| 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 ... |
39.05 |
0.9807 |
0.3526 |
129 |
2 |
33.69 |
2009-11-02 |
| 2. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
38.88 |
1.0969 |
0.2443 |
303 |
1 |
38.88 |
2009-11-02 |
| 3. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
37.62 |
1.0800 |
0.2084 |
129 |
1 |
37.62 |
2009-10-25 |
| 4. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
37.02 |
1.0115 |
0.2580 |
189 |
2 |
33.25 |
2009-10-25 |
| 5. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
36.71 |
1.0131 |
0.2543 |
245 |
1 |
36.71 |
2009-10-25 |
| 6. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
36.06 |
1.0079 |
0.2326 |
273 |
1 |
36.06 |
2009-11-02 |
| 7. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
34.99 |
1.0086 |
0.1915 |
218 |
1 |
34.99 |
2009-10-25 |
| 8. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
34.81 |
1.0867 |
0.1071 |
171 |
3 |
29.72 |
2009-05-25 |
| 9. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
34.59 |
1.0615 |
0.1261 |
201 |
1 |
34.59 |
2009-05-23 |
| 10. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
33.91 |
1.1093 |
0.0522 |
220 |
1 |
33.91 |
2009-06-07 |
| 11. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
33.38 |
0.8680 |
0.2758 |
196 |
2 |
29.49 |
2009-11-02 |
| 12. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
33.28 |
1.1086 |
0.0371 |
233 |
1 |
33.28 |
2009-06-07 |
| 13. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
33.25 |
0.9384 |
0.2033 |
296 |
1 |
33.25 |
2009-10-25 |
| 14. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
33.01 |
1.0777 |
0.0561 |
226 |
1 |
33.01 |
2009-06-04 |
| 15. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
32.71 |
0.9316 |
0.1961 |
188 |
1 |
32.71 |
2009-06-04 |
| 16. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
32.14 |
0.9880 |
0.1136 |
199 |
1 |
32.14 |
2009-10-25 |
| 17. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
32.06 |
0.8201 |
0.2766 |
187 |
2 |
27.95 |
2009-05-25 |
| 18. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
31.87 |
1.0287 |
0.0667 |
269 |
2 |
29.29 |
2009-06-04 |
| 19. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
31.66 |
1.0873 |
-0.0011 |
243 |
1 |
31.66 |
2009-05-25 |
| 20. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
31.30 |
0.9371 |
0.1309 |
156 |
1 |
31.30 |
2009-05-18 |
| 21. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
31.28 |
0.9285 |
0.1458 |
244 |
3 |
26.55 |
2009-05-22 |
| 22. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
31.23 |
1.0877 |
-0.0167 |
129 |
1 |
31.23 |
2009-11-02 |
| 23. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
31.11 |
1.0561 |
0.0122 |
227 |
2 |
29.87 |
2009-06-08 |
| 24. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
31.03 |
1.0617 |
0.0038 |
171 |
1 |
31.03 |
2009-05-10 |
| 25. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
30.95 |
1.0288 |
0.0312 |
166 |
1 |
30.95 |
2009-05-24 |
| 26. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
30.92 |
0.9836 |
0.0801 |
289 |
3 |
28.79 |
2009-05-24 |
| 27. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
30.91 |
0.8814 |
0.1799 |
169 |
2 |
28.36 |
2009-05-24 |
| 28. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
30.43 |
0.8164 |
0.2300 |
197 |
1 |
30.43 |
2009-06-07 |
| 29. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
30.36 |
1.0521 |
-0.0134 |
197 |
3 |
27.23 |
2009-06-06 |
| 30. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
30.13 |
1.0197 |
0.0148 |
204 |
2 |
28.61 |
2009-05-24 |
| 31. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
30.09 |
0.8965 |
0.1389 |
150 |
1 |
30.09 |
2009-06-26 |
| 32. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
29.76 |
0.9054 |
0.1201 |
204 |
