| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
71.27 |
1.0797 |
0.4368 |
210 |
1 |
71.27 |
2010-02-28 |
| 2. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
65.73 |
1.0515 |
0.3494 |
250 |
2 |
61.13 |
2010-02-28 |
| 3. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
65.42 |
1.1114 |
0.2820 |
247 |
2 |
63.31 |
2010-03-14 |
| 4. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
64.20 |
0.9207 |
0.4517 |
174 |
1 |
64.20 |
2010-01-02 |
| 5. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
63.40 |
1.0012 |
0.3547 |
260 |
2 |
56.48 |
2010-01-29 |
| 6. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
63.17 |
1.1162 |
0.2724 |
189 |
1 |
63.17 |
2009-12-02 |
| 7. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
62.97 |
0.9886 |
0.3572 |
220 |
1 |
62.97 |
2010-02-01 |
| 8. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
62.46 |
1.0829 |
0.2509 |
288 |
2 |
58.95 |
2010-01-02 |
| 9. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
62.44 |
1.0417 |
0.2877 |
253 |
2 |
58.35 |
2010-01-29 |
| 10. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
62.41 |
1.0396 |
0.2844 |
149 |
2 |
46.96 |
2010-01-20 |
| 11. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
62.36 |
1.0033 |
0.3202 |
189 |
2 |
45.76 |
2010-03-01 |
| 12. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
62.15 |
1.0343 |
0.3287 |
242 |
1 |
62.15 |
2010-01-17 |
| 13. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
61.48 |
1.0183 |
0.2873 |
191 |
4 |
53.77 |
2010-03-14 |
| 14. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
61.16 |
1.0444 |
0.2533 |
197 |
2 |
47.89 |
2010-01-02 |
| 15. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
61.01 |
1.1016 |
0.1996 |
233 |
1 |
61.01 |
2009-12-01 |
| 16. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
60.27 |
1.0214 |
0.2621 |
269 |
4 |
53.16 |
2010-01-17 |
| 17. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
59.49 |
1.0131 |
0.2514 |
225 |
1 |
59.49 |
2010-04-05 |
| 18. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
59.37 |
0.9899 |
0.2712 |
163 |
1 |
59.37 |
2010-01-20 |
| 19. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
59.32 |
1.0023 |
0.2605 |
211 |
1 |
59.32 |
2010-01-20 |
| 20. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
58.96 |
1.0240 |
0.2303 |
256 |
1 |
58.96 |
2010-01-24 |
| 21. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
58.39 |
1.0337 |
0.2104 |
214 |
1 |
58.39 |
2010-01-20 |
| 22. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
58.39 |
0.9127 |
0.3297 |
252 |
1 |
58.39 |
2010-01-17 |
| 23. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
58.13 |
0.9286 |
0.3095 |
194 |
3 |
45.27 |
2010-01-20 |
| 24. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
58.01 |
1.0523 |
0.1799 |
256 |
2 |
55.63 |
2009-12-13 |
| 25. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
57.96 |
0.9922 |
0.2843 |
341 |
1 |
57.96 |
2010-02-01 |
| 26. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
57.46 |
1.0668 |
0.1603 |
350 |
2 |
55.45 |
2010-01-29 |
| 27. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
57.40 |
1.0173 |
0.2502 |
268 |
1 |
57.40 |
2010-01-17 |
| 28. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
57.30 |
1.0555 |
0.1671 |
363 |
2 |
54.91 |
2010-02-20 |
| 29. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
57.08 |
1.0270 |
0.2255 |
255 |
1 |
57.08 |
2009-12-02 |
| 30. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
57.05 |
0.9756 |
0.2389 |
229 |
1 |
57.05 |
2009-12-01 |
| 31. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
56.78 |
1.0462 |
0.1577 |
184 |
3 |
46.98 |
2009-12-01 |
| 32. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
56.09 |
1.1014 |
0.1315 |
273 |
2 |
51.55 |
2009-12-01 |
| 33. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
56.08 |
1.0099 |
0.1821 |
207 |
3 |
45.76 |
2010-01-17 |
| 34. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
55.83 |
0.9233 |
0.2579 |
168 |
1 |
55.83 |
2010-01-02 |
| 35. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
55.76 |
0.8956 |
0.2970 |
322 |
3 |
49.92 |
2010-08-11 |
| 36. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
