| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
48.29 |
0.9846 |
-0.9972 |
281 |
1 |
48.29 |
2008-10-15 |
| 2. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
46.96 |
0.9251 |
-0.9353 |
177 |
2 |
44.87 |
2009-01-08 |
| 3. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
46.36 |
0.9429 |
-0.9543 |
287 |
1 |
46.36 |
2008-10-08 |
| 4. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
45.67 |
1.0696 |
-1.0841 |
226 |
1 |
45.67 |
2008-10-08 |
| 5. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
45.49 |
0.9221 |
-0.9368 |
244 |
2 |
38.58 |
2009-01-08 |
| 6. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
45.41 |
1.0417 |
-1.0557 |
253 |
1 |
45.41 |
2009-01-08 |
| 7. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
45.39 |
1.0516 |
-1.0635 |
281 |
1 |
45.39 |
2008-10-15 |
| 8. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
45.32 |
0.9281 |
-0.9375 |
273 |
1 |
45.32 |
2008-10-08 |
| 9. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
45.26 |
0.9907 |
-1.0041 |
211 |
2 |
42.64 |
2008-10-02 |
| 10. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
44.98 |
0.9729 |
-0.9881 |
255 |
2 |
41.96 |
2008-11-13 |
| 11. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
44.98 |
1.0797 |
-1.0953 |
210 |
1 |
44.98 |
2008-09-23 |
| 12. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
44.81 |
1.0099 |
-1.0233 |
207 |
2 |
39.44 |
2009-01-14 |
| 13. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
44.59 |
1.0263 |
-1.0387 |
267 |
1 |
44.59 |
2008-10-08 |
| 14. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
44.45 |
0.9411 |
-0.9521 |
318 |
1 |
44.45 |
2008-10-15 |
| 15. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
43.24 |
1.1016 |
-1.1140 |
233 |
1 |
43.24 |
2008-10-07 |
| 16. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
43.07 |
1.0385 |
-1.0514 |
230 |
1 |
43.07 |
2008-10-15 |
| 17. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
43.06 |
0.8810 |
-0.8933 |
282 |
1 |
43.06 |
2008-09-20 |
| 18. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
42.98 |
1.0334 |
-1.0497 |
131 |
1 |
42.98 |
2009-01-14 |
| 19. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
42.55 |
1.1018 |
-1.1188 |
220 |
1 |
42.55 |
2008-10-02 |
| 20. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
42.51 |
0.9125 |
-0.9238 |
308 |
1 |
42.51 |
2008-10-08 |
| 21. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
42.09 |
1.0567 |
-1.0684 |
303 |
1 |
42.09 |
2008-10-21 |
| 22. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
41.75 |
1.0201 |
-1.0316 |
303 |
1 |
41.75 |
2008-11-03 |
| 23. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
41.61 |
1.0483 |
-1.0620 |
227 |
1 |
41.61 |
2008-10-03 |
| 24. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
41.40 |
1.0666 |
-1.0793 |
297 |
1 |
41.40 |
2008-11-13 |
| 25. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
41.36 |
0.9852 |
-0.9971 |
264 |
2 |
38.99 |
2008-10-21 |
| 26. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
41.01 |
1.0441 |
-1.0553 |
252 |
2 |
39.11 |
2008-10-08 |
| 27. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
40.85 |
1.0515 |
-1.0650 |
250 |
1 |
40.85 |
2008-09-25 |
| 28. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
40.72 |
1.0528 |
-1.0685 |
201 |
1 |
40.72 |
2008-09-22 |
| 29. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
40.70 |
0.9612 |
-0.9728 |
256 |
1 |
40.70 |
2008-10-15 |
| 30. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
40.46 |
0.8295 |
-0.8399 |
209 |
1 |
40.46 |
2008-10-21 |
| 31. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
40.35 |
0.9649 |
-0.9776 |
193 |
1 |
40.35 |
2009-01-08 |
