| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
66.99 |
1.0565 |
1.3487 |
247 |
1 |
66.99 |
2009-05-12 |
| 2. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
42.40 |
0.9846 |
0.5336 |
281 |
1 |
42.40 |
2010-02-07 |
| 3. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
36.58 |
0.9772 |
0.3283 |
217 |
1 |
36.58 |
2009-05-12 |
| 4. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
35.93 |
1.1018 |
0.1773 |
220 |
1 |
35.93 |
2010-06-07 |
| 5. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
34.89 |
0.9706 |
0.2816 |
216 |
1 |
34.89 |
2010-02-22 |
| 6. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
34.85 |
1.0120 |
0.2336 |
290 |
1 |
34.85 |
2010-06-07 |
| 7. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
34.05 |
0.9128 |
0.3102 |
133 |
1 |
34.05 |
2010-04-30 |
| 8. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
33.31 |
0.9893 |
0.2016 |
323 |
1 |
33.31 |
2010-04-30 |
| 9. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
33.28 |
1.0574 |
0.1602 |
205 |
1 |
33.28 |
2010-05-29 |
| 10. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
33.20 |
0.9884 |
0.1976 |
233 |
1 |
33.20 |
2010-04-30 |
| 11. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
33.19 |
1.0077 |
0.2201 |
250 |
1 |
33.19 |
2010-02-12 |
| 12. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
32.81 |
0.9164 |
0.2598 |
121 |
1 |
32.81 |
2009-06-08 |
| 13. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
32.78 |
1.0183 |
0.1477 |
191 |
2 |
25.80 |
2010-02-07 |
| 14. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
32.69 |
0.9307 |
0.2457 |
246 |
2 |
28.28 |
2010-02-22 |
| 15. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
32.67 |
1.0788 |
0.0833 |
171 |
1 |
32.67 |
2009-06-08 |
| 16. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
32.60 |
0.9682 |
0.1950 |
143 |
2 |
28.32 |
2010-05-29 |
| 17. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
32.41 |
0.9729 |
0.1856 |
255 |
1 |
32.41 |
2010-04-30 |
| 18. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
32.32 |
0.8500 |
0.3097 |
145 |
1 |
32.32 |
2010-02-22 |
| 19. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
32.26 |
0.9325 |
0.2136 |
156 |
2 |
28.21 |
2009-08-29 |
| 20. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
32.09 |
0.9633 |
0.1856 |
304 |
1 |
32.09 |
2010-02-22 |
| 21. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
32.05 |
0.8956 |
0.2523 |
217 |
1 |
32.05 |
2010-02-07 |
| 22. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
32.02 |
1.0034 |
0.1393 |
302 |
1 |
32.02 |
2010-02-22 |
| 23. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
31.85 |
0.8971 |
0.2462 |
266 |
2 |
27.35 |
2010-06-07 |
| 24. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
31.51 |
0.9540 |
0.1699 |
285 |
1 |
31.51 |
2010-06-07 |
| 25. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
31.17 |
1.0417 |
0.0693 |
253 |
2 |
30.19 |
2010-04-30 |
| 26. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
31.10 |
0.8715 |
0.2355 |
130 |
2 |
29.42 |
2009-06-08 |
| 27. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
31.08 |
1.0334 |
0.0703 |
131 |
1 |
31.08 |
2010-02-07 |
| 28. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
30.42 |
0.8323 |
0.2545 |
203 |
1 |
30.42 |
2010-04-30 |
| 29. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
30.12 |
0.8145 |
0.2633 |
115 |
1 |
30.12 |
2010-02-22 |
| 30. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
29.84 |
0.8961 |
0.1659 |
189 |
1 |
29.84 |
2010-02-12 |
| 31. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
29.84 |
1.0131 |
0.0484 |
225 |
1 |
29.84 |
2009-05-28 |
| 32. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
29.78 |
1.0799 |
-0.0204 |
243 |
2 |
29.55 |
2009-07-07 |
| 33. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
29.71 |
0.9740 |
0.0826 |
209 |
1 |
29.71 |
2010-02-22 |
| 34. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
29.64 |
0.8190 |
0.2462 |
135 |
2 |
25.49 |
2009-07-22 |
| 35. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
29.52 |
0.9820 |
0.0746 |
267 |
1 |
29.52 |
2010-04-30 |
| 36. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
29.47 |
0.9726 |
0.0730 |
154 |
1 |
29.47 |
2010-02-06 |
| 37. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
29.35 |
1.0993 |
-0.0537 |
265 |
1 |
29.35 |
2010-04-30 |
| 38. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
