| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
55.68 |
0.8821 |
0.3822 |
176 |
1 |
55.68 |
2008-12-29 |
| 2. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
53.45 |
1.0796 |
0.1293 |
129 |
1 |
53.45 |
2009-02-09 |
| 3. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
52.24 |
1.0496 |
0.1356 |
314 |
1 |
52.24 |
2009-05-12 |
| 4. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
51.13 |
1.0213 |
0.1359 |
240 |
2 |
46.64 |
2009-05-13 |
| 5. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
50.81 |
1.0555 |
0.0990 |
363 |
1 |
50.81 |
2009-05-13 |
| 6. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
50.26 |
0.9710 |
0.1630 |
173 |
2 |
38.25 |
2009-02-09 |
| 7. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
49.44 |
1.0263 |
0.0946 |
267 |
1 |
49.44 |
2009-05-12 |
| 8. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
48.94 |
1.0613 |
0.0498 |
266 |
1 |
48.94 |
2009-05-12 |
| 9. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
48.86 |
0.9202 |
0.1874 |
254 |
1 |
48.86 |
2009-05-13 |
| 10. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
48.55 |
1.0483 |
0.0499 |
227 |
1 |
48.55 |
2009-02-01 |
| 11. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
48.43 |
1.0389 |
0.0613 |
318 |
1 |
48.43 |
2009-05-11 |
| 12. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
48.38 |
1.0131 |
0.0803 |
225 |
1 |
48.38 |
2009-05-13 |
| 13. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
48.28 |
1.0331 |
0.0597 |
234 |
1 |
48.28 |
2008-12-29 |
| 14. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
48.16 |
0.9897 |
0.1003 |
274 |
4 |
42.33 |
2009-02-09 |
| 15. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
48.16 |
0.9866 |
0.1020 |
218 |
3 |
45.17 |
2011-08-04 |
| 16. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
48.01 |
0.9991 |
0.0902 |
225 |
2 |
38.07 |
2008-12-28 |
| 17. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
47.96 |
0.9684 |
0.1220 |
388 |
2 |
46.81 |
2009-02-09 |
| 18. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
47.68 |
0.9635 |
0.1232 |
389 |
1 |
47.68 |
2008-12-29 |
| 19. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
47.30 |
1.0337 |
0.0382 |
214 |
1 |
47.30 |
2009-02-09 |
| 20. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
47.23 |
1.0218 |
0.0462 |
268 |
1 |
47.23 |
2009-05-12 |
| 21. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
47.09 |
0.9527 |
0.1149 |
251 |
2 |
45.81 |
2009-05-11 |
| 22. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
46.98 |
0.9724 |
0.0964 |
237 |
1 |
46.98 |
2008-12-26 |
| 23. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
46.90 |
0.9532 |
0.1089 |
258 |
2 |
40.90 |
2009-05-12 |
| 24. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
46.88 |
0.9857 |
0.0762 |
293 |
2 |
45.48 |
2011-08-04 |
| 25. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
46.87 |
0.9068 |
0.1589 |
269 |
1 |
46.87 |
2008-12-26 |
| 26. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
46.83 |
1.0023 |
0.0576 |
211 |
2 |
41.98 |
2009-02-09 |
| 27. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
46.73 |
0.9699 |
0.0890 |
269 |
1 |
46.73 |
2009-02-01 |
| 28. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
46.71 |
0.9633 |
0.0979 |
304 |
1 |
46.71 |
2009-05-13 |
| 29. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
46.70 |
1.0138 |
0.0446 |
231 |
1 |
46.70 |
2009-02-09 |
| 30. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
46.60 |
1.0787 |
-0.0235 |
237 |
1 |
46.60 |
2008-12-28 |
| 31. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
46.47 |
1.0125 |
0.0387 |
224 |
1 |
46.47 |
2009-02-09 |
| 32. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
46.46 |
0.9125 |
0.1426 |
308 |
1 |
46.46 |
2009-05-13 |
| 33. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
46.29 |
0.9212 |
0.1315 |
323 |
1 |
46.29 |
2009-02-09 |
| 34. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
45.88 |
0.9266 |
0.1135 |
267 |
1 |
45.88 |
2009-05-13 |
| 35. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
45.62 |
1.0257 |
0.0147 |
401 |
1 |
45.62 |
2009-05-12 |
| 36. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
45.43 |
1.0441 |
-0.0130 |
252 |
2 |
41.32 |
2009-02-09 |
| 37. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
45.32 |
1.0521 |
-0.0298 |
171 |
3 |
42.30 |
2009-02-09 |
