| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
51.23 |
0.9897 |
0.2316 |
274 |
1 |
51.23 |
2008-12-19 |
| 2. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
50.49 |
0.9342 |
0.2755 |
434 |
3 |
43.81 |
2009-05-07 |
| 3. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
50.04 |
0.8792 |
0.3253 |
296 |
1 |
50.04 |
2008-12-20 |
| 4. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
50.00 |
1.0016 |
0.1877 |
218 |
2 |
46.94 |
2008-12-20 |
| 5. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
49.33 |
0.8941 |
0.2854 |
216 |
1 |
49.33 |
2008-12-19 |
| 6. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
48.03 |
1.0251 |
0.1195 |
261 |
1 |
48.03 |
2008-12-20 |
| 7. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
46.91 |
0.9731 |
0.1337 |
129 |
2 |
41.89 |
2008-12-20 |
| 8. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
46.67 |
0.9426 |
0.1742 |
317 |
1 |
46.67 |
2008-12-20 |
| 9. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
46.24 |
1.0528 |
0.0459 |
201 |
1 |
46.24 |
2008-12-20 |
| 10. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
46.22 |
1.0797 |
0.0177 |
210 |
2 |
46.01 |
2009-05-07 |
| 11. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
46.11 |
0.9886 |
0.1140 |
220 |
1 |
46.11 |
2008-12-19 |
| 12. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
45.39 |
0.9278 |
0.1576 |
295 |
1 |
45.39 |
2008-12-19 |
| 13. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
45.32 |
1.0714 |
0.0005 |
129 |
1 |
45.32 |
2008-12-20 |
| 14. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
45.26 |
0.9213 |
0.1591 |
295 |
2 |
42.05 |
2008-12-20 |
| 15. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
44.82 |
0.9884 |
0.0847 |
262 |
1 |
44.82 |
2008-12-19 |
| 16. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
44.75 |
1.0099 |
0.0542 |
207 |
1 |
44.75 |
2008-12-20 |
| 17. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
44.53 |
0.9697 |
0.0923 |
249 |
1 |
44.53 |
2008-12-19 |
| 18. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
44.11 |
0.9578 |
0.0940 |
281 |
1 |
44.11 |
2008-12-19 |
| 19. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
43.11 |
1.0389 |
-0.0087 |
340 |
1 |
43.11 |
2009-05-01 |
| 20. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
42.94 |
0.9768 |
0.0499 |
387 |
1 |
42.94 |
2008-12-20 |
| 21. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
42.66 |
1.0711 |
-0.0595 |
213 |
1 |
42.66 |
2008-12-18 |
| 22. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
42.57 |
0.9724 |
0.0453 |
237 |
1 |
42.57 |
2009-05-01 |
| 23. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
41.96 |
0.9365 |
0.0650 |
248 |
1 |
41.96 |
2008-12-26 |
| 24. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
41.57 |
0.9991 |
-0.0079 |
225 |
1 |
41.57 |
2008-12-20 |
| 25. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
41.54 |
1.0555 |
-0.0641 |
363 |
1 |
41.54 |
2008-12-19 |
| 26. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
41.14 |
1.0515 |
-0.0734 |
250 |
1 |
41.14 |
2008-12-19 |
| 27. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
41.08 |
0.9844 |
-0.0005 |
293 |
1 |
41.08 |
2008-12-19 |
| 28. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
40.81 |
0.9597 |
0.0166 |
347 |
1 |
40.81 |
2008-12-19 |
| 29. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
40.78 |
0.9636 |
0.0075 |
254 |
1 |
40.78 |
2008-12-19 |
| 30. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
39.86 |
0.9376 |
0.0171 |
367 |
1 |
39.86 |
2008-12-26 |
| 31. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
39.60 |
0.9309 |
0.0101 |
284 |
1 |
39.60 |
2008-12-19 |
| 32. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
39.28 |
0.9275 |
0.0046 |
211 |
1 |
39.28 |
2009-05-07 |
| 33. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
38.77 |
0.9786 |
-0.0608 |
193 |
1 |
38.77 |
2008-12-19 |
| 34. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
38.77 |
0.8770 |
0.0492 |
300 |
1 |
38.77 |
2008-12-19 |
| 35. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
38.07 |
0.9540 |
-0.0500 |
285 |
1 |
38.07 |
2008-12-19 |
| 36. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
37.33 |
0.9513 |
-0.0594 |
354 |
1 |
37.33 |
2008-12-19 |
| 37. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
37.14 |
1.0213 |
-0.1408 |
240 |
1 |
37.14 |
2008-12-19 |
| 38. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
37.09 |
1.0201 |
-0.1371 |
303 |
1 |
37.09 |
2008-12-19 |
| 39. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
36.07 |
0.8852 |
-0.0250 |
201 |
1 |
36.07 |
2009-05-01 |
| 40. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
35.70 |
0.9514 |
-0.1023 |
237 |
1 |
35.70 |
2009-05-07 |
| 41. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
34.82 |
0.9805 |
-0.1482 |
292 |
1 |
34.82 |
2008-12-19 |
| 42. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
34.75 |
0.8077 |
0.0158 |
167 |
1 |
34.75 |
2009-05-01 |
| 43. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
34.54 |
0.9048 |
-0.0794 |
271 |
1 |
34.54 |
2009-05-01 |
| 44. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
34.25 |
0.9776 |
-0.1634 |
308 |
1 |
34.25 |
2008-12-18 |
| 45. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
33.89 |
0.8096 |
0.0035 |
209 |
1 |
33.89 |
2008-12-18 |
| 46. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
33.00 |
1.0214 |
-0.2392 |
269 |
1 |
33.00 |
2008-12-19 |
| 47. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
31.53 |
0.9500 |
-0.1998 |
362 |
1 |
31.53 |
2008-12-18 |
| 48. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
27.93 |
0.9682 |
-0.3084 |
143 |
1 |
27.93 |
2008-12-26 |