55.75 |
0.9636 |
0.2241 |
254 |
2 |
55.03 |
2010-04-03 |
| 37. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
55.73 |
0.9226 |
0.2711 |
348 |
1 |
55.73 |
2009-11-29 |
| 38. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
55.55 |
1.0454 |
0.1344 |
255 |
1 |
55.55 |
2010-03-26 |
| 39. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
55.29 |
1.0385 |
0.1376 |
230 |
2 |
45.27 |
2009-12-13 |
| 40. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
54.88 |
0.8602 |
0.3067 |
206 |
2 |
50.26 |
2010-01-17 |
| 41. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
54.36 |
1.0740 |
0.1222 |
264 |
2 |
53.60 |
2009-12-07 |
| 42. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
53.75 |
1.0534 |
0.0935 |
357 |
2 |
52.16 |
2009-12-13 |
| 43. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
53.71 |
1.0613 |
0.0835 |
266 |
1 |
53.71 |
2010-01-20 |
| 44. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
53.50 |
1.0429 |
0.0951 |
259 |
1 |
53.50 |
2009-12-02 |
| 45. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
53.40 |
1.0767 |
0.0583 |
212 |
2 |
44.54 |
2009-11-29 |
| 46. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
53.07 |
0.9884 |
0.1409 |
233 |
1 |
53.07 |
2010-02-20 |
| 47. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
52.94 |
1.0077 |
0.1609 |
250 |
1 |
52.94 |
2009-12-30 |
| 48. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
52.89 |
0.9527 |
0.1734 |
251 |
1 |
52.89 |
2009-12-02 |
| 49. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
52.77 |
0.9964 |
0.1273 |
203 |
2 |
46.83 |
2009-12-02 |
| 50. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
52.49 |
0.8899 |
0.2388 |
293 |
1 |
52.49 |
2009-11-29 |
| 51. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
52.38 |
1.0795 |
0.0662 |
226 |
1 |
52.38 |
2010-02-13 |
| 52. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
51.49 |
1.0090 |
0.1309 |
282 |
1 |
51.49 |
2009-12-07 |
| 53. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
51.39 |
1.0483 |
0.0426 |
227 |
1 |
51.39 |
2009-10-12 |
| 54. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
51.16 |
1.0714 |
0.0087 |
129 |
2 |
46.92 |
2009-10-25 |
| 55. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
51.15 |
0.9785 |
0.1134 |
335 |
1 |
51.15 |
2009-11-29 |
| 56. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
50.88 |
1.0768 |
0.0462 |
295 |
1 |
50.88 |
2009-12-01 |
| 57. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
50.77 |
1.0379 |
0.0776 |
245 |
1 |
50.77 |
2009-12-13 |
| 58. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
50.76 |
0.9266 |
0.1555 |
278 |
1 |
50.76 |
2009-12-02 |
| 59. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
50.63 |
0.9266 |
0.1510 |
267 |
1 |
50.63 |
2010-01-30 |
| 60. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
50.59 |
0.9411 |
0.1364 |
318 |
2 |
40.90 |
2009-12-11 |
| 61. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
50.32 |
0.9997 |
0.0748 |
382 |
1 |
50.32 |
2009-12-01 |
| 62. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
50.06 |
1.0595 |
0.0083 |
379 |
1 |
50.06 |
2009-10-12 |
| 63. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
49.90 |
0.9278 |
0.1367 |
295 |
1 |
49.90 |
2010-03-14 |
| 64. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
49.87 |
0.9722 |
0.0911 |
283 |
1 |
49.87 |
2009-11-23 |
| 65. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
49.84 |
1.0398 |
0.0102 |
110 |
1 |
49.84 |
2009-10-10 |
| 66. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
49.40 |
0.9726 |
0.0720 |
154 |
1 |
49.40 |
2009-12-01 |
| 67. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
49.38 |
1.1018 |
-0.0576 |
220 |
1 |
49.38 |
2009-10-04 |
| 68. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
49.32 |
0.9697 |
0.0798 |
249 |
1 |
49.32 |
2009-12-07 |
| 69. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
49.13 |
0.9687 |
0.0812 |
371 |
1 |
49.13 |
2009-12-01 |
| 70. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
49.04 |
1.0666 |
-0.0232 |
297 |
1 |
49.04 |
2009-10-10 |
| 71. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
