| 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... |
53.16 |
1.1016 |
0.2062 |
233 |
1 |
53.16 |
2008-11-20 |
| 2. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
51.31 |
1.0714 |
0.1815 |
129 |
1 |
51.31 |
2008-11-06 |
| 3. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
47.13 |
1.0498 |
0.1033 |
180 |
1 |
47.13 |
2008-10-02 |
| 4. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
46.71 |
0.9281 |
0.2245 |
273 |
2 |
43.70 |
2008-11-06 |
| 5. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
46.64 |
0.8951 |
0.2529 |
193 |
1 |
46.64 |
2008-11-26 |
| 6. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
46.59 |
1.0429 |
0.1002 |
259 |
1 |
46.59 |
2008-11-20 |
| 7. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
46.44 |
1.0138 |
0.1266 |
231 |
1 |
46.44 |
2008-11-06 |
| 8. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
45.97 |
1.0595 |
0.0721 |
379 |
1 |
45.97 |
2008-11-26 |
| 9. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
45.67 |
0.9572 |
0.1634 |
201 |
1 |
45.67 |
2008-09-18 |
| 10. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
45.43 |
0.9865 |
0.1303 |
276 |
1 |
45.43 |
2008-09-19 |
| 11. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
45.34 |
0.9649 |
0.1475 |
193 |
2 |
41.39 |
2008-10-03 |
| 12. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
45.16 |
1.0095 |
0.0984 |
316 |
1 |
45.16 |
2008-11-26 |
| 13. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
44.98 |
0.9772 |
0.1238 |
217 |
1 |
44.98 |
2008-11-20 |
| 14. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
44.52 |
0.9578 |
0.1348 |
281 |
1 |
44.52 |
2008-11-06 |
| 15. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
44.51 |
1.0829 |
0.0114 |
288 |
1 |
44.51 |
2008-10-02 |
| 16. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
44.33 |
0.8887 |
0.2137 |
128 |
1 |
44.33 |
2008-10-08 |
| 17. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
44.16 |
1.0337 |
0.0499 |
214 |
2 |
42.96 |
2008-11-20 |
| 18. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
44.06 |
1.0263 |
0.0546 |
267 |
1 |
44.06 |
2008-10-02 |
| 19. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
43.80 |
1.0261 |
0.0472 |
273 |
1 |
43.80 |
2008-09-19 |
| 20. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
43.74 |
1.0787 |
-0.0063 |
237 |
2 |
34.91 |
2008-09-17 |
| 21. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
43.60 |
1.0696 |
-0.0029 |
226 |
1 |
43.60 |
2008-10-01 |
| 22. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
43.38 |
1.0565 |
0.0057 |
247 |
1 |
43.38 |
2008-09-19 |
| 23. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
43.14 |
0.9965 |
0.0575 |
168 |
1 |
43.14 |
2008-09-11 |
| 24. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
43.02 |
0.8810 |
0.1756 |
282 |
1 |
43.02 |
2008-09-11 |
| 25. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
42.81 |
1.0252 |
0.0189 |
176 |
1 |
42.81 |
2008-11-20 |
| 26. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
42.53 |
1.0389 |
0.0065 |
318 |
1 |
42.53 |
2008-10-08 |
| 27. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
42.46 |
0.8956 |
0.1489 |
217 |
1 |
42.46 |
2008-09-16 |
| 28. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
42.36 |
1.0487 |
-0.0143 |
231 |
1 |
42.36 |
2008-09-19 |
| 29. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
42.30 |
0.9857 |
0.0512 |
293 |
2 |
40.67 |
2008-10-03 |
| 30. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
42.21 |
1.0053 |
0.0284 |
232 |
1 |
42.21 |
2008-09-11 |
| 31. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
42.10 |
0.8821 |
0.1504 |
176 |
2 |
38.97 |
2008-09-18 |
| 32. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
41.79 |
0.9710 |
0.0478 |
173 |
1 |
41.79 |
2008-09-16 |
| 33. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
41.75 |
0.9048 |
0.1241 |
271 |
2 |
37.94 |
2008-10-03 |
| 34. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
41.49 |
1.0016 |
0.0116 |
218 |
1 |
41.49 |
2008-11-06 |
| 35. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
41.39 |
1.0528 |
-0.0425 |
201 |
1 |
41.39 |
2008-09-19 |
| 36. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
41.26 |
0.9429 |
0.0705 |
287 |
1 |
41.26 |
2008-11-06 |
| 37. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
41.24 |
0.9776 |
0.0342 |
308 |
1 |
41.24 |
2008-10-02 |
| 38. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
40.91 |
1.0462 |
-0.0489 |
184 |
1 |
40.91 |
2008-10-02 |
| 39. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
40.79 |
0.9325 |
0.0612 |
156 |
1 |
40.79 |
2008-09-18 |
| 40. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
40.12 |
1.0025 |
-0.0188 |
256 |
1 |
40.12 |
2008-09-19 |
