| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
59.39 |
1.0063 |
0.7108 |
371 |
1 |
59.39 |
2009-02-16 |
| 2. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
51.63 |
1.0025 |
0.4881 |
256 |
2 |
39.95 |
2010-01-09 |
| 3. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
51.41 |
1.0486 |
0.4365 |
289 |
1 |
51.41 |
2009-02-16 |
| 4. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
51.23 |
0.9965 |
0.4778 |
168 |
1 |
51.23 |
2009-02-16 |
| 5. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
51.10 |
1.0396 |
0.4285 |
149 |
2 |
40.69 |
2010-01-09 |
| 6. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
50.94 |
0.9841 |
0.4903 |
334 |
1 |
50.94 |
2009-02-16 |
| 7. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
50.73 |
0.9633 |
0.5034 |
304 |
1 |
50.73 |
2009-02-07 |
| 8. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
49.59 |
1.0213 |
0.4068 |
240 |
1 |
49.59 |
2009-02-16 |
| 9. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
49.52 |
0.9786 |
0.4455 |
193 |
3 |
43.34 |
2009-02-16 |
| 10. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
49.40 |
1.0257 |
0.4065 |
401 |
1 |
49.40 |
2009-02-16 |
| 11. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
47.97 |
1.0053 |
0.3768 |
232 |
1 |
47.97 |
2011-11-06 |
| 12. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
47.57 |
1.0523 |
0.3159 |
256 |
1 |
47.57 |
2009-02-12 |
| 13. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
47.26 |
0.9307 |
0.4408 |
246 |
3 |
36.52 |
2010-01-09 |
| 14. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
47.09 |
1.0016 |
0.3523 |
218 |
1 |
47.09 |
2011-11-06 |
| 15. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
46.59 |
1.0214 |
0.3171 |
166 |
3 |
38.03 |
2009-02-08 |
| 16. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
45.08 |
0.8996 |
0.3949 |
192 |
2 |
38.89 |
2010-01-09 |
| 17. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
44.95 |
0.9897 |
0.3042 |
274 |
1 |
44.95 |
2011-11-06 |
| 18. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
44.82 |
1.0696 |
0.2193 |
226 |
1 |
44.82 |
2009-02-12 |
| 19. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
44.81 |
1.0463 |
0.2412 |
182 |
1 |
44.81 |
2010-01-09 |
| 20. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
44.57 |
0.9851 |
0.3022 |
317 |
1 |
44.57 |
2009-02-12 |
| 21. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
44.03 |
0.8788 |
0.3871 |
134 |
2 |
38.80 |
2010-01-09 |
| 22. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
43.48 |
1.0515 |
0.2000 |
250 |
1 |
43.48 |
2010-01-09 |
| 23. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
43.10 |
0.9772 |
0.2616 |
217 |
3 |
36.46 |
2011-11-06 |
| 24. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
40.41 |
0.8602 |
0.3016 |
206 |
4 |
30.33 |
2011-11-06 |
| 25. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
38.74 |
1.0565 |
0.0562 |
247 |
1 |
38.74 |
2010-01-08 |
| 26. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
38.64 |
0.8852 |
0.2276 |
158 |
2 |
34.89 |
2009-02-12 |
| 27. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
38.35 |
1.0240 |
0.0774 |
256 |
1 |
38.35 |
2010-01-08 |
| 28. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
38.02 |
1.0711 |
0.0182 |
213 |
1 |
38.02 |
2009-02-08 |
| 29. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
37.50 |
0.8900 |
0.1904 |
164 |
2 |
35.39 |
2010-01-07 |
| 30. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
37.38 |
1.0797 |
-0.0096 |
210 |
2 |
35.67 |
2009-02-19 |
| 31. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
37.01 |
0.9411 |
0.1246 |
318 |
1 |
37.01 |
2011-11-06 |
| 32. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
36.52 |
1.0944 |
0.0011 |
308 |
1 |
36.52 |
2010-01-09 |
| 33. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
36.27 |
1.0444 |
-0.0076 |
197 |
4 |
33.25 |
2010-01-09 |
| 34. |
We were all in our late twenties or early-to-middle thirties... |
36.12 |
0.8867 |
0.1575 |
241 |
1 |
36.12 |
2011-11-06 |
