| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
55.62 |
1.0796 |
0.3609 |
129 |
3 |
46.11 |
2011-09-25 |
| 2. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
50.45 |
1.0483 |
0.2587 |
227 |
2 |
49.92 |
2011-10-06 |
| 3. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
49.20 |
1.0797 |
0.1922 |
210 |
4 |
39.77 |
2011-10-05 |
| 4. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
48.96 |
1.0644 |
0.2432 |
257 |
1 |
48.96 |
2011-10-05 |
| 5. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
48.69 |
1.1016 |
0.1622 |
233 |
1 |
48.69 |
2011-10-05 |
| 6. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
47.21 |
0.9396 |
0.2828 |
119 |
1 |
47.21 |
2011-09-29 |
| 7. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
46.88 |
1.0917 |
0.1483 |
243 |
1 |
46.88 |
2011-10-07 |
| 8. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
45.06 |
0.9756 |
0.1919 |
229 |
1 |
45.06 |
2011-09-19 |
| 9. |
Since the ninja is that being than which nothing sweeter can... |
44.96 |
0.8919 |
0.2772 |
152 |
1 |
44.96 |
2011-09-29 |
| 10. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
44.95 |
0.8854 |
0.2802 |
116 |
1 |
44.95 |
2011-10-05 |
| 11. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
44.84 |
0.9430 |
0.2223 |
297 |
2 |
41.50 |
2011-09-30 |
| 12. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
44.69 |
0.9068 |
0.2552 |
269 |
1 |
44.69 |
2011-10-07 |
| 13. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
44.66 |
1.0944 |
0.1085 |
308 |
1 |
44.66 |
2011-10-06 |
| 14. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
44.63 |
1.0521 |
0.1003 |
171 |
1 |
44.63 |
2011-10-06 |
| 15. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
44.56 |
1.1068 |
0.0894 |
393 |
1 |
44.56 |
2011-10-07 |
| 16. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
44.38 |
0.9068 |
0.2424 |
225 |
1 |
44.38 |
2011-10-06 |
| 17. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
43.94 |
1.0529 |
0.0864 |
351 |
2 |
38.59 |
2011-10-05 |
| 18. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
43.82 |
0.9633 |
0.1752 |
304 |
1 |
43.82 |
2011-10-05 |
| 19. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
43.58 |
0.8731 |
0.2639 |
199 |
1 |
43.58 |
2011-09-25 |
| 20. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
43.52 |
0.8941 |
0.2360 |
216 |
1 |
43.52 |
2011-10-05 |
| 21. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
43.36 |
0.9187 |
0.1955 |
118 |
1 |
43.36 |
2011-09-23 |
| 22. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
43.35 |
1.0388 |
0.1169 |
243 |
1 |
43.35 |
2011-09-19 |
| 23. |
First of all, you must be comfortable, otherwise it will be ... |
43.22 |
0.9831 |
0.1342 |
222 |
1 |
43.22 |
2011-09-30 |
| 24. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
43.16 |
1.0498 |
0.0642 |
180 |
3 |
38.17 |
2011-09-19 |
| 25. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
43.03 |
0.9567 |
0.1590 |
273 |
2 |
41.90 |
2011-10-07 |
| 26. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
42.83 |
1.0034 |
0.1056 |
302 |
1 |
42.83 |
2011-09-19 |
| 27. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
42.69 |
1.0263 |
0.0793 |
267 |
1 |
42.69 |
2011-10-05 |
| 28. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
42.63 |
1.0218 |
0.0803 |
268 |
1 |
42.63 |
2011-10-06 |
| 29. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
42.43 |
0.8788 |
0.2183 |
134 |
1 |
42.43 |
2011-09-29 |
| 30. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
42.05 |
0.8947 |
0.2004 |
366 |
1 |
42.05 |
2011-10-07 |
| 31. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
42.00 |
0.9260 |
0.1736 |
243 |
1 |
42.00 |
2011-09-26 |
| 32. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
41.88 |
0.9350 |
0.1511 |
195 |
2 |
40.01 |
2011-09-26 |
| 33. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
41.86 |
0.8442 |
0.2447 |
265 |
1 |
41.86 |
2011-10-07 |
| 34. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
41.83 |
1.0389 |
0.0474 |
340 |
1 |
41.83 |
2011-10-06 |
| 35. |
