| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
62.11 |
1.0714 |
0.2800 |
129 |
1 |
62.11 |
2008-10-10 |
| 2. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
61.53 |
1.1018 |
0.2392 |
220 |
1 |
61.53 |
2008-10-11 |
| 3. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
60.28 |
0.9897 |
0.3278 |
274 |
3 |
50.75 |
2008-10-11 |
| 4. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
59.67 |
1.0417 |
0.2621 |
253 |
1 |
59.67 |
2008-10-08 |
| 5. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
56.94 |
1.0349 |
0.2104 |
234 |
1 |
56.94 |
2008-10-08 |
| 6. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
56.72 |
1.0168 |
0.2257 |
271 |
2 |
51.20 |
2008-10-10 |
| 7. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
55.57 |
1.0201 |
0.1960 |
303 |
1 |
55.57 |
2008-10-09 |
| 8. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
55.29 |
1.0109 |
0.1994 |
276 |
2 |
52.91 |
2008-10-11 |
| 9. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
55.29 |
1.0138 |
0.1953 |
231 |
2 |
51.73 |
2008-10-11 |
| 10. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
55.22 |
0.9567 |
0.2510 |
273 |
1 |
55.22 |
2008-10-11 |
| 11. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
54.69 |
0.9572 |
0.2379 |
201 |
1 |
54.69 |
2008-10-07 |
| 12. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
54.26 |
0.9636 |
0.2230 |
254 |
1 |
54.26 |
2008-10-09 |
| 13. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
53.65 |
1.0013 |
0.1710 |
273 |
2 |
49.96 |
2008-10-11 |
| 14. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
53.42 |
1.0483 |
0.1168 |
227 |
2 |
49.26 |
2008-10-11 |
| 15. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
53.28 |
1.0334 |
0.1251 |
131 |
1 |
53.28 |
2008-10-10 |
| 16. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
52.60 |
1.0095 |
0.1394 |
316 |
1 |
52.60 |
2008-10-11 |
| 17. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
52.48 |
0.9966 |
0.1502 |
259 |
1 |
52.48 |
2008-10-09 |
| 18. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
52.38 |
0.9986 |
0.1471 |
283 |
1 |
52.38 |
2008-10-07 |
| 19. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
52.19 |
1.0799 |
0.0573 |
243 |
1 |
52.19 |
2008-10-09 |
| 20. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
51.96 |
1.0516 |
0.0839 |
281 |
2 |
45.98 |
2008-10-10 |
| 21. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
51.93 |
0.9691 |
0.1656 |
223 |
2 |
49.56 |
2008-10-10 |
| 22. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
51.85 |
1.0787 |
0.0534 |
237 |
1 |
51.85 |
2008-10-11 |
| 23. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
51.82 |
0.9740 |
0.1547 |
209 |
1 |
51.82 |
2008-10-11 |
| 24. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
51.69 |
1.0297 |
0.0990 |
249 |
1 |
51.69 |
2008-10-11 |
| 25. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
51.30 |
0.9202 |
0.2004 |
254 |
1 |
51.30 |
2008-10-10 |
| 26. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
51.22 |
1.0619 |
0.0612 |
354 |
1 |
51.22 |
2008-10-11 |
| 27. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
50.69 |
1.0496 |
0.0575 |
314 |
1 |
50.69 |
2008-10-08 |
| 28. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
50.59 |
1.0337 |
0.0713 |
214 |
1 |
50.59 |
2008-10-10 |
| 29. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
50.42 |
1.0567 |
0.0457 |
303 |
1 |
50.42 |
2008-10-10 |
| 30. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
50.42 |
1.0352 |
0.0692 |
341 |
1 |
50.42 |
2008-10-11 |
| 31. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
50.08 |
0.9212 |
0.1764 |
323 |
2 |
48.53 |
2008-10-11 |
| 32. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
49.91 |
1.0340 |
0.0617 |
406 |
1 |
49.91 |
2008-10-09 |
| 33. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
49.84 |
0.9820 |
0.1098 |
267 |
1 |
49.84 |
2008-10-11 |
| 34. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
49.54 |
1.0462 |
0.0301 |
184 |
1 |
49.54 |
2008-10-07 |
| 35. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
49.23 |
0.9266 |
0.1490 |
267 |
1 |
49.23 |
2008-10-09 |
| 36. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
48.73 |
0.9266 |
0.1396 |
278 |
1 |
48.73 |
2008-10-09 |
| 37. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
48.29 |
0.8935 |
0.1709 |
328 |
1 |
48.29 |
2008-10-11 |
| 38. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
48.25 |
