| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
41.22 |
1.0993 |
0.2301 |
265 |
1 |
41.22 |
2011-04-02 |
| 2. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
39.55 |
1.0379 |
0.2699 |
245 |
1 |
39.55 |
2011-04-02 |
| 3. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
39.33 |
1.0679 |
0.2234 |
177 |
1 |
39.33 |
2011-04-01 |
| 4. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
38.37 |
1.1296 |
0.1352 |
252 |
2 |
36.64 |
2011-04-06 |
| 5. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
37.95 |
1.1016 |
0.1225 |
233 |
1 |
37.95 |
2011-04-02 |
| 6. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
37.60 |
1.1215 |
0.1135 |
200 |
1 |
37.60 |
2011-04-01 |
| 7. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
37.35 |
0.9726 |
0.2325 |
154 |
1 |
37.35 |
2011-04-06 |
| 8. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
37.23 |
0.8422 |
0.3608 |
164 |
1 |
37.23 |
2011-04-01 |
| 9. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
36.59 |
0.9257 |
0.2586 |
317 |
2 |
36.03 |
2011-04-02 |
| 10. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
36.48 |
1.0388 |
0.1642 |
243 |
1 |
36.48 |
2011-04-02 |
| 11. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
35.93 |
1.0203 |
0.1388 |
261 |
1 |
35.93 |
2011-04-06 |
| 12. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
35.88 |
0.9943 |
0.1635 |
373 |
1 |
35.88 |
2011-04-01 |
| 13. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
35.82 |
0.9461 |
0.2103 |
276 |
1 |
35.82 |
2011-04-01 |
| 14. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
35.67 |
0.9884 |
0.1623 |
233 |
1 |
35.67 |
2011-04-02 |
| 15. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
35.63 |
0.9171 |
0.2345 |
165 |
1 |
35.63 |
2011-04-06 |
| 16. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
35.37 |
0.9857 |
0.1546 |
293 |
2 |
33.70 |
2011-04-02 |
| 17. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
35.06 |
1.0284 |
0.1384 |
282 |
1 |
35.06 |
2011-04-01 |
| 18. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
35.05 |
1.0944 |
0.0703 |
308 |
1 |
35.05 |
2011-03-26 |
| 19. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
34.97 |
1.0125 |
0.1150 |
224 |
1 |
34.97 |
2011-04-06 |
| 20. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
34.72 |
1.0029 |
0.1160 |
209 |
1 |
34.72 |
2011-04-01 |
| 21. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
34.48 |
1.0417 |
0.0698 |
253 |
1 |
34.48 |
2011-04-01 |
| 22. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
34.40 |
0.8792 |
0.2344 |
296 |
1 |
34.40 |
2011-04-02 |
| 23. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
34.24 |
0.8541 |
0.2531 |
260 |
1 |
34.24 |
2011-03-30 |
| 24. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
33.97 |
0.9758 |
0.1192 |
314 |
1 |
33.97 |
2011-03-30 |
| 25. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
33.94 |
0.8715 |
0.2233 |
130 |
1 |
33.94 |
2011-04-01 |
| 26. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
33.84 |
0.9429 |
0.1477 |
287 |
1 |
33.84 |
2011-04-06 |
| 27. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
33.70 |
0.9023 |
0.2211 |
231 |
1 |
33.70 |
2011-04-01 |
| 28. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
33.63 |
0.9884 |
0.0982 |
262 |
1 |
33.63 |
2011-04-02 |
| 29. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
33.61 |
1.0016 |
0.0817 |
218 |
1 |
33.61 |
2011-04-01 |
| 30. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
33.53 |
1.0483 |
0.0316 |
227 |
2 |
33.42 |
2011-04-02 |
| 31. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
33.51 |
0.9485 |
0.1309 |
291 |
1 |
33.51 |
2011-04-02 |
| 32. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
33.46 |
0.9263 |
0.1538 |
188 |
1 |
33.46 |
2011-03-30 |
| 33. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
33.28 |
0.9798 |
0.0916 |
199 |
2 |
27.04 |
2011-03-30 |
| 34. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
33.15 |
0.9865 |
0.0826 |
276 |
1 |
33.15 |
2011-03-30 |
| 35. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
33.08 |
1.0214 |
0.0443 |
166 |
1 |
33.08 |
2011-04-02 |
| 36. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
32.98 |
0.8852 |
0.1785 |
201 |
1 |
32.98 |
2011-04-01 |
| 37. |
As civilizations grew, humans spread out across the face of ... |
32.95 |
0.9418 |
0.1230 |
188 |
1 |
32.95 |
2011-03-26 |
| 38. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
