| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
71.57 |
1.0797 |
0.2103 |
210 |
2 |
62.57 |
2009-12-22 |
| 2. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
71.14 |
0.9904 |
0.3379 |
203 |
1 |
71.14 |
2015-06-15 |
| 3. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
68.34 |
1.1018 |
0.1283 |
220 |
1 |
68.34 |
2009-12-22 |
| 4. |
There is more to color than a swatch in a book, or a pull do... |
67.53 |
0.9544 |
0.2748 |
260 |
1 |
67.53 |
2015-06-23 |
| 5. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
64.12 |
1.0254 |
0.1748 |
217 |
2 |
61.96 |
2009-10-28 |
| 6. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
64.02 |
0.9873 |
0.1676 |
155 |
1 |
64.02 |
2015-06-23 |
| 7. |
Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like m... |
63.76 |
1.0031 |
0.1492 |
170 |
1 |
63.76 |
2015-06-15 |
| 8. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
63.39 |
1.0668 |
0.0817 |
350 |
2 |
58.93 |
2009-10-05 |
| 9. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
63.36 |
1.0696 |
0.0724 |
226 |
1 |
63.36 |
2009-10-16 |
| 10. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
62.97 |
1.0714 |
0.0581 |
129 |
1 |
62.97 |
2009-10-07 |
| 11. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
62.93 |
1.0477 |
0.0923 |
360 |
1 |
62.93 |
2009-10-21 |
| 12. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
62.83 |
1.0183 |
0.1119 |
191 |
2 |
57.55 |
2010-01-15 |
| 13. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
62.16 |
1.0483 |
0.0722 |
227 |
1 |
62.16 |
2010-01-25 |
| 14. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
61.81 |
1.0391 |
0.0841 |
358 |
1 |
61.81 |
2010-02-10 |
| 15. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
60.92 |
0.9991 |
0.1023 |
225 |
1 |
60.92 |
2010-01-18 |
| 16. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
60.85 |
1.0261 |
0.0716 |
273 |
1 |
60.85 |
2009-10-23 |
| 17. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
60.48 |
0.9946 |
0.0980 |
246 |
1 |
60.48 |
2009-11-09 |
| 18. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
59.83 |
1.0486 |
0.0331 |
289 |
1 |
59.83 |
2009-09-21 |
| 19. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
59.47 |
1.0201 |
0.0583 |
375 |
1 |
59.47 |
2009-10-26 |
| 20. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
59.28 |
1.0352 |
0.0383 |
341 |
2 |
56.74 |
2009-09-21 |
| 21. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
59.08 |
1.0993 |
-0.0342 |
265 |
1 |
59.08 |
2009-10-26 |
| 22. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
59.07 |
1.0567 |
0.0110 |
303 |
1 |
59.07 |
2009-10-23 |
| 23. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
58.78 |
1.0529 |
0.0088 |
351 |
2 |
57.95 |
2009-10-05 |
| 24. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
58.60 |
0.9340 |
0.1243 |
296 |
1 |
58.60 |
2009-12-22 |
| 25. |
I wish I had a boyfriend. I wish he lived in the wardrobe on... |
58.57 |
0.9233 |
0.1305 |
181 |
1 |
58.57 |
2015-06-15 |
| 26. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
58.42 |
0.9852 |
0.0703 |
264 |
1 |
58.42 |
2010-01-07 |
| 27. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
58.33 |
1.0029 |
0.0442 |
209 |
1 |
58.33 |
2009-12-23 |
| 28. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
58.30 |
0.9769 |
0.0740 |
263 |
1 |
58.30 |
2009-10-23 |
| 29. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
58.22 |
1.0787 |
-0.0285 |
237 |
1 |
58.22 |
2009-09-18 |
| 30. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
58.16 |
1.0390 |
0.0076 |
205 |
1 |
58.16 |
2009-12-23 |
| 31. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
58.07 |
1.0068 |
0.0453 |
358 |
2 |
55.14 |
2009-10-26 |
| 32. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
58.00 |
1.0388 |
0.0403 |
243 |
1 |
58.00 |
2010-01-15 |
| 33. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
57.37 |
1.0025 |
0.0344 |
336 |
2 |
51.46 |
2010-02-10 |
| 34. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
57.17 |
0.9376 |
0.1001 |
367 |
1 |
57.17 |
2009-10-28 |
| 35. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
57.08 |
0.9965 |
0.0294 |
168 |
1 |
57.08 |
2009-10-28 |
| 36. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
56.99 |
1.0167 |
0.0191 |
378 |
1 |
56.99 |
2009-09-14 |
| 37. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
56.87 |
1.0031 |
0.0572 |
304 |
1 |
56.87 |
2009-12-22 |
| 38. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
56.81 |
1.0173 |
0.0526 |
