| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
58.97 |
1.0714 |
0.2544 |
129 |
1 |
58.97 |
2009-06-01 |
| 2. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
58.38 |
1.0213 |
0.2967 |
240 |
2 |
53.56 |
2009-02-04 |
| 3. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
53.52 |
0.9965 |
0.2088 |
168 |
1 |
53.52 |
2009-02-09 |
| 4. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
53.40 |
0.8615 |
0.3460 |
110 |
1 |
53.40 |
2009-01-29 |
| 5. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
53.10 |
0.9576 |
0.2476 |
212 |
1 |
53.10 |
2009-02-04 |
| 6. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
52.77 |
1.0368 |
0.1571 |
276 |
2 |
51.73 |
2009-01-29 |
| 7. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
52.73 |
0.9946 |
0.1973 |
246 |
2 |
48.89 |
2009-02-09 |
| 8. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
52.17 |
1.0496 |
0.1290 |
314 |
1 |
52.17 |
2009-02-09 |
| 9. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
51.01 |
0.9780 |
0.1758 |
337 |
1 |
51.01 |
2009-02-04 |
| 10. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
50.39 |
1.0396 |
0.0918 |
149 |
1 |
50.39 |
2009-01-29 |
| 11. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
50.00 |
0.8935 |
0.2459 |
328 |
2 |
49.32 |
2009-02-09 |
| 12. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
49.05 |
0.9893 |
0.1188 |
323 |
1 |
49.05 |
2009-01-29 |
| 13. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
48.95 |
1.0197 |
0.0831 |
226 |
1 |
48.95 |
2009-01-29 |
| 14. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
48.40 |
1.0399 |
0.0584 |
294 |
1 |
48.40 |
2009-01-29 |
| 15. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
48.40 |
1.0389 |
0.0559 |
318 |
1 |
48.40 |
2009-02-04 |
| 16. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
48.16 |
1.0829 |
0.0063 |
288 |
1 |
48.16 |
2009-01-29 |
| 17. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
48.15 |
0.9426 |
0.1479 |
317 |
1 |
48.15 |
2009-02-04 |
| 18. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
47.71 |
0.9266 |
0.1526 |
278 |
1 |
47.71 |
2009-01-29 |
| 19. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
47.40 |
0.9226 |
0.1540 |
348 |
1 |
47.40 |
2009-02-04 |
| 20. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
47.36 |
1.0361 |
0.0343 |
269 |
1 |
47.36 |
2009-01-29 |
| 21. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
47.26 |
0.9572 |
0.1088 |
201 |
1 |
47.26 |
2009-02-04 |
| 22. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
47.12 |
1.0340 |
0.0351 |
406 |
1 |
47.12 |
2009-02-09 |
| 23. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
47.04 |
0.9907 |
0.0698 |
211 |
2 |
45.67 |
2009-01-29 |
| 24. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
46.81 |
0.9164 |
0.1452 |
305 |
3 |
39.72 |
2009-01-29 |
| 25. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
46.71 |
0.9754 |
0.0852 |
362 |
1 |
46.71 |
2009-01-29 |
| 26. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
46.38 |
0.9266 |
0.1205 |
267 |
1 |
46.38 |
2009-02-04 |
| 27. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
46.23 |
1.0711 |
-0.0326 |
213 |
1 |
46.23 |
2009-01-29 |
| 28. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
46.01 |
1.0788 |
-0.0459 |
171 |
1 |
46.01 |
2009-01-29 |
| 29. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
45.81 |
1.0486 |
-0.0138 |
289 |
1 |
45.81 |
2009-02-09 |
| 30. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
45.68 |
0.9865 |
0.0456 |
276 |
1 |
45.68 |
2009-01-29 |
| 31. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
45.54 |
1.0263 |
0.0007 |
267 |
1 |
45.54 |
2009-06-01 |
| 32. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
45.45 |
0.9851 |
0.0428 |
317 |
2 |
38.90 |
2009-02-09 |
| 33. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
45.41 |
0.9125 |
0.1141 |
308 |
1 |
45.41 |
2009-01-29 |
| 34. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
45.09 |
0.9279 |
0.0961 |
317 |
1 |
45.09 |
2009-01-29 |
| 35. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
44.98 |
0.9991 |
0.0164 |
225 |
1 |
44.98 |
2009-01-29 |
| 36. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
44.74 |
1.0528 |
-0.0483 |
201 |
1 |
44.74 |
2009-02-05 |
| 37. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
44.70 |
0.8852 |
0.1255 |
201 |
1 |
44.70 |
2009-01-29 |
| 38. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
44.51 |
0.9614 |
0.0459 |
292 |
1 |
44.51 |
2009-01-29 |
| 39. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
44.34 |
1.0214 |
-0.0227 |
269 |
1 |
44.34 |
2009-01-29 |
