| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
44.53 |
1.0711 |
0.1153 |
213 |
2 |
41.52 |
2009-04-12 |
| 2. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
43.44 |
1.0787 |
0.0821 |
237 |
2 |
41.37 |
2009-04-09 |
| 3. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
43.20 |
0.9257 |
0.2354 |
317 |
1 |
43.20 |
2009-04-23 |
| 4. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
42.90 |
0.8788 |
0.2652 |
134 |
1 |
42.90 |
2009-04-23 |
| 5. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
42.72 |
1.0799 |
0.0590 |
243 |
2 |
40.71 |
2009-06-19 |
| 6. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
42.30 |
0.9884 |
0.1471 |
262 |
1 |
42.30 |
2009-04-15 |
| 7. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
41.79 |
1.0389 |
0.0802 |
318 |
1 |
41.79 |
2009-04-17 |
| 8. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
41.44 |
0.9251 |
0.1879 |
177 |
1 |
41.44 |
2009-04-15 |
| 9. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
41.41 |
1.0797 |
0.0219 |
210 |
2 |
40.70 |
2009-04-27 |
| 10. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
41.17 |
0.9005 |
0.1987 |
212 |
1 |
41.17 |
2009-04-27 |
| 11. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
41.09 |
1.0487 |
0.0448 |
231 |
1 |
41.09 |
2009-04-23 |
| 12. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
40.63 |
0.9946 |
0.0913 |
246 |
1 |
40.63 |
2009-04-10 |
| 13. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
40.60 |
0.9724 |
0.1164 |
237 |
1 |
40.60 |
2009-04-15 |
| 14. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
40.46 |
1.0829 |
0.0001 |
288 |
1 |
40.46 |
2009-04-23 |
| 15. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
40.45 |
0.9844 |
0.1016 |
293 |
1 |
40.45 |
2009-04-23 |
| 16. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
40.42 |
0.9884 |
0.0912 |
233 |
1 |
40.42 |
2009-04-17 |
| 17. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
40.34 |
1.1114 |
-0.0359 |
247 |
1 |
40.34 |
2009-04-17 |
| 18. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
40.22 |
1.0183 |
0.0511 |
191 |
2 |
36.40 |
2009-04-27 |
| 19. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
39.97 |
0.9863 |
0.0863 |
339 |
1 |
39.97 |
2009-06-19 |
| 20. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
39.95 |
0.9941 |
0.0712 |
217 |
1 |
39.95 |
2009-04-10 |
| 21. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
39.95 |
0.9275 |
0.1369 |
211 |
1 |
39.95 |
2009-04-17 |
| 22. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
39.87 |
1.0292 |
0.0350 |
262 |
2 |
37.34 |
2009-04-27 |
| 23. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
39.79 |
1.0201 |
0.0364 |
172 |
2 |
38.98 |
2009-04-12 |
| 24. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
39.79 |
1.0034 |
0.0584 |
302 |
1 |
39.79 |
2009-04-17 |
| 25. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
39.60 |
0.8811 |
0.1817 |
239 |
1 |
39.60 |
2009-04-23 |
| 26. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
39.57 |
1.0331 |
0.0221 |
234 |
1 |
39.57 |
2009-04-12 |
| 27. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
39.55 |
0.9263 |
0.1340 |
188 |
1 |
39.55 |
2009-04-03 |
| 28. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
39.36 |
0.9991 |
0.0531 |
225 |
1 |
39.36 |
2009-04-03 |
| 29. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
39.34 |
0.8792 |
0.1813 |
296 |
2 |
35.33 |
2009-04-23 |
| 30. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
39.29 |
0.8153 |
0.2393 |
200 |
1 |
39.29 |
2009-04-17 |
| 31. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
39.29 |
1.0095 |
0.0392 |
316 |
1 |
39.29 |
2009-04-09 |
| 32. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
39.09 |
1.0417 |
0.0002 |
253 |
2 |
37.72 |
2009-04-12 |
| 33. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
39.02 |
1.0529 |
-0.0105 |
351 |
1 |
