| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
63.74 |
1.0496 |
0.2547 |
314 |
2 |
60.11 |
2008-11-18 |
| 2. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
62.90 |
1.0445 |
0.2440 |
373 |
1 |
62.90 |
2008-11-18 |
| 3. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
59.95 |
0.9884 |
0.2428 |
262 |
1 |
59.95 |
2008-11-15 |
| 4. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
59.84 |
1.1018 |
0.1165 |
220 |
1 |
59.84 |
2008-11-15 |
| 5. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
59.74 |
1.0498 |
0.1678 |
180 |
1 |
59.74 |
2008-11-18 |
| 6. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
59.33 |
1.0396 |
0.1674 |
149 |
2 |
54.73 |
2008-11-15 |
| 7. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
58.66 |
1.0095 |
0.1897 |
316 |
3 |
53.88 |
2008-11-16 |
| 8. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
58.11 |
1.0993 |
0.0874 |
265 |
2 |
56.15 |
2008-11-18 |
| 9. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
57.37 |
1.1114 |
0.0595 |
247 |
2 |
56.92 |
2008-11-15 |
| 10. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
56.56 |
1.0213 |
0.1322 |
240 |
1 |
56.56 |
2008-11-15 |
| 11. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
55.80 |
1.0796 |
0.0565 |
129 |
1 |
55.80 |
2008-11-18 |
| 12. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
55.70 |
1.0799 |
0.0555 |
243 |
1 |
55.70 |
2008-11-15 |
| 13. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
55.61 |
1.0486 |
0.0893 |
289 |
1 |
55.61 |
2008-11-16 |
| 14. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
54.91 |
1.0595 |
0.0652 |
379 |
1 |
54.91 |
2008-11-14 |
| 15. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
54.24 |
0.9275 |
0.1781 |
211 |
1 |
54.24 |
2008-11-15 |
| 16. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
53.74 |
1.0013 |
0.0963 |
273 |
2 |
52.45 |
2008-11-16 |
| 17. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
53.71 |
0.9633 |
0.1370 |
304 |
1 |
53.71 |
2008-11-12 |
| 18. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
53.65 |
1.0787 |
0.0165 |
237 |
1 |
53.65 |
2008-11-15 |
| 19. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
53.61 |
0.9772 |
0.1151 |
217 |
1 |
53.61 |
2008-11-16 |
| 20. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
53.09 |
0.9866 |
0.0948 |
218 |
2 |
51.67 |
2008-11-15 |
| 21. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
52.79 |
1.0515 |
0.0254 |
250 |
1 |
52.79 |
2008-11-12 |
| 22. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
52.58 |
1.0477 |
0.0292 |
360 |
1 |
52.58 |
2008-11-18 |
| 23. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
52.31 |
0.9844 |
0.0890 |
293 |
2 |
48.53 |
2008-11-16 |
| 24. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
51.68 |
1.0426 |
0.0126 |
323 |
1 |
51.68 |
2008-11-15 |
| 25. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
51.58 |
1.0714 |
-0.0265 |
129 |
1 |
51.58 |
2008-11-15 |
| 26. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
51.57 |
1.0167 |
0.0435 |
378 |
1 |
51.57 |
2008-11-13 |
| 27. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
51.20 |
1.0165 |
0.0331 |
392 |
1 |
51.20 |
2008-11-16 |
| 28. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
51.19 |
0.9991 |
0.0472 |
225 |
1 |
51.19 |
2008-11-15 |
| 29. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
51.01 |
1.0429 |
-0.0024 |
259 |
1 |
51.01 |
2008-11-14 |
| 30. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
50.99 |
1.0829 |
-0.0399 |
288 |
1 |
50.99 |
2008-11-14 |
| 31. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
50.95 |
0.9684 |
0.0751 |
388 |
1 |
50.95 |
2008-11-14 |
| 32. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
50.84 |
1.0398 |
-0.0119 |
110 |
1 |
50.84 |
2008-11-15 |
| 33. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
50.81 |
0.9514 |
0.0867 |
237 |
2 |
49.60 |
2008-11-18 |
| 34. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
50.45 |
0.9941 |
0.0339 |
217 |
3 |
47.94 |
2008-11-15 |
| 35. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
49.43 |
0.8996 |
0.1041 |
192 |
1 |
49.43 |
2008-11-13 |
| 36. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
48.75 |
0.9532 |
0.0409 |
258 |
2 |
47.34 |
2008-11-18 |
| 37. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
48.58 |
1.0516 |
-0.0602 |
281 |
1 |
48.58 |
2008-11-15 |
| 38. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
48.45 |
0.9986 |
-0.0092 |
283 |
1 |
48.45 |
2008-11-14 |
| 39. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
48.44 |
1.0340 |
-0.0402 |
406 |
1 |
48.44 |
2008-11-16 |
