| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
40.77 |
0.9731 |
0.3222 |
129 |
2 |
34.60 |
2011-05-19 |
| 2. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
39.17 |
1.0767 |
0.1772 |
212 |
2 |
37.10 |
2011-06-29 |
| 3. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
37.01 |
1.0337 |
0.1517 |
214 |
1 |
37.01 |
2011-05-23 |
| 4. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
36.37 |
0.9943 |
0.1742 |
373 |
1 |
36.37 |
2011-05-23 |
| 5. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
35.93 |
1.0131 |
0.1342 |
225 |
2 |
35.78 |
2011-05-19 |
| 6. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
35.59 |
1.0863 |
0.0885 |
210 |
1 |
35.59 |
2011-05-21 |
| 7. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
35.55 |
0.9316 |
0.2135 |
287 |
1 |
35.55 |
2011-05-20 |
| 8. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
35.10 |
1.0515 |
0.0707 |
250 |
1 |
35.10 |
2011-05-19 |
| 9. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
34.98 |
1.0379 |
0.1172 |
245 |
1 |
34.98 |
2011-06-29 |
| 10. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
34.61 |
0.9263 |
0.1854 |
188 |
1 |
34.61 |
2011-05-19 |
| 11. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
34.61 |
1.0907 |
0.0199 |
303 |
1 |
34.61 |
2011-05-21 |
| 12. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
33.77 |
1.0151 |
0.0568 |
152 |
1 |
33.77 |
2011-05-20 |
| 13. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
33.68 |
1.0684 |
0.0399 |
253 |
1 |
33.68 |
2011-06-29 |
| 14. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
33.61 |
0.9786 |
0.0922 |
193 |
2 |
30.64 |
2011-05-23 |
| 15. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
33.57 |
0.9339 |
0.1392 |
310 |
2 |
31.27 |
2011-05-21 |
| 16. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
33.47 |
0.9212 |
0.1536 |
231 |
1 |
33.47 |
2011-05-20 |
| 17. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
33.45 |
0.9633 |
0.1096 |
304 |
1 |
33.45 |
2011-06-29 |
| 18. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
32.87 |
0.8809 |
0.1688 |
127 |
1 |
32.87 |
2011-05-19 |
| 19. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
32.82 |
0.9964 |
0.0539 |
203 |
2 |
31.58 |
2011-05-19 |
| 20. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
32.72 |
1.0025 |
0.0443 |
256 |
1 |
32.72 |
2011-05-19 |
| 21. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
32.67 |
0.9706 |
0.0789 |
216 |
1 |
32.67 |
2011-05-19 |
| 22. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
32.64 |
0.9196 |
0.1264 |
148 |
1 |
32.64 |
2011-05-19 |
| 23. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
32.52 |
0.9266 |
0.1139 |
267 |
1 |
32.52 |
2011-05-20 |
| 24. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
32.47 |
0.8773 |
0.1653 |
205 |
1 |
32.47 |
2011-05-19 |
| 25. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
32.46 |
0.8841 |
0.1615 |
194 |
1 |
32.46 |
2011-05-19 |
| 26. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
32.40 |
0.8700 |
0.1670 |
127 |
1 |
32.40 |
2011-05-19 |
| 27. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
32.37 |
0.9846 |
0.0495 |
281 |
1 |
32.37 |
2011-05-19 |
| 28. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
32.05 |
0.9820 |
0.0433 |
274 |
1 |
32.05 |
2011-05-23 |
| 29. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
32.04 |
1.0795 |
-0.0242 |
226 |
1 |
32.04 |
2011-05-19 |
| 30. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
32.03 |
1.0375 |
0.0331 |
200 |
1 |
32.03 |
2011-05-23 |
| 31. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
31.84 |
0.9260 |
0.1035 |
243 |
1 |
31.84 |
2011-05-23 |
| 32. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
31.72 |
0.8793 |
0.1364 |
157 |
1 |
31.72 |
2011-05-19 |
| 33. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
31.71 |
1.0132 |
-0.0076 |
143 |
1 |
31.71 |
2011-05-19 |
| 34. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
31.46 |
1.0205 |
-0.0210 |
179 |
1 |
31.46 |
2011-05-19 |
| 35. |
One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the av... |
31.42 |
0.9247 |
0.0851 |
253 |
1 |
31.42 |
2011-05-19 |
| 36. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
31.40 |
1.0038 |
0.0308 |
237 |
1 |
31.40 |
2011-05-23 |
| 37. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
31.30 |
1.0797 |
-0.0840 |
210 |
1 |
31.30 |
2011-05-19 |
| 38. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
31.17 |
0.9649 |
0.0312 |
193 |
1 |
31.17 |
2011-05-19 |
| 39. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
31.12 |
1.0941 |
-0.0676 |
256 |
1 |
31.12 |
2011-05-19 |
| 40. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
31.00 |
0.9171 |
0.0747 |
165 |
1 |
31.00 |
2011-05-20 |
| 41. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
30.76 |
0.9729 |
0.0108 |
255 |
