| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
48.33 |
1.0429 |
0.2287 |
259 |
1 |
48.33 |
2009-12-19 |
| 2. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
47.97 |
1.0993 |
0.1620 |
265 |
2 |
41.73 |
2009-12-17 |
| 3. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
47.32 |
1.0211 |
0.2557 |
213 |
2 |
42.73 |
2009-12-17 |
| 4. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
46.78 |
0.9633 |
0.2707 |
304 |
1 |
46.78 |
2009-12-19 |
| 5. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
46.67 |
1.0907 |
0.1408 |
303 |
3 |
43.10 |
2009-12-18 |
| 6. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
46.34 |
1.0444 |
0.1691 |
197 |
1 |
46.34 |
2009-12-19 |
| 7. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
46.04 |
0.9207 |
0.2940 |
174 |
2 |
42.76 |
2009-12-16 |
| 8. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
45.42 |
0.9682 |
0.2255 |
143 |
3 |
37.87 |
2009-12-16 |
| 9. |
The girls I like best are ones I never feel much like kiddin... |
44.43 |
0.9063 |
0.2709 |
239 |
1 |
44.43 |
2009-12-21 |
| 10. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
44.25 |
1.0679 |
0.1169 |
177 |
1 |
44.25 |
2009-12-17 |
| 11. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
44.16 |
1.0797 |
0.0768 |
210 |
1 |
44.16 |
2009-12-21 |
| 12. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
44.05 |
1.0412 |
0.1173 |
225 |
1 |
44.05 |
2009-12-16 |
| 13. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
43.89 |
0.9756 |
0.1780 |
229 |
2 |
41.37 |
2009-12-21 |
| 14. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
43.67 |
0.9943 |
0.1579 |
373 |
1 |
43.67 |
2009-12-19 |
| 15. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
43.26 |
1.0788 |
0.0537 |
171 |
1 |
43.26 |
2009-12-16 |
| 16. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
43.25 |
1.0445 |
0.0942 |
373 |
2 |
39.97 |
2009-12-16 |
| 17. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
43.22 |
0.8810 |
0.2568 |
282 |
2 |
41.68 |
2009-12-19 |
| 18. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
43.11 |
0.8628 |
0.2679 |
196 |
1 |
43.11 |
2009-12-16 |
| 19. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
42.83 |
0.9786 |
0.1429 |
193 |
1 |
42.83 |
2009-12-17 |
| 20. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
42.63 |
1.0343 |
0.1245 |
242 |
1 |
42.63 |
2009-12-19 |
| 21. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
42.49 |
0.9722 |
0.1475 |
283 |
1 |
42.49 |
2009-12-21 |
| 22. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
42.17 |
1.0385 |
0.0688 |
230 |
2 |
39.84 |
2009-12-17 |
| 23. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
41.83 |
0.9540 |
0.1443 |
285 |
2 |
40.28 |
2009-12-19 |
| 24. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
41.54 |
1.0462 |
0.0400 |
184 |
1 |
41.54 |
2009-12-16 |
| 25. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
41.28 |
1.0567 |
0.0293 |
303 |
1 |
41.28 |
2009-12-18 |
| 26. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
41.09 |
1.0168 |
0.0650 |
271 |
3 |
40.19 |
2009-12-20 |
| 27. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
40.49 |
1.0218 |
0.0397 |
268 |
1 |
40.49 |
2009-12-19 |
| 28. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
40.49 |
0.9691 |
0.0948 |
223 |
1 |
40.49 |
2009-12-16 |
| 29. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
40.48 |
1.0214 |
0.0410 |
269 |
1 |
40.48 |
2009-12-18 |
| 30. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
40.18 |
1.0025 |
0.0536 |
256 |
1 |
40.18 |
2009-12-20 |
| 31. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
39.99 |
0.9795 |
0.0716 |
308 |
2 |
39.64 |
2009-12-21 |
| 32. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
39.71 |
1.0252 |
0.0120 |
176 |
1 |
39.71 |
2009-12-16 |
| 33. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
39.69 |
1.0487 |
-0.0106 |
231 |
1 |
39.69 |
2009-12-20 |
| 34. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
39.64 |
1.0516 |
-0.0102 |
281 |
1 |
39.64 |
2009-12-17 |
| 35. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
39.46 |
0.9411 |
0.0967 |
318 |
2 |
35.09 |
2009-12-18 |
| 36. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
39.43 |
0.8821 |
0.1536 |
176 |
2 |
38.55 |
2009-12-19 |
| 37. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
39.34 |
1.0426 |
-0.0095 |
323 |
2 |
37.30 |