0.9964 |
0.0575 |
203 |
2 |
46.88 |
2008-10-11 |
| 39. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
48.12 |
1.0053 |
0.0437 |
232 |
1 |
48.12 |
2008-10-08 |
| 40. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
48.00 |
0.9884 |
0.0642 |
262 |
1 |
48.00 |
2008-10-07 |
| 41. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
47.91 |
1.0025 |
0.0437 |
256 |
2 |
44.19 |
2008-10-11 |
| 42. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
47.57 |
0.9649 |
0.0728 |
193 |
1 |
47.57 |
2008-10-07 |
| 43. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
47.38 |
1.0289 |
0.0101 |
276 |
1 |
47.38 |
2008-10-11 |
| 44. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
47.28 |
1.0429 |
-0.0119 |
259 |
1 |
47.28 |
2008-10-11 |
| 45. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
47.24 |
0.9907 |
0.0392 |
211 |
1 |
47.24 |
2008-10-09 |
| 46. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
47.11 |
1.0004 |
0.0221 |
212 |
1 |
47.11 |
2008-10-07 |
| 47. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
46.83 |
0.9540 |
0.0666 |
285 |
1 |
46.83 |
2008-10-09 |
| 48. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
46.80 |
1.0201 |
0.0057 |
375 |
1 |
46.80 |
2008-10-09 |
| 49. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
46.45 |
0.9084 |
0.1074 |
300 |
1 |
46.45 |
2008-10-11 |
| 50. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
46.36 |
0.9109 |
0.1037 |
401 |
1 |
46.36 |
2008-10-09 |
| 51. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
46.33 |
0.9281 |
0.0884 |
273 |
1 |
46.33 |
2008-10-11 |
| 52. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
46.22 |
1.0666 |
-0.0575 |
297 |
2 |
41.54 |
2008-10-07 |
| 53. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
46.11 |
0.8105 |
0.1917 |
204 |
1 |
46.11 |
2008-10-11 |
| 54. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
46.03 |
0.9768 |
0.0306 |
387 |
1 |
46.03 |
2008-10-11 |
| 55. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
45.93 |
0.9893 |
0.0133 |
323 |
1 |
45.93 |
2008-10-08 |
| 56. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
45.29 |
1.0214 |
-0.0347 |
269 |
1 |
45.29 |
2008-10-08 |
| 57. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
45.16 |
0.9612 |
0.0243 |
256 |
1 |
45.16 |
2008-10-11 |
| 58. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
44.94 |
0.8941 |
0.0886 |
216 |
3 |
42.37 |
2008-10-11 |
| 59. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
44.86 |
0.9429 |
0.0373 |
287 |
2 |
40.43 |
2008-10-11 |
| 60. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
44.82 |
0.8709 |
0.1150 |
202 |
1 |
44.82 |
2008-10-07 |
| 61. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
44.42 |
0.8958 |
0.0780 |
322 |
2 |
41.28 |
2008-10-08 |
| 62. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
44.39 |
0.9941 |
-0.0280 |
217 |
1 |
44.39 |
2008-10-09 |
| 63. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
44.27 |
0.9946 |
-0.0290 |
246 |
1 |
44.27 |
2008-10-07 |
| 64. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
44.24 |
0.9865 |
-0.0202 |
276 |
1 |
44.24 |
2008-10-07 |
| 65. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
44.11 |
0.9072 |
0.0534 |
237 |
1 |
44.11 |
2008-10-09 |
| 66. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
43.89 |
0.8353 |
0.1296 |
283 |
3 |
36.35 |
2008-10-11 |
| 67. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
43.86 |
0.9619 |
0.0001 |
393 |
1 |
43.86 |
2008-10-09 |
| 68. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
43.44 |
0.9365 |
0.0124 |
248 |
1 |
43.44 |
2008-10-08 |
| 69. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
42.74 |
0.9316 |
0.0064 |
287 |
1 |
42.74 |
2008-10-07 |
| 70. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
42.56 |
0.9646 |
-0.0375 |
264 |
1 |
42.56 |
2008-10-08 |
| 71. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
42.44 |
0.9168 |
0.0099 |
240 |
1 |
42.44 |
2008-10-11 |
| 72. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
42.40 |
0.9805 |
-0.0514 |
292 |
1 |
42.40 |
2008-10-08 |
| 73. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
42.26 |
0.8961 |
0.0219 |
189 |
1 |
42.26 |
2008-10-10 |
| 74. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
42.22 |
1.0261 |
-0.1075 |
273 |
1 |
42.22 |
2008-10-09 |
| 75. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
41.94 |
0.8811 |
0.0378 |
239 |
1 |
41.94 |
