| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
42.34 |
1.0799 |
0.1777 |
243 |
1 |
42.34 |
2009-06-17 |
| 2. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
40.93 |
1.0337 |
0.1846 |
214 |
2 |
33.99 |
2009-06-18 |
| 3. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
40.41 |
1.0496 |
0.1529 |
314 |
1 |
40.41 |
2009-06-20 |
| 4. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
40.32 |
1.0596 |
0.1388 |
239 |
1 |
40.32 |
2009-06-17 |
| 5. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
40.01 |
1.0462 |
0.1389 |
184 |
2 |
34.28 |
2009-06-19 |
| 6. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
39.40 |
1.0349 |
0.1372 |
234 |
3 |
35.66 |
2009-06-19 |
| 7. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
39.17 |
0.8190 |
0.3539 |
135 |
1 |
39.17 |
2009-06-20 |
| 8. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
38.65 |
0.8892 |
0.2671 |
207 |
1 |
38.65 |
2009-06-18 |
| 9. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
38.65 |
1.0389 |
0.1131 |
318 |
1 |
38.65 |
2009-06-19 |
| 10. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
38.55 |
1.0396 |
0.1005 |
149 |
1 |
38.55 |
2009-06-17 |
| 11. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
38.51 |
0.9619 |
0.1894 |
393 |
1 |
38.51 |
2009-06-19 |
| 12. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
37.95 |
1.0829 |
0.0478 |
288 |
2 |
35.23 |
2009-06-20 |
| 13. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
37.86 |
0.8660 |
0.2609 |
193 |
1 |
37.86 |
2009-06-17 |
| 14. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
37.80 |
0.9893 |
0.1355 |
323 |
1 |
37.80 |
2009-06-19 |
| 15. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
37.57 |
0.9865 |
0.1324 |
276 |
1 |
37.57 |
2009-06-17 |
| 16. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
37.23 |
0.9776 |
0.1301 |
308 |
2 |
33.41 |
2009-06-18 |
| 17. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
37.15 |
1.0993 |
0.0037 |
265 |
2 |
34.92 |
2009-06-16 |
| 18. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
36.95 |
0.8899 |
0.2203 |
293 |
1 |
36.95 |
2009-06-17 |
| 19. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
36.82 |
0.8142 |
0.2754 |
187 |
1 |
36.82 |
2009-06-17 |
| 20. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
36.55 |
1.0390 |
0.0443 |
205 |
1 |
36.55 |
2009-06-17 |
| 21. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
36.53 |
0.9710 |
0.1090 |
173 |
2 |
32.37 |
2009-06-20 |
| 22. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
36.51 |
1.0463 |
0.0350 |
182 |
1 |
36.51 |
2009-06-20 |
| 23. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
36.46 |
1.0389 |
0.0479 |
340 |
1 |
36.46 |
2009-06-17 |
| 24. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
36.37 |
0.7259 |
0.3617 |
186 |
2 |
34.73 |
2009-06-18 |
| 25. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
36.12 |
0.9532 |
0.1196 |
258 |
2 |
32.94 |
2009-06-20 |
| 26. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
36.01 |
0.9266 |
0.1460 |
278 |
1 |
36.01 |
2009-06-20 |
| 27. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
35.96 |
1.0696 |
-0.0038 |
226 |
1 |
35.96 |
2009-06-18 |
| 28. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
35.76 |
0.9325 |
0.1241 |
156 |
1 |
35.76 |
2009-06-20 |
| 29. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
35.58 |
1.0099 |
0.0451 |
207 |
1 |
35.58 |
2009-06-16 |
| 30. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
35.55 |
0.8867 |
0.1762 |
163 |
2 |
32.78 |
2009-06-16 |
| 31. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
35.52 |
1.0788 |
-0.0283 |
171 |
1 |
35.52 |
2009-06-20 |
| 32. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
35.11 |
0.9309 |
0.1109 |
284 |
1 |
35.11 |
2009-06-20 |
| 33. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
