| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
34.25 |
1.1016 |
0.1322 |
233 |
2 |
31.81 |
2009-03-09 |
| 2. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
34.18 |
1.0463 |
0.1802 |
182 |
1 |
34.18 |
2009-03-07 |
| 3. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
33.57 |
1.0796 |
0.1245 |
129 |
2 |
33.28 |
2009-04-26 |
| 4. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
33.29 |
0.9164 |
0.2858 |
121 |
1 |
33.29 |
2009-03-07 |
| 5. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
33.08 |
0.8544 |
0.3371 |
170 |
1 |
33.08 |
2009-03-08 |
| 6. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
32.82 |
1.0714 |
0.1013 |
129 |
2 |
30.56 |
2009-04-26 |
| 7. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
32.79 |
0.8867 |
0.2997 |
163 |
3 |
29.35 |
2009-03-09 |
| 8. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
31.89 |
0.8715 |
0.2724 |
130 |
2 |
31.64 |
2009-03-06 |
| 9. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
31.68 |
0.9729 |
0.1674 |
255 |
1 |
31.68 |
2009-04-26 |
| 10. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
31.55 |
1.0799 |
0.0518 |
243 |
1 |
31.55 |
2009-03-06 |
| 11. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
31.54 |
0.9260 |
0.2194 |
243 |
2 |
29.99 |
2009-03-09 |
| 12. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
31.35 |
1.0016 |
0.1219 |
218 |
2 |
30.53 |
2009-04-26 |
| 13. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
31.21 |
0.8892 |
0.2398 |
207 |
1 |
31.21 |
2009-03-08 |
| 14. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
31.13 |
1.0251 |
0.0928 |
261 |
3 |
28.88 |
2009-04-26 |
| 15. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
31.03 |
0.8070 |
0.3064 |
167 |
4 |
28.65 |
2009-04-26 |
| 16. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
30.94 |
1.0797 |
0.0279 |
210 |
1 |
30.94 |
2009-04-26 |
| 17. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
30.77 |
0.9697 |
0.1375 |
249 |
3 |
29.36 |
2009-04-26 |
| 18. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
30.76 |
0.8852 |
0.2219 |
158 |
1 |
30.76 |
2009-03-08 |
| 19. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
30.74 |
0.8811 |
0.2294 |
239 |
2 |
29.35 |
2009-04-26 |
| 20. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
30.53 |
0.9263 |
0.1755 |
188 |
1 |
30.53 |
2009-03-08 |
| 21. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
30.48 |
0.8323 |
0.2646 |
203 |
2 |
28.66 |
2009-03-09 |
| 22. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
30.39 |
1.0252 |
0.0615 |
176 |
1 |
30.39 |
2009-03-08 |
| 23. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
29.95 |
1.0498 |
0.0226 |
180 |
3 |
29.12 |
2009-04-26 |
| 24. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
29.69 |
0.8936 |
0.1725 |
127 |
1 |
29.69 |
2009-03-08 |
| 25. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
29.66 |
0.8125 |
0.2566 |
197 |
3 |
27.10 |
2009-03-07 |
| 26. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
29.64 |
1.0787 |
-0.0141 |
237 |
1 |
29.64 |
2009-03-08 |
| 27. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
29.64 |
0.8153 |
0.2554 |
200 |
1 |
29.64 |
2009-03-07 |
| 28. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
29.49 |
1.0099 |
0.0476 |
207 |
2 |
27.35 |
2009-03-10 |
| 29. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
29.42 |
0.8956 |
0.1649 |
217 |
1 |
29.42 |
2009-03-04 |
| 30. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
29.24 |
1.0487 |
-0.0024 |
231 |
1 |
29.24 |
2009-04-26 |
| 31. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
29.02 |
0.8788 |
0.1610 |
134 |
1 |
29.02 |
2009-03-17 |
| 32. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
29.00 |
0.9884 |
0.0534 |
233 |
3 |
25.96 |
2009-03-07 |
| 33. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
28.99 |
1.0419 |
0.0003 |
261 |
2 |
26.59 |
2009-03-08 |
| 34. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
28.91 |
0.8077 |
0.2297 |
167 |
2 |
27.88 |
2009-03-10 |
| 35. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
28.84 |
0.8700 |
0.1661 |
127 |
1 |
28.84 |
2009-03-08 |
| 36. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
28.77 |
0.9196 |
0.1163 |
148 |
2 |
28.70 |
2009-04-26 |
| 37. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
28.73 |
0.9724 |
0.0640 |
237 |
1 |
28.73 |
