Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
36.29 |
0.8742 |
0.3943 |
202 |
2 |
31.98 |
2011-08-07 |
2. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
34.99 |
0.9807 |
0.2262 |
129 |
2 |
31.96 |
2011-08-07 |
3. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
34.80 |
1.1093 |
0.0969 |
220 |
1 |
34.80 |
2011-08-07 |
4. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
34.69 |
1.0561 |
0.1500 |
227 |
2 |
31.39 |
2011-08-07 |
5. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
33.71 |
0.8789 |
0.2891 |
136 |
4 |
30.70 |
2011-08-08 |
6. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
33.59 |
0.8857 |
0.2802 |
172 |
1 |
33.59 |
2011-08-07 |
7. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
33.45 |
1.0403 |
0.1226 |
234 |
1 |
33.45 |
2011-08-07 |
8. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
33.28 |
0.7724 |
0.3845 |
142 |
3 |
27.87 |
2011-08-08 |
9. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
32.92 |
0.8827 |
0.2593 |
190 |
2 |
31.69 |
2011-08-06 |
10. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
32.78 |
0.8562 |
0.2796 |
132 |
2 |
28.97 |
2011-08-07 |
11. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
32.67 |
1.0836 |
0.0571 |
206 |
3 |
30.59 |
2011-08-07 |
12. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
32.63 |
0.9836 |
0.1440 |
123 |
1 |
32.63 |
2011-08-07 |
13. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
32.59 |
1.0082 |
0.1213 |
212 |
1 |
32.59 |
2011-08-07 |
14. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
32.53 |
1.0543 |
0.0748 |
182 |
2 |
29.35 |
2011-08-07 |
15. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
32.20 |
0.9394 |
0.1799 |
195 |
3 |
29.82 |
2011-08-07 |
16. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
32.02 |
0.9614 |
0.1546 |
195 |
2 |
28.79 |
2011-08-06 |
17. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
31.76 |
0.9346 |
0.1679 |
211 |
2 |
28.53 |
2011-08-06 |
18. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
31.67 |
0.9854 |
0.1182 |
174 |
2 |
31.46 |
2011-08-07 |
19. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
31.66 |
0.8863 |
0.2121 |
127 |
3 |
29.38 |
2011-08-08 |
20. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
31.35 |
1.0288 |
0.0576 |
166 |
1 |
31.35 |
2011-08-08 |
21. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
31.32 |
0.9935 |
0.0987 |
217 |
1 |
31.32 |
2011-08-07 |
22. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
31.25 |
1.0042 |
0.0796 |
168 |
2 |
29.36 |
2011-08-07 |
23. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
31.19 |
1.0524 |
0.0312 |
177 |
1 |
31.19 |
2011-08-07 |
24. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
31.17 |
0.9371 |
0.1389 |
156 |
1 |
31.17 |
2011-08-06 |
25. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
31.15 |
0.9925 |
0.0874 |
155 |
2 |
29.87 |
2011-08-06 |
26. |
The intelligent person is able to identify a problem and fin... |
31.08 |
0.8204 |
0.2589 |
121 |
2 |
30.07 |
2011-08-06 |
27. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
31.05 |
0.8919 |
0.1878 |
116 |
1 |
31.05 |
2011-08-07 |
28. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
31.00 |
0.9113 |
0.1636 |
225 |
1 |
31.00 |
2011-08-06 |
29. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
30.99 |
0.8201 |
0.2520 |
187 |
1 |
30.99 |
2011-08-06 |
30. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
30.86 |
1.0582 |
0.0126 |
180 |
1 |
30.86 |
2011-08-07 |
31. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
30.74 |
0.8053 |
0.2625 |
126 |
1 |
30.74 |
2011-08-08 |
32. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
30.74 |
0.9286 |
0.1429 |
177 |
1 |
30.74 |
2011-08-07 |
33. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
30.69 |
0.8837 |
0.1836 |
157 |
2 |
28.06 |
2011-08-07 |
34. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
30.69 |
0.8775 |
0.1851 |
185 |
1 |
30.69 |
2011-08-06 |
35. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
30.61 |
1.0418 |
0.0242 |
214 |
