| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
48.52 |
0.8077 |
0.4125 |
167 |
1 |
48.52 |
2009-05-28 |
| 2. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
47.02 |
1.0419 |
0.1420 |
261 |
1 |
47.02 |
2009-05-28 |
| 3. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
46.82 |
1.0016 |
0.1726 |
218 |
1 |
46.82 |
2009-05-30 |
| 4. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
46.71 |
0.8602 |
0.3136 |
206 |
1 |
46.71 |
2009-05-29 |
| 5. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
46.43 |
0.9514 |
0.2178 |
237 |
2 |
41.44 |
2009-05-29 |
| 6. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
45.95 |
0.9897 |
0.1647 |
274 |
1 |
45.95 |
2009-05-28 |
| 7. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
45.59 |
0.8628 |
0.2813 |
196 |
1 |
45.59 |
2009-05-29 |
| 8. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
45.24 |
0.9991 |
0.1400 |
225 |
1 |
45.24 |
2009-05-28 |
| 9. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
45.14 |
1.0068 |
0.1325 |
358 |
1 |
45.14 |
2009-05-29 |
| 10. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
44.26 |
1.0483 |
0.0623 |
227 |
2 |
37.77 |
2009-05-28 |
| 11. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
44.15 |
0.9005 |
0.2088 |
212 |
1 |
44.15 |
2009-05-28 |
| 12. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
43.69 |
0.9342 |
0.1684 |
434 |
1 |
43.69 |
2009-05-29 |
| 13. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
43.61 |
1.0201 |
0.0774 |
303 |
1 |
43.61 |
2009-05-28 |
| 14. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
43.59 |
1.0263 |
0.0695 |
267 |
1 |
43.59 |
2009-05-29 |
| 15. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
43.47 |
0.9682 |
0.1234 |
143 |
1 |
43.47 |
2009-05-29 |
| 16. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
43.38 |
0.8792 |
0.2213 |
296 |
1 |
43.38 |
2009-05-28 |
| 17. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
43.33 |
0.9263 |
0.1672 |
188 |
2 |
38.98 |
2009-05-28 |
| 18. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
43.08 |
0.9567 |
0.1267 |
273 |
1 |
43.08 |
2009-05-28 |
| 19. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
43.03 |
1.0167 |
0.0724 |
378 |
1 |
43.03 |
2009-05-28 |
| 20. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
43.00 |
0.9691 |
0.1120 |
223 |
1 |
43.00 |
2009-05-28 |
| 21. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
42.96 |
1.0441 |
0.0379 |
252 |
2 |
40.64 |
2009-05-28 |
| 22. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
42.56 |
0.9884 |
0.0863 |
262 |
1 |
42.56 |
2009-05-29 |
| 23. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
42.05 |
1.0445 |
0.0138 |
373 |
2 |
36.38 |
2009-05-29 |
| 24. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
41.98 |
0.9307 |
0.1329 |
246 |
1 |
41.98 |
2009-05-28 |
| 25. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
41.85 |
0.9088 |
0.1487 |
348 |
1 |
41.85 |
2009-05-29 |
| 26. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
41.76 |
0.8852 |
0.1669 |
201 |
1 |
41.76 |
2009-05-28 |
| 27. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
41.42 |
1.0787 |
-0.0386 |
237 |
1 |
41.42 |
2009-05-28 |
| 28. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
41.38 |
1.0125 |
0.0255 |
224 |
1 |
41.38 |
2009-05-28 |
| 29. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
41.13 |
0.9213 |
0.1132 |
295 |
1 |
41.13 |
2009-05-28 |
| 30. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
41.11 |
1.0417 |
-0.0107 |
253 |
1 |
41.11 |
2009-05-28 |
| 31. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
41.07 |
0.9884 |
0.0432 |
233 |
1 |
41.07 |
2009-05-28 |
| 32. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
41.05 |
0.8941 |
0.1398 |
216 |
1 |
41.05 |
2009-05-27 |
| 33. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
40.92 |
0.8910 |
0.1393 |
150 |
1 |
40.92 |
2009-05-27 |
| 34. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
40.91 |
0.8958 |
0.1372 |
322 |
1 |
40.91 |
2009-05-28 |
| 35. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
40.86 |
1.0214 |
0.0003 |
166 |
1 |
40.86 |
2009-05-28 |
| 36. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
40.82 |
0.9772 |
0.0454 |
217 |
1 |
40.82 |
2009-05-28 |
| 37. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
40.34 |
1.0516 |
