| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
36.06 |
1.1018 |
0.2023 |
220 |
1 |
36.06 |
2009-03-17 |
| 2. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
35.71 |
0.8118 |
0.4907 |
109 |
2 |
27.92 |
2009-03-20 |
| 3. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
35.49 |
1.0498 |
0.2349 |
180 |
3 |
29.06 |
2009-03-19 |
| 4. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
35.34 |
0.9226 |
0.3652 |
177 |
4 |
32.10 |
2009-04-20 |
| 5. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
35.18 |
1.0124 |
0.2634 |
204 |
1 |
35.18 |
2009-05-02 |
| 6. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
35.03 |
1.0696 |
0.1996 |
226 |
3 |
27.94 |
2009-04-20 |
| 7. |
There is a trick for learning to type faster. That trick is ... |
34.83 |
0.8661 |
0.3903 |
94 |
4 |
29.27 |
2009-04-30 |
| 8. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
34.36 |
1.0797 |
0.1628 |
210 |
4 |
27.05 |
2009-04-30 |
| 9. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
34.13 |
0.9307 |
0.3169 |
246 |
1 |
34.13 |
2009-03-20 |
| 10. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
34.01 |
1.0331 |
0.1999 |
234 |
1 |
34.01 |
2009-03-17 |
| 11. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
33.47 |
0.9965 |
0.2141 |
168 |
2 |
31.07 |
2009-02-12 |
| 12. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
32.81 |
1.0349 |
0.1556 |
234 |
2 |
29.76 |
2009-03-17 |
| 13. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
32.72 |
0.8887 |
0.3132 |
128 |
4 |
27.46 |
2009-03-21 |
| 14. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
32.66 |
0.8544 |
0.3317 |
170 |
2 |
30.85 |
2009-03-30 |
| 15. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
32.32 |
0.9233 |
0.2416 |
168 |
4 |
25.63 |
2009-04-21 |
| 16. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
32.27 |
1.0565 |
0.1123 |
247 |
2 |
27.75 |
2009-03-05 |
| 17. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
32.16 |
0.8745 |
0.2906 |
169 |
3 |
29.97 |
2009-05-02 |
| 18. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
31.07 |
0.9221 |
0.2037 |
244 |
1 |
31.07 |
2009-03-27 |
| 19. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
30.98 |
1.0523 |
0.0674 |
256 |
2 |
26.26 |
2009-04-30 |
| 20. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
30.90 |
0.9316 |
0.1955 |
287 |
2 |
30.03 |
2009-03-26 |
| 21. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
30.79 |
1.0197 |
0.0945 |
226 |
2 |
26.02 |
2009-03-26 |
| 22. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
30.67 |
1.0201 |
0.0858 |
172 |
4 |
26.95 |
2009-04-21 |
| 23. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
30.49 |
0.9697 |
0.1365 |
249 |
1 |
30.49 |
2009-03-30 |
| 24. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
30.48 |
1.0263 |
0.0786 |
267 |
1 |
30.48 |
2009-03-21 |
| 25. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
30.46 |
1.0714 |
0.0246 |
129 |
2 |
27.30 |
2009-04-01 |
| 26. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
30.34 |
0.9786 |
0.1167 |
193 |
1 |
30.34 |
2009-03-21 |
| 27. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
30.34 |
0.9072 |
0.1916 |
237 |
1 |
30.34 |
2009-03-17 |
| 28. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
30.25 |
0.8936 |
0.2020 |
127 |
3 |
23.01 |
2009-04-20 |
| 29. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
30.17 |
1.0396 |
0.0475 |
149 |
2 |
27.09 |
2009-04-20 |
| 30. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
30.14 |
0.8323 |
0.2595 |
145 |
3 |
26.42 |
2009-04-20 |
| 31. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
30.08 |
1.0521 |
0.0341 |
171 |
2 |
27.44 |
2009-02-26 |
| 32. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
29.83 |
0.8070 |
0.2717 |
167 |
3 |
24.70 |
2009-03-17 |
| 33. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
29.71 |
0.9251 |
0.1573 |
177 |
1 |
29.71 |
2009-03-24 |
| 34. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
29.70 |
0.9171 |
0.1603 |
165 |
3 |
28.13 |
