| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
69.84 |
0.9768 |
0.3710 |
237 |
2 |
65.26 |
2010-06-02 |
| 2. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
48.72 |
0.9583 |
-0.0204 |
237 |
1 |
48.72 |
2010-06-02 |
| 3. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
41.85 |
0.9538 |
-0.1496 |
276 |
1 |
41.85 |
2010-06-02 |
| 4. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
43.93 |
0.9915 |
-0.1477 |
281 |
1 |
43.93 |
2010-06-02 |
| 5. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
60.61 |
1.0301 |
0.1363 |
268 |
2 |
56.82 |
2010-06-02 |
| 6. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
64.88 |
0.9685 |
0.2826 |
304 |
1 |
64.88 |
2010-06-02 |
| 7. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
45.28 |
1.0287 |
-0.1590 |
269 |
2 |
45.19 |
2010-05-17 |
| 8. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
48.10 |
0.9271 |
0.0008 |
323 |
1 |
48.10 |
2010-05-17 |
| 9. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
61.68 |
1.0411 |
0.1492 |
341 |
1 |
61.68 |
2010-05-17 |
| 10. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
53.10 |
1.0543 |
-0.0311 |
233 |
1 |
53.10 |
2010-05-17 |
| 11. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
47.14 |
0.9434 |
-0.0321 |
367 |
1 |
47.14 |
2010-05-17 |
| 12. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
51.88 |
0.9339 |
0.0705 |
317 |
1 |
51.88 |
2010-05-17 |
| 13. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
45.90 |
0.9763 |
-0.0940 |
283 |
1 |
45.90 |
2010-05-17 |
| 14. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
58.46 |
0.9394 |
0.1852 |
195 |
1 |
58.46 |
2010-05-17 |
| 15. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
49.60 |
0.9841 |
-0.0329 |
217 |
1 |
49.60 |
2010-05-17 |
| 16. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
51.05 |
0.9963 |
-0.0161 |
274 |
2 |
49.98 |
2010-05-10 |
| 17. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
53.08 |
0.9761 |
0.0503 |
227 |
1 |
53.08 |
2010-05-10 |
| 18. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
59.08 |
1.0901 |
0.0500 |
288 |
1 |
59.08 |
2010-05-10 |
| 19. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
52.96 |
1.0669 |
-0.0441 |
379 |
1 |
52.96 |
2010-05-10 |
| 20. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
56.47 |
0.9849 |
0.1038 |
337 |
1 |
56.47 |
2010-05-10 |
| 21. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
53.53 |
0.9765 |
0.0534 |
269 |
3 |
50.29 |
2010-05-10 |
| 22. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
56.33 |
1.0125 |
0.0674 |
171 |
2 |
51.67 |
2010-05-10 |
| 23. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
49.46 |
1.0582 |
-0.1095 |
180 |
1 |
49.46 |
2010-05-10 |
| 24. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
45.35 |
0.9479 |
-0.0740 |
317 |
1 |
45.35 |
2010-05-06 |
| 25. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
52.91 |
0.9543 |
0.0711 |
265 |
1 |
52.91 |
2010-05-06 |
| 26. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
57.54 |
0.9857 |
0.1285 |
268 |
1 |
57.54 |
2010-05-06 |
| 27. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
52.21 |
0.9400 |
0.0676 |
434 |
1 |
52.21 |
2010-05-06 |
| 28. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
52.17 |
0.9631 |
0.0407 |
273 |
2 |
51.45 |
2010-05-06 |
| 29. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
51.04 |
1.0543 |
-0.0752 |
182 |
2 |
50.18 |
2010-05-06 |
| 30. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
58.83 |
0.9957 |
0.1374 |
323 |
3 |
55.77 |
2010-05-06 |
| 31. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
46.56 |
0.8666 |
0.0265 |
206 |
1 |
46.56 |
2010-04-27 |
| 32. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
56.71 |
0.8959 |
0.2017 |
328 |
3 |
53.22 |
2010-04-27 |
| 33. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
47.65 |
0.8986 |
