| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
47.05 |
1.0696 |
0.2829 |
226 |
1 |
47.05 |
2009-03-01 |
| 2. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
45.30 |
0.9729 |
0.3324 |
255 |
2 |
39.01 |
2009-03-01 |
| 3. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
44.94 |
1.0120 |
0.2818 |
290 |
3 |
40.75 |
2009-03-02 |
| 4. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
43.38 |
0.9171 |
0.3324 |
165 |
2 |
38.57 |
2009-03-01 |
| 5. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
41.97 |
1.0528 |
0.1504 |
201 |
1 |
41.97 |
2009-03-01 |
| 6. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
41.84 |
1.0426 |
0.1611 |
323 |
1 |
41.84 |
2009-03-02 |
| 7. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
40.87 |
1.0799 |
0.0926 |
243 |
2 |
39.68 |
2009-03-02 |
| 8. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
40.51 |
0.9731 |
0.1801 |
129 |
2 |
37.09 |
2009-03-01 |
| 9. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
40.21 |
1.0025 |
0.1544 |
256 |
2 |
36.39 |
2009-03-16 |
| 10. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
39.72 |
0.9365 |
0.2076 |
248 |
2 |
37.79 |
2009-03-06 |
| 11. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
39.32 |
0.9213 |
0.2103 |
295 |
1 |
39.32 |
2009-03-06 |
| 12. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
38.20 |
0.9691 |
0.1289 |
223 |
2 |
37.55 |
2009-03-01 |
| 13. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
38.07 |
1.0331 |
0.0594 |
234 |
1 |
38.07 |
2009-03-01 |
| 14. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
37.98 |
1.0034 |
0.0872 |
302 |
1 |
37.98 |
2009-03-01 |
| 15. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
37.76 |
0.9893 |
0.0965 |
323 |
1 |
37.76 |
2009-03-06 |
| 16. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
37.54 |
1.0496 |
0.0290 |
314 |
2 |
35.83 |
2009-03-02 |
| 17. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
37.34 |
1.0213 |
0.0490 |
240 |
1 |
37.34 |
2009-03-06 |
| 18. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
37.15 |
0.9897 |
0.0759 |
274 |
1 |
37.15 |
2009-03-01 |
| 19. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
37.10 |
1.0567 |
0.0104 |
303 |
1 |
37.10 |
2009-03-01 |
| 20. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
37.05 |
1.0138 |
0.0508 |
231 |
1 |
37.05 |
2009-03-01 |
| 21. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
37.04 |
0.9965 |
0.0688 |
277 |
1 |
37.04 |
2009-03-01 |
| 22. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
36.82 |
0.9946 |
0.0635 |
246 |
1 |
36.82 |
2009-03-01 |
| 23. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
36.44 |
0.9316 |
0.1217 |
287 |
1 |
36.44 |
2009-03-01 |
| 24. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
36.35 |
1.0183 |
0.0208 |
191 |
1 |
36.35 |
2009-03-01 |
| 25. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
36.32 |
0.9048 |
0.1436 |
271 |
2 |
33.51 |
2009-03-02 |
| 26. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
36.23 |
1.0498 |
-0.0134 |
180 |
1 |
36.23 |
2009-03-01 |
| 27. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
35.95 |
1.0261 |
0.0050 |
273 |
2 |
32.84 |
2009-03-02 |
| 28. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
35.77 |
1.0251 |
0.0005 |
261 |
1 |
35.77 |
2009-03-02 |
| 29. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
35.63 |
0.9843 |
0.0344 |
234 |
2 |
34.38 |
2009-03-06 |
| 30. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
35.53 |
0.8810 |
0.1406 |
282 |
1 |
35.53 |
2009-03-01 |
| 31. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
35.26 |
0.9342 |
0.0823 |
434 |
1 |
35.26 |
2009-03-06 |
| 32. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
35.08 |
1.0016 |
0.0015 |
218 |
1 |
35.08 |
2009-03-01 |
| 33. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
35.07 |
0.9740 |
0.0293 |
209 |
1 |
35.07 |
2009-03-01 |
| 34. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
34.52 |
1.0787 |
-0.0886 |
237 |
3 |
31.36 |
2009-03-02 |
| 35. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
34.50 |
0.9532 |
0.0363 |
258 |
1 |
34.50 |
2009-03-06 |
| 36. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
34.50 |
0.9786 |
0.0070 |
193 |
1 |
34.50 |
2009-03-06 |
| 37. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
34.50 |
0.9281 |
0.0678 |
273 |
1 |
34.50 |
2009-03-01 |
| 38. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
34.21 |
1.0596 |
-0.0793 |
239 |
1 |
34.21 |
2009-03-01 |
| 39. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
34.16 |
0.9865 |