2009-04-21 |
| 35. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
29.61 |
1.0487 |
0.0201 |
231 |
2 |
29.23 |
2009-04-01 |
| 36. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
29.57 |
0.8747 |
0.1931 |
201 |
1 |
29.57 |
2009-05-02 |
| 37. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
29.54 |
1.0214 |
0.0481 |
269 |
1 |
29.54 |
2009-03-30 |
| 38. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
29.51 |
0.7690 |
0.3027 |
142 |
4 |
26.03 |
2009-04-20 |
| 39. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
29.25 |
1.0337 |
0.0262 |
214 |
3 |
26.07 |
2009-04-20 |
| 40. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
29.24 |
1.0214 |
0.0334 |
166 |
2 |
26.03 |
2009-02-12 |
| 41. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
29.17 |
0.8809 |
0.1745 |
127 |
3 |
24.34 |
2009-05-02 |
| 42. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
29.15 |
1.0796 |
-0.0275 |
129 |
3 |
24.02 |
2009-03-05 |
| 43. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
29.02 |
0.8791 |
0.1721 |
190 |
3 |
26.99 |
2009-04-30 |
| 44. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
29.01 |
0.7908 |
0.2656 |
127 |
2 |
24.19 |
2009-03-20 |
| 45. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
28.96 |
1.0444 |
-0.0011 |
197 |
2 |
25.35 |
2009-03-19 |
| 46. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
28.87 |
0.8125 |
0.2366 |
197 |
3 |
26.12 |
2009-03-22 |
| 47. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
28.78 |
0.9325 |
0.1041 |
156 |
2 |
27.03 |
2009-04-20 |
| 48. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
28.69 |
1.0799 |
-0.0436 |
243 |
2 |
27.44 |
2009-03-19 |
| 49. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
28.52 |
1.0029 |
0.0245 |
209 |
4 |
26.53 |
2009-03-26 |
| 50. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
28.52 |
0.8715 |
0.1584 |
130 |
2 |
27.07 |
2009-03-19 |
| 51. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
28.50 |
0.9740 |
0.0549 |
209 |
2 |
27.93 |
2009-04-20 |
| 52. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
28.38 |
0.9769 |
0.0496 |
263 |
1 |
28.38 |
2009-04-21 |
| 53. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
28.37 |
0.8422 |
0.1877 |
164 |
2 |
28.32 |
2009-05-24 |
| 54. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
28.35 |
0.8810 |
0.1473 |
282 |
1 |
28.35 |
2009-04-21 |
| 55. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
28.35 |
1.0767 |
-0.0514 |
212 |
1 |
28.35 |
2009-03-26 |
| 56. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
28.34 |
0.8602 |
0.1647 |
206 |
1 |
28.34 |
2009-01-29 |
| 57. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
28.32 |
0.8660 |
0.1608 |
193 |
1 |
28.32 |
2009-04-21 |
| 58. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
28.30 |
1.0023 |
0.0215 |
211 |
2 |
25.06 |
2009-02-25 |
| 59. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
28.15 |
0.8666 |
0.1566 |
150 |
3 |
25.74 |
2009-02-25 |
| 60. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
28.10 |
1.0711 |
-0.0579 |
213 |
1 |
28.10 |
2009-02-12 |
| 61. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
28.10 |
1.0596 |
-0.0434 |
239 |
2 |
27.76 |
2009-03-26 |
| 62. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
27.95 |
0.8956 |
0.1198 |
217 |
2 |
23.66 |
2009-04-30 |
| 63. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
27.93 |
0.8360 |
0.1753 |
170 |
3 |
24.49 |
2009-04-30 |
| 64. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
27.93 |
0.8070 |
0.2076 |
137 |
2 |
27.19 |
2009-05-02 |
| 65. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
27.86 |
0.9019 |
0.1128 |
204 |
1 |
27.86 |
2009-04-20 |
| 66. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
27.83 |
1.0053 |
0.0011 |
232 |
1 |
27.83 |
2009-02-18 |
| 67. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
27.81 |
1.0004 |
0.0012 |
212 |
2 |
25.08 |
2009-03-26 |
| 68. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
27.68 |
0.8188 |
0.1852 |
183 |
2 |
