| 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... |
44.93 |
1.0714 |
0.1526 |
129 |
1 |
44.93 |
2009-02-08 |
| 2. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
43.50 |
1.0483 |
0.1419 |
227 |
1 |
43.50 |
2009-02-06 |
| 3. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
43.31 |
1.1018 |
0.0798 |
220 |
1 |
43.31 |
2009-01-13 |
| 4. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
42.67 |
0.9884 |
0.1861 |
262 |
1 |
42.67 |
2009-01-19 |
| 5. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
41.97 |
0.9532 |
0.1963 |
258 |
1 |
41.97 |
2009-02-06 |
| 6. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
41.03 |
1.0214 |
0.0980 |
166 |
1 |
41.03 |
2009-02-08 |
| 7. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
40.22 |
0.8956 |
0.2093 |
217 |
2 |
35.13 |
2009-01-27 |
| 8. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
40.20 |
1.0263 |
0.0746 |
267 |
3 |
36.09 |
2009-01-27 |
| 9. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
39.48 |
1.0331 |
0.0465 |
234 |
2 |
39.36 |
2009-01-13 |
| 10. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
39.35 |
0.8910 |
0.1889 |
150 |
1 |
39.35 |
2009-01-19 |
| 11. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
39.33 |
1.0095 |
0.0670 |
316 |
1 |
39.33 |
2009-02-08 |
| 12. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
38.63 |
1.0252 |
0.0265 |
176 |
1 |
38.63 |
2009-02-06 |
| 13. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
38.54 |
1.0218 |
0.0310 |
268 |
1 |
38.54 |
2009-01-13 |
| 14. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
38.54 |
0.9286 |
0.1261 |
194 |
1 |
38.54 |
2009-01-27 |
| 15. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
38.45 |
0.9164 |
0.1416 |
305 |
3 |
34.96 |
2009-01-19 |
| 16. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
38.34 |
0.8941 |
0.1581 |
216 |
1 |
38.34 |
2009-01-19 |
| 17. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
38.26 |
0.9514 |
0.0969 |
237 |
1 |
38.26 |
2009-01-13 |
| 18. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
38.23 |
0.9886 |
0.0610 |
220 |
1 |
38.23 |
2009-02-08 |
| 19. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
38.00 |
1.0297 |
0.0098 |
249 |
1 |
38.00 |
2009-01-13 |
| 20. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
37.93 |
0.9907 |
0.0465 |
211 |
2 |
35.84 |
2009-02-08 |
| 21. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
37.76 |
1.0521 |
-0.0228 |
171 |
1 |
37.76 |
2009-01-27 |
| 22. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
37.35 |
0.8653 |
0.1687 |
255 |
1 |
37.35 |
2009-02-08 |
| 23. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
37.18 |
0.9567 |
0.0611 |
273 |
2 |
32.88 |
2009-02-06 |
| 24. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
37.17 |
1.0109 |
0.0076 |
276 |
1 |
37.17 |
2009-02-08 |
| 25. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
37.07 |
1.0033 |
0.0050 |
189 |
2 |
36.61 |
2009-01-19 |
| 26. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
37.07 |
0.8899 |
0.1362 |
293 |
1 |
37.07 |
2009-01-27 |
| 27. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
37.03 |
0.9964 |
0.0175 |
203 |
1 |
37.03 |
2009-01-13 |
| 28. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
36.93 |
0.9005 |
0.1091 |
212 |
2 |
33.52 |
2009-01-13 |
| 29. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
36.88 |
0.9485 |
0.0629 |
236 |
2 |
36.47 |
2009-02-06 |
| 30. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
36.80 |
1.0029 |
-0.0018 |
209 |
1 |
36.80 |
2009-01-27 |
| 31. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
36.68 |
0.9649 |
0.0381 |
193 |
1 |
36.68 |
2009-01-19 |
| 32. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
36.67 |
0.9691 |
0.0343 |
223 |
1 |
36.67 |
2009-01-19 |
| 33. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
36.60 |
1.0385 |
-0.0384 |
230 |
1 |
36.60 |
2009-02-06 |
