| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
119.91 |
0.9897 |
0.5045 |
274 |
1 |
119.91 |
2009-12-19 |
| 2. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
118.82 |
1.0251 |
0.4555 |
261 |
2 |
92.44 |
2009-12-21 |
| 3. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
117.26 |
0.9769 |
0.4842 |
263 |
2 |
92.99 |
2009-12-21 |
| 4. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
116.26 |
0.8947 |
0.5608 |
366 |
1 |
116.26 |
2009-12-21 |
| 5. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
115.38 |
1.0361 |
0.4044 |
269 |
1 |
115.38 |
2009-12-21 |
| 6. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
114.04 |
1.0316 |
0.3948 |
333 |
1 |
114.04 |
2009-12-21 |
| 7. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
111.17 |
1.0025 |
0.3849 |
336 |
1 |
111.17 |
2009-12-21 |
| 8. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
109.74 |
0.9461 |
0.4222 |
276 |
1 |
109.74 |
2009-12-21 |
| 9. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
108.54 |
1.0577 |
0.2922 |
247 |
1 |
108.54 |
2009-12-21 |
| 10. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
105.19 |
1.0795 |
0.2622 |
226 |
1 |
105.19 |
2009-12-19 |
| 11. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
104.09 |
1.0254 |
0.3128 |
217 |
3 |
77.24 |
2009-12-19 |
| 12. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
102.00 |
0.9785 |
0.2958 |
335 |
1 |
102.00 |
2009-12-19 |
| 13. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
101.36 |
0.9064 |
0.3658 |
399 |
1 |
101.36 |
2009-12-21 |
| 14. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
101.13 |
0.9907 |
0.2678 |
211 |
1 |
101.13 |
2009-12-21 |
| 15. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
100.32 |
0.9865 |
0.2645 |
276 |
1 |
100.32 |
2009-12-21 |
| 16. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
97.34 |
1.0320 |
0.2177 |
293 |
1 |
97.34 |
2009-12-21 |
| 17. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
97.29 |
0.9275 |
0.2810 |
211 |
1 |
97.29 |
2009-12-21 |
| 18. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
97.22 |
0.9622 |
0.2551 |
392 |
2 |
83.06 |
2009-12-21 |
| 19. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
96.38 |
1.0714 |
0.1200 |
129 |
2 |
92.59 |
2009-12-19 |
| 20. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
96.02 |
0.8722 |
0.3265 |
285 |
1 |
96.02 |
2009-12-19 |
| 21. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
95.77 |
0.9213 |
0.2719 |
295 |
1 |
95.77 |
2009-12-21 |
| 22. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
95.19 |
1.0796 |
0.1010 |
129 |
1 |
95.19 |
2009-12-19 |
| 23. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
95.13 |
0.9893 |
0.1954 |
323 |
1 |
95.13 |
2009-12-19 |
| 24. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
91.27 |
0.8544 |
0.2820 |
170 |
1 |
91.27 |
2009-12-09 |
| 25. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
90.26 |
1.1162 |
0.0481 |
189 |
2 |
85.42 |
2010-01-13 |
| 26. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
90.15 |
1.0314 |
0.1297 |
452 |
1 |
90.15 |
2009-12-19 |
| 27. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
89.28 |
0.9226 |
0.1922 |
177 |
1 |
89.28 |
2010-01-13 |
| 28. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
88.85 |
1.0331 |
0.0702 |
234 |
1 |
88.85 |
2009-12-21 |
| 29. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
88.60 |
1.0487 |
0.0487 |
231 |
1 |
88.60 |
2009-12-21 |
| 30. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
88.58 |
0.8551 |
0.2459 |
171 |
1 |
88.58 |
2009-12-09 |
| 31. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
88.53 |
0.9723 |
0.1329 |
364 |
2 |
75.75 |
2009-12-19 |
| 32. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
88.22 |
0.9986 |
0.0996 |
283 |
1 |
88.22 |
2009-12-21 |
| 33. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
86.77 |
1.0124 |
0.0646 |
204 |
1 |
86.77 |
2009-12-21 |
| 34. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
86.58 |
0.9398 |
0.1465 |
419 |
1 |
86.58 |
2009-12-21 |
| 35. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
84.98 |
0.9922 |
0.1057 |
341 |
1 |
84.98 |
2009-12-21 |
| 36. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
83.09 |
1.1016 |
-0.0685 |
233 |
1 |
83.09 |
2009-12-21 |
| 37. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
81.94 |
1.0270 |
0.0276 |
255 |
1 |
81.94 |
2009-12-19 |
| 38. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
81.94 |
0.9593 |
0.0640 |
398 |
1 |
81.94 |
2009-12-18 |
| 39. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
80.40 |
1.0205 |
-0.0278 |
179 |
1 |
80.40 |
2009-12-02 |
| 40. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
80.32 |
0.9731 |
0.0126 |
129 |
1 |
80.32 |
2009-12-19 |
| 41. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
80.28 |
1.0788 |
-0.0867 |
171 |
1 |
80.28 |
2009-12-09 |
| 42. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
79.80 |
1.0711 |
-0.0846 |
213 |
1 |
79.80 |
2009-12-19 |
| 43. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
78.70 |
1.0613 |
-0.0826 |
266 |
1 |
78.70 |
2009-12-21 |
| 44. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
76.83 |
0.9820 |
-0.0276 |
274 |
1 |
76.83 |
2009-12-18 |
| 45. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
74.73 |
1.0391 |
-0.1052 |
358 |
2 |
71.68 |
2009-12-21 |
