| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
46.08 |
0.8887 |
0.4996 |
128 |
1 |
46.08 |
2009-03-22 |
| 2. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
46.06 |
0.8615 |
0.5123 |
110 |
1 |
46.06 |
2009-03-22 |
| 3. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
43.11 |
0.9171 |
0.3681 |
165 |
1 |
43.11 |
2009-03-31 |
| 4. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
39.65 |
1.0796 |
0.0964 |
129 |
1 |
39.65 |
2009-03-31 |
| 5. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
39.61 |
0.9866 |
0.1893 |
218 |
1 |
39.61 |
2009-03-31 |
| 6. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
39.60 |
1.0396 |
0.1325 |
149 |
2 |
33.18 |
2009-04-20 |
| 7. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
39.60 |
0.9991 |
0.1807 |
225 |
2 |
39.51 |
2009-05-06 |
| 8. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
39.13 |
0.8077 |
0.3555 |
167 |
1 |
39.13 |
2009-04-20 |
| 9. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
39.12 |
0.7389 |
0.4273 |
145 |
1 |
39.12 |
2009-03-22 |
| 10. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
39.06 |
1.0201 |
0.1361 |
172 |
1 |
39.06 |
2009-03-30 |
| 11. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
38.74 |
1.0711 |
0.0772 |
213 |
2 |
37.94 |
2009-03-30 |
| 12. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
38.51 |
1.0696 |
0.0733 |
226 |
3 |
36.29 |
2009-03-31 |
| 13. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
38.49 |
1.1018 |
0.0376 |
220 |
1 |
38.49 |
2009-03-27 |
| 14. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
37.97 |
0.9756 |
0.1533 |
229 |
1 |
37.97 |
2009-04-15 |
| 15. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
37.96 |
1.0441 |
0.0873 |
252 |
3 |
35.90 |
2009-04-20 |
| 16. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
37.62 |
0.9468 |
0.1723 |
276 |
1 |
37.62 |
2009-05-06 |
| 17. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
37.44 |
0.9899 |
0.1196 |
163 |
1 |
37.44 |
2009-04-20 |
| 18. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
37.19 |
0.9281 |
0.1837 |
273 |
2 |
35.68 |
2009-03-30 |
| 19. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
37.10 |
1.0799 |
0.0204 |
243 |
1 |
37.10 |
2009-03-22 |
| 20. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
37.07 |
0.9893 |
0.1139 |
323 |
2 |
31.08 |
2009-04-20 |
| 21. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
37.01 |
1.0183 |
0.0774 |
191 |
1 |
37.01 |
2009-04-20 |
| 22. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
36.69 |
0.9316 |
0.1661 |
287 |
1 |
36.69 |
2009-04-20 |
| 23. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
36.44 |
0.9740 |
0.1060 |
209 |
1 |
36.44 |
2009-04-20 |
| 24. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
36.36 |
0.8653 |
0.2277 |
255 |
1 |
36.36 |
2009-04-15 |
| 25. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
36.18 |
1.0138 |
0.0621 |
231 |
2 |
31.29 |
2009-04-16 |
| 26. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
36.17 |
1.0063 |
0.0701 |
371 |
1 |
36.17 |
2009-03-31 |
| 27. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
35.95 |
0.8506 |
0.2146 |
132 |
1 |
35.95 |
2009-04-20 |
| 28. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
35.94 |
0.9513 |
0.1216 |
354 |
2 |
35.05 |
2009-03-31 |
| 29. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
35.78 |
0.8810 |
0.1841 |
282 |
1 |
35.78 |
2009-03-30 |
| 30. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
35.60 |
0.9646 |
0.0933 |
264 |
1 |
35.60 |
2009-04-20 |
| 31. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
35.30 |
0.8573 |
0.1961 |
270 |
2 |
31.20 |
2009-03-31 |
| 32. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
34.85 |
1.0016 |
0.0301 |
218 |
1 |
34.85 |
2009-04-20 |
| 33. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