| 38. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
45.29 |
1.0767 |
-0.0525 |
212 |
1 |
45.29 |
2009-05-12 |
| 39. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
45.21 |
1.0292 |
-0.0059 |
262 |
2 |
44.86 |
2009-02-09 |
| 40. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
45.00 |
0.9636 |
0.0561 |
254 |
1 |
45.00 |
2009-02-09 |
| 41. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
44.98 |
0.9048 |
0.1191 |
271 |
1 |
44.98 |
2009-02-09 |
| 42. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
44.94 |
1.0444 |
-0.0326 |
197 |
1 |
44.94 |
2009-05-20 |
| 43. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
44.93 |
0.9084 |
0.1139 |
404 |
1 |
44.93 |
2008-12-26 |
| 44. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
44.84 |
0.9281 |
0.0931 |
273 |
2 |
41.96 |
2009-02-09 |
| 45. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
44.73 |
1.0201 |
-0.0133 |
172 |
1 |
44.73 |
2009-05-12 |
| 46. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
44.69 |
0.9691 |
0.0430 |
223 |
1 |
44.69 |
2008-12-28 |
| 47. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
44.66 |
0.9997 |
0.0159 |
382 |
1 |
44.66 |
2008-12-28 |
| 48. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
44.39 |
0.9646 |
0.0403 |
264 |
1 |
44.39 |
2009-02-09 |
| 49. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
44.24 |
0.9852 |
0.0174 |
264 |
2 |
44.01 |
2009-05-12 |
| 50. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
44.23 |
0.9769 |
0.0231 |
263 |
2 |
41.11 |
2009-05-13 |
| 51. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
44.17 |
0.9257 |
0.0805 |
317 |
1 |
44.17 |
2008-12-26 |
| 52. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
44.03 |
0.9965 |
-0.0038 |
168 |
1 |
44.03 |
2009-05-12 |
| 53. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
44.02 |
0.9899 |
0.0027 |
163 |
1 |
44.02 |
2008-12-28 |
| 54. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
43.97 |
1.0025 |
-0.0065 |
256 |
1 |
43.97 |
2009-02-09 |
| 55. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
43.96 |
1.0477 |
-0.0494 |
360 |
1 |
43.96 |
2009-02-09 |
| 56. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
43.83 |
0.9088 |
0.0893 |
348 |
1 |
43.83 |
2009-02-09 |
| 57. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
43.72 |
1.0090 |
0.0252 |
282 |
1 |
43.72 |
2011-08-04 |
| 58. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
43.61 |
1.1114 |
-0.1262 |
247 |
1 |
43.61 |
2008-12-28 |
| 59. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
43.37 |
0.9513 |
0.0349 |
354 |
1 |
43.37 |
2009-05-12 |
| 60. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
43.34 |
1.0390 |
-0.0611 |
205 |
1 |
43.34 |
2008-12-28 |
| 61. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
43.28 |
0.9805 |
0.0044 |
292 |
1 |
43.28 |
2009-02-09 |
| 62. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
43.20 |
0.9464 |
0.0372 |
323 |
1 |
43.20 |
2009-02-01 |
| 63. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
43.18 |
1.0060 |
-0.0327 |
171 |
1 |
43.18 |
2009-02-09 |
| 64. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
43.10 |
0.8811 |
0.0997 |
239 |
1 |
43.10 |
2009-02-09 |
| 65. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
43.08 |
0.9597 |
0.0201 |
347 |
2 |
42.16 |
2009-02-09 |
| 66. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
42.74 |
1.0334 |
-0.0720 |
131 |
1 |
42.74 |
2009-05-20 |
| 67. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
42.37 |
1.1016 |
-0.1421 |
233 |
1 |
42.37 |
2009-02-01 |
| 68. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
42.33 |
0.9572 |
0.0002 |
201 |
1 |
42.33 |
2009-05-12 |
| 69. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
42.29 |
0.9844 |
-0.0220 |
293 |
1 |
42.29 |
2008-12-28 |
| 70. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
42.26 |
1.0120 |
-0.0559 |
290 |
1 |
42.26 |
2008-12-28 |
| 71. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
42.17 |
0.9795 |
-0.0247 |
308 |
1 |
42.17 |
2009-02-09 |
| 72. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
42.15 |
1.0099 |
-0.0584 |
207 |
1 |
42.15 |
2008-12-26 |
| 73. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
41.89 |
0.9614 |
-0.0100 |
292 |
1 |
41.89 |
2009-02-09 |
| 74. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
41.79 |
0.9865 |
-0.0393 |
276 |
1 |
41.79 |
2009-02-01 |
