| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
50.10 |
0.9649 |
0.2766 |
193 |
2 |
45.37 |
2009-01-01 |
| 2. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
49.50 |
1.0349 |
0.1919 |
234 |
1 |
49.50 |
2009-01-01 |
| 3. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
49.24 |
0.9758 |
0.2459 |
314 |
1 |
49.24 |
2008-12-19 |
| 4. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
49.02 |
1.0441 |
0.1729 |
252 |
1 |
49.02 |
2008-12-28 |
| 5. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
47.47 |
0.9286 |
0.2471 |
194 |
2 |
44.26 |
2008-12-29 |
| 6. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
46.41 |
1.0331 |
0.1148 |
234 |
1 |
46.41 |
2008-12-30 |
| 7. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
46.10 |
1.0025 |
0.1397 |
256 |
1 |
46.10 |
2009-01-01 |
| 8. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
45.85 |
1.0334 |
0.0962 |
131 |
2 |
43.77 |
2008-12-29 |
| 9. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
45.73 |
0.9936 |
0.1392 |
311 |
2 |
41.09 |
2009-01-01 |
| 10. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
45.57 |
1.0523 |
0.0724 |
256 |
1 |
45.57 |
2008-12-29 |
| 11. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
45.45 |
1.0034 |
0.1211 |
302 |
3 |
40.54 |
2009-01-02 |
| 12. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
45.45 |
1.0214 |
0.1029 |
269 |
2 |
40.30 |
2009-01-01 |
| 13. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
45.22 |
1.1018 |
0.0121 |
220 |
1 |
45.22 |
2008-12-20 |
| 14. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
45.09 |
1.0829 |
0.0356 |
288 |
2 |
43.88 |
2008-12-30 |
| 15. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
44.81 |
0.8899 |
0.2312 |
293 |
2 |
44.45 |
2008-12-28 |
| 16. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
44.75 |
1.0165 |
0.0959 |
392 |
1 |
44.75 |
2009-01-02 |
| 17. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
44.54 |
1.0004 |
0.0967 |
212 |
2 |
40.36 |
2009-01-02 |
| 18. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
44.43 |
1.0109 |
0.0904 |
276 |
1 |
44.43 |
2008-12-20 |
| 19. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
43.93 |
1.0486 |
0.0401 |
289 |
1 |
43.93 |
2008-12-29 |
| 20. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
43.74 |
1.0138 |
0.0690 |
231 |
1 |
43.74 |
2008-12-29 |
| 21. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
43.53 |
1.0013 |
0.0757 |
273 |
1 |
43.53 |
2008-12-30 |
| 22. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
43.51 |
1.0389 |
0.0402 |
318 |
1 |
43.51 |
2008-12-28 |
| 23. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
43.23 |
0.9986 |
0.0724 |
283 |
3 |
37.82 |
2008-12-29 |
| 24. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
42.97 |
0.9570 |
0.1086 |
287 |
1 |
42.97 |
2008-12-29 |
| 25. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
42.95 |
0.9852 |
0.0785 |
264 |
2 |
41.48 |
2008-12-28 |
| 26. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
42.85 |
1.1114 |
-0.0532 |
247 |
1 |
42.85 |
2008-12-30 |
| 27. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
42.81 |
1.0124 |
0.0451 |
204 |
1 |
42.81 |
2008-12-28 |
| 28. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
42.76 |
0.9884 |
0.0694 |
233 |
2 |
42.03 |
2009-01-01 |
| 29. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
42.65 |
0.8958 |
0.1647 |
322 |
1 |
42.65 |
2008-12-28 |
| 30. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
42.53 |
0.9636 |
0.0892 |
254 |
1 |
42.53 |
2008-12-30 |
| 31. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
42.39 |
0.8709 |
0.1864 |
202 |
1 |
42.39 |
2008-12-27 |
| 32. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
42.34 |
0.9266 |
0.1233 |
278 |
1 |
42.34 |
2008-12-29 |
| 33. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
42.20 |
0.9612 |
0.0834 |
256 |
1 |
42.20 |
2008-12-27 |
| 34. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
