| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
51.61 |
1.0577 |
0.5119 |
247 |
1 |
51.61 |
2009-03-18 |
| 2. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
42.91 |
0.9221 |
0.3821 |
244 |
2 |
39.53 |
2009-03-18 |
| 3. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
42.45 |
0.9763 |
0.3148 |
289 |
1 |
42.45 |
2009-03-18 |
| 4. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
41.88 |
0.9527 |
0.3213 |
251 |
1 |
41.88 |
2009-03-18 |
| 5. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
41.35 |
1.0711 |
0.1816 |
213 |
1 |
41.35 |
2009-02-14 |
| 6. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
40.78 |
0.8975 |
0.3433 |
268 |
2 |
36.21 |
2009-03-18 |
| 7. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
40.50 |
0.9171 |
0.3149 |
165 |
2 |
34.04 |
2009-01-23 |
| 8. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
40.26 |
0.9325 |
0.2851 |
156 |
5 |
35.00 |
2009-02-14 |
| 9. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
40.09 |
0.9798 |
0.2336 |
199 |
2 |
36.48 |
2009-03-18 |
| 10. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
39.66 |
0.9485 |
0.2591 |
236 |
1 |
39.66 |
2009-02-16 |
| 11. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
39.18 |
0.9196 |
0.2732 |
148 |
2 |
37.12 |
2009-02-14 |
| 12. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
39.18 |
0.8852 |
0.3063 |
158 |
1 |
39.18 |
2009-01-30 |
| 13. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
38.38 |
1.0529 |
0.1135 |
351 |
1 |
38.38 |
2009-02-09 |
| 14. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
38.02 |
1.0025 |
0.1539 |
336 |
1 |
38.02 |
2009-02-16 |
| 15. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
37.80 |
0.9576 |
0.1957 |
212 |
1 |
37.80 |
2009-02-14 |
| 16. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
37.66 |
0.9844 |
0.1648 |
293 |
1 |
37.66 |
2009-02-14 |
| 17. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
37.65 |
1.0567 |
0.0880 |
303 |
1 |
37.65 |
2009-03-18 |
| 18. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
37.56 |
1.0334 |
0.1014 |
131 |
2 |
35.55 |
2009-03-18 |
| 19. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
37.47 |
1.0125 |
0.1238 |
224 |
1 |
37.47 |
2009-02-14 |
| 20. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
37.45 |
1.0523 |
0.0813 |
256 |
1 |
37.45 |
2009-02-16 |
| 21. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
37.23 |
1.0331 |
0.0959 |
234 |
1 |
37.23 |
2009-01-23 |
| 22. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
36.89 |
1.0565 |
0.0616 |
247 |
2 |
33.54 |
2009-02-14 |
| 23. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
36.88 |
1.0023 |
0.1162 |
211 |
1 |
36.88 |
2009-02-14 |
| 24. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
36.45 |
1.0337 |
0.0729 |
214 |
2 |
33.74 |
2009-01-23 |
| 25. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
36.32 |
0.7938 |
0.3104 |
176 |
2 |
31.53 |
2009-01-23 |
| 26. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
36.27 |
0.8077 |
0.2921 |
167 |
3 |
31.48 |
2009-01-25 |
| 27. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
36.19 |
1.0767 |
0.0203 |
212 |
1 |
36.19 |
2009-02-16 |
| 28. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
36.02 |
0.8792 |
0.2241 |
296 |
2 |
34.35 |
2009-02-08 |
| 29. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
35.74 |
0.9852 |
0.1005 |
264 |
1 |
35.74 |
2009-02-14 |
| 30. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
35.71 |
0.9776 |
0.1071 |
308 |
1 |
35.71 |
2009-02-14 |
| 31. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
35.37 |
1.0016 |
0.0678 |
218 |
1 |
35.37 |
2009-02-14 |
| 32. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
35.33 |
1.0389 |
0.0363 |
340 |
1 |
35.33 |
2009-02-16 |
| 33. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
35.17 |
1.0441 |
0.0253 |
252 |
1 |
35.17 |
2009-03-18 |
| 34. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
35.02 |
0.9164 |
0.1504 |
121 |
1 |
35.02 |
2009-01-25 |
| 35. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
