| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
And in the dream I knew that he was goin' on ahead and that ... |
47.63 |
0.9598 |
0.5880 |
220 |
1 |
47.63 |
2012-10-12 |
| 2. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
43.20 |
0.9965 |
0.3949 |
168 |
2 |
37.62 |
2012-10-05 |
| 3. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
42.88 |
1.0567 |
0.3298 |
303 |
1 |
42.88 |
2012-10-05 |
| 4. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
41.57 |
0.8899 |
0.4637 |
293 |
2 |
39.10 |
2012-10-01 |
| 5. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
41.22 |
0.9303 |
0.3942 |
176 |
2 |
32.55 |
2012-10-05 |
| 6. |
His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly... |
41.12 |
1.0314 |
0.2934 |
172 |
2 |
40.86 |
2012-10-05 |
| 7. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
41.05 |
0.9798 |
0.3405 |
199 |
1 |
41.05 |
2012-09-26 |
| 8. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
41.00 |
1.0343 |
0.3271 |
242 |
1 |
41.00 |
2012-10-01 |
| 9. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
40.12 |
0.7938 |
0.5027 |
176 |
1 |
40.12 |
2012-10-09 |
| 10. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
39.99 |
0.9899 |
0.2966 |
163 |
1 |
39.99 |
2012-10-16 |
| 11. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
39.89 |
1.0669 |
0.2534 |
286 |
1 |
39.89 |
2012-10-12 |
| 12. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
39.76 |
0.9068 |
0.3799 |
269 |
1 |
39.76 |
2012-10-12 |
| 13. |
The hectic speed, and the brevity of the lines in the thread... |
39.41 |
0.9131 |
0.3546 |
144 |
1 |
39.41 |
2012-09-18 |
| 14. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
39.33 |
0.9263 |
0.3470 |
188 |
1 |
39.33 |
2012-10-05 |
| 15. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
39.07 |
1.0063 |
0.2553 |
371 |
1 |
39.07 |
2012-09-23 |
| 16. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
38.47 |
0.8793 |
0.3636 |
157 |
3 |
28.58 |
2012-10-12 |
| 17. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
38.23 |
0.9857 |
0.2471 |
293 |
1 |
38.23 |
2012-10-05 |
| 18. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
38.06 |
0.8933 |
0.3415 |
363 |
1 |
38.06 |
2012-10-05 |
| 19. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
38.02 |
1.0320 |
0.2323 |
293 |
1 |
38.02 |
2012-10-12 |
| 20. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
37.78 |
0.9019 |
0.3230 |
204 |
1 |
37.78 |
2012-09-21 |
| 21. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
37.75 |
0.9786 |
0.2345 |
193 |
2 |
29.71 |
2012-09-26 |
| 22. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
37.65 |
0.9633 |
0.2540 |
304 |
1 |
37.65 |
2012-10-12 |
| 23. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
37.59 |
0.8348 |
0.3846 |
219 |
1 |
37.59 |
2012-10-05 |
| 24. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
37.52 |
0.8442 |
0.3706 |
265 |
2 |
32.70 |
2012-10-09 |
| 25. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
37.38 |
0.8867 |
0.3268 |
163 |
2 |
33.23 |
2012-09-17 |
| 26. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
36.98 |
0.9350 |
0.2588 |
195 |
1 |
36.98 |
2012-10-05 |
| 27. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
36.76 |
0.8826 |
0.3050 |
296 |
1 |
36.76 |
2012-09-26 |
| 28. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
36.31 |
0.9912 |
0.2070 |
237 |
1 |
36.31 |
2012-10-12 |
| 29. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
36.07 |
1.0515 |
0.1040 |
166 |
2 |
31.10 |
2012-09-15 |
| 30. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
35.91 |
0.9726 |
0.1787 |
154 |
1 |
35.91 |
2012-10-01 |
| 31. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
35.87 |
0.8533 |
0.3048 |
232 |
2 |
32.94 |
2012-09-26 |
| 32. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
