Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
59.56 |
1.0797 |
0.2131 |
210 |
3 |
52.40 |
2009-05-20 |
2. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
57.96 |
0.9266 |
0.3384 |
278 |
2 |
51.90 |
2009-05-22 |
3. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
57.58 |
1.0619 |
0.1965 |
354 |
1 |
57.58 |
2009-05-22 |
4. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
55.48 |
1.0788 |
0.1242 |
171 |
2 |
53.77 |
2009-06-16 |
5. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
55.35 |
1.0120 |
0.1929 |
290 |
3 |
50.18 |
2009-05-22 |
6. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
54.42 |
1.0829 |
0.1038 |
288 |
2 |
50.13 |
2009-05-19 |
7. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
54.39 |
1.0385 |
0.1443 |
230 |
1 |
54.39 |
2009-05-17 |
8. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
54.36 |
1.0034 |
0.1790 |
302 |
1 |
54.36 |
2009-05-21 |
9. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
54.14 |
1.0714 |
0.0988 |
129 |
2 |
52.87 |
2009-05-21 |
10. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
52.57 |
1.0555 |
0.0904 |
363 |
2 |
51.72 |
2009-05-22 |
11. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
52.55 |
0.9820 |
0.1649 |
267 |
5 |
49.00 |
2009-06-16 |
12. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
52.48 |
1.0487 |
0.0888 |
231 |
1 |
52.48 |
2009-05-16 |
13. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
52.10 |
1.0337 |
0.0999 |
214 |
1 |
52.10 |
2009-05-18 |
14. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
51.81 |
0.9729 |
0.1551 |
255 |
2 |
49.74 |
2009-05-17 |
15. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
51.45 |
0.9899 |
0.1253 |
163 |
2 |
48.51 |
2009-06-22 |
16. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
51.24 |
0.9966 |
0.1180 |
259 |
3 |
45.64 |
2009-05-22 |
17. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
51.19 |
0.9740 |
0.1360 |
209 |
1 |
51.19 |
2009-05-17 |
18. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
51.11 |
1.0444 |
0.0614 |
197 |
1 |
51.11 |
2009-06-07 |
19. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
51.08 |
0.9897 |
0.1197 |
274 |
3 |
44.03 |
2009-05-22 |
20. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
51.03 |
1.0441 |
0.0680 |
252 |
1 |
51.03 |
2009-06-16 |
21. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
50.93 |
1.0496 |
0.0581 |
314 |
2 |
48.78 |
2009-05-21 |
22. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
50.49 |
0.9991 |
0.1001 |
225 |
2 |
47.12 |
2009-05-19 |
23. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
50.35 |
1.0993 |
-0.0058 |
265 |
1 |
50.35 |
2009-05-15 |
24. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
50.07 |
1.0396 |
0.0427 |
149 |
1 |
50.07 |
2009-05-19 |
25. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
50.07 |
0.9795 |
0.1100 |
308 |
2 |
46.82 |
2009-05-22 |
26. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
50.03 |
0.9786 |
0.1095 |
235 |
1 |
50.03 |
2009-05-20 |
27. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
49.89 |
0.9572 |
0.1272 |
201 |
1 |
49.89 |
2009-05-17 |
28. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
49.85 |
0.9907 |
0.0923 |
211 |
3 |
46.83 |
2009-06-16 |
29. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
49.83 |
1.0389 |
0.0470 |
318 |
1 |
49.83 |
2009-05-15 |
30. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
49.73 |
1.0261 |
0.0540 |
273 |
2 |
48.23 |
2009-06-16 |
31. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
49.69 |
1.0429 |
0.0368 |
259 |
1 |
49.69 |
2009-05-19 |
32. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
49.68 |
1.0053 |
0.0736 |
232 |
2 |
47.35 |
2009-05-21 |
33. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
49.52 |
1.0523 |
0.0208 |
256 |
1 |
49.52 |
2009-05-18 |
34. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
49.23 |
0.9567 |
0.1141 |
273 |
2 |
49.23 |
2009-05-20 |
35. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
49.20 |
1.0529 |
0.0173 |
351 |
1 |
49.20 |
2009-05-16 |
36. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
49.13 |
1.0183 |
0.0449 |
191 |
3 |
43.88 |
2009-05-20 |
37. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
48.73 |
1.0498 |
0.0054 |
180 |
1 |
48.73 |
2009-05-17 |
38. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
48.52 |
0.9724 |
0.0865 |
237 |
1 |
48.52 |
2009-05-19 |
39. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
48.46 |
1.0203 |
0.0371 |
261 |
1 |
48.46 |
2009-05-25 |
40. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
48.34 |
1.0201 |
0.0245 |
172 |
1 |
48.34 |
2009-05-18 |
41. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
48.26 |
0.9780 |
0.0726 |
337 |
1 |
48.26 |
2009-05-21 |
42. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
48.24 |
0.9844 |
0.0696 |
293 |
2 |
45.74 |
2009-05-19 |
43. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
48.08 |
1.1114 |
-0.0684 |
247 |
1 |
48.08 |
2009-05-21 |
44. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
48.04 |
1.0477 |
-0.0005 |
360 |
1 |
48.04 |
2009-05-15 |
45. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
47.93 |
1.0214 |
0.0193 |
269 |
2 |
45.93 |
2009-06-16 |
46. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
47.82 |
1.1018 |
-0.0683 |
220 |
1 |
47.82 |
2009-06-07 |
47. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
47.81 |
1.0214 |
0.0129 |
166 |
1 |
47.81 |
2009-05-22 |
48. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
47.80 |
0.9578 |
0.0812 |
281 |
2 |
46.95 |
2009-05-19 |
49. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
47.69 |
1.0596 |
-0.0246 |
239 |
1 |
47.69 |
2009-05-19 |
50. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
47.55 |
0.9593 |
0.0794 |
398 |
2 |
44.99 |
2009-05-18 |
51. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
47.42 |
0.9464 |
0.0898 |
323 |
2 |
45.27 |
2009-05-22 |
52. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
47.40 |
0.9866 |
0.0404 |
218 |
1 |
47.40 |
2009-05-16 |
53. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
47.30 |
0.9852 |
0.0436 |
264 |
1 |
47.30 |
2009-05-21 |
54. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
47.23 |
1.0567 |
-0.0292 |
303 |
1 |
47.23 |
2009-05-18 |
55. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
47.12 |
1.0109 |
0.0144 |
276 |
3 |
42.42 |
2009-05-22 |
56. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
46.83 |
1.0252 |
-0.0136 |
176 |
1 |
46.83 |
2009-06-07 |
57. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
46.78 |
0.8975 |
0.1200 |
268 |
2 |
46.03 |
2009-05-19 |
58. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
46.77 |
1.0462 |
-0.0355 |
184 |
2 |
45.89 |
2009-05-20 |
59. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
46.71 |
0.9936 |
0.0216 |
311 |
2 |
43.65 |
2009-05-16 |
60. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
46.55 |
0.9691 |
0.0424 |
223 |
2 |
43.87 |
2009-06-07 |
61. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
46.54 |
0.9429 |
0.0702 |
287 |
2 |
44.15 |
2009-05-19 |
62. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
46.22 |
0.9286 |
0.0751 |
194 |
2 |
40.18 |
2009-05-21 |
63. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
46.04 |
1.0063 |
-0.0052 |
371 |
2 |
45.57 |
2009-05-22 |
64. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
45.99 |
0.8809 |
0.1165 |
127 |
1 |
45.99 |
2009-05-17 |
65. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
45.86 |
1.0711 |
-0.0794 |
213 |
1 |
45.86 |
2009-05-17 |
66. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
45.71 |
0.8811 |
0.1170 |
239 |
1 |
45.71 |
2009-05-20 |
67. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
45.40 |
0.9785 |
0.0114 |
335 |
1 |
45.40 |
2009-05-15 |
68. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
45.32 |
0.9684 |
0.0192 |
388 |
2 |
44.01 |
2009-05-21 |
69. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
45.20 |
1.0124 |
-0.0325 |
204 |
1 |
45.20 |
2009-05-15 |
70. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
44.90 |
1.0349 |
-0.0600 |
234 |
1 |
44.90 |
