| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
43.23 |
0.9325 |
0.3301 |
156 |
1 |
43.23 |
2009-08-14 |
| 2. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
40.64 |
1.0099 |
0.1797 |
207 |
3 |
33.82 |
2009-08-20 |
| 3. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
39.95 |
1.0796 |
0.0876 |
129 |
2 |
38.65 |
2009-08-14 |
| 4. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
39.51 |
1.1114 |
0.0449 |
247 |
3 |
39.05 |
2009-08-14 |
| 5. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
39.47 |
1.0487 |
0.1041 |
231 |
2 |
37.38 |
2009-09-20 |
| 6. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
38.82 |
1.0666 |
0.0720 |
297 |
1 |
38.82 |
2009-08-20 |
| 7. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
38.27 |
1.1016 |
0.0207 |
233 |
1 |
38.27 |
2009-08-14 |
| 8. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
38.05 |
1.0486 |
0.0679 |
289 |
3 |
34.76 |
2009-09-20 |
| 9. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
38.04 |
0.8788 |
0.2331 |
134 |
1 |
38.04 |
2009-08-14 |
| 10. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
38.01 |
1.0389 |
0.0773 |
318 |
2 |
36.64 |
2009-08-14 |
| 11. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
37.98 |
1.0029 |
0.1043 |
209 |
2 |
36.50 |
2009-08-13 |
| 12. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
37.91 |
0.8653 |
0.2575 |
255 |
2 |
37.51 |
2009-09-20 |
| 13. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
37.89 |
1.0426 |
0.0676 |
323 |
3 |
37.26 |
2009-08-20 |
| 14. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
37.88 |
0.9795 |
0.1311 |
308 |
2 |
36.75 |
2009-08-14 |
| 15. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
37.80 |
0.9873 |
0.1183 |
155 |
2 |
34.64 |
2009-09-20 |
| 16. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
37.75 |
1.0337 |
0.0725 |
214 |
2 |
37.41 |
2009-08-14 |
| 17. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
37.54 |
1.0577 |
0.0393 |
247 |
1 |
37.54 |
2009-08-20 |
| 18. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
37.45 |
0.9468 |
0.1506 |
276 |
2 |
34.92 |
2009-09-21 |
| 19. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
37.43 |
1.0696 |
0.0242 |
226 |
1 |
37.43 |
2009-08-20 |
| 20. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
37.33 |
1.0483 |
0.0430 |
227 |
1 |
37.33 |
2009-09-21 |
| 21. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
37.28 |
1.0218 |
0.0681 |
268 |
2 |
36.08 |
2009-08-20 |
| 22. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
37.26 |
0.9884 |
0.1081 |
262 |
2 |
35.58 |
2009-09-20 |
| 23. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
37.08 |
1.1018 |
-0.0213 |
220 |
1 |
37.08 |
2009-08-20 |
| 24. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
37.06 |
1.0025 |
0.0837 |
256 |
2 |
36.51 |
2009-08-12 |
| 25. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
36.76 |
1.0441 |
0.0348 |
252 |
1 |
36.76 |
2009-08-14 |
| 26. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
36.76 |
1.0445 |
0.0338 |
373 |
1 |
36.76 |
2009-09-20 |
| 27. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
36.42 |
0.9309 |
0.1345 |
284 |
1 |
36.42 |
2009-08-14 |
| 28. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
36.41 |
1.0109 |
0.0569 |
276 |
2 |
35.32 |
2009-08-20 |
| 29. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
36.33 |
1.0417 |
0.0205 |
253 |
1 |
36.33 |
2009-08-14 |
| 30. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
36.23 |
1.0214 |
0.0386 |
269 |
1 |
36.23 |
2009-08-13 |
| 31. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
36.16 |
1.0124 |
0.0448 |
204 |
1 |
36.16 |
2009-09-20 |
| 32. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
36.10 |
1.0462 |
0.0055 |
184 |
1 |
36.10 |
2009-08-20 |
| 33. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
36.09 |
0.8971 |
0.1657 |
266 |
1 |
36.09 |
2009-08-14 |
| 34. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
36.02 |