34.79 |
0.9758 |
0.0594 |
314 |
2 |
34.17 |
2009-04-15 |
| 34. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
34.62 |
1.0788 |
-0.0551 |
171 |
1 |
34.62 |
2009-03-30 |
| 35. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
34.61 |
0.8956 |
0.1360 |
217 |
1 |
34.61 |
2009-03-30 |
| 36. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
34.30 |
0.8852 |
0.1349 |
158 |
1 |
34.30 |
2009-03-22 |
| 37. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
34.29 |
0.8628 |
0.1532 |
196 |
3 |
32.14 |
2009-04-20 |
| 38. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
34.19 |
0.9636 |
0.0527 |
254 |
1 |
34.19 |
2009-04-20 |
| 39. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
34.13 |
0.9307 |
0.0919 |
246 |
1 |
34.13 |
2009-04-16 |
| 40. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
34.12 |
0.8951 |
0.1214 |
193 |
2 |
32.26 |
2009-04-16 |
| 41. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
33.90 |
0.8919 |
0.1141 |
205 |
2 |
32.61 |
2009-03-31 |
| 42. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
33.77 |
0.9691 |
0.0341 |
223 |
1 |
33.77 |
2009-03-22 |
| 43. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
33.68 |
1.0334 |
-0.0389 |
131 |
1 |
33.68 |
2009-04-04 |
| 44. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
33.55 |
0.9786 |
0.0180 |
235 |
1 |
33.55 |
2009-03-31 |
| 45. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
33.44 |
0.9811 |
0.0154 |
272 |
2 |
33.20 |
2009-04-20 |
| 46. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
33.27 |
1.0167 |
-0.0212 |
378 |
1 |
33.27 |
2009-04-18 |
| 47. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
33.26 |
1.0263 |
-0.0387 |
267 |
1 |
33.26 |
2009-04-10 |
| 48. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
33.15 |
1.1114 |
-0.1290 |
247 |
1 |
33.15 |
2010-01-31 |
| 49. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
33.05 |
1.0487 |
-0.0716 |
231 |
2 |
31.15 |
2009-03-30 |
| 50. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
32.98 |
0.9907 |
-0.0123 |
211 |
1 |
32.98 |
2009-03-31 |
| 51. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
32.96 |
0.9202 |
0.0585 |
254 |
1 |
32.96 |
2009-04-16 |
| 52. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
32.69 |
0.9485 |
0.0244 |
236 |
1 |
32.69 |
2009-03-31 |
| 53. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
32.69 |
1.0213 |
-0.0533 |
240 |
1 |
32.69 |
2009-04-20 |
| 54. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
32.68 |
0.9710 |
-0.0066 |
173 |
1 |
32.68 |
2009-03-31 |
| 55. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
32.22 |
1.0426 |
-0.0862 |
323 |
1 |
32.22 |
2009-03-22 |
| 56. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
32.16 |
1.0201 |
-0.0644 |
303 |
2 |
31.55 |
2009-04-10 |
| 57. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
31.81 |
1.0025 |
-0.0569 |
336 |
1 |
31.81 |
2009-03-31 |
| 58. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
31.69 |
1.0261 |
-0.0869 |
273 |
1 |
31.69 |
2009-03-22 |
| 59. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
31.60 |
1.0252 |
-0.0933 |
176 |
1 |
31.60 |
2009-03-22 |
| 60. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
31.53 |
1.0669 |
-0.0983 |
286 |
1 |
31.53 |
2010-01-31 |
| 61. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
31.18 |
0.8096 |
0.1241 |
209 |
1 |
31.18 |
2009-03-31 |
| 62. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
31.00 |
0.8916 |
0.0291 |
216 |
1 |
31.00 |
2009-03-31 |
| 63. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
30.74 |
0.9430 |
-0.0378 |
211 |
1 |
30.74 |
2009-03-22 |
| 64. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
30.70 |
0.8442 |
0.0711 |
265 |
1 |
30.70 |
2009-04-20 |
| 65. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
30.63 |
0.9351 |
-0.0314 |
190 |
1 |