| 46. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
74.52 |
0.9726 |
-0.0538 |
154 |
1 |
74.52 |
2009-12-09 |
| 47. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
72.91 |
1.0485 |
-0.1089 |
153 |
2 |
61.86 |
2009-12-21 |
| 48. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
72.69 |
1.0016 |
-0.1041 |
218 |
1 |
72.69 |
2009-12-03 |
| 49. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
72.07 |
0.9665 |
-0.0229 |
326 |
1 |
72.07 |
2009-12-09 |
| 50. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
71.52 |
1.0109 |
-0.0906 |
400 |
1 |
71.52 |
2009-12-09 |
| 51. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
71.45 |
1.0419 |
-0.1554 |
261 |
1 |
71.45 |
2009-12-09 |
| 52. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
70.76 |
0.9340 |
-0.0564 |
296 |
1 |
70.76 |
2010-01-13 |
| 53. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
70.57 |
0.8914 |
-0.0152 |
366 |
1 |
70.57 |
2009-12-18 |
| 54. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
70.04 |
0.9239 |
-0.0485 |
193 |
1 |
70.04 |
2009-12-16 |
| 55. |
Jay earned himself a promotion to lieutenant on the strength... |
69.42 |
0.8122 |
0.0512 |
181 |
1 |
69.42 |
2009-12-16 |
| 56. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
69.23 |
1.0004 |
-0.1479 |
212 |
1 |
69.23 |
2009-12-02 |
| 57. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
69.08 |
0.7981 |
0.0562 |
126 |
1 |
69.08 |
2009-12-16 |
| 58. |
Through intensive training and psychological manipulation, a... |
68.72 |
0.8073 |
0.0463 |
173 |
1 |
68.72 |
2009-12-09 |
| 59. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
68.18 |
1.0214 |
-0.1777 |
269 |
1 |
68.18 |
2009-12-09 |
| 60. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
68.00 |
1.0109 |
-0.1670 |
276 |
1 |
68.00 |
2009-12-02 |
| 61. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
67.61 |
1.0154 |
-0.1274 |
351 |
1 |
67.61 |
2009-12-03 |
| 62. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
67.38 |
0.9754 |
-0.1340 |
362 |
1 |
67.38 |
2009-12-21 |
| 63. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
67.28 |
1.0797 |
-0.2513 |
210 |
1 |
67.28 |
2009-12-02 |
| 64. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
66.79 |
1.0516 |
-0.2241 |
281 |
1 |
66.79 |
2009-12-18 |
| 65. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
66.71 |
0.8595 |
-0.0309 |
242 |
1 |
66.71 |
2009-12-02 |
| 66. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
66.69 |
1.0483 |
-0.2247 |
227 |
1 |
66.69 |
2009-12-03 |
| 67. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
65.67 |
1.0506 |
-0.2080 |
277 |
2 |
64.33 |
2009-12-02 |
| 68. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
64.88 |
1.0060 |
-0.2069 |
171 |
1 |
64.88 |
2009-12-02 |
| 69. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
64.76 |
1.0454 |
-0.2468 |
255 |
1 |
64.76 |
2009-12-03 |
| 70. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
64.18 |
1.0365 |
-0.2116 |
162 |
1 |
64.18 |
2009-12-21 |
| 71. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
63.62 |
0.9430 |
-0.1623 |
211 |
1 |
63.62 |
2009-12-02 |
| 72. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
63.18 |
0.9202 |
-0.1385 |
254 |
1 |
63.18 |
2009-12-03 |
| 73. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
62.04 |
1.0025 |
-0.2345 |
256 |
1 |
62.04 |
2009-12-02 |
| 74. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
61.69 |
0.7690 |
-0.0037 |
142 |
1 |
61.69 |
2009-12-09 |
| 75. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
61.45 |
1.0596 |
-0.3011 |
239 |
1 |
61.45 |
2009-12-02 |
| 76. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
60.47 |
0.9049 |
-0.1512 |
351 |
1 |
60.47 |
2009-12-18 |
| 77. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
59.82 |
0.9965 |
-0.2558 |
277 |
1 |
59.82 |
2009-12-02 |
| 78. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
59.68 |
0.9632 |
-0.2184 |
392 |
1 |
59.68 |
2009-12-02 |
| 79. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
59.26 |
0.8105 |
-0.0817 |
204 |
1 |
59.26 |
2009-12-21 |
| 80. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
59.10 |
0.9866 |
-0.2592 |
218 |
1 |
59.10 |
2009-12-09 |
| 81. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
58.74 |
1.0197 |
-0.2961 |
226 |
2 |
58.44 |
2009-12-16 |
| 82. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
58.43 |
1.0131 |
-0.2944 |
225 |
1 |
58.43 |
2010-01-13 |
| 83. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
58.41 |
0.9088 |
-0.1812 |
348 |
1 |
58.41 |
2009-12-02 |
| 84. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
58.26 |
1.0396 |
-0.3263 |
149 |
1 |
58.26 |
2009-12-03 |
| 85. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
56.89 |
0.9567 |
-0.2113 |
184 |
1 |
56.89 |
2010-01-13 |
| 86. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
56.16 |
1.0669 |
-0.3406 |
286 |
1 |
56.16 |
2009-12-02 |
| 87. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
56.10 |
1.0740 |
-0.3424 |
264 |
1 |
56.10 |
2009-12-03 |
| 88. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
53.97 |
0.8899 |
-0.2123 |
293 |
1 |
53.97 |
2009-12-16 |
| 89. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
51.30 |
0.9833 |
-0.3488 |
355 |
1 |
51.30 |
2009-12-02 |
| 90. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
34.32 |
0.9529 |
-0.4932 |
269 |
1 |
34.32 |
2010-01-13 |