| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
48.52 |
1.0711 |
0.2340 |
213 |
2 |
43.30 |
2010-04-14 |
| 2. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
47.49 |
1.0270 |
0.2912 |
255 |
1 |
47.49 |
2010-05-14 |
| 3. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
45.24 |
0.8747 |
0.3422 |
201 |
1 |
45.24 |
2010-05-14 |
| 4. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
45.24 |
1.0263 |
0.1934 |
267 |
1 |
45.24 |
2010-05-14 |
| 5. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
45.09 |
1.0767 |
0.1378 |
212 |
2 |
40.72 |
2010-05-14 |
| 6. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
44.92 |
1.0944 |
0.1623 |
308 |
1 |
44.92 |
2010-05-20 |
| 7. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
44.10 |
1.0797 |
0.1046 |
210 |
1 |
44.10 |
2010-05-14 |
| 8. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
43.48 |
1.0375 |
0.1812 |
200 |
1 |
43.48 |
2010-05-14 |
| 9. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
43.09 |
1.0941 |
0.0993 |
256 |
1 |
43.09 |
2010-04-09 |
| 10. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
42.68 |
1.0390 |
0.1082 |
205 |
1 |
42.68 |
2010-04-09 |
| 11. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
42.50 |
1.0053 |
0.1389 |
232 |
1 |
42.50 |
2010-04-14 |
| 12. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
42.29 |
0.8899 |
0.2611 |
293 |
1 |
42.29 |
2010-04-09 |
| 13. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
42.29 |
0.9340 |
0.2057 |
296 |
2 |
38.93 |
2010-04-28 |
| 14. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
42.27 |
0.9572 |
0.1812 |
201 |
1 |
42.27 |
2010-05-14 |
| 15. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
42.11 |
1.0463 |
0.0845 |
182 |
1 |
42.11 |
2010-04-14 |
| 16. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
41.98 |
0.8788 |
0.2504 |
134 |
2 |
40.88 |
2010-05-20 |
| 17. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
41.61 |
0.9943 |
0.1306 |
373 |
1 |
41.61 |
2010-04-14 |
| 18. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
41.48 |
1.0768 |
0.0811 |
295 |
1 |
41.48 |
2010-03-06 |
| 19. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
41.45 |
1.0117 |
0.1505 |
297 |
1 |
41.45 |
2010-05-20 |
| 20. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
41.45 |
0.8154 |
0.3038 |
193 |
2 |
37.07 |
2010-05-14 |
| 21. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
41.24 |
1.0004 |
0.1052 |
212 |
1 |
41.24 |
2010-05-20 |
| 22. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
41.21 |
1.0077 |
0.1442 |
250 |
1 |
41.21 |
2010-04-14 |
| 23. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
40.93 |
1.0429 |
0.0588 |
259 |
1 |
40.93 |
2010-05-14 |
| 24. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
40.87 |
0.9729 |
0.1289 |
255 |
1 |
40.87 |
2010-04-09 |
| 25. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
40.79 |
0.9965 |
0.1035 |
277 |
1 |
40.79 |
2010-04-28 |
| 26. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
40.61 |
0.8958 |
0.2037 |
322 |
1 |
40.61 |
2010-05-14 |
| 27. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
40.46 |
0.9865 |
0.1051 |
276 |
1 |
40.46 |
2010-04-28 |
| 28. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
40.20 |
0.9202 |
0.1630 |
254 |
1 |
40.20 |
2010-05-20 |
| 29. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
39.86 |
1.0389 |
0.0371 |
318 |
1 |
39.86 |
2010-05-14 |
| 30. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
39.05 |
0.9084 |
0.1474 |
404 |
2 |
37.73 |
2010-04-09 |
| 31. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
38.94 |
1.0795 |
-0.0001 |
226 |
1 |
38.94 |
2010-04-09 |
| 32. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
38.88 |
0.9805 |
0.0715 |
292 |
2 |
35.85 |
2010-04-09 |
| 33. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
38.77 |
1.0426 |
0.0011 |
323 |
1 |
38.77 |
2010-05-14 |
| 34. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
38.74 |
0.8553 |
0.1833 |
174 |
1 |
38.74 |
2010-04-09 |
| 35. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
38.41 |
1.0090 |
0.0692 |
282 |
1 |
38.41 |
2010-05-04 |
| 36. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
38.33 |
0.9946 |
0.0377 |
246 |
1 |
38.33 |
2010-05-20 |
| 37. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
38.23 |
1.0201 |
0.0031 |
172 |
1 |
38.23 |
2010-05-20 |
| 38. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
38.10 |
1.0334 |
-0.0138 |
131 |
1 |
38.10 |
2010-05-14 |