48.56 |
0.9279 |
0.1116 |
317 |
1 |
48.56 |
2009-11-17 |
| 72. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
48.36 |
1.0203 |
0.0117 |
261 |
1 |
48.36 |
2009-11-23 |
| 73. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
48.00 |
1.0034 |
0.0160 |
302 |
1 |
48.00 |
2009-11-17 |
| 74. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
47.50 |
0.8595 |
0.1524 |
242 |
1 |
47.50 |
2009-11-17 |
| 75. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
47.31 |
1.0109 |
-0.0041 |
276 |
1 |
47.31 |
2009-10-12 |
| 76. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
47.02 |
0.9597 |
0.0442 |
347 |
1 |
47.02 |
2009-11-17 |
| 77. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
47.01 |
1.0168 |
-0.0158 |
271 |
1 |
47.01 |
2009-12-13 |
| 78. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
46.84 |
0.8628 |
0.1297 |
196 |
1 |
46.84 |
2009-10-04 |
| 79. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
45.87 |
1.0419 |
-0.0669 |
261 |
1 |
45.87 |
2009-10-04 |
| 80. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
45.84 |
0.9005 |
0.0724 |
212 |
1 |
45.84 |
2009-12-30 |
| 81. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
45.81 |
0.9936 |
-0.0202 |
311 |
1 |
45.81 |
2009-10-12 |
| 82. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
44.50 |
0.9851 |
-0.0374 |
317 |
1 |
44.50 |
2009-10-15 |
| 83. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
44.41 |
0.9866 |
-0.0467 |
218 |
1 |
44.41 |
2009-10-10 |
| 84. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
44.36 |
0.9884 |
-0.0416 |
262 |
2 |
36.28 |
2009-10-04 |
| 85. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
43.78 |
1.0320 |
-0.0647 |
293 |
1 |
43.78 |
2009-10-12 |
| 86. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
43.65 |
1.0218 |
-0.0975 |
268 |
2 |
40.14 |
2009-12-11 |
| 87. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
43.29 |
0.9691 |
-0.0501 |
223 |
1 |
43.29 |
2009-10-10 |
| 88. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
42.99 |
0.9572 |
-0.0453 |
201 |
1 |
42.99 |
2009-10-10 |
| 89. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
42.65 |
0.9485 |
-0.0411 |
236 |
3 |
34.82 |
2009-12-13 |
| 90. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
42.30 |
0.9330 |
-0.0283 |
360 |
1 |
42.30 |
2009-10-10 |
| 91. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
41.80 |
0.8919 |
-0.0062 |
205 |
1 |
41.80 |
2009-10-10 |
| 92. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
41.43 |
0.8890 |
-0.0132 |
199 |
1 |
41.43 |
2009-10-24 |
| 93. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
41.29 |
0.8810 |
-0.0038 |
282 |
1 |
41.29 |
2009-10-12 |
| 94. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
38.95 |
0.8788 |
-0.0563 |
134 |
1 |
38.95 |
2009-07-15 |
| 95. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
37.77 |
1.0426 |
-0.2427 |
323 |
1 |
37.77 |
2009-07-15 |
| 96. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
37.58 |
0.8878 |
-0.0915 |
346 |
1 |
37.58 |
2009-10-04 |
| 97. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
37.57 |
1.0349 |
-0.2393 |
234 |
1 |
37.57 |
2009-07-15 |
| 98. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
36.43 |
0.9325 |
-0.1675 |
156 |
2 |
33.03 |
2009-07-15 |
| 99. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
36.08 |
0.9171 |
-0.1526 |
165 |
1 |
36.08 |
2009-07-12 |
| 100. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
35.99 |
1.0486 |
-0.2856 |
289 |
1 |
35.99 |
2009-07-21 |
| 101. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
35.60 |
1.0138 |
-0.2604 |
231 |
1 |
35.60 |
2009-09-21 |
| 102. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
35.45 |
1.0390 |
-0.2922 |
205 |
1 |
35.45 |
2009-07-13 |
| 103. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
35.31 |
0.7934 |
-0.0466 |
134 |
1 |
35.31 |
2009-07-15 |
| 104. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
35.00 |
0.9682 |
-0.2292 |
143 |
2 |
31.81 |
2009-07-13 |
| 105. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
34.86 |
1.0796 |
-0.3465 |
129 |
1 |
34.86 |
2009-07-12 |
| 106. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
