| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
38.40 |
0.9866 |
0.2937 |
218 |
2 |
36.83 |
2008-12-18 |
| 2. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
36.92 |
0.8666 |
0.3705 |
150 |
2 |
34.03 |
2009-01-28 |
| 3. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
36.77 |
1.0419 |
0.1871 |
261 |
1 |
36.77 |
2008-12-18 |
| 4. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
35.58 |
0.8152 |
0.3738 |
163 |
1 |
35.58 |
2008-12-18 |
| 5. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
35.06 |
1.0444 |
0.1202 |
197 |
2 |
33.95 |
2009-01-21 |
| 6. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
34.47 |
1.0577 |
0.0901 |
247 |
1 |
34.47 |
2008-12-18 |
| 7. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
34.23 |
0.9740 |
0.1651 |
209 |
1 |
34.23 |
2008-12-18 |
| 8. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
34.19 |
0.8941 |
0.2497 |
216 |
1 |
34.19 |
2008-12-18 |
| 9. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
34.01 |
1.0462 |
0.0835 |
184 |
1 |
34.01 |
2008-12-18 |
| 10. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
33.96 |
0.8867 |
0.2533 |
163 |
2 |
31.25 |
2009-01-28 |
| 11. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
33.46 |
1.0029 |
0.1079 |
209 |
1 |
33.46 |
2008-12-12 |
| 12. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
33.35 |
1.0025 |
0.1109 |
256 |
1 |
33.35 |
2009-03-25 |
| 13. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
33.29 |
1.0523 |
0.0549 |
256 |
2 |
32.87 |
2009-01-21 |
| 14. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
33.21 |
0.9763 |
0.1320 |
289 |
2 |
30.28 |
2009-03-24 |
| 15. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
33.19 |
0.9500 |
0.1603 |
362 |
1 |
33.19 |
2008-12-18 |
| 16. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
33.12 |
0.7916 |
0.3218 |
184 |
2 |
31.23 |
2009-01-21 |
| 17. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
33.05 |
0.9316 |
0.1777 |
287 |
1 |
33.05 |
2008-12-12 |
| 18. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
32.67 |
1.0528 |
0.0327 |
201 |
1 |
32.67 |
2008-12-18 |
| 19. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
32.37 |
0.8070 |
0.2703 |
167 |
1 |
32.37 |
2008-12-12 |
| 20. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
32.24 |
0.8323 |
0.2423 |
145 |
1 |
32.24 |
2008-12-10 |
| 21. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
32.02 |
0.9966 |
0.0714 |
259 |
2 |
28.45 |
2009-01-28 |
| 22. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
31.01 |
0.9260 |
0.1188 |
243 |
1 |
31.01 |
2008-12-10 |
| 23. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
30.87 |
0.9251 |
0.1096 |
177 |
1 |
30.87 |
2008-12-12 |
| 24. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
30.87 |
0.8533 |
0.1775 |
232 |
1 |
30.87 |
2008-12-12 |
| 25. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
30.80 |
1.0124 |
0.0126 |
204 |
1 |
30.80 |
2008-12-10 |
| 26. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
30.55 |
1.0099 |
0.0061 |
207 |
1 |
30.55 |
2008-12-12 |
| 27. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
30.49 |
1.0565 |
-0.0422 |
247 |
1 |
30.49 |
2009-01-21 |
| 28. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
30.20 |
0.9633 |
0.0460 |
304 |
2 |
29.66 |
2009-03-25 |
| 29. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
30.11 |
0.9724 |
0.0352 |
237 |
1 |
30.11 |
2009-01-12 |
| 30. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
29.95 |
0.8628 |
0.1324 |
196 |
1 |
29.95 |
2009-01-21 |
| 31. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
29.78 |
0.9233 |
0.0613 |
168 |
1 |
29.78 |
2008-12-23 |
| 32. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
29.71 |
0.8422 |
0.1500 |
164 |
2 |
29.50 |
2009-03-25 |
| 33. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
29.63 |
0.9786 |