0.0231 |
363 |
2 |
45.70 |
2010-04-27 |
| 34. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
54.43 |
1.0509 |
0.0046 |
295 |
1 |
54.43 |
2010-04-27 |
| 35. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
54.20 |
0.9931 |
0.0466 |
218 |
2 |
52.89 |
2010-04-23 |
| 36. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
62.12 |
1.0028 |
0.1931 |
259 |
1 |
62.12 |
2010-04-23 |
| 37. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
58.83 |
1.0654 |
0.0654 |
247 |
2 |
56.49 |
2010-04-23 |
| 38. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
58.02 |
1.0128 |
0.1116 |
369 |
1 |
58.02 |
2010-04-23 |
| 39. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
59.32 |
1.0857 |
0.0695 |
393 |
1 |
59.32 |
2010-04-23 |
| 40. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
44.54 |
0.9012 |
-0.0412 |
322 |
1 |
44.54 |
2010-04-23 |
| 41. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
48.04 |
0.8913 |
0.0345 |
201 |
1 |
48.04 |
2010-04-23 |
| 42. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
53.34 |
0.9842 |
0.0449 |
335 |
3 |
50.94 |
2010-04-23 |
| 43. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
60.99 |
1.0288 |
0.1416 |
166 |
1 |
60.99 |
2010-04-23 |
| 44. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
45.54 |
1.0039 |
-0.1219 |
255 |
1 |
45.54 |
2010-04-22 |
| 45. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
53.12 |
1.0103 |
0.0067 |
209 |
1 |
53.12 |
2010-04-22 |
| 46. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
66.31 |
1.0865 |
0.1914 |
237 |
3 |
61.54 |
2010-04-22 |
| 47. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
40.64 |
0.9299 |
-0.1574 |
168 |
1 |
40.64 |
2010-04-22 |
| 48. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
55.89 |
1.0130 |
0.0634 |
288 |
2 |
53.12 |
2010-04-22 |
| 49. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
43.42 |
0.9359 |
-0.1004 |
355 |
1 |
43.42 |
2010-04-22 |
| 50. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
45.09 |
1.0067 |
-0.1259 |
422 |
1 |
45.09 |
2010-04-22 |
| 51. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
52.19 |
0.9873 |
0.0162 |
274 |
1 |
52.19 |
2010-04-22 |
| 52. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
65.14 |
1.0867 |
0.1644 |
171 |
4 |
58.65 |
2010-04-22 |
| 53. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
63.63 |
1.0094 |
0.2169 |
256 |
1 |
63.63 |
2010-04-22 |
| 54. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
51.48 |
1.0333 |
-0.0475 |
176 |
1 |
51.48 |
2010-04-22 |
| 55. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
61.25 |
1.0264 |
0.1495 |
191 |
1 |
61.25 |
2010-04-22 |
| 56. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
48.89 |
1.0199 |
-0.0830 |
225 |
1 |
48.89 |
2010-04-22 |
| 57. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
56.68 |
1.0192 |
0.0777 |
243 |
2 |
51.02 |
2010-04-22 |
| 58. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
54.07 |
0.9703 |
0.0774 |
394 |
1 |
54.07 |
2010-04-22 |
| 59. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
50.49 |
1.0615 |
-0.0928 |
201 |
1 |
50.49 |
2010-04-22 |
| 60. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
41.18 |
1.0877 |
-0.2997 |
129 |
1 |
41.18 |
2010-04-22 |
| 61. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
53.59 |
1.0304 |
-0.0015 |
256 |
1 |
53.59 |
2010-04-22 |
| 62. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
44.34 |
0.9621 |
-0.1071 |
212 |
1 |
44.34 |
2010-04-22 |
| 63. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
34.20 |
0.9598 |
-0.3014 |
209 |
1 |
34.20 |
2010-04-22 |
| 64. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
50.25 |
0.9957 |
-0.0246 |
323 |
1 |
50.25 |
2010-04-22 |
| 65. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
52.33 |
0.8966 |
0.1101 |
366 |
2 |
50.57 |
2010-04-22 |