35.66 |
1.0138 |
0.1358 |
231 |
1 |
35.66 |
2012-10-05 |
| 33. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
35.59 |
0.8918 |
0.2546 |
100 |
1 |
35.59 |
2012-09-18 |
| 34. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
35.28 |
1.0284 |
0.1525 |
282 |
1 |
35.28 |
2012-10-16 |
| 35. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
35.09 |
0.9513 |
0.1840 |
354 |
1 |
35.09 |
2012-10-05 |
| 36. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
34.93 |
0.9430 |
0.1855 |
297 |
2 |
31.52 |
2012-09-23 |
| 37. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
34.88 |
0.9316 |
0.1993 |
287 |
1 |
34.88 |
2012-09-18 |
| 38. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
34.69 |
0.8629 |
0.2598 |
299 |
1 |
34.69 |
2012-09-23 |
| 39. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
34.27 |
0.9576 |
0.1513 |
212 |
1 |
34.27 |
2012-09-20 |
| 40. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
33.87 |
0.9266 |
0.1669 |
278 |
1 |
33.87 |
2012-09-23 |
| 41. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
33.83 |
0.7877 |
0.3074 |
142 |
1 |
33.83 |
2012-09-18 |
| 42. |
I'll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. They ... |
33.79 |
0.9774 |
0.1106 |
196 |
1 |
33.79 |
2012-10-05 |
| 43. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
33.71 |
0.9871 |
0.1219 |
227 |
1 |
33.71 |
2012-09-21 |
| 44. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
33.57 |
1.0205 |
0.0547 |
179 |
1 |
33.57 |
2012-09-17 |
| 45. |
As civilizations grew, humans spread out across the face of ... |
33.52 |
0.9418 |
0.1445 |
188 |
2 |
28.14 |
2012-09-18 |
| 46. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
33.51 |
0.9047 |
0.1682 |
118 |
2 |
30.85 |
2012-09-20 |
| 47. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
33.44 |
0.9028 |
0.1759 |
155 |
2 |
28.63 |
2012-09-18 |
| 48. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
33.43 |
0.8777 |
0.2018 |
177 |
2 |
31.49 |
2012-09-23 |
| 49. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
33.00 |
1.1215 |
-0.0343 |
200 |
1 |
33.00 |
2012-09-17 |
| 50. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
32.24 |
0.8500 |
0.1945 |
145 |
2 |
25.37 |
2012-09-18 |
| 51. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
31.64 |
0.9863 |
0.0369 |
339 |
1 |
31.64 |
2012-09-18 |
| 52. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
31.60 |
1.0154 |
0.0520 |
351 |
1 |
31.60 |
2012-09-23 |
| 53. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
31.59 |
0.8811 |
0.1407 |
239 |
1 |
31.59 |
2012-09-22 |
| 54. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
31.57 |
0.8700 |
0.1469 |
127 |
1 |
31.57 |
2012-09-14 |
| 55. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
31.50 |
0.8788 |
0.1329 |
134 |
2 |
25.41 |
2012-09-17 |
| 56. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
31.41 |
0.9871 |
0.0606 |
209 |
1 |
31.41 |
2012-09-20 |
| 57. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
30.93 |
0.8559 |
0.1410 |
191 |
1 |
30.93 |
2012-09-18 |
| 58. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
30.81 |
1.0462 |
-0.0601 |
184 |
1 |
30.81 |
2012-09-10 |
| 59. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
30.70 |
0.8430 |
0.1486 |
147 |
1 |
30.70 |
2012-09-14 |
| 60. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
30.65 |
0.9128 |
0.1154 |
369 |
1 |
30.65 |
2013-01-09 |
| 61. |
Being comfortable in the car is critical. If you're not comf... |
30.63 |
0.9911 |
-0.0087 |
212 |
1 |
30.63 |
2012-09-24 |
| 62. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
30.40 |
0.7981 |
0.1790 |
126 |
1 |
30.40 |
2012-09-17 |
| 63. |
Thing is Butch, right now you got ability. But painful as it... |
30.34 |
0.8912 |
0.0875 |
186 |
1 |
30.34 |
2012-09-18 |