42.20 |
1.0498 |
-0.0100 |
180 |
1 |
42.20 |
2008-12-28 |
| 35. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
42.17 |
0.8628 |
0.1776 |
196 |
1 |
42.17 |
2008-12-28 |
| 36. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
42.06 |
0.9429 |
0.0995 |
287 |
1 |
42.06 |
2008-12-30 |
| 37. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
42.04 |
1.0095 |
0.0300 |
316 |
1 |
42.04 |
2008-12-29 |
| 38. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
42.03 |
0.9893 |
0.0511 |
323 |
1 |
42.03 |
2008-12-28 |
| 39. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
41.82 |
0.9593 |
0.0805 |
398 |
2 |
37.77 |
2009-01-02 |
| 40. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
41.79 |
0.9795 |
0.0548 |
308 |
2 |
39.72 |
2009-01-01 |
| 41. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
41.58 |
0.9339 |
0.0937 |
310 |
1 |
41.58 |
2008-12-27 |
| 42. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
41.45 |
0.9351 |
0.0852 |
190 |
1 |
41.45 |
2008-12-29 |
| 43. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
41.37 |
0.9325 |
0.0846 |
156 |
1 |
41.37 |
2008-12-20 |
| 44. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
41.31 |
0.8553 |
0.1619 |
174 |
1 |
41.31 |
2008-12-30 |
| 45. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
41.29 |
0.9776 |
0.0444 |
308 |
1 |
41.29 |
2008-12-29 |
| 46. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
41.28 |
1.0797 |
-0.0638 |
210 |
1 |
41.28 |
2008-12-28 |
| 47. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
41.25 |
1.0060 |
0.0101 |
171 |
1 |
41.25 |
2009-01-02 |
| 48. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
40.95 |
0.9884 |
0.0292 |
262 |
1 |
40.95 |
2008-12-29 |
| 49. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
40.88 |
0.9897 |
0.0195 |
274 |
2 |
40.48 |
2008-12-30 |
| 50. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
40.59 |
0.8382 |
0.1666 |
268 |
1 |
40.59 |
2008-12-29 |
| 51. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
40.20 |
0.9226 |
0.0782 |
348 |
1 |
40.20 |
2008-12-29 |
| 52. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
40.12 |
1.0567 |
-0.0636 |
303 |
1 |
40.12 |
2008-12-20 |
| 53. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
39.66 |
0.9857 |
-0.0058 |
293 |
1 |
39.66 |
2008-12-29 |
| 54. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
39.39 |
0.9365 |
0.0391 |
248 |
1 |
39.39 |
2009-01-02 |
| 55. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
39.12 |
0.9697 |
-0.0021 |
249 |
1 |
39.12 |
2009-01-02 |
| 56. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
38.87 |
0.8919 |
0.0675 |
205 |
1 |
38.87 |
2008-12-29 |
| 57. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
38.73 |
0.9202 |
0.0367 |
254 |
1 |
38.73 |
2008-12-29 |
| 58. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
38.47 |
0.9532 |
-0.0034 |
258 |
1 |
38.47 |
2008-12-29 |
| 59. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
38.46 |
0.9734 |
-0.0228 |
289 |
1 |
38.46 |
2009-01-02 |
| 60. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
38.44 |
0.9212 |
0.0325 |
323 |
1 |
38.44 |
2008-12-28 |
| 61. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
38.40 |
0.9811 |
-0.0290 |
272 |
3 |
36.88 |
2009-01-01 |
| 62. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
38.26 |
0.9278 |
0.0208 |
295 |
1 |
38.26 |
2009-01-02 |
| 63. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
38.08 |
0.9275 |
0.0106 |
211 |
1 |
38.08 |
2009-01-02 |
| 64. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
37.97 |
1.0445 |
-0.1050 |
373 |
1 |
37.97 |
2008-12-29 |
| 65. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
37.91 |
0.8975 |
0.0401 |
268 |
2 |
33.99 |
2008-12-20 |
| 66. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
37.88 |
0.9279 |
0.0149 |
317 |
1 |
37.88 |
2009-01-01 |
| 67. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
37.68 |
0.9485 |
-0.0155 |
236 |
1 |
