| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
34.87 |
0.9164 |
0.3971 |
121 |
4 |
28.10 |
2009-04-01 |
| 2. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
34.85 |
1.0263 |
0.2821 |
267 |
2 |
33.53 |
2009-03-28 |
| 3. |
There is a trick for learning to type faster. That trick is ... |
34.55 |
0.8661 |
0.4228 |
94 |
6 |
24.88 |
2009-04-02 |
| 4. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
34.34 |
0.9731 |
0.3042 |
129 |
3 |
31.08 |
2009-04-01 |
| 5. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
33.04 |
1.0023 |
0.2363 |
211 |
3 |
26.96 |
2009-03-31 |
| 6. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
32.40 |
1.0797 |
0.1309 |
210 |
3 |
28.98 |
2009-03-31 |
| 7. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
32.17 |
1.0796 |
0.1231 |
129 |
3 |
27.47 |
2009-04-01 |
| 8. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
31.78 |
0.8739 |
0.3148 |
136 |
3 |
28.14 |
2009-03-31 |
| 9. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
31.68 |
0.8660 |
0.3233 |
193 |
3 |
29.38 |
2009-04-01 |
| 10. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
31.16 |
1.0214 |
0.1424 |
166 |
1 |
31.16 |
2009-03-28 |
| 11. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
31.08 |
0.8941 |
0.2741 |
216 |
1 |
31.08 |
2009-03-28 |
| 12. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
30.98 |
0.9316 |
0.2368 |
287 |
2 |
30.90 |
2009-03-28 |
| 13. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
30.92 |
0.8936 |
0.2649 |
127 |
5 |
24.35 |
2009-04-04 |
| 14. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
30.75 |
0.9171 |
0.2369 |
165 |
1 |
30.75 |
2009-03-28 |
| 15. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
30.70 |
0.8037 |
0.3508 |
148 |
3 |
24.52 |
2009-04-01 |
| 16. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
30.67 |
0.8118 |
0.3437 |
109 |
1 |
30.67 |
2009-03-28 |
| 17. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
30.52 |
0.9697 |
0.1754 |
249 |
2 |
29.50 |
2009-03-27 |
| 18. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
30.49 |
1.0498 |
0.0892 |
180 |
1 |
30.49 |
2009-03-28 |
| 19. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
30.32 |
1.0124 |
0.1225 |
204 |
1 |
30.32 |
2009-03-28 |
| 20. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
30.28 |
0.8709 |
0.2728 |
202 |
2 |
30.03 |
2009-03-28 |
| 21. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
30.25 |
0.9196 |
0.2168 |
148 |
2 |
29.93 |
2009-03-27 |
| 22. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
30.10 |
0.8747 |
0.2498 |
201 |
2 |
27.46 |
2009-03-31 |
| 23. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
30.08 |
1.0528 |
0.0704 |
201 |
1 |
30.08 |
2009-03-27 |
| 24. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
30.00 |
0.9846 |
0.1395 |
281 |
2 |
29.52 |
2009-03-28 |
| 25. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
29.81 |
1.0787 |
0.0380 |
237 |
1 |
29.81 |
2009-03-27 |
| 26. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
29.72 |
1.0016 |
0.1084 |
218 |
2 |
25.71 |
2009-03-31 |
| 27. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
29.68 |
0.9941 |
0.1166 |
217 |
2 |
28.37 |
2009-03-28 |
| 28. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
29.58 |
0.8125 |
0.2993 |
197 |
3 |
23.33 |
2009-04-01 |
| 29. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
29.52 |
0.9226 |
0.1882 |
177 |
2 |
29.16 |
2009-03-27 |
| 30. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
29.41 |
0.8792 |
0.2329 |
296 |
1 |
29.41 |
2009-03-28 |
| 31. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
29.34 |
0.9233 |
0.1686 |
168 |
1 |
29.34 |
2009-03-27 |
| 32. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
29.28 |
1.0767 |
0.0190 |
212 |
1 |
29.28 |
2009-03-27 |
| 33. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
29.17 |
0.7690 |
0.3263 |
142 |
2 |
25.65 |
2009-03-31 |
| 34. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
29.14 |
0.8892 |
0.2094 |
207 |
1 |
29.14 |
2009-03-27 |
| 35. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
29.08 |
0.8628 |
0.2241 |
196 |
1 |
29.08 |
2009-03-26 |
| 36. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
29.05 |
1.0331 |
0.0539 |
234 |
1 |
29.05 |
2009-03-27 |
| 37. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
28.67 |
1.0099 |
0.0619 |
207 |
2 |
26.29 |
2009-03-28 |
| 38. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
28.61 |
0.9213 |
0.1517 |
295 |
2 |
27.03 |
2009-03-28 |
| 39. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
28.55 |
1.0396 |
0.0234 |
149 |
4 |
21.63 |
2009-04-04 |
| 40. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
28.35 |
0.9251 |
0.1425 |
177 |
2 |
27.59 |
