| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
37.55 |
0.8910 |
0.5454 |
150 |
2 |
31.12 |
2011-11-29 |
| 2. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
36.76 |
1.0679 |
0.3566 |
177 |
1 |
36.76 |
2013-05-30 |
| 3. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
36.66 |
1.0251 |
0.3731 |
261 |
1 |
36.66 |
2012-01-21 |
| 4. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
36.14 |
1.0390 |
0.3375 |
205 |
1 |
36.14 |
2012-01-21 |
| 5. |
It was evident that he came from the world where men could s... |
35.02 |
0.9320 |
0.3978 |
84 |
3 |
30.83 |
2010-05-06 |
| 6. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
35.02 |
0.9865 |
0.3517 |
276 |
1 |
35.02 |
2013-05-30 |
| 7. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
34.88 |
1.0799 |
0.2482 |
243 |
1 |
34.88 |
2011-11-29 |
| 8. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
34.13 |
0.8190 |
0.4908 |
135 |
1 |
34.13 |
2012-01-14 |
| 9. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
33.85 |
0.7801 |
0.5083 |
116 |
2 |
30.43 |
2012-01-21 |
| 10. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
33.58 |
1.0941 |
0.2187 |
256 |
1 |
33.58 |
2013-05-30 |
| 11. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
33.08 |
0.8275 |
0.4351 |
142 |
3 |
26.30 |
2011-12-05 |
| 12. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
33.03 |
0.9221 |
0.3368 |
244 |
1 |
33.03 |
2011-11-29 |
| 13. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
32.85 |
0.8118 |
0.4466 |
109 |
1 |
32.85 |
2011-12-05 |
| 14. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
32.72 |
1.0389 |
0.2120 |
340 |
1 |
32.72 |
2011-12-05 |
| 15. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
32.46 |
0.9884 |
0.2544 |
262 |
1 |
32.46 |
2011-11-29 |
| 16. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
32.16 |
1.0565 |
0.1678 |
247 |
1 |
32.16 |
2011-11-29 |
| 17. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
31.78 |
0.9187 |
0.2836 |
118 |
1 |
31.78 |
2012-02-01 |
| 18. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
31.56 |
1.0183 |
0.1799 |
191 |
1 |
31.56 |
2011-12-09 |
| 19. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
31.36 |
1.0168 |
0.1807 |
271 |
1 |
31.36 |
2011-11-29 |
| 20. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
31.34 |
1.0521 |
0.1384 |
171 |
2 |
27.70 |
2011-11-29 |
| 21. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
31.33 |
0.9128 |
0.3236 |
369 |
1 |
31.33 |
2013-05-30 |
| 22. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
31.18 |
0.8745 |
0.3124 |
169 |
2 |
28.55 |
2011-04-29 |
| 23. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
30.84 |
1.0388 |
0.1688 |
243 |
1 |
30.84 |
2011-11-29 |
| 24. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
30.77 |
1.0608 |
0.1458 |
258 |
1 |
30.77 |
2012-02-01 |
| 25. |
While you were sleeping, you tossed, you turned. You rolled ... |
30.49 |
0.8614 |
0.2988 |
172 |
2 |
25.17 |
2012-01-21 |
| 26. |
In most cases, there is more to be gained by maximizing the ... |
30.39 |
0.9160 |
0.2390 |
112 |
1 |
30.39 |
2012-01-14 |
| 27. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
30.14 |
1.0033 |
0.1390 |
189 |
2 |
24.79 |
2011-11-29 |
| 28. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
29.08 |
0.7818 |
0.3257 |
195 |
1 |
29.08 |
2011-11-29 |
| 29. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
28.95 |
0.9072 |
0.1942 |
237 |
1 |
28.95 |
2011-11-29 |
| 30. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
28.79 |
0.9171 |
0.1802 |
165 |
2 |
26.48 |
2010-10-22 |
| 31. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
28.77 |
0.9325 |
0.1570 |
156 |
1 |
28.77 |
2011-12-03 |
| 32. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
28.43 |
0.8559 |
0.2280 |
191 |
2 |
25.61 |
2011-11-29 |
| 33. |