1 |
29.76 |
2009-05-17 |
| 33. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
29.75 |
0.8925 |
0.1376 |
293 |
1 |
29.75 |
2009-05-25 |
| 34. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
29.60 |
1.0881 |
-0.0740 |
210 |
3 |
24.25 |
2009-05-10 |
| 35. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
29.52 |
0.9762 |
0.0390 |
249 |
1 |
29.52 |
2009-06-07 |
| 36. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
29.50 |
1.0332 |
-0.0193 |
267 |
2 |
29.26 |
2009-05-24 |
| 37. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
29.43 |
0.8077 |
0.2044 |
148 |
1 |
29.43 |
2009-06-04 |
| 38. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
29.43 |
0.8194 |
0.1918 |
193 |
1 |
29.43 |
2009-06-05 |
| 39. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
29.22 |
0.9768 |
0.0293 |
237 |
1 |
29.22 |
2009-05-18 |
| 40. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
29.10 |
0.8827 |
0.1140 |
190 |
1 |
29.10 |
2009-05-09 |
| 41. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
29.09 |
0.9310 |
0.0688 |
278 |
1 |
29.09 |
2009-05-23 |
| 42. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
29.05 |
0.7923 |
0.2072 |
316 |
1 |
29.05 |
2009-10-25 |
| 43. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
29.02 |
1.0199 |
-0.0258 |
225 |
1 |
29.02 |
2009-05-18 |
| 44. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
29.01 |
0.8172 |
0.1760 |
204 |
1 |
29.01 |
2009-11-02 |
| 45. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
28.95 |
0.7423 |
0.2513 |
145 |
2 |
25.46 |
2009-10-25 |
| 46. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
28.92 |
1.0865 |
-0.0923 |
237 |
1 |
28.92 |
2009-05-10 |
| 47. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
28.74 |
0.7425 |
0.2472 |
148 |
1 |
28.74 |
2009-06-07 |
| 48. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
28.71 |
0.8606 |
0.1265 |
170 |
1 |
28.71 |
2009-06-07 |
| 49. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
28.54 |
0.8365 |
0.1409 |
145 |
1 |
28.54 |
2009-05-09 |
| 50. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
28.51 |
1.0418 |
-0.0608 |
214 |
2 |
28.23 |
2009-05-25 |
| 51. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
28.48 |
0.9084 |
0.0723 |
271 |
1 |
28.48 |
2009-05-22 |
| 52. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
28.48 |
0.9841 |
-0.0065 |
263 |
1 |
28.48 |
2009-06-04 |
| 53. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
28.46 |
1.0543 |
-0.0791 |
182 |
1 |
28.46 |
2009-05-10 |
| 54. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
28.46 |
0.8562 |
0.1170 |
132 |
1 |
28.46 |
2009-05-09 |
| 55. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
28.35 |
0.9010 |
0.0762 |
266 |
2 |
27.56 |
2009-06-04 |
| 56. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
28.21 |
0.8863 |
0.0801 |
127 |
2 |
25.00 |
2009-05-25 |
| 57. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
28.10 |
0.9166 |
0.0521 |
133 |
1 |
28.10 |
2009-05-09 |
| 58. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
27.97 |
0.9827 |
-0.0202 |
314 |
2 |
27.58 |
2009-05-18 |
| 59. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
27.84 |
0.8161 |
0.1435 |
109 |
2 |
27.22 |
2009-06-07 |
| 60. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
27.58 |
0.8911 |
0.0582 |
207 |
1 |
27.58 |
2009-05-18 |
| 61. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
27.52 |
0.9931 |
-0.0510 |
218 |
1 |
27.52 |
2009-06-04 |
| 62. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
27.44 |
1.0800 |
-0.1397 |
213 |
1 |
27.44 |
2009-05-09 |
| 63. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
27.14 |
0.9286 |
0.0060 |
177 |
1 |
27.14 |
2009-04-22 |
| 64. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