2009-03-28 |
| 41. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
28.28 |
0.8666 |
0.1963 |
150 |
1 |
28.28 |
2009-03-26 |
| 42. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
28.28 |
1.0251 |
0.0326 |
261 |
2 |
27.96 |
2009-03-27 |
| 43. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
28.02 |
1.0711 |
-0.0261 |
213 |
5 |
23.29 |
2009-04-04 |
| 44. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
27.85 |
1.0487 |
-0.0101 |
231 |
5 |
22.40 |
2009-04-04 |
| 45. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
27.83 |
0.8852 |
0.1581 |
158 |
2 |
26.59 |
2009-04-01 |
| 46. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
27.74 |
0.8544 |
0.1855 |
170 |
3 |
24.68 |
2009-04-02 |
| 47. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
27.70 |
0.8152 |
0.2229 |
163 |
2 |
23.71 |
2009-04-01 |
| 48. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
27.60 |
0.7850 |
0.2456 |
154 |
3 |
23.30 |
2009-03-31 |
| 49. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
27.56 |
0.8070 |
0.2225 |
167 |
1 |
27.56 |
2009-03-27 |
| 50. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
27.35 |
0.8961 |
0.1252 |
189 |
5 |
24.76 |
2009-03-28 |
| 51. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
27.29 |
1.0521 |
-0.0345 |
171 |
2 |
25.78 |
2009-04-01 |
| 52. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
27.13 |
0.9758 |
0.0412 |
314 |
1 |
27.13 |
2009-03-27 |
| 53. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
27.02 |
0.9260 |
0.0965 |
243 |
1 |
27.02 |
2009-03-27 |
| 54. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
26.92 |
1.0033 |
-0.0016 |
189 |
1 |
26.92 |
2009-03-28 |
| 55. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
26.83 |
0.8975 |
0.1079 |
268 |
1 |
26.83 |
2009-03-27 |
| 56. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
26.58 |
0.9514 |
0.0444 |
237 |
1 |
26.58 |
2009-03-27 |
| 57. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
26.50 |
1.0390 |
-0.0504 |
205 |
2 |
25.30 |
2009-04-01 |
| 58. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
26.49 |
0.8810 |
0.1118 |
282 |
1 |
26.49 |
2009-03-26 |
| 59. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
26.11 |
0.9965 |
-0.0237 |
168 |
1 |
26.11 |
2009-03-26 |
| 60. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
26.10 |
0.7916 |
0.1933 |
184 |
1 |
26.10 |
2009-03-27 |
| 61. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
26.00 |
0.7389 |
0.2360 |
145 |
1 |
26.00 |
2009-04-02 |
| 62. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
25.96 |
0.9289 |
0.0407 |
204 |
1 |
25.96 |
2009-03-26 |
| 63. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
25.74 |
0.8899 |
0.0848 |
293 |
1 |
25.74 |
2009-03-26 |
| 64. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
25.71 |
0.9636 |
-0.0012 |
254 |
1 |
25.71 |
2009-03-27 |
| 65. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
25.69 |
0.9633 |
0.0006 |
304 |
1 |
25.69 |
2009-03-26 |
| 66. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
25.51 |
0.9740 |
-0.0232 |
209 |
1 |
25.51 |
2009-03-28 |
| 67. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
25.43 |
0.8188 |
0.1341 |
183 |
1 |
25.43 |
2009-04-01 |
| 68. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
25.36 |
1.0213 |
-0.0753 |
240 |
1 |
25.36 |
2009-03-28 |
| 69. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
25.29 |
0.9202 |
0.0256 |
254 |
1 |
25.29 |
2009-03-27 |
| 70. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
25.08 |
0.9710 |
-0.0389 |
173 |
2 |
23.98 |
2009-03-27 |
| 71. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
25.06 |
0.9772 |
-0.0429 |
217 |
2 |
21.71 |
2009-04-04 |
| 72. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
25.04 |
0.8910 |
0.0477 |
150 |
3 |
23.97 |
2009-04-01 |
| 73. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
24.88 |
0.9786 |
-0.0528 |
193 |
2 |
22.80 |
2009-04-01 |
| 74. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
24.74 |
0.8791 |
0.0457 |
190 |
4 |
22.16 |
2009-04-01 |
| 75. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
24.68 |
0.9572 |
-0.0349 |
201 |
2 |
22.50 |
2009-04-04 |
| 76. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
24.59 |
0.9798 |
-0.0655 |
199 |
1 |
24.59 |
2009-03-26 |
| 77. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
24.26 |
0.9649 |
-0.0586 |
193 |
1 |
24.26 |
2009-04-02 |
| 78. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
24.23 |
1.0252 |
-0.1254 |
176 |
3 |
23.79 |
2009-04-02 |
| 79. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
24.21 |
0.9351 |
-0.0351 |
190 |
2 |
22.32 |
2009-04-01 |
| 80. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
24.20 |
