| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
58.27 |
0.9946 |
0.3883 |
246 |
2 |
52.35 |
2011-04-06 |
| 2. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
56.55 |
1.0669 |
0.3073 |
286 |
1 |
56.55 |
2010-08-13 |
| 3. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
55.06 |
1.0205 |
0.2792 |
179 |
1 |
55.06 |
2010-08-15 |
| 4. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
54.94 |
1.0577 |
0.2422 |
247 |
1 |
54.94 |
2009-04-22 |
| 5. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
54.64 |
1.1016 |
0.1947 |
233 |
2 |
51.70 |
2010-08-13 |
| 6. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
53.41 |
1.1215 |
0.1692 |
200 |
1 |
53.41 |
2010-08-22 |
| 7. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
53.17 |
1.0254 |
0.2763 |
217 |
1 |
53.17 |
2010-08-13 |
| 8. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
52.76 |
1.0463 |
0.2002 |
182 |
1 |
52.76 |
2009-04-12 |
| 9. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
52.72 |
0.8792 |
0.3803 |
296 |
2 |
45.52 |
2010-08-12 |
| 10. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
52.04 |
1.0417 |
0.1897 |
253 |
2 |
47.13 |
2009-04-19 |
| 11. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
51.70 |
1.0218 |
0.2010 |
268 |
1 |
51.70 |
2009-04-21 |
| 12. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
50.86 |
0.9682 |
0.2355 |
143 |
1 |
50.86 |
2010-08-13 |
| 13. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
50.79 |
1.0885 |
0.1503 |
341 |
1 |
50.79 |
2010-08-15 |
| 14. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
50.66 |
0.9907 |
0.2085 |
211 |
2 |
47.69 |
2009-04-22 |
| 15. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
50.43 |
0.8821 |
0.3127 |
176 |
1 |
50.43 |
2009-04-21 |
| 16. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
50.29 |
0.9266 |
0.2671 |
278 |
2 |
46.83 |
2009-04-21 |
| 17. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
50.17 |
1.0261 |
0.1611 |
273 |
2 |
46.80 |
2010-08-12 |
| 18. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
49.82 |
0.9731 |
0.1951 |
129 |
2 |
47.16 |
2010-05-14 |
| 19. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
49.67 |
0.9943 |
0.1860 |
373 |
1 |
49.67 |
2009-11-08 |
| 20. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
48.40 |
1.0352 |
0.1141 |
341 |
1 |
48.40 |
2009-04-22 |
| 21. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
48.05 |
0.9532 |
0.1838 |
258 |
1 |
48.05 |
2010-08-12 |
| 22. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
47.96 |
1.0120 |
0.1233 |
290 |
1 |
47.96 |
2009-04-21 |
| 23. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
47.69 |
0.9699 |
0.1592 |
269 |
1 |
47.69 |
2009-04-25 |
| 24. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
47.43 |
1.0993 |
0.0220 |
265 |
1 |
47.43 |
2009-04-19 |
| 25. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
47.42 |
0.9084 |
0.2166 |
300 |
1 |
47.42 |
2009-04-25 |
| 26. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
47.37 |
0.9257 |
0.2018 |
317 |
1 |
47.37 |
2009-04-20 |
| 27. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
46.98 |
1.0063 |
0.1067 |
371 |
2 |
45.77 |
2009-04-12 |
| 28. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
46.10 |
0.9196 |
0.1737 |
148 |
2 |
42.97 |
2010-05-30 |
| 29. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
45.77 |
1.0696 |
0.0106 |
226 |
1 |
45.77 |
2009-04-22 |
| 30. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
45.61 |
1.0799 |
-0.0038 |
243 |
2 |
44.47 |
2009-04-12 |
| 31. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
45.46 |
1.0666 |
0.0097 |
297 |
1 |
45.46 |
2009-04-20 |
| 32. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
44.95 |
1.0596 |
0.0023 |
239 |
1 |
44.95 |
2009-04-12 |
| 33. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
44.84 |
1.0099 |
0.0486 |
207 |
3 |
41.88 |
2009-04-22 |
| 34. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
44.83 |
0.9633 |
0.1000 |
304 |
1 |
44.83 |
2009-07-25 |
| 35. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
44.76 |
0.9578 |
0.1012 |
281 |
1 |
44.76 |
2010-12-20 |
| 36. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
44.71 |
1.0034 |
0.0534 |
302 |
2 |
43.15 |
2009-11-08 |
| 37. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
44.22 |
0.9646 |
0.0810 |
264 |
2 |
39.87 |
2009-04-12 |
| 38. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
43.91 |
1.0515 |
-0.0143 |
250 |
1 |
43.91 |
2009-04-12 |
| 39. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
