| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
56.57 |
0.9941 |
0.2123 |
217 |
4 |
49.96 |
2008-11-15 |
| 2. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
53.75 |
0.9894 |
0.1629 |
323 |
2 |
51.18 |
2008-11-03 |
| 3. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
53.49 |
1.0462 |
0.0899 |
184 |
1 |
53.49 |
2008-10-29 |
| 4. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
53.34 |
1.0498 |
0.0844 |
180 |
2 |
49.83 |
2008-11-15 |
| 5. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
53.11 |
1.0619 |
0.0757 |
354 |
1 |
53.11 |
2008-10-30 |
| 6. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
53.06 |
0.9785 |
0.1577 |
335 |
1 |
53.06 |
2008-11-03 |
| 7. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
52.85 |
0.9776 |
0.1510 |
308 |
3 |
46.08 |
2008-10-30 |
| 8. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
52.77 |
0.9857 |
0.1400 |
293 |
1 |
52.77 |
2008-10-30 |
| 9. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
52.62 |
1.0799 |
0.0399 |
243 |
1 |
52.62 |
2008-11-03 |
| 10. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
52.51 |
1.0516 |
0.0691 |
281 |
1 |
52.51 |
2008-10-29 |
| 11. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
51.74 |
0.8956 |
0.2135 |
322 |
1 |
51.74 |
2008-11-06 |
| 12. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
51.67 |
1.0429 |
0.0586 |
259 |
1 |
51.67 |
2008-10-30 |
| 13. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
51.54 |
1.0419 |
0.0582 |
261 |
1 |
51.54 |
2008-11-03 |
| 14. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
51.47 |
0.9289 |
0.1674 |
204 |
1 |
51.47 |
2008-11-03 |
| 15. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
51.14 |
0.9936 |
0.0976 |
311 |
2 |
45.66 |
2008-10-30 |
| 16. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
51.07 |
1.0375 |
0.0985 |
200 |
1 |
51.07 |
2009-09-14 |
| 17. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
51.02 |
0.9884 |
0.1048 |
262 |
1 |
51.02 |
2008-10-29 |
| 18. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
50.94 |
0.9756 |
0.1103 |
229 |
1 |
50.94 |
2008-11-03 |
| 19. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
50.92 |
1.0528 |
0.0289 |
201 |
1 |
50.92 |
2008-10-30 |
| 20. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
50.85 |
1.0016 |
0.0790 |
218 |
1 |
50.85 |
2008-10-30 |
| 21. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
50.76 |
0.9570 |
0.1280 |
287 |
1 |
50.76 |
2008-11-06 |
| 22. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
50.61 |
1.0337 |
0.0458 |
214 |
1 |
50.61 |
2008-11-03 |
| 23. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
50.60 |
0.9946 |
0.0850 |
246 |
3 |
46.95 |
2008-11-16 |
| 24. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
50.51 |
1.0349 |
0.0423 |
234 |
1 |
50.51 |
2008-11-03 |
| 25. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
50.50 |
1.0666 |
0.0112 |
297 |
2 |
46.53 |
2008-11-03 |
| 26. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
50.45 |
0.9275 |
0.1458 |
211 |
2 |
47.12 |
2008-11-03 |
| 27. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
49.64 |
1.0487 |
0.0054 |
231 |
1 |
49.64 |
2008-10-30 |
| 28. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
49.55 |
0.8810 |
0.1770 |
282 |
1 |
49.55 |
2008-11-06 |
| 29. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
49.45 |
0.9068 |
0.1512 |
269 |
1 |
49.45 |
2008-11-03 |
| 30. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
49.35 |
0.9633 |
0.0917 |
304 |
2 |
46.69 |
2008-11-16 |
| 31. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
49.14 |
0.9500 |
0.1005 |
362 |
1 |
49.14 |
2008-10-30 |
| 32. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
49.13 |
1.1114 |
-0.0660 |
247 |
1 |
49.13 |
2008-11-03 |
| 33. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
49.08 |
0.9964 |
0.0507 |
203 |
2 |
46.16 |
2008-11-06 |
| 34. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
49.06 |
1.0023 |
0.0424 |
211 |
1 |
49.06 |
2008-11-03 |
| 35. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
48.96 |
0.8935 |
0.1606 |
328 |
1 |
48.96 |
2008-11-03 |
| 36. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
48.35 |
1.0595 |
-0.0258 |
379 |
2 |
45.07 |
2008-11-16 |
| 37. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
48.28 |
1.0263 |
0.0026 |
267 |
2 |
47.83 |
2008-11-06 |