2 |
30.74 |
2011-05-19 |
| 42. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
30.71 |
0.9226 |
0.0656 |
348 |
1 |
30.71 |
2011-05-21 |
| 43. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
30.62 |
1.0506 |
-0.0429 |
277 |
1 |
30.62 |
2011-05-19 |
| 44. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
30.42 |
0.9798 |
-0.0128 |
199 |
1 |
30.42 |
2011-05-19 |
| 45. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
30.26 |
1.0099 |
-0.0457 |
207 |
1 |
30.26 |
2011-06-29 |
| 46. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
30.22 |
0.9207 |
0.0477 |
174 |
1 |
30.22 |
2011-05-19 |
| 47. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
30.12 |
0.8619 |
0.0996 |
119 |
1 |
30.12 |
2011-05-19 |
| 48. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
30.03 |
0.9697 |
-0.0056 |
266 |
1 |
30.03 |
2011-05-23 |
| 49. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
29.91 |
0.9884 |
-0.0328 |
233 |
1 |
29.91 |
2011-05-19 |
| 50. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
29.86 |
0.8077 |
0.1444 |
167 |
2 |
28.43 |
2011-05-19 |
| 51. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
29.82 |
0.9350 |
0.0186 |
195 |
1 |
29.82 |
2011-05-19 |
| 52. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
29.73 |
0.9540 |
-0.0058 |
285 |
1 |
29.73 |
2011-05-19 |
| 53. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
29.49 |
0.8691 |
0.0610 |
119 |
1 |
29.49 |
2011-05-19 |
| 54. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
29.48 |
0.9351 |
0.0015 |
190 |
2 |
26.92 |
2011-05-19 |
| 55. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
29.48 |
0.8573 |
0.0882 |
270 |
1 |
29.48 |
2011-05-19 |
| 56. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
29.44 |
0.9899 |
-0.0539 |
163 |
1 |
29.44 |
2011-05-20 |
| 57. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
29.42 |
1.0768 |
-0.0969 |
295 |
1 |
29.42 |
2011-05-19 |
| 58. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
29.29 |
0.8506 |
0.0820 |
132 |
1 |
29.29 |
2011-05-19 |
| 59. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
29.08 |
0.9084 |
0.0225 |
300 |
1 |
29.08 |
2011-05-23 |
| 60. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
29.04 |
0.9786 |
-0.0513 |
235 |
1 |
29.04 |
2011-05-19 |
| 61. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
28.90 |
0.8915 |
0.0304 |
188 |
1 |
28.90 |
2011-05-19 |
| 62. |
By the early 1990s the first Internet language (HTTP) was wr... |
28.70 |
0.7104 |
0.2094 |
131 |
1 |
28.70 |
2011-05-20 |
| 63. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
28.69 |
0.9461 |
-0.0337 |
193 |
1 |
28.69 |
2011-05-19 |
| 64. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
28.68 |
0.9430 |
-0.0244 |
297 |
1 |
28.68 |
2011-05-19 |
| 65. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
28.67 |
0.7690 |
0.1493 |
142 |
1 |
28.67 |
2011-05-19 |
| 66. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
28.66 |
0.9559 |
-0.0381 |
195 |
1 |
28.66 |
2011-05-19 |
| 67. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
28.60 |
0.8961 |
0.0142 |
189 |
1 |
28.60 |
2011-05-19 |
| 68. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
28.29 |
0.8916 |
0.0124 |
216 |
2 |
26.62 |
2011-05-19 |
| 69. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
28.23 |
0.9164 |
-0.0096 |
305 |
1 |
28.23 |
2011-05-19 |
| 70. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
28.15 |
0.8821 |
0.0168 |
176 |
1 |
28.15 |
2011-05-19 |
| 71. |
Dropping through sky, through the glass of the roof, through... |
28.13 |
0.9688 |
-0.0715 |
217 |
2 |
27.77 |
2011-05-23 |
| 72. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
27.46 |
0.9740 |
-0.1016 |
209 |
1 |
27.46 |
2011-05-19 |
| 73. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
27.09 |
0.9907 |
-0.1274 |
211 |
1 |
27.09 |
2011-05-19 |
| 74. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
27.01 |
0.8096 |
0.0605 |
209 |
1 |
27.01 |
2011-05-19 |
| 75. |
For all its apparent strength, the Aztec Empire had vulnerab... |
26.77 |
0.7988 |
0.0638 |
219 |
1 |
26.77 |
2011-05-21 |
| 76. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
25.37 |
0.8996 |
-0.0962 |
192 |
1 |
25.37 |
2011-05-19 |
| 77. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
25.15 |
0.8022 |
0.0024 |
215 |
1 |
25.15 |
2011-05-19 |
| 78. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
24.22 |
0.9430 |
-0.1785 |
211 |
1 |
24.22 |
2011-05-19 |
| 79. |
The label doesn't mention that that rib-eye steak came from ... |
24.17 |
0.7731 |
-0.0011 |
145 |
1 |
24.17 |
2011-05-19 |
| 80. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
22.59 |
0.7805 |
-0.0662 |
154 |
1 |
22.59 |
2011-05-19 |
| 81. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
21.49 |
0.7352 |
-0.0514 |
106 |
1 |
21.49 |
2011-05-19 |