| 39. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
38.04 |
0.9773 |
0.0389 |
123 |
1 |
38.04 |
2010-05-14 |
| 40. |
For all its apparent strength, the Aztec Empire had vulnerab... |
37.90 |
0.7988 |
0.2302 |
219 |
2 |
35.37 |
2010-05-14 |
| 41. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
37.76 |
1.0799 |
-0.0670 |
243 |
1 |
37.76 |
2010-03-11 |
| 42. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
37.67 |
1.0441 |
-0.0285 |
252 |
1 |
37.67 |
2010-03-06 |
| 43. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
37.66 |
1.0218 |
-0.0106 |
268 |
1 |
37.66 |
2010-04-28 |
| 44. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
37.60 |
1.0120 |
-0.0004 |
290 |
1 |
37.60 |
2010-04-28 |
| 45. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
37.58 |
1.0389 |
-0.0245 |
340 |
2 |
33.54 |
2010-04-14 |
| 46. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
37.54 |
1.0506 |
-0.0111 |
277 |
2 |
37.43 |
2010-04-14 |
| 47. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
37.46 |
1.0016 |
0.0023 |
218 |
1 |
37.46 |
2010-06-08 |
| 48. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
37.19 |
1.0201 |
-0.0183 |
303 |
1 |
37.19 |
2010-03-06 |
| 49. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
37.10 |
0.9559 |
0.0453 |
195 |
1 |
37.10 |
2010-04-09 |
| 50. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
37.01 |
0.7981 |
0.1969 |
126 |
1 |
37.01 |
2010-03-11 |
| 51. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
36.80 |
0.8289 |
0.1687 |
304 |
2 |
36.36 |
2010-05-26 |
| 52. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
36.78 |
0.9893 |
0.0007 |
323 |
1 |
36.78 |
2010-04-05 |
| 53. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
36.65 |
1.1018 |
-0.1220 |
220 |
1 |
36.65 |
2010-03-06 |
| 54. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
36.58 |
0.9633 |
0.0235 |
304 |
1 |
36.58 |
2010-03-06 |
| 55. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
36.54 |
0.9726 |
0.0042 |
154 |
1 |
36.54 |
2010-05-14 |
| 56. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
36.43 |
0.9351 |
0.0399 |
190 |
1 |
36.43 |
2010-04-09 |
| 57. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
36.33 |
0.9307 |
0.0550 |
246 |
1 |
36.33 |
2010-03-06 |
| 58. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
36.31 |
1.0173 |
0.0040 |
268 |
1 |
36.31 |
2010-05-14 |
| 59. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
36.19 |
1.0669 |
-0.0606 |
286 |
1 |
36.19 |
2010-04-05 |
| 60. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
36.12 |
0.9019 |
0.0756 |
204 |
2 |
35.88 |
2010-03-06 |
| 61. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
36.05 |
0.9820 |
-0.0120 |
274 |
1 |
36.05 |
2010-03-06 |
| 62. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
35.93 |
1.0343 |
-0.0302 |
242 |
1 |
35.93 |
2010-04-05 |
| 63. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
35.89 |
1.0417 |
-0.0786 |
253 |
1 |
35.89 |
2010-03-06 |
| 64. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
35.88 |
0.9127 |
0.0501 |
252 |
1 |
35.88 |
2010-03-06 |
| 65. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
35.82 |
0.9128 |
0.0566 |
133 |
1 |
35.82 |
2010-04-14 |
| 66. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
35.79 |
0.9965 |
-0.0381 |
168 |
1 |
35.79 |
2010-05-14 |
| 67. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
35.72 |
0.9275 |
0.0306 |
211 |
2 |
34.49 |
2010-04-28 |
| 68. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
35.60 |
0.9576 |
0.0044 |
212 |
1 |
35.60 |
2010-03-06 |
| 69. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
35.45 |
0.8935 |
0.0702 |
328 |
1 |
35.45 |
2010-04-14 |
| 70. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
35.42 |
0.9763 |
-0.0239 |
289 |
2 |
34.69 |
2010-05-14 |
| 71. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
35.38 |
0.9281 |
0.0286 |
273 |
1 |
35.38 |
2010-03-06 |
| 72. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
35.37 |
0.9769 |
-0.0271 |
263 |
1 |
35.37 |
2010-03-06 |
| 73. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
35.27 |
1.0485 |
-0.0652 |
153 |
1 |
35.27 |
2010-04-09 |
| 74. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
34.96 |
1.0168 |
-0.0746 |
271 |
1 |
34.96 |
2010-03-06 |
| 75. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
34.79 |
0.9846 |
-0.0504 |
281 |
3 |
33.42 |
2010-04-14 |
| 76. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
34.38 |
0.8559 |