35.01 |
1.0033 |
0.0530 |
189 |
2 |
31.46 |
2009-03-18 |
| 36. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
34.87 |
1.0696 |
-0.0144 |
226 |
2 |
34.84 |
2009-01-30 |
| 37. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
34.82 |
1.0799 |
-0.0265 |
243 |
1 |
34.82 |
2009-02-16 |
| 38. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
34.79 |
1.0013 |
0.0540 |
273 |
2 |
34.44 |
2009-02-14 |
| 39. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
34.69 |
1.0201 |
0.0262 |
172 |
2 |
33.81 |
2009-01-25 |
| 40. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
34.64 |
0.9897 |
0.0596 |
274 |
1 |
34.64 |
2009-02-14 |
| 41. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
34.58 |
1.0004 |
0.0433 |
212 |
2 |
30.42 |
2009-02-14 |
| 42. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
34.48 |
0.9019 |
0.1500 |
204 |
1 |
34.48 |
2009-01-23 |
| 43. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
34.34 |
0.9048 |
0.1422 |
271 |
1 |
34.34 |
2009-01-23 |
| 44. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
34.33 |
0.9729 |
0.0694 |
255 |
1 |
34.33 |
2009-01-25 |
| 45. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
34.16 |
0.8660 |
0.1712 |
193 |
1 |
34.16 |
2009-01-23 |
| 46. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
33.82 |
0.8353 |
0.1986 |
283 |
2 |
31.84 |
2009-02-14 |
| 47. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
33.68 |
1.0034 |
0.0172 |
302 |
1 |
33.68 |
2009-02-14 |
| 48. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
33.64 |
1.0029 |
0.0116 |
209 |
1 |
33.64 |
2009-02-08 |
| 49. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
33.59 |
1.0396 |
-0.0275 |
149 |
2 |
30.78 |
2009-01-25 |
| 50. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
33.49 |
1.0788 |
-0.0681 |
171 |
2 |
31.02 |
2009-01-29 |
| 51. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
33.47 |
0.9251 |
0.0955 |
177 |
2 |
31.67 |
2009-01-30 |
| 52. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
33.32 |
1.0797 |
-0.0743 |
210 |
1 |
33.32 |
2009-01-25 |
| 53. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
33.30 |
1.0063 |
0.0045 |
371 |
1 |
33.30 |
2009-01-30 |
| 54. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
33.28 |
1.0445 |
-0.0338 |
373 |
1 |
33.28 |
2009-02-14 |
| 55. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
33.27 |
0.9212 |
0.0916 |
323 |
2 |
31.70 |
2009-02-14 |
| 56. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
33.25 |
1.0131 |
-0.0081 |
225 |
3 |
28.99 |
2009-01-25 |
| 57. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
33.25 |
0.9514 |
0.0578 |
237 |
1 |
33.25 |
2009-02-14 |
| 58. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
33.22 |
1.0053 |
0.0007 |
232 |
1 |
33.22 |
2009-02-14 |
| 59. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
33.18 |
1.0203 |
-0.0102 |
261 |
1 |
33.18 |
2009-02-16 |
| 60. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
33.13 |
1.1018 |
-0.1030 |
220 |
1 |
33.13 |
2009-01-25 |
| 61. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
33.13 |
0.9540 |
0.0494 |
285 |
1 |
33.13 |
2009-02-12 |
| 62. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
32.97 |
1.0521 |
-0.0566 |
171 |
1 |
32.97 |
2009-02-14 |
| 63. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
32.86 |
1.0197 |
-0.0257 |
226 |
2 |
29.71 |
2009-02-14 |
| 64. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
32.80 |
1.0516 |
-0.0569 |
281 |
1 |
32.80 |
2009-01-25 |
| 65. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
32.79 |
1.0099 |
-0.0181 |
207 |
1 |
32.79 |
2009-01-23 |
| 66. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
32.76 |
0.9072 |
0.0849 |
237 |
2 |
31.50 |
2009-02-14 |
| 67. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
32.75 |
1.0528 |
-0.0643 |
201 |
3 |
31.56 |
2009-02-14 |
| 68. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
32.70 |
0.9795 |
0.0125 |
308 |
1 |
32.70 |
2009-02-14 |
| 69. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