| 66. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
51.09 |
0.8718 |
0.1150 |
318 |
2 |
46.99 |
2010-04-22 |
| 67. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
44.89 |
0.9183 |
-0.0584 |
252 |
1 |
44.89 |
2010-04-22 |
| 68. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
56.78 |
1.0112 |
0.0814 |
242 |
1 |
56.78 |
2010-04-22 |
| 69. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
53.33 |
0.9757 |
0.0477 |
176 |
1 |
53.33 |
2010-04-22 |
| 70. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
35.19 |
0.8474 |
-0.1715 |
265 |
1 |
35.19 |
2010-04-22 |
| 71. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
54.70 |
1.0291 |
0.0221 |
240 |
1 |
54.70 |
2010-04-21 |
| 72. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
52.58 |
0.9644 |
0.0509 |
398 |
1 |
52.58 |
2010-04-21 |
| 73. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
54.32 |
0.8824 |
0.1652 |
202 |
1 |
54.32 |
2010-04-21 |
| 74. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
35.65 |
0.7923 |
-0.1074 |
316 |
1 |
35.65 |
2010-04-21 |
| 75. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
51.82 |
0.9917 |
0.0079 |
317 |
1 |
51.82 |
2010-04-21 |
| 76. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
60.21 |
1.0194 |
0.1385 |
224 |
1 |
60.21 |
2010-04-21 |
| 77. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
49.44 |
0.8656 |
0.0870 |
242 |
1 |
49.44 |
2010-04-21 |
| 78. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
47.08 |
0.9128 |
-0.0099 |
237 |
1 |
47.08 |
2010-04-21 |
| 79. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
62.54 |
1.0777 |
0.1253 |
226 |
2 |
61.56 |
2010-04-21 |
| 80. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
41.60 |
0.9981 |
-0.1995 |
211 |
1 |
41.60 |
2010-04-21 |
| 81. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
47.94 |
0.9309 |
0.0015 |
376 |
1 |
47.94 |
2010-04-21 |
| 82. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
58.93 |
1.0036 |
0.1326 |
277 |
1 |
58.93 |
2010-04-21 |
| 83. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
43.00 |
0.9258 |
-0.0945 |
184 |
1 |
43.00 |
2010-04-21 |
| 84. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
48.00 |
1.0387 |
-0.1110 |
333 |
1 |
48.00 |
2010-04-21 |
| 85. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
48.21 |
0.9145 |
0.0166 |
404 |
1 |
48.21 |
2010-04-21 |
| 86. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
51.83 |
1.0639 |
-0.0651 |
303 |
1 |
51.83 |
2010-04-21 |
| 87. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
51.56 |
0.8845 |
0.1092 |
239 |
1 |
51.56 |
2010-04-21 |
| 88. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
53.64 |
0.9682 |
0.0749 |
341 |
1 |
53.64 |
2010-04-21 |
| 89. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
55.38 |
1.0461 |
0.0225 |
318 |
2 |
49.59 |
2010-04-21 |
| 90. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
60.03 |
1.0504 |
0.1080 |
225 |
1 |
60.03 |
2010-04-21 |
| 91. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
57.38 |
0.9809 |
0.1204 |
209 |
1 |
57.38 |
2010-04-21 |
| 92. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
40.37 |
0.9346 |
-0.1618 |
211 |
1 |
40.37 |
2010-04-21 |
| 93. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
40.87 |
1.0033 |
-0.2176 |
203 |
1 |
40.87 |
2010-04-21 |
| 94. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
54.99 |
1.0561 |
0.0009 |
227 |
1 |
54.99 |
2010-04-21 |
| 95. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
44.68 |
0.9854 |
-0.1249 |
174 |
1 |
44.68 |
2010-04-21 |
| 96. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
56.81 |
1.0165 |
0.0768 |
316 |
2 |
51.09 |
2010-04-21 |
| 97. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
43.62 |
0.9637 |
-0.1129 |
342 |
1 |
43.62 |
2010-04-21 |
| 98. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
55.44 |
0.9561 |
0.1148 |