| 40. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
44.25 |
1.0444 |
-0.0527 |
197 |
1 |
44.25 |
2009-01-28 |
| 41. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
43.68 |
0.9852 |
0.0004 |
264 |
3 |
41.96 |
2009-02-05 |
| 42. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
43.38 |
0.9619 |
0.0217 |
393 |
1 |
43.38 |
2009-02-05 |
| 43. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
43.29 |
1.0668 |
-0.0879 |
350 |
1 |
43.29 |
2009-01-29 |
| 44. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
43.28 |
0.9570 |
0.0208 |
287 |
1 |
43.28 |
2009-01-29 |
| 45. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
43.26 |
0.9084 |
0.0691 |
300 |
1 |
43.26 |
2009-02-04 |
| 46. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
43.18 |
0.9805 |
-0.0020 |
292 |
1 |
43.18 |
2009-01-29 |
| 47. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
42.97 |
0.9811 |
-0.0093 |
272 |
1 |
42.97 |
2009-01-29 |
| 48. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
42.81 |
1.0462 |
-0.0869 |
184 |
1 |
42.81 |
2009-01-29 |
| 49. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
42.71 |
0.7876 |
0.1781 |
316 |
2 |
42.25 |
2009-02-09 |
| 50. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
42.68 |
0.9339 |
0.0270 |
310 |
1 |
42.68 |
2009-01-29 |
| 51. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
42.61 |
0.9786 |
-0.0230 |
193 |
2 |
39.70 |
2009-01-29 |
| 52. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
42.33 |
1.0025 |
-0.0482 |
256 |
1 |
42.33 |
2009-02-09 |
| 53. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
41.69 |
1.0331 |
-0.0955 |
234 |
1 |
41.69 |
2009-01-27 |
| 54. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
41.64 |
1.0029 |
-0.0706 |
209 |
1 |
41.64 |
2009-01-29 |
| 55. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
41.43 |
0.9899 |
-0.0607 |
163 |
1 |
41.43 |
2009-06-01 |
| 56. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
40.94 |
0.9936 |
-0.0712 |
311 |
1 |
40.94 |
2009-01-28 |
| 57. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
39.19 |
0.8595 |
0.0250 |
242 |
1 |
39.19 |
2009-02-05 |
| 58. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
39.09 |
0.8878 |
-0.0076 |
346 |
2 |
36.51 |
2009-02-05 |
| 59. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
39.05 |
0.9758 |
-0.0956 |
314 |
1 |
39.05 |
2009-01-29 |
| 60. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
38.81 |
1.0183 |
-0.1499 |
191 |
1 |
38.81 |
2009-01-28 |
| 61. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
38.72 |
0.8770 |
-0.0019 |
300 |
1 |
38.72 |
2009-01-29 |
| 62. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
38.25 |
1.0203 |
-0.1557 |
261 |
1 |
38.25 |
2009-01-28 |
| 63. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
37.81 |
1.0261 |
-0.1769 |
273 |
1 |
37.81 |
2009-01-28 |
| 64. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
37.46 |
0.9068 |
-0.0607 |
269 |
1 |
37.46 |
2009-01-28 |
| 65. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
37.32 |
0.9786 |
-0.1392 |
235 |
1 |
37.32 |
2009-01-28 |
| 66. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
37.24 |
0.8821 |
-0.0445 |
176 |
1 |
37.24 |
2009-01-27 |
| 67. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
36.92 |
0.9430 |
-0.1195 |
211 |
1 |
36.92 |
2009-01-29 |
| 68. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
36.77 |
0.9820 |
-0.1518 |
267 |
1 |
36.77 |
2009-06-01 |
| 69. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
36.70 |
1.0426 |
-0.2175 |
323 |
1 |
36.70 |
2009-01-28 |
| 70. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
36.17 |
0.9540 |
-0.1421 |
285 |
1 |
36.17 |
2009-01-27 |
| 71. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
35.80 |
0.9966 |
-0.1920 |
259 |
2 |
34.54 |
2009-01-29 |
| 72. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
35.72 |
0.9048 |
-0.0968 |
271 |
1 |
35.72 |
2009-01-28 |
| 73. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
35.49 |
0.8353 |
-0.0297 |
283 |
1 |
35.49 |
2009-01-28 |
| 74. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
34.82 |
0.8971 |
-0.1090 |
266 |
1 |
34.82 |
2009-01-28 |
| 75. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
33.94 |
0.8722 |
-0.1066 |
285 |
1 |
33.94 |
2009-01-28 |
| 76. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
32.71 |
1.0252 |
-0.2971 |
176 |
1 |
32.71 |
2009-01-27 |
| 77. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
31.00 |
0.9084 |
-0.2088 |
404 |
1 |
31.00 |
2009-01-28 |
| 78. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
28.30 |
1.0218 |
-0.3909 |
268 |
1 |
28.30 |
2009-01-28 |