1 |
30.61 |
2011-08-07 |
36. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
30.56 |
0.8687 |
0.1932 |
119 |
1 |
30.56 |
2011-08-07 |
37. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
30.49 |
1.0010 |
0.0639 |
213 |
2 |
29.93 |
2011-08-06 |
38. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
30.49 |
1.0638 |
-0.0048 |
247 |
1 |
30.49 |
2011-08-07 |
39. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
30.40 |
0.9841 |
0.0704 |
217 |
3 |
27.16 |
2011-08-06 |
40. |
When the green lights came on, pedestrians skirted or jumped... |
30.39 |
0.8387 |
0.2097 |
103 |
1 |
30.39 |
2011-08-06 |
41. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
30.36 |
0.9948 |
0.0605 |
233 |
2 |
29.34 |
2011-08-07 |
42. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
30.34 |
1.0506 |
0.0047 |
259 |
1 |
30.34 |
2011-08-07 |
43. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
30.15 |
0.9791 |
0.0634 |
154 |
1 |
30.15 |
2011-08-07 |
44. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
30.02 |
0.8606 |
0.1838 |
170 |
2 |
29.46 |
2011-08-06 |
45. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
29.98 |
0.8406 |
0.1996 |
170 |
1 |
29.98 |
2011-08-07 |
46. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
29.97 |
0.9756 |
0.0698 |
216 |
1 |
29.97 |
2011-08-06 |
47. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
29.96 |
0.9873 |
0.0539 |
274 |
2 |
29.36 |
2011-08-06 |
48. |
The milk and cheese and yogurt, which once came from dairy c... |
29.93 |
0.9358 |
0.0998 |
188 |
1 |
29.93 |
2011-08-07 |
49. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
29.93 |
1.0095 |
0.0305 |
211 |
1 |
29.93 |
2011-08-07 |
50. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
29.82 |
0.8469 |
0.1903 |
164 |
1 |
29.82 |
2011-08-07 |
51. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
29.71 |
0.9270 |
0.1097 |
193 |
1 |
29.71 |
2011-08-07 |
52. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
29.67 |
0.9530 |
0.0757 |
193 |
2 |
27.10 |
2011-08-07 |
53. |
Thing is Butch, right now you got ability. But painful as it... |
29.64 |
0.8957 |
0.1355 |
186 |
1 |
29.64 |
2011-08-07 |
54. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
29.56 |
0.8615 |
0.1655 |
171 |
1 |
29.56 |
2011-08-07 |
55. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
29.47 |
1.0315 |
-0.0067 |
193 |
1 |
29.47 |
2011-08-07 |
56. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
29.43 |
0.8283 |
0.1966 |
180 |
2 |
28.38 |
2011-08-07 |
57. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
29.25 |
0.8205 |
0.1989 |
135 |
1 |
29.25 |
2011-08-06 |
58. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
29.22 |
0.7915 |
0.2267 |
142 |
3 |
24.37 |
2011-08-07 |
59. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
29.19 |
0.8068 |
0.2054 |
138 |
2 |
28.78 |
2011-08-06 |
60. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
29.17 |
0.8553 |
0.1628 |
145 |
1 |
29.17 |
2011-08-06 |
61. |
In the capital of the Sunbelt South, the quiet revolution of... |
29.10 |
0.9144 |
0.0921 |
167 |
1 |
29.10 |
2011-08-07 |
62. |
Thing is Butch, right now you got ability. But painful as it... |
28.96 |
0.8001 |
0.1984 |
88 |
1 |
28.96 |
2011-08-04 |
63. |
This country is hard on people. Hard and crazy. Got the devi... |
28.95 |
0.9080 |
0.0958 |
111 |
1 |
28.95 |
2011-08-06 |
64. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
28.86 |
0.9872 |
0.0238 |
229 |
1 |
28.86 |
2011-08-06 |
65. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
28.86 |
1.0086 |
-0.0090 |
218 |
1 |
28.86 |
2011-08-06 |
66. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
28.69 |
0.8594 |
0.1352 |
170 |
1 |
28.69 |
2011-08-07 |
67. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
28.67 |
1.0069 |
-0.0063 |
242 |
1 |
28.67 |
2011-08-06 |
68. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
28.66 |
0.8824 |
0.1162 |
202 |
1 |
28.66 |
2011-08-06 |
69. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
28.64 |
0.8339 |
0.1618 |
209 |