Samatha is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, foc... |
28.30 |
1.0673 |
0.0525 |
230 |
1 |
28.30 |
2012-01-12 |
| 34. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
28.16 |
0.9731 |
0.0871 |
129 |
1 |
28.16 |
2009-12-05 |
| 35. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
27.81 |
1.0201 |
0.0323 |
172 |
2 |
24.70 |
2010-04-29 |
| 36. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
27.78 |
0.8077 |
0.2484 |
167 |
1 |
27.78 |
2011-11-29 |
| 37. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
27.73 |
0.8263 |
0.2277 |
162 |
2 |
24.59 |
2011-04-29 |
| 38. |
Pulp: 1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. 2. A magaz... |
27.51 |
0.9155 |
0.1814 |
168 |
1 |
27.51 |
2012-01-12 |
| 39. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
27.47 |
1.0396 |
-0.0007 |
149 |
1 |
27.47 |
2010-05-06 |
| 40. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
27.33 |
0.9884 |
0.0515 |
233 |
1 |
27.33 |
2009-12-10 |
| 41. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
27.29 |
0.9578 |
0.0809 |
281 |
1 |
27.29 |
2012-01-12 |
| 42. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
27.19 |
0.8791 |
0.1553 |
190 |
1 |
27.19 |
2011-11-29 |
| 43. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
27.09 |
0.8506 |
0.1766 |
132 |
1 |
27.09 |
2010-04-29 |
| 44. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
26.89 |
0.7708 |
0.2583 |
207 |
1 |
26.89 |
2012-01-21 |
| 45. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
26.85 |
0.8553 |
0.1618 |
174 |
1 |
26.85 |
2011-12-09 |
| 46. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
26.30 |
0.8628 |
0.1348 |
196 |
1 |
26.30 |
2011-02-07 |
| 47. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
25.87 |
0.9941 |
-0.0121 |
217 |
1 |
25.87 |
2010-05-06 |
| 48. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
25.78 |
0.9196 |
0.0630 |
148 |
4 |
22.68 |
2009-12-08 |
| 49. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
25.15 |
0.7690 |
0.1893 |
142 |
1 |
25.15 |
2010-01-15 |
| 50. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
24.88 |
0.8360 |
0.1094 |
170 |
2 |
21.33 |
2009-12-05 |
| 51. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
24.84 |
1.0498 |
-0.1099 |
180 |
2 |
22.99 |
2009-12-06 |
| 52. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
24.68 |
0.7850 |
0.1499 |
154 |
1 |
24.68 |
2009-12-08 |
| 53. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
24.38 |
1.0444 |
-0.1240 |
197 |
2 |
23.62 |
2010-05-06 |
| 54. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
23.67 |
1.0334 |
-0.1403 |
131 |
1 |
23.67 |
2009-12-05 |
| 55. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
23.55 |
0.8551 |
0.0388 |
171 |
2 |
22.96 |
2009-12-05 |
| 56. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
23.48 |
0.7981 |
0.0918 |
126 |
1 |
23.48 |
2009-12-08 |
| 57. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
23.45 |
1.0485 |
-0.1227 |
153 |
1 |
23.45 |
2010-05-06 |
| 58. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
23.43 |
0.8961 |
-0.0092 |
189 |
2 |
19.85 |
2010-10-22 |
| 59. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
23.17 |
1.0788 |
-0.2041 |
171 |
1 |
23.17 |
2010-04-29 |
| 60. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
22.87 |
0.9726 |
-0.1102 |
154 |
2 |
21.40 |
2009-12-08 |
| 61. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
22.79 |
1.0029 |
-0.1436 |
209 |
2 |
21.87 |
2010-01-15 |
| 62. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
22.73 |
0.8773 |
-0.0104 |
205 |
1 |
22.73 |
2009-12-05 |
| 63. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
22.63 |
0.8996 |
-0.0456 |
192 |
1 |
22.63 |
2010-04-29 |
| 64. |
Desktop publishing revolutionized the creation of printed do... |
22.50 |
0.8023 |
0.0576 |
182 |
1 |
22.50 |
2010-01-15 |
| 65. |
There is a trick for learning to type faster. That trick is ... |