At the very end of these food chains (which is to say, at th... |
41.78 |
0.8202 |
0.2596 |
178 |
1 |
41.78 |
2011-09-30 |
| 36. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
41.74 |
1.0441 |
0.0389 |
252 |
1 |
41.74 |
2011-09-19 |
| 37. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
41.57 |
0.9884 |
0.0884 |
233 |
1 |
41.57 |
2011-10-06 |
| 38. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
41.49 |
1.0444 |
0.0242 |
197 |
1 |
41.49 |
2011-09-18 |
| 39. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
41.46 |
1.0213 |
0.0499 |
240 |
1 |
41.46 |
2011-09-19 |
| 40. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
41.46 |
1.0515 |
0.0208 |
250 |
3 |
37.78 |
2011-09-26 |
| 41. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
41.45 |
1.0516 |
0.0219 |
281 |
1 |
41.45 |
2011-09-25 |
| 42. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
41.39 |
1.0666 |
0.0063 |
297 |
1 |
41.39 |
2011-09-30 |
| 43. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
41.36 |
0.9097 |
0.1619 |
153 |
1 |
41.36 |
2011-10-05 |
| 44. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
41.13 |
1.0767 |
-0.0132 |
212 |
2 |
40.15 |
2011-09-26 |
| 45. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
40.96 |
0.9567 |
0.1469 |
184 |
1 |
40.96 |
2011-09-18 |
| 46. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
40.85 |
1.0251 |
0.0312 |
261 |
3 |
39.65 |
2011-09-30 |
| 47. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
40.71 |
1.0445 |
0.0114 |
373 |
1 |
40.71 |
2011-10-06 |
| 48. |
Being comfortable in the car is critical. If you're not comf... |
40.56 |
0.9911 |
0.0560 |
212 |
1 |
40.56 |
2011-09-19 |
| 49. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
40.31 |
0.9965 |
0.0431 |
168 |
1 |
40.31 |
2011-09-30 |
| 50. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
40.23 |
0.9966 |
0.0451 |
259 |
2 |
37.43 |
2011-10-05 |
| 51. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
40.11 |
1.0095 |
0.0280 |
316 |
1 |
40.11 |
2011-09-29 |
| 52. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
40.01 |
1.0029 |
0.0269 |
209 |
1 |
40.01 |
2011-09-23 |
| 53. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
39.81 |
1.0684 |
-0.0072 |
253 |
1 |
39.81 |
2011-09-19 |
| 54. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
39.71 |
0.9614 |
0.0702 |
292 |
1 |
39.71 |
2011-10-07 |
| 55. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
39.42 |
1.0375 |
0.0292 |
200 |
1 |
39.42 |
2011-09-18 |
| 56. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
39.29 |
0.9578 |
0.0596 |
281 |
2 |
33.47 |
2011-09-30 |
| 57. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
39.29 |
0.9857 |
0.0306 |
293 |
1 |
39.29 |
2011-09-30 |
| 58. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
39.28 |
0.9851 |
0.0347 |
317 |
1 |
39.28 |
2011-10-05 |
| 59. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
39.06 |
0.9597 |
0.0557 |
347 |
2 |
38.50 |
2011-09-23 |
| 60. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
39.06 |
1.0696 |
-0.0616 |
226 |
1 |
39.06 |
2011-09-18 |
| 61. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
39.05 |
1.0669 |
-0.0228 |
213 |
1 |
39.05 |
2011-09-29 |
| 62. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
38.98 |
0.9668 |
0.0851 |
383 |
1 |
38.98 |
2011-10-05 |
| 63. |
Because of their scouting skills and peripheral kinesthetic ... |
38.92 |
0.8162 |
0.1970 |
149 |
2 |
38.32 |
2011-09-18 |
| 64. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
38.91 |
1.1014 |
-0.0563 |
273 |
1 |
38.91 |
2011-09-26 |
| 65. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
38.86 |
1.0320 |
0.0114 |
293 |
1 |
38.86 |
2011-09-18 |
| 66. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
38.82 |
1.0403 |
-0.0204 |
193 |
1 |
38.82 |
2011-09-26 |
| 67. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
38.77 |
0.9873 |
0.0134 |
155 |
1 |
38.77 |
2011-06-16 |
| 68. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
38.67 |
0.9559 |
0.0477 |
195 |
1 |
