| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
65.14 |
1.0596 |
1.0850 |
239 |
1 |
65.14 |
2008-12-30 |
| 2. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
61.29 |
1.0125 |
1.0043 |
224 |
2 |
46.17 |
2009-03-18 |
| 3. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
51.51 |
1.0523 |
0.6382 |
256 |
1 |
51.51 |
2008-12-26 |
| 4. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
44.17 |
0.9763 |
0.4747 |
289 |
1 |
44.17 |
2008-12-26 |
| 5. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
40.82 |
0.9263 |
0.4176 |
188 |
1 |
40.82 |
2008-12-30 |
| 6. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
40.05 |
1.0567 |
0.2588 |
303 |
2 |
38.48 |
2009-04-29 |
| 7. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
38.39 |
1.1018 |
0.1517 |
220 |
2 |
36.39 |
2009-02-18 |
| 8. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
37.55 |
1.0788 |
0.1476 |
171 |
2 |
34.73 |
2009-02-09 |
| 9. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
35.80 |
0.8910 |
0.2847 |
150 |
2 |
32.86 |
2009-02-09 |
| 10. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
35.40 |
0.9171 |
0.2439 |
165 |
2 |
33.91 |
2009-03-18 |
| 11. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
35.25 |
1.0016 |
0.1496 |
218 |
1 |
35.25 |
2009-04-22 |
| 12. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
34.81 |
0.8700 |
0.2705 |
127 |
2 |
30.57 |
2009-02-04 |
| 13. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
34.81 |
1.0565 |
0.0821 |
247 |
3 |
31.95 |
2009-02-18 |
| 14. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
34.66 |
0.8142 |
0.3164 |
187 |
1 |
34.66 |
2009-01-28 |
| 15. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
34.61 |
0.9731 |
0.1490 |
129 |
2 |
27.87 |
2009-01-28 |
| 16. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
34.11 |
0.8892 |
0.2348 |
207 |
1 |
34.11 |
2009-02-18 |
| 17. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
33.77 |
0.9128 |
0.1994 |
133 |
3 |
28.73 |
2009-02-11 |
| 18. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
33.51 |
1.0099 |
0.0853 |
207 |
2 |
28.79 |
2009-04-22 |
| 19. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
33.24 |
1.0334 |
0.0492 |
131 |
3 |
28.86 |
2009-04-29 |
| 20. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
33.22 |
0.8788 |
0.2062 |
134 |
1 |
33.22 |
2009-02-04 |
| 21. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
33.17 |
1.0796 |
0.0024 |
129 |
5 |
28.90 |
2009-02-18 |
| 22. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
32.89 |
1.0124 |
0.0627 |
204 |
3 |
28.79 |
2009-02-09 |
| 23. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
32.64 |
1.0331 |
0.0339 |
234 |
1 |
32.64 |
2009-02-13 |
| 24. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
32.58 |
0.9260 |
0.1516 |
243 |
2 |
30.54 |
2009-02-04 |
| 25. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
32.55 |
0.9226 |
0.1475 |
177 |
2 |
31.59 |
2009-03-18 |
| 26. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
32.54 |
0.8941 |
0.1738 |
216 |
2 |
28.81 |
2009-02-18 |
| 27. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
32.53 |
0.8037 |
0.2646 |
148 |
1 |
32.53 |
2009-02-11 |
| 28. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
32.30 |
1.0131 |
0.0410 |
225 |
1 |
32.30 |
2009-02-18 |
| 29. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
32.24 |
1.0419 |
0.0141 |
261 |
1 |
32.24 |
2009-02-18 |
| 30. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
32.23 |
1.0444 |
0.0046 |
197 |
1 |
32.23 |
2009-01-27 |
| 31. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
31.61 |
1.0251 |
0.0078 |
261 |
1 |
31.61 |
2009-02-18 |
| 32. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
31.60 |
0.9843 |
0.0455 |
234 |
2 |
27.42 |
2009-03-18 |