29.19 |
1.0696 |
-0.0312 |
226 |
1 |
29.19 |
2009-05-28 |
| 39. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
29.19 |
0.8506 |
0.1871 |
132 |
3 |
27.03 |
2010-04-30 |
| 40. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
29.12 |
0.8700 |
0.1687 |
127 |
1 |
29.12 |
2009-05-27 |
| 41. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
29.08 |
0.9907 |
0.0456 |
211 |
2 |
27.75 |
2010-02-22 |
| 42. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
29.02 |
0.8544 |
0.1818 |
170 |
1 |
29.02 |
2009-05-27 |
| 43. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
28.87 |
1.0099 |
0.0175 |
207 |
1 |
28.87 |
2010-02-07 |
| 44. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
28.82 |
0.9509 |
0.1160 |
225 |
1 |
28.82 |
2010-04-30 |
| 45. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
28.60 |
0.8670 |
0.1590 |
318 |
1 |
28.60 |
2010-02-22 |
| 46. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
28.34 |
1.0596 |
-0.0505 |
239 |
1 |
28.34 |
2009-05-28 |
| 47. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
28.28 |
0.9941 |
0.0125 |
217 |
1 |
28.28 |
2010-02-07 |
| 48. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
28.12 |
0.7818 |
0.2207 |
195 |
1 |
28.12 |
2010-02-06 |
| 49. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
28.03 |
1.0029 |
-0.0093 |
209 |
2 |
26.05 |
2010-02-07 |
| 50. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
27.95 |
0.9786 |
0.0133 |
193 |
2 |
25.36 |
2010-02-07 |
| 51. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
27.75 |
0.9226 |
0.0711 |
177 |
1 |
27.75 |
2009-05-28 |
| 52. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
27.75 |
1.0025 |
-0.0127 |
256 |
1 |
27.75 |
2009-05-28 |
| 53. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
27.59 |
1.0463 |
-0.0668 |
182 |
1 |
27.59 |
2010-02-07 |
| 54. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
27.54 |
1.0390 |
-0.0605 |
205 |
1 |
27.54 |
2009-05-28 |
| 55. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
27.50 |
0.8323 |
0.1471 |
145 |
1 |
27.50 |
2010-02-07 |
| 56. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
27.26 |
1.0197 |
-0.0504 |
226 |
1 |
27.26 |
2009-07-22 |
| 57. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
27.26 |
0.8867 |
0.0914 |
163 |
1 |
27.26 |
2009-05-27 |
| 58. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
27.26 |
0.8615 |
0.1108 |
110 |
2 |
25.89 |
2010-04-30 |
| 59. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
27.03 |
1.0211 |
-0.0265 |
213 |
1 |
27.03 |
2010-02-07 |
| 60. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
26.87 |
1.0263 |
-0.0690 |
267 |
1 |
26.87 |
2009-05-27 |
| 61. |
Desktop publishing revolutionized the creation of printed do... |
26.85 |
0.8023 |
0.1605 |
182 |
1 |
26.85 |
2010-02-06 |
| 62. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
26.78 |
1.0331 |
-0.0805 |
234 |
1 |
26.78 |
2009-05-26 |
| 63. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
26.76 |
0.9289 |
0.0229 |
204 |
1 |
26.76 |
2010-04-30 |
| 64. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
26.76 |
0.8809 |
0.0710 |
127 |
1 |
26.76 |
2009-05-12 |
| 65. |
Jay earned himself a promotion to lieutenant on the strength... |
26.50 |
0.8122 |
0.1349 |
181 |
1 |
26.50 |
2009-09-05 |
| 66. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
26.39 |
0.7850 |
0.1521 |
154 |
1 |
26.39 |
2009-05-27 |
| 67. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
26.27 |
0.9965 |
-0.0649 |
168 |
3 |
24.77 |
2009-05-12 |
| 68. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
26.23 |
1.0261 |
-0.0931 |
273 |
1 |
26.23 |
2009-06-12 |
| 69. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
26.17 |
0.9196 |
0.0149 |
148 |
2 |
24.03 |
2009-05-11 |
| 70. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
26.08 |
0.8422 |
0.0890 |
164 |
1 |
26.08 |
2009-05-27 |
| 71. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
25.80 |
0.9636 |
-0.0443 |
254 |
1 |
25.80 |
2009-06-08 |
| 72. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
25.78 |
0.7852 |
0.1394 |
149 |
1 |
25.78 |
2009-06-17 |
| 73. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
25.46 |
0.8142 |
0.0873 |
187 |
3 |
22.92 |
2009-06-07 |
| 74. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
25.34 |
1.0797 |
-0.1825 |
210 |
1 |
25.34 |
2010-02-07 |