38.67 |
2011-09-30 |
| 69. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
38.66 |
0.9852 |
0.0160 |
264 |
1 |
38.66 |
2011-10-02 |
| 70. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
38.64 |
1.1296 |
-0.1001 |
252 |
1 |
38.64 |
2011-09-19 |
| 71. |
Dropping through sky, through the glass of the roof, through... |
38.59 |
0.9688 |
0.0295 |
217 |
1 |
38.59 |
2011-06-16 |
| 72. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
38.59 |
1.0429 |
-0.0453 |
259 |
1 |
38.59 |
2011-09-19 |
| 73. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
38.48 |
1.0883 |
-0.0599 |
303 |
1 |
38.48 |
2011-06-16 |
| 74. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
38.34 |
0.9266 |
0.0677 |
278 |
1 |
38.34 |
2011-09-19 |
| 75. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
38.25 |
1.0254 |
0.0053 |
217 |
1 |
38.25 |
2011-09-19 |
| 76. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
38.05 |
0.8951 |
0.0924 |
193 |
1 |
38.05 |
2011-09-25 |
| 77. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
37.97 |
1.0365 |
-0.0240 |
162 |
2 |
34.99 |
2011-10-07 |
| 78. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
37.68 |
0.9740 |
-0.0030 |
209 |
1 |
37.68 |
2011-09-18 |
| 79. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
37.61 |
1.0486 |
-0.0745 |
289 |
1 |
37.61 |
2011-06-16 |
| 80. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
37.29 |
1.0463 |
-0.0860 |
182 |
1 |
37.29 |
2011-09-18 |
| 81. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
37.17 |
0.9922 |
0.0106 |
341 |
1 |
37.17 |
2011-09-19 |
| 82. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
37.12 |
1.0343 |
-0.0366 |
242 |
1 |
37.12 |
2011-10-02 |
| 83. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
36.56 |
1.0025 |
-0.0557 |
336 |
3 |
33.53 |
2011-09-29 |
| 84. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
36.42 |
1.0214 |
-0.0846 |
166 |
2 |
33.98 |
2011-09-26 |
| 85. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
36.25 |
0.9846 |
-0.0484 |
281 |
1 |
36.25 |
2011-09-19 |
| 86. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
36.08 |
0.9233 |
0.0017 |
168 |
1 |
36.08 |
2011-07-19 |
| 87. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
36.02 |
0.9527 |
-0.0208 |
251 |
1 |
36.02 |
2011-09-18 |
| 88. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
35.96 |
0.8105 |
0.1151 |
204 |
2 |
35.58 |
2011-09-25 |
| 89. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
35.80 |
0.9048 |
0.0255 |
271 |
2 |
32.44 |
2011-09-29 |
| 90. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
35.73 |
0.8811 |
0.0474 |
239 |
1 |
35.73 |
2011-06-16 |
| 91. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
35.67 |
1.0211 |
-0.0681 |
213 |
1 |
35.67 |
2011-09-11 |
| 92. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
35.48 |
0.8787 |
0.0436 |
202 |
1 |
35.48 |
2011-09-19 |
| 93. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
35.44 |
1.0099 |
-0.0967 |
207 |
1 |
35.44 |
2011-09-26 |
| 94. |
While you were sleeping, you tossed, you turned. You rolled ... |
35.43 |
0.8614 |
0.0523 |
172 |
1 |
35.43 |
2011-10-02 |
| 95. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
35.30 |
0.8615 |
0.0515 |
110 |
1 |
35.30 |
2011-09-18 |
| 96. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
35.29 |
0.9886 |
-0.0736 |
220 |
2 |
33.52 |
2011-09-25 |
| 97. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
35.26 |
0.8725 |
0.0414 |
163 |
1 |
35.26 |
2011-09-25 |
| 98. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
35.26 |
1.0016 |
-0.0946 |
218 |
2 |
32.04 |
2011-09-26 |
| 99. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
35.08 |
0.7916 |
0.1236 |
184 |
1 |
35.08 |
2011-09-11 |
| 100. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
34.74 |
1.0117 |
-0.0689 |
297 |
1 |
34.74 |
2011-06-16 |
| 101. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
34.65 |
0.9540 |
-0.0603 |
285 |
1 |
34.65 |
2011-09-18 |
| 102. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
34.50 |
0.9710 |