| 33. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
31.49 |
0.8190 |
0.2191 |
135 |
1 |
31.49 |
2009-02-11 |
| 34. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
31.31 |
1.0197 |
0.0025 |
226 |
1 |
31.31 |
2009-02-09 |
| 35. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
31.29 |
0.9866 |
0.0342 |
218 |
1 |
31.29 |
2009-02-09 |
| 36. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
30.83 |
0.8791 |
0.1292 |
190 |
1 |
30.83 |
2009-02-18 |
| 37. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
30.82 |
0.7850 |
0.2203 |
154 |
1 |
30.82 |
2009-02-17 |
| 38. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
30.75 |
0.8118 |
0.1997 |
109 |
1 |
30.75 |
2009-02-18 |
| 39. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
30.73 |
1.0203 |
-0.0110 |
261 |
1 |
30.73 |
2009-02-18 |
| 40. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
30.63 |
0.9221 |
0.0790 |
244 |
1 |
30.63 |
2009-01-27 |
| 41. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
30.42 |
1.0292 |
-0.0349 |
262 |
2 |
29.69 |
2009-02-09 |
| 42. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
30.09 |
0.9965 |
-0.0166 |
168 |
1 |
30.09 |
2009-04-29 |
| 43. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
30.05 |
0.9325 |
0.0442 |
156 |
2 |
28.83 |
2009-02-04 |
| 44. |
There is a trick for learning to type faster. That trick is ... |
29.92 |
0.8661 |
0.1041 |
94 |
2 |
26.22 |
2008-11-04 |
| 45. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
29.47 |
0.9966 |
-0.0331 |
259 |
2 |
25.67 |
2009-02-09 |
| 46. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
29.33 |
1.0029 |
-0.0498 |
209 |
2 |
25.84 |
2008-11-04 |
| 47. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
29.27 |
0.9798 |
-0.0280 |
199 |
1 |
29.27 |
2009-02-17 |
| 48. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
28.95 |
0.8956 |
0.0539 |
217 |
2 |
27.48 |
2009-02-17 |
| 49. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
28.87 |
0.9851 |
-0.0387 |
317 |
1 |
28.87 |
2009-02-04 |
| 50. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
28.78 |
0.8573 |
0.0876 |
270 |
1 |
28.78 |
2009-02-11 |
| 51. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
28.73 |
0.9307 |
0.0169 |
246 |
1 |
28.73 |
2008-12-26 |
| 52. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
28.58 |
1.0053 |
-0.0727 |
232 |
2 |
26.54 |
2009-01-28 |
| 53. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
28.58 |
0.8077 |
0.1250 |
167 |
3 |
23.72 |
2009-02-18 |
| 54. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
28.55 |
0.9286 |
0.0040 |
194 |
1 |
28.55 |
2009-02-04 |
| 55. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
28.31 |
1.0252 |
-0.1060 |
176 |
1 |
28.31 |
2009-01-28 |
| 56. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
28.22 |
1.0349 |
-0.1129 |
234 |
1 |
28.22 |
2009-01-27 |
| 57. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
27.95 |
0.9682 |
-0.0564 |
143 |
1 |
27.95 |
2009-01-28 |
| 58. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
27.69 |
1.0711 |
-0.1711 |
213 |
2 |
26.37 |
2009-01-28 |
| 59. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
27.63 |
1.0463 |
-0.1478 |
182 |
1 |
27.63 |
2009-02-09 |
| 60. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
27.45 |
0.9514 |
-0.0539 |
237 |
1 |
27.45 |
2009-02-18 |
| 61. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
27.35 |
0.9633 |
-0.0672 |
304 |
1 |
27.35 |
2009-01-21 |
| 62. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
27.33 |
0.7938 |
0.1004 |
176 |
1 |
27.33 |
2009-01-28 |
| 63. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
27.25 |
0.9213 |
-0.0303 |
295 |
1 |
27.25 |
2009-02-11 |
| 64. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
27.24 |
1.0577 |
-0.1710 |
247 |
1 |
27.24 |
2009-01-21 |
