| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
52.36 |
0.8887 |
0.4119 |
128 |
1 |
52.36 |
2009-02-11 |
| 2. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
49.51 |
1.0993 |
0.1144 |
265 |
1 |
49.51 |
2009-02-11 |
| 3. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
48.93 |
1.0062 |
0.1952 |
288 |
1 |
48.93 |
2009-02-11 |
| 4. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
48.37 |
1.0666 |
0.1210 |
297 |
2 |
45.18 |
2009-02-12 |
| 5. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
48.27 |
0.8077 |
0.3755 |
167 |
3 |
40.69 |
2008-12-30 |
| 6. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
48.17 |
1.1018 |
0.0744 |
220 |
2 |
46.60 |
2009-02-12 |
| 7. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
48.05 |
1.0477 |
0.1343 |
360 |
1 |
48.05 |
2009-02-12 |
| 8. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
47.71 |
0.8956 |
0.2782 |
217 |
1 |
47.71 |
2008-12-30 |
| 9. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
47.58 |
1.0063 |
0.1620 |
371 |
3 |
45.42 |
2009-02-16 |
| 10. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
47.45 |
1.0016 |
0.1585 |
218 |
2 |
46.61 |
2009-02-12 |
| 11. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
46.21 |
1.0787 |
0.0539 |
237 |
1 |
46.21 |
2008-12-30 |
| 12. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
45.92 |
1.0034 |
0.1218 |
302 |
1 |
45.92 |
2008-12-29 |
| 13. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
45.85 |
0.9946 |
0.1302 |
246 |
1 |
45.85 |
2009-02-12 |
| 14. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
45.79 |
0.9251 |
0.2034 |
177 |
1 |
45.79 |
2009-02-07 |
| 15. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
45.54 |
1.0483 |
0.0660 |
227 |
1 |
45.54 |
2008-12-29 |
| 16. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
45.52 |
1.0004 |
0.1103 |
212 |
2 |
44.82 |
2009-02-12 |
| 17. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
45.39 |
0.9866 |
0.1233 |
218 |
1 |
45.39 |
2009-02-12 |
| 18. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
45.35 |
0.9772 |
0.1319 |
217 |
1 |
45.35 |
2009-02-11 |
| 19. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
45.25 |
0.9171 |
0.1933 |
165 |
3 |
42.47 |
2009-02-12 |
| 20. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
45.08 |
0.9019 |
0.2092 |
204 |
1 |
45.08 |
2009-02-12 |
| 21. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
45.07 |
0.8791 |
0.2256 |
190 |
3 |
38.47 |
2008-12-30 |
| 22. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
44.96 |
0.9316 |
0.1773 |
287 |
1 |
44.96 |
2008-12-29 |
| 23. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
44.92 |
0.9884 |
0.1178 |
262 |
2 |
44.77 |
2009-02-11 |
| 24. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
44.75 |
0.9430 |
0.1474 |
211 |
1 |
44.75 |
2009-02-12 |
| 25. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
44.49 |
1.0183 |
0.0674 |
191 |
2 |
39.12 |
2008-12-29 |
| 26. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
44.40 |
1.0368 |
0.0531 |
276 |
1 |
44.40 |
2009-02-11 |
| 27. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
44.38 |
1.0462 |
0.0362 |
184 |
1 |
44.38 |
2009-02-07 |
| 28. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
44.25 |
0.9646 |
0.1198 |
264 |
1 |
44.25 |
2009-02-11 |
| 29. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
43.87 |
1.0523 |
0.0193 |
256 |
1 |
43.87 |
2009-01-19 |
| 30. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
43.59 |
0.9325 |
0.1297 |
156 |
1 |
43.59 |
2008-12-29 |
| 31. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
43.54 |
1.0138 |
0.0535 |
231 |
1 |
43.54 |
2009-02-11 |
| 32. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
43.27 |
0.9281 |
0.1380 |
273 |
1 |
43.27 |
2008-12-29 |
| 33. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
43.17 |
0.9005 |
0.1565 |
212 |
2 |
43.01 |
2009-02-12 |
| 34. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
43.03 |
1.0696 |
-0.0181 |
226 |
2 |
41.20 |
2008-12-27 |
| 35. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
42.74 |
0.9572 |
0.0895 |
201 |
1 |
42.74 |
2008-12-27 |
| 36. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
42.54 |
0.9048 |
0.1427 |
271 |
1 |
42.54 |
2008-12-29 |