2008-10-07 |
| 76. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
41.05 |
0.9863 |
-0.0872 |
339 |
1 |
41.05 |
2008-10-07 |
| 77. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
40.93 |
0.9213 |
-0.0288 |
295 |
2 |
40.01 |
2008-10-09 |
| 78. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
40.92 |
0.8770 |
0.0180 |
300 |
1 |
40.92 |
2008-10-10 |
| 79. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
40.84 |
0.9532 |
-0.0645 |
258 |
1 |
40.84 |
2008-10-10 |
| 80. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
40.71 |
0.9307 |
-0.0356 |
246 |
1 |
40.71 |
2008-10-07 |
| 81. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
40.55 |
0.8077 |
0.0740 |
167 |
1 |
40.55 |
2008-10-07 |
| 82. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
40.34 |
0.8810 |
-0.0012 |
282 |
1 |
40.34 |
2008-10-09 |
| 83. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
40.33 |
1.0203 |
-0.1382 |
261 |
1 |
40.33 |
2008-10-11 |
| 84. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
40.17 |
0.9275 |
-0.0556 |
211 |
1 |
40.17 |
2008-10-07 |
| 85. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
39.96 |
1.0165 |
-0.1420 |
392 |
1 |
39.96 |
2008-10-09 |
| 86. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
39.60 |
0.8947 |
-0.0272 |
366 |
2 |
39.60 |
2008-10-11 |
| 87. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
39.57 |
0.9756 |
-0.1150 |
229 |
1 |
39.57 |
2008-10-09 |
| 88. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
39.24 |
0.9795 |
-0.1249 |
308 |
1 |
39.24 |
2008-10-11 |
| 89. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
39.16 |
1.0016 |
-0.1533 |
218 |
1 |
39.16 |
2008-10-10 |
| 90. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
38.77 |
0.9614 |
-0.1142 |
292 |
1 |
38.77 |
2008-10-11 |
| 91. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
38.57 |
1.0060 |
-0.1709 |
171 |
1 |
38.57 |
2008-10-11 |
| 92. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
38.56 |
1.0398 |
-0.2107 |
110 |
1 |
38.56 |
2008-10-11 |
| 93. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
38.27 |
0.9468 |
-0.1141 |
276 |
1 |
38.27 |
2008-10-10 |
| 94. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
38.14 |
1.0390 |
-0.2125 |
205 |
1 |
38.14 |
2008-10-11 |
| 95. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
38.11 |
0.8826 |
-0.0515 |
296 |
1 |
38.11 |
2008-10-11 |
| 96. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
38.09 |
0.9068 |
-0.0746 |
269 |
1 |
38.09 |
2008-10-08 |
| 97. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
37.91 |
0.8096 |
0.0235 |
209 |
1 |
37.91 |
2008-10-07 |
| 98. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
37.21 |
1.0426 |
-0.2335 |
323 |
1 |
37.21 |
2008-10-07 |
| 99. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
36.81 |
0.9293 |
-0.1276 |
355 |
1 |
36.81 |
2008-10-09 |
| 100. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
36.16 |
0.8916 |
-0.1048 |
216 |
1 |
36.16 |
2008-10-10 |
| 101. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
35.89 |
0.8887 |
-0.0941 |
128 |
2 |
32.73 |
2008-10-08 |
| 102. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
35.80 |
1.0099 |
-0.2342 |
207 |
1 |
35.80 |
2008-10-07 |
| 103. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
35.00 |
0.9289 |
-0.1703 |
204 |
1 |
35.00 |
2008-10-07 |
| 104. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
34.55 |
0.8975 |
-0.1461 |
268 |
1 |
34.55 |
2008-10-11 |
| 105. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
34.55 |
0.9430 |
-0.1994 |
211 |
1 |
34.55 |
2008-10-07 |
| 106. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
34.35 |
1.0183 |
-0.2774 |
191 |
1 |
34.35 |
2008-10-07 |
| 107. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
34.14 |
1.0711 |
-0.3343 |
213 |
2 |
33.38 |
2008-10-07 |
| 108. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
32.91 |
0.9857 |
-0.2720 |
293 |
1 |
32.91 |
2008-10-09 |
| 109. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
31.87 |
0.9772 |
-0.2890 |
217 |
1 |
31.87 |
2008-10-10 |
| 110. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
30.95 |
0.8809 |
-0.2117 |
127 |
1 |
30.95 |
2008-10-07 |
| 111. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
30.67 |
1.0523 |
-0.3914 |
256 |
1 |
30.67 |
2008-10-11 |
| 112. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
28.03 |
0.8382 |
-0.2309 |
268 |
1 |
28.03 |
2008-10-07 |