-0.0855 |
173 |
1 |
34.50 |
2011-06-16 |
| 103. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
34.17 |
0.9724 |
-0.0859 |
237 |
1 |
34.17 |
2011-09-25 |
| 104. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
33.72 |
0.8890 |
-0.0212 |
199 |
1 |
33.72 |
2011-06-16 |
| 105. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
33.47 |
0.8826 |
-0.0161 |
296 |
1 |
33.47 |
2011-06-16 |
| 106. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
33.25 |
0.9758 |
-0.1161 |
314 |
1 |
33.25 |
2011-09-18 |
| 107. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
33.23 |
0.8709 |
-0.0043 |
202 |
1 |
33.23 |
2011-07-19 |
| 108. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
33.17 |
0.8619 |
-0.0063 |
119 |
1 |
33.17 |
2010-11-14 |
| 109. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
33.15 |
0.9910 |
-0.1324 |
295 |
1 |
33.15 |
2011-09-25 |
| 110. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
33.01 |
0.9907 |
-0.1394 |
211 |
1 |
33.01 |
2010-11-14 |
| 111. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
32.98 |
0.8809 |
-0.0310 |
127 |
1 |
32.98 |
2011-10-01 |
| 112. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
32.96 |
0.8022 |
0.0521 |
215 |
1 |
32.96 |
2011-09-19 |
| 113. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
32.75 |
1.0077 |
-0.1208 |
250 |
1 |
32.75 |
2011-07-19 |
| 114. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
32.61 |
0.8841 |
-0.0348 |
194 |
1 |
32.61 |
2011-09-18 |
| 115. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
32.46 |
0.7877 |
0.0553 |
142 |
1 |
32.46 |
2011-09-26 |
| 116. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
32.24 |
0.8793 |
-0.0456 |
157 |
1 |
32.24 |
2011-09-18 |
| 117. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
32.06 |
0.9164 |
-0.0834 |
305 |
1 |
32.06 |
2011-09-18 |
| 118. |
Right now there are three people in chat, but there's no way... |
31.79 |
0.9785 |
-0.1574 |
154 |
1 |
31.79 |
2011-10-02 |
| 119. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
31.58 |
0.8971 |
-0.0767 |
266 |
1 |
31.58 |
2011-09-26 |
| 120. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
31.46 |
0.9513 |
-0.1355 |
354 |
1 |
31.46 |
2010-11-14 |
| 121. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
31.40 |
0.9731 |
-0.1751 |
129 |
1 |
31.40 |
2010-11-14 |
| 122. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
30.72 |
0.8628 |
-0.0732 |
196 |
1 |
30.72 |
2011-09-18 |
| 123. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
30.40 |
1.1215 |
-0.3134 |
200 |
1 |
30.40 |
2011-09-11 |
| 124. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
30.36 |
0.8595 |
-0.0741 |
242 |
1 |
30.36 |
2011-09-23 |
| 125. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
30.15 |
1.0419 |
-0.2644 |
261 |
1 |
30.15 |
2011-09-11 |
| 126. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
30.07 |
0.8562 |
-0.0804 |
170 |
1 |
30.07 |
2010-11-14 |
| 127. |
However we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of ... |
29.62 |
0.9986 |
-0.2400 |
162 |
1 |
29.62 |
2011-09-11 |
| 128. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
29.31 |
0.8739 |
-0.1199 |
136 |
1 |
29.31 |
2010-06-03 |
| 129. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
28.48 |
0.8914 |
-0.1570 |
366 |
1 |
28.48 |
2011-09-08 |
| 130. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
28.00 |
1.0201 |
-0.3052 |
172 |
2 |
24.55 |
2011-06-21 |
| 131. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
27.72 |
0.9125 |
-0.1966 |
308 |
1 |
27.72 |
2011-09-08 |
| 132. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
27.49 |
0.8289 |
-0.1139 |
304 |
1 |
27.49 |
2011-09-18 |
| 133. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
27.44 |
0.8722 |
-0.1624 |
285 |
1 |
27.44 |
2011-09-11 |
| 134. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
23.63 |
0.7801 |
-0.1772 |
116 |
1 |
23.63 |
2010-11-14 |
| 135. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
22.99 |
0.8520 |
-0.2616 |
202 |
1 |
22.99 |
2010-06-03 |