2009-05-20 |
71. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
44.88 |
0.9672 |
0.0145 |
396 |
1 |
44.88 |
2009-05-16 |
72. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
44.87 |
0.9411 |
0.0347 |
318 |
1 |
44.87 |
2009-05-18 |
73. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
44.79 |
0.9649 |
0.0072 |
193 |
1 |
44.79 |
2009-05-18 |
74. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
44.78 |
0.9045 |
0.0688 |
235 |
1 |
44.78 |
2009-06-22 |
75. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
44.77 |
1.0399 |
-0.0619 |
294 |
2 |
42.55 |
2009-05-17 |
76. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
44.77 |
0.8935 |
0.0890 |
328 |
2 |
44.77 |
2009-05-18 |
77. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
44.69 |
0.9084 |
0.0644 |
300 |
1 |
44.69 |
2009-05-19 |
78. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
44.69 |
0.8442 |
0.1308 |
265 |
1 |
44.69 |
2009-05-19 |
79. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
44.57 |
0.9843 |
-0.0209 |
234 |
2 |
42.82 |
2009-05-18 |
80. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
44.50 |
0.9699 |
-0.0037 |
269 |
1 |
44.50 |
2009-05-18 |
81. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
44.19 |
1.0445 |
-0.0836 |
373 |
1 |
44.19 |
2009-05-19 |
82. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
44.18 |
1.0131 |
-0.0572 |
225 |
1 |
44.18 |
2009-06-22 |
83. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
44.05 |
1.0331 |
-0.0784 |
234 |
1 |
44.05 |
2009-05-19 |
84. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
43.93 |
1.0463 |
-0.0966 |
182 |
1 |
43.93 |
2009-05-16 |
85. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
43.91 |
0.9769 |
-0.0251 |
263 |
1 |
43.91 |
2009-05-19 |
86. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
43.90 |
0.9805 |
-0.0223 |
292 |
1 |
43.90 |
2009-05-16 |
87. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
43.90 |
1.0023 |
-0.0506 |
211 |
1 |
43.90 |
2009-06-16 |
88. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
43.84 |
0.9128 |
0.0450 |
133 |
1 |
43.84 |
2009-05-16 |
89. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
43.80 |
0.9540 |
-0.0044 |
285 |
1 |
43.80 |
2009-05-22 |
90. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
43.67 |
0.9758 |
-0.0265 |
314 |
1 |
43.67 |
2009-05-19 |
91. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
43.44 |
0.8105 |
0.1287 |
204 |
2 |
38.19 |
2009-05-22 |
92. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
43.23 |
1.0885 |
-0.1463 |
315 |
1 |
43.23 |
2009-05-17 |
93. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
43.11 |
0.9884 |
-0.0530 |
233 |
1 |
43.11 |
2009-05-22 |
94. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
43.08 |
1.0666 |
-0.1309 |
297 |
1 |
43.08 |
2009-05-15 |
95. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
43.00 |
0.9266 |
0.0073 |
267 |
1 |
43.00 |
2009-06-07 |
96. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
42.90 |
0.9109 |
0.0233 |
401 |
1 |
42.90 |
2009-05-19 |
97. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
42.84 |
0.8628 |
0.0641 |
196 |
1 |
42.84 |
2009-05-17 |
98. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
42.82 |
0.9772 |
-0.0508 |
217 |
1 |
42.82 |
2009-05-19 |
99. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
42.80 |
0.9514 |
-0.0217 |
237 |
1 |
42.80 |
2009-05-19 |
100. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
42.74 |
0.9289 |
-0.0031 |
204 |
2 |
40.73 |
2009-05-21 |
101. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
42.58 |
0.8916 |
0.0333 |
216 |
1 |
42.58 |
2009-05-20 |
102. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
42.57 |
1.0213 |
-0.1002 |
240 |
1 |
42.57 |
2009-05-16 |
103. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
42.03 |
0.9202 |
-0.0084 |
254 |
2 |
41.69 |
2009-05-15 |
104. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
41.95 |
0.9597 |
-0.0449 |
347 |
1 |
41.95 |
2009-05-15 |
105. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
41.94 |
