| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
54.35 |
1.0944 |
0.8951 |
308 |
1 |
54.35 |
2011-10-28 |
| 2. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
48.28 |
0.9711 |
0.7669 |
176 |
1 |
48.28 |
2011-05-05 |
| 3. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
47.36 |
0.9941 |
0.7077 |
217 |
1 |
47.36 |
2011-10-28 |
| 4. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
46.79 |
0.9672 |
0.7162 |
396 |
1 |
46.79 |
2011-10-28 |
| 5. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
45.78 |
1.0232 |
0.6537 |
236 |
1 |
45.78 |
2011-09-09 |
| 6. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
43.65 |
0.9559 |
0.6140 |
195 |
1 |
43.65 |
2011-05-05 |
| 7. |
While it may hold true that the final few seconds of a bike ... |
41.99 |
0.8341 |
0.6779 |
224 |
1 |
41.99 |
2011-09-09 |
| 8. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
41.42 |
0.9239 |
0.5679 |
193 |
1 |
41.42 |
2011-05-08 |
| 9. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
41.21 |
0.9072 |
0.5746 |
237 |
1 |
41.21 |
2011-05-05 |
| 10. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
41.01 |
1.0288 |
0.4712 |
300 |
1 |
41.01 |
2011-09-09 |
| 11. |
One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the av... |
40.24 |
0.9247 |
0.5246 |
253 |
1 |
40.24 |
2011-09-09 |
| 12. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
39.35 |
0.9221 |
0.4919 |
244 |
1 |
39.35 |
2011-05-05 |
| 13. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
37.70 |
0.8841 |
0.4719 |
194 |
1 |
37.70 |
2011-05-05 |
| 14. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
37.05 |
1.0131 |
0.3174 |
225 |
1 |
37.05 |
2010-05-22 |
| 15. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
36.98 |
0.8653 |
0.4678 |
255 |
1 |
36.98 |
2011-09-09 |
| 16. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
36.76 |
1.0487 |
0.2691 |
231 |
2 |
29.56 |
2010-05-22 |
| 17. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
35.81 |
0.9731 |
0.3117 |
129 |
4 |
28.84 |
2011-05-05 |
| 18. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
34.21 |
0.8739 |
0.3560 |
136 |
2 |
32.89 |
2009-10-05 |
| 19. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
33.15 |
1.1018 |
0.0872 |
220 |
1 |
33.15 |
2009-08-21 |
| 20. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
32.79 |
0.8118 |
0.3676 |
109 |
1 |
32.79 |
2009-08-21 |
| 21. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
32.67 |
0.8506 |
0.3232 |
132 |
2 |
29.75 |
2009-10-05 |
| 22. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
32.37 |
0.9263 |
0.2368 |
188 |
1 |
32.37 |
2009-10-25 |
| 23. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
31.76 |
0.8544 |
0.2859 |
170 |
2 |
31.73 |
2010-05-22 |
| 24. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
31.61 |
0.8936 |
0.2426 |
127 |
1 |
31.61 |
2009-08-20 |
| 25. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
31.60 |
1.0767 |
0.0560 |
212 |
2 |
30.07 |
2009-10-17 |
| 26. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
31.39 |
0.8700 |
0.2573 |
127 |
5 |
28.24 |
2009-06-18 |
| 27. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
31.32 |
0.8670 |
0.2586 |
318 |
1 |
31.32 |
2010-05-22 |
| 28. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
30.84 |
0.9307 |
0.1808 |
246 |
1 |
30.84 |
2009-10-05 |
| 29. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
30.75 |
0.9251 |
0.1813 |
177 |
3 |
25.45 |
2009-07-18 |
| 30. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
30.58 |
0.9722 |
0.1275 |
283 |
1 |
30.58 |
2009-08-21 |
| 31. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
30.13 |
1.0197 |
0.0604 |
226 |
1 |
30.13 |
2009-07-18 |
| 32. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
30.03 |
0.9164 |
0.1637 |
121 |
1 |
30.03 |
2009-05-26 |
| 33. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
30.01 |
0.9316 |
0.1483 |
287 |
2 |
29.15 |
2009-08-30 |
| 34. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
29.90 |
0.9865 |
0.0866 |
276 |
1 |
29.90 |
2009-08-30 |
| 35. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
