| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
44.95 |
1.0528 |
0.2204 |
201 |
1 |
44.95 |
2008-10-30 |
| 2. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
43.90 |
0.9196 |
0.3301 |
148 |
1 |
43.90 |
2008-10-30 |
| 3. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
43.52 |
1.0577 |
0.1759 |
247 |
4 |
35.45 |
2008-10-31 |
| 4. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
43.51 |
1.0334 |
0.1969 |
131 |
3 |
36.77 |
2008-10-31 |
| 5. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
43.41 |
0.9731 |
0.2483 |
129 |
3 |
37.83 |
2008-11-02 |
| 6. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
42.68 |
0.9325 |
0.2738 |
156 |
1 |
42.68 |
2008-10-30 |
| 7. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
39.96 |
0.8821 |
0.2522 |
176 |
1 |
39.96 |
2008-10-30 |
| 8. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
39.69 |
1.0131 |
0.1101 |
225 |
2 |
37.38 |
2008-10-29 |
| 9. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
39.34 |
0.9260 |
0.2014 |
243 |
1 |
39.34 |
2008-10-30 |
| 10. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
39.32 |
1.0016 |
0.1103 |
218 |
2 |
37.30 |
2008-10-30 |
| 11. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
39.26 |
1.0213 |
0.0902 |
240 |
1 |
39.26 |
2008-10-30 |
| 12. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
39.16 |
1.0666 |
0.0454 |
297 |
1 |
39.16 |
2008-10-29 |
| 13. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
39.08 |
0.9068 |
0.2058 |
269 |
2 |
36.82 |
2008-10-30 |
| 14. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
39.06 |
1.0025 |
0.1064 |
256 |
1 |
39.06 |
2008-10-31 |
| 15. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
38.63 |
0.9251 |
0.1765 |
177 |
1 |
38.63 |
2008-10-30 |
| 16. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
38.60 |
1.0124 |
0.0810 |
204 |
3 |
34.91 |
2008-10-30 |
| 17. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
38.58 |
1.0496 |
0.0449 |
314 |
1 |
38.58 |
2008-10-30 |
| 18. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
38.45 |
0.9281 |
0.1685 |
273 |
2 |
36.92 |
2008-10-30 |
| 19. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
38.45 |
0.9729 |
0.1188 |
255 |
1 |
38.45 |
2008-10-28 |
| 20. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
38.30 |
0.9307 |
0.1645 |
246 |
1 |
38.30 |
2008-10-30 |
| 21. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
38.24 |
0.9527 |
0.1326 |
251 |
1 |
38.24 |
2008-10-30 |
| 22. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
38.11 |
1.0498 |
0.0271 |
180 |
1 |
38.11 |
2008-10-31 |
| 23. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
38.04 |
1.0483 |
0.0284 |
227 |
1 |
38.04 |
2008-10-29 |
| 24. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
37.84 |
1.0445 |
0.0303 |
373 |
1 |
37.84 |
2008-10-30 |
| 25. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
37.74 |
0.8615 |
0.2097 |
110 |
1 |
37.74 |
2008-10-30 |
| 26. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
37.65 |
0.9786 |
0.0847 |
193 |
2 |
33.82 |
2008-10-31 |
| 27. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
37.59 |
1.0396 |
0.0200 |
149 |
2 |
37.55 |
2008-10-31 |
| 28. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
37.53 |
0.9633 |
0.1039 |
304 |
1 |
37.53 |
2008-10-30 |
| 29. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
37.47 |
1.0444 |
0.0123 |
197 |
1 |
37.47 |
2008-10-29 |
| 30. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
37.22 |
1.0429 |
0.0118 |
259 |
2 |
34.85 |
2008-10-31 |
| 31. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
37.19 |
0.9863 |
0.0734 |
339 |
1 |
37.19 |
2008-10-30 |
| 32. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
37.16 |
0.8792 |
0.1845 |
296 |
2 |
32.69 |
2008-10-29 |
| 33. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
37.12 |
0.8653 |
0.1993 |
255 |
1 |
37.12 |
2008-10-30 |
| 34. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
