| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
31.91 |
0.8739 |
0.4690 |
136 |
1 |
31.91 |
2009-09-25 |
| 2. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
31.13 |
0.8118 |
0.5068 |
109 |
3 |
27.21 |
2009-10-20 |
| 3. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
30.01 |
0.8506 |
0.4112 |
132 |
1 |
30.01 |
2009-10-20 |
| 4. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
29.27 |
0.9350 |
0.3002 |
195 |
1 |
29.27 |
2009-10-20 |
| 5. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
27.29 |
1.0252 |
0.1183 |
176 |
1 |
27.29 |
2009-10-20 |
| 6. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
26.70 |
0.8936 |
0.2297 |
127 |
2 |
25.73 |
2009-10-05 |
| 7. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
26.62 |
0.9128 |
0.2142 |
133 |
3 |
25.89 |
2009-10-05 |
| 8. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
26.58 |
0.7938 |
0.3270 |
176 |
1 |
26.58 |
2009-10-20 |
| 9. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
26.57 |
0.8666 |
0.2558 |
150 |
2 |
24.83 |
2009-10-05 |
| 10. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
26.39 |
0.8971 |
0.2199 |
266 |
1 |
26.39 |
2009-10-20 |
| 11. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
26.22 |
1.0029 |
0.0951 |
209 |
2 |
25.10 |
2009-10-20 |
| 12. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
25.83 |
0.8177 |
0.2658 |
124 |
3 |
23.24 |
2009-10-15 |
| 13. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
25.32 |
1.0124 |
0.0513 |
204 |
2 |
24.74 |
2009-10-20 |
| 14. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
25.19 |
0.7852 |
0.2813 |
149 |
2 |
23.35 |
2009-10-20 |
| 15. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
25.08 |
1.0349 |
0.0203 |
234 |
1 |
25.08 |
2009-10-20 |
| 16. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
25.01 |
0.8422 |
0.2124 |
164 |
1 |
25.01 |
2009-10-20 |
| 17. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
24.82 |
1.0787 |
-0.0352 |
237 |
1 |
24.82 |
2009-09-25 |
| 18. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
24.75 |
1.0444 |
-0.0092 |
197 |
1 |
24.75 |
2009-09-15 |
| 19. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
24.44 |
0.8867 |
0.1478 |
163 |
1 |
24.44 |
2009-09-15 |
| 20. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
24.31 |
0.8915 |
0.1305 |
188 |
1 |
24.31 |
2009-09-18 |
| 21. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
24.26 |
0.8360 |
0.1841 |
170 |
1 |
24.26 |
2009-10-20 |
| 22. |
Through intensive training and psychological manipulation, a... |
24.22 |
0.8073 |
0.2134 |
173 |
3 |
23.88 |
2009-10-20 |
| 23. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
24.21 |
1.0796 |
-0.0656 |
129 |
1 |
24.21 |
2009-09-11 |
| 24. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
24.12 |
0.9873 |
0.0250 |
155 |
1 |
24.12 |
2009-09-15 |
| 25. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
23.93 |
0.9711 |
0.0346 |
176 |
1 |
23.93 |
2009-09-24 |
| 26. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
23.93 |
0.7934 |
0.2127 |
134 |
1 |
23.93 |
2009-10-15 |
| 27. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
23.78 |
0.9726 |
0.0215 |
154 |
1 |
23.78 |
2009-09-15 |
| 28. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
23.61 |
1.0696 |
-0.0799 |
226 |
1 |
23.61 |
2009-09-16 |
| 29. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
23.39 |
0.8788 |
0.1015 |
134 |
1 |
23.39 |
2009-09-24 |
| 30. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
23.38 |
0.7850 |
0.1948 |
154 |
1 |
23.38 |
2009-10-05 |
| 31. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
23.15 |
0.9251 |
0.0535 |
177 |
2 |
21.60 |
2009-09-11 |
| 32. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
22.97 |
0.8263 |
0.1375 |
162 |
1 |
22.97 |
2009-10-20 |
| 33. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
22.89 |
1.0334 |
-0.0774 |
131 |
1 |
22.89 |
2009-09-25 |
| 34. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
22.86 |
0.8745 |
0.0846 |
169 |
1 |
22.86 |
2009-09-24 |
| 35. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
22.63 |
0.8956 |
0.0585 |
217 |
1 |
22.63 |
2009-09-24 |
| 36. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
22.47 |
0.8519 |
0.0964 |
150 |
1 |
22.47 |
2009-09-25 |
| 37. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
22.45 |
1.0004 |
-0.0627 |
212 |
2 |
22.18 |
2009-10-20 |
| 38. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
22.41 |
0.9260 |
0.0265 |
243 |
1 |
22.41 |
2009-09-08 |
| 39. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
22.33 |
0.8961 |
0.0392 |
189 |
1 |
22.33 |
2009-11-03 |
| 40. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
22.13 |
1.0205 |
-0.0968 |
179 |
1 |
22.13 |
2009-09-08 |
| 41. |
There is a trick for learning to type faster. That trick is ... |
21.94 |
0.8661 |
0.0471 |
94 |
1 |
21.94 |
2009-09-16 |
| 42. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
21.53 |
0.7389 |
0.1671 |
145 |
1 |
21.53 |
2009-09-15 |
| 43. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
21.49 |
0.8791 |
0.0229 |
190 |
1 |
21.49 |
2009-09-08 |
| 44. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
21.42 |
1.0201 |
-0.1270 |
172 |
1 |
21.42 |
2009-09-11 |
| 45. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
21.34 |
0.7259 |
0.1765 |
186 |
1 |
21.34 |
2009-10-20 |
| 46. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
21.21 |
1.0396 |
-0.1559 |
149 |
1 |
21.21 |
2009-10-05 |
| 47. |
Jay earned himself a promotion to lieutenant on the strength... |
21.03 |
0.8122 |
0.0735 |
181 |
1 |
21.03 |
2009-09-24 |
| 48. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
20.92 |
1.0711 |
-0.1976 |
213 |
1 |
20.92 |
2009-09-24 |
| 49. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
20.82 |
1.0254 |
-0.1103 |
217 |
1 |
20.82 |
2009-09-24 |
| 50. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
20.65 |
0.8275 |
0.0398 |
142 |
1 |
20.65 |
2009-09-16 |
| 51. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
20.61 |
0.9731 |
-0.1202 |
129 |
1 |
20.61 |
2009-09-18 |
| 52. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
20.25 |
1.0033 |
-0.1600 |
189 |
1 |
20.25 |
2009-09-08 |
| 53. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
20.14 |
0.8295 |
0.0177 |
209 |
2 |
19.79 |
2009-10-20 |
| 54. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
20.05 |
0.8145 |
0.0293 |
115 |
1 |
20.05 |
2009-09-25 |
| 55. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
19.99 |
0.9171 |
-0.0778 |
165 |
1 |
19.99 |
2009-09-11 |
| 56. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
19.94 |
0.8125 |
0.0268 |
197 |
1 |
19.94 |
2009-09-18 |
| 57. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
19.86 |
0.8628 |
-0.0328 |
196 |
1 |
19.86 |
2009-09-08 |
| 58. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
19.73 |
0.9226 |
-0.0909 |
177 |
1 |
19.73 |
2009-09-24 |
| 59. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
18.51 |
0.7690 |
0.0085 |
142 |
1 |
18.51 |
2009-09-11 |
| 60. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
17.99 |
0.7826 |
-0.0251 |
97 |
1 |
17.99 |
2009-09-24 |