26.05 |
2009-03-21 |
| 69. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
27.53 |
0.7375 |
0.2631 |
148 |
2 |
26.07 |
2009-04-01 |
| 70. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
27.50 |
0.8154 |
0.1827 |
193 |
1 |
27.50 |
2009-05-02 |
| 71. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
27.18 |
0.9758 |
0.0095 |
314 |
1 |
27.18 |
2009-04-30 |
| 72. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
27.01 |
0.9843 |
-0.0110 |
234 |
4 |
25.14 |
2009-05-24 |
| 73. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
26.97 |
0.8900 |
0.0881 |
164 |
3 |
25.09 |
2009-03-19 |
| 74. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
26.95 |
0.8996 |
0.0710 |
192 |
3 |
22.33 |
2009-04-30 |
| 75. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
26.90 |
0.8142 |
0.1545 |
187 |
2 |
25.27 |
2009-03-30 |
| 76. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
26.90 |
0.9572 |
0.0160 |
201 |
1 |
26.90 |
2009-04-20 |
| 77. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
26.87 |
0.8867 |
0.0924 |
163 |
3 |
24.80 |
2009-03-17 |
| 78. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
26.66 |
1.0131 |
-0.0515 |
225 |
1 |
26.66 |
2009-03-17 |
| 79. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
26.59 |
0.8951 |
0.0700 |
193 |
2 |
26.13 |
2009-04-21 |
| 80. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
26.46 |
1.0390 |
-0.0846 |
205 |
2 |
25.71 |
2009-03-24 |
| 81. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
26.45 |
1.0528 |
-0.1000 |
201 |
3 |
22.82 |
2009-02-25 |
| 82. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
26.39 |
0.9772 |
-0.0251 |
217 |
5 |
23.02 |
2009-03-26 |
| 83. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
26.31 |
0.7916 |
0.1687 |
184 |
2 |
24.97 |
2009-04-01 |
| 84. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
26.31 |
0.7850 |
0.1640 |
154 |
2 |
24.62 |
2009-04-20 |
| 85. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
26.19 |
0.9048 |
0.0480 |
271 |
2 |
23.98 |
2009-04-21 |
| 86. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
26.10 |
0.9724 |
-0.0239 |
237 |
2 |
23.84 |
2009-03-19 |
| 87. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
25.96 |
1.0261 |
-0.0882 |
273 |
1 |
25.96 |
2009-04-20 |
| 88. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
25.87 |
0.8910 |
0.0472 |
150 |
2 |
23.70 |
2009-04-30 |
| 89. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
25.83 |
0.8739 |
0.0571 |
136 |
3 |
23.76 |
2009-03-26 |
| 90. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
25.75 |
0.9266 |
0.0056 |
267 |
2 |
23.92 |
2009-03-30 |
| 91. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
25.71 |
0.8852 |
0.0475 |
201 |
3 |
24.48 |
2009-03-26 |
| 92. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
25.51 |
0.9941 |
-0.0732 |
217 |
1 |
25.51 |
2009-04-11 |
| 93. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
25.51 |
1.0251 |
-0.1040 |
261 |
1 |
25.51 |
2009-03-21 |
| 94. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
25.39 |
0.8709 |
0.0559 |
202 |
2 |
23.50 |
2009-04-21 |
| 95. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
25.33 |
1.0483 |
-0.1346 |
227 |
1 |
25.33 |
2009-01-24 |
| 96. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
25.08 |
0.8077 |
0.0979 |
167 |
1 |
25.08 |
2009-05-02 |
| 97. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
25.02 |
1.0033 |
-0.1047 |
189 |
1 |
25.02 |
2009-02-26 |
| 98. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
25.02 |
1.0016 |
-0.1009 |
218 |
1 |
25.02 |
2009-03-21 |
| 99. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
24.82 |
0.9202 |
-0.0229 |
254 |
2 |
23.33 |
2009-04-20 |
| 100. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
24.76 |
1.0462 |
-0.1565 |
184 |
1 |
24.76 |
2009-02-12 |
| 101. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
24.75 |
0.8442 |
0.0552 |
265 |
1 |
24.75 |
2009-04-21 |
| 102. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
24.66 |
0.8700 |
