| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
79.08 |
0.9729 |
0.5085 |
255 |
3 |
67.86 |
2008-11-21 |
| 2. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
71.98 |
1.0444 |
0.2960 |
197 |
2 |
66.45 |
2008-11-18 |
| 3. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
68.89 |
1.0523 |
0.2320 |
256 |
2 |
63.11 |
2008-12-15 |
| 4. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
65.09 |
0.9570 |
0.2615 |
287 |
4 |
56.54 |
2008-12-05 |
| 5. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
64.88 |
1.0213 |
0.1884 |
240 |
2 |
62.03 |
2008-12-08 |
| 6. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
64.26 |
1.0565 |
0.1421 |
247 |
1 |
64.26 |
2008-11-18 |
| 7. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
63.00 |
1.0829 |
0.0960 |
288 |
1 |
63.00 |
2008-11-20 |
| 8. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
62.72 |
1.0334 |
0.1322 |
131 |
2 |
61.36 |
2008-11-14 |
| 9. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
62.63 |
1.0555 |
0.1163 |
363 |
1 |
62.63 |
2008-10-23 |
| 10. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
62.42 |
0.9941 |
0.1699 |
217 |
1 |
62.42 |
2008-11-21 |
| 11. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
62.40 |
1.0063 |
0.1601 |
371 |
1 |
62.40 |
2008-10-31 |
| 12. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
62.07 |
0.9612 |
0.1986 |
256 |
1 |
62.07 |
2008-12-04 |
| 13. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
62.04 |
1.0340 |
0.1304 |
406 |
1 |
62.04 |
2008-11-14 |
| 14. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
61.27 |
0.9843 |
0.1554 |
234 |
3 |
53.92 |
2008-12-13 |
| 15. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
61.18 |
1.0296 |
0.1198 |
437 |
2 |
57.68 |
2008-11-17 |
| 16. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
60.56 |
1.0068 |
0.1278 |
358 |
1 |
60.56 |
2008-12-05 |
| 17. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
60.50 |
1.0797 |
0.0448 |
210 |
2 |
56.95 |
2008-12-13 |
| 18. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
60.06 |
1.0214 |
0.0950 |
166 |
2 |
53.10 |
2008-11-18 |
| 19. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
59.74 |
1.0483 |
0.0645 |
227 |
1 |
59.74 |
2008-10-31 |
| 20. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
59.43 |
0.9266 |
0.1851 |
278 |
2 |
59.16 |
2008-10-27 |
| 21. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
59.15 |
1.0454 |
0.0555 |
255 |
1 |
59.15 |
2008-12-16 |
| 22. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
58.69 |
0.9768 |
0.1217 |
387 |
1 |
58.69 |
2008-11-20 |
| 23. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
58.47 |
0.9293 |
0.1633 |
355 |
1 |
58.47 |
2008-12-15 |
| 24. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
58.42 |
0.9857 |
0.1041 |
293 |
2 |
53.23 |
2008-10-29 |
| 25. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
58.02 |
1.0201 |
0.0564 |
172 |
1 |
58.02 |
2008-11-24 |
| 26. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
57.91 |
1.0529 |
0.0282 |
351 |
1 |
57.91 |
2008-11-12 |
| 27. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
57.85 |
1.0062 |
0.0739 |
288 |
2 |
54.63 |
2008-11-12 |
| 28. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
56.63 |
1.0462 |
0.0047 |
184 |
1 |
56.63 |
2008-10-10 |
| 29. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
56.62 |
1.0799 |
-0.0268 |
243 |
1 |
56.62 |
2008-11-18 |
| 30. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
56.42 |
1.0165 |
0.0404 |
392 |
1 |
56.42 |
2008-10-31 |
| 31. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
56.42 |
1.0498 |
-0.0016 |
180 |
1 |
56.42 |
2008-10-29 |
| 32. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
56.25 |
1.0257 |
0.0305 |
401 |
3 |
55.14 |
2008-12-09 |
| 33. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
56.24 |
0.9758 |
0.0745 |
314 |
1 |
56.24 |
2008-11-14 |
| 34. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
