| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
46.10 |
0.9196 |
0.3615 |
148 |
1 |
46.10 |
2008-12-01 |
| 2. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
43.79 |
0.9226 |
0.2958 |
177 |
1 |
43.79 |
2008-11-30 |
| 3. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
43.52 |
0.9072 |
0.2982 |
237 |
3 |
40.96 |
2008-12-01 |
| 4. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
43.26 |
1.0023 |
0.1956 |
211 |
2 |
40.89 |
2008-11-30 |
| 5. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
43.00 |
0.9729 |
0.2198 |
255 |
1 |
43.00 |
2008-11-29 |
| 6. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
42.67 |
1.0389 |
0.1460 |
318 |
1 |
42.67 |
2008-12-01 |
| 7. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
42.57 |
1.0829 |
0.0990 |
288 |
2 |
38.98 |
2008-12-01 |
| 8. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
42.42 |
1.0714 |
0.0959 |
129 |
1 |
42.42 |
2008-11-29 |
| 9. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
42.39 |
0.9886 |
0.1893 |
220 |
1 |
42.39 |
2008-12-01 |
| 10. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
42.23 |
1.0214 |
0.1441 |
166 |
1 |
42.23 |
2008-12-01 |
| 11. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
42.01 |
0.9307 |
0.2420 |
246 |
1 |
42.01 |
2008-12-01 |
| 12. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
41.82 |
1.1016 |
0.0579 |
233 |
2 |
41.80 |
2008-11-30 |
| 13. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
41.08 |
1.0390 |
0.0959 |
205 |
2 |
37.38 |
2008-12-01 |
| 14. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
40.96 |
0.9485 |
0.1885 |
236 |
1 |
40.96 |
2008-11-29 |
| 15. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
40.85 |
0.8852 |
0.2474 |
158 |
2 |
36.63 |
2008-11-27 |
| 16. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
40.78 |
0.9910 |
0.1412 |
295 |
2 |
40.72 |
2008-12-01 |
| 17. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
40.64 |
0.8792 |
0.2564 |
296 |
1 |
40.64 |
2008-11-29 |
| 18. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
40.41 |
0.9805 |
0.1440 |
292 |
2 |
40.29 |
2008-12-01 |
| 19. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
40.36 |
0.9691 |
0.1489 |
223 |
3 |
33.54 |
2008-12-01 |
| 20. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
40.28 |
0.9576 |
0.1632 |
212 |
1 |
40.28 |
2008-12-01 |
| 21. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
40.02 |
0.9202 |
0.1881 |
254 |
1 |
40.02 |
2008-12-01 |
| 22. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
40.01 |
1.1018 |
0.0005 |
220 |
2 |
38.11 |
2008-11-29 |
| 23. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
39.80 |
0.9578 |
0.1445 |
281 |
2 |
38.11 |
2008-11-28 |
| 24. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
39.77 |
1.0131 |
0.0849 |
225 |
4 |
36.45 |
2008-12-01 |
| 25. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
39.58 |
0.8653 |
0.2426 |
255 |
3 |
36.53 |
2008-11-30 |
| 26. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
39.57 |
1.0203 |
0.0794 |
261 |
1 |
39.57 |
2008-11-30 |
| 27. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
39.35 |
0.9260 |
0.1746 |
243 |
1 |
39.35 |
2008-12-01 |
| 28. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
39.08 |
0.9005 |
0.1806 |
212 |
2 |
37.84 |
2008-12-01 |
| 29. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
39.08 |
1.0696 |
0.0095 |
226 |
1 |
39.08 |
2008-12-01 |
| 30. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
38.86 |
0.9772 |
0.0957 |
217 |
2 |
36.24 |
2008-12-01 |
| 31. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
38.86 |
0.9893 |
0.0872 |
323 |
1 |
38.86 |
2008-12-01 |
| 32. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
38.41 |
0.9572 |
0.1055 |
201 |
2 |
36.37 |
2008-11-28 |
| 33. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
38.41 |
1.0486 |
0.0160 |
289 |
1 |
38.41 |
2008-12-01 |
| 34. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
38.35 |
0.9221 |
0.1385 |
244 |
2 |
35.89 |
2008-12-01 |
| 35. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
38.30 |
1.0197 |
0.0381 |
226 |
1 |
38.30 |
2008-11-30 |
| 36. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
38.01 |
0.8916 |
0.1613 |
216 |
2 |
32.55 |
2008-12-01 |
| 37. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
37.94 |
1.0796 |
-0.0338 |
129 |
1 |
37.94 |
2008-11-28 |
| 38. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
37.61 |
0.9724 |
0.0726 |
237 |
1 |
37.61 |
2008-11-28 |
| 39. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
37.55 |
1.0297 |
0.0088 |
249 |
1 |
37.55 |
2008-12-01 |
| 40. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
37.53 |