0.9316 |
0.1299 |
287 |
2 |
34.75 |
2009-09-20 |
| 35. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
35.76 |
1.0120 |
0.0349 |
290 |
1 |
35.76 |
2009-08-14 |
| 36. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
35.70 |
1.0529 |
-0.0070 |
351 |
3 |
32.91 |
2009-09-20 |
| 37. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
35.61 |
1.0034 |
0.0384 |
302 |
1 |
35.61 |
2009-08-14 |
| 38. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
35.57 |
1.0090 |
0.0769 |
282 |
1 |
35.57 |
2009-08-20 |
| 39. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
35.55 |
1.0565 |
-0.0176 |
247 |
3 |
32.81 |
2009-08-14 |
| 40. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
35.44 |
1.0516 |
-0.0137 |
281 |
1 |
35.44 |
2009-09-21 |
| 41. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
35.43 |
0.9257 |
0.1178 |
317 |
3 |
32.82 |
2009-08-20 |
| 42. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
35.25 |
0.9846 |
0.0469 |
281 |
2 |
33.73 |
2009-08-20 |
| 43. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
35.24 |
1.0419 |
-0.0096 |
261 |
1 |
35.24 |
2009-08-12 |
| 44. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
35.17 |
0.9226 |
0.1114 |
177 |
2 |
35.10 |
2009-08-20 |
| 45. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
35.13 |
0.8892 |
0.1459 |
207 |
1 |
35.13 |
2009-08-20 |
| 46. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
35.13 |
1.0261 |
0.0011 |
273 |
2 |
34.83 |
2009-08-14 |
| 47. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
35.08 |
0.9485 |
0.0808 |
236 |
1 |
35.08 |
2009-08-13 |
| 48. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
34.96 |
1.0567 |
-0.0321 |
303 |
1 |
34.96 |
2009-08-14 |
| 49. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
34.94 |
0.8900 |
0.1346 |
164 |
1 |
34.94 |
2009-08-12 |
| 50. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
34.94 |
0.8899 |
0.1446 |
293 |
2 |
34.69 |
2009-08-14 |
| 51. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
34.91 |
0.9019 |
0.1258 |
204 |
1 |
34.91 |
2009-08-14 |
| 52. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
34.78 |
1.0203 |
0.0018 |
261 |
2 |
33.82 |
2009-08-14 |
| 53. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
34.75 |
1.0320 |
0.0231 |
293 |
2 |
33.39 |
2009-09-20 |
| 54. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
34.70 |
0.9936 |
0.0224 |
311 |
1 |
34.70 |
2009-08-14 |
| 55. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
34.66 |
1.0331 |
-0.0202 |
234 |
1 |
34.66 |
2009-08-14 |
| 56. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
34.55 |
0.9729 |
0.0392 |
255 |
2 |
34.18 |
2009-08-12 |
| 57. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
34.51 |
1.0197 |
-0.0119 |
226 |
1 |
34.51 |
2009-08-12 |
| 58. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
34.42 |
0.9340 |
0.0738 |
296 |
1 |
34.42 |
2009-08-20 |
| 59. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
34.38 |
0.9724 |
0.0380 |
237 |
1 |
34.38 |
2009-08-14 |
| 60. |
The girls I like best are ones I never feel much like kiddin... |
34.38 |
0.9063 |
0.1085 |
239 |
1 |
34.38 |
2009-08-20 |
| 61. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
34.29 |
0.8628 |
0.1379 |
196 |
2 |
34.03 |
2009-08-20 |
| 62. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
34.27 |
0.8731 |
0.1375 |
199 |
1 |
34.27 |
2009-09-20 |
| 63. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
34.26 |
0.9226 |
0.0870 |
348 |
4 |
33.96 |
2009-08-20 |
| 64. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
34.20 |
0.9786 |
0.0224 |
235 |
2 |
33.24 |
2009-08-15 |
| 65. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
34.01 |
0.9646 |
0.0303 |
264 |
1 |
34.01 |
2009-08-14 |
| 66. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
34.00 |
1.0528 |
-0.0623 |
201 |
1 |
34.00 |
2009-09-20 |
| 67. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
33.94 |
0.9275 |
0.0630 |
211 |
2 |