| 32. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
39.98 |
0.9966 |
-1.0091 |
259 |
1 |
39.98 |
2008-11-13 |
| 33. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
39.83 |
1.0201 |
-1.0367 |
172 |
1 |
39.83 |
2008-10-21 |
| 34. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
39.69 |
1.0331 |
-1.0476 |
234 |
1 |
39.69 |
2008-10-21 |
| 35. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
39.65 |
1.0053 |
-1.0185 |
232 |
1 |
39.65 |
2008-09-25 |
| 36. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
39.61 |
1.0788 |
-1.0951 |
171 |
2 |
36.52 |
2008-10-02 |
| 37. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
39.32 |
1.0714 |
-1.0882 |
129 |
1 |
39.32 |
2008-10-08 |
| 38. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
39.22 |
0.9758 |
-0.9879 |
314 |
1 |
39.22 |
2008-10-08 |
| 39. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
39.21 |
0.9266 |
-0.9392 |
267 |
2 |
36.47 |
2009-01-13 |
| 40. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
39.10 |
0.8910 |
-0.9026 |
150 |
2 |
37.57 |
2008-10-02 |
| 41. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
38.94 |
1.0025 |
-1.0150 |
256 |
1 |
38.94 |
2008-10-02 |
| 42. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
38.76 |
0.8553 |
-0.8706 |
174 |
1 |
38.76 |
2008-10-15 |
| 43. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
38.52 |
0.9763 |
-0.9885 |
289 |
1 |
38.52 |
2008-09-25 |
| 44. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
38.08 |
1.0063 |
-1.0180 |
371 |
2 |
35.42 |
2008-11-13 |
| 45. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
38.06 |
1.0486 |
-1.0599 |
289 |
1 |
38.06 |
2008-10-15 |
| 46. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
38.01 |
0.8941 |
-0.9064 |
216 |
2 |
34.23 |
2009-01-13 |
| 47. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
37.95 |
0.8353 |
-0.8433 |
283 |
2 |
32.79 |
2008-10-02 |
| 48. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
37.76 |
1.0203 |
-1.0292 |
261 |
1 |
37.76 |
2008-11-10 |
| 49. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
37.57 |
1.0138 |
-1.0262 |
231 |
1 |
37.57 |
2008-10-15 |
| 50. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
37.51 |
0.9233 |
-0.9407 |
168 |
1 |
37.51 |
2009-01-14 |
| 51. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
37.10 |
0.9084 |
-0.9192 |
300 |
1 |
37.10 |
2008-09-25 |
| 52. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
36.36 |
0.9965 |
-1.0107 |
168 |
2 |
33.97 |
2008-10-21 |
| 53. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
36.08 |
0.8792 |
-0.8849 |
296 |
1 |
36.08 |
2008-09-25 |
| 54. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
36.05 |
0.8442 |
-0.8540 |
265 |
2 |
33.36 |
2008-11-03 |
| 55. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
35.89 |
1.0023 |
-1.0165 |
211 |
1 |
35.89 |
2008-09-25 |
| 56. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
35.83 |
1.0013 |
-1.0138 |
273 |
1 |
35.83 |
2009-01-08 |
| 57. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
35.34 |
0.9164 |
-0.9254 |
305 |
1 |
35.34 |
2009-01-14 |
| 58. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
35.32 |
0.9893 |
-1.0007 |
323 |
3 |
33.53 |
2008-11-13 |
| 59. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
35.26 |
0.9786 |
-0.9936 |
193 |
1 |
35.26 |
2008-09-25 |
| 60. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
35.24 |
0.9212 |
-0.9316 |
323 |
2 |
32.93 |
2009-01-14 |
| 61. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
35.22 |
0.9307 |
-0.9373 |
246 |
1 |
35.22 |
2008-10-07 |
| 62. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
35.02 |
1.0993 |
-1.1125 |
265 |
1 |
35.02 |
2008-10-15 |