34.83 |
0.9168 |
-0.1783 |
240 |
1 |
34.83 |
2009-07-15 |
| 107. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
34.29 |
0.9646 |
-0.2399 |
264 |
1 |
34.29 |
2009-09-21 |
| 108. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
34.22 |
1.0577 |
-0.3371 |
247 |
1 |
34.22 |
2009-07-10 |
| 109. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
34.14 |
0.8070 |
-0.0877 |
167 |
1 |
34.14 |
2009-07-13 |
| 110. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
33.98 |
0.8975 |
-0.1781 |
268 |
2 |
31.93 |
2009-07-21 |
| 111. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
33.68 |
0.8747 |
-0.1667 |
201 |
1 |
33.68 |
2009-07-12 |
| 112. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
33.68 |
0.9946 |
-0.2823 |
246 |
1 |
33.68 |
2009-07-12 |
| 113. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
33.61 |
1.0521 |
-0.3459 |
171 |
1 |
33.61 |
2009-07-10 |
| 114. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
33.56 |
0.9965 |
-0.2860 |
277 |
1 |
33.56 |
2009-07-21 |
| 115. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
33.36 |
0.9763 |
-0.2712 |
289 |
1 |
33.36 |
2009-07-11 |
| 116. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
33.10 |
0.8153 |
-0.1105 |
200 |
2 |
31.98 |
2009-07-12 |
| 117. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
32.95 |
0.7852 |
-0.0825 |
149 |
1 |
32.95 |
2009-07-12 |
| 118. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
32.86 |
0.9196 |
-0.2231 |
148 |
3 |
30.89 |
2009-07-13 |
| 119. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
32.84 |
0.9907 |
-0.2979 |
211 |
1 |
32.84 |
2009-07-11 |
| 120. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
32.04 |
0.8152 |
-0.1378 |
163 |
1 |
32.04 |
2009-07-15 |
| 121. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
32.00 |
1.0004 |
-0.3302 |
212 |
1 |
32.00 |
2009-07-12 |
| 122. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
31.74 |
0.7389 |
-0.0668 |
145 |
1 |
31.74 |
2009-07-15 |
| 123. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
31.53 |
1.0252 |
-0.3655 |
176 |
1 |
31.53 |
2009-07-11 |
| 124. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
31.50 |
0.9578 |
-0.2928 |
281 |
1 |
31.50 |
2009-07-12 |
| 125. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
31.29 |
0.9275 |
-0.2698 |
211 |
1 |
31.29 |
2009-07-11 |
| 126. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
31.05 |
1.0711 |
-0.4204 |
213 |
1 |
31.05 |
2009-07-11 |
| 127. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
31.05 |
0.9202 |
-0.2651 |
254 |
1 |
31.05 |
2009-07-12 |
| 128. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
30.98 |
1.0053 |
-0.3530 |
232 |
1 |
30.98 |
2009-07-11 |
| 129. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
30.96 |
1.0120 |
-0.3589 |
290 |
1 |
30.96 |
2009-07-12 |
| 130. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
30.77 |
0.8961 |
-0.2497 |
189 |
2 |
30.17 |
2009-07-12 |
| 131. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
30.67 |
0.8809 |
-0.2354 |
127 |
1 |
30.67 |
2009-07-12 |
| 132. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
29.94 |
0.8096 |
-0.1698 |
209 |
1 |
29.94 |
2009-07-12 |
| 133. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
29.90 |
0.9048 |
-0.2691 |
271 |
1 |
29.90 |
2009-07-11 |
| 134. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
29.89 |
0.9084 |
-0.2734 |
404 |
1 |
29.89 |
2009-07-12 |
| 135. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
29.39 |
0.9798 |
-0.3654 |
199 |
1 |
29.39 |
2009-07-10 |
| 136. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
28.80 |
1.0263 |
-0.4197 |
267 |
1 |
28.80 |
2009-07-12 |
| 137. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
28.12 |
0.8941 |
-0.2994 |
216 |
1 |
28.12 |
2009-07-12 |
| 138. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
27.47 |
0.8826 |
-0.3025 |
296 |
1 |
27.47 |
2009-07-11 |
| 139. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
27.39 |
0.8077 |
-0.2326 |
167 |
1 |
27.39 |
2009-07-11 |
| 140. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
27.29 |
0.7850 |
-0.2137 |
154 |
1 |
27.29 |
2009-07-11 |