |
2008-12-09 |
| 14. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
41.03 |
1.0993 |
0.0036 |
265 |
1 |
41.03 |
2008-12-03 |
| 15. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
41.01 |
0.9846 |
0.1188 |
281 |
3 |
37.85 |
2008-12-18 |
| 16. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
40.99 |
1.0515 |
0.0505 |
250 |
1 |
40.99 |
2008-10-21 |
| 17. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
40.99 |
1.0183 |
0.0800 |
191 |
1 |
40.99 |
2008-12-09 |
| 18. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
40.94 |
1.0787 |
0.0226 |
237 |
1 |
40.94 |
2008-12-05 |
| 19. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
40.82 |
0.8628 |
0.2331 |
196 |
1 |
40.82 |
2008-10-28 |
| 20. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
40.18 |
1.0131 |
0.0649 |
225 |
1 |
40.18 |
2008-10-21 |
| 21. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
40.06 |
1.0444 |
0.0276 |
197 |
1 |
40.06 |
2008-10-28 |
| 22. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
39.73 |
0.9068 |
0.1658 |
269 |
2 |
38.00 |
2008-10-28 |
| 23. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
39.62 |
0.9884 |
0.0825 |
262 |
1 |
39.62 |
2008-10-24 |
| 24. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
39.04 |
0.8951 |
0.1579 |
193 |
1 |
39.04 |
2008-12-18 |
| 25. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
38.88 |
0.9281 |
0.1234 |
273 |
1 |
38.88 |
2008-12-03 |
| 26. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
38.86 |
1.0023 |
0.0417 |
211 |
1 |
38.86 |
2008-10-16 |
| 27. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
38.42 |
0.9758 |
0.0588 |
314 |
1 |
38.42 |
2008-12-03 |
| 28. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
38.01 |
0.8887 |
0.1480 |
128 |
1 |
38.01 |
2008-11-19 |
| 29. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
37.99 |
1.0261 |
-0.0058 |
273 |
1 |
37.99 |
2008-12-18 |
| 30. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
37.74 |
0.9851 |
0.0325 |
317 |
1 |
37.74 |
2008-12-05 |
| 31. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
37.74 |
1.0252 |
-0.0163 |
176 |
1 |
37.74 |
2008-10-08 |
| 32. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
37.65 |
1.0201 |
-0.0068 |
303 |
1 |
37.65 |
2008-10-21 |
| 33. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
37.50 |
0.8899 |
0.1300 |
293 |
1 |
37.50 |
2008-11-06 |
| 34. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
37.47 |
0.9365 |
0.0729 |
248 |
2 |
34.07 |
2008-10-28 |
| 35. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
37.44 |
0.9309 |
0.0744 |
284 |
2 |
36.85 |
2008-12-18 |
| 36. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
37.32 |
1.0445 |
-0.0397 |
373 |
1 |
37.32 |
2008-10-24 |
| 37. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
36.93 |
0.9226 |
0.0770 |
348 |
2 |
35.31 |
2008-10-24 |
| 38. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
36.92 |
1.0251 |
-0.0343 |
261 |
1 |
36.92 |
2008-10-24 |
| 39. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
36.78 |
0.9697 |
0.0197 |
249 |
1 |
36.78 |
2008-10-24 |
| 40. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
36.71 |
0.9986 |
-0.0107 |
283 |
1 |
36.71 |
2008-10-15 |
| 41. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
36.43 |
0.9597 |
0.0241 |
347 |
1 |
36.43 |
2008-10-24 |
| 42. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
36.42 |
1.0396 |
-0.0674 |
149 |
1 |
36.42 |
2008-10-24 |
| 43. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
36.23 |
0.9866 |
-0.0161 |
218 |
1 |
36.23 |
2008-10-08 |
| 44. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
36.21 |
0.9886 |
-0.0124 |
220 |
1 |
36.21 |
2008-11-07 |
| 45. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
36.18 |
0.9844 |
-0.0067 |
293 |
1 |
36.18 |
2008-10-07 |
| 46. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
36.12 |
0.9811 |
-0.0072 |
272 |
1 |
36.12 |
2008-12-18 |
| 47. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
36.07 |
0.9339 |
0.0345 |
310 |
1 |
36.07 |
2008-10-16 |
| 48. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
35.90 |
0.9212 |
0.0473 |
323 |
2 |
35.11 |
2008-10-28 |
| 49. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
35.88 |
0.8890 |
0.0721 |
199 |
2 |
32.81 |
2008-10-24 |