| 64. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
30.24 |
0.9164 |
0.0611 |
121 |
2 |
26.98 |
2012-09-14 |
| 65. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
30.08 |
0.8971 |
0.0761 |
266 |
1 |
30.08 |
2012-09-18 |
| 66. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
29.89 |
0.9691 |
-0.0078 |
223 |
1 |
29.89 |
2012-09-18 |
| 67. |
If the driver would only slow down, the car would actually g... |
29.82 |
0.8842 |
0.0715 |
135 |
1 |
29.82 |
2012-09-20 |
| 68. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
29.79 |
0.9213 |
0.0381 |
295 |
1 |
29.79 |
2012-09-18 |
| 69. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
29.68 |
0.9307 |
0.0322 |
246 |
2 |
29.13 |
2012-09-16 |
| 70. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
29.52 |
0.9084 |
0.0432 |
300 |
1 |
29.52 |
2012-09-18 |
| 71. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
29.37 |
1.0150 |
-0.0211 |
325 |
1 |
29.37 |
2012-09-17 |
| 72. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
29.10 |
0.8323 |
0.1034 |
145 |
1 |
29.10 |
2012-09-14 |
| 73. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
28.70 |
0.9706 |
-0.0434 |
216 |
1 |
28.70 |
2012-09-15 |
| 74. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
28.63 |
0.9763 |
-0.0562 |
289 |
1 |
28.63 |
2012-09-17 |
| 75. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
28.59 |
0.8672 |
0.0538 |
128 |
1 |
28.59 |
2012-09-17 |
| 76. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
28.51 |
1.0349 |
-0.1191 |
234 |
1 |
28.51 |
2012-09-15 |
| 77. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
28.43 |
1.0004 |
-0.0923 |
212 |
1 |
28.43 |
2012-09-18 |
| 78. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
28.43 |
1.0261 |
-0.1139 |
273 |
1 |
28.43 |
2012-09-17 |
| 79. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
28.34 |
0.8541 |
0.0657 |
260 |
2 |
28.20 |
2012-09-15 |
| 80. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
27.91 |
0.8916 |
0.0061 |
216 |
1 |
27.91 |
2013-01-09 |
| 81. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
27.87 |
1.0288 |
-0.1006 |
300 |
1 |
27.87 |
2012-09-18 |
| 82. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
27.56 |
0.8231 |
0.0662 |
180 |
1 |
27.56 |
2012-09-18 |
| 83. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
27.36 |
0.8154 |
0.0658 |
193 |
1 |
27.36 |
2012-09-14 |
| 84. |
There is a trick for learning to type faster. That trick is ... |
27.35 |
0.8661 |
0.0048 |
94 |
1 |
27.35 |
2012-09-11 |
| 85. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
27.18 |
0.9429 |
-0.0679 |
287 |
1 |
27.18 |
2012-09-17 |
| 86. |
Desktop publishing revolutionized the creation of printed do... |
27.05 |
0.8023 |
0.0727 |
182 |
1 |
27.05 |
2012-09-18 |
| 87. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
27.04 |
0.8739 |
-0.0066 |
136 |
1 |
27.04 |
2012-09-10 |
| 88. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
27.03 |
1.0388 |
-0.1385 |
243 |
1 |
27.03 |
2012-09-14 |
| 89. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
26.94 |
0.9578 |
-0.0922 |
281 |
1 |
26.94 |
2012-09-16 |
| 90. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
26.77 |
0.7839 |
0.0814 |
257 |
1 |
26.77 |
2012-09-17 |
| 91. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
26.66 |
0.9023 |
-0.0027 |
231 |
1 |
26.66 |
2012-09-18 |
| 92. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
26.64 |
0.8628 |
-0.0100 |
196 |
1 |
26.64 |
2012-09-12 |
| 93. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
26.34 |
0.7852 |
0.0671 |
149 |
1 |
26.34 |
2012-09-16 |
| 94. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
26.31 |
0.8553 |
-0.0151 |
174 |
1 |
26.31 |
2012-09-18 |
| 95. |
Through intensive training and psychological manipulation, a... |
25.97 |
0.8073 |
0.0285 |
173 |