36.99 |
1.0787 |
-0.0305 |
237 |
1 |
36.99 |
2008-10-30 |
| 35. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
36.68 |
0.8919 |
0.1470 |
205 |
1 |
36.68 |
2008-10-30 |
| 36. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
36.68 |
1.0529 |
-0.0124 |
351 |
1 |
36.68 |
2008-11-02 |
| 37. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
36.52 |
1.0053 |
0.0287 |
232 |
1 |
36.52 |
2008-10-30 |
| 38. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
36.47 |
0.9866 |
0.0443 |
218 |
2 |
34.98 |
2008-10-29 |
| 39. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
36.38 |
0.8975 |
0.1350 |
268 |
1 |
36.38 |
2008-10-29 |
| 40. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
36.20 |
0.9769 |
0.0478 |
263 |
1 |
36.20 |
2008-10-30 |
| 41. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
35.95 |
1.0389 |
-0.0175 |
318 |
1 |
35.95 |
2008-10-31 |
| 42. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
35.85 |
1.0099 |
0.0040 |
207 |
1 |
35.85 |
2008-10-30 |
| 43. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
35.81 |
0.9907 |
0.0233 |
211 |
4 |
32.54 |
2008-11-02 |
| 44. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
35.18 |
0.9212 |
0.0796 |
323 |
1 |
35.18 |
2008-10-30 |
| 45. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
35.12 |
1.0023 |
-0.0084 |
211 |
1 |
35.12 |
2008-10-30 |
| 46. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
34.93 |
1.1016 |
-0.1111 |
233 |
2 |
34.57 |
2008-10-29 |
| 47. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
34.78 |
0.9221 |
0.0625 |
244 |
1 |
34.78 |
2008-10-28 |
| 48. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
34.69 |
0.9986 |
-0.0145 |
283 |
1 |
34.69 |
2008-10-31 |
| 49. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
34.67 |
1.0214 |
-0.0402 |
269 |
2 |
34.17 |
2008-10-31 |
| 50. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
34.61 |
1.0419 |
-0.0607 |
261 |
1 |
34.61 |
2008-11-02 |
| 51. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
34.54 |
0.9005 |
0.0772 |
212 |
1 |
34.54 |
2008-10-29 |
| 52. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
34.40 |
0.9045 |
0.0709 |
235 |
1 |
34.40 |
2008-10-29 |
| 53. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
34.33 |
1.0441 |
-0.0695 |
252 |
1 |
34.33 |
2008-10-30 |
| 54. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
34.30 |
0.9897 |
-0.0197 |
274 |
2 |
33.16 |
2008-11-02 |
| 55. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
34.25 |
0.9213 |
0.0500 |
295 |
1 |
34.25 |
2008-10-31 |
| 56. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
34.14 |
1.0565 |
-0.0914 |
247 |
1 |
34.14 |
2008-10-28 |
| 57. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
33.93 |
1.0138 |
-0.0526 |
231 |
1 |
33.93 |
2008-10-29 |
| 58. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
33.92 |
0.9125 |
0.0507 |
308 |
2 |
33.50 |
2008-10-31 |
| 59. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
33.91 |
0.9884 |
-0.0281 |
233 |
1 |
33.91 |
2008-10-29 |
| 60. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
33.88 |
1.0696 |
-0.1129 |
226 |
1 |
33.88 |
2008-10-30 |
| 61. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
33.79 |
0.9411 |
0.0173 |
318 |
1 |
33.79 |
2008-10-29 |
| 62. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
33.63 |
0.9309 |
0.0202 |
284 |
1 |
33.63 |
2008-10-30 |
| 63. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
33.58 |
1.0297 |
-0.0793 |
249 |
2 |
32.86 |
2008-12-05 |
| 64. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
33.52 |
0.8971 |
0.0581 |
266 |
1 |
33.52 |
2008-10-30 |
| 65. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
33.44 |
0.9691 |
-0.0220 |
223 |
1 |
33.44 |
2008-10-30 |
| 66. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
33.42 |
0.9820 |
-0.0322 |
267 |
1 |
33.42 |
2008-10-30 |
| 67. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
33.28 |
0.9852 |
-0.0419 |
264 |