34.75 |
0.9965 |
0.0316 |
168 |
1 |
34.75 |
2009-06-17 |
| 34. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
34.61 |
0.9684 |
0.0630 |
388 |
1 |
34.61 |
2009-06-19 |
| 35. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
34.50 |
0.9729 |
0.0527 |
255 |
1 |
34.50 |
2009-06-17 |
| 36. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
34.41 |
1.0445 |
-0.0209 |
373 |
1 |
34.41 |
2009-06-16 |
| 37. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
34.31 |
1.0426 |
-0.0236 |
323 |
1 |
34.31 |
2009-06-20 |
| 38. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
34.09 |
0.9278 |
0.0879 |
295 |
1 |
34.09 |
2009-06-18 |
| 39. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
34.07 |
1.0613 |
-0.0480 |
266 |
1 |
34.07 |
2009-06-19 |
| 40. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
34.00 |
0.8070 |
0.2002 |
167 |
1 |
34.00 |
2009-06-20 |
| 41. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
34.00 |
0.9946 |
0.0155 |
246 |
1 |
34.00 |
2009-06-19 |
| 42. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
33.64 |
0.8152 |
0.1845 |
163 |
1 |
33.64 |
2009-06-20 |
| 43. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
33.63 |
1.0567 |
-0.0569 |
303 |
1 |
33.63 |
2009-06-19 |
| 44. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
33.50 |
0.9633 |
0.0342 |
304 |
1 |
33.50 |
2009-06-20 |
| 45. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
33.42 |
1.0444 |
-0.0581 |
197 |
1 |
33.42 |
2009-06-16 |
| 46. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
33.26 |
1.0251 |
-0.0392 |
261 |
1 |
33.26 |
2009-06-16 |
| 47. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
33.14 |
1.0095 |
-0.0262 |
316 |
1 |
33.14 |
2009-06-14 |
| 48. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
32.97 |
0.9846 |
-0.0064 |
281 |
1 |
32.97 |
2009-06-13 |
| 49. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
32.82 |
0.9863 |
-0.0071 |
339 |
1 |
32.82 |
2009-06-20 |
| 50. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
32.82 |
0.8533 |
0.1226 |
232 |
1 |
32.82 |
2009-06-14 |
| 51. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
32.76 |
0.9772 |
-0.0077 |
217 |
1 |
32.76 |
2009-06-20 |
| 52. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
32.63 |
0.8442 |
0.1289 |
265 |
1 |
32.63 |
2009-06-16 |
| 53. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
32.55 |
0.8890 |
0.0741 |
199 |
1 |
32.55 |
2009-06-20 |
| 54. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
32.38 |
1.0429 |
-0.0827 |
259 |
1 |
32.38 |
2009-06-13 |
| 55. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
32.28 |
0.9635 |
0.0005 |
389 |
1 |
32.28 |
2009-06-15 |
| 56. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
32.26 |
1.0062 |
-0.0482 |
288 |
1 |
32.26 |
2009-06-16 |
| 57. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
32.23 |
1.0361 |
-0.0780 |
269 |
1 |
32.23 |
2009-06-19 |
| 58. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
32.11 |
0.9851 |
-0.0295 |
317 |
1 |
32.11 |
2009-06-20 |
| 59. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
31.90 |
0.7850 |
0.1585 |
154 |
1 |
31.90 |
2009-06-13 |
| 60. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
31.88 |
0.8709 |
0.0835 |
202 |
1 |
31.88 |
2009-06-16 |
| 61. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
31.80 |
0.8826 |
0.0629 |
296 |
2 |
30.98 |
2009-06-20 |
| 62. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
31.74 |
1.0168 |
-0.0731 |
271 |
1 |
31.74 |
2009-06-20 |
| 63. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
31.74 |
0.9567 |
-0.0146 |
273 |
1 |
31.74 |
2009-06-19 |
| 64. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
31.70 |
1.0214 |
-0.0820 |
269 |
1 |
31.70 |
2009-06-13 |
| 65. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
31.63 |
1.0053 |
-0.0683 |
232 |