32.37 |
2009-09-21 |
| 68. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
33.70 |
1.0297 |
-0.0443 |
249 |
1 |
33.70 |
2009-08-14 |
| 69. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
33.61 |
0.9884 |
-0.0052 |
233 |
1 |
33.61 |
2009-08-14 |
| 70. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
33.61 |
1.0390 |
-0.0588 |
205 |
3 |
32.18 |
2009-08-20 |
| 71. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
33.56 |
1.0714 |
-0.0978 |
129 |
2 |
33.33 |
2009-08-14 |
| 72. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
33.39 |
1.0033 |
-0.0325 |
189 |
1 |
33.39 |
2009-08-13 |
| 73. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
33.39 |
0.9769 |
-0.0015 |
263 |
3 |
31.83 |
2009-08-20 |
| 74. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
33.39 |
1.0396 |
-0.0693 |
149 |
1 |
33.39 |
2009-08-20 |
| 75. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
33.28 |
0.9597 |
0.0186 |
347 |
1 |
33.28 |
2009-08-20 |
| 76. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
33.27 |
0.9005 |
0.0719 |
212 |
1 |
33.27 |
2009-08-20 |
| 77. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
33.23 |
1.0429 |
-0.0716 |
259 |
2 |
31.47 |
2009-08-20 |
| 78. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
33.16 |
1.0515 |
-0.0828 |
250 |
1 |
33.16 |
2009-08-20 |
| 79. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
33.08 |
0.8553 |
0.1079 |
174 |
1 |
33.08 |
2009-08-20 |
| 80. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
33.06 |
0.9965 |
-0.0282 |
277 |
1 |
33.06 |
2009-08-20 |
| 81. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
32.97 |
0.8791 |
0.0850 |
190 |
1 |
32.97 |
2009-08-14 |
| 82. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
32.94 |
1.0596 |
-0.0976 |
239 |
1 |
32.94 |
2009-08-13 |
| 83. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
32.91 |
0.9966 |
-0.0340 |
259 |
1 |
32.91 |
2009-08-14 |
| 84. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
32.80 |
1.0788 |
-0.1244 |
171 |
1 |
32.80 |
2009-08-12 |
| 85. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
32.72 |
0.9576 |
0.0046 |
212 |
1 |
32.72 |
2009-09-20 |
| 86. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
32.57 |
0.8442 |
0.1129 |
265 |
1 |
32.57 |
2009-08-14 |
| 87. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
32.53 |
0.9286 |
0.0223 |
194 |
1 |
32.53 |
2009-08-14 |
| 88. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
32.51 |
0.9221 |
0.0277 |
244 |
1 |
32.51 |
2009-08-20 |
| 89. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
32.41 |
0.9726 |
-0.0306 |
154 |
1 |
32.41 |
2009-08-20 |
| 90. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
32.35 |
0.9636 |
-0.0171 |
254 |
1 |
32.35 |
2009-08-13 |
| 91. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
32.34 |
0.8810 |
0.0661 |
282 |
1 |
32.34 |
2009-09-21 |
| 92. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
32.33 |
1.0095 |
-0.0646 |
316 |
1 |
32.33 |
2009-08-13 |
| 93. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
32.30 |
1.0004 |
-0.0614 |
212 |
1 |
32.30 |
2009-08-14 |
| 94. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
32.19 |
0.9527 |
-0.0109 |
251 |
3 |
30.94 |
2009-08-20 |
| 95. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
32.16 |
1.0025 |
-0.0606 |
336 |
1 |
32.16 |
2009-09-20 |
| 96. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
32.11 |
0.9964 |
-0.0568 |
203 |
1 |
32.11 |
2009-08-12 |
| 97. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
31.96 |
0.9897 |
-0.0570 |
274 |
2 |
31.09 |
2009-09-20 |
| 98. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
31.91 |
0.9281 |
0.0106 |
273 |
1 |
31.91 |
2009-08-14 |
| 99. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
31.81 |
0.8573 |
0.0769 |
270 |
1 |
31.81 |
2009-08-20 |
| 100. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
31.74 |
0.9899 |
-0.0661 |
163 |
1 |
31.74 |
2009-09-20 |
