| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
29.97 |
0.9329 |
0.0306 |
345 |
1 |
29.97 |
2010-04-08 |
| 2. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
26.98 |
1.0462 |
-0.1895 |
340 |
1 |
26.98 |
2010-03-16 |
| 3. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
37.94 |
0.9991 |
0.2032 |
339 |
1 |
37.94 |
2011-05-20 |
| 4. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
34.88 |
1.0253 |
0.0833 |
337 |
1 |
34.88 |
2010-03-19 |
| 5. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
29.32 |
0.9338 |
0.0046 |
326 |
1 |
29.32 |
2010-01-19 |
| 6. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
32.57 |
0.9957 |
0.0360 |
323 |
1 |
32.57 |
2010-03-18 |
| 7. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
27.04 |
0.9011 |
-0.0418 |
322 |
1 |
27.04 |
2010-03-16 |
| 8. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
27.39 |
0.9917 |
-0.1224 |
317 |
1 |
27.39 |
2010-04-08 |
| 9. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
33.59 |
1.0165 |
0.0469 |
316 |
1 |
33.59 |
2010-03-19 |
| 10. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
32.06 |
0.9402 |
0.0736 |
310 |
1 |
32.06 |
2011-05-17 |
| 11. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
31.49 |
0.9866 |
0.0118 |
308 |
1 |
31.49 |
2010-03-18 |
| 12. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
28.69 |
0.9228 |
-0.0096 |
305 |
1 |
28.69 |
2010-04-08 |
| 13. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
35.10 |
1.0969 |
0.0176 |
303 |
1 |
35.10 |
2010-03-18 |
| 14. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
34.05 |
0.9143 |
0.1659 |
300 |
1 |
34.05 |
2011-05-18 |
| 15. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
33.21 |
1.0743 |
-0.0205 |
297 |
1 |
33.21 |
2010-04-08 |
| 16. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
35.11 |
0.8815 |
0.2368 |
296 |
1 |
35.11 |
2010-04-08 |
| 17. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
33.18 |
0.9909 |
0.0655 |
293 |
1 |
33.18 |
2010-03-18 |
| 18. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
28.63 |
0.9864 |
-0.0761 |
292 |
1 |
28.63 |
2010-03-19 |
| 19. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
36.19 |
0.9561 |
0.1948 |
291 |
1 |
36.19 |
2011-05-20 |
| 20. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
33.30 |
1.0901 |
-0.0329 |
288 |
1 |
33.30 |
2010-04-08 |
| 21. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
34.67 |
0.9643 |
0.1434 |
282 |
1 |
34.67 |
2011-03-02 |
| 22. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
33.99 |
0.9517 |
0.1241 |
276 |
1 |
33.99 |
2011-05-20 |
| 23. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
32.79 |
0.9873 |
0.0503 |
274 |
2 |
31.87 |
2010-04-08 |
| 24. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
30.73 |
0.9890 |
-0.0117 |
272 |
1 |
30.73 |
2010-03-19 |
| 25. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
30.31 |
0.9332 |
0.0265 |
267 |
2 |
27.86 |
2011-03-02 |
| 26. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
31.79 |
0.9841 |
0.0216 |
263 |
1 |
31.79 |
2010-03-19 |
| 27. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
31.52 |
1.0498 |
-0.0503 |
261 |
1 |
31.52 |
2010-04-08 |
| 28. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
36.10 |
1.0028 |
0.1409 |
259 |
1 |
36.10 |
2010-04-08 |
| 29. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
36.15 |
1.0399 |
0.1116 |
257 |
2 |
35.63 |
2011-05-20 |
| 30. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
29.51 |
0.7875 |
0.1490 |
257 |
2 |
27.99 |
2010-03-18 |
| 31. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
29.11 |
1.0039 |
-0.0761 |
255 |
1 |
29.11 |
2010-04-29 |
| 32. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
28.72 |
0.9704 |
-0.0613 |
254 |
1 |