39.02 |
2009-04-09 |
| 34. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
38.98 |
0.9786 |
0.0623 |
235 |
1 |
38.98 |
2009-04-10 |
| 35. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
38.63 |
1.0013 |
0.0298 |
273 |
2 |
36.68 |
2009-04-16 |
| 36. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
38.61 |
0.9966 |
0.0342 |
259 |
1 |
38.61 |
2009-04-10 |
| 37. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
38.59 |
1.0138 |
0.0167 |
231 |
2 |
37.62 |
2009-04-17 |
| 38. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
38.44 |
0.9128 |
0.1195 |
133 |
1 |
38.44 |
2009-04-15 |
| 39. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
38.35 |
0.9805 |
0.0485 |
292 |
2 |
36.73 |
2009-04-07 |
| 40. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
38.24 |
0.9846 |
0.0357 |
281 |
1 |
38.24 |
2009-04-23 |
| 41. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
38.16 |
1.0016 |
0.0130 |
218 |
1 |
38.16 |
2009-06-19 |
| 42. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
38.16 |
0.9769 |
0.0402 |
263 |
1 |
38.16 |
2009-04-15 |
| 43. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
38.00 |
0.9691 |
0.0453 |
223 |
1 |
38.00 |
2009-04-12 |
| 44. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
38.00 |
1.0666 |
-0.0516 |
297 |
1 |
38.00 |
2009-04-07 |
| 45. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
38.00 |
1.0334 |
-0.0250 |
131 |
2 |
37.77 |
2009-04-12 |
| 46. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
37.79 |
0.9697 |
0.0397 |
249 |
1 |
37.79 |
2009-06-07 |
| 47. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
37.55 |
0.9576 |
0.0497 |
212 |
1 |
37.55 |
2009-04-10 |
| 48. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
37.50 |
1.0063 |
-0.0045 |
371 |
1 |
37.50 |
2009-04-16 |
| 49. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
37.49 |
0.9527 |
0.0483 |
251 |
1 |
37.49 |
2009-07-07 |
| 50. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
37.40 |
0.9339 |
0.0633 |
310 |
2 |
36.62 |
2009-07-06 |
| 51. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
37.15 |
0.9351 |
0.0513 |
190 |
1 |
37.15 |
2009-04-17 |
| 52. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
37.15 |
0.9266 |
0.0671 |
278 |
1 |
37.15 |
2009-04-15 |
| 53. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
37.01 |
0.9196 |
0.0702 |
148 |
2 |
35.66 |
2009-03-31 |
| 54. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
37.00 |
0.8533 |
0.1357 |
232 |
1 |
37.00 |
2009-04-27 |
| 55. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
36.91 |
0.9485 |
0.0386 |
236 |
2 |
36.05 |
2009-04-14 |
| 56. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
36.86 |
0.9500 |
0.0363 |
362 |
1 |
36.86 |
2009-04-12 |
| 57. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
36.80 |
0.8821 |
0.0999 |
176 |
1 |
36.80 |
2009-04-16 |
| 58. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
36.75 |
1.0993 |
-0.1203 |
265 |
1 |
36.75 |
2009-04-09 |
| 59. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
36.70 |
1.0261 |
-0.0482 |
273 |
1 |
36.70 |
2009-04-03 |
| 60. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
36.66 |
0.9820 |
-0.0005 |
267 |
1 |
36.66 |
2009-04-09 |
| 61. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
36.62 |
0.9411 |
0.0373 |
318 |
1 |
36.62 |
2009-07-06 |
| 62. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
36.47 |
1.0521 |
-0.0834 |
171 |
1 |
36.47 |
2009-04-01 |
| 63. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
36.30 |
0.9964 |
-0.0274 |
203 |
2 |
36.06 |
2009-04-14 |
| 64. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
36.21 |
0.8971 |
0.0747 |
266 |
2 |
34.05 |
2009-04-17 |
| 65. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
35.98 |
0.9886 |
-0.0258 |
220 |
1 |
35.98 |
2009-07-06 |
| 66. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
