| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
74.81 |
1.0845 |
0.3608 |
212 |
2 |
61.75 |
2009-04-20 |
| 2. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
74.04 |
1.1070 |
0.3233 |
265 |
1 |
74.04 |
2009-04-15 |
| 3. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
72.92 |
1.1093 |
0.2948 |
220 |
1 |
72.92 |
2009-05-22 |
| 4. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
72.84 |
1.0287 |
0.3783 |
269 |
1 |
72.84 |
2009-06-01 |
| 5. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
70.46 |
1.0561 |
0.3039 |
227 |
1 |
70.46 |
2009-04-10 |
| 6. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
68.93 |
1.0115 |
0.3155 |
189 |
2 |
57.95 |
2009-04-15 |
| 7. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
66.56 |
0.9756 |
0.3099 |
223 |
2 |
58.45 |
2009-05-09 |
| 8. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
63.00 |
1.0607 |
0.1592 |
357 |
1 |
63.00 |
2009-05-22 |
| 9. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
61.93 |
1.0086 |
0.1834 |
218 |
1 |
61.93 |
2009-05-09 |
| 10. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
60.18 |
0.9957 |
0.1664 |
323 |
2 |
53.68 |
2009-04-15 |
| 11. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
60.12 |
1.0487 |
0.1102 |
253 |
1 |
60.12 |
2009-04-15 |
| 12. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
60.01 |
0.9928 |
0.1656 |
293 |
1 |
60.01 |
2009-04-20 |
| 13. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
59.97 |
1.0777 |
0.0784 |
226 |
1 |
59.97 |
2009-04-27 |
| 14. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
59.63 |
1.0332 |
0.1178 |
267 |
1 |
59.63 |
2009-04-14 |
| 15. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
59.23 |
0.9839 |
0.1598 |
308 |
1 |
59.23 |
2009-04-20 |
| 16. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
59.12 |
0.9974 |
0.1404 |
163 |
2 |
52.73 |
2009-04-15 |
| 17. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
59.07 |
1.0901 |
0.0527 |
288 |
1 |
59.07 |
2009-04-13 |
| 18. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
58.92 |
1.0800 |
0.0508 |
129 |
1 |
58.92 |
2009-04-15 |
| 19. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
58.27 |
0.9084 |
0.2183 |
271 |
1 |
58.27 |
2009-04-14 |
| 20. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
57.61 |
1.0672 |
0.0440 |
239 |
1 |
57.61 |
2009-04-15 |
| 21. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
57.55 |
0.9299 |
0.1729 |
168 |
1 |
57.55 |
2009-05-22 |
| 22. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
57.33 |
1.0743 |
0.0338 |
297 |
2 |
52.85 |
2009-04-12 |
| 23. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
56.72 |
0.9673 |
0.1317 |
393 |
1 |
56.72 |
2009-04-20 |
| 24. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
56.54 |
1.0181 |
0.0748 |
276 |
1 |
56.54 |
2009-04-14 |
| 25. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
56.37 |
1.0432 |
0.0457 |
276 |
2 |
54.61 |
2009-05-18 |
| 26. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
56.37 |
1.0600 |
0.0286 |
351 |
2 |
53.68 |
2009-04-13 |
| 27. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
55.94 |
1.0800 |
-0.0029 |
213 |
1 |
55.94 |
2009-04-13 |
| 28. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
55.27 |
1.0736 |
-0.0040 |
350 |
1 |
55.27 |
2009-04-15 |
| 29. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
54.45 |
1.0264 |
0.0205 |
191 |
1 |
54.45 |
2009-04-10 |
| 30. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
54.42 |
0.9827 |
0.0687 |
314 |
1 |
54.42 |
2009-04-14 |
| 31. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
54.17 |
1.0351 |
0.0144 |
276 |
1 |
54.17 |
2009-04-10 |
| 32. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
54.01 |
1.0506 |
-0.0085 |
259 |
1 |
54.01 |
2009-05-22 |