28.72 |
2010-03-16 |
| 33. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
34.33 |
1.0487 |
0.0370 |
253 |
1 |
34.33 |
2010-03-19 |
| 34. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
28.77 |
0.9183 |
-0.0113 |
252 |
1 |
28.77 |
2010-01-19 |
| 35. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
35.30 |
0.9809 |
0.1457 |
250 |
1 |
35.30 |
2011-05-17 |
| 36. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
33.40 |
0.9762 |
0.0822 |
249 |
1 |
33.40 |
2010-04-08 |
| 37. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
34.40 |
0.9275 |
0.1688 |
243 |
1 |
34.40 |
2011-03-02 |
| 38. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
32.52 |
1.0192 |
0.0167 |
243 |
1 |
32.52 |
2010-03-18 |
| 39. |
The girls I like best are ones I never feel much like kiddin... |
33.21 |
0.9102 |
0.1476 |
239 |
1 |
33.21 |
2010-03-18 |
| 40. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
30.88 |
1.0672 |
-0.0904 |
239 |
1 |
30.88 |
2010-03-16 |
| 41. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
29.17 |
0.9108 |
0.0131 |
235 |
2 |
28.90 |
2010-04-08 |
| 42. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
34.33 |
1.0208 |
0.0671 |
231 |
1 |
34.33 |
2010-04-08 |
| 43. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
31.61 |
0.9952 |
0.0086 |
220 |
1 |
31.61 |
2010-03-18 |
| 44. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
30.73 |
1.0086 |
-0.0397 |
218 |
1 |
30.73 |
2010-03-18 |
| 45. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
29.84 |
0.9931 |
-0.0517 |
218 |
1 |
29.84 |
2010-03-18 |
| 46. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
29.66 |
1.0010 |
-0.0581 |
213 |
1 |
29.66 |
2010-01-19 |
| 47. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
26.91 |
0.9068 |
-0.0571 |
212 |
1 |
26.91 |
2011-03-02 |
| 48. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
38.00 |
1.0845 |
0.1195 |
212 |
1 |
38.00 |
2010-04-08 |
| 49. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
30.67 |
1.0082 |
-0.0418 |
212 |
1 |
30.67 |
2010-04-08 |
| 50. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
30.62 |
0.9981 |
-0.0290 |
211 |
1 |
30.62 |
2010-04-08 |
| 51. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
33.30 |
0.9598 |
0.0978 |
209 |
1 |
33.30 |
2010-04-08 |
| 52. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
25.44 |
0.8172 |
-0.0170 |
204 |
1 |
25.44 |
2010-03-16 |
| 53. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
29.68 |
0.9357 |
0.0020 |
204 |
2 |
26.70 |
2010-03-18 |
| 54. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
34.33 |
0.8811 |
0.2029 |
201 |
2 |
31.91 |
2010-03-16 |
| 55. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
26.99 |
0.9210 |
-0.0710 |
200 |
1 |
26.99 |
2010-01-13 |
| 56. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
21.69 |
0.9880 |
-0.3070 |
199 |
1 |
21.69 |
2010-03-16 |
| 57. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
33.17 |
0.8164 |
0.2353 |
197 |
1 |
33.17 |
2010-04-08 |
| 58. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
31.74 |
0.8680 |
0.1330 |
196 |
1 |
31.74 |
2010-03-18 |
| 59. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
25.72 |
0.8194 |
-0.0066 |
193 |
1 |
25.72 |
2010-03-18 |
| 60. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
33.11 |
0.8592 |
0.1877 |
191 |
2 |
31.42 |
2010-04-08 |
| 61. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
29.16 |
0.9422 |
-0.0240 |
190 |
1 |
29.16 |
2010-03-16 |
| 62. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
30.94 |
1.0115 |
-0.0368 |
189 |
1 |
30.94 |
2010-03-18 |
| 63. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
30.54 |
0.9027 |
0.0611 |
189 |
1 |
30.54 |
2011-05-25 |
| 64. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