291 |
1 |
55.44 |
2010-04-21 |
| 99. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
58.03 |
1.0004 |
0.1200 |
373 |
1 |
58.03 |
2010-04-21 |
| 100. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
59.76 |
1.0498 |
0.1027 |
261 |
1 |
59.76 |
2010-04-21 |
| 101. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
56.86 |
1.0466 |
0.0481 |
230 |
1 |
56.86 |
2010-04-20 |
| 102. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
52.69 |
0.9604 |
0.0518 |
285 |
1 |
52.69 |
2010-04-20 |
| 103. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
48.34 |
0.9352 |
-0.0062 |
194 |
2 |
42.90 |
2010-04-20 |
| 104. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
53.60 |
0.9698 |
0.0672 |
389 |
1 |
53.60 |
2010-04-20 |
| 105. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
53.48 |
0.9909 |
0.0433 |
293 |
1 |
53.48 |
2010-04-20 |
| 106. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
51.46 |
0.9844 |
0.0182 |
351 |
1 |
51.46 |
2010-04-20 |
| 107. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
63.66 |
1.0419 |
0.1880 |
341 |
1 |
63.66 |
2010-04-20 |
| 108. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
53.59 |
1.0576 |
-0.0286 |
231 |
1 |
53.59 |
2010-04-20 |
| 109. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
52.65 |
1.0243 |
-0.0069 |
153 |
1 |
52.65 |
2010-04-20 |
| 110. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
42.84 |
0.9989 |
-0.1682 |
282 |
1 |
42.84 |
2010-04-20 |
| 111. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
50.89 |
0.9243 |
0.0573 |
240 |
1 |
50.89 |
2010-04-20 |
| 112. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
62.09 |
1.0279 |
0.1628 |
172 |
1 |
62.09 |
2010-04-20 |
| 113. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
46.35 |
0.9357 |
-0.0464 |
204 |
1 |
46.35 |
2010-04-20 |
| 114. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
46.43 |
0.9271 |
-0.0344 |
295 |
1 |
46.43 |
2010-04-20 |
| 115. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
55.51 |
1.0101 |
0.0607 |
336 |
1 |
55.51 |
2010-04-20 |
| 116. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
46.46 |
0.9332 |
-0.0395 |
267 |
1 |
46.46 |
2010-04-20 |
| 117. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
39.39 |
0.9206 |
-0.1634 |
317 |
1 |
39.39 |
2010-04-20 |
| 118. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
56.23 |
1.0524 |
0.0286 |
177 |
1 |
56.23 |
2010-04-20 |
| 119. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
47.34 |
1.0060 |
-0.0946 |
225 |
1 |
47.34 |
2010-04-20 |
| 120. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
43.07 |
0.8901 |
-0.0628 |
273 |
1 |
43.07 |
2010-04-20 |
| 121. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
46.67 |
0.9643 |
-0.0580 |
282 |
1 |
46.67 |
2010-04-20 |
| 122. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
51.98 |
0.9933 |
0.0147 |
450 |
1 |
51.98 |
2010-04-20 |
| 123. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
48.17 |
0.8925 |
0.0413 |
293 |
1 |
48.17 |
2010-04-20 |
| 124. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
63.31 |
1.0969 |
0.1253 |
303 |
1 |
63.31 |
2010-04-20 |
| 125. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
51.93 |
1.0506 |
-0.0514 |
259 |
1 |
51.93 |
2010-04-20 |
| 126. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
40.13 |
1.0464 |
-0.2703 |
294 |
1 |
40.13 |
2010-04-19 |
| 127. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
39.29 |
1.0800 |
-0.3322 |
129 |
1 |
39.29 |
2010-04-19 |
| 128. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
46.41 |
1.0759 |
-0.1776 |
273 |
1 |
46.41 |
2010-04-19 |
| 129. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
46.24 |
1.0590 |
-0.1707 |
250 |
1 |
46.24 |
2010-04-19 |
| 130. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
45.67 |
0.9780 |
-0.1058 |
173 |
1 |
45.67 |
2010-04-19 |