| 33. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
53.33 |
1.0372 |
-0.0083 |
249 |
1 |
53.33 |
2009-05-01 |
| 34. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
53.14 |
1.0540 |
-0.0334 |
184 |
1 |
53.14 |
2009-04-15 |
| 35. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
52.66 |
1.0101 |
0.0080 |
336 |
1 |
52.66 |
2009-05-01 |
| 36. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
52.45 |
0.9425 |
0.0704 |
248 |
1 |
52.45 |
2009-04-10 |
| 37. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
52.35 |
1.0033 |
0.0073 |
203 |
2 |
49.58 |
2009-06-01 |
| 38. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
52.31 |
1.0128 |
0.0035 |
369 |
1 |
52.31 |
2009-06-01 |
| 39. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
52.26 |
1.0057 |
0.0057 |
382 |
1 |
52.26 |
2009-04-10 |
| 40. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
52.17 |
1.0403 |
-0.0352 |
234 |
1 |
52.17 |
2009-04-13 |
| 41. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
52.07 |
1.0582 |
-0.0565 |
180 |
1 |
52.07 |
2009-04-13 |
| 42. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
51.98 |
1.0495 |
-0.0469 |
323 |
2 |
47.44 |
2009-04-14 |
| 43. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
51.93 |
0.9594 |
0.0409 |
258 |
1 |
51.93 |
2009-04-12 |
| 44. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
51.84 |
0.9538 |
0.0464 |
276 |
1 |
51.84 |
2009-05-09 |
| 45. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
51.78 |
0.9780 |
0.0150 |
173 |
1 |
51.78 |
2009-04-27 |
| 46. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
51.36 |
0.9745 |
0.0187 |
388 |
1 |
51.36 |
2009-04-14 |
| 47. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
50.89 |
0.9704 |
0.0115 |
254 |
2 |
49.30 |
2009-05-09 |
| 48. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
50.62 |
0.9027 |
0.0705 |
189 |
1 |
50.62 |
2009-04-20 |
| 49. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
50.61 |
1.0234 |
-0.0428 |
392 |
1 |
50.61 |
2009-04-13 |
| 50. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
50.54 |
0.9841 |
-0.0123 |
217 |
1 |
50.54 |
2009-04-15 |
| 51. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
50.53 |
1.0461 |
-0.0690 |
318 |
1 |
50.53 |
2009-04-10 |
| 52. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
50.51 |
1.0557 |
-0.0799 |
289 |
1 |
50.51 |
2009-04-10 |
| 53. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
50.48 |
0.9931 |
-0.0230 |
218 |
1 |
50.48 |
2009-04-10 |
| 54. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
50.23 |
1.0267 |
-0.0545 |
261 |
1 |
50.23 |
2009-04-10 |
| 55. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
50.14 |
1.0411 |
-0.0719 |
341 |
1 |
50.14 |
2009-04-20 |
| 56. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
50.09 |
0.8993 |
0.0699 |
366 |
1 |
50.09 |
2009-05-09 |
| 57. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
50.03 |
0.9228 |
0.0469 |
305 |
1 |
50.03 |
2009-04-14 |
| 58. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
50.00 |
1.0301 |
-0.0668 |
268 |
1 |
50.00 |
2009-04-12 |
| 59. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
49.77 |
1.0521 |
-0.0975 |
197 |
2 |
48.17 |
2009-04-12 |
| 60. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
49.58 |
1.0567 |
-0.1005 |
314 |
2 |
48.68 |
2009-04-13 |
| 61. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
49.46 |
0.9265 |
0.0266 |
254 |
1 |
49.46 |
2009-05-22 |
| 62. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
49.46 |
0.9434 |
0.0153 |
367 |
1 |
49.46 |
2009-04-10 |
| 63. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
48.82 |
0.9890 |
-0.0434 |
272 |
2 |
46.03 |
2009-04-15 |
| 64. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
48.74 |
0.9763 |
-0.0366 |
143 |
1 |
48.74 |
2009-04-10 |