30.60 |
0.8958 |
0.0697 |
188 |
1 |
30.60 |
2010-01-19 |
| 65. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
29.16 |
0.9316 |
-0.0062 |
188 |
1 |
29.16 |
2010-03-16 |
| 66. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
31.07 |
1.0543 |
-0.0735 |
182 |
1 |
31.07 |
2010-04-08 |
| 67. |
Desktop publishing revolutionized the creation of printed do... |
35.41 |
0.8074 |
0.3194 |
182 |
1 |
35.41 |
2011-03-02 |
| 68. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
34.35 |
1.0268 |
0.0549 |
179 |
1 |
34.35 |
2010-03-16 |
| 69. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
31.99 |
1.0524 |
-0.0411 |
177 |
1 |
31.99 |
2010-03-18 |
| 70. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
26.44 |
0.8869 |
-0.0522 |
176 |
1 |
26.44 |
2010-01-13 |
| 71. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
30.76 |
0.9255 |
0.0494 |
174 |
1 |
30.76 |
2010-03-16 |
| 72. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
25.59 |
0.8624 |
-0.0574 |
174 |
1 |
25.59 |
2010-03-16 |
| 73. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
39.91 |
1.0867 |
0.1749 |
171 |
1 |
39.91 |
2011-05-20 |
| 74. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
34.26 |
1.0617 |
0.0220 |
171 |
1 |
34.26 |
2010-04-08 |
| 75. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
26.13 |
0.8594 |
-0.0360 |
170 |
1 |
26.13 |
2011-03-02 |
| 76. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
24.18 |
0.8606 |
-0.0947 |
170 |
1 |
24.18 |
2010-01-13 |
| 77. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
26.63 |
1.0042 |
-0.1652 |
168 |
1 |
26.63 |
2010-01-19 |
| 78. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
32.89 |
1.0288 |
0.0088 |
166 |
1 |
32.89 |
2010-03-18 |
| 79. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
35.93 |
0.9213 |
0.2161 |
165 |
1 |
35.93 |
2010-03-19 |
| 80. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
34.30 |
0.8469 |
0.2412 |
164 |
1 |
34.30 |
2010-03-19 |
| 81. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
21.06 |
0.8948 |
-0.2302 |
164 |
1 |
21.06 |
2010-01-13 |
| 82. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
28.12 |
0.8918 |
0.0040 |
163 |
2 |
27.96 |
2010-01-19 |
| 83. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
35.99 |
0.8915 |
0.2504 |
158 |
1 |
35.99 |
2010-04-08 |
| 84. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
35.42 |
0.9371 |
0.1769 |
156 |
2 |
34.82 |
2011-05-18 |
| 85. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
30.08 |
0.7852 |
0.1611 |
154 |
2 |
28.09 |
2011-05-18 |
| 86. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
33.83 |
0.9791 |
0.0860 |
154 |
1 |
33.83 |
2010-03-19 |
| 87. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
34.17 |
0.8965 |
0.1872 |
150 |
3 |
30.65 |
2010-03-19 |
| 88. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
25.85 |
0.7423 |
0.0740 |
145 |
1 |
25.85 |
2010-04-08 |
| 89. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
28.25 |
0.8205 |
0.0765 |
135 |
1 |
28.25 |
2010-01-13 |
| 90. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
38.23 |
0.7988 |
0.4128 |
134 |
3 |
33.28 |
2011-03-02 |
| 91. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
29.49 |
0.9807 |
-0.0585 |
129 |
1 |
29.49 |
2010-03-18 |
| 92. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
37.83 |
1.0800 |
0.1125 |
129 |
1 |
37.83 |
2011-05-20 |
| 93. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
26.75 |
0.8168 |
0.0277 |
115 |
1 |
26.75 |
2010-01-13 |
| 94. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
27.03 |
0.8646 |
-0.0126 |
110 |
1 |
27.03 |
2010-01-19 |
| 95. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
31.47 |
0.7384 |
0.2555 |
106 |
1 |
31.47 |
2010-03-19 |