| 41. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
40.06 |
1.0023 |
-0.0219 |
211 |
2 |
39.29 |
2008-09-17 |
| 42. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
40.04 |
0.9612 |
0.0206 |
256 |
1 |
40.04 |
2008-11-26 |
| 43. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
39.95 |
1.0349 |
-0.0560 |
234 |
1 |
39.95 |
2008-10-08 |
| 44. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
39.64 |
0.9866 |
-0.0184 |
218 |
1 |
39.64 |
2008-09-19 |
| 45. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
39.63 |
1.0331 |
-0.0637 |
234 |
1 |
39.63 |
2008-09-11 |
| 46. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
39.53 |
0.9316 |
0.0435 |
287 |
1 |
39.53 |
2008-09-05 |
| 47. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
39.32 |
0.9966 |
-0.0333 |
259 |
1 |
39.32 |
2008-11-20 |
| 48. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
39.22 |
0.9221 |
0.0378 |
244 |
1 |
39.22 |
2008-09-05 |
| 49. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
39.21 |
1.0711 |
-0.1150 |
213 |
1 |
39.21 |
2008-09-05 |
| 50. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
39.09 |
0.9164 |
0.0466 |
305 |
1 |
39.09 |
2008-09-11 |
| 51. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
39.01 |
0.9614 |
-0.0022 |
292 |
1 |
39.01 |
2008-09-11 |
| 52. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
38.62 |
0.8971 |
0.0547 |
266 |
1 |
38.62 |
2008-10-03 |
| 53. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
38.61 |
0.8295 |
0.1186 |
209 |
2 |
36.73 |
2008-10-03 |
| 54. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
38.55 |
0.9532 |
-0.0097 |
258 |
1 |
38.55 |
2008-10-02 |
| 55. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
38.49 |
1.0203 |
-0.0736 |
261 |
1 |
38.49 |
2008-09-12 |
| 56. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
38.48 |
1.0214 |
-0.0838 |
166 |
2 |
32.64 |
2008-09-11 |
| 57. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
38.12 |
0.9293 |
0.0056 |
355 |
1 |
38.12 |
2008-11-20 |
| 58. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
38.10 |
0.8602 |
0.0712 |
206 |
1 |
38.10 |
2008-09-19 |
| 59. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
38.07 |
0.8878 |
0.0449 |
346 |
2 |
34.35 |
2008-09-19 |
| 60. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
37.46 |
0.9851 |
-0.0652 |
317 |
3 |
34.12 |
2008-09-18 |
| 61. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
37.43 |
0.8077 |
0.1074 |
167 |
1 |
37.43 |
2008-10-03 |
| 62. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
37.20 |
1.0120 |
-0.1016 |
290 |
1 |
37.20 |
2008-09-12 |
| 63. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
36.94 |
0.9843 |
-0.0845 |
234 |
2 |
36.56 |
2008-09-19 |
| 64. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
36.66 |
0.9786 |
-0.0860 |
193 |
1 |
36.66 |
2008-09-18 |
| 65. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
36.64 |
0.9168 |
-0.0182 |
240 |
2 |
34.10 |
2008-09-16 |
| 66. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
36.34 |
0.9763 |
-0.0869 |
289 |
1 |
36.34 |
2008-09-12 |
| 67. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
36.01 |
0.9275 |
-0.0491 |
211 |
1 |
36.01 |
2008-10-03 |
| 68. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
35.58 |
0.7876 |
0.0860 |
316 |
2 |
33.97 |
2008-10-02 |
| 69. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
35.51 |
0.9213 |
-0.0515 |
295 |
1 |
35.51 |
2008-09-17 |
| 70. |
Do you know why they call him Franky "Four Fingers" Doug? Be... |
35.29 |
0.8786 |
0.0023 |
214 |
2 |
34.33 |
2008-09-19 |
| 71. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
34.18 |
0.9852 |
-0.1487 |
264 |
1 |
34.18 |
2008-09-08 |
| 72. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
34.18 |
0.8353 |
0.0084 |
283 |
1 |
34.18 |
2008-10-02 |
| 73. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
32.64 |
0.9514 |
-0.1531 |
237 |
2 |
32.04 |
2008-09-11 |
| 74. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
32.60 |
0.9084 |
-0.1096 |
300 |
1 |
32.60 |
2008-10-03 |
| 75. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
32.48 |
0.9342 |
-0.1367 |
434 |
1 |
32.48 |
2008-09-17 |
| 76. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
32.06 |
0.9411 |
-0.1567 |
318 |
1 |
32.06 |
2008-09-18 |
| 77. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
31.98 |
0.8961 |
-0.1179 |
189 |
1 |
31.98 |
2008-09-18 |
| 78. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
30.97 |
0.8826 |
-0.1247 |
296 |
1 |
30.97 |
2008-09-18 |
| 79. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
30.15 |
0.9226 |
-0.1802 |
348 |
1 |
30.15 |
2008-09-05 |
| 80. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
25.92 |
0.8154 |
-0.1826 |
193 |
1 |
25.92 |
2008-09-05 |