| 63. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
34.94 |
0.8096 |
-0.8161 |
209 |
1 |
34.94 |
2008-10-08 |
| 64. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
34.94 |
0.8887 |
-0.8875 |
128 |
1 |
34.94 |
2008-11-13 |
| 65. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
34.41 |
0.8956 |
-0.9058 |
217 |
2 |
34.29 |
2008-11-03 |
| 66. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
34.37 |
0.9844 |
-0.9947 |
293 |
2 |
32.75 |
2008-10-02 |
| 67. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
34.31 |
0.8154 |
-0.8268 |
193 |
1 |
34.31 |
2008-09-25 |
| 68. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
34.14 |
0.8916 |
-0.9036 |
216 |
1 |
34.14 |
2009-01-13 |
| 69. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
33.98 |
0.9226 |
-0.9325 |
348 |
1 |
33.98 |
2008-10-07 |
| 70. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
33.96 |
0.9724 |
-0.9847 |
237 |
2 |
33.66 |
2008-10-07 |
| 71. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
33.90 |
1.0419 |
-1.0548 |
261 |
2 |
32.95 |
2008-11-10 |
| 72. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
33.76 |
1.0396 |
-1.0566 |
149 |
1 |
33.76 |
2008-09-25 |
| 73. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
33.30 |
0.9646 |
-0.9772 |
264 |
1 |
33.30 |
2008-11-13 |
| 74. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
33.19 |
0.8852 |
-0.8956 |
158 |
1 |
33.19 |
2008-10-02 |
| 75. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
32.80 |
0.9851 |
-0.9963 |
317 |
2 |
31.84 |
2008-10-08 |
| 76. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
32.78 |
0.9289 |
-0.9423 |
204 |
1 |
32.78 |
2008-10-06 |
| 77. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
32.59 |
0.8595 |
-0.8706 |
242 |
1 |
32.59 |
2008-11-03 |
| 78. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
32.16 |
0.8961 |
-0.9091 |
189 |
1 |
32.16 |
2008-10-15 |
| 79. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
31.65 |
0.9886 |
-0.9996 |
220 |
1 |
31.65 |
2008-10-01 |
| 80. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
31.39 |
0.9884 |
-1.0018 |
233 |
1 |
31.39 |
2008-10-06 |
| 81. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
30.90 |
0.9684 |
-0.9792 |
388 |
1 |
30.90 |
2008-10-08 |
| 82. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
30.85 |
0.9325 |
-0.9488 |
156 |
1 |
30.85 |
2008-10-02 |
| 83. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
30.53 |
0.9910 |
-1.0027 |
295 |
1 |
30.53 |
2008-10-02 |
| 84. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
30.10 |
0.9275 |
-0.9418 |
211 |
1 |
30.10 |
2008-10-02 |
| 85. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
29.58 |
0.9710 |
-0.9880 |
173 |
1 |
29.58 |
2008-11-13 |
| 86. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
29.54 |
1.0183 |
-1.0336 |
191 |
1 |
29.54 |
2008-10-02 |
| 87. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
29.05 |
1.0261 |
-1.0397 |
273 |
1 |
29.05 |
2008-09-25 |
| 88. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
28.65 |
0.9045 |
-0.9164 |
235 |
1 |
28.65 |
2008-10-01 |
| 89. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
28.31 |
0.8153 |
-0.8247 |
200 |
1 |
28.31 |
2008-10-02 |
| 90. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
28.01 |
0.9857 |
-0.9984 |
293 |
1 |
28.01 |
2008-10-08 |
| 91. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
27.62 |
0.8709 |
-0.8786 |
202 |
1 |
27.62 |
2008-10-06 |
| 92. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
26.51 |
0.9576 |
-0.9692 |
212 |
1 |
26.51 |
2008-10-08 |
| 93. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
25.73 |
0.8533 |
-0.8659 |
232 |
1 |
25.73 |
2008-10-08 |