32.89 |
0.9673 |
0.1295 |
232 |
1 |
32.89 |
2011-04-06 |
| 39. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
32.85 |
0.9019 |
0.1602 |
204 |
2 |
29.91 |
2011-04-02 |
| 40. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
32.64 |
1.0297 |
0.0216 |
249 |
1 |
32.64 |
2011-04-02 |
| 41. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
32.62 |
0.8811 |
0.1737 |
239 |
2 |
30.76 |
2011-04-01 |
| 42. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
32.61 |
1.0173 |
0.0721 |
268 |
1 |
32.61 |
2011-04-02 |
| 43. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
32.59 |
0.8890 |
0.1608 |
199 |
3 |
30.13 |
2011-04-01 |
| 44. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
32.48 |
1.0334 |
0.0110 |
131 |
1 |
32.48 |
2011-04-01 |
| 45. |
For all its apparent strength, the Aztec Empire had vulnerab... |
32.41 |
0.7988 |
0.2510 |
219 |
1 |
32.41 |
2011-04-01 |
| 46. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
32.32 |
1.0574 |
0.0072 |
205 |
1 |
32.32 |
2011-04-01 |
| 47. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
32.30 |
1.1018 |
-0.0615 |
220 |
2 |
31.03 |
2011-04-02 |
| 48. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
32.23 |
1.0025 |
0.0354 |
336 |
1 |
32.23 |
2011-03-26 |
| 49. |
Desktop publishing revolutionized the creation of printed do... |
32.21 |
0.8023 |
0.2375 |
182 |
1 |
32.21 |
2011-03-26 |
| 50. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
31.73 |
0.9691 |
0.0537 |
223 |
1 |
31.73 |
2011-04-01 |
| 51. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
31.67 |
1.0251 |
-0.0061 |
261 |
2 |
29.81 |
2011-04-01 |
| 52. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
31.66 |
0.9846 |
0.0355 |
281 |
1 |
31.66 |
2011-03-26 |
| 53. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
31.64 |
0.8348 |
0.1886 |
219 |
1 |
31.64 |
2011-04-02 |
| 54. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
31.55 |
0.9786 |
0.0382 |
235 |
1 |
31.55 |
2011-04-03 |
| 55. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
31.30 |
1.0168 |
-0.0097 |
271 |
1 |
31.30 |
2011-04-02 |
| 56. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
31.19 |
0.9233 |
0.0819 |
168 |
1 |
31.19 |
2011-03-31 |
| 57. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
31.18 |
0.8878 |
0.1178 |
346 |
1 |
31.18 |
2011-03-30 |
| 58. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
31.18 |
0.9665 |
0.0776 |
326 |
1 |
31.18 |
2011-03-29 |
| 59. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
31.17 |
0.8821 |
0.1242 |
176 |
1 |
31.17 |
2011-04-02 |
| 60. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
31.14 |
0.8773 |
0.1296 |
205 |
1 |
31.14 |
2011-04-06 |
| 61. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
31.12 |
0.9559 |
0.0481 |
195 |
1 |
31.12 |
2011-03-26 |
| 62. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
30.93 |
1.0214 |
0.0101 |
281 |
1 |
30.93 |
2011-04-01 |
| 63. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
30.66 |
0.9028 |
0.0869 |
155 |
1 |
30.66 |
2011-03-28 |
| 64. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
30.63 |
1.0787 |
-0.0929 |
237 |
1 |
30.63 |
2011-03-26 |
| 65. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
30.58 |
1.0151 |
-0.0305 |
152 |
1 |
30.58 |
2011-03-26 |
| 66. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
30.52 |
0.9275 |
0.0554 |
211 |
1 |
30.52 |
2011-04-01 |
| 67. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
30.49 |
1.0205 |
-0.0377 |
179 |
1 |
30.49 |
2011-03-08 |
| 68. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
30.49 |
1.0138 |
-0.0317 |
231 |
1 |
30.49 |
2011-03-26 |
| 69. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
30.48 |
0.8089 |
0.1738 |
158 |
2 |
26.92 |
2011-03-31 |
| 70. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
30.30 |
0.8096 |
0.1712 |
209 |
1 |
30.30 |
2011-04-06 |
| 71. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
30.22 |
0.8770 |
0.0973 |
300 |
1 |
30.22 |
2011-04-06 |
| 72. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
30.19 |
0.8914 |
0.0827 |
366 |
1 |
30.19 |
2011-03-26 |
| 73. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
29.95 |
1.0033 |
-0.0400 |
189 |
1 |
29.95 |
2011-03-30 |
| 74. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
29.86 |
1.0131 |
-0.0513 |
225 |
1 |
29.86 |
2011-03-31 |
| 75. |
While you were sleeping, you tossed, you turned. You rolled ... |