| 75. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
25.21 |
0.8602 |
0.0357 |
206 |
2 |
23.43 |
2010-06-07 |
| 76. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
25.14 |
1.0023 |
-0.1086 |
211 |
2 |
23.57 |
2009-05-13 |
| 77. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
25.09 |
1.0714 |
-0.1865 |
129 |
1 |
25.09 |
2009-05-11 |
| 78. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
24.98 |
0.8559 |
0.0347 |
191 |
1 |
24.98 |
2010-02-07 |
| 79. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
24.41 |
0.8919 |
-0.0244 |
205 |
2 |
24.27 |
2010-02-06 |
| 80. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
24.22 |
0.9221 |
-0.0613 |
244 |
2 |
23.19 |
2009-05-12 |
| 81. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
24.12 |
0.7690 |
0.0913 |
142 |
1 |
24.12 |
2009-05-11 |
| 82. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
23.97 |
0.9612 |
-0.1079 |
256 |
1 |
23.97 |
2009-05-14 |
| 83. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
23.77 |
1.0796 |
-0.2383 |
129 |
1 |
23.77 |
2009-05-11 |
| 84. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
23.58 |
1.0711 |
-0.2370 |
213 |
2 |
22.55 |
2009-05-12 |
| 85. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
23.55 |
0.8709 |
-0.0249 |
202 |
1 |
23.55 |
2009-05-13 |
| 86. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
23.43 |
0.8153 |
0.0233 |
200 |
1 |
23.43 |
2009-06-17 |
| 87. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
23.42 |
0.8263 |
0.0050 |
162 |
1 |
23.42 |
2009-05-28 |
| 88. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
23.15 |
1.0033 |
-0.1864 |
189 |
1 |
23.15 |
2010-02-07 |
| 89. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
22.91 |
0.8188 |
-0.0027 |
183 |
1 |
22.91 |
2009-05-11 |
| 90. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
22.84 |
0.9251 |
-0.1077 |
177 |
2 |
21.71 |
2009-05-13 |
| 91. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
22.60 |
0.9710 |
-0.1737 |
173 |
2 |
22.55 |
2009-05-26 |
| 92. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
22.57 |
0.8595 |
-0.0550 |
242 |
1 |
22.57 |
2009-08-29 |
| 93. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
22.44 |
0.8660 |
-0.0676 |
193 |
1 |
22.44 |
2009-05-12 |
| 94. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
22.26 |
0.9048 |
-0.1087 |
271 |
1 |
22.26 |
2009-06-17 |
| 95. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
22.26 |
1.0252 |
-0.2402 |
176 |
1 |
22.26 |
2009-05-12 |
| 96. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
22.23 |
0.8936 |
-0.1048 |
127 |
1 |
22.23 |
2009-05-27 |
| 97. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
21.86 |
0.8152 |
-0.0380 |
163 |
1 |
21.86 |
2009-06-04 |
| 98. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
21.53 |
0.8826 |
-0.1161 |
296 |
1 |
21.53 |
2010-02-07 |
| 99. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
21.53 |
0.8295 |
-0.0626 |
209 |
1 |
21.53 |
2009-06-12 |
| 100. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
21.47 |
0.7908 |
-0.0232 |
127 |
1 |
21.47 |
2009-05-12 |
| 101. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
21.38 |
0.9866 |
-0.2306 |
218 |
1 |
21.38 |
2009-05-28 |
| 102. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
21.31 |
0.8125 |
-0.0528 |
197 |
1 |
21.31 |
2009-05-12 |
| 103. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
21.07 |
0.9572 |
-0.2098 |
201 |
1 |
21.07 |
2009-05-11 |
| 104. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
20.96 |
0.7389 |
0.0070 |
145 |
1 |
20.96 |
2009-05-12 |
| 105. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
20.77 |
0.8791 |
-0.1424 |
190 |
1 |
20.77 |
2009-05-11 |
| 106. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
20.68 |
0.7938 |
-0.0584 |
176 |
1 |
20.68 |
2009-05-11 |
| 107. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
20.66 |
0.7352 |
-0.0016 |
106 |
1 |
20.66 |
2009-05-28 |
| 108. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
20.14 |
0.8553 |
-0.1455 |
174 |
1 |
20.14 |
2009-05-28 |
| 109. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
19.58 |
0.7375 |
-0.0397 |
148 |
1 |
19.58 |
2009-05-12 |
| 110. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
18.88 |
0.8887 |
-0.2054 |
128 |
1 |
18.88 |
2009-05-12 |
| 111. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
18.40 |
0.9286 |
-0.2776 |
194 |
1 |
18.40 |
2010-02-07 |