| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
58.28 |
1.0714 |
0.1854 |
129 |
2 |
50.75 |
2008-12-29 |
| 2. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
57.95 |
1.0787 |
0.1719 |
237 |
5 |
52.51 |
2008-11-22 |
| 3. |
The girls I like best are ones I never feel much like kiddin... |
57.14 |
0.9063 |
0.3317 |
239 |
1 |
57.14 |
2014-08-26 |
| 4. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
56.71 |
1.0201 |
0.2046 |
303 |
1 |
56.71 |
2008-11-20 |
| 5. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
55.68 |
1.0596 |
0.1420 |
239 |
1 |
55.68 |
2014-08-26 |
| 6. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
55.66 |
1.0796 |
0.1209 |
129 |
1 |
55.66 |
2008-11-20 |
| 7. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
55.20 |
1.0419 |
0.1489 |
261 |
1 |
55.20 |
2014-08-26 |
| 8. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
54.74 |
0.9572 |
0.2270 |
201 |
1 |
54.74 |
2008-11-21 |
| 9. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
54.62 |
1.0441 |
0.1351 |
252 |
2 |
53.13 |
2014-08-26 |
| 10. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
54.34 |
1.0368 |
0.1370 |
276 |
3 |
49.12 |
2014-08-26 |
| 11. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
54.09 |
1.0417 |
0.1260 |
253 |
1 |
54.09 |
2008-11-20 |
| 12. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
53.84 |
1.0352 |
0.1281 |
341 |
1 |
53.84 |
2008-12-31 |
| 13. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
53.73 |
0.9905 |
0.1702 |
377 |
1 |
53.73 |
2010-08-14 |
| 14. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
53.66 |
1.0993 |
0.0583 |
265 |
3 |
50.04 |
2008-11-23 |
| 15. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
52.86 |
0.9513 |
0.1905 |
354 |
1 |
52.86 |
2008-11-20 |
| 16. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
52.59 |
1.0829 |
0.0518 |
288 |
1 |
52.59 |
2008-11-20 |
| 17. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
52.46 |
0.9756 |
0.1562 |
229 |
2 |
46.63 |
2008-12-31 |
| 18. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
52.36 |
0.9785 |
0.1530 |
335 |
2 |
50.32 |
2008-11-20 |
| 19. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
51.08 |
0.9593 |
0.1451 |
398 |
1 |
51.08 |
2008-11-22 |
| 20. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
50.98 |
0.8941 |
0.2087 |
216 |
1 |
50.98 |
2009-01-02 |
| 21. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
50.51 |
0.9910 |
0.0996 |
295 |
4 |
47.12 |
2014-08-26 |
| 22. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
50.42 |
1.0138 |
0.0740 |
231 |
1 |
50.42 |
2008-11-20 |
| 23. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
50.15 |
1.0462 |
0.0348 |
184 |
2 |
49.52 |
2010-08-12 |
| 24. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
50.10 |
1.0151 |
0.0655 |
152 |
2 |
49.77 |
2014-08-26 |
| 25. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
50.09 |
1.0349 |
0.0463 |
234 |
1 |
50.09 |
2008-11-19 |
| 26. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
50.08 |
1.0528 |
0.0257 |
201 |
2 |
48.34 |
2008-11-22 |
| 27. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
50.01 |
0.9351 |
0.1438 |
190 |
2 |
48.66 |
2014-08-26 |
| 28. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
49.99 |
0.9578 |
0.1220 |
281 |
3 |
47.28 |
2008-11-21 |
| 29. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
49.92 |
1.0516 |
0.0252 |
281 |
3 |
48.94 |
2008-12-30 |
| 30. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
49.88 |
0.9852 |
0.0910 |
264 |
1 |
49.88 |
2008-11-20 |
| 31. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
49.73 |
1.0240 |
0.0494 |
256 |
1 |
49.73 |
2014-08-26 |
| 32. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
49.73 |
0.8573 |
0.2202 |
270 |
1 |
49.73 |
2010-08-12 |
| 33. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
49.72 |
1.0565 |
0.0157 |
247 |
1 |
49.72 |
2008-09-01 |
| 34. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
49.50 |
0.9776 |
0.0911 |
308 |
1 |
49.50 |
2008-11-22 |
| 35. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