0.9682 |
-0.0649 |
143 |
2 |
23.21 |
2009-04-01 |
| 81. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
24.11 |
1.0565 |
-0.1573 |
247 |
2 |
23.20 |
2009-04-01 |
| 82. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
24.01 |
0.8615 |
0.0366 |
110 |
4 |
22.52 |
2009-04-01 |
| 83. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
23.98 |
0.8295 |
0.0691 |
209 |
2 |
23.80 |
2009-04-01 |
| 84. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
23.92 |
0.8177 |
0.0725 |
124 |
3 |
22.17 |
2009-04-01 |
| 85. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
23.88 |
0.8715 |
0.0176 |
130 |
1 |
23.88 |
2009-03-28 |
| 86. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
23.80 |
1.0788 |
-0.1944 |
171 |
1 |
23.80 |
2009-04-01 |
| 87. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
23.76 |
0.8070 |
0.0840 |
137 |
2 |
22.17 |
2009-04-01 |
| 88. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
23.69 |
0.8887 |
0.0111 |
128 |
1 |
23.69 |
2009-03-31 |
| 89. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
23.66 |
0.8422 |
0.0442 |
164 |
2 |
23.20 |
2009-04-01 |
| 90. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
23.64 |
0.9221 |
-0.0397 |
244 |
2 |
23.01 |
2009-03-31 |
| 91. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
23.64 |
0.8506 |
0.0291 |
132 |
1 |
23.64 |
2009-03-31 |
| 92. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
23.62 |
0.9168 |
-0.0323 |
240 |
1 |
23.62 |
2009-03-28 |
| 93. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
23.47 |
0.8595 |
0.0198 |
242 |
2 |
22.96 |
2009-03-28 |
| 94. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
23.31 |
0.8745 |
-0.0053 |
169 |
1 |
23.31 |
2009-03-31 |
| 95. |
Imagine words like "if" as a two-finger movement instead of ... |
23.26 |
0.7443 |
0.1238 |
169 |
2 |
23.19 |
2009-04-01 |
| 96. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
22.85 |
1.0201 |
-0.1729 |
172 |
3 |
21.59 |
2009-04-01 |
| 97. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
22.84 |
0.9430 |
-0.0967 |
211 |
1 |
22.84 |
2009-03-28 |
| 98. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
22.74 |
0.8900 |
-0.0390 |
164 |
3 |
21.42 |
2009-04-01 |
| 99. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
22.70 |
0.7938 |
0.0555 |
176 |
1 |
22.70 |
2009-03-26 |
| 100. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
22.52 |
0.8154 |
0.0278 |
193 |
2 |
22.03 |
2009-04-01 |
| 101. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
22.49 |
0.8916 |
-0.0510 |
216 |
1 |
22.49 |
2009-03-26 |
| 102. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
22.45 |
0.8153 |
0.0283 |
200 |
1 |
22.45 |
2009-04-01 |
| 103. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
22.35 |
0.8809 |
-0.0481 |
127 |
4 |
19.61 |
2009-04-04 |
| 104. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
22.28 |
0.8360 |
-0.0045 |
170 |
1 |
22.28 |
2009-03-27 |
| 105. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
22.10 |
0.9128 |
-0.0818 |
133 |
1 |
22.10 |
2009-04-01 |
| 106. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
22.05 |
1.1016 |
-0.2779 |
233 |
1 |
22.05 |
2009-04-04 |
| 107. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
21.99 |
1.0444 |
-0.2297 |
197 |
1 |
21.99 |
2009-03-31 |
| 108. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
21.44 |
0.7826 |
0.0217 |
97 |
1 |
21.44 |
2009-04-01 |
| 109. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
21.33 |
0.7352 |
0.0610 |
106 |
2 |
20.10 |
2009-03-31 |
| 110. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
21.29 |
1.0334 |
-0.2451 |
131 |
2 |
19.69 |
2009-04-02 |
| 111. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
21.20 |
0.8263 |
-0.0370 |
162 |
1 |
21.20 |
2009-03-26 |
| 112. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
20.99 |
0.8919 |
-0.1102 |
205 |
2 |
19.69 |
2009-03-31 |
| 113. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
20.39 |
0.7908 |
-0.0255 |
127 |
1 |
20.39 |
2009-03-31 |
| 114. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
19.65 |
0.8142 |
-0.0872 |
187 |
1 |
19.65 |
2009-03-31 |
| 115. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
19.10 |
0.8323 |
-0.1220 |
145 |
2 |
19.09 |
2009-04-04 |
| 116. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
18.71 |
0.9325 |
-0.2423 |
156 |
1 |
18.71 |
2009-03-31 |
| 117. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
18.69 |
0.8077 |
-0.1135 |
167 |
1 |
18.69 |
2009-03-31 |
| 118. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
18.67 |
0.8700 |
-0.1753 |
127 |
1 |
18.67 |
2009-03-31 |
| 119. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
18.46 |
0.7934 |
-0.1068 |
134 |
1 |
18.46 |
2009-03-31 |