32.58 |
0.9636 |
0.0246 |
254 |
2 |
32.37 |
2009-02-14 |
| 70. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
32.40 |
0.9884 |
-0.0064 |
233 |
3 |
26.62 |
2009-01-25 |
| 71. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
32.34 |
0.8544 |
0.1269 |
170 |
1 |
32.34 |
2009-01-23 |
| 72. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
32.30 |
0.7934 |
0.1855 |
134 |
1 |
32.30 |
2009-01-25 |
| 73. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
32.17 |
1.0596 |
-0.0860 |
239 |
2 |
30.01 |
2009-01-30 |
| 74. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
32.03 |
0.8867 |
0.0906 |
163 |
1 |
32.03 |
2009-01-25 |
| 75. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
31.98 |
1.0252 |
-0.0618 |
176 |
4 |
29.05 |
2009-02-14 |
| 76. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
31.96 |
0.9309 |
0.0364 |
284 |
1 |
31.96 |
2009-03-18 |
| 77. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
31.95 |
0.9597 |
0.0133 |
347 |
1 |
31.95 |
2009-01-25 |
| 78. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
31.74 |
0.9899 |
-0.0321 |
163 |
1 |
31.74 |
2009-02-14 |
| 79. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
31.67 |
0.9286 |
0.0307 |
194 |
3 |
28.89 |
2009-02-08 |
| 80. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
31.63 |
0.9710 |
-0.0184 |
173 |
2 |
31.07 |
2009-01-25 |
| 81. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
31.57 |
0.8709 |
0.0943 |
202 |
1 |
31.57 |
2009-01-23 |
| 82. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
31.57 |
0.8190 |
0.1453 |
135 |
1 |
31.57 |
2009-01-25 |
| 83. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
31.52 |
0.9289 |
0.0245 |
204 |
4 |
29.51 |
2009-03-18 |
| 84. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
31.28 |
0.8615 |
0.0869 |
110 |
1 |
31.28 |
2009-03-18 |
| 85. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
31.21 |
1.0251 |
-0.0811 |
261 |
1 |
31.21 |
2009-02-16 |
| 86. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
31.12 |
1.0993 |
-0.1580 |
265 |
1 |
31.12 |
2009-02-08 |
| 87. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
31.10 |
0.9125 |
0.0321 |
308 |
1 |
31.10 |
2009-02-12 |
| 88. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
30.85 |
0.9429 |
-0.0065 |
287 |
1 |
30.85 |
2009-02-12 |
| 89. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
30.77 |
1.0385 |
-0.1076 |
230 |
1 |
30.77 |
2009-02-16 |
| 90. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
30.54 |
0.9820 |
-0.0536 |
267 |
1 |
30.54 |
2009-03-12 |
| 91. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
30.32 |
0.8916 |
0.0275 |
216 |
3 |
29.97 |
2009-02-23 |
| 92. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
30.11 |
0.9846 |
-0.0733 |
281 |
2 |
29.41 |
2009-02-12 |
| 93. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
29.96 |
0.8442 |
0.0676 |
265 |
3 |
27.14 |
2009-03-12 |
| 94. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
29.93 |
1.0201 |
-0.1128 |
303 |
1 |
29.93 |
2009-01-25 |
| 95. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
29.49 |
1.0486 |
-0.1545 |
289 |
1 |
29.49 |
2009-01-30 |
| 96. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
29.49 |
0.8628 |
0.0271 |
196 |
1 |
29.49 |
2009-01-23 |
| 97. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
29.35 |
0.8941 |
-0.0031 |
216 |
1 |
29.35 |
2009-01-25 |
| 98. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
29.33 |
0.8323 |
0.0565 |
203 |
1 |
29.33 |
2009-01-23 |
| 99. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
29.22 |
0.9612 |
-0.0762 |
256 |
2 |
29.07 |
2009-02-12 |
| 100. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
29.19 |
1.0390 |
-0.1587 |
205 |
1 |
29.19 |
2009-01-25 |
| 101. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
28.97 |
0.8602 |
0.0150 |
206 |
1 |
28.97 |
2009-02-16 |
| 102. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
28.94 |
1.0498 |
-0.1782 |
180 |
1 |
28.94 |
2009-01-22 |
| 103. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