49.35 |
1.0426 |
0.0221 |
323 |
2 |
48.91 |
2008-11-21 |
| 36. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
49.28 |
1.0125 |
0.0505 |
224 |
2 |
47.73 |
2009-01-02 |
| 37. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
49.26 |
1.0515 |
0.0105 |
250 |
1 |
49.26 |
2008-11-18 |
| 38. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
49.22 |
0.8914 |
0.1723 |
366 |
1 |
49.22 |
2014-08-26 |
| 39. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
49.10 |
0.9843 |
0.0734 |
234 |
2 |
47.09 |
2008-12-30 |
| 40. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
48.88 |
1.0203 |
0.0349 |
261 |
2 |
48.85 |
2008-12-30 |
| 41. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
48.80 |
0.9758 |
0.0770 |
314 |
3 |
46.48 |
2008-12-30 |
| 42. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
48.76 |
0.9798 |
0.0706 |
199 |
1 |
48.76 |
2008-11-18 |
| 43. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
48.64 |
1.0029 |
0.0458 |
209 |
2 |
47.84 |
2008-11-22 |
| 44. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
48.55 |
1.0390 |
0.0062 |
205 |
2 |
47.65 |
2008-11-22 |
| 45. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
48.52 |
1.0444 |
0.0013 |
197 |
1 |
48.52 |
2008-11-18 |
| 46. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
48.50 |
1.0555 |
-0.0096 |
363 |
1 |
48.50 |
2014-08-26 |
| 47. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
48.45 |
0.9653 |
0.0821 |
394 |
2 |
47.92 |
2009-01-02 |
| 48. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
48.40 |
1.0165 |
0.0276 |
392 |
1 |
48.40 |
2008-11-22 |
| 49. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
48.32 |
0.9964 |
0.0460 |
203 |
1 |
48.32 |
2008-11-18 |
| 50. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
48.25 |
1.0337 |
0.0058 |
214 |
1 |
48.25 |
2008-11-19 |
| 51. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
48.21 |
1.0487 |
-0.0110 |
231 |
3 |
46.91 |
2008-12-22 |
| 52. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
48.06 |
1.0214 |
0.0149 |
269 |
1 |
48.06 |
2008-12-31 |
| 53. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
48.06 |
1.0352 |
0.0016 |
341 |
1 |
48.06 |
2010-08-12 |
| 54. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
48.05 |
0.9540 |
0.0832 |
285 |
1 |
48.05 |
2008-12-31 |
| 55. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
47.96 |
0.9786 |
0.0543 |
193 |
2 |
44.98 |
2008-11-22 |
| 56. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
47.85 |
0.9991 |
0.0332 |
225 |
2 |
46.31 |
2008-12-31 |
| 57. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
47.84 |
0.9339 |
0.0985 |
310 |
1 |
47.84 |
2008-11-22 |
| 58. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
47.78 |
1.0025 |
0.0281 |
256 |
3 |
46.63 |
2014-08-26 |
| 59. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
47.54 |
0.9846 |
0.0409 |
281 |
1 |
47.54 |
2014-08-26 |
| 60. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
47.50 |
0.8826 |
0.1434 |
296 |
3 |
44.16 |
2008-12-31 |
| 61. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
47.45 |
0.9997 |
0.0247 |
382 |
2 |
46.76 |
2008-11-21 |
| 62. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
47.39 |
0.9682 |
0.0526 |
143 |
1 |
47.39 |
2008-08-30 |
| 63. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
47.31 |
1.0396 |
-0.0199 |
149 |
1 |
47.31 |
2008-11-20 |
| 64. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
46.84 |
0.9941 |
0.0153 |
217 |
1 |
46.84 |
2008-11-21 |
| 65. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
46.84 |
1.0063 |
0.0041 |
371 |
1 |
46.84 |
2008-11-20 |
| 66. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
46.82 |
0.9266 |
0.0836 |
267 |
2 |
45.92 |
2008-11-22 |
| 67. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
46.74 |
1.0173 |
0.0317 |
268 |
1 |
46.74 |
2010-08-13 |
| 68. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
46.68 |
0.9754 |
0.0327 |
362 |
1 |
46.68 |
2008-11-20 |
| 69. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
46.63 |
0.9583 |
0.0821 |
341 |
1 |
46.63 |