35.81 |
1.0696 |
-0.1174 |
226 |
1 |
35.81 |
2009-04-10 |
| 67. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
35.70 |
1.0025 |
-0.0489 |
336 |
1 |
35.70 |
2009-04-10 |
| 68. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
35.65 |
1.0263 |
-0.0757 |
267 |
1 |
35.65 |
2009-04-12 |
| 69. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
35.30 |
0.8653 |
0.0879 |
255 |
1 |
35.30 |
2009-04-02 |
| 70. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
35.24 |
0.9325 |
0.0011 |
156 |
1 |
35.24 |
2009-03-31 |
| 71. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
34.78 |
1.0429 |
-0.1165 |
259 |
1 |
34.78 |
2009-03-31 |
| 72. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
34.38 |
0.9729 |
-0.0557 |
255 |
1 |
34.38 |
2009-04-02 |
| 73. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
34.37 |
1.0252 |
-0.1150 |
176 |
1 |
34.37 |
2009-04-09 |
| 74. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
34.24 |
0.9572 |
-0.0451 |
201 |
1 |
34.24 |
2009-04-12 |
| 75. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
34.22 |
0.8809 |
0.0296 |
127 |
1 |
34.22 |
2009-07-07 |
| 76. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
34.20 |
1.0053 |
-0.0952 |
232 |
3 |
33.81 |
2009-04-15 |
| 77. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
34.08 |
0.8852 |
0.0258 |
201 |
1 |
34.08 |
2009-04-27 |
| 78. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
33.97 |
0.8878 |
0.0179 |
346 |
1 |
33.97 |
2009-04-14 |
| 79. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
33.59 |
0.9342 |
-0.0351 |
434 |
1 |
33.59 |
2009-06-27 |
| 80. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
33.36 |
0.9740 |
-0.0887 |
209 |
1 |
33.36 |
2009-04-23 |
| 81. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
33.18 |
1.0390 |
-0.1583 |
205 |
1 |
33.18 |
2009-04-03 |
| 82. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
33.11 |
1.0389 |
-0.1538 |
340 |
1 |
33.11 |
2009-07-06 |
| 83. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
32.76 |
0.9289 |
-0.0580 |
204 |
2 |
32.74 |
2009-04-01 |
| 84. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
32.73 |
0.9731 |
-0.1132 |
129 |
1 |
32.73 |
2009-04-09 |
| 85. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
32.44 |
0.8826 |
-0.0167 |
296 |
1 |
32.44 |
2009-04-14 |
| 86. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
32.44 |
0.9614 |
-0.0939 |
292 |
1 |
32.44 |
2009-04-09 |
| 87. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
32.00 |
0.9907 |
-0.1397 |
211 |
1 |
32.00 |
2009-04-10 |
| 88. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
31.99 |
0.9540 |
-0.1034 |
285 |
1 |
31.99 |
2009-04-01 |
| 89. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
31.99 |
0.9048 |
-0.0478 |
271 |
1 |
31.99 |
2009-04-03 |
| 90. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
31.61 |
0.9019 |
-0.0546 |
204 |
1 |
31.61 |
2009-03-31 |
| 91. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
31.52 |
0.8916 |
-0.0516 |
216 |
1 |
31.52 |
2009-04-20 |
| 92. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
31.21 |
0.8919 |
-0.0623 |
205 |
2 |
31.06 |
2009-04-14 |
| 93. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
30.95 |
0.9171 |
-0.0926 |
165 |
1 |
30.95 |
2009-03-31 |
| 94. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
30.79 |
0.9045 |
-0.0843 |
235 |
1 |
30.79 |
2009-04-03 |
| 95. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
30.79 |
0.8961 |
-0.0796 |
189 |
1 |
30.79 |
2009-03-31 |
| 96. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
30.37 |
0.9213 |
-0.1123 |
295 |
1 |
30.37 |
2009-04-05 |
| 97. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
29.80 |
0.8105 |
-0.0217 |
204 |
1 |
29.80 |
2009-07-07 |
| 98. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
23.63 |
0.8628 |
-0.2400 |
196 |
1 |
23.63 |
2009-07-07 |