2009-03-10 |
| 38. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
28.70 |
0.8910 |
0.1424 |
150 |
1 |
28.70 |
2009-03-09 |
| 39. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
28.69 |
0.9221 |
0.1077 |
244 |
2 |
26.89 |
2009-04-06 |
| 40. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
28.67 |
0.8360 |
0.1938 |
170 |
2 |
26.35 |
2009-03-08 |
| 41. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
28.57 |
1.1018 |
-0.0812 |
220 |
2 |
27.96 |
2009-04-06 |
| 42. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
28.55 |
0.9202 |
0.1053 |
254 |
2 |
27.18 |
2009-04-26 |
| 43. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
28.50 |
1.0565 |
-0.0347 |
247 |
2 |
28.19 |
2009-04-26 |
| 44. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
28.50 |
0.9740 |
0.0463 |
209 |
1 |
28.50 |
2009-04-26 |
| 45. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
28.49 |
1.0483 |
-0.0273 |
227 |
1 |
28.49 |
2009-03-10 |
| 46. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
28.26 |
0.9763 |
0.0389 |
289 |
1 |
28.26 |
2009-04-26 |
| 47. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
28.15 |
0.8792 |
0.1418 |
296 |
1 |
28.15 |
2009-03-07 |
| 48. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
28.13 |
0.9307 |
0.0882 |
246 |
2 |
27.56 |
2009-03-06 |
| 49. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
28.11 |
0.8154 |
0.1966 |
193 |
2 |
26.00 |
2009-04-26 |
| 50. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
28.06 |
0.9572 |
0.0501 |
201 |
1 |
28.06 |
2009-03-10 |
| 51. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
28.04 |
0.9128 |
0.1004 |
133 |
1 |
28.04 |
2009-03-02 |
| 52. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
27.97 |
0.9048 |
0.1049 |
271 |
1 |
27.97 |
2009-04-26 |
| 53. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
27.90 |
0.7690 |
0.2352 |
142 |
2 |
26.76 |
2009-03-07 |
| 54. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
27.63 |
1.0523 |
-0.0639 |
256 |
2 |
27.14 |
2009-03-07 |
| 55. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
27.60 |
0.9843 |
0.0023 |
234 |
1 |
27.60 |
2009-04-26 |
| 56. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
27.57 |
1.0214 |
-0.0362 |
166 |
1 |
27.57 |
2009-03-05 |
| 57. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
27.51 |
1.0334 |
-0.0515 |
131 |
1 |
27.51 |
2009-03-09 |
| 58. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
27.51 |
0.9289 |
0.0572 |
204 |
1 |
27.51 |
2009-03-08 |
| 59. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
27.50 |
1.0197 |
-0.0346 |
226 |
1 |
27.50 |
2009-03-05 |
| 60. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
27.48 |
1.0004 |
-0.0192 |
212 |
1 |
27.48 |
2009-03-02 |
| 61. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
27.28 |
0.9612 |
0.0188 |
256 |
2 |
26.08 |
2009-04-26 |
| 62. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
27.11 |
0.9691 |
0.0042 |
223 |
1 |
27.11 |
2009-03-02 |
| 63. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
26.94 |
0.7938 |
0.1748 |
176 |
2 |
26.39 |
2009-03-09 |
| 64. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
26.93 |
0.9710 |
-0.0102 |
173 |
1 |
26.93 |
2009-03-10 |
| 65. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
26.88 |
0.8899 |
0.0866 |
293 |
1 |
26.88 |
2009-03-04 |
| 66. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
26.67 |
0.8323 |
0.1241 |
145 |
2 |
24.21 |
2009-03-07 |
| 67. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
26.52 |
0.9316 |
0.0267 |
287 |
1 |
26.52 |
2009-03-17 |
| 68. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
26.50 |
1.0337 |
-0.0827 |
214 |
1 |
26.50 |
2009-03-17 |
| 69. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
26.50 |
0.9514 |
0.0005 |
237 |
2 |
26.18 |
2009-04-06 |
| 70. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
26.39 |
0.9266 |
0.0211 |
267 |
1 |
26.39 |
2009-03-03 |
| 71. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
26.32 |
1.0168 |
-0.0703 |
271 |
1 |
26.32 |
2009-03-08 |
| 72. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
26.11 |
0.9846 |
-0.0483 |
281 |
1 |
26.11 |
2009-03-09 |
| 73. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
25.97 |
0.9769 |
-0.0467 |
263 |
2 |
25.25 |
2009-03-03 |
| 74. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
25.97 |