| 35. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
36.02 |
1.0941 |
-0.0268 |
256 |
1 |
36.02 |
2010-01-09 |
| 36. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
35.67 |
0.9729 |
0.0532 |
255 |
1 |
35.67 |
2010-01-08 |
| 37. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
35.48 |
1.0462 |
-0.0319 |
184 |
4 |
31.62 |
2010-01-07 |
| 38. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
35.45 |
1.0521 |
-0.0374 |
171 |
2 |
31.95 |
2009-02-08 |
| 39. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
35.00 |
0.8910 |
0.1171 |
150 |
2 |
33.93 |
2009-02-08 |
| 40. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
34.99 |
0.9351 |
0.0655 |
190 |
2 |
33.92 |
2010-01-09 |
| 41. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
34.94 |
0.8615 |
0.1433 |
110 |
2 |
33.87 |
2009-02-08 |
| 42. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
34.80 |
1.0124 |
-0.0142 |
204 |
4 |
32.58 |
2009-02-16 |
| 43. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
34.61 |
1.0485 |
-0.0187 |
153 |
1 |
34.61 |
2010-01-21 |
| 44. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
34.34 |
1.0337 |
-0.0471 |
214 |
2 |
29.45 |
2009-02-07 |
| 45. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
34.28 |
1.0714 |
-0.0949 |
129 |
2 |
31.21 |
2009-02-07 |
| 46. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
34.23 |
0.9263 |
0.0612 |
188 |
1 |
34.23 |
2009-02-08 |
| 47. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
34.23 |
0.8961 |
0.0845 |
189 |
1 |
34.23 |
2010-01-09 |
| 48. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
34.08 |
0.9843 |
-0.0097 |
234 |
2 |
31.42 |
2009-02-08 |
| 49. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
33.97 |
0.8559 |
0.1213 |
191 |
1 |
33.97 |
2010-01-12 |
| 50. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
33.91 |
0.9724 |
0.0059 |
237 |
2 |
33.37 |
2009-04-25 |
| 51. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
33.91 |
0.8810 |
0.0945 |
282 |
1 |
33.91 |
2009-02-08 |
| 52. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
33.79 |
0.8188 |
0.1535 |
183 |
2 |
31.15 |
2009-02-08 |
| 53. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
33.70 |
1.0506 |
-0.0533 |
277 |
1 |
33.70 |
2010-01-07 |
| 54. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
33.63 |
0.9710 |
-0.0110 |
173 |
2 |
30.48 |
2009-02-16 |
| 55. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
33.60 |
1.0201 |
-0.0613 |
172 |
2 |
33.53 |
2009-02-10 |
| 56. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
33.42 |
1.0528 |
-0.0974 |
201 |
1 |
33.42 |
2009-02-08 |
| 57. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
33.15 |
1.0252 |
-0.0792 |
176 |
2 |
31.73 |
2009-02-08 |
| 58. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
33.12 |
0.8553 |
0.0913 |
174 |
1 |
33.12 |
2009-02-08 |
| 59. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
32.97 |
0.9576 |
-0.0057 |
212 |
1 |
32.97 |
2009-02-08 |
| 60. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
32.86 |
1.0529 |
-0.1089 |
351 |
2 |
30.76 |
2009-02-08 |
| 61. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
32.75 |
1.0799 |
-0.1427 |
243 |
1 |
32.75 |
2009-02-07 |
| 62. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
32.71 |
0.9893 |
-0.0495 |
323 |
1 |
32.71 |
2009-02-10 |
| 63. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
32.71 |
1.0389 |
-0.0968 |
340 |
1 |
32.71 |
2009-02-08 |
| 64. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
32.60 |
1.0214 |
-0.0866 |
269 |
1 |
32.60 |
2009-02-07 |
| 65. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
32.49 |
1.0787 |
-0.1467 |
237 |
1 |
32.49 |
2009-02-08 |
| 66. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
32.49 |
0.8936 |
0.0381 |
127 |
3 |
27.18 |
2009-02-12 |
| 67. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
32.42 |
0.9763 |
-0.0455 |
289 |
2 |
29.16 |
2009-02-08 |
| 68. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
32.28 |
1.0034 |
-0.0777 |
302 |