1 |
33.28 |
2008-10-29 |
| 68. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
33.26 |
0.9289 |
0.0112 |
204 |
1 |
33.26 |
2008-10-30 |
| 69. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
33.07 |
0.7876 |
0.1519 |
316 |
1 |
33.07 |
2008-12-05 |
| 70. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
32.89 |
0.8892 |
0.0486 |
207 |
1 |
32.89 |
2008-10-30 |
| 71. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
32.88 |
0.9233 |
-0.0001 |
168 |
1 |
32.88 |
2008-10-29 |
| 72. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
32.86 |
0.9351 |
-0.0097 |
190 |
1 |
32.86 |
2008-10-31 |
| 73. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
32.76 |
0.9941 |
-0.0685 |
217 |
1 |
32.76 |
2008-12-05 |
| 74. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
32.65 |
0.8810 |
0.0447 |
282 |
1 |
32.65 |
2008-10-29 |
| 75. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
32.43 |
0.8595 |
0.0609 |
242 |
1 |
32.43 |
2008-10-30 |
| 76. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
32.37 |
0.8890 |
0.0242 |
199 |
2 |
32.25 |
2008-11-02 |
| 77. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
32.24 |
0.8941 |
0.0210 |
216 |
1 |
32.24 |
2008-10-29 |
| 78. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
32.14 |
0.9910 |
-0.0789 |
295 |
1 |
32.14 |
2008-11-02 |
| 79. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
32.11 |
0.8553 |
0.0490 |
174 |
1 |
32.11 |
2008-10-29 |
| 80. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
31.88 |
0.9275 |
-0.0280 |
211 |
1 |
31.88 |
2008-11-02 |
| 81. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
31.73 |
0.9857 |
-0.0882 |
293 |
1 |
31.73 |
2008-10-29 |
| 82. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
31.46 |
0.9740 |
-0.0874 |
209 |
1 |
31.46 |
2008-10-30 |
| 83. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
31.45 |
0.9851 |
-0.0925 |
317 |
2 |
30.77 |
2008-10-30 |
| 84. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
31.16 |
0.7852 |
0.1028 |
149 |
1 |
31.16 |
2008-10-28 |
| 85. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
30.41 |
0.8154 |
0.0469 |
193 |
1 |
30.41 |
2008-10-31 |
| 86. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
30.30 |
0.8573 |
0.0037 |
270 |
1 |
30.30 |
2008-10-30 |
| 87. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
30.13 |
1.0201 |
-0.1672 |
303 |
1 |
30.13 |
2008-10-28 |
| 88. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
30.11 |
0.9168 |
-0.0636 |
240 |
1 |
30.11 |
2008-10-29 |
| 89. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
30.08 |
0.7259 |
0.1311 |
186 |
1 |
30.08 |
2008-10-28 |
| 90. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
29.34 |
0.8878 |
-0.0582 |
346 |
1 |
29.34 |
2008-10-31 |
| 91. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
29.27 |
0.8722 |
-0.0415 |
285 |
1 |
29.27 |
2008-10-29 |
| 92. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
29.03 |
0.9597 |
-0.1347 |
347 |
1 |
29.03 |
2008-10-29 |
| 93. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
28.80 |
0.9682 |
-0.1558 |
143 |
1 |
28.80 |
2008-10-28 |
| 94. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
28.72 |
0.8628 |
-0.0542 |
196 |
1 |
28.72 |
2008-10-31 |
| 95. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
27.81 |
0.9965 |
-0.2154 |
168 |
2 |
26.44 |
2008-10-28 |
| 96. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
27.19 |
0.8996 |
-0.1370 |
192 |
2 |
27.13 |
2008-10-28 |
| 97. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
27.03 |
0.8791 |
-0.1165 |
190 |
1 |
27.03 |
2008-10-28 |
| 98. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
26.68 |
0.9964 |
-0.2429 |
203 |
1 |
26.68 |
2008-10-30 |
| 99. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
23.74 |
0.9763 |
-0.3078 |
289 |
1 |
23.74 |
2008-10-28 |
| 100. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
23.14 |
0.8961 |
-0.2478 |
189 |
1 |
23.14 |
2008-10-28 |