55.68 |
0.9966 |
0.0419 |
259 |
1 |
55.68 |
2008-11-06 |
| 35. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
55.35 |
1.0168 |
0.0174 |
271 |
1 |
55.35 |
2008-11-12 |
| 36. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
55.03 |
0.9342 |
0.0961 |
434 |
1 |
55.03 |
2008-11-12 |
| 37. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
54.95 |
1.0138 |
0.0111 |
231 |
1 |
54.95 |
2008-11-18 |
| 38. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
54.78 |
1.0251 |
-0.0052 |
261 |
1 |
54.78 |
2008-10-31 |
| 39. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
54.78 |
0.9578 |
0.0638 |
281 |
1 |
54.78 |
2008-10-31 |
| 40. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
54.76 |
1.0429 |
-0.0226 |
259 |
2 |
51.17 |
2008-11-21 |
| 41. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
54.70 |
1.0004 |
0.0140 |
212 |
1 |
54.70 |
2008-11-06 |
| 42. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
54.69 |
1.0025 |
0.0178 |
256 |
2 |
53.91 |
2008-11-24 |
| 43. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
54.48 |
0.9710 |
0.0389 |
173 |
2 |
54.21 |
2008-11-18 |
| 44. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
54.01 |
0.9965 |
0.0062 |
168 |
1 |
54.01 |
2008-10-27 |
| 45. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
53.94 |
0.9997 |
0.0101 |
382 |
1 |
53.94 |
2008-11-06 |
| 46. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
53.92 |
1.0034 |
0.0009 |
302 |
1 |
53.92 |
2008-12-04 |
| 47. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
53.61 |
0.8956 |
0.1089 |
322 |
1 |
53.61 |
2008-10-31 |
| 48. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
53.59 |
1.1016 |
-0.1019 |
233 |
1 |
53.59 |
2008-10-23 |
| 49. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
53.45 |
1.0016 |
-0.0093 |
218 |
1 |
53.45 |
2008-12-05 |
| 50. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
53.13 |
0.9865 |
0.0055 |
276 |
1 |
53.13 |
2008-11-05 |
| 51. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
53.09 |
1.0109 |
-0.0200 |
276 |
2 |
51.73 |
2008-11-11 |
| 52. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
52.40 |
1.0013 |
-0.0251 |
273 |
1 |
52.40 |
2008-10-13 |
| 53. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
51.94 |
1.0053 |
-0.0389 |
232 |
1 |
51.94 |
2008-11-18 |
| 54. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
51.94 |
1.0352 |
-0.0637 |
341 |
2 |
51.75 |
2008-10-31 |
| 55. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
51.85 |
0.9540 |
0.0109 |
285 |
1 |
51.85 |
2008-10-31 |
| 56. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
51.73 |
0.8996 |
0.0593 |
192 |
2 |
49.71 |
2008-12-22 |
| 57. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
51.70 |
0.9769 |
-0.0151 |
263 |
1 |
51.70 |
2008-11-24 |
| 58. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
51.66 |
0.9785 |
-0.0122 |
335 |
2 |
46.49 |
2008-11-25 |
| 59. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
51.64 |
1.0131 |
-0.0543 |
225 |
1 |
51.64 |
2008-11-18 |
| 60. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
51.58 |
0.9048 |
0.0614 |
271 |
2 |
51.42 |
2008-11-18 |
| 61. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
51.53 |
0.9936 |
-0.0332 |
311 |
1 |
51.53 |
2008-11-11 |
| 62. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
51.47 |
0.9279 |
0.0381 |
317 |
2 |
47.86 |
2008-11-18 |
| 63. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
51.43 |
1.0025 |
-0.0428 |
336 |
1 |
51.43 |
2008-10-29 |
| 64. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
50.71 |
0.9646 |
-0.0203 |
264 |
1 |
50.71 |
2008-11-18 |
| 65. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
50.66 |
1.0516 |
-0.1078 |
281 |
1 |
50.66 |
2008-10-10 |
| 66. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
50.58 |
0.9275 |
0.0119 |
211 |
1 |
50.58 |
2008-11-10 |
| 67. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
50.33 |
0.8810 |
0.0578 |
282 |
1 |