-0.0381 |
281 |
1 |
40.34 |
2009-05-28 |
| 38. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
39.59 |
0.9275 |
0.0640 |
211 |
1 |
39.59 |
2009-05-27 |
| 39. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
39.54 |
1.0331 |
-0.0418 |
234 |
1 |
39.54 |
2009-05-27 |
| 40. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
39.53 |
0.9684 |
0.0275 |
388 |
1 |
39.53 |
2009-05-28 |
| 41. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
39.27 |
0.9734 |
0.0129 |
289 |
1 |
39.27 |
2009-05-28 |
| 42. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
39.21 |
0.9281 |
0.0621 |
273 |
1 |
39.21 |
2009-05-29 |
| 43. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
38.94 |
1.0696 |
-0.0949 |
226 |
1 |
38.94 |
2009-05-27 |
| 44. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
38.34 |
0.9084 |
0.0564 |
300 |
1 |
38.34 |
2009-05-29 |
| 45. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
38.14 |
0.9289 |
0.0267 |
204 |
1 |
38.14 |
2009-05-28 |
| 46. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
37.99 |
0.9936 |
-0.0399 |
311 |
1 |
37.99 |
2009-05-27 |
| 47. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
37.92 |
1.0767 |
-0.1266 |
212 |
1 |
37.92 |
2009-05-27 |
| 48. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
37.60 |
0.9649 |
-0.0219 |
193 |
1 |
37.60 |
2009-05-29 |
| 49. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
37.46 |
1.0261 |
-0.0874 |
273 |
3 |
35.82 |
2009-05-28 |
| 50. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
37.34 |
1.0251 |
-0.0898 |
261 |
1 |
37.34 |
2009-05-27 |
| 51. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
37.19 |
1.0034 |
-0.0712 |
302 |
1 |
37.19 |
2009-05-27 |
| 52. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
36.79 |
1.0203 |
-0.0934 |
261 |
1 |
36.79 |
2009-05-27 |
| 53. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
36.62 |
0.8595 |
0.0615 |
242 |
1 |
36.62 |
2009-05-29 |
| 54. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
36.55 |
0.9221 |
-0.0062 |
244 |
1 |
36.55 |
2009-05-28 |
| 55. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
36.17 |
0.9048 |
0.0075 |
271 |
1 |
36.17 |
2009-05-29 |
| 56. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
35.79 |
1.0463 |
-0.1528 |
182 |
1 |
35.79 |
2009-05-27 |
| 57. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
35.50 |
0.9986 |
-0.1073 |
283 |
1 |
35.50 |
2009-05-29 |
| 58. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
35.48 |
1.0385 |
-0.1501 |
230 |
1 |
35.48 |
2009-05-27 |
| 59. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
35.23 |
0.9697 |
-0.0857 |
249 |
1 |
35.23 |
2009-05-28 |
| 60. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
34.20 |
0.8152 |
0.0426 |
163 |
1 |
34.20 |
2009-05-27 |
| 61. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
33.83 |
0.9351 |
-0.0924 |
190 |
1 |
33.83 |
2009-05-27 |
| 62. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
33.66 |
1.0124 |
-0.1710 |
204 |
1 |
33.66 |
2009-05-27 |
| 63. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
33.17 |
0.8153 |
0.0209 |
200 |
1 |
33.17 |
2009-05-28 |
| 64. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
32.61 |
0.9724 |
-0.1517 |
237 |
1 |
32.61 |
2009-05-27 |
| 65. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
32.25 |
0.8975 |
-0.0890 |
268 |
1 |
32.25 |
2009-05-27 |
| 66. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
32.10 |
0.7876 |
0.0191 |
316 |
1 |
32.10 |
2009-05-28 |
| 67. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
32.05 |
0.9266 |
-0.1236 |
267 |
2 |
28.45 |
2009-05-27 |
| 68. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
31.64 |
0.8573 |
-0.0613 |
270 |
1 |
31.64 |
2009-05-27 |
| 69. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
31.40 |
1.0528 |
-0.2715 |
201 |
1 |
31.40 |
2009-05-27 |
| 70. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
31.24 |
0.8382 |
-0.0555 |
268 |
1 |
31.24 |
2009-05-28 |
| 71. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
29.93 |
0.8145 |
-0.0633 |
115 |
1 |
29.93 |
2009-05-27 |
| 72. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
28.30 |
0.7259 |
-0.0126 |
186 |
1 |
28.30 |
2009-05-27 |
| 73. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
25.31 |
0.7852 |
-0.1480 |
149 |
1 |
25.31 |
2009-05-27 |