| 37. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
42.40 |
0.8935 |
0.1556 |
328 |
1 |
42.40 |
2009-02-11 |
| 38. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
42.36 |
1.0099 |
0.0256 |
207 |
1 |
42.36 |
2009-02-07 |
| 39. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
42.22 |
0.9843 |
0.0456 |
234 |
2 |
40.90 |
2008-12-29 |
| 40. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
41.96 |
1.0131 |
0.0115 |
225 |
2 |
35.22 |
2008-12-30 |
| 41. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
41.76 |
1.0331 |
-0.0118 |
234 |
1 |
41.76 |
2009-02-16 |
| 42. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
41.67 |
0.9429 |
0.0797 |
287 |
1 |
41.67 |
2009-02-07 |
| 43. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
41.60 |
0.8810 |
0.1393 |
282 |
2 |
38.54 |
2008-12-27 |
| 44. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
41.57 |
1.0168 |
0.0034 |
271 |
1 |
41.57 |
2008-12-27 |
| 45. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
41.48 |
0.9068 |
0.1127 |
269 |
1 |
41.48 |
2009-02-07 |
| 46. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
41.38 |
0.9786 |
0.0350 |
235 |
2 |
38.54 |
2009-02-12 |
| 47. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
41.26 |
0.9857 |
0.0244 |
293 |
1 |
41.26 |
2009-02-12 |
| 48. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
41.13 |
1.0349 |
-0.0277 |
234 |
1 |
41.13 |
2008-12-29 |
| 49. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
41.13 |
1.0389 |
-0.0293 |
318 |
1 |
41.13 |
2008-12-29 |
| 50. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
41.10 |
1.0714 |
-0.0732 |
129 |
3 |
38.88 |
2009-01-19 |
| 51. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
41.06 |
1.0487 |
-0.0476 |
231 |
1 |
41.06 |
2008-12-29 |
| 52. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
40.87 |
0.8961 |
0.1019 |
189 |
3 |
36.57 |
2008-12-30 |
| 53. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
40.82 |
0.8792 |
0.1303 |
296 |
1 |
40.82 |
2009-02-16 |
| 54. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
40.75 |
0.9500 |
0.0506 |
362 |
2 |
40.23 |
2009-01-19 |
| 55. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
40.67 |
0.9221 |
0.0728 |
244 |
2 |
32.86 |
2008-12-29 |
| 56. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
40.65 |
0.9213 |
0.0751 |
295 |
1 |
40.65 |
2008-12-29 |
| 57. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
40.51 |
1.0263 |
-0.0346 |
267 |
2 |
38.75 |
2008-12-30 |
| 58. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
40.25 |
0.9464 |
0.0447 |
323 |
1 |
40.25 |
2009-02-12 |
| 59. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
40.15 |
0.9342 |
0.0528 |
434 |
2 |
37.84 |
2009-02-12 |
| 60. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
40.11 |
1.0445 |
-0.0611 |
373 |
1 |
40.11 |
2008-12-27 |
| 61. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
40.02 |
1.0385 |
-0.0600 |
230 |
1 |
40.02 |
2008-12-29 |
| 62. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
39.94 |
0.9289 |
0.0471 |
204 |
1 |
39.94 |
2008-12-30 |
| 63. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
39.91 |
1.0515 |
-0.0758 |
250 |
1 |
39.91 |
2008-12-29 |
| 64. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
39.88 |
0.8602 |
0.1144 |
206 |
1 |
39.88 |
2009-02-12 |
| 65. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
39.88 |
0.9365 |
0.0417 |
248 |
1 |
39.88 |
2009-01-19 |
| 66. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
39.70 |
1.0120 |
-0.0404 |
290 |
1 |
39.70 |
2009-02-16 |
| 67. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
39.60 |
1.0013 |
-0.0323 |
273 |
1 |
39.60 |
2009-01-19 |
| 68. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
39.29 |
1.0261 |
-0.0658 |
273 |
1 |
39.29 |
2008-12-27 |
| 69. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
39.26 |
0.8910 |
0.0722 |
150 |
1 |
39.26 |
2008-12-27 |
| 70. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
39.21 |
0.9513 |
0.0127 |
354 |
1 |
39.21 |
2009-02-07 |
| 71. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
38.81 |
0.8826 |
0.0691 |
296 |
3 |
35.89 |
2009-02-07 |
| 72. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
38.78 |
1.0419 |
-0.0924 |
261 |
1 |
38.78 |
2009-02-12 |