2014-08-26 |
| 70. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
46.60 |
0.9986 |
0.0060 |
283 |
1 |
46.60 |
2014-08-26 |
| 71. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
46.51 |
1.1018 |
-0.0995 |
220 |
1 |
46.51 |
2008-11-22 |
| 72. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
46.44 |
0.9164 |
0.0856 |
305 |
2 |
42.16 |
2009-01-02 |
| 73. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
46.30 |
1.0668 |
-0.0682 |
350 |
2 |
45.83 |
2014-08-26 |
| 74. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
46.30 |
0.9068 |
0.0956 |
269 |
1 |
46.30 |
2008-11-19 |
| 75. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
46.23 |
1.0483 |
-0.0524 |
227 |
1 |
46.23 |
2008-11-18 |
| 76. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
46.19 |
1.0095 |
-0.0136 |
316 |
1 |
46.19 |
2008-11-18 |
| 77. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
46.13 |
0.9234 |
0.0735 |
346 |
1 |
46.13 |
2008-11-19 |
| 78. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
46.12 |
0.9841 |
0.0106 |
334 |
1 |
46.12 |
2008-11-20 |
| 79. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
46.08 |
0.9309 |
0.0625 |
284 |
1 |
46.08 |
2008-11-21 |
| 80. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
45.89 |
0.8951 |
0.0980 |
193 |
2 |
44.61 |
2008-12-31 |
| 81. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
45.64 |
0.9965 |
-0.0134 |
168 |
1 |
45.64 |
2008-11-22 |
| 82. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
45.64 |
0.9780 |
0.0061 |
337 |
1 |
45.64 |
2008-11-20 |
| 83. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
45.61 |
0.9857 |
-0.0025 |
293 |
1 |
45.61 |
2008-11-20 |
| 84. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
45.55 |
0.9612 |
0.0211 |
256 |
2 |
43.85 |
2008-11-21 |
| 85. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
45.46 |
0.9820 |
-0.0012 |
267 |
2 |
41.12 |
2009-01-02 |
| 86. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
45.38 |
1.0608 |
-0.0517 |
258 |
1 |
45.38 |
2014-08-26 |
| 87. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
45.31 |
0.8442 |
0.1369 |
265 |
3 |
40.78 |
2008-12-24 |
| 88. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
45.25 |
1.0025 |
-0.0275 |
336 |
1 |
45.25 |
2014-08-26 |
| 89. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
45.15 |
0.9886 |
-0.0146 |
220 |
2 |
42.21 |
2008-11-23 |
| 90. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
44.98 |
0.8958 |
0.0758 |
322 |
1 |
44.98 |
2008-11-18 |
| 91. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
44.97 |
0.9168 |
0.0521 |
240 |
2 |
43.71 |
2008-11-20 |
| 92. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
44.88 |
0.9266 |
0.0436 |
278 |
1 |
44.88 |
2008-11-22 |
| 93. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
44.86 |
0.8971 |
0.0734 |
266 |
1 |
44.86 |
2014-08-26 |
| 94. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
44.84 |
0.9863 |
-0.0195 |
339 |
1 |
44.84 |
2008-11-22 |
| 95. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
44.80 |
0.9202 |
0.0463 |
254 |
1 |
44.80 |
2008-11-18 |
| 96. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
44.77 |
1.0034 |
-0.0387 |
302 |
1 |
44.77 |
2008-11-19 |
| 97. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
44.67 |
0.9088 |
0.0566 |
348 |
1 |
44.67 |
2008-12-30 |
| 98. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
44.58 |
0.9212 |
0.0410 |
323 |
2 |
42.55 |
2008-12-31 |
| 99. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
44.44 |
0.9430 |
0.0145 |
211 |
1 |
44.44 |
2009-01-02 |
| 100. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
44.38 |
1.0666 |
-0.1108 |
297 |
1 |
44.38 |
2008-09-01 |
| 101. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
44.15 |
0.9279 |
0.0250 |
317 |
1 |
44.15 |
2008-11-20 |
| 102. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
44.14 |
0.9213 |
0.0314 |
295 |
1 |
44.14 |
2008-11-20 |
| 103. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
44.01 |
1.0696 |
-0.1224 |
226 |
2 |
38.77 |
2008-11-20 |