0.9614 |
0.0808 |
292 |
2 |
37.17 |
2008-11-30 |
| 41. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
37.42 |
0.8899 |
0.1573 |
293 |
1 |
37.42 |
2008-12-01 |
| 42. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
37.28 |
0.8961 |
0.1326 |
189 |
2 |
34.27 |
2008-12-01 |
| 43. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
37.28 |
0.9513 |
0.0846 |
354 |
1 |
37.28 |
2008-11-29 |
| 44. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
37.10 |
1.0419 |
-0.0148 |
261 |
1 |
37.10 |
2008-11-29 |
| 45. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
37.05 |
1.0349 |
-0.0099 |
234 |
2 |
37.00 |
2008-12-01 |
| 46. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
36.74 |
0.9567 |
0.0601 |
273 |
2 |
36.20 |
2008-12-01 |
| 47. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
36.73 |
1.0498 |
-0.0379 |
180 |
1 |
36.73 |
2008-11-30 |
| 48. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
36.71 |
0.9316 |
0.0906 |
287 |
1 |
36.71 |
2008-11-29 |
| 49. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
36.68 |
0.9257 |
0.0951 |
317 |
1 |
36.68 |
2008-12-01 |
| 50. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
36.50 |
1.0063 |
0.0044 |
371 |
1 |
36.50 |
2008-11-30 |
| 51. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
36.41 |
1.0183 |
-0.0161 |
191 |
4 |
33.76 |
2008-12-01 |
| 52. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
36.30 |
0.9865 |
0.0193 |
276 |
2 |
34.87 |
2008-11-28 |
| 53. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
36.29 |
1.0462 |
-0.0479 |
184 |
1 |
36.29 |
2008-11-29 |
| 54. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
36.07 |
0.9128 |
0.0909 |
133 |
1 |
36.07 |
2008-11-28 |
| 55. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
35.88 |
1.0261 |
-0.0351 |
273 |
2 |
35.36 |
2008-12-01 |
| 56. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
35.77 |
0.9646 |
0.0243 |
264 |
2 |
33.06 |
2008-11-30 |
| 57. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
35.74 |
0.8878 |
0.1010 |
346 |
1 |
35.74 |
2008-12-01 |
| 58. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
35.68 |
0.8442 |
0.1471 |
265 |
1 |
35.68 |
2008-11-28 |
| 59. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
35.59 |
0.9084 |
0.0782 |
300 |
1 |
35.59 |
2008-11-30 |
| 60. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
35.54 |
0.9411 |
0.0431 |
318 |
1 |
35.54 |
2008-12-01 |
| 61. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
35.43 |
0.9740 |
0.0022 |
209 |
1 |
35.43 |
2008-12-01 |
| 62. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
35.42 |
1.0483 |
-0.0713 |
227 |
1 |
35.42 |
2008-11-28 |
| 63. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
35.28 |
0.9233 |
0.0445 |
168 |
2 |
32.73 |
2008-12-01 |
| 64. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
35.24 |
0.8975 |
0.0780 |
268 |
3 |
30.59 |
2008-11-29 |
| 65. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
35.17 |
0.9266 |
0.0482 |
278 |
1 |
35.17 |
2008-12-01 |
| 66. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
35.11 |
0.9048 |
0.0711 |
271 |
1 |
35.11 |
2008-12-01 |
| 67. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
35.03 |
0.9649 |
0.0031 |
193 |
2 |
34.41 |
2008-11-29 |
| 68. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
34.94 |
0.8811 |
0.0900 |
239 |
2 |
31.42 |
2008-11-30 |
| 69. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
34.92 |
1.0797 |
-0.1193 |
210 |
1 |
34.92 |
2008-11-28 |
| 70. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
34.69 |
0.9532 |
0.0050 |
258 |
1 |
34.69 |
2008-11-30 |
| 71. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
34.61 |
0.9798 |
-0.0282 |
199 |
1 |
34.61 |
2008-12-01 |
| 72. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
34.46 |
0.8809 |
0.0700 |
127 |
1 |
34.46 |
2008-11-27 |
| 73. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
34.33 |
1.0099 |
-0.0634 |
207 |
1 |
34.33 |
2008-11-28 |
| 74. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
34.18 |
0.8745 |
0.0685 |
169 |
1 |
34.18 |
2008-11-27 |
| 75. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
34.16 |
1.0516 |
-0.1073 |
281 |
1 |
34.16 |
2008-11-28 |
| 76. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
34.13 |
0.9857 |
-0.0429 |
293 |
1 |
34.13 |
2008-11-29 |
| 77. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
34.11 |
0.9786 |
-0.0405 |
193 |
2 |
29.82 |
2008-12-01 |
| 78. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
34.04 |
1.0385 |
-0.0990 |
230 |
1 |
34.04 |
2008-11-29 |
| 79. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
33.97 |
1.0016 |
-0.0668 |
218 |
2 |
30.90 |
2008-11-28 |