2009-12-20 |
| 38. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
39.27 |
1.0034 |
0.0271 |
302 |
1 |
39.27 |
2009-12-20 |
| 39. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
39.17 |
0.9128 |
0.1580 |
369 |
2 |
36.65 |
2009-12-18 |
| 40. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
38.99 |
0.9281 |
0.1015 |
273 |
2 |
36.07 |
2009-12-21 |
| 41. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
38.74 |
1.0016 |
0.0117 |
218 |
1 |
38.74 |
2009-12-16 |
| 42. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
38.69 |
0.9772 |
0.0358 |
217 |
1 |
38.69 |
2009-12-21 |
| 43. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
38.26 |
0.9758 |
0.0300 |
314 |
1 |
38.26 |
2009-12-17 |
| 44. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
38.18 |
0.9946 |
0.0082 |
246 |
1 |
38.18 |
2009-12-21 |
| 45. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
38.12 |
0.9873 |
0.0114 |
155 |
1 |
38.12 |
2009-12-17 |
| 46. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
38.12 |
0.8826 |
0.1202 |
296 |
2 |
36.01 |
2009-12-17 |
| 47. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
38.11 |
0.9763 |
0.0243 |
289 |
1 |
38.11 |
2009-12-16 |
| 48. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
37.73 |
0.9798 |
0.0055 |
199 |
1 |
37.73 |
2009-12-20 |
| 49. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
37.71 |
1.0090 |
0.0252 |
282 |
1 |
37.71 |
2009-12-16 |
| 50. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
37.58 |
1.0138 |
-0.0272 |
231 |
1 |
37.58 |
2009-12-15 |
| 51. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
37.54 |
0.9907 |
-0.0064 |
211 |
1 |
37.54 |
2009-12-16 |
| 52. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
37.50 |
1.0029 |
-0.0244 |
209 |
1 |
37.50 |
2009-12-16 |
| 53. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
37.47 |
1.0795 |
-0.0649 |
226 |
2 |
35.21 |
2009-12-17 |
| 54. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
37.44 |
0.9212 |
0.0654 |
323 |
4 |
32.79 |
2009-12-19 |
| 55. |
The time has come for man to plant the seed of his highest h... |
37.38 |
0.8953 |
0.0869 |
193 |
1 |
37.38 |
2009-12-15 |
| 56. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
37.32 |
0.9468 |
0.0328 |
276 |
1 |
37.32 |
2009-12-16 |
| 57. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
37.32 |
0.8910 |
0.0908 |
150 |
1 |
37.32 |
2009-12-18 |
| 58. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
37.16 |
0.9665 |
0.0586 |
326 |
1 |
37.16 |
2009-12-21 |
| 59. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
37.04 |
0.8533 |
0.1204 |
232 |
1 |
37.04 |
2009-12-16 |
| 60. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
37.02 |
0.9706 |
0.0058 |
216 |
1 |
37.02 |
2009-12-17 |
| 61. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
37.01 |
0.8951 |
0.0789 |
193 |
1 |
37.01 |
2009-12-16 |
| 62. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
36.47 |
0.9212 |
0.0401 |
231 |
1 |
36.47 |
2009-12-15 |
| 63. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
36.36 |
0.9965 |
-0.0414 |
277 |
1 |
36.36 |
2009-12-21 |
| 64. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
36.10 |
0.9567 |
-0.0093 |
273 |
1 |
36.10 |
2009-12-16 |
| 65. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
36.07 |
1.0388 |
-0.0604 |
243 |
1 |
36.07 |
2009-12-20 |
| 66. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
36.04 |
0.8096 |
0.1443 |
209 |
1 |
36.04 |
2009-12-21 |
| 67. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
36.02 |
1.0074 |
-0.0600 |
242 |
1 |
36.02 |
2009-12-20 |
| 68. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
35.68 |
1.0154 |
-0.0292 |
351 |
2 |
33.71 |
2009-12-17 |
| 69. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
35.40 |
0.8541 |
0.0831 |
260 |
2 |
33.00 |
2009-12-19 |
| 70. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
35.31 |
1.0365 |
-0.0800 |
162 |
1 |
35.31 |
2009-12-19 |
| 71. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
35.26 |
0.9266 |
-0.0012 |
267 |
1 |
35.26 |
2009-12-21 |
| 72. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
35.02 |
1.0095 |
-0.0917 |
316 |
1 |
35.02 |
2009-12-15 |
| 73. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
34.81 |
1.0417 |
-0.1309 |
253 |
1 |
34.81 |
2009-12-16 |
| 74. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
34.74 |
0.8770 |