29.70 |
1.0799 |
-0.0153 |
243 |
1 |
29.70 |
2009-10-25 |
| 36. |
There is a trick for learning to type faster. That trick is ... |
29.45 |
0.8661 |
0.1899 |
94 |
2 |
26.50 |
2009-05-30 |
| 37. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
29.11 |
1.0183 |
0.0242 |
191 |
1 |
29.11 |
2009-07-18 |
| 38. |
The time has come for man to plant the seed of his highest h... |
28.48 |
0.8953 |
0.1268 |
193 |
1 |
28.48 |
2009-08-23 |
| 39. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
28.47 |
0.9572 |
0.0655 |
201 |
2 |
25.70 |
2009-08-23 |
| 40. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
28.47 |
0.8745 |
0.1462 |
169 |
3 |
27.04 |
2009-05-17 |
| 41. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
28.35 |
0.9965 |
0.0191 |
168 |
1 |
28.35 |
2009-07-18 |
| 42. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
28.25 |
1.0025 |
0.0102 |
256 |
1 |
28.25 |
2009-10-25 |
| 43. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
28.10 |
1.0714 |
-0.0657 |
129 |
4 |
23.69 |
2009-05-22 |
| 44. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
27.96 |
1.0016 |
0.0005 |
218 |
1 |
27.96 |
2009-07-18 |
| 45. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
27.92 |
0.8809 |
0.1215 |
127 |
1 |
27.92 |
2009-06-15 |
| 46. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
27.90 |
1.0796 |
-0.0806 |
129 |
2 |
27.02 |
2009-06-15 |
| 47. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
27.84 |
0.7981 |
0.1998 |
126 |
1 |
27.84 |
2009-10-25 |
| 48. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
27.55 |
0.9966 |
-0.0085 |
259 |
2 |
26.38 |
2009-08-21 |
| 49. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
27.52 |
0.8941 |
0.0946 |
216 |
1 |
27.52 |
2009-06-25 |
| 50. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
27.52 |
0.8852 |
0.1020 |
158 |
2 |
24.43 |
2009-06-15 |
| 51. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
27.26 |
1.0029 |
-0.0263 |
209 |
1 |
27.26 |
2009-05-22 |
| 52. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
27.20 |
1.0331 |
-0.0585 |
234 |
1 |
27.20 |
2009-07-18 |
| 53. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
27.18 |
0.9851 |
-0.0107 |
317 |
2 |
25.63 |
2009-08-21 |
| 54. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
27.18 |
0.8951 |
0.0823 |
193 |
2 |
25.20 |
2009-07-18 |
| 55. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
27.01 |
1.0252 |
-0.0584 |
176 |
1 |
27.01 |
2009-07-18 |
| 56. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
26.69 |
0.9128 |
0.0468 |
133 |
2 |
26.64 |
2009-06-25 |
| 57. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
26.55 |
0.9266 |
0.0274 |
278 |
1 |
26.55 |
2009-06-16 |
| 58. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
26.55 |
1.0396 |
-0.0888 |
149 |
3 |
25.39 |
2009-05-30 |
| 59. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
26.36 |
1.0498 |
-0.1068 |
180 |
1 |
26.36 |
2009-05-20 |
| 60. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
26.22 |
0.9710 |
-0.0316 |
173 |
1 |
26.22 |
2009-05-16 |
| 61. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
26.11 |
0.9729 |
-0.0354 |
255 |
2 |
25.74 |
2009-10-04 |
| 62. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
25.98 |
0.8715 |
0.0602 |
130 |
1 |
25.98 |
2009-05-15 |
| 63. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
25.88 |
0.8422 |
0.0876 |
164 |
3 |
22.61 |
2009-05-24 |
| 64. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
25.73 |
0.8867 |
0.0370 |
163 |
1 |
25.73 |
2009-05-19 |
| 65. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
25.69 |
1.0349 |
-0.1141 |
234 |
1 |
25.69 |
2009-05-22 |
| 66. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
25.68 |
0.7839 |
0.1396 |
257 |
1 |
25.68 |
2009-08-25 |
| 67. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
25.67 |
0.8628 |
0.0587 |
196 |
2 |
22.67 |
2009-05-17 |
| 68. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
25.52 |
0.9907 |
-0.0769 |
211 |
1 |
25.52 |
2010-01-10 |
| 69. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
25.32 |
1.0201 |