50.33 |
2008-10-13 |
| 68. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
49.98 |
1.0167 |
-0.0785 |
378 |
1 |
49.98 |
2008-11-10 |
| 69. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
49.94 |
0.8933 |
0.0437 |
363 |
1 |
49.94 |
2008-11-18 |
| 70. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
49.87 |
0.9886 |
-0.0568 |
220 |
1 |
49.87 |
2008-12-13 |
| 71. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
49.61 |
0.9731 |
-0.0612 |
129 |
1 |
49.61 |
2008-12-04 |
| 72. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
49.32 |
0.9429 |
-0.0227 |
287 |
1 |
49.32 |
2008-11-18 |
| 73. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
49.29 |
0.9527 |
-0.0345 |
251 |
1 |
49.29 |
2008-12-23 |
| 74. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
49.27 |
0.9649 |
-0.0480 |
193 |
1 |
49.27 |
2008-11-18 |
| 75. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
48.72 |
0.9986 |
-0.0904 |
283 |
1 |
48.72 |
2008-11-06 |
| 76. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
48.67 |
0.9365 |
-0.0285 |
248 |
1 |
48.67 |
2008-11-10 |
| 77. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
47.76 |
0.9411 |
-0.0509 |
318 |
2 |
46.55 |
2008-11-25 |
| 78. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
47.20 |
1.0099 |
-0.1340 |
207 |
1 |
47.20 |
2008-11-05 |
| 79. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
46.88 |
0.9572 |
-0.0855 |
201 |
1 |
46.88 |
2008-11-10 |
| 80. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
46.63 |
0.9125 |
-0.0426 |
308 |
1 |
46.63 |
2008-10-27 |
| 81. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
46.51 |
0.9795 |
-0.1137 |
308 |
1 |
46.51 |
2008-11-18 |
| 82. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
46.38 |
0.9088 |
-0.0402 |
348 |
1 |
46.38 |
2008-12-04 |
| 83. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
45.86 |
0.9946 |
-0.1413 |
246 |
1 |
45.86 |
2008-12-04 |
| 84. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
45.53 |
0.8919 |
-0.0463 |
205 |
4 |
41.59 |
2008-12-04 |
| 85. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
45.33 |
1.0029 |
-0.1658 |
209 |
1 |
45.33 |
2008-11-05 |
| 86. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
45.15 |
0.8916 |
-0.0512 |
216 |
1 |
45.15 |
2008-12-08 |
| 87. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
45.05 |
0.9233 |
-0.0934 |
168 |
1 |
45.05 |
2008-11-18 |
| 88. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
43.75 |
1.0252 |
-0.2180 |
176 |
1 |
43.75 |
2008-12-05 |
| 89. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
43.66 |
0.9068 |
-0.0918 |
269 |
1 |
43.66 |
2008-10-23 |
| 90. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
43.16 |
0.8553 |
-0.0579 |
174 |
1 |
43.16 |
2008-11-21 |
| 91. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
42.94 |
0.9426 |
-0.1411 |
317 |
1 |
42.94 |
2008-10-14 |
| 92. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
42.56 |
0.8602 |
-0.0712 |
206 |
1 |
42.56 |
2008-10-13 |
| 93. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
42.20 |
0.9084 |
-0.1222 |
300 |
1 |
42.20 |
2008-10-29 |
| 94. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
40.26 |
0.9234 |
-0.1703 |
346 |
1 |
40.26 |
2008-11-18 |
| 95. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
40.11 |
0.8770 |
-0.1289 |
300 |
1 |
40.11 |
2008-11-18 |
| 96. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
39.10 |
0.8811 |
-0.1507 |
239 |
1 |
39.10 |
2008-10-29 |
| 97. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
38.76 |
0.9514 |
-0.2317 |
237 |
1 |
38.76 |
2008-11-07 |
| 98. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
37.68 |
0.9430 |
-0.2513 |
211 |
1 |
37.68 |
2008-11-24 |
| 99. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
31.99 |
0.8595 |
-0.2662 |
242 |
1 |
31.99 |
2008-10-10 |
| 100. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
31.49 |
0.8533 |
-0.2702 |
232 |
1 |
31.49 |
2008-10-12 |