28.94 |
0.9769 |
-0.1026 |
263 |
1 |
28.94 |
2009-01-25 |
| 104. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
28.78 |
0.9731 |
-0.1141 |
129 |
2 |
28.28 |
2009-01-23 |
| 105. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
28.61 |
0.8145 |
0.0541 |
115 |
2 |
27.19 |
2009-01-23 |
| 106. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
28.42 |
0.8533 |
0.0083 |
232 |
2 |
25.08 |
2009-01-23 |
| 107. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
28.41 |
0.8745 |
-0.0166 |
169 |
2 |
28.10 |
2009-01-23 |
| 108. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
28.39 |
0.9691 |
-0.1101 |
223 |
1 |
28.39 |
2009-02-14 |
| 109. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
28.38 |
0.8791 |
-0.0208 |
190 |
1 |
28.38 |
2009-01-25 |
| 110. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
28.16 |
0.9572 |
-0.1058 |
201 |
1 |
28.16 |
2009-01-23 |
| 111. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
28.14 |
0.9740 |
-0.1262 |
209 |
1 |
28.14 |
2009-01-25 |
| 112. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
28.14 |
0.8887 |
-0.0228 |
128 |
1 |
28.14 |
2009-01-23 |
| 113. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
28.09 |
1.0183 |
-0.1736 |
191 |
1 |
28.09 |
2009-02-08 |
| 114. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
27.97 |
1.0168 |
-0.1688 |
271 |
1 |
27.97 |
2009-02-14 |
| 115. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
27.95 |
0.8070 |
0.0415 |
137 |
1 |
27.95 |
2009-01-23 |
| 116. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
27.86 |
0.8295 |
0.0155 |
209 |
2 |
25.60 |
2009-01-23 |
| 117. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
27.73 |
0.8951 |
-0.0536 |
193 |
1 |
27.73 |
2009-01-22 |
| 118. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
27.71 |
1.0487 |
-0.2151 |
231 |
1 |
27.71 |
2009-01-23 |
| 119. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
27.66 |
0.9865 |
-0.1483 |
276 |
1 |
27.66 |
2009-01-23 |
| 120. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
27.63 |
0.8263 |
0.0078 |
162 |
1 |
27.63 |
2009-01-22 |
| 121. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
27.55 |
0.8919 |
-0.0599 |
205 |
1 |
27.55 |
2009-01-25 |
| 122. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
27.35 |
0.8961 |
-0.0719 |
189 |
2 |
27.29 |
2009-01-25 |
| 123. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
27.33 |
0.9316 |
-0.0986 |
287 |
1 |
27.33 |
2009-01-23 |
| 124. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
27.22 |
0.8826 |
-0.0576 |
296 |
1 |
27.22 |
2009-01-25 |
| 125. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
27.19 |
0.9411 |
-0.1176 |
318 |
1 |
27.19 |
2009-01-23 |
| 126. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
27.15 |
0.8153 |
0.0109 |
200 |
2 |
26.23 |
2009-01-25 |
| 127. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
26.88 |
0.8666 |
-0.0505 |
150 |
1 |
26.88 |
2009-01-25 |
| 128. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
26.82 |
1.0261 |
-0.2167 |
273 |
1 |
26.82 |
2009-01-22 |
| 129. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
26.65 |
0.9275 |
-0.1247 |
211 |
2 |
26.61 |
2009-01-25 |
| 130. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
26.61 |
0.7259 |
0.0848 |
186 |
1 |
26.61 |
2009-01-23 |
| 131. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
26.03 |
0.9851 |
-0.1959 |
317 |
2 |
25.76 |
2009-01-23 |
| 132. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
25.66 |
0.8360 |
-0.0612 |
170 |
1 |
25.66 |
2009-01-23 |
| 133. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
25.62 |
0.7916 |
-0.0095 |
184 |
1 |
25.62 |
2009-01-23 |
| 134. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
25.16 |
0.9772 |
-0.2204 |
217 |
1 |
25.16 |
2009-01-22 |
| 135. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
24.48 |
0.8900 |
-0.1494 |
164 |
1 |
24.48 |
2009-01-23 |
| 136. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
19.56 |
0.7389 |
-0.1493 |
145 |
2 |
19.51 |
2009-01-23 |