| 65. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
27.12 |
0.9005 |
-0.0158 |
212 |
1 |
27.12 |
2009-02-11 |
| 66. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
27.00 |
0.7852 |
0.1030 |
149 |
1 |
27.00 |
2009-01-27 |
| 67. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
27.00 |
0.8890 |
-0.0103 |
199 |
1 |
27.00 |
2009-02-04 |
| 68. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
26.47 |
1.0799 |
-0.2189 |
243 |
1 |
26.47 |
2008-12-05 |
| 69. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
26.47 |
0.9430 |
-0.0856 |
211 |
1 |
26.47 |
2008-11-04 |
| 70. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
26.36 |
0.8899 |
-0.0178 |
293 |
1 |
26.36 |
2009-01-21 |
| 71. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
26.34 |
0.8533 |
0.0082 |
232 |
1 |
26.34 |
2009-01-28 |
| 72. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
26.30 |
0.8360 |
0.0222 |
170 |
1 |
26.30 |
2008-11-04 |
| 73. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
26.11 |
1.0138 |
-0.1615 |
231 |
1 |
26.11 |
2009-01-27 |
| 74. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
26.10 |
0.9786 |
-0.1314 |
193 |
2 |
24.20 |
2009-02-09 |
| 75. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
26.02 |
0.8975 |
-0.0472 |
268 |
2 |
24.86 |
2009-01-28 |
| 76. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
26.00 |
1.0396 |
-0.1977 |
149 |
1 |
26.00 |
2009-02-04 |
| 77. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
25.77 |
0.8961 |
-0.0580 |
189 |
1 |
25.77 |
2009-02-17 |
| 78. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
25.77 |
0.8442 |
0.0013 |
265 |
1 |
25.77 |
2009-02-04 |
| 79. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
25.72 |
0.7389 |
0.1023 |
145 |
1 |
25.72 |
2009-01-28 |
| 80. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
25.62 |
0.9740 |
-0.1416 |
209 |
2 |
25.45 |
2008-12-01 |
| 81. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
25.21 |
0.8152 |
0.0079 |
163 |
2 |
23.40 |
2008-10-20 |
| 82. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
24.79 |
0.8826 |
-0.0722 |
296 |
2 |
24.44 |
2009-02-04 |
| 83. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
24.19 |
1.0201 |
-0.2378 |
172 |
1 |
24.19 |
2008-10-21 |
| 84. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
23.84 |
0.8295 |
-0.0502 |
209 |
1 |
23.84 |
2008-10-20 |
| 85. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
23.78 |
0.9572 |
-0.1828 |
201 |
1 |
23.78 |
2009-01-21 |
| 86. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
23.42 |
0.7826 |
-0.0152 |
97 |
1 |
23.42 |
2008-10-17 |
| 87. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
22.65 |
0.8821 |
-0.1446 |
176 |
1 |
22.65 |
2008-10-21 |
| 88. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
22.61 |
0.8105 |
-0.0781 |
204 |
1 |
22.61 |
2009-02-04 |
| 89. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
22.56 |
0.8852 |
-0.1481 |
201 |
1 |
22.56 |
2009-02-18 |
| 90. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
22.21 |
0.9196 |
-0.1945 |
148 |
1 |
22.21 |
2008-10-15 |
| 91. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
21.98 |
0.8919 |
-0.1778 |
205 |
1 |
21.98 |
2009-01-21 |
| 92. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
21.87 |
0.8996 |
-0.1929 |
192 |
1 |
21.87 |
2008-12-01 |
| 93. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
21.85 |
1.0023 |
-0.2927 |
211 |
1 |
21.85 |
2009-02-04 |
| 94. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
21.50 |
0.8154 |
-0.1137 |
193 |
1 |
21.50 |
2009-01-28 |
| 95. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
19.34 |
0.7908 |
-0.1578 |
127 |
1 |
19.34 |
2008-10-22 |
| 96. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
18.78 |
0.7690 |
-0.1577 |
142 |
1 |
18.78 |
2008-10-22 |