0.0376 |
300 |
1 |
34.74 |
2009-12-20 |
| 75. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
34.51 |
0.9430 |
-0.0348 |
297 |
1 |
34.51 |
2009-12-16 |
| 76. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
34.51 |
0.9045 |
0.0011 |
235 |
1 |
34.51 |
2009-12-21 |
| 77. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
34.49 |
1.0053 |
-0.1025 |
232 |
1 |
34.49 |
2009-12-15 |
| 78. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
34.48 |
0.9884 |
-0.0847 |
233 |
1 |
34.48 |
2009-12-15 |
| 79. |
The intelligent person is able to identify a problem and fin... |
34.46 |
0.8157 |
0.0880 |
121 |
1 |
34.46 |
2009-12-17 |
| 80. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
34.34 |
0.9529 |
-0.0115 |
269 |
1 |
34.34 |
2009-12-21 |
| 81. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
34.25 |
1.0346 |
-0.0942 |
244 |
1 |
34.25 |
2009-12-17 |
| 82. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
34.24 |
1.0232 |
-0.0792 |
350 |
1 |
34.24 |
2009-12-16 |
| 83. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
34.05 |
0.9786 |
-0.0860 |
235 |
1 |
34.05 |
2009-12-16 |
| 84. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
34.03 |
1.0125 |
-0.1223 |
224 |
1 |
34.03 |
2009-12-20 |
| 85. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
33.50 |
0.9125 |
-0.0323 |
308 |
2 |
31.93 |
2009-12-20 |
| 86. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
33.35 |
1.0270 |
-0.1166 |
255 |
1 |
33.35 |
2009-12-15 |
| 87. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
33.26 |
0.8602 |
0.0096 |
206 |
2 |
31.72 |
2009-12-17 |
| 88. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
33.15 |
0.9631 |
-0.0427 |
345 |
1 |
33.15 |
2009-12-19 |
| 89. |
For all its apparent strength, the Aztec Empire had vulnerab... |
33.05 |
0.7988 |
0.0764 |
219 |
1 |
33.05 |
2009-12-19 |
| 90. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
33.04 |
1.0173 |
-0.1069 |
268 |
2 |
32.48 |
2009-12-19 |
| 91. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
32.94 |
1.0077 |
-0.1029 |
250 |
1 |
32.94 |
2009-12-16 |
| 92. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
32.74 |
0.9614 |
-0.1002 |
292 |
2 |
31.95 |
2009-12-19 |
| 93. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
32.74 |
1.0669 |
-0.1764 |
286 |
1 |
32.74 |
2009-12-15 |
| 94. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
32.71 |
1.0297 |
-0.1735 |
249 |
1 |
32.71 |
2009-12-17 |
| 95. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
32.54 |
0.9509 |
-0.0596 |
225 |
1 |
32.54 |
2009-12-17 |
| 96. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
32.20 |
0.9986 |
-0.1542 |
283 |
1 |
32.20 |
2009-12-16 |
| 97. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
31.98 |
1.0284 |
-0.1471 |
282 |
1 |
31.98 |
2009-12-20 |
| 98. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
31.88 |
0.9964 |
-0.1610 |
203 |
1 |
31.88 |
2009-12-21 |
| 99. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
31.84 |
0.8105 |
0.0195 |
204 |
2 |
30.54 |
2009-12-19 |
| 100. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
31.81 |
0.9485 |
-0.1133 |
236 |
1 |
31.81 |
2009-12-16 |
| 101. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
31.79 |
1.0390 |
-0.2099 |
205 |
1 |
31.79 |
2009-12-21 |
| 102. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
31.68 |
0.8793 |
-0.0477 |
157 |
1 |
31.68 |
2009-12-16 |
| 103. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
31.26 |
0.7876 |
0.0338 |
316 |
1 |
31.26 |
2009-12-16 |
| 104. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
31.19 |
1.0799 |
-0.2666 |
243 |
1 |
31.19 |
2009-12-21 |
| 105. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
31.17 |
0.9729 |
-0.1563 |
255 |
1 |
31.17 |
2009-12-15 |
| 106. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
30.92 |
0.9649 |
-0.1562 |
193 |
1 |
30.92 |
2009-12-15 |
| 107. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
30.92 |
1.0033 |
-0.2002 |
189 |
1 |
30.92 |
2009-12-15 |
| 108. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
30.79 |
0.9916 |
-0.1427 |
282 |
1 |
30.79 |
2009-12-15 |
| 109. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
29.81 |
1.0419 |
-0.2616 |
261 |
1 |
29.81 |
2009-12-21 |
| 110. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
29.58 |
0.9857 |
-0.2126 |
293 |
1 |
29.58 |
2009-12-17 |