1 |
31.63 |
2009-06-20 |
| 66. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
31.54 |
1.0483 |
-0.1150 |
227 |
1 |
31.54 |
2009-06-20 |
| 67. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
31.42 |
0.8615 |
0.0713 |
110 |
1 |
31.42 |
2009-06-14 |
| 68. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
31.32 |
0.8553 |
0.0693 |
174 |
1 |
31.32 |
2009-06-16 |
| 69. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
30.74 |
0.8916 |
0.0209 |
216 |
3 |
29.07 |
2009-06-20 |
| 70. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
30.61 |
0.9540 |
-0.0475 |
285 |
1 |
30.61 |
2009-06-13 |
| 71. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
30.59 |
1.0252 |
-0.1240 |
176 |
1 |
30.59 |
2009-06-16 |
| 72. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
30.45 |
1.0029 |
-0.1058 |
209 |
1 |
30.45 |
2009-06-20 |
| 73. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
30.22 |
0.9286 |
-0.0330 |
194 |
1 |
30.22 |
2009-06-18 |
| 74. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
30.18 |
0.9852 |
-0.0895 |
264 |
1 |
30.18 |
2009-06-19 |
| 75. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
30.13 |
0.9636 |
-0.0698 |
254 |
1 |
30.13 |
2009-06-17 |
| 76. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
29.90 |
0.9109 |
-0.0214 |
401 |
1 |
29.90 |
2009-06-18 |
| 77. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
29.80 |
1.0138 |
-0.1303 |
231 |
1 |
29.80 |
2009-06-17 |
| 78. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
29.59 |
1.0203 |
-0.1393 |
261 |
1 |
29.59 |
2009-06-14 |
| 79. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
29.42 |
0.9886 |
-0.1136 |
220 |
1 |
29.42 |
2009-06-19 |
| 80. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
29.40 |
1.0263 |
-0.1552 |
267 |
1 |
29.40 |
2009-06-17 |
| 81. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
29.24 |
0.9936 |
-0.1268 |
311 |
1 |
29.24 |
2009-06-20 |
| 82. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
28.97 |
1.0033 |
-0.1511 |
189 |
3 |
28.13 |
2009-06-18 |
| 83. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
28.90 |
0.9682 |
-0.1133 |
143 |
1 |
28.90 |
2009-06-19 |
| 84. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
28.86 |
0.9148 |
-0.0578 |
317 |
2 |
28.53 |
2009-06-19 |
| 85. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
28.36 |
0.9731 |
-0.1450 |
129 |
1 |
28.36 |
2009-06-18 |
| 86. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
28.13 |
0.8145 |
0.0215 |
115 |
1 |
28.13 |
2009-06-20 |
| 87. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
28.10 |
0.8544 |
-0.0212 |
170 |
1 |
28.10 |
2009-06-15 |
| 88. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
28.01 |
0.8941 |
-0.0620 |
216 |
2 |
27.41 |
2009-06-17 |
| 89. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
27.85 |
0.9941 |
-0.1713 |
217 |
1 |
27.85 |
2009-06-16 |
| 90. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
27.72 |
0.9899 |
-0.1733 |
163 |
1 |
27.72 |
2009-06-13 |
| 91. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
27.40 |
0.8910 |
-0.0776 |
150 |
1 |
27.40 |
2009-06-14 |
| 92. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
27.27 |
0.9411 |
-0.1325 |
318 |
1 |
27.27 |
2009-06-18 |
| 93. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
27.13 |
0.8919 |
-0.0900 |
205 |
1 |
27.13 |
2009-06-17 |
| 94. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
27.11 |
0.8628 |
-0.0632 |
196 |
1 |
27.11 |
2009-06-18 |
| 95. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
27.06 |
0.8188 |
-0.0162 |
183 |
1 |
27.06 |
2009-06-14 |
| 96. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
27.03 |
0.7375 |
0.0663 |
148 |
2 |
26.54 |
2009-06-20 |
| 97. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
26.86 |
0.9202 |
-0.1255 |
254 |
1 |
26.86 |
2009-06-16 |