30.63 |
2009-03-22 |
| 66. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
30.26 |
0.9411 |
-0.0422 |
318 |
1 |
30.26 |
2009-04-15 |
| 67. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
30.14 |
0.9852 |
-0.0904 |
264 |
1 |
30.14 |
2009-03-31 |
| 68. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
30.14 |
0.9633 |
-0.0666 |
304 |
1 |
30.14 |
2009-03-23 |
| 69. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
30.09 |
1.0515 |
-0.1604 |
250 |
1 |
30.09 |
2009-03-22 |
| 70. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
29.97 |
1.0331 |
-0.1460 |
234 |
1 |
29.97 |
2009-03-22 |
| 71. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
29.96 |
0.8890 |
-0.0036 |
199 |
1 |
29.96 |
2009-03-30 |
| 72. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
29.92 |
0.9846 |
-0.0979 |
281 |
1 |
29.92 |
2009-03-27 |
| 73. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
29.83 |
0.9213 |
-0.0357 |
295 |
2 |
28.94 |
2009-04-20 |
| 74. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
29.82 |
0.9578 |
-0.0735 |
281 |
1 |
29.82 |
2009-03-30 |
| 75. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
29.76 |
1.0034 |
-0.1219 |
302 |
1 |
29.76 |
2009-03-31 |
| 76. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
29.67 |
0.9233 |
-0.0513 |
168 |
1 |
29.67 |
2009-03-22 |
| 77. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
29.65 |
0.8152 |
0.0647 |
163 |
1 |
29.65 |
2009-03-30 |
| 78. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
29.58 |
1.0033 |
-0.1324 |
189 |
1 |
29.58 |
2009-04-20 |
| 79. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
29.55 |
0.9786 |
-0.1071 |
193 |
2 |
27.87 |
2009-04-20 |
| 80. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
29.33 |
1.0337 |
-0.1642 |
214 |
1 |
29.33 |
2009-03-22 |
| 81. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
29.20 |
0.9731 |
-0.1194 |
129 |
2 |
26.66 |
2009-04-18 |
| 82. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
29.13 |
0.9897 |
-0.1279 |
274 |
1 |
29.13 |
2009-03-30 |
| 83. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
29.11 |
1.0419 |
-0.1784 |
261 |
1 |
29.11 |
2009-03-22 |
| 84. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
28.88 |
0.9763 |
-0.1203 |
289 |
1 |
28.88 |
2009-04-15 |
| 85. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
28.80 |
0.8975 |
-0.0429 |
268 |
1 |
28.80 |
2009-03-27 |
| 86. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
28.75 |
0.7916 |
0.0687 |
184 |
1 |
28.75 |
2009-03-23 |
| 87. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
28.59 |
1.0124 |
-0.1670 |
204 |
1 |
28.59 |
2009-03-22 |
| 88. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
28.57 |
0.9342 |
-0.0835 |
434 |
1 |
28.57 |
2009-03-22 |
| 89. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
28.46 |
1.0528 |
-0.2139 |
201 |
1 |
28.46 |
2009-03-30 |
| 90. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
28.40 |
0.8154 |
0.0285 |
193 |
1 |
28.40 |
2009-03-22 |
| 91. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
27.87 |
0.9986 |
-0.1719 |
283 |
1 |
27.87 |
2009-03-22 |
| 92. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
27.15 |
0.9612 |
-0.1568 |
256 |
1 |
27.15 |
2010-01-31 |
| 93. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
26.38 |
1.0214 |
-0.2418 |
269 |
1 |
26.38 |
2009-03-22 |
| 94. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
26.02 |
0.9048 |
-0.1298 |
271 |
1 |
26.02 |
2009-03-22 |
| 95. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
25.41 |
1.0521 |
-0.3048 |
171 |
1 |
25.41 |
2009-03-29 |
| 96. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
25.10 |
0.9798 |
-0.2428 |
199 |
1 |
25.10 |
2009-03-23 |
| 97. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
21.81 |
0.8788 |
-0.2386 |
134 |
1 |
21.81 |
2010-01-31 |