0.0214 |
127 |
3 |
23.05 |
2009-02-25 |
| 103. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
24.63 |
0.8788 |
0.0087 |
134 |
2 |
22.32 |
2009-01-26 |
| 104. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
24.54 |
1.0463 |
-0.1632 |
182 |
1 |
24.54 |
2009-03-05 |
| 105. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
24.41 |
0.9866 |
-0.1074 |
218 |
1 |
24.41 |
2009-03-26 |
| 106. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
24.34 |
0.8177 |
0.0583 |
124 |
1 |
24.34 |
2009-04-30 |
| 107. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
24.20 |
0.8628 |
0.0090 |
196 |
1 |
24.20 |
2009-03-19 |
| 108. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
24.00 |
0.8190 |
0.0559 |
135 |
3 |
21.45 |
2009-04-01 |
| 109. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
23.90 |
0.9964 |
-0.1321 |
203 |
1 |
23.90 |
2009-01-21 |
| 110. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
23.87 |
0.9691 |
-0.1065 |
223 |
1 |
23.87 |
2009-04-21 |
| 111. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
23.56 |
0.8037 |
0.0507 |
148 |
1 |
23.56 |
2009-05-02 |
| 112. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
23.44 |
0.8506 |
-0.0075 |
132 |
1 |
23.44 |
2009-04-30 |
| 113. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
23.01 |
0.8890 |
-0.0611 |
199 |
1 |
23.01 |
2009-03-30 |
| 114. |
Imagine words like "if" as a two-finger movement instead of ... |
22.85 |
0.7443 |
0.0800 |
169 |
1 |
22.85 |
2009-02-12 |
| 115. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
22.74 |
0.8975 |
-0.0754 |
268 |
1 |
22.74 |
2009-02-26 |
| 116. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
22.47 |
0.8105 |
-0.0031 |
204 |
1 |
22.47 |
2009-03-26 |
| 117. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
22.44 |
0.9260 |
-0.1050 |
243 |
1 |
22.44 |
2009-03-19 |
| 118. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
21.84 |
0.9275 |
-0.1422 |
211 |
1 |
21.84 |
2009-03-30 |
| 119. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
21.84 |
0.9763 |
-0.1882 |
289 |
1 |
21.84 |
2009-04-20 |
| 120. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
21.73 |
0.8145 |
-0.0276 |
115 |
2 |
20.57 |
2009-03-26 |
| 121. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
21.72 |
0.9798 |
-0.2013 |
199 |
1 |
21.72 |
2009-01-26 |
| 122. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
21.65 |
1.0183 |
-0.2423 |
191 |
1 |
21.65 |
2009-02-12 |
| 123. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
21.62 |
1.0099 |
-0.2323 |
207 |
1 |
21.62 |
2009-02-12 |
| 124. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
21.48 |
0.8595 |
-0.0823 |
242 |
1 |
21.48 |
2009-03-30 |
| 125. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
21.38 |
0.8826 |
-0.1095 |
296 |
1 |
21.38 |
2009-05-24 |
| 126. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
21.14 |
0.7259 |
0.0429 |
186 |
1 |
21.14 |
2009-05-02 |
| 127. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
20.85 |
1.0788 |
-0.3321 |
171 |
1 |
20.85 |
2009-01-24 |
| 128. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
20.82 |
0.7389 |
0.0137 |
145 |
1 |
20.82 |
2009-03-19 |
| 129. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
20.28 |
0.8153 |
-0.0791 |
200 |
1 |
20.28 |
2009-04-21 |
| 130. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
20.17 |
0.8615 |
-0.1341 |
110 |
1 |
20.17 |
2009-04-20 |
| 131. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
20.01 |
0.8919 |
-0.1722 |
205 |
1 |
20.01 |
2009-04-21 |
| 132. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
20.00 |
0.8916 |
-0.1702 |
216 |
1 |
20.00 |
2009-03-05 |
| 133. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
19.04 |
0.9351 |
-0.2548 |
190 |
1 |
19.04 |
2009-01-24 |
| 134. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
18.16 |
0.8553 |
-0.2068 |
174 |
1 |
18.16 |
2009-02-26 |
| 135. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
17.61 |
0.7352 |
-0.1019 |
106 |
1 |
17.61 |
2009-02-10 |