| 38. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
48.22 |
0.8947 |
0.1386 |
366 |
1 |
48.22 |
2008-11-03 |
| 39. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
48.07 |
1.0025 |
0.0236 |
336 |
3 |
46.42 |
2008-10-30 |
| 40. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
48.05 |
1.0529 |
-0.0282 |
351 |
2 |
46.86 |
2008-11-06 |
| 41. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
47.98 |
1.0993 |
-0.0781 |
265 |
1 |
47.98 |
2008-11-03 |
| 42. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
47.94 |
1.0063 |
0.0165 |
371 |
1 |
47.94 |
2008-11-15 |
| 43. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
47.81 |
1.0004 |
0.0131 |
212 |
2 |
47.23 |
2008-11-03 |
| 44. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
47.51 |
1.0714 |
-0.0672 |
129 |
2 |
47.47 |
2008-11-15 |
| 45. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
47.43 |
0.9365 |
0.0763 |
248 |
2 |
44.90 |
2008-10-29 |
| 46. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
47.37 |
0.9786 |
0.0263 |
193 |
1 |
47.37 |
2008-11-03 |
| 47. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
47.34 |
0.9844 |
0.0298 |
293 |
1 |
47.34 |
2008-11-03 |
| 48. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
47.27 |
0.9763 |
0.0311 |
289 |
1 |
47.27 |
2008-11-03 |
| 49. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
47.13 |
0.8961 |
0.1054 |
189 |
1 |
47.13 |
2008-11-06 |
| 50. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
47.00 |
1.0062 |
-0.0041 |
288 |
2 |
44.79 |
2008-11-03 |
| 51. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
46.81 |
1.0334 |
-0.0419 |
131 |
1 |
46.81 |
2008-10-30 |
| 52. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
46.53 |
1.0787 |
-0.0881 |
237 |
2 |
43.06 |
2008-10-30 |
| 53. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
46.43 |
0.9795 |
0.0103 |
308 |
1 |
46.43 |
2008-10-30 |
| 54. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
46.34 |
0.9635 |
0.0297 |
389 |
1 |
46.34 |
2008-10-29 |
| 55. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
46.26 |
0.9691 |
0.0165 |
223 |
1 |
46.26 |
2008-10-30 |
| 56. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
46.23 |
1.0941 |
-0.0774 |
256 |
1 |
46.23 |
2009-09-14 |
| 57. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
46.23 |
0.8996 |
0.0804 |
192 |
1 |
46.23 |
2008-10-29 |
| 58. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
46.17 |
0.9614 |
0.0258 |
292 |
1 |
46.17 |
2008-10-29 |
| 59. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
46.12 |
0.9710 |
0.0056 |
173 |
2 |
45.55 |
2008-10-30 |
| 60. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
46.00 |
0.9234 |
0.0625 |
346 |
1 |
46.00 |
2008-10-29 |
| 61. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
45.85 |
0.9991 |
-0.0213 |
225 |
1 |
45.85 |
2008-10-29 |
| 62. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
45.73 |
1.0203 |
-0.0422 |
261 |
2 |
41.50 |
2009-09-14 |
| 63. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
45.70 |
0.9084 |
0.0674 |
300 |
1 |
45.70 |
2008-11-03 |
| 64. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
45.69 |
0.8933 |
0.0869 |
363 |
1 |
45.69 |
2008-10-30 |
| 65. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
45.35 |
1.0053 |
-0.0408 |
232 |
1 |
45.35 |
2009-09-14 |
| 66. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
45.35 |
0.9865 |
-0.0189 |
276 |
1 |
45.35 |
2008-11-03 |
| 67. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
45.23 |
0.9619 |
0.0072 |
393 |
1 |
45.23 |
2008-10-29 |
| 68. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
44.98 |
0.9805 |
-0.0174 |
292 |
1 |
44.98 |
2008-11-06 |
| 69. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
44.84 |
0.9514 |
0.0043 |
237 |
1 |
44.84 |
2008-10-29 |
| 70. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
44.81 |
1.0331 |
-0.0805 |
234 |
1 |
44.81 |
2008-10-29 |
| 71. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
44.72 |
0.9426 |
0.0134 |
317 |
1 |
44.72 |
2008-10-30 |
| 72. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
44.72 |
1.0515 |
-0.1005 |
250 |
1 |
44.72 |
2008-10-29 |
| 73. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
44.64 |
1.0389 |
-0.0861 |
318 |
1 |
44.64 |
2008-10-29 |
| 74. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
44.39 |
0.9084 |
0.0414 |
404 |
2 |
44.36 |
2008-10-30 |