-0.0044 |
276 |
1 |
34.16 |
2009-03-02 |
| 40. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
34.13 |
1.0829 |
-0.1013 |
288 |
1 |
34.13 |
2009-03-02 |
| 41. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
34.03 |
1.0523 |
-0.0794 |
256 |
1 |
34.03 |
2009-03-02 |
| 42. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
33.80 |
0.9226 |
0.0542 |
348 |
1 |
33.80 |
2009-03-01 |
| 43. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
33.67 |
1.0797 |
-0.1186 |
210 |
1 |
33.67 |
2009-03-02 |
| 44. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
33.61 |
0.8442 |
0.1248 |
265 |
1 |
33.61 |
2009-03-01 |
| 45. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
33.27 |
0.9941 |
-0.0414 |
217 |
1 |
33.27 |
2009-03-01 |
| 46. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
33.19 |
0.9884 |
-0.0314 |
262 |
1 |
33.19 |
2009-03-02 |
| 47. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
33.18 |
0.9325 |
0.0132 |
156 |
2 |
30.51 |
2009-04-29 |
| 48. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
33.18 |
1.1114 |
-0.1617 |
247 |
1 |
33.18 |
2009-03-02 |
| 49. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
33.00 |
0.9307 |
0.0245 |
246 |
1 |
33.00 |
2009-03-01 |
| 50. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
32.95 |
1.0099 |
-0.0670 |
207 |
1 |
32.95 |
2009-03-06 |
| 51. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
32.91 |
0.8628 |
0.0784 |
196 |
1 |
32.91 |
2009-03-01 |
| 52. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
32.90 |
1.0095 |
-0.0663 |
316 |
1 |
32.90 |
2009-04-29 |
| 53. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
32.84 |
1.0516 |
-0.1094 |
281 |
1 |
32.84 |
2009-03-06 |
| 54. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
32.82 |
0.9257 |
0.0218 |
317 |
1 |
32.82 |
2009-03-02 |
| 55. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
32.72 |
1.0429 |
-0.1052 |
259 |
1 |
32.72 |
2009-03-02 |
| 56. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
32.09 |
0.9429 |
-0.0209 |
287 |
1 |
32.09 |
2009-03-01 |
| 57. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
31.58 |
1.0487 |
-0.1478 |
231 |
1 |
31.58 |
2009-03-01 |
| 58. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
31.49 |
1.0109 |
-0.1068 |
276 |
1 |
31.49 |
2009-03-01 |
| 59. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
31.39 |
0.8916 |
0.0091 |
216 |
1 |
31.39 |
2009-03-02 |
| 60. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
31.26 |
0.9233 |
-0.0350 |
168 |
1 |
31.26 |
2009-03-02 |
| 61. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
31.03 |
1.0023 |
-0.1143 |
211 |
1 |
31.03 |
2009-03-02 |
| 62. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
31.00 |
0.8700 |
0.0183 |
127 |
1 |
31.00 |
2009-03-01 |
| 63. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
30.13 |
1.0444 |
-0.1873 |
197 |
1 |
30.13 |
2009-04-29 |
| 64. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
29.58 |
0.8602 |
-0.0147 |
206 |
1 |
29.58 |
2009-03-01 |
| 65. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
29.55 |
0.8958 |
-0.0444 |
322 |
1 |
29.55 |
2009-03-01 |
| 66. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
29.28 |
0.9068 |
-0.0648 |
269 |
1 |
29.28 |
2009-03-01 |
| 67. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
28.97 |
0.8936 |
-0.0652 |
127 |
1 |
28.97 |
2009-03-01 |
| 68. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
28.96 |
0.9286 |
-0.0999 |
194 |
1 |
28.96 |
2009-03-02 |
| 69. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
28.71 |
0.8910 |
-0.0669 |
150 |
1 |
28.71 |
2009-03-01 |
| 70. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
28.64 |
1.1016 |
-0.2811 |
233 |
1 |
28.64 |
2009-03-02 |
| 71. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
28.22 |
1.0214 |
-0.2187 |
166 |
1 |
28.22 |
2009-03-01 |
| 72. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
28.06 |
0.8791 |
-0.0765 |
190 |
2 |
27.38 |
2009-03-02 |
| 73. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
27.82 |
1.0252 |
-0.2352 |
176 |
1 |
27.82 |
2009-04-29 |
| 74. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
27.16 |
1.0124 |
-0.2375 |
204 |
1 |
27.16 |
2009-03-01 |
| 75. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
25.76 |
0.9251 |
-0.1835 |
177 |
1 |
25.76 |
2009-03-01 |
| 76. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
25.34 |
0.8887 |
-0.1504 |
128 |
1 |
25.34 |
2009-03-01 |
| 77. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
21.18 |
0.8826 |
-0.2779 |
296 |
1 |
21.18 |
2009-03-01 |