| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
24.80 |
1.0788 |
0.3033 |
171 |
1 |
24.80 |
2011-04-07 |
| 2. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
24.65 |
0.8715 |
0.5049 |
130 |
3 |
22.54 |
2011-04-07 |
| 3. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
24.42 |
0.7801 |
0.5815 |
116 |
2 |
19.04 |
2011-05-16 |
| 4. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
23.97 |
0.9164 |
0.4253 |
121 |
2 |
19.78 |
2011-05-12 |
| 5. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
23.69 |
0.8544 |
0.4677 |
170 |
3 |
21.12 |
2011-05-16 |
| 6. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
22.98 |
1.0711 |
0.2080 |
213 |
2 |
19.87 |
2011-04-06 |
| 7. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
22.87 |
0.9187 |
0.3509 |
118 |
1 |
22.87 |
2011-04-07 |
| 8. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
22.66 |
0.9162 |
0.3467 |
165 |
1 |
22.66 |
2011-04-07 |
| 9. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
22.56 |
0.8177 |
0.4432 |
124 |
1 |
22.56 |
2011-04-07 |
| 10. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
22.39 |
1.0796 |
0.1666 |
129 |
1 |
22.39 |
2011-05-06 |
| 11. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
22.26 |
0.8739 |
0.3645 |
136 |
3 |
15.83 |
2011-05-04 |
| 12. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
22.18 |
0.8295 |
0.4108 |
209 |
1 |
22.18 |
2011-04-07 |
| 13. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
22.13 |
0.8900 |
0.3477 |
164 |
2 |
17.06 |
2011-05-12 |
| 14. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
21.86 |
1.0334 |
0.1829 |
131 |
2 |
20.30 |
2011-04-07 |
| 15. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
21.82 |
0.8581 |
0.3571 |
136 |
1 |
21.82 |
2011-03-25 |
| 16. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
21.73 |
1.0463 |
0.1631 |
182 |
3 |
17.46 |
2011-05-04 |
| 17. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
21.70 |
0.9340 |
0.2758 |
296 |
1 |
21.70 |
2011-04-07 |
| 18. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
21.64 |
0.8791 |
0.3277 |
190 |
1 |
21.64 |
2011-04-07 |
| 19. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
21.09 |
0.8360 |
0.3405 |
170 |
1 |
21.09 |
2011-05-13 |
| 20. |
Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. |
20.83 |
0.9580 |
0.2086 |
62 |
1 |
20.83 |
2011-04-07 |
| 21. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
20.74 |
0.9773 |
0.1759 |
123 |
2 |
19.78 |
2011-04-07 |
| 22. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
20.25 |
1.0487 |
0.0780 |
231 |
3 |
14.88 |
2011-04-07 |
| 23. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
20.22 |
0.8519 |
0.2766 |
150 |
2 |
18.95 |
2011-04-07 |
| 24. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
20.14 |
0.8118 |
0.3146 |
109 |
3 |
18.32 |
2011-05-13 |
| 25. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
20.11 |
0.9233 |
0.1950 |
168 |
2 |
16.21 |
2011-04-07 |
| 26. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
20.06 |
0.8559 |
0.2623 |
191 |
1 |
20.06 |
2011-05-12 |
| 27. |
The milk and cheese and yogurt, which once came from dairy c... |
20.03 |
0.9310 |
0.1838 |
188 |
1 |
20.03 |
2011-04-07 |
| 28. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
19.98 |
1.0396 |
0.0704 |
149 |
2 |
19.72 |
2011-04-07 |
| 29. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
19.96 |
0.8910 |
0.2220 |
150 |
2 |
16.20 |
2011-05-12 |
| 30. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
19.94 |
1.0197 |
0.0905 |
226 |
1 |
19.94 |
2011-03-25 |
| 31. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
19.92 |
0.9226 |
0.1900 |
177 |
2 |
15.49 |
2011-04-07 |
| 32. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
19.89 |
0.9196 |
0.1880 |
148 |
1 |
19.89 |
2011-03-24 |
| 33. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
19.80 |
0.7850 |
0.3181 |
154 |
3 |
15.33 |
2011-04-07 |
| 34. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
19.76 |
0.8956 |
0.2077 |
217 |
1 |
19.76 |
2011-04-07 |
| 35. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
19.55 |
0.8876 |
0.1976 |
118 |
1 |
19.55 |
2011-03-25 |
| 36. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
19.49 |
1.0252 |
0.0585 |
176 |
1 |
19.49 |
2011-04-07 |
| 37. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