1 |
28.64 |
2011-08-07 |
70. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
28.58 |
0.9621 |
0.0291 |
201 |
1 |
28.58 |
2011-08-06 |
71. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
28.53 |
0.9211 |
0.0699 |
165 |
1 |
28.53 |
2011-08-07 |
72. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
28.51 |
1.0881 |
-0.1003 |
210 |
1 |
28.51 |
2011-08-06 |
73. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
28.49 |
0.8571 |
0.1332 |
202 |
1 |
28.49 |
2011-08-08 |
74. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
28.48 |
0.9368 |
0.0473 |
176 |
1 |
28.48 |
2011-08-06 |
75. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
28.45 |
0.9070 |
0.0778 |
192 |
1 |
28.45 |
2011-08-06 |
76. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
28.42 |
0.9255 |
0.0637 |
174 |
1 |
28.42 |
2011-08-07 |
77. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
28.40 |
0.8758 |
0.1104 |
127 |
2 |
28.23 |
2011-08-08 |
78. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
28.39 |
0.9869 |
-0.0030 |
193 |
2 |
27.97 |
2011-08-06 |
79. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
28.35 |
0.9927 |
-0.0047 |
262 |
1 |
28.35 |
2011-08-07 |
80. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
28.16 |
1.0272 |
-0.0499 |
226 |
1 |
28.16 |
2011-08-06 |
81. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
28.03 |
0.8164 |
0.1582 |
197 |
3 |
25.45 |
2011-08-08 |
82. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
27.96 |
1.0800 |
-0.1146 |
129 |
1 |
27.96 |
2011-08-06 |
83. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
27.95 |
0.8965 |
0.0761 |
150 |
1 |
27.95 |
2011-08-06 |
84. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
27.67 |
0.8777 |
0.0802 |
130 |
1 |
27.67 |
2011-08-04 |
85. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
27.67 |
1.0412 |
-0.0739 |
205 |
1 |
27.67 |
2011-08-06 |
86. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
27.65 |
0.8215 |
0.1329 |
124 |
1 |
27.65 |
2011-08-06 |
87. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
27.65 |
0.7920 |
0.1668 |
230 |
1 |
27.65 |
2011-08-06 |
88. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
27.62 |
0.8845 |
0.0773 |
239 |
2 |
26.47 |
2011-08-07 |
89. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
27.47 |
0.8077 |
0.1476 |
148 |
1 |
27.47 |
2011-08-06 |
90. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
27.45 |
0.8127 |
0.1383 |
167 |
1 |
27.45 |
2011-08-08 |
91. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
27.29 |
0.8680 |
0.0761 |
196 |
1 |
27.29 |
2011-08-06 |
92. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
27.22 |
1.0264 |
-0.0841 |
191 |
1 |
27.22 |
2011-08-06 |
93. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
27.21 |
1.0243 |
-0.0743 |
153 |
1 |
27.21 |
2011-08-06 |
94. |
You came close, but you never made it, and if you were gonna... |
27.20 |
0.9235 |
0.0183 |
96 |
1 |
27.20 |
2011-08-06 |
95. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
27.15 |
1.0672 |
-0.1243 |
239 |
1 |
27.15 |
2011-08-06 |
96. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
27.07 |
0.8915 |
0.0498 |
158 |
1 |
27.07 |
2011-08-06 |
97. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
26.92 |
0.8192 |
0.1188 |
200 |
1 |
26.92 |
2011-08-07 |
98. |
Dropping through sky, through the glass of the roof, through... |
26.87 |
0.9745 |
-0.0414 |
217 |
1 |
26.87 |
2011-08-06 |
99. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
26.83 |
0.7868 |
0.1425 |
116 |
3 |
26.28 |
2011-08-08 |
100. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
26.79 |
1.0016 |
-0.0717 |
217 |
1 |
26.79 |
2011-08-07 |
101. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
26.75 |
0.9408 |
-0.0160 |
177 |
1 |
26.75 |
2011-08-06 |
102. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
26.71 |
0.8240 |
0.1035 |
159 |
1 |
26.71 |
2011-08-08 |
103. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
26.62 |
0.9680 |
-0.0424 |
256 |
1 |
26.62 |
2011-08-06 |
104. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
26.59 |
1.0492 |
-0.1195 |
284 |
1 |
26.59 |
2011-08-06 |
105. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
26.59 |
0.8880 |
0.0366 |
296 |
1 |
26.59 |
2011-08-07 |
106. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
26.14 |
0.7423 |
0.1645 |
145 |
1 |
26.14 |
2011-08-06 |
107. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
26.13 |
0.8117 |
0.1000 |
209 |
1 |
26.13 |
2011-08-06 |
108. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
25.96 |
1.0479 |
-0.1471 |
205 |
1 |
25.96 |
2011-08-06 |
109. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
25.83 |
0.7987 |
0.0984 |
176 |
1 |
25.83 |
2011-08-06 |
110. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
25.72 |
0.8768 |
0.0212 |
199 |
1 |
25.72 |
2011-08-04 |
111. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
25.71 |
0.9299 |
-0.0446 |
168 |
1 |
25.71 |
2011-08-06 |
112. |
Because of their scouting skills and peripheral kinesthetic ... |
25.65 |
0.8208 |
0.0738 |
149 |
1 |
25.65 |
2011-08-07 |
113. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
25.44 |
1.0250 |
-0.1379 |
271 |
1 |
25.44 |
2011-08-06 |
114. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
25.43 |
0.9275 |
-0.0384 |
243 |
1 |
25.43 |
2011-08-06 |
115. |
Since the ninja is that being than which nothing sweeter can... |
25.30 |
0.8970 |
-0.0171 |
152 |
1 |
25.30 |
2011-08-06 |
116. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
25.26 |
0.8669 |
0.0172 |
255 |
1 |
25.26 |
2011-08-06 |
117. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
25.26 |
0.9352 |
-0.0584 |
194 |
1 |
25.26 |
2011-08-06 |
118. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
25.08 |
1.0178 |
-0.1479 |
207 |
1 |
25.08 |
2011-08-07 |
119. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
24.93 |
1.0268 |
-0.1673 |
179 |
1 |
24.93 |
2011-08-04 |
120. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
24.80 |
0.7425 |
0.1208 |
148 |
1 |
24.80 |
2011-08-07 |
121. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
24.72 |
0.8986 |
-0.0390 |
216 |
1 |
24.72 |
2011-08-06 |
122. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
24.72 |
0.9604 |
-0.1035 |
285 |
1 |
24.72 |
2011-08-04 |
123. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
24.62 |
0.9023 |
-0.0482 |
268 |
1 |
24.62 |
2011-08-06 |
124. |
You can't get away with saying "I don't like green food!" mu... |
24.60 |
0.7549 |
0.0961 |
185 |
1 |
24.60 |
2011-08-06 |
125. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
24.58 |
0.8246 |
0.0297 |
183 |
1 |
24.58 |
2011-08-06 |
126. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
24.53 |
1.0883 |
-0.2295 |
189 |
1 |
24.53 |
2011-08-06 |
127. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
24.47 |
0.8624 |
-0.0168 |
174 |
2 |
24.23 |
2011-08-07 |
128. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
24.32 |
0.8656 |
-0.0194 |
242 |
1 |
24.32 |
2011-08-07 |
129. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
24.32 |
0.9763 |
-0.1318 |
143 |
1 |
24.32 |
2011-08-06 |
130. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
24.31 |
0.8551 |
-0.0102 |
150 |
1 |
24.31 |
2011-08-07 |
131. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
24.06 |
0.9166 |
-0.0781 |
133 |
1 |
24.06 |
2011-08-06 |
132. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
23.78 |
0.8869 |
-0.0632 |
176 |
1 |
23.78 |
2011-08-04 |
133. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
23.60 |
0.9027 |
-0.0864 |
189 |
1 |
23.60 |
2011-08-06 |
134. |
By the early 1990s the first Internet language (HTTP) was wr... |
22.55 |
0.7130 |
0.0688 |
131 |
1 |
22.55 |
2011-08-06 |
135. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
22.17 |
0.9357 |
-0.1681 |
204 |
1 |
22.17 |
2011-08-06 |
136. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
21.94 |
1.0472 |
-0.2918 |
149 |
1 |
21.94 |
2011-08-06 |
137. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
21.91 |
0.7904 |
-0.0253 |
149 |
1 |
21.91 |
2011-08-06 |