0.9768 |
-0.0637 |
387 |
1 |
41.94 |
2009-05-15 |
106. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
41.92 |
0.9756 |
-0.0669 |
229 |
1 |
41.92 |
2009-05-19 |
107. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
41.84 |
1.0138 |
-0.1059 |
231 |
2 |
41.23 |
2009-05-18 |
108. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
41.74 |
0.8602 |
0.0437 |
206 |
1 |
41.74 |
2009-05-19 |
109. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
41.60 |
0.8956 |
0.0120 |
322 |
1 |
41.60 |
2009-05-20 |
110. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
41.54 |
1.0125 |
-0.1131 |
224 |
1 |
41.54 |
2009-06-22 |
111. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
41.44 |
1.0168 |
-0.1159 |
271 |
1 |
41.44 |
2009-05-18 |
112. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
41.30 |
0.8096 |
0.0947 |
209 |
1 |
41.30 |
2009-05-17 |
113. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
41.29 |
0.9048 |
-0.0040 |
271 |
1 |
41.29 |
2009-05-16 |
114. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
41.22 |
0.8595 |
0.0369 |
242 |
1 |
41.22 |
2009-05-18 |
115. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
41.22 |
0.9500 |
-0.0532 |
362 |
1 |
41.22 |
2009-05-16 |
116. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
41.05 |
0.9894 |
-0.0941 |
323 |
1 |
41.05 |
2009-05-18 |
117. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
40.99 |
1.0251 |
-0.1377 |
261 |
1 |
40.99 |
2009-05-17 |
118. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
40.70 |
1.0696 |
-0.1899 |
226 |
1 |
40.70 |
2009-05-16 |
119. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
40.60 |
0.8353 |
0.0532 |
283 |
1 |
40.60 |
2009-05-19 |
120. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
40.30 |
0.8941 |
-0.0177 |
216 |
1 |
40.30 |
2009-06-07 |
121. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
40.15 |
0.8878 |
-0.0169 |
346 |
2 |
38.57 |
2009-05-21 |
122. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
40.01 |
0.9986 |
-0.1300 |
283 |
1 |
40.01 |
2009-05-16 |
123. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
39.75 |
1.0025 |
-0.1403 |
256 |
1 |
39.75 |
2009-05-17 |
124. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
38.89 |
0.8533 |
-0.0089 |
232 |
1 |
38.89 |
2009-05-15 |
125. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
38.67 |
0.9275 |
-0.0923 |
211 |
1 |
38.67 |
2009-06-16 |
126. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
38.18 |
0.9941 |
-0.1688 |
217 |
1 |
38.18 |
2009-05-18 |
127. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
37.83 |
0.9811 |
-0.1584 |
272 |
1 |
37.83 |
2009-05-19 |
128. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
37.80 |
0.9005 |
-0.0827 |
212 |
1 |
37.80 |
2009-05-21 |
129. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
37.31 |
0.9527 |
-0.1443 |
251 |
1 |
37.31 |
2009-05-16 |
130. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
37.17 |
0.9212 |
-0.1124 |
323 |
1 |
37.17 |
2009-05-16 |
131. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
36.95 |
1.0521 |
-0.2563 |
171 |
1 |
36.95 |
2009-05-15 |
132. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
36.56 |
0.8573 |
-0.0617 |
270 |
1 |
36.56 |
2009-05-18 |
133. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
36.47 |
0.7876 |
0.0050 |
316 |
1 |
36.47 |
2009-05-21 |
134. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
36.08 |
0.8996 |
-0.1236 |
192 |
1 |
36.08 |
2009-05-19 |
135. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
35.91 |
0.8722 |
-0.0916 |
285 |
1 |
35.91 |
2009-05-16 |
136. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
35.52 |
0.9485 |
-0.1777 |
236 |
1 |
35.52 |
2009-05-16 |
137. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
33.64 |
0.8852 |
-0.1554 |
201 |
1 |
33.64 |
2009-05-19 |
138. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
31.94 |
0.8890 |
-0.2023 |
199 |
1 |
31.94 |
2009-05-15 |
139. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
28.01 |
0.9682 |
-0.3663 |
143 |
1 |
28.01 |
2009-05-19 |