37.68 |
2008-12-20 |
| 68. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
37.46 |
1.0666 |
-0.1407 |
297 |
1 |
37.46 |
2008-12-29 |
| 69. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
37.42 |
0.9886 |
-0.0613 |
220 |
1 |
37.42 |
2008-12-30 |
| 70. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
37.41 |
0.9233 |
-0.0070 |
168 |
1 |
37.41 |
2008-12-20 |
| 71. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
37.37 |
0.9289 |
-0.0076 |
204 |
1 |
37.37 |
2008-12-28 |
| 72. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
37.36 |
0.8821 |
0.0407 |
176 |
1 |
37.36 |
2008-12-28 |
| 73. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
37.20 |
0.8595 |
0.0616 |
242 |
2 |
34.67 |
2009-01-01 |
| 74. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
37.10 |
0.9646 |
-0.0487 |
264 |
1 |
37.10 |
2008-12-19 |
| 75. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
37.02 |
0.9430 |
-0.0355 |
211 |
1 |
37.02 |
2009-01-02 |
| 76. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
36.91 |
0.9281 |
-0.0110 |
273 |
1 |
36.91 |
2009-01-02 |
| 77. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
36.84 |
0.9342 |
-0.0204 |
434 |
1 |
36.84 |
2008-12-19 |
| 78. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
36.45 |
0.9691 |
-0.0691 |
223 |
1 |
36.45 |
2008-12-29 |
| 79. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
36.34 |
0.9769 |
-0.0813 |
263 |
2 |
34.03 |
2008-12-30 |
| 80. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
36.18 |
0.9682 |
-0.0764 |
143 |
1 |
36.18 |
2008-12-29 |
| 81. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
36.10 |
1.0396 |
-0.1551 |
149 |
1 |
36.10 |
2008-12-20 |
| 82. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
36.01 |
0.9731 |
-0.0961 |
129 |
1 |
36.01 |
2008-12-19 |
| 83. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
35.94 |
0.9005 |
-0.0143 |
212 |
1 |
35.94 |
2009-01-02 |
| 84. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
35.70 |
0.9851 |
-0.1012 |
317 |
1 |
35.70 |
2008-12-19 |
| 85. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
35.51 |
1.0099 |
-0.1358 |
207 |
1 |
35.51 |
2008-12-29 |
| 86. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
35.51 |
0.8878 |
-0.0110 |
346 |
1 |
35.51 |
2008-12-27 |
| 87. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
34.68 |
0.9164 |
-0.0554 |
305 |
1 |
34.68 |
2008-12-20 |
| 88. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
33.83 |
0.9084 |
-0.0717 |
300 |
1 |
33.83 |
2008-12-28 |
| 89. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
33.72 |
0.9168 |
-0.0834 |
240 |
1 |
33.72 |
2008-12-28 |
| 90. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
33.68 |
0.8722 |
-0.0382 |
285 |
1 |
33.68 |
2008-12-28 |
| 91. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
33.44 |
0.9376 |
-0.1071 |
367 |
1 |
33.44 |
2008-12-19 |
| 92. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
33.24 |
0.8890 |
-0.0725 |
199 |
1 |
33.24 |
2008-12-28 |
| 93. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
33.10 |
0.8295 |
-0.0111 |
209 |
1 |
33.10 |
2008-12-20 |
| 94. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
33.04 |
0.8770 |
-0.0587 |
300 |
2 |
32.85 |
2008-12-28 |
| 95. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
32.46 |
0.8852 |
-0.0826 |
201 |
1 |
32.46 |
2008-12-28 |
| 96. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
31.70 |
0.7876 |
-0.0035 |
316 |
1 |
31.70 |
2008-12-28 |
| 97. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
31.24 |
0.9213 |
-0.1509 |
295 |
1 |
31.24 |
2008-12-27 |
| 98. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
31.14 |
0.9991 |
-0.2312 |
225 |
1 |
31.14 |
2008-12-20 |
| 99. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
28.40 |
1.0337 |
-0.3355 |
214 |
1 |
28.40 |
2008-12-28 |
| 100. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
28.24 |
0.9843 |
-0.2945 |
234 |
1 |
28.24 |
2008-12-19 |