1 |
32.28 |
2009-02-10 |
| 69. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
32.25 |
0.8956 |
0.0333 |
217 |
2 |
31.12 |
2010-01-09 |
| 70. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
32.17 |
1.0796 |
-0.1604 |
129 |
1 |
32.17 |
2009-02-16 |
| 71. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
32.16 |
0.9164 |
0.0108 |
121 |
1 |
32.16 |
2009-02-07 |
| 72. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
32.13 |
0.9196 |
0.0049 |
148 |
1 |
32.13 |
2009-02-08 |
| 73. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
31.93 |
0.8152 |
0.1020 |
163 |
1 |
31.93 |
2010-01-07 |
| 74. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
31.89 |
0.8745 |
0.0391 |
169 |
1 |
31.89 |
2009-02-07 |
| 75. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
31.86 |
0.9226 |
-0.0038 |
177 |
1 |
31.86 |
2009-02-16 |
| 76. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
31.80 |
0.9260 |
-0.0024 |
243 |
2 |
31.14 |
2009-02-08 |
| 77. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
31.76 |
1.0390 |
-0.1307 |
205 |
1 |
31.76 |
2009-02-16 |
| 78. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
31.75 |
1.1018 |
-0.1964 |
220 |
1 |
31.75 |
2009-02-16 |
| 79. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
31.71 |
0.8791 |
0.0306 |
190 |
1 |
31.71 |
2010-01-07 |
| 80. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
31.61 |
1.0349 |
-0.1279 |
234 |
1 |
31.61 |
2009-02-07 |
| 81. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
31.56 |
0.9964 |
-0.0901 |
203 |
1 |
31.56 |
2010-01-07 |
| 82. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
31.53 |
0.9430 |
-0.0449 |
211 |
1 |
31.53 |
2009-02-08 |
| 83. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
31.33 |
0.8700 |
0.0288 |
127 |
1 |
31.33 |
2009-02-07 |
| 84. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
31.23 |
0.8826 |
0.0154 |
296 |
3 |
28.46 |
2009-02-16 |
| 85. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
31.21 |
0.9697 |
-0.0735 |
249 |
1 |
31.21 |
2009-02-08 |
| 86. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
31.11 |
0.9485 |
-0.0537 |
236 |
1 |
31.11 |
2009-02-08 |
| 87. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
31.08 |
1.0429 |
-0.1521 |
259 |
1 |
31.08 |
2009-03-05 |
| 88. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
30.97 |
0.8442 |
0.0488 |
265 |
3 |
28.22 |
2009-04-10 |
| 89. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
30.88 |
0.8709 |
0.0234 |
202 |
2 |
27.90 |
2009-02-08 |
| 90. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
30.86 |
0.9485 |
-0.0603 |
291 |
1 |
30.86 |
2010-01-07 |
| 91. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
30.80 |
0.8919 |
-0.0095 |
205 |
4 |
27.51 |
2010-01-08 |
| 92. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
30.70 |
0.9884 |
-0.1080 |
233 |
1 |
30.70 |
2009-02-12 |
| 93. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
30.68 |
0.9072 |
-0.0283 |
237 |
2 |
27.45 |
2009-04-10 |
| 94. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
30.66 |
0.8811 |
0.0035 |
239 |
1 |
30.66 |
2009-02-08 |
| 95. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
30.54 |
1.0567 |
-0.1796 |
303 |
1 |
30.54 |
2009-02-08 |
| 96. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
30.23 |
0.9084 |
-0.0391 |
300 |
1 |
30.23 |
2010-01-09 |
| 97. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
30.21 |
0.9946 |
-0.1279 |
246 |
1 |
30.21 |
2009-02-16 |
| 98. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
30.07 |
0.9776 |
-0.1146 |
308 |
1 |
30.07 |
2009-02-10 |
| 99. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
30.01 |
0.9649 |
-0.1049 |
193 |
2 |
29.40 |
2010-01-07 |
| 100. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
29.92 |
0.9811 |
-0.1199 |
272 |
1 |
29.92 |
2010-01-07 |
| 101. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
29.85 |
0.8821 |
-0.0262 |
176 |
1 |
29.85 |
2009-02-07 |
| 102. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
29.74 |