268 |
1 |
56.81 |
2009-10-23 |
| 39. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
56.62 |
0.9907 |
0.0300 |
211 |
4 |
50.84 |
2010-01-18 |
| 40. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
56.57 |
0.9997 |
0.0252 |
382 |
1 |
56.57 |
2009-12-22 |
| 41. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
56.51 |
1.0013 |
0.0180 |
273 |
1 |
56.51 |
2009-09-18 |
| 42. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
56.42 |
0.9814 |
0.0766 |
364 |
1 |
56.42 |
2009-10-16 |
| 43. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
56.32 |
1.0462 |
-0.0355 |
184 |
1 |
56.32 |
2009-09-18 |
| 44. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
56.29 |
0.9213 |
0.0954 |
295 |
1 |
56.29 |
2010-01-25 |
| 45. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
56.20 |
0.9879 |
0.0354 |
450 |
1 |
56.20 |
2009-09-18 |
| 46. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
56.18 |
1.0124 |
-0.0006 |
204 |
2 |
53.23 |
2009-12-04 |
| 47. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
56.01 |
1.0314 |
0.0189 |
452 |
1 |
56.01 |
2010-03-17 |
| 48. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
56.00 |
0.9350 |
0.0767 |
195 |
1 |
56.00 |
2009-10-05 |
| 49. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
55.88 |
1.0361 |
-0.0264 |
269 |
1 |
55.88 |
2009-09-21 |
| 50. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
55.67 |
1.0263 |
-0.0222 |
267 |
1 |
55.67 |
2009-10-05 |
| 51. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
55.17 |
1.0033 |
-0.0142 |
189 |
1 |
55.17 |
2010-01-15 |
| 52. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
55.07 |
1.0444 |
-0.0571 |
197 |
1 |
55.07 |
2009-11-09 |
| 53. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
54.57 |
1.0555 |
-0.0693 |
363 |
1 |
54.57 |
2009-09-30 |
| 54. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
54.55 |
1.0025 |
-0.0182 |
256 |
1 |
54.55 |
2009-10-07 |
| 55. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
54.51 |
0.9233 |
0.0521 |
168 |
1 |
54.51 |
2010-02-10 |
| 56. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
54.38 |
0.9805 |
0.0054 |
292 |
1 |
54.38 |
2009-10-12 |
| 57. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
54.34 |
1.0340 |
-0.0482 |
406 |
2 |
54.00 |
2009-09-16 |
| 58. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
54.24 |
0.8916 |
0.0874 |
216 |
2 |
53.88 |
2009-12-22 |
| 59. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
53.93 |
1.0099 |
-0.0397 |
207 |
1 |
53.93 |
2009-10-05 |
| 60. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
53.89 |
1.0316 |
-0.0555 |
333 |
2 |
50.71 |
2009-10-05 |
| 61. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
53.84 |
1.0131 |
-0.0456 |
225 |
1 |
53.84 |
2009-12-23 |
| 62. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
53.76 |
0.9820 |
-0.0118 |
274 |
1 |
53.76 |
2009-09-23 |
| 63. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
53.70 |
0.9514 |
0.0178 |
237 |
1 |
53.70 |
2009-10-23 |
| 64. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
53.56 |
1.0419 |
-0.0756 |
261 |
1 |
53.56 |
2010-01-07 |
| 65. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
53.48 |
0.8811 |
0.0884 |
239 |
1 |
53.48 |
2009-12-21 |
| 66. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
53.24 |
1.0389 |
-0.0767 |
318 |
1 |
53.24 |
2009-09-16 |
| 67. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
53.16 |
0.9965 |
-0.0369 |
277 |
1 |
53.16 |
2009-09-21 |
| 68. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
53.12 |
1.0088 |
-0.0118 |
396 |
1 |
53.12 |
2009-09-14 |
| 69. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
53.00 |
0.9570 |
0.0008 |
287 |
1 |
53.00 |
2009-11-02 |
| 70. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
52.93 |
0.8961 |
0.0553 |
189 |
1 |
52.93 |
2010-01-18 |
| 71. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
52.93 |
1.0292 |
-0.0757 |
262 |
1 |
52.93 |
2010-01-18 |
| 72. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
52.83 |
0.9614 |
-0.0054 |
292 |
1 |
52.83 |
2010-01-15 |
| 73. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
52.82 |
0.9364 |
0.0565 |
351 |
1 |
52.82 |
2010-02-10 |
| 74. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
52.72 |
1.0352 |
-0.0811 |
341 |
1 |
52.72 |
2009-09-16 |
| 75. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
52.24 |
0.9601 |
-0.0132 |
308 |
1 |
52.24 |
2009-10-21 |
| 76. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