22.48 |
0.8661 |
-0.0213 |
94 |
1 |
22.48 |
2010-05-06 |
| 66. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
22.36 |
0.8500 |
0.0038 |
145 |
1 |
22.36 |
2009-12-05 |
| 67. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
22.14 |
1.1162 |
-0.2346 |
189 |
1 |
22.14 |
2009-12-10 |
| 68. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
22.01 |
0.9843 |
-0.1537 |
234 |
1 |
22.01 |
2009-12-05 |
| 69. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
21.87 |
1.0252 |
-0.2015 |
176 |
2 |
21.66 |
2009-12-05 |
| 70. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
21.80 |
1.0004 |
-0.1790 |
212 |
1 |
21.80 |
2009-12-05 |
| 71. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
21.79 |
0.9665 |
-0.0901 |
326 |
1 |
21.79 |
2011-02-07 |
| 72. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
21.69 |
1.0796 |
-0.2611 |
129 |
1 |
21.69 |
2009-12-10 |
| 73. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
21.37 |
0.9873 |
-0.1791 |
155 |
1 |
21.37 |
2009-12-05 |
| 74. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
21.13 |
1.0767 |
-0.2772 |
212 |
1 |
21.13 |
2010-05-06 |
| 75. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
21.13 |
0.7389 |
0.0642 |
145 |
2 |
20.22 |
2009-12-06 |
| 76. |
By the early 1990s the first Internet language (HTTP) was wr... |
20.89 |
0.7104 |
0.0848 |
131 |
1 |
20.89 |
2009-12-05 |
| 77. |
Through intensive training and psychological manipulation, a... |
20.80 |
0.8073 |
-0.0168 |
173 |
1 |
20.80 |
2009-12-05 |
| 78. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
20.74 |
0.8660 |
-0.0790 |
193 |
1 |
20.74 |
2009-12-08 |
| 79. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
20.66 |
0.9682 |
-0.1865 |
143 |
1 |
20.66 |
2009-12-05 |
| 80. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
20.64 |
0.8037 |
-0.0182 |
148 |
1 |
20.64 |
2009-12-06 |
| 81. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
20.57 |
0.8295 |
-0.0476 |
209 |
1 |
20.57 |
2010-01-15 |
| 82. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
20.09 |
1.0023 |
-0.2426 |
211 |
1 |
20.09 |
2009-12-05 |
| 83. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
20.08 |
0.8715 |
-0.1142 |
130 |
1 |
20.08 |
2009-12-05 |
| 84. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
19.94 |
0.9350 |
-0.1784 |
195 |
1 |
19.94 |
2009-12-06 |
| 85. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
19.75 |
0.8562 |
-0.1076 |
170 |
1 |
19.75 |
2009-12-05 |
| 86. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
19.59 |
0.9710 |
-0.2352 |
173 |
1 |
19.59 |
2009-12-05 |
| 87. |
Because of their scouting skills and peripheral kinesthetic ... |
19.41 |
0.8162 |
-0.0757 |
149 |
2 |
17.19 |
2009-12-05 |
| 88. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
18.90 |
1.0528 |
-0.3421 |
201 |
1 |
18.90 |
2009-12-10 |
| 89. |
The intelligent person is able to identify a problem and fin... |
18.64 |
0.8157 |
-0.1103 |
121 |
1 |
18.64 |
2009-12-05 |
| 90. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
18.50 |
1.0797 |
-0.3850 |
210 |
1 |
18.50 |
2009-12-06 |
| 91. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
18.33 |
0.8747 |
-0.1855 |
201 |
1 |
18.33 |
2009-11-26 |
| 92. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
17.78 |
0.9286 |
-0.2571 |
194 |
1 |
17.78 |
2009-12-05 |
| 93. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
17.76 |
0.7375 |
-0.0625 |
148 |
1 |
17.76 |
2010-04-29 |
| 94. |
The time has come for man to plant the seed of his highest h... |
17.38 |
0.8953 |
-0.2377 |
193 |
1 |
17.38 |
2009-12-03 |
| 95. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
17.12 |
0.9786 |
-0.3367 |
193 |
1 |
17.12 |
2009-12-05 |
| 96. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
14.24 |
0.7352 |
-0.1992 |
106 |
1 |
14.24 |
2009-12-03 |