| 73. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
38.64 |
1.0577 |
-0.1151 |
247 |
1 |
38.64 |
2008-12-29 |
| 74. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
38.58 |
0.9897 |
-0.0474 |
274 |
2 |
38.06 |
2008-12-29 |
| 75. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
38.38 |
0.9612 |
-0.0216 |
256 |
1 |
38.38 |
2008-12-30 |
| 76. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
38.26 |
0.8573 |
0.0829 |
270 |
1 |
38.26 |
2008-12-30 |
| 77. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
38.09 |
0.7876 |
0.1474 |
316 |
1 |
38.09 |
2009-02-12 |
| 78. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
37.87 |
1.0417 |
-0.1172 |
253 |
1 |
37.87 |
2008-12-27 |
| 79. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
37.72 |
0.9865 |
-0.0622 |
276 |
1 |
37.72 |
2008-12-30 |
| 80. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
37.43 |
0.8941 |
0.0239 |
216 |
1 |
37.43 |
2009-02-11 |
| 81. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
36.98 |
0.9072 |
-0.0040 |
237 |
1 |
36.98 |
2008-12-27 |
| 82. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
36.94 |
0.8951 |
0.0110 |
193 |
1 |
36.94 |
2008-12-29 |
| 83. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
36.77 |
0.8852 |
0.0166 |
201 |
2 |
31.69 |
2008-12-30 |
| 84. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
36.49 |
0.9485 |
-0.0541 |
236 |
2 |
34.69 |
2008-12-30 |
| 85. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
36.27 |
0.8295 |
0.0595 |
209 |
2 |
36.26 |
2008-12-30 |
| 86. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
35.81 |
0.9844 |
-0.1038 |
293 |
1 |
35.81 |
2008-12-30 |
| 87. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
35.71 |
0.8996 |
-0.0318 |
192 |
1 |
35.71 |
2008-12-29 |
| 88. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
35.49 |
1.0390 |
-0.1749 |
205 |
2 |
31.55 |
2008-12-27 |
| 89. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
34.98 |
1.0023 |
-0.1490 |
211 |
1 |
34.98 |
2008-12-30 |
| 90. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
34.78 |
0.9351 |
-0.0903 |
190 |
1 |
34.78 |
2008-12-28 |
| 91. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
34.44 |
0.8533 |
-0.0104 |
232 |
2 |
32.82 |
2009-02-11 |
| 92. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
34.40 |
1.0025 |
-0.1618 |
256 |
1 |
34.40 |
2008-12-27 |
| 93. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
34.31 |
0.9468 |
-0.1087 |
276 |
1 |
34.31 |
2009-02-07 |
| 94. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
34.16 |
0.9168 |
-0.0806 |
240 |
1 |
34.16 |
2008-12-27 |
| 95. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
33.96 |
0.8916 |
-0.0614 |
216 |
1 |
33.96 |
2009-02-12 |
| 96. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
33.74 |
0.9514 |
-0.1266 |
237 |
1 |
33.74 |
2008-12-27 |
| 97. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
33.72 |
0.8353 |
-0.0038 |
283 |
1 |
33.72 |
2008-12-29 |
| 98. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
33.72 |
0.9798 |
-0.1615 |
199 |
2 |
33.46 |
2008-12-29 |
| 99. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
32.96 |
0.8382 |
-0.0326 |
268 |
1 |
32.96 |
2009-02-12 |
| 100. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
32.90 |
0.9991 |
-0.1950 |
225 |
1 |
32.90 |
2008-12-27 |
| 101. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
32.24 |
0.8811 |
-0.0893 |
239 |
1 |
32.24 |
2008-12-30 |
| 102. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
31.01 |
0.9786 |
-0.2271 |
193 |
1 |
31.01 |
2008-12-27 |
| 103. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
30.36 |
0.8975 |
-0.1564 |
268 |
1 |
30.36 |
2009-02-16 |
| 104. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
30.03 |
0.9682 |
-0.2377 |
143 |
1 |
30.03 |
2008-12-29 |
| 105. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
29.50 |
0.9724 |
-0.2496 |
237 |
1 |
29.50 |
2008-12-27 |
| 106. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
29.47 |
0.9532 |
-0.2360 |
258 |
1 |
29.47 |
2008-12-27 |
| 107. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
29.29 |
1.0214 |
-0.3128 |
166 |
1 |
29.29 |
2008-12-27 |
| 108. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
27.88 |
0.8653 |
-0.1750 |
255 |
1 |
27.88 |
2008-12-30 |