| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
49.94 |
1.0201 |
0.1704 |
303 |
1 |
49.94 |
2008-11-08 |
| 2. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
48.76 |
0.9226 |
0.2429 |
177 |
2 |
45.74 |
2008-11-08 |
| 3. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
48.43 |
1.0799 |
0.0701 |
243 |
1 |
48.43 |
2008-11-08 |
| 4. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
48.32 |
0.9897 |
0.1591 |
274 |
1 |
48.32 |
2008-11-08 |
| 5. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
46.95 |
1.0714 |
0.0378 |
129 |
1 |
46.95 |
2008-11-08 |
| 6. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
46.80 |
1.0396 |
0.0677 |
149 |
1 |
46.80 |
2008-11-08 |
| 7. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
46.75 |
0.9724 |
0.1445 |
237 |
2 |
45.76 |
2008-11-08 |
| 8. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
46.60 |
0.9941 |
0.1132 |
217 |
1 |
46.60 |
2008-11-08 |
| 9. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
46.53 |
0.8975 |
0.2110 |
268 |
3 |
43.01 |
2008-11-08 |
| 10. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
46.51 |
1.0368 |
0.0716 |
276 |
1 |
46.51 |
2008-11-08 |
| 11. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
46.10 |
0.9109 |
0.1893 |
401 |
1 |
46.10 |
2008-11-08 |
| 12. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
45.87 |
0.9884 |
0.1029 |
233 |
1 |
45.87 |
2008-11-08 |
| 13. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
44.70 |
0.9570 |
0.1086 |
287 |
1 |
44.70 |
2008-11-08 |
| 14. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
44.63 |
0.8910 |
0.1729 |
150 |
1 |
44.63 |
2008-11-08 |
| 15. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
44.55 |
0.9260 |
0.1447 |
243 |
2 |
42.82 |
2008-11-08 |
| 16. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
44.49 |
0.9851 |
0.0759 |
317 |
1 |
44.49 |
2008-11-08 |
| 17. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
44.46 |
0.9729 |
0.0854 |
255 |
1 |
44.46 |
2008-11-08 |
| 18. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
44.21 |
1.0385 |
0.0118 |
230 |
1 |
44.21 |
2008-11-08 |
| 19. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
43.83 |
1.0462 |
-0.0094 |
184 |
1 |
43.83 |
2008-11-08 |
| 20. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
43.59 |
0.9233 |
0.1055 |
168 |
1 |
43.59 |
2008-11-08 |
| 21. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
43.55 |
1.0016 |
0.0300 |
218 |
1 |
43.55 |
2008-11-08 |
| 22. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
43.20 |
0.9309 |
0.0950 |
284 |
1 |
43.20 |
2008-11-08 |
| 23. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
42.77 |
0.9769 |
0.0384 |
263 |
1 |
42.77 |
2008-11-08 |
| 24. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
42.71 |
0.9991 |
0.0173 |
225 |
1 |
42.71 |
2008-11-08 |
| 25. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
42.71 |
0.9786 |
0.0321 |
193 |
1 |
42.71 |
2008-11-08 |
| 26. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
42.38 |
1.0696 |
-0.0651 |
226 |
2 |
41.05 |
2008-11-08 |
| 27. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
42.38 |
1.0419 |
-0.0339 |
261 |
1 |
42.38 |
2008-11-08 |
| 28. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
42.37 |
0.9785 |
0.0325 |
335 |
1 |
42.37 |
2008-11-08 |
| 29. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
42.32 |
0.8892 |
0.1234 |
207 |
1 |
42.32 |
2008-11-08 |
| 30. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
42.11 |
0.9820 |
0.0223 |
267 |
1 |
42.11 |
2008-11-08 |
| 31. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
41.91 |
1.0261 |
-0.0313 |
273 |
1 |
41.91 |
2008-11-08 |
| 32. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
41.86 |
0.9857 |
0.0088 |
293 |
1 |
41.86 |
2008-11-08 |
| 33. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
41.57 |
1.0213 |
-0.0360 |
240 |
1 |
41.57 |
2008-11-08 |
| 34. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
41.51 |
1.0131 |
-0.0300 |
225 |
1 |
41.51 |
2008-11-08 |
| 35. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
40.89 |
0.9865 |
-0.0133 |
276 |
1 |
40.89 |
2008-11-08 |
| 36. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
40.79 |
0.9125 |
0.0590 |
308 |
1 |
40.79 |
2008-11-08 |
| 37. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
40.37 |
1.0296 |
-0.0636 |
437 |
1 |
40.37 |
2008-11-08 |
| 38. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
40.36 |
0.9226 |
0.0430 |
348 |
1 |
40.36 |
2008-11-08 |
| 39. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
39.79 |
0.8770 |
0.0718 |
300 |
1 |
39.79 |
2008-11-08 |
| 40. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
39.44 |
0.9500 |
-0.0106 |
362 |
1 |
39.44 |
2008-11-08 |
| 41. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
39.39 |
1.0053 |
-0.0713 |
232 |
1 |
39.39 |
2008-11-08 |
| 42. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
38.58 |
0.9684 |
-0.0492 |
388 |
1 |
38.58 |
2008-11-08 |
| 43. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
38.54 |
0.9697 |
-0.0540 |
249 |
1 |
38.54 |
2008-11-08 |
| 44. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
38.10 |
0.8154 |
0.0913 |
193 |
1 |
38.10 |
2008-11-08 |
| 45. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
38.01 |
1.0183 |
-0.1212 |
191 |
1 |
38.01 |
2008-11-08 |
| 46. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
37.90 |
0.9084 |
-0.0065 |
300 |
1 |
37.90 |
2008-11-08 |
| 47. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
37.56 |
0.8958 |
0.0007 |
322 |
1 |
37.56 |
2008-11-08 |
| 48. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
37.53 |
0.9339 |
-0.0442 |
310 |
1 |
37.53 |
2008-11-08 |
| 49. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
37.50 |
1.0417 |
-0.1538 |
253 |
1 |
37.50 |
2008-11-08 |
| 50. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
37.28 |
0.9614 |
-0.0733 |
292 |
1 |
37.28 |
2008-11-08 |
| 51. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
37.21 |
0.9578 |
-0.0748 |
281 |
1 |
37.21 |
2008-11-08 |
| 52. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
36.88 |
0.9279 |
-0.0459 |
317 |
1 |
36.88 |
2008-11-08 |
| 53. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
36.70 |
0.9619 |
-0.0855 |
393 |
1 |
36.70 |
2008-11-08 |
| 54. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
36.70 |
0.9740 |
-0.1069 |
209 |
2 |
36.50 |
2008-11-08 |
| 55. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
36.57 |
0.9795 |
-0.1115 |
308 |
1 |
36.57 |
2008-11-08 |
| 56. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
35.29 |
0.9649 |
-0.1288 |
193 |
1 |
35.29 |
2008-11-08 |
| 57. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
35.10 |
0.9514 |
-0.1185 |
237 |
1 |
35.10 |
2008-11-08 |
| 58. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
34.62 |
0.9213 |
-0.0997 |
295 |
2 |
33.94 |
2008-11-08 |
| 59. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
32.95 |
0.8595 |
-0.0769 |
242 |
1 |
32.95 |
2008-11-08 |
| 60. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
31.33 |
0.8916 |
-0.1495 |
216 |
1 |
31.33 |
2008-11-08 |