0.0040 |
193 |
1 |
29.63 |
2008-12-23 |
| 34. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
29.57 |
0.9907 |
-0.0065 |
211 |
1 |
29.57 |
2009-01-28 |
| 35. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
29.44 |
0.9202 |
0.0605 |
254 |
1 |
29.44 |
2008-12-10 |
| 36. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
29.03 |
0.9772 |
-0.0131 |
217 |
1 |
29.03 |
2008-12-12 |
| 37. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
29.00 |
0.9798 |
-0.0189 |
199 |
1 |
29.00 |
2008-12-10 |
| 38. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
28.82 |
1.0487 |
-0.0932 |
231 |
1 |
28.82 |
2009-03-24 |
| 39. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
28.69 |
0.8791 |
0.0761 |
190 |
1 |
28.69 |
2009-01-28 |
| 40. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
28.60 |
0.8792 |
0.0832 |
296 |
1 |
28.60 |
2008-12-10 |
| 41. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
28.45 |
0.8951 |
0.0551 |
193 |
1 |
28.45 |
2008-12-12 |
| 42. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
28.37 |
0.9965 |
-0.0560 |
168 |
1 |
28.37 |
2009-01-28 |
| 43. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
28.28 |
0.8900 |
0.0534 |
164 |
2 |
27.92 |
2009-03-25 |
| 44. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
27.86 |
0.9572 |
-0.0302 |
201 |
1 |
27.86 |
2008-12-23 |
| 45. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
27.78 |
0.8153 |
0.1149 |
200 |
1 |
27.78 |
2008-12-18 |
| 46. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
27.39 |
0.8747 |
0.0330 |
201 |
1 |
27.39 |
2008-12-12 |
| 47. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
27.34 |
0.8125 |
0.1005 |
197 |
2 |
24.36 |
2009-03-25 |
| 48. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
27.25 |
0.9612 |
-0.0537 |
256 |
1 |
27.25 |
2008-12-10 |
| 49. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
26.79 |
0.9221 |
-0.0317 |
244 |
1 |
26.79 |
2009-01-21 |
| 50. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
26.71 |
1.0025 |
-0.1124 |
336 |
1 |
26.71 |
2008-12-10 |
| 51. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
26.67 |
1.0004 |
-0.1186 |
212 |
1 |
26.67 |
2009-01-28 |
| 52. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
26.56 |
0.8852 |
0.0011 |
201 |
1 |
26.56 |
2008-12-10 |
| 53. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
26.52 |
0.8544 |
0.0288 |
170 |
1 |
26.52 |
2008-12-12 |
| 54. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
26.45 |
0.9682 |
-0.0897 |
143 |
1 |
26.45 |
2008-12-10 |
| 55. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
26.00 |
0.9266 |
-0.0613 |
267 |
1 |
26.00 |
2008-12-23 |
| 56. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
25.98 |
0.9168 |
-0.0509 |
240 |
1 |
25.98 |
2009-03-24 |
| 57. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
25.06 |
0.7375 |
0.0992 |
148 |
1 |
25.06 |
2008-12-12 |
| 58. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
24.98 |
0.9514 |
-0.1203 |
237 |
1 |
24.98 |
2008-12-12 |
| 59. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
24.37 |
0.7389 |
0.0727 |
145 |
1 |
24.37 |
2008-12-12 |
| 60. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
24.10 |
0.9756 |
-0.1758 |
229 |
1 |
24.10 |
2008-12-23 |
| 61. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
23.26 |
0.8821 |
-0.1099 |
176 |
1 |
23.26 |
2009-01-21 |
| 62. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
23.25 |
0.7690 |
0.0050 |
142 |
1 |
23.25 |
2008-12-10 |
| 63. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
22.03 |
0.9351 |
-0.2094 |
190 |
1 |
22.03 |
2009-03-25 |
| 64. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
21.61 |
0.8615 |
-0.1444 |
110 |
1 |
21.61 |
2008-12-12 |
| 65. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
18.79 |
1.0201 |
-0.4052 |
172 |
1 |
18.79 |
2008-12-13 |