| 65. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
48.34 |
0.9503 |
-0.0246 |
211 |
1 |
48.34 |
2009-05-09 |
| 66. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
46.99 |
0.8986 |
0.0082 |
216 |
1 |
46.99 |
2009-04-27 |
| 67. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
46.87 |
1.0472 |
-0.1496 |
149 |
1 |
46.87 |
2009-04-12 |
| 68. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
46.86 |
0.9849 |
-0.0800 |
337 |
1 |
46.86 |
2009-04-13 |
| 69. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
46.64 |
0.9726 |
-0.0680 |
396 |
1 |
46.64 |
2009-04-10 |
| 70. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
46.58 |
0.9842 |
-0.0838 |
335 |
1 |
46.58 |
2009-04-10 |
| 71. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
46.33 |
0.9070 |
-0.0184 |
192 |
2 |
45.07 |
2009-04-10 |
| 72. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
46.31 |
1.0132 |
-0.1196 |
371 |
1 |
46.31 |
2009-04-14 |
| 73. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
46.27 |
1.0638 |
-0.1736 |
247 |
1 |
46.27 |
2009-04-13 |
| 74. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
45.62 |
0.9183 |
-0.0378 |
308 |
1 |
45.62 |
2009-04-27 |
| 75. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
45.41 |
0.9709 |
-0.0967 |
264 |
1 |
45.41 |
2009-04-13 |
| 76. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
45.19 |
0.9809 |
-0.1135 |
209 |
2 |
41.78 |
2009-05-01 |
| 77. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
44.77 |
0.9271 |
-0.0644 |
295 |
1 |
44.77 |
2009-04-13 |
| 78. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
44.49 |
1.0125 |
-0.1563 |
232 |
1 |
44.49 |
2009-04-10 |
| 79. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
43.79 |
0.9980 |
-0.1517 |
295 |
1 |
43.79 |
2009-04-10 |
| 80. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
43.68 |
0.8666 |
-0.0272 |
206 |
1 |
43.68 |
2009-04-13 |
| 81. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
42.96 |
0.9136 |
-0.0823 |
348 |
1 |
42.96 |
2009-04-10 |
| 82. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
42.83 |
0.9801 |
-0.1550 |
289 |
2 |
40.01 |
2009-04-12 |
| 83. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
42.55 |
1.0082 |
-0.1932 |
212 |
1 |
42.55 |
2009-04-15 |
| 84. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
42.28 |
0.8603 |
-0.0457 |
270 |
1 |
42.28 |
2009-04-14 |
| 85. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
42.09 |
0.8778 |
-0.0649 |
285 |
2 |
37.99 |
2009-05-01 |
| 86. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
40.85 |
0.9762 |
-0.1892 |
249 |
1 |
40.85 |
2009-04-13 |
| 87. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
40.64 |
1.0103 |
-0.2331 |
209 |
1 |
40.64 |
2009-04-10 |
| 88. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
40.45 |
0.8572 |
-0.0797 |
232 |
1 |
40.45 |
2009-04-10 |
| 89. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
39.75 |
0.8830 |
-0.1149 |
300 |
1 |
39.75 |
2009-04-13 |
| 90. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
39.33 |
0.9357 |
-0.1804 |
204 |
1 |
39.33 |
2009-04-13 |
| 91. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
37.32 |
0.8880 |
-0.1695 |
296 |
1 |
37.32 |
2009-04-14 |
| 92. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
37.28 |
0.9765 |
-0.2595 |
269 |
1 |
37.28 |
2009-04-12 |
| 93. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
36.16 |
0.9713 |
-0.2768 |
193 |
1 |
36.16 |
2009-04-10 |
| 94. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
35.72 |
0.8911 |
-0.2025 |
207 |
1 |
35.72 |
2009-04-07 |
| 95. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
35.72 |
0.7923 |
-0.1043 |
316 |
1 |
35.72 |
2009-04-14 |
| 96. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
35.17 |
0.8474 |
-0.1702 |
265 |
1 |
35.17 |
2009-04-12 |