| 75. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
41.74 |
0.8573 |
0.0913 |
270 |
1 |
41.74 |
2008-12-26 |
| 76. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
41.74 |
0.9846 |
-0.0407 |
281 |
1 |
41.74 |
2009-02-01 |
| 77. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
41.70 |
0.9820 |
-0.0352 |
267 |
1 |
41.70 |
2008-12-28 |
| 78. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
41.66 |
1.0168 |
-0.0723 |
271 |
1 |
41.66 |
2009-02-09 |
| 79. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
41.42 |
0.8941 |
0.0455 |
216 |
1 |
41.42 |
2009-05-11 |
| 80. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
41.21 |
0.9365 |
-0.0023 |
248 |
1 |
41.21 |
2009-05-12 |
| 81. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
41.09 |
0.9084 |
0.0234 |
300 |
1 |
41.09 |
2008-12-28 |
| 82. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
40.94 |
0.8935 |
0.0428 |
328 |
1 |
40.94 |
2011-08-04 |
| 83. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
40.94 |
0.9351 |
-0.0140 |
190 |
2 |
39.91 |
2008-12-26 |
| 84. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
40.82 |
0.7375 |
0.1895 |
148 |
1 |
40.82 |
2008-12-26 |
| 85. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
40.82 |
0.8653 |
0.0698 |
255 |
1 |
40.82 |
2008-12-28 |
| 86. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
40.80 |
1.0577 |
-0.1378 |
247 |
1 |
40.80 |
2009-02-01 |
| 87. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
40.72 |
0.9339 |
-0.0139 |
310 |
1 |
40.72 |
2008-12-28 |
| 88. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
40.69 |
0.9500 |
-0.0269 |
362 |
2 |
40.29 |
2009-05-12 |
| 89. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
40.53 |
0.9946 |
-0.0776 |
246 |
1 |
40.53 |
2008-12-28 |
| 90. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
40.46 |
0.9097 |
0.0062 |
153 |
1 |
40.46 |
2011-08-04 |
| 91. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
40.01 |
0.9936 |
-0.0886 |
311 |
1 |
40.01 |
2008-12-26 |
| 92. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
39.67 |
1.0183 |
-0.1265 |
191 |
1 |
39.67 |
2009-02-09 |
| 93. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
39.50 |
0.9234 |
-0.0245 |
346 |
1 |
39.50 |
2009-02-09 |
| 94. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
39.37 |
0.9786 |
-0.0932 |
193 |
2 |
37.56 |
2009-05-12 |
| 95. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
39.09 |
1.0261 |
-0.1439 |
273 |
1 |
39.09 |
2008-12-26 |
| 96. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
39.09 |
0.9468 |
-0.0632 |
276 |
1 |
39.09 |
2009-02-01 |
| 97. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
38.81 |
0.9758 |
-0.0974 |
314 |
1 |
38.81 |
2009-02-01 |
| 98. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
38.39 |
1.0316 |
-0.1597 |
333 |
1 |
38.39 |
2009-05-12 |
| 99. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
38.20 |
0.8887 |
-0.0110 |
128 |
1 |
38.20 |
2008-12-28 |
| 100. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
37.89 |
0.9776 |
-0.1208 |
308 |
1 |
37.89 |
2008-12-28 |
| 101. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
37.88 |
0.8933 |
-0.0305 |
363 |
1 |
37.88 |
2009-02-01 |
| 102. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
37.75 |
0.9907 |
-0.1389 |
211 |
1 |
37.75 |
2009-02-01 |
| 103. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
37.74 |
0.8382 |
0.0155 |
268 |
1 |
37.74 |
2009-02-09 |
| 104. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
37.67 |
0.9734 |
-0.1221 |
289 |
1 |
37.67 |
2008-12-28 |
| 105. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
37.64 |
0.7876 |
0.0659 |
316 |
1 |
37.64 |
2009-05-11 |
| 106. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
37.62 |
0.8826 |
-0.0308 |
296 |
1 |
37.62 |
2008-12-26 |
| 107. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
35.60 |
0.9330 |
-0.1223 |
360 |
1 |
35.60 |
2009-02-01 |
| 108. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
34.78 |
0.8810 |
-0.0950 |
282 |
1 |
34.78 |
2008-12-26 |
| 109. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
34.04 |
0.8105 |
-0.0465 |
204 |
1 |
34.04 |
2009-05-11 |
| 110. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
33.08 |
0.9884 |
-0.2430 |
233 |
1 |
33.08 |
2008-12-26 |
| 111. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
31.22 |
0.9309 |
-0.2293 |
284 |
1 |
31.22 |
2008-12-28 |