| 104. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
43.90 |
0.9646 |
-0.0177 |
264 |
2 |
43.13 |
2008-12-29 |
| 105. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
43.80 |
0.9851 |
-0.0408 |
317 |
2 |
42.48 |
2008-12-30 |
| 106. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
43.70 |
1.0016 |
-0.0598 |
218 |
1 |
43.70 |
2008-11-18 |
| 107. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
43.50 |
0.8595 |
0.0789 |
242 |
1 |
43.50 |
2008-11-18 |
| 108. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
43.32 |
0.8890 |
0.0441 |
199 |
1 |
43.32 |
2014-08-26 |
| 109. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
43.23 |
0.9567 |
-0.0243 |
273 |
1 |
43.23 |
2008-12-31 |
| 110. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
42.88 |
1.0201 |
-0.0968 |
172 |
1 |
42.88 |
2008-11-18 |
| 111. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
42.48 |
0.8933 |
0.0241 |
363 |
1 |
42.48 |
2008-11-22 |
| 112. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
42.27 |
1.0053 |
-0.0948 |
232 |
1 |
42.27 |
2008-08-30 |
| 113. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
42.23 |
0.8722 |
0.0392 |
285 |
3 |
39.96 |
2010-08-13 |
| 114. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
42.04 |
0.9899 |
-0.0848 |
163 |
1 |
42.04 |
2008-12-30 |
| 115. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
41.82 |
0.9768 |
-0.0752 |
387 |
1 |
41.82 |
2008-11-20 |
| 116. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
41.78 |
0.9342 |
-0.0327 |
434 |
1 |
41.78 |
2008-11-20 |
| 117. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
41.44 |
0.9233 |
-0.0302 |
168 |
1 |
41.44 |
2008-11-22 |
| 118. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
41.44 |
0.9157 |
-0.0201 |
350 |
1 |
41.44 |
2014-08-26 |
| 119. |
However we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of ... |
41.38 |
0.9986 |
-0.1063 |
162 |
1 |
41.38 |
2014-08-26 |
| 120. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
41.19 |
0.9731 |
-0.0866 |
129 |
1 |
41.19 |
2008-12-31 |
| 121. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
41.11 |
0.9109 |
-0.0236 |
401 |
2 |
41.03 |
2008-11-18 |
| 122. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
41.04 |
0.9672 |
-0.0814 |
396 |
1 |
41.04 |
2008-11-20 |
| 123. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
40.66 |
1.0595 |
-0.1841 |
379 |
1 |
40.66 |
2008-11-19 |
| 124. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
40.38 |
0.9005 |
-0.0300 |
212 |
1 |
40.38 |
2008-11-18 |
| 125. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
40.36 |
1.0331 |
-0.1640 |
234 |
1 |
40.36 |
2008-09-01 |
| 126. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
40.36 |
0.9893 |
-0.1194 |
323 |
2 |
40.09 |
2014-08-26 |
| 127. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
40.31 |
0.8382 |
0.0316 |
268 |
1 |
40.31 |
2008-12-31 |
| 128. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
40.27 |
0.8996 |
-0.0329 |
192 |
1 |
40.27 |
2008-12-24 |
| 129. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
40.20 |
0.9936 |
-0.1277 |
311 |
1 |
40.20 |
2008-11-18 |
| 130. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
39.87 |
0.9763 |
-0.1179 |
289 |
2 |
39.40 |
2008-09-01 |
| 131. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
39.33 |
0.9844 |
-0.1370 |
293 |
1 |
39.33 |
2008-08-30 |
| 132. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
38.82 |
0.9072 |
-0.0697 |
237 |
2 |
35.81 |
2008-11-18 |
| 133. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
38.79 |
1.0567 |
-0.2219 |
303 |
1 |
38.79 |
2008-08-30 |
| 134. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
38.30 |
0.9303 |
-0.1052 |
176 |
1 |
38.30 |
2014-08-26 |
| 135. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
37.39 |
1.0445 |
-0.2413 |
373 |
1 |
37.39 |
2008-08-30 |
| 136. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
33.41 |
0.8096 |
-0.0854 |
209 |
1 |
33.41 |
2008-08-30 |
| 137. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
31.51 |
0.9649 |
-0.2874 |
193 |
1 |
31.51 |
2008-09-01 |