| 50. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
35.76 |
1.0297 |
-0.0695 |
249 |
1 |
35.76 |
2008-12-05 |
| 51. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
35.76 |
1.0138 |
-0.0528 |
231 |
1 |
35.76 |
2008-10-07 |
| 52. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
35.76 |
0.9805 |
-0.0145 |
292 |
1 |
35.76 |
2008-12-18 |
| 53. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
35.72 |
1.0197 |
-0.0623 |
226 |
1 |
35.72 |
2008-10-24 |
| 54. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
35.67 |
1.0385 |
-0.0813 |
230 |
1 |
35.67 |
2008-10-07 |
| 55. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
35.31 |
0.9514 |
-0.0019 |
237 |
1 |
35.31 |
2008-10-21 |
| 56. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
35.11 |
0.9907 |
-0.0486 |
211 |
1 |
35.11 |
2008-11-07 |
| 57. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
35.04 |
0.9266 |
0.0153 |
267 |
1 |
35.04 |
2008-10-16 |
| 58. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
35.03 |
0.8956 |
0.0485 |
217 |
1 |
35.03 |
2008-10-24 |
| 59. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
34.82 |
1.0016 |
-0.0704 |
218 |
1 |
34.82 |
2008-10-21 |
| 60. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
34.68 |
1.0095 |
-0.0786 |
316 |
1 |
34.68 |
2008-10-16 |
| 61. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
34.51 |
1.0213 |
-0.0971 |
240 |
1 |
34.51 |
2008-10-07 |
| 62. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
34.26 |
1.0483 |
-0.1307 |
227 |
1 |
34.26 |
2008-10-21 |
| 63. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
34.23 |
1.0168 |
-0.0957 |
271 |
1 |
34.23 |
2008-10-24 |
| 64. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
34.07 |
1.0053 |
-0.0919 |
232 |
1 |
34.07 |
2008-10-07 |
| 65. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
33.94 |
0.8971 |
0.0200 |
266 |
1 |
33.94 |
2008-11-19 |
| 66. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
33.79 |
0.8722 |
0.0385 |
285 |
2 |
32.54 |
2008-10-24 |
| 67. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
33.74 |
0.9843 |
-0.0829 |
234 |
1 |
33.74 |
2008-10-07 |
| 68. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
33.69 |
0.9786 |
-0.0788 |
193 |
1 |
33.69 |
2008-10-08 |
| 69. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
33.01 |
0.9125 |
-0.0242 |
308 |
1 |
33.01 |
2008-10-21 |
| 70. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
32.89 |
0.9411 |
-0.0571 |
318 |
1 |
32.89 |
2008-10-03 |
| 71. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
32.81 |
1.0426 |
-0.1622 |
323 |
1 |
32.81 |
2008-10-28 |
| 72. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
32.44 |
1.0486 |
-0.1768 |
289 |
1 |
32.44 |
2008-10-03 |
| 73. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
32.32 |
0.9612 |
-0.0935 |
256 |
1 |
32.32 |
2008-10-28 |
| 74. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
32.21 |
0.9202 |
-0.0562 |
254 |
2 |
31.82 |
2008-12-18 |
| 75. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
32.18 |
0.9769 |
-0.1151 |
263 |
1 |
32.18 |
2008-10-07 |
| 76. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
31.49 |
0.9430 |
-0.1052 |
211 |
1 |
31.49 |
2008-10-24 |
| 77. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
31.30 |
0.9045 |
-0.0643 |
235 |
1 |
31.30 |
2008-10-03 |
| 78. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
31.28 |
0.9048 |
-0.0608 |
271 |
1 |
31.28 |
2008-12-18 |
| 79. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
31.23 |
0.9614 |
-0.1204 |
292 |
1 |
31.23 |
2008-10-21 |
| 80. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
31.16 |
0.9763 |
-0.1407 |
289 |
1 |
31.16 |
2008-10-03 |
| 81. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
31.16 |
0.8878 |
-0.0519 |
346 |
1 |
31.16 |
2008-10-14 |
| 82. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
31.10 |
0.8533 |
-0.0177 |
232 |
1 |
31.10 |
2008-10-16 |
| 83. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
30.70 |
0.9941 |
-0.1729 |
217 |
1 |
30.70 |
2008-10-14 |
| 84. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
29.23 |
1.0528 |
-0.2743 |
201 |
1 |
29.23 |
2008-10-16 |
| 85. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
29.17 |
0.8910 |
-0.1074 |
150 |
1 |
29.17 |
2008-10-21 |