0.0700 |
191 |
1 |
34.38 |
2010-03-06 |
| 77. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
34.31 |
0.9084 |
0.0161 |
300 |
1 |
34.31 |
2010-03-11 |
| 78. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
34.24 |
1.0498 |
-0.1339 |
180 |
1 |
34.24 |
2010-03-06 |
| 79. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
34.23 |
0.9125 |
0.0099 |
308 |
1 |
34.23 |
2010-04-28 |
| 80. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
34.21 |
1.0596 |
-0.1420 |
239 |
1 |
34.21 |
2010-03-06 |
| 81. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
34.17 |
1.0679 |
-0.1290 |
177 |
1 |
34.17 |
2010-04-09 |
| 82. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
34.06 |
0.9164 |
0.0047 |
305 |
1 |
34.06 |
2010-04-14 |
| 83. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
33.88 |
0.8996 |
0.0058 |
192 |
1 |
33.88 |
2010-03-06 |
| 84. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
33.88 |
0.9097 |
0.0011 |
153 |
1 |
33.88 |
2010-05-14 |
| 85. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
33.82 |
0.8916 |
0.0183 |
216 |
1 |
33.82 |
2010-04-05 |
| 86. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
33.62 |
1.0240 |
-0.1231 |
256 |
1 |
33.62 |
2010-03-06 |
| 87. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
33.61 |
1.0523 |
-0.1529 |
256 |
1 |
33.61 |
2010-03-06 |
| 88. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
33.40 |
0.9894 |
-0.0870 |
323 |
1 |
33.40 |
2010-04-14 |
| 89. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
32.78 |
0.8077 |
0.0709 |
167 |
2 |
29.78 |
2010-04-14 |
| 90. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
32.68 |
0.9646 |
-0.0872 |
264 |
2 |
28.95 |
2010-04-05 |
| 91. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
32.49 |
1.0138 |
-0.1412 |
231 |
1 |
32.49 |
2010-04-14 |
| 92. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
32.36 |
0.9636 |
-0.0944 |
254 |
1 |
32.36 |
2010-04-09 |
| 93. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
32.34 |
0.9811 |
-0.1094 |
272 |
1 |
32.34 |
2010-04-05 |
| 94. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
32.31 |
1.0320 |
-0.1266 |
293 |
1 |
32.31 |
2010-03-06 |
| 95. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
32.25 |
0.8666 |
0.0037 |
150 |
1 |
32.25 |
2010-03-06 |
| 96. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
32.21 |
0.8890 |
-0.0272 |
199 |
1 |
32.21 |
2010-04-09 |
| 97. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
32.15 |
0.8096 |
0.0623 |
209 |
1 |
32.15 |
2010-03-06 |
| 98. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
32.06 |
0.8382 |
0.0241 |
268 |
1 |
32.06 |
2010-04-09 |
| 99. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
31.73 |
0.9907 |
-0.1398 |
211 |
1 |
31.73 |
2010-04-05 |
| 100. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
31.71 |
1.0154 |
-0.1138 |
351 |
1 |
31.71 |
2010-03-11 |
| 101. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
31.52 |
0.9724 |
-0.1226 |
237 |
1 |
31.52 |
2010-03-06 |
| 102. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
31.36 |
1.0365 |
-0.1648 |
162 |
1 |
31.36 |
2010-03-06 |
| 103. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
31.25 |
0.9964 |
-0.1572 |
203 |
1 |
31.25 |
2010-04-05 |
| 104. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
31.11 |
0.9468 |
-0.1113 |
276 |
1 |
31.11 |
2010-03-06 |
| 105. |
While you were sleeping, you tossed, you turned. You rolled ... |
30.96 |
0.8614 |
-0.0326 |
172 |
1 |
30.96 |
2010-03-06 |
| 106. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
30.05 |
1.0516 |
-0.2458 |
281 |
1 |
30.05 |
2010-04-09 |
| 107. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
29.66 |
0.9731 |
-0.1899 |
129 |
1 |
29.66 |
2010-03-06 |
| 108. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
29.51 |
0.9430 |
-0.1585 |
211 |
1 |
29.51 |
2010-03-06 |
| 109. |
As civilizations grew, humans spread out across the face of ... |
29.48 |
0.9418 |
-0.1449 |
188 |
1 |
29.48 |
2010-03-06 |
| 110. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
29.19 |
0.8628 |
-0.0828 |
196 |
1 |
29.19 |
2010-03-06 |
| 111. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
28.48 |
0.9941 |
-0.2328 |
217 |
1 |
28.48 |
2010-03-07 |
| 112. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
27.51 |
0.8562 |
-0.1187 |
170 |
1 |
27.51 |
2010-03-06 |
| 113. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
22.27 |
0.9756 |
-0.3826 |
229 |
1 |
22.27 |
2010-03-06 |