43.80 |
0.9769 |
0.0575 |
263 |
1 |
43.80 |
2009-04-12 |
| 40. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
43.55 |
1.0023 |
0.0263 |
211 |
1 |
43.55 |
2009-04-21 |
| 41. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
43.46 |
1.0004 |
0.0218 |
212 |
3 |
42.60 |
2009-04-21 |
| 42. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
43.45 |
0.9125 |
0.1174 |
308 |
1 |
43.45 |
2009-04-20 |
| 43. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
43.37 |
1.0528 |
-0.0316 |
201 |
2 |
42.78 |
2009-04-18 |
| 44. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
43.28 |
1.0263 |
-0.0031 |
267 |
1 |
43.28 |
2009-04-18 |
| 45. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
43.03 |
1.0429 |
-0.0263 |
259 |
1 |
43.03 |
2009-04-12 |
| 46. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
42.92 |
1.0213 |
-0.0091 |
240 |
3 |
40.66 |
2009-04-21 |
| 47. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
42.43 |
1.0033 |
-0.0064 |
189 |
2 |
38.34 |
2009-04-18 |
| 48. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
42.37 |
0.9597 |
0.0466 |
347 |
2 |
41.78 |
2009-04-22 |
| 49. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
42.33 |
1.0013 |
-0.0010 |
273 |
2 |
41.66 |
2009-04-12 |
| 50. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
42.13 |
1.0389 |
-0.0407 |
318 |
1 |
42.13 |
2009-04-18 |
| 51. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
42.06 |
0.9852 |
0.0099 |
264 |
2 |
40.62 |
2009-04-13 |
| 52. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
41.84 |
0.9965 |
-0.0064 |
277 |
2 |
39.07 |
2009-04-18 |
| 53. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
41.74 |
0.9776 |
0.0097 |
308 |
2 |
38.83 |
2009-04-10 |
| 54. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
41.62 |
0.9912 |
0.0199 |
237 |
1 |
41.62 |
2010-05-14 |
| 55. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
41.40 |
0.9005 |
0.0770 |
212 |
2 |
37.58 |
2010-12-20 |
| 56. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
41.19 |
0.9820 |
-0.0053 |
267 |
1 |
41.19 |
2009-04-21 |
| 57. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
41.07 |
0.9844 |
-0.0085 |
293 |
2 |
38.51 |
2009-07-25 |
| 58. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
41.04 |
1.0523 |
-0.0863 |
256 |
1 |
41.04 |
2009-04-12 |
| 59. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
41.00 |
0.9857 |
-0.0173 |
293 |
1 |
41.00 |
2009-04-18 |
| 60. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
40.24 |
1.0516 |
-0.1008 |
281 |
2 |
38.57 |
2009-04-13 |
| 61. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
40.17 |
1.0340 |
-0.0793 |
406 |
1 |
40.17 |
2009-07-25 |
| 62. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
40.16 |
0.8809 |
0.0662 |
127 |
1 |
40.16 |
2009-04-18 |
| 63. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
40.11 |
1.0297 |
-0.0828 |
249 |
1 |
40.11 |
2009-04-19 |
| 64. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
40.08 |
1.0201 |
-0.0724 |
303 |
1 |
40.08 |
2009-04-20 |
| 65. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
40.06 |
1.1018 |
-0.1613 |
220 |
1 |
40.06 |
2009-04-10 |
| 66. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
40.03 |
0.9884 |
-0.0431 |
233 |
1 |
40.03 |
2009-04-12 |
| 67. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
39.90 |
1.0334 |
-0.0969 |
131 |
2 |
38.97 |
2009-11-08 |
| 68. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
39.80 |
0.8826 |
0.0594 |
296 |
1 |
39.80 |
2010-08-22 |
| 69. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
39.71 |
0.9841 |
-0.0418 |
334 |
1 |
39.71 |
2010-05-14 |
| 70. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
39.57 |
0.9795 |
-0.0444 |
308 |
1 |
39.57 |
2009-04-18 |
| 71. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
39.48 |
1.0796 |
-0.1514 |
129 |
1 |
39.48 |
2009-04-21 |
| 72. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
39.29 |
0.9899 |
-0.0662 |
163 |
1 |
39.29 |
2009-04-21 |
| 73. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
38.94 |
0.9426 |
-0.0195 |
317 |
1 |
38.94 |
2010-05-30 |
| 74. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
38.89 |
0.9851 |
-0.0641 |
317 |
1 |
38.89 |
2009-04-18 |
| 75. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
38.83 |
1.0197 |
-0.1052 |
226 |
1 |
38.83 |
2009-04-12 |
| 76. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
38.82 |
1.0095 |
-0.0934 |
316 |
2 |
38.49 |
2009-04-12 |