52.02 |
1.0077 |
-0.0282 |
250 |
1 |
52.02 |
2010-01-05 |
| 77. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
52.00 |
0.9485 |
-0.0090 |
236 |
1 |
52.00 |
2009-10-09 |
| 78. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
51.95 |
1.0389 |
-0.0996 |
340 |
1 |
51.95 |
2009-12-04 |
| 79. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
51.90 |
0.9776 |
-0.0414 |
308 |
1 |
51.90 |
2009-10-23 |
| 80. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
51.67 |
1.0062 |
-0.0744 |
288 |
1 |
51.67 |
2009-09-18 |
| 81. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
51.41 |
0.9593 |
-0.0276 |
398 |
1 |
51.41 |
2009-09-16 |
| 82. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
51.37 |
1.0337 |
-0.1080 |
214 |
1 |
51.37 |
2009-09-16 |
| 83. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
51.18 |
0.9795 |
-0.0567 |
308 |
1 |
51.18 |
2009-09-14 |
| 84. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
50.95 |
1.0331 |
-0.1167 |
234 |
1 |
50.95 |
2009-10-26 |
| 85. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
50.94 |
1.0523 |
-0.1382 |
256 |
1 |
50.94 |
2009-10-05 |
| 86. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
50.88 |
0.9632 |
-0.0395 |
392 |
1 |
50.88 |
2010-01-18 |
| 87. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
50.68 |
0.8852 |
0.0306 |
201 |
1 |
50.68 |
2009-10-23 |
| 88. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
50.59 |
0.9936 |
-0.0819 |
311 |
1 |
50.59 |
2009-10-05 |
| 89. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
50.54 |
0.8919 |
0.0175 |
205 |
2 |
49.52 |
2009-10-07 |
| 90. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
50.34 |
0.9578 |
-0.0509 |
281 |
1 |
50.34 |
2009-09-16 |
| 91. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
50.08 |
1.0090 |
-0.0625 |
282 |
1 |
50.08 |
2009-09-18 |
| 92. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
49.99 |
1.0885 |
-0.1842 |
315 |
1 |
49.99 |
2009-10-02 |
| 93. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
49.82 |
0.9635 |
-0.0602 |
389 |
1 |
49.82 |
2009-09-21 |
| 94. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
49.43 |
1.0907 |
-0.1972 |
303 |
1 |
49.43 |
2009-09-16 |
| 95. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
49.41 |
1.0201 |
-0.1365 |
172 |
2 |
48.79 |
2009-10-07 |
| 96. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
49.22 |
0.9127 |
-0.0280 |
252 |
1 |
49.22 |
2009-12-23 |
| 97. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
49.06 |
0.8958 |
-0.0072 |
322 |
1 |
49.06 |
2009-11-02 |
| 98. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
48.70 |
1.0214 |
-0.1493 |
166 |
1 |
48.70 |
2009-09-16 |
| 99. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
48.51 |
1.0399 |
-0.1607 |
294 |
1 |
48.51 |
2009-09-11 |
| 100. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
48.14 |
1.0214 |
-0.1559 |
269 |
1 |
48.14 |
2009-09-11 |
| 101. |
Because of their scouting skills and peripheral kinesthetic ... |
48.07 |
0.8162 |
0.0548 |
149 |
1 |
48.07 |
2009-10-07 |
| 102. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
47.68 |
0.9567 |
-0.0981 |
273 |
1 |
47.68 |
2009-09-16 |
| 103. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
47.22 |
0.8933 |
-0.0365 |
363 |
1 |
47.22 |
2009-09-14 |
| 104. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
47.18 |
0.9411 |
-0.0906 |
318 |
1 |
47.18 |
2009-09-23 |
| 105. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
47.02 |
0.9279 |
-0.0747 |
317 |
1 |
47.02 |
2009-09-25 |
| 106. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
46.93 |
0.8947 |
-0.0447 |
366 |
1 |
46.93 |
2009-09-14 |
| 107. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
45.87 |
0.8653 |
-0.0283 |
255 |
1 |
45.87 |
2009-09-11 |
| 108. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
45.48 |
0.9330 |
-0.1078 |
360 |
1 |
45.48 |
2009-09-16 |
| 109. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
45.13 |
0.7389 |
0.0747 |
145 |
1 |
45.13 |
2009-09-16 |
| 110. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
44.19 |
0.7876 |
0.0100 |
316 |
1 |
44.19 |
2009-09-18 |
| 111. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
43.46 |
0.9005 |
-0.1203 |
212 |
1 |
43.46 |
2009-10-21 |
| 112. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
41.43 |
0.8595 |
-0.1132 |
242 |
1 |
41.43 |
2009-10-07 |
| 113. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
39.00 |
0.8105 |
-0.1147 |
204 |
1 |
39.00 |
2009-12-21 |