27.05 |
0.7966 |
0.1391 |
184 |
1 |
27.05 |
2009-05-09 |
| 65. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
26.88 |
0.9346 |
-0.0137 |
211 |
1 |
26.88 |
2009-05-24 |
| 66. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
26.83 |
0.8986 |
0.0218 |
205 |
1 |
26.83 |
2009-06-05 |
| 67. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
26.82 |
0.9204 |
0.0022 |
121 |
1 |
26.82 |
2009-05-09 |
| 68. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
26.74 |
0.9070 |
0.0072 |
192 |
1 |
26.74 |
2009-05-09 |
| 69. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
26.64 |
1.0576 |
-0.1449 |
231 |
1 |
26.64 |
2009-05-23 |
| 70. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
26.56 |
0.9352 |
-0.0235 |
194 |
1 |
26.56 |
2009-05-09 |
| 71. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
26.44 |
0.8869 |
0.0193 |
176 |
1 |
26.44 |
2009-05-19 |
| 72. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
26.27 |
0.7988 |
0.1018 |
134 |
1 |
26.27 |
2009-05-24 |
| 73. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
26.11 |
0.7384 |
0.1552 |
106 |
1 |
26.11 |
2009-05-18 |
| 74. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
25.95 |
0.8985 |
-0.0102 |
127 |
1 |
25.95 |
2009-04-22 |
| 75. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
25.78 |
1.0582 |
-0.1755 |
180 |
1 |
25.78 |
2009-05-09 |
| 76. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
25.77 |
0.7724 |
0.1113 |
142 |
1 |
25.77 |
2009-05-18 |
| 77. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
25.75 |
1.0472 |
-0.1688 |
149 |
1 |
25.75 |
2009-05-09 |
| 78. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
25.73 |
0.9981 |
-0.1149 |
211 |
1 |
25.73 |
2009-05-18 |
| 79. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
25.64 |
0.9243 |
-0.0413 |
240 |
1 |
25.64 |
2009-05-10 |
| 80. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
25.48 |
0.8880 |
-0.0125 |
296 |
1 |
25.48 |
2009-05-18 |
| 81. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
25.29 |
0.9869 |
-0.1217 |
193 |
1 |
25.29 |
2009-05-09 |
| 82. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
25.28 |
0.8124 |
0.0517 |
167 |
1 |
25.28 |
2009-05-09 |
| 83. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
24.92 |
1.0095 |
-0.1549 |
211 |
1 |
24.92 |
2009-05-18 |
| 84. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
24.86 |
0.9299 |
-0.0843 |
168 |
1 |
24.86 |
2009-04-24 |
| 85. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
24.86 |
1.0094 |
-0.1553 |
256 |
1 |
24.86 |
2009-05-23 |
| 86. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
24.70 |
0.9780 |
-0.1358 |
173 |
1 |
24.70 |
2009-05-09 |
| 87. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
24.30 |
1.0028 |
-0.1693 |
259 |
1 |
24.30 |
2009-04-22 |
| 88. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
23.72 |
0.8915 |
-0.0770 |
158 |
1 |
23.72 |
2009-04-22 |
| 89. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
23.68 |
0.8205 |
-0.0056 |
135 |
1 |
23.68 |
2009-04-22 |
| 90. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
23.23 |
0.8656 |
-0.0668 |
242 |
1 |
23.23 |
2009-05-18 |
| 91. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
23.02 |
0.7987 |
-0.0092 |
176 |
1 |
23.02 |
2009-05-09 |
| 92. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
22.72 |
0.8117 |
-0.0285 |
209 |
1 |
22.72 |
2009-04-22 |
| 93. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
22.52 |
0.9027 |
-0.1332 |
189 |
2 |
22.42 |
2009-05-18 |
| 94. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
21.78 |
0.7901 |
-0.0479 |
154 |
1 |
21.78 |
2009-04-22 |
| 95. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
19.74 |
0.8624 |
-0.1903 |
174 |
1 |
19.74 |
2009-05-18 |