| 80. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
33.94 |
1.0528 |
-0.1193 |
201 |
3 |
31.95 |
2008-11-30 |
| 81. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
33.78 |
0.9763 |
-0.0428 |
289 |
1 |
33.78 |
2008-11-29 |
| 82. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
33.64 |
1.0337 |
-0.1042 |
214 |
2 |
31.68 |
2008-11-29 |
| 83. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
33.49 |
0.9710 |
-0.0516 |
173 |
1 |
33.49 |
2008-11-27 |
| 84. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
33.45 |
0.9852 |
-0.0601 |
264 |
1 |
33.45 |
2008-11-29 |
| 85. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
33.10 |
0.9430 |
-0.0353 |
211 |
1 |
33.10 |
2008-11-30 |
| 86. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
33.05 |
0.9795 |
-0.0659 |
308 |
1 |
33.05 |
2008-11-28 |
| 87. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
33.04 |
1.0251 |
-0.1140 |
261 |
1 |
33.04 |
2008-11-29 |
| 88. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
33.04 |
0.9213 |
-0.0075 |
295 |
1 |
33.04 |
2008-11-29 |
| 89. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
33.03 |
0.8615 |
0.0516 |
110 |
2 |
33.02 |
2008-11-29 |
| 90. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
33.03 |
0.9941 |
-0.0835 |
217 |
1 |
33.03 |
2008-12-01 |
| 91. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
32.73 |
0.9540 |
-0.0512 |
285 |
1 |
32.73 |
2008-11-29 |
| 92. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
32.68 |
0.9289 |
-0.0280 |
204 |
1 |
32.68 |
2008-11-28 |
| 93. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
32.58 |
0.9342 |
-0.0303 |
434 |
3 |
30.14 |
2008-11-29 |
| 94. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
32.26 |
0.9527 |
-0.0614 |
251 |
1 |
32.26 |
2008-11-28 |
| 95. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
31.99 |
0.8810 |
0.0037 |
282 |
1 |
31.99 |
2008-12-01 |
| 96. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
31.83 |
0.9084 |
-0.0249 |
404 |
1 |
31.83 |
2008-11-29 |
| 97. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
31.67 |
1.0213 |
-0.1496 |
240 |
1 |
31.67 |
2008-11-29 |
| 98. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
31.28 |
0.8323 |
0.0303 |
145 |
1 |
31.28 |
2008-11-28 |
| 99. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
31.25 |
0.9851 |
-0.1198 |
317 |
1 |
31.25 |
2008-11-30 |
| 100. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
31.18 |
0.8602 |
-0.0013 |
206 |
2 |
28.88 |
2008-12-01 |
| 101. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
31.02 |
0.8666 |
-0.0069 |
150 |
1 |
31.02 |
2008-11-27 |
| 102. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
31.00 |
0.9275 |
-0.0747 |
211 |
1 |
31.00 |
2008-11-29 |
| 103. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
30.87 |
1.0034 |
-0.1524 |
302 |
1 |
30.87 |
2008-11-27 |
| 104. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
30.62 |
0.7934 |
0.0512 |
134 |
1 |
30.62 |
2008-11-28 |
| 105. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
30.55 |
0.9769 |
-0.1355 |
263 |
1 |
30.55 |
2008-11-29 |
| 106. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
30.07 |
0.8105 |
0.0152 |
204 |
2 |
28.40 |
2008-12-01 |
| 107. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
29.84 |
0.9612 |
-0.1376 |
256 |
1 |
29.84 |
2008-11-29 |
| 108. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
29.16 |
0.8037 |
0.0035 |
148 |
1 |
29.16 |
2008-11-27 |
| 109. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
28.51 |
0.8628 |
-0.0799 |
196 |
1 |
28.51 |
2008-11-27 |
| 110. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
28.50 |
0.8996 |
-0.1191 |
192 |
1 |
28.50 |
2008-11-27 |
| 111. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
28.23 |
0.8153 |
-0.0320 |
200 |
1 |
28.23 |
2008-11-27 |
| 112. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
28.23 |
1.0029 |
-0.2308 |
209 |
1 |
28.23 |
2008-11-28 |
| 113. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
28.15 |
1.0263 |
-0.2509 |
267 |
1 |
28.15 |
2008-11-27 |
| 114. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
28.12 |
0.9164 |
-0.1375 |
121 |
1 |
28.12 |
2008-11-27 |
| 115. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
27.69 |
0.9843 |
-0.2260 |
234 |
1 |
27.69 |
2008-11-30 |
| 116. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
26.77 |
0.8852 |
-0.1456 |
201 |
1 |
26.77 |
2008-11-29 |
| 117. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
25.72 |
0.8154 |
-0.1055 |
193 |
1 |
25.72 |
2008-11-29 |
| 118. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
25.13 |
0.9339 |
-0.2438 |
310 |
1 |
25.13 |
2008-11-27 |