0.8890 |
-0.0394 |
199 |
2 |
29.06 |
2009-02-08 |
| 103. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
29.72 |
1.0120 |
-0.1602 |
290 |
1 |
29.72 |
2009-02-08 |
| 104. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
29.70 |
0.9907 |
-0.1402 |
211 |
2 |
27.13 |
2009-02-08 |
| 105. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
29.68 |
0.9125 |
-0.0592 |
308 |
1 |
29.68 |
2009-02-08 |
| 106. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
29.54 |
0.8289 |
0.0259 |
304 |
1 |
29.54 |
2010-01-07 |
| 107. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
29.33 |
0.9365 |
-0.0938 |
248 |
1 |
29.33 |
2009-02-16 |
| 108. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
29.31 |
0.9769 |
-0.1383 |
263 |
2 |
27.77 |
2009-02-08 |
| 109. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
28.92 |
0.9820 |
-0.1499 |
267 |
1 |
28.92 |
2009-02-08 |
| 110. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
28.75 |
0.9233 |
-0.1072 |
168 |
1 |
28.75 |
2009-02-07 |
| 111. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
28.63 |
0.8422 |
-0.0196 |
164 |
1 |
28.63 |
2009-02-10 |
| 112. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
28.56 |
0.9846 |
-0.1668 |
281 |
1 |
28.56 |
2009-02-07 |
| 113. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
28.33 |
0.9168 |
-0.1033 |
240 |
1 |
28.33 |
2009-02-07 |
| 114. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
28.32 |
0.9691 |
-0.1577 |
223 |
2 |
28.17 |
2009-02-08 |
| 115. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
28.30 |
0.8660 |
-0.0543 |
193 |
2 |
27.19 |
2009-02-07 |
| 116. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
28.23 |
1.0596 |
-0.2525 |
239 |
1 |
28.23 |
2009-02-07 |
| 117. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
28.18 |
0.8153 |
-0.0027 |
200 |
1 |
28.18 |
2009-02-12 |
| 118. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
28.07 |
0.9202 |
-0.1163 |
254 |
1 |
28.07 |
2009-02-08 |
| 119. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
28.04 |
0.8096 |
0.0020 |
209 |
1 |
28.04 |
2009-02-08 |
| 120. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
27.97 |
1.0138 |
-0.2125 |
231 |
1 |
27.97 |
2009-02-07 |
| 121. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
27.62 |
0.9540 |
-0.1643 |
285 |
1 |
27.62 |
2009-02-08 |
| 122. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
27.61 |
0.7375 |
0.0569 |
148 |
1 |
27.61 |
2009-02-08 |
| 123. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
27.29 |
1.0251 |
-0.2454 |
261 |
1 |
27.29 |
2009-02-07 |
| 124. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
27.16 |
0.8295 |
-0.0496 |
209 |
1 |
27.16 |
2009-02-08 |
| 125. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
26.72 |
0.8628 |
-0.1009 |
196 |
1 |
26.72 |
2009-02-07 |
| 126. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
26.66 |
0.8739 |
-0.1144 |
136 |
2 |
24.95 |
2009-02-07 |
| 127. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
26.17 |
0.8118 |
-0.0576 |
109 |
1 |
26.17 |
2009-02-07 |
| 128. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
26.11 |
0.8533 |
-0.1047 |
232 |
1 |
26.11 |
2009-02-07 |
| 129. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
25.54 |
0.7908 |
-0.0552 |
127 |
1 |
25.54 |
2009-02-07 |
| 130. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
25.51 |
1.0203 |
-0.2869 |
261 |
1 |
25.51 |
2009-02-07 |
| 131. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
25.10 |
1.0498 |
-0.3365 |
180 |
1 |
25.10 |
2009-02-08 |
| 132. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
24.52 |
0.8892 |
-0.1820 |
207 |
1 |
24.52 |
2009-02-12 |
| 133. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
24.32 |
0.9740 |
-0.2827 |
209 |
1 |
24.32 |
2009-02-08 |
| 134. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
24.12 |
0.9128 |
-0.2177 |
133 |
1 |
24.12 |
2009-02-07 |
| 135. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
23.45 |
0.9682 |
-0.3001 |
143 |
1 |
23.45 |
2009-02-07 |