| 40. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
48.43 |
0.8899 |
0.1100 |
293 |
1 |
48.43 |
2008-11-12 |
| 41. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
48.34 |
0.9500 |
0.0391 |
362 |
1 |
48.34 |
2008-11-15 |
| 42. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
48.30 |
0.9805 |
0.0099 |
292 |
2 |
48.19 |
2008-11-15 |
| 43. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
48.23 |
0.9593 |
0.0299 |
398 |
2 |
44.89 |
2008-11-18 |
| 44. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
47.95 |
1.0120 |
-0.0341 |
290 |
1 |
47.95 |
2008-11-12 |
| 45. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
47.47 |
0.9820 |
-0.0106 |
267 |
1 |
47.47 |
2008-11-15 |
| 46. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
47.30 |
0.8971 |
0.0736 |
266 |
1 |
47.30 |
2008-11-14 |
| 47. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
46.98 |
0.9899 |
-0.0359 |
163 |
1 |
46.98 |
2008-11-15 |
| 48. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
46.65 |
1.0483 |
-0.0993 |
227 |
1 |
46.65 |
2008-11-15 |
| 49. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
46.56 |
0.9109 |
0.0416 |
401 |
1 |
46.56 |
2008-11-18 |
| 50. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
46.14 |
0.9636 |
-0.0226 |
254 |
1 |
46.14 |
2008-11-15 |
| 51. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
45.74 |
0.9567 |
-0.0239 |
273 |
1 |
45.74 |
2008-11-15 |
| 52. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
45.35 |
0.8810 |
0.0450 |
282 |
1 |
45.35 |
2008-11-13 |
| 53. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
45.28 |
1.0053 |
-0.0839 |
232 |
1 |
45.28 |
2008-11-14 |
| 54. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
45.12 |
0.9309 |
-0.0126 |
284 |
1 |
45.12 |
2008-11-18 |
| 55. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
44.60 |
0.9376 |
-0.0230 |
367 |
1 |
44.60 |
2008-11-12 |
| 56. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
44.20 |
1.0389 |
-0.1355 |
340 |
1 |
44.20 |
2008-11-12 |
| 57. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
43.64 |
0.9731 |
-0.0958 |
129 |
1 |
43.64 |
2008-11-12 |
| 58. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
43.60 |
0.9614 |
-0.0696 |
292 |
1 |
43.60 |
2008-11-12 |
| 59. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
43.59 |
1.0534 |
-0.1626 |
357 |
1 |
43.59 |
2008-11-13 |
| 60. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
43.37 |
0.9795 |
-0.0957 |
308 |
1 |
43.37 |
2008-11-15 |
| 61. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
43.34 |
1.0124 |
-0.1314 |
204 |
1 |
43.34 |
2008-11-12 |
| 62. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
42.94 |
0.9234 |
-0.0430 |
346 |
1 |
42.94 |
2008-11-18 |
| 63. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
42.57 |
0.8890 |
-0.0251 |
199 |
1 |
42.57 |
2008-11-15 |
| 64. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
42.32 |
0.9886 |
-0.1238 |
220 |
1 |
42.32 |
2008-11-16 |
| 65. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
42.29 |
0.9763 |
-0.1150 |
289 |
1 |
42.29 |
2008-11-15 |
| 66. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
42.09 |
1.0419 |
-0.1843 |
261 |
1 |
42.09 |
2008-11-12 |
| 67. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
41.70 |
0.8353 |
0.0217 |
283 |
1 |
41.70 |
2008-11-13 |
| 68. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
40.94 |
0.8933 |
-0.0533 |
363 |
1 |
40.94 |
2008-11-13 |
| 69. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
40.58 |
0.9884 |
-0.1630 |
233 |
1 |
40.58 |
2008-11-16 |
| 70. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
40.15 |
0.8602 |
-0.0452 |
206 |
1 |
40.15 |
2008-11-15 |
| 71. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
40.14 |
0.8442 |
-0.0228 |
265 |
1 |
40.14 |
2008-11-15 |
| 72. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
39.88 |
1.0797 |
-0.2734 |
210 |
1 |
39.88 |
2008-11-12 |
| 73. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
39.75 |
0.9740 |
-0.1688 |
209 |
1 |
39.75 |
2008-11-15 |
| 74. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
37.63 |
0.9682 |
-0.2047 |
143 |
1 |
37.63 |
2008-11-12 |
| 75. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
36.42 |
0.8595 |
-0.1175 |
242 |
1 |
36.42 |
2008-11-18 |
| 76. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
33.49 |
0.9411 |
-0.2604 |
318 |
1 |
33.49 |
2008-11-16 |
| 77. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
31.86 |
1.0885 |
-0.4394 |
315 |
1 |
31.86 |
2008-11-16 |
| 78. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
23.63 |
0.8791 |
-0.4037 |
190 |
1 |
23.63 |
2008-11-12 |