| 101. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
31.53 |
0.9731 |
-0.0633 |
129 |
1 |
31.53 |
2009-08-20 |
| 102. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
31.52 |
0.9772 |
-0.0587 |
217 |
2 |
30.43 |
2009-08-20 |
| 103. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
31.49 |
0.9612 |
-0.0401 |
256 |
1 |
31.49 |
2009-08-14 |
| 104. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
31.15 |
1.0214 |
-0.1158 |
166 |
1 |
31.15 |
2009-09-21 |
| 105. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
30.96 |
1.0797 |
-0.1799 |
210 |
1 |
30.96 |
2009-08-14 |
| 106. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
30.95 |
0.8878 |
0.0171 |
346 |
3 |
30.50 |
2009-09-21 |
| 107. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
30.84 |
0.9893 |
-0.0874 |
323 |
1 |
30.84 |
2009-08-14 |
| 108. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
30.73 |
0.9202 |
-0.0223 |
254 |
1 |
30.73 |
2009-08-12 |
| 109. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
30.62 |
0.9266 |
-0.0295 |
278 |
2 |
29.55 |
2009-08-14 |
| 110. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
30.51 |
0.9532 |
-0.0625 |
258 |
1 |
30.51 |
2009-08-14 |
| 111. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
30.47 |
1.0389 |
-0.1457 |
340 |
1 |
30.47 |
2009-08-14 |
| 112. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
30.17 |
1.0150 |
-0.0841 |
325 |
1 |
30.17 |
2009-08-20 |
| 113. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
30.11 |
0.9910 |
-0.1089 |
295 |
1 |
30.11 |
2009-08-14 |
| 114. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
30.05 |
0.8845 |
-0.0057 |
273 |
2 |
29.30 |
2009-09-20 |
| 115. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
29.96 |
1.0334 |
-0.1642 |
131 |
1 |
29.96 |
2009-08-14 |
| 116. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
29.92 |
0.9048 |
-0.0257 |
271 |
1 |
29.92 |
2009-08-20 |
| 117. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
29.87 |
0.9365 |
-0.0621 |
248 |
1 |
29.87 |
2009-08-14 |
| 118. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
29.82 |
0.9514 |
-0.0795 |
237 |
2 |
29.00 |
2009-08-12 |
| 119. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
29.73 |
1.0016 |
-0.1373 |
218 |
1 |
29.73 |
2009-08-14 |
| 120. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
29.46 |
0.8353 |
0.0331 |
283 |
1 |
29.46 |
2009-08-14 |
| 121. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
28.95 |
0.9068 |
-0.0580 |
269 |
1 |
28.95 |
2009-08-20 |
| 122. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
28.69 |
0.9266 |
-0.0885 |
267 |
1 |
28.69 |
2009-08-12 |
| 123. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
28.68 |
0.9351 |
-0.1028 |
190 |
1 |
28.68 |
2009-08-12 |
| 124. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
28.45 |
0.9125 |
-0.0798 |
308 |
1 |
28.45 |
2009-08-14 |
| 125. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
28.27 |
0.8919 |
-0.0680 |
205 |
1 |
28.27 |
2009-09-20 |
| 126. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
28.17 |
0.9965 |
-0.1787 |
168 |
1 |
28.17 |
2009-08-20 |
| 127. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
27.70 |
0.8154 |
-0.0049 |
193 |
1 |
27.70 |
2009-08-14 |
| 128. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
27.60 |
0.8961 |
-0.0938 |
189 |
1 |
27.60 |
2009-08-14 |
| 129. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
27.38 |
0.8941 |
-0.0929 |
216 |
1 |
27.38 |
2009-08-20 |
| 130. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
27.19 |
0.8602 |
-0.0688 |
206 |
1 |
27.19 |
2009-09-21 |
| 131. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
26.73 |
0.8096 |
-0.0218 |
209 |
1 |
26.73 |
2009-08-14 |
| 132. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
26.63 |
0.8077 |
-0.0327 |
167 |
1 |
26.63 |
2009-08-20 |
| 133. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
25.73 |
0.9758 |
-0.2248 |
314 |
1 |
25.73 |
2009-08-14 |