19.46 |
0.8619 |
0.2198 |
119 |
1 |
19.46 |
2011-04-07 |
| 38. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
19.28 |
1.0029 |
0.0693 |
209 |
2 |
18.76 |
2011-04-07 |
| 39. |
When the green lights came on, pedestrians skirted or jumped... |
19.27 |
0.8297 |
0.2377 |
103 |
1 |
19.27 |
2011-04-06 |
| 40. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
19.19 |
0.7826 |
0.2904 |
97 |
4 |
17.53 |
2011-05-04 |
| 41. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
19.19 |
0.8628 |
0.2061 |
196 |
3 |
16.74 |
2011-04-07 |
| 42. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
19.17 |
0.8936 |
0.1765 |
127 |
2 |
15.82 |
2011-04-07 |
| 43. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
19.06 |
0.8872 |
0.1736 |
168 |
1 |
19.06 |
2011-03-29 |
| 44. |
There is a trick for learning to type faster. That trick is ... |
18.98 |
0.8661 |
0.1871 |
94 |
3 |
16.64 |
2011-04-07 |
| 45. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
18.95 |
1.0462 |
0.0069 |
184 |
1 |
18.95 |
2011-04-07 |
| 46. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
18.81 |
0.9303 |
0.1139 |
176 |
1 |
18.81 |
2011-04-06 |
| 47. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
18.53 |
0.7877 |
0.2468 |
142 |
2 |
14.96 |
2011-04-07 |
| 48. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
18.47 |
0.9161 |
0.1116 |
200 |
1 |
18.47 |
2011-03-24 |
| 49. |
You have to be a fairly determined ecological detective to f... |
18.43 |
0.8994 |
0.1273 |
188 |
1 |
18.43 |
2011-03-25 |
| 50. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
18.36 |
0.8096 |
0.2187 |
209 |
1 |
18.36 |
2011-04-06 |
| 51. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
18.36 |
0.7389 |
0.2849 |
145 |
1 |
18.36 |
2011-04-06 |
| 52. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
18.35 |
0.7934 |
0.2282 |
134 |
2 |
16.33 |
2011-04-07 |
| 53. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
18.23 |
0.9873 |
0.0251 |
155 |
1 |
18.23 |
2011-04-07 |
| 54. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
18.21 |
0.9251 |
0.0906 |
177 |
1 |
18.21 |
2011-04-07 |
| 55. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
18.16 |
1.0214 |
-0.0121 |
166 |
2 |
15.01 |
2011-04-07 |
| 56. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
18.04 |
0.9740 |
0.0293 |
209 |
1 |
18.04 |
2011-04-07 |
| 57. |
Desktop publishing revolutionized the creation of printed do... |
17.97 |
0.8023 |
0.2031 |
182 |
1 |
17.97 |
2011-04-07 |
| 58. |
While it may hold true that the final few seconds of a bike ... |
17.79 |
0.7996 |
0.1912 |
177 |
3 |
15.06 |
2011-04-07 |
| 59. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
17.73 |
1.0515 |
-0.0691 |
166 |
1 |
17.73 |
2011-04-01 |
| 60. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
17.68 |
0.7805 |
0.2025 |
154 |
2 |
13.29 |
2011-04-07 |
| 61. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
17.61 |
0.8854 |
0.0929 |
116 |
2 |
16.30 |
2011-03-24 |
| 62. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
17.56 |
0.8422 |
0.1375 |
164 |
1 |
17.56 |
2011-03-29 |
| 63. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
17.55 |
0.8691 |
0.1013 |
119 |
1 |
17.55 |
2011-03-25 |
| 64. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
17.54 |
0.8323 |
0.1436 |
145 |
3 |
13.47 |
2011-04-07 |
| 65. |
Because of their scouting skills and peripheral kinesthetic ... |
17.43 |
0.8162 |
0.1567 |
149 |
1 |
17.43 |
2011-04-07 |
| 66. |
However we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of ... |
17.16 |
0.9986 |
-0.0481 |
162 |
1 |
17.16 |
2011-04-01 |
| 67. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
17.16 |
0.9572 |
-0.0032 |
201 |
1 |
17.16 |
2011-04-07 |
| 68. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
16.95 |
0.8152 |
0.1299 |
163 |
2 |
13.07 |
2011-04-07 |
| 69. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
16.92 |
0.9286 |
0.0122 |
194 |
1 |
16.92 |
2011-03-25 |
| 70. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
16.75 |
0.8852 |
0.0503 |
158 |
2 |
16.52 |
2011-04-07 |
| 71. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
16.74 |
1.0004 |
-0.0710 |
212 |
3 |
16.21 |
2011-04-07 |
| 72. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
16.70 |
0.8773 |
0.0529 |
205 |
1 |
16.70 |
2011-03-24 |