1 |
25.97 |
2012-09-10 |
| 96. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
25.86 |
0.9772 |
-0.1501 |
217 |
1 |
25.86 |
2012-09-10 |
| 97. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
25.84 |
0.8096 |
0.0283 |
209 |
1 |
25.84 |
2012-09-18 |
| 98. |
By the early 1990s the first Internet language (HTTP) was wr... |
25.26 |
0.7104 |
0.1035 |
131 |
1 |
25.26 |
2012-09-11 |
| 99. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
25.21 |
1.0788 |
-0.2753 |
171 |
1 |
25.21 |
2012-09-08 |
| 100. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
25.08 |
0.9325 |
-0.1344 |
156 |
2 |
22.83 |
2012-09-08 |
| 101. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
24.81 |
0.9682 |
-0.1736 |
143 |
1 |
24.81 |
2012-09-14 |
| 102. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
24.42 |
0.8125 |
-0.0257 |
197 |
1 |
24.42 |
2012-09-08 |
| 103. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
23.99 |
1.0214 |
-0.2573 |
166 |
1 |
23.99 |
2012-09-08 |
| 104. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
23.78 |
0.8731 |
-0.1035 |
199 |
2 |
20.86 |
2012-09-12 |
| 105. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
23.74 |
0.8898 |
-0.1329 |
158 |
2 |
23.65 |
2012-09-10 |
| 106. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
23.72 |
0.8821 |
-0.1215 |
176 |
1 |
23.72 |
2012-09-12 |
| 107. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
23.71 |
1.0023 |
-0.2442 |
211 |
1 |
23.71 |
2012-09-11 |
| 108. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
23.65 |
0.8872 |
-0.1343 |
168 |
1 |
23.65 |
2012-09-08 |
| 109. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
23.27 |
0.8422 |
-0.0934 |
164 |
1 |
23.27 |
2012-09-14 |
| 110. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
23.20 |
0.8615 |
-0.1177 |
110 |
1 |
23.20 |
2012-09-10 |
| 111. |
In the capital of the Sunbelt South, the quiet revolution of... |
23.11 |
0.9098 |
-0.1730 |
167 |
1 |
23.11 |
2012-09-08 |
| 112. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
22.92 |
0.8791 |
-0.1454 |
190 |
1 |
22.92 |
2012-09-12 |
| 113. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
22.86 |
0.9820 |
-0.2495 |
274 |
1 |
22.86 |
2012-09-08 |
| 114. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
22.57 |
0.8715 |
-0.1510 |
130 |
1 |
22.57 |
2012-09-05 |
| 115. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
22.40 |
0.9711 |
-0.2550 |
176 |
1 |
22.40 |
2012-09-08 |
| 116. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
22.06 |
0.8660 |
-0.1591 |
193 |
1 |
22.06 |
2012-09-05 |
| 117. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
21.73 |
0.9187 |
-0.2331 |
118 |
1 |
21.73 |
2012-09-08 |
| 118. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
21.50 |
0.8519 |
-0.1597 |
150 |
1 |
21.50 |
2012-09-05 |
| 119. |
While you were sleeping, you tossed, you turned. You rolled ... |
20.65 |
0.8614 |
-0.2035 |
172 |
1 |
20.65 |
2012-09-04 |
| 120. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
20.32 |
0.8900 |
-0.2388 |
164 |
1 |
20.32 |
2012-09-05 |
| 121. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
20.28 |
1.0521 |
-0.4089 |
171 |
1 |
20.28 |
2012-09-08 |
| 122. |
This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immo... |
19.32 |
0.8244 |
-0.2052 |
73 |
1 |
19.32 |
2012-09-05 |
| 123. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
19.27 |
0.8725 |
-0.2549 |
163 |
1 |
19.27 |
2012-09-05 |
| 124. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
18.76 |
0.9731 |
-0.3868 |
129 |
1 |
18.76 |
2012-09-04 |
| 125. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
17.46 |
0.9559 |
-0.3971 |
195 |
1 |
17.46 |
2012-09-05 |
| 126. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
17.07 |
0.7850 |
-0.2446 |
154 |
1 |
17.07 |
2012-09-04 |