-0.1139 |
172 |
2 |
23.65 |
2009-07-07 |
| 70. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
25.32 |
1.0711 |
-0.1660 |
213 |
1 |
25.32 |
2009-05-15 |
| 71. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
25.11 |
1.0528 |
-0.1552 |
201 |
1 |
25.11 |
2009-05-19 |
| 72. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
25.05 |
1.0124 |
-0.1155 |
204 |
1 |
25.05 |
2009-06-18 |
| 73. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
24.95 |
0.8666 |
0.0279 |
150 |
1 |
24.95 |
2009-05-17 |
| 74. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
24.91 |
1.0004 |
-0.1090 |
212 |
1 |
24.91 |
2009-05-25 |
| 75. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
24.84 |
1.0788 |
-0.1901 |
171 |
2 |
23.09 |
2009-05-14 |
| 76. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
24.78 |
0.8037 |
0.0870 |
148 |
2 |
24.06 |
2009-05-17 |
| 77. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
24.73 |
0.8188 |
0.0682 |
183 |
1 |
24.73 |
2009-05-16 |
| 78. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
24.68 |
0.8887 |
0.0008 |
128 |
2 |
22.52 |
2009-05-10 |
| 79. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
24.54 |
0.8177 |
0.0645 |
124 |
1 |
24.54 |
2009-05-15 |
| 80. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
24.39 |
0.8145 |
0.0636 |
115 |
1 |
24.39 |
2009-07-18 |
| 81. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
24.11 |
0.8900 |
-0.0244 |
164 |
1 |
24.11 |
2009-05-13 |
| 82. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
24.07 |
0.7938 |
0.0701 |
176 |
1 |
24.07 |
2009-05-14 |
| 83. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
23.96 |
1.0596 |
-0.2023 |
239 |
1 |
23.96 |
2009-05-22 |
| 84. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
23.85 |
1.0483 |
-0.1952 |
227 |
1 |
23.85 |
2009-05-23 |
| 85. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
23.80 |
1.0565 |
-0.2047 |
247 |
1 |
23.80 |
2009-05-19 |
| 86. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
23.70 |
1.0168 |
-0.1695 |
271 |
2 |
23.60 |
2009-05-31 |
| 87. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
23.19 |
0.8996 |
-0.0699 |
192 |
1 |
23.19 |
2009-05-26 |
| 88. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
23.02 |
0.8890 |
-0.0655 |
199 |
1 |
23.02 |
2009-05-17 |
| 89. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
23.01 |
0.8295 |
-0.0034 |
209 |
2 |
22.80 |
2009-05-31 |
| 90. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
22.92 |
0.7908 |
0.0302 |
127 |
1 |
22.92 |
2009-05-14 |
| 91. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
22.56 |
0.9171 |
-0.1068 |
165 |
1 |
22.56 |
2009-05-14 |
| 92. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
22.31 |
1.0033 |
-0.2062 |
189 |
2 |
21.28 |
2009-05-13 |
| 93. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
21.97 |
0.8821 |
-0.0939 |
176 |
1 |
21.97 |
2009-05-10 |
| 94. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
21.95 |
0.9226 |
-0.1340 |
177 |
1 |
21.95 |
2009-05-14 |
| 95. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
21.89 |
0.8975 |
-0.1121 |
268 |
1 |
21.89 |
2009-05-14 |
| 96. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
21.10 |
0.8810 |
-0.1230 |
282 |
1 |
21.10 |
2009-05-16 |
| 97. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
21.05 |
0.8910 |
-0.1366 |
150 |
1 |
21.05 |
2009-05-15 |
| 98. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
20.95 |
0.9772 |
-0.2279 |
217 |
1 |
20.95 |
2009-05-15 |
| 99. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
20.87 |
1.0462 |
-0.3007 |
184 |
1 |
20.87 |
2009-05-14 |
| 100. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
19.72 |
0.7375 |
-0.0305 |
148 |
1 |
19.72 |
2009-05-14 |
| 101. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
19.45 |
0.9351 |
-0.2401 |
190 |
1 |
19.45 |
2009-05-07 |
| 102. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
19.12 |
0.9196 |
-0.2351 |
148 |
1 |
19.12 |
2009-05-09 |
| 103. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
18.63 |
0.7934 |
-0.1263 |
134 |
1 |
18.63 |
2009-05-13 |