| 73. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
16.69 |
0.8793 |
0.0495 |
157 |
1 |
16.69 |
2011-03-31 |
| 74. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
16.68 |
1.0132 |
-0.0907 |
143 |
1 |
16.68 |
2011-03-29 |
| 75. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
16.42 |
1.0205 |
-0.1121 |
179 |
2 |
15.04 |
2011-04-07 |
| 76. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
16.29 |
1.0679 |
-0.1363 |
177 |
4 |
14.30 |
2011-04-07 |
| 77. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
16.10 |
0.8745 |
0.0186 |
169 |
1 |
16.10 |
2011-03-25 |
| 78. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
16.09 |
0.8788 |
0.0140 |
134 |
1 |
16.09 |
2011-04-08 |
| 79. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
15.88 |
0.8809 |
-0.0009 |
127 |
3 |
13.03 |
2011-04-07 |
| 80. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
15.67 |
0.9786 |
-0.1088 |
193 |
1 |
15.67 |
2011-03-29 |
| 81. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
15.50 |
1.0201 |
-0.1612 |
172 |
2 |
12.33 |
2011-04-07 |
| 82. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
15.39 |
0.8890 |
-0.0346 |
199 |
2 |
12.72 |
2011-04-07 |
| 83. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
15.38 |
0.8660 |
-0.0094 |
193 |
1 |
15.38 |
2011-03-24 |
| 84. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
15.17 |
1.0099 |
-0.1672 |
207 |
1 |
15.17 |
2011-04-08 |
| 85. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
14.93 |
0.8243 |
0.0036 |
134 |
1 |
14.93 |
2011-04-07 |
| 86. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
14.73 |
0.8562 |
-0.0381 |
170 |
2 |
12.95 |
2011-04-07 |
| 87. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
14.66 |
0.8145 |
0.0015 |
115 |
2 |
14.17 |
2011-04-06 |
| 88. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
14.60 |
0.9351 |
-0.1267 |
190 |
1 |
14.60 |
2011-03-24 |
| 89. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
14.12 |
0.8615 |
-0.0765 |
110 |
1 |
14.12 |
2011-03-25 |
| 90. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
14.01 |
0.8231 |
-0.0425 |
180 |
1 |
14.01 |
2011-04-07 |
| 91. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
13.92 |
0.8961 |
-0.1231 |
189 |
1 |
13.92 |
2011-03-29 |
| 92. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
13.57 |
0.8077 |
-0.0555 |
167 |
1 |
13.57 |
2011-03-24 |
| 93. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
13.54 |
0.9682 |
-0.2176 |
143 |
1 |
13.54 |
2011-04-07 |
| 94. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
13.25 |
0.8918 |
-0.1586 |
100 |
1 |
13.25 |
2011-04-07 |
| 95. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
13.05 |
0.8275 |
-0.1054 |
142 |
2 |
12.20 |
2011-05-05 |
| 96. |
By the early 1990s the first Internet language (HTTP) was wr... |
12.53 |
0.7104 |
-0.0132 |
131 |
2 |
11.64 |
2011-04-07 |
| 97. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
12.49 |
0.9028 |
-0.2119 |
155 |
1 |
12.49 |
2011-04-07 |
| 98. |
Don't make assumptions. Communicate with others as clearly a... |
12.29 |
0.8082 |
-0.1241 |
186 |
1 |
12.29 |
2011-04-07 |
| 99. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
11.99 |
0.8553 |
-0.1928 |
174 |
1 |
11.99 |
2011-04-07 |
| 100. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
11.81 |
0.8070 |
-0.1517 |
137 |
1 |
11.81 |
2011-04-07 |
| 101. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
11.62 |
1.0714 |
-0.4317 |
129 |
1 |
11.62 |
2011-04-07 |
| 102. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
11.44 |
0.8190 |
-0.1799 |
135 |
2 |
10.52 |
2011-04-07 |
| 103. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
11.21 |
0.9128 |
-0.2898 |
133 |
1 |
11.21 |
2011-04-07 |
| 104. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
11.18 |
1.0444 |
-0.4293 |
197 |
1 |
11.18 |
2011-04-07 |
| 105. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
11.01 |
1.0528 |
-0.4457 |
201 |
1 |
11.01 |
2011-04-07 |
| 106. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
10.75 |
0.8154 |
-0.2203 |
193 |
1 |
10.75 |
2011-04-07 |
| 107. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
10.70 |
0.8178 |
-0.2259 |
159 |
1 |
10.70 |
2011-04-07 |
| 108. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
10.39 |
0.7259 |
-0.1461 |
186 |
1 |
10.39 |
2011-04-07 |