| 34. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
36.33 |
0.8125 |
0.1844 |
197 |
1 |
36.33 |
2009-01-09 |
| 35. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
36.28 |
0.9986 |
-0.0049 |
283 |
1 |
36.28 |
2009-01-27 |
| 36. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
36.17 |
0.9429 |
0.0484 |
287 |
1 |
36.17 |
2009-01-27 |
| 37. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
35.82 |
0.8096 |
0.1786 |
209 |
1 |
35.82 |
2009-01-13 |
| 38. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
35.60 |
0.9263 |
0.0514 |
188 |
2 |
35.32 |
2009-01-10 |
| 39. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
35.43 |
0.9196 |
0.0516 |
148 |
1 |
35.43 |
2009-01-10 |
| 40. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
35.30 |
0.9125 |
0.0552 |
308 |
1 |
35.30 |
2009-01-19 |
| 41. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
35.28 |
0.9811 |
-0.0131 |
272 |
1 |
35.28 |
2009-01-19 |
| 42. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
35.27 |
1.0993 |
-0.1364 |
265 |
1 |
35.27 |
2009-01-09 |
| 43. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
35.10 |
0.9251 |
0.0402 |
177 |
1 |
35.10 |
2009-01-09 |
| 44. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
34.73 |
0.9756 |
-0.0268 |
229 |
1 |
34.73 |
2009-01-19 |
| 45. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
34.62 |
1.0201 |
-0.0799 |
172 |
1 |
34.62 |
2009-01-09 |
| 46. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
34.40 |
0.8996 |
0.0358 |
192 |
1 |
34.40 |
2009-01-27 |
| 47. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
34.22 |
0.9740 |
-0.0422 |
209 |
1 |
34.22 |
2009-01-09 |
| 48. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
34.11 |
0.9965 |
-0.0684 |
168 |
1 |
34.11 |
2009-01-09 |
| 49. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
33.91 |
0.9325 |
-0.0119 |
156 |
1 |
33.91 |
2009-01-09 |
| 50. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
33.80 |
0.9899 |
-0.0703 |
163 |
1 |
33.80 |
2009-01-09 |
| 51. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
33.79 |
0.9697 |
-0.0455 |
249 |
1 |
33.79 |
2009-01-09 |
| 52. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
33.70 |
1.0013 |
-0.0807 |
273 |
1 |
33.70 |
2009-01-27 |
| 53. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
33.65 |
1.0419 |
-0.1218 |
261 |
1 |
33.65 |
2009-01-09 |
| 54. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
32.89 |
1.0516 |
-0.1529 |
281 |
1 |
32.89 |
2009-01-10 |
| 55. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
32.68 |
0.9578 |
-0.0651 |
281 |
1 |
32.68 |
2009-01-09 |
| 56. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
32.55 |
1.0261 |
-0.1384 |
273 |
1 |
32.55 |
2009-01-10 |
| 57. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
32.10 |
1.0120 |
-0.1356 |
290 |
1 |
32.10 |
2009-01-10 |
| 58. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
31.98 |
0.8900 |
-0.0150 |
164 |
2 |
31.67 |
2009-01-09 |
| 59. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
31.64 |
1.0016 |
-0.1418 |
218 |
1 |
31.64 |
2009-01-09 |
| 60. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
31.37 |
0.8722 |
-0.0124 |
285 |
1 |
31.37 |
2009-01-09 |
| 61. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
30.37 |
0.9936 |
-0.1647 |
311 |
1 |
30.37 |
2009-01-09 |
| 62. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
30.19 |
1.0131 |
-0.1928 |
225 |
1 |
30.19 |
2009-01-09 |
| 63. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
29.42 |
1.0334 |
-0.2371 |
131 |
1 |
29.42 |
2009-01-09 |
| 64. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
28.91 |
0.9275 |
-0.1421 |
211 |
1 |
28.91 |
2009-01-09 |
| 65. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
28.37 |
0.9342 |
-0.1570 |
434 |
1 |
28.37 |
2009-01-09 |
| 66. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
28.23 |
0.9820 |
-0.2094 |
267 |
1 |
28.23 |
2009-01-09 |