| 77. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
38.78 |
0.9275 |
-0.0146 |
211 |
1 |
38.78 |
2010-08-22 |
| 78. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
38.70 |
1.0053 |
-0.0930 |
232 |
1 |
38.70 |
2009-04-22 |
| 79. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
38.48 |
0.8810 |
0.0288 |
282 |
1 |
38.48 |
2009-04-20 |
| 80. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
38.29 |
0.8947 |
0.0147 |
366 |
1 |
38.29 |
2009-04-22 |
| 81. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
38.13 |
0.9986 |
-0.0974 |
283 |
1 |
38.13 |
2009-04-10 |
| 82. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
37.95 |
0.9684 |
-0.0694 |
388 |
1 |
37.95 |
2009-04-10 |
| 83. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
37.94 |
1.0521 |
-0.1608 |
171 |
1 |
37.94 |
2009-04-12 |
| 84. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
37.87 |
0.9966 |
-0.1028 |
259 |
1 |
37.87 |
2010-08-15 |
| 85. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
37.66 |
0.9281 |
-0.0336 |
273 |
1 |
37.66 |
2009-04-10 |
| 86. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
37.47 |
0.8544 |
0.0308 |
170 |
1 |
37.47 |
2009-04-10 |
| 87. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
37.32 |
0.9068 |
-0.0226 |
269 |
1 |
37.32 |
2009-04-10 |
| 88. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
37.24 |
0.8709 |
0.0163 |
202 |
1 |
37.24 |
2009-04-10 |
| 89. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
37.21 |
0.8900 |
-0.0102 |
164 |
1 |
37.21 |
2009-04-10 |
| 90. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
37.09 |
1.0251 |
-0.1516 |
261 |
1 |
37.09 |
2009-04-12 |
| 91. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
37.06 |
0.9048 |
-0.0252 |
271 |
1 |
37.06 |
2009-04-18 |
| 92. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
36.58 |
1.0124 |
-0.1513 |
204 |
1 |
36.58 |
2009-04-21 |
| 93. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
36.35 |
0.8941 |
-0.0341 |
216 |
1 |
36.35 |
2009-04-21 |
| 94. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
36.26 |
0.8154 |
0.0422 |
193 |
1 |
36.26 |
2009-04-12 |
| 95. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
36.12 |
1.0487 |
-0.2012 |
231 |
2 |
31.22 |
2009-04-23 |
| 96. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
36.09 |
1.0711 |
-0.2245 |
213 |
1 |
36.09 |
2009-04-13 |
| 97. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
35.76 |
0.8958 |
-0.0474 |
322 |
1 |
35.76 |
2009-04-21 |
| 98. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
35.65 |
0.8442 |
0.0010 |
265 |
1 |
35.65 |
2009-04-12 |
| 99. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
35.57 |
0.9339 |
-0.0961 |
310 |
2 |
34.89 |
2009-04-18 |
| 100. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
35.08 |
0.8887 |
-0.0472 |
128 |
1 |
35.08 |
2009-04-13 |
| 101. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
34.35 |
0.9843 |
-0.1792 |
234 |
2 |
31.74 |
2009-04-10 |
| 102. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
34.29 |
0.9019 |
-0.0881 |
204 |
1 |
34.29 |
2009-04-12 |
| 103. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
33.85 |
0.8323 |
-0.0338 |
203 |
1 |
33.85 |
2009-04-10 |
| 104. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
33.63 |
0.9351 |
-0.1478 |
190 |
1 |
33.63 |
2009-04-12 |
| 105. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
33.03 |
0.9289 |
-0.1528 |
204 |
1 |
33.03 |
2009-04-12 |
| 106. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
32.28 |
0.8295 |
-0.0672 |
209 |
2 |
30.31 |
2009-04-12 |
| 107. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
31.56 |
0.9614 |
-0.2152 |
292 |
1 |
31.56 |
2009-04-12 |
| 108. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
31.42 |
1.0767 |
-0.3390 |
212 |
1 |
31.42 |
2010-05-30 |
| 109. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
30.81 |
0.9202 |
-0.1957 |
254 |
1 |
30.81 |
2009-04-20 |
| 110. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
30.80 |
1.0131 |
-0.2920 |
225 |
1 |
30.80 |
2009-04-10 |
| 111. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
27.00 |
0.8125 |
-0.1760 |
197 |
1 |
27.00 |
2009-04-10 |
| 112. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
25.97 |
0.8899 |
-0.2695 |
293 |
1 |
25.97 |
2009-04-10 |
| 113. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
25.80 |
1.0483 |
-0.4461 |
227 |
1 |
25.80 |
2009-04-10 |
| 114. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
25.31 |
0.8190 |
-0.2185 |
135 |
1 |
25.31 |
2009-04-10 |