29.85 |
0.8614 |
0.1020 |
172 |
1 |
29.85 |
2011-03-30 |
| 76. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
29.82 |
0.8919 |
0.0687 |
205 |
1 |
29.82 |
2011-04-01 |
| 77. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
29.73 |
0.9649 |
-0.0069 |
193 |
1 |
29.73 |
2011-03-31 |
| 78. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
29.47 |
1.0288 |
-0.0530 |
300 |
1 |
29.47 |
2011-04-01 |
| 79. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
29.37 |
0.8809 |
0.0664 |
127 |
1 |
29.37 |
2011-03-12 |
| 80. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
29.25 |
0.9187 |
0.0235 |
118 |
1 |
29.25 |
2011-04-01 |
| 81. |
In the capital of the Sunbelt South, the quiet revolution of... |
29.18 |
0.9098 |
0.0322 |
167 |
1 |
29.18 |
2011-03-28 |
| 82. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
29.04 |
0.8975 |
0.0397 |
268 |
1 |
29.04 |
2011-03-26 |
| 83. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
29.02 |
0.8022 |
0.1347 |
215 |
1 |
29.02 |
2011-04-06 |
| 84. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
28.94 |
0.9303 |
0.0020 |
176 |
1 |
28.94 |
2011-04-01 |
| 85. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
28.87 |
0.8899 |
0.0440 |
293 |
1 |
28.87 |
2011-03-26 |
| 86. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
28.82 |
0.9266 |
0.0017 |
267 |
1 |
28.82 |
2011-03-26 |
| 87. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
28.75 |
1.0004 |
-0.0756 |
212 |
1 |
28.75 |
2011-03-28 |
| 88. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
28.67 |
0.9509 |
0.0056 |
225 |
1 |
28.67 |
2011-04-08 |
| 89. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
28.64 |
0.9612 |
-0.0390 |
256 |
2 |
27.84 |
2011-03-31 |
| 90. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
28.54 |
1.0523 |
-0.1343 |
256 |
1 |
28.54 |
2011-03-12 |
| 91. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
27.64 |
0.8573 |
0.0363 |
270 |
1 |
27.64 |
2011-04-06 |
| 92. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
27.39 |
0.9048 |
-0.0199 |
271 |
1 |
27.39 |
2011-03-29 |
| 93. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
27.16 |
0.9289 |
-0.0547 |
204 |
1 |
27.16 |
2011-03-26 |
| 94. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
26.83 |
0.8551 |
0.0088 |
171 |
1 |
26.83 |
2011-03-08 |
| 95. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
26.52 |
0.8628 |
-0.0077 |
196 |
1 |
26.52 |
2011-03-26 |
| 96. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
25.33 |
1.0445 |
-0.2312 |
373 |
1 |
25.33 |
2011-03-28 |
| 97. |
By the early 1990s the first Internet language (HTTP) was wr... |
24.88 |
0.7104 |
0.0941 |
131 |
1 |
24.88 |
2011-03-30 |
| 98. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
24.84 |
0.9514 |
-0.1525 |
237 |
1 |
24.84 |
2011-03-30 |
| 99. |
Through intensive training and psychological manipulation, a... |
24.60 |
0.8073 |
-0.0155 |
173 |
1 |
24.60 |
2011-03-31 |
| 100. |
Jay earned himself a promotion to lieutenant on the strength... |
24.07 |
0.8122 |
-0.0367 |
181 |
1 |
24.07 |
2011-03-08 |
| 101. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
23.98 |
0.8289 |
-0.0537 |
304 |
1 |
23.98 |
2011-03-12 |
| 102. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
23.93 |
0.8900 |
-0.1185 |
164 |
1 |
23.93 |
2011-03-26 |
| 103. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
23.88 |
0.8263 |
-0.0559 |
162 |
1 |
23.88 |
2011-03-08 |
| 104. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
23.83 |
0.8153 |
-0.0462 |
200 |
1 |
23.83 |
2011-03-08 |
| 105. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
23.67 |
1.0023 |
-0.2417 |
211 |
1 |
23.67 |
2011-03-08 |
| 106. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
23.64 |
0.9843 |
-0.2258 |
234 |
1 |
23.64 |
2011-03-12 |
| 107. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
22.51 |
0.8105 |
-0.0870 |
204 |
1 |
22.51 |
2011-03-12 |
| 108. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
22.14 |
0.9353 |
-0.2226 |
177 |
1 |
22.14 |
2011-03-08 |
| 109. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
21.28 |
0.9731 |
-0.2904 |
129 |
1 |
21.28 |
2011-03-08 |
| 110. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
21.01 |
1.0254 |
-0.3120 |
217 |
1 |
21.01 |
2011-03-31 |
| 111. |
Imagine words like "if" as a two-finger movement instead of ... |
19.76 |
0.7443 |
-0.1102 |
169 |
1 |
19.76 |
2011-03-08 |