0.8996 |
0.0272 |
192 |
2 |
24.37 |
2009-03-02 |
| 75. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
25.88 |
1.0201 |
-0.0979 |
172 |
1 |
25.88 |
2009-03-02 |
| 76. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
25.73 |
0.7916 |
0.1397 |
184 |
1 |
25.73 |
2009-03-17 |
| 77. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
25.71 |
0.7934 |
0.1287 |
134 |
1 |
25.71 |
2009-03-09 |
| 78. |
Imagine words like "if" as a two-finger movement instead of ... |
25.60 |
0.7443 |
0.1732 |
169 |
1 |
25.60 |
2009-03-02 |
| 79. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
25.57 |
0.9758 |
-0.0573 |
314 |
1 |
25.57 |
2009-03-05 |
| 80. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
25.50 |
0.8852 |
0.0321 |
201 |
1 |
25.50 |
2009-03-04 |
| 81. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
25.46 |
0.8916 |
0.0225 |
216 |
1 |
25.46 |
2009-03-04 |
| 82. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
25.41 |
0.9682 |
-0.0582 |
143 |
2 |
23.73 |
2009-03-02 |
| 83. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
25.40 |
1.0214 |
-0.1115 |
269 |
1 |
25.40 |
2009-03-03 |
| 84. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
25.26 |
0.8919 |
0.0129 |
205 |
1 |
25.26 |
2009-03-04 |
| 85. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
25.23 |
1.0711 |
-0.1708 |
213 |
1 |
25.23 |
2009-03-06 |
| 86. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
25.07 |
0.9045 |
-0.0046 |
235 |
1 |
25.07 |
2009-03-04 |
| 87. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
24.96 |
0.9772 |
-0.0851 |
217 |
1 |
24.96 |
2009-03-03 |
| 88. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
24.83 |
0.8595 |
0.0331 |
242 |
1 |
24.83 |
2009-03-08 |
| 89. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
24.76 |
0.8809 |
0.0052 |
127 |
2 |
22.83 |
2009-03-08 |
| 90. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
24.39 |
0.8037 |
0.0738 |
148 |
1 |
24.39 |
2009-03-02 |
| 91. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
24.38 |
0.9325 |
-0.0648 |
156 |
1 |
24.38 |
2009-03-02 |
| 92. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
24.34 |
1.0521 |
-0.1839 |
171 |
1 |
24.34 |
2009-03-04 |
| 93. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
24.23 |
0.9907 |
-0.1233 |
211 |
2 |
24.03 |
2009-03-08 |
| 94. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
24.11 |
0.8821 |
-0.0180 |
176 |
2 |
23.38 |
2009-03-03 |
| 95. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
23.99 |
1.0183 |
-0.1636 |
191 |
2 |
23.08 |
2009-03-06 |
| 96. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
23.97 |
0.8188 |
0.0418 |
183 |
1 |
23.97 |
2009-03-02 |
| 97. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
23.70 |
1.0528 |
-0.2081 |
201 |
1 |
23.70 |
2009-03-02 |
| 98. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
23.43 |
0.8951 |
-0.0530 |
193 |
1 |
23.43 |
2009-03-06 |
| 99. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
23.38 |
0.7389 |
0.1006 |
145 |
1 |
23.38 |
2009-04-26 |
| 100. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
23.25 |
0.8900 |
-0.0555 |
164 |
1 |
23.25 |
2009-03-02 |
| 101. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
23.24 |
0.9213 |
-0.0878 |
295 |
1 |
23.24 |
2009-03-03 |
| 102. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
23.06 |
0.8628 |
-0.0398 |
196 |
1 |
23.06 |
2009-03-02 |
| 103. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
22.96 |
0.7352 |
0.0875 |
106 |
1 |
22.96 |
2009-03-08 |
| 104. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
22.79 |
0.9798 |
-0.1689 |
199 |
1 |
22.79 |
2009-03-02 |
| 105. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
22.58 |
0.8615 |
-0.0525 |
110 |
1 |
22.58 |
2009-03-02 |
| 106. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
22.09 |
0.8105 |
-0.0237 |
204 |
1 |
22.09 |
2009-03-05 |
| 107. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
22.00 |
0.8533 |
-0.0644 |
232 |
1 |
22.00 |
2009-03-05 |
| 108. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
21.71 |
0.9351 |
-0.1633 |
190 |
1 |
21.71 |
2009-03-02 |
| 109. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
21.24 |
0.8553 |
-0.1002 |
174 |
1 |
21.24 |
2009-03-02 |
| 110. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
19.91 |
0.9786 |
-0.2720 |
193 |
1 |
19.91 |
2009-03-02 |