| 75. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
44.36 |
0.9965 |
-0.0562 |
168 |
1 |
44.36 |
2008-11-03 |
| 76. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
44.21 |
1.0829 |
-0.1396 |
288 |
1 |
44.21 |
2008-10-29 |
| 77. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
44.16 |
1.0486 |
-0.1070 |
289 |
1 |
44.16 |
2008-11-03 |
| 78. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
44.12 |
0.9697 |
-0.0296 |
249 |
1 |
44.12 |
2008-10-29 |
| 79. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
44.03 |
1.0297 |
-0.0929 |
249 |
1 |
44.03 |
2008-11-03 |
| 80. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
44.00 |
1.0567 |
-0.1188 |
303 |
1 |
44.00 |
2008-10-29 |
| 81. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
43.98 |
0.9820 |
-0.0423 |
267 |
1 |
43.98 |
2008-10-29 |
| 82. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
43.85 |
0.9907 |
-0.0582 |
211 |
1 |
43.85 |
2008-10-30 |
| 83. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
43.70 |
0.9411 |
-0.0095 |
318 |
1 |
43.70 |
2008-10-29 |
| 84. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
43.62 |
1.0201 |
-0.0906 |
303 |
1 |
43.62 |
2008-10-29 |
| 85. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
43.58 |
0.9168 |
0.0127 |
240 |
1 |
43.58 |
2008-10-30 |
| 86. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
43.11 |
1.0534 |
-0.1331 |
357 |
1 |
43.11 |
2008-10-29 |
| 87. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
43.11 |
0.8722 |
0.0488 |
285 |
1 |
43.11 |
2008-10-30 |
| 88. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
42.95 |
0.9740 |
-0.0635 |
209 |
1 |
42.95 |
2009-09-14 |
| 89. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
42.70 |
1.0711 |
-0.1670 |
213 |
1 |
42.70 |
2009-09-14 |
| 90. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
42.58 |
0.9612 |
-0.0546 |
256 |
1 |
42.58 |
2008-10-29 |
| 91. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
42.54 |
0.8442 |
0.0656 |
265 |
1 |
42.54 |
2008-10-29 |
| 92. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
42.47 |
0.9572 |
-0.0540 |
201 |
1 |
42.47 |
2008-10-29 |
| 93. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
42.07 |
1.0131 |
-0.1214 |
225 |
1 |
42.07 |
2008-11-03 |
| 94. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
41.93 |
0.8951 |
-0.0003 |
193 |
1 |
41.93 |
2008-11-03 |
| 95. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
41.93 |
0.9164 |
-0.0190 |
305 |
2 |
41.85 |
2008-10-30 |
| 96. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
41.81 |
0.8916 |
-0.0013 |
216 |
1 |
41.81 |
2008-11-06 |
| 97. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
41.77 |
0.8553 |
0.0287 |
174 |
1 |
41.77 |
2009-09-14 |
| 98. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
40.49 |
0.9649 |
-0.1045 |
193 |
1 |
40.49 |
2008-10-29 |
| 99. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
40.38 |
1.0444 |
-0.1919 |
197 |
1 |
40.38 |
2008-10-29 |
| 100. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
40.37 |
0.9350 |
-0.0753 |
195 |
1 |
40.37 |
2009-09-14 |
| 101. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
40.21 |
1.0201 |
-0.1714 |
172 |
1 |
40.21 |
2008-10-29 |
| 102. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
39.64 |
0.9851 |
-0.1398 |
317 |
1 |
39.64 |
2008-10-30 |
| 103. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
39.43 |
1.0214 |
-0.1882 |
166 |
1 |
39.43 |
2008-10-29 |
| 104. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
39.34 |
1.0555 |
-0.2174 |
363 |
1 |
39.34 |
2009-09-14 |
| 105. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
39.26 |
0.8770 |
-0.0389 |
300 |
1 |
39.26 |
2008-10-29 |
| 106. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
39.23 |
0.9233 |
-0.0973 |
168 |
1 |
39.23 |
2008-10-29 |
| 107. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
38.58 |
0.9376 |
-0.1119 |
367 |
2 |
38.57 |
2008-11-15 |
| 108. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
38.29 |
0.9863 |
-0.1679 |
339 |
1 |
38.29 |
2008-11-06 |
| 109. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
37.66 |
0.8919 |
-0.0932 |
205 |
2 |
35.68 |
2008-10-29 |
| 110. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
37.57 |
0.9430 |
-0.1519 |
211 |
1 |
37.57 |
2008-10-29 |
| 111. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
32.83 |
1.0398 |
-0.3542 |
110 |
1 |
32.83 |
2009-09-14 |