| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
43.94 |
1.0711 |
0.0511 |
213 |
2 |
41.34 |
2009-04-22 |
| 2. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
43.89 |
0.9260 |
0.2104 |
243 |
1 |
43.89 |
2009-04-22 |
| 3. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
43.71 |
0.9844 |
0.1417 |
293 |
1 |
43.71 |
2009-04-22 |
| 4. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
43.70 |
1.1018 |
0.0128 |
220 |
1 |
43.70 |
2009-04-22 |
| 5. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
43.11 |
0.9263 |
0.1829 |
188 |
1 |
43.11 |
2009-04-22 |
| 6. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
43.10 |
1.0214 |
0.0787 |
166 |
3 |
40.48 |
2009-04-22 |
| 7. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
43.10 |
1.0799 |
0.0219 |
243 |
1 |
43.10 |
2009-04-22 |
| 8. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
43.03 |
0.8809 |
0.2205 |
127 |
1 |
43.03 |
2009-04-22 |
| 9. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
42.60 |
1.0523 |
0.0359 |
256 |
1 |
42.60 |
2009-04-22 |
| 10. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
42.53 |
0.9899 |
0.0961 |
163 |
1 |
42.53 |
2009-04-22 |
| 11. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
42.49 |
1.0214 |
0.0665 |
269 |
1 |
42.49 |
2009-04-22 |
| 12. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
42.32 |
0.9281 |
0.1622 |
273 |
2 |
39.72 |
2009-04-22 |
| 13. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
41.87 |
0.8887 |
0.1988 |
128 |
1 |
41.87 |
2009-04-22 |
| 14. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
41.83 |
1.0053 |
0.0652 |
232 |
2 |
37.30 |
2009-04-22 |
| 15. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
41.74 |
1.0516 |
0.0182 |
281 |
1 |
41.74 |
2009-04-22 |
| 16. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
41.72 |
0.9697 |
0.1002 |
249 |
1 |
41.72 |
2009-04-22 |
| 17. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
41.67 |
0.8899 |
0.1896 |
293 |
1 |
41.67 |
2009-04-22 |
| 18. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
41.50 |
0.8154 |
0.2503 |
193 |
1 |
41.50 |
2009-04-22 |
| 19. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
41.44 |
1.0567 |
0.0063 |
303 |
1 |
41.44 |
2009-04-22 |
| 20. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
41.37 |
0.9257 |
0.1404 |
317 |
2 |
40.67 |
2009-04-22 |
| 21. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
41.29 |
1.0487 |
0.0048 |
231 |
1 |
41.29 |
2009-04-22 |
| 22. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
41.23 |
0.9795 |
0.0774 |
308 |
2 |
40.95 |
2009-04-22 |
| 23. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
41.00 |
1.0767 |
-0.0279 |
212 |
1 |
41.00 |
2009-04-22 |
| 24. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
40.84 |
1.0993 |
-0.0546 |
265 |
1 |
40.84 |
2009-04-22 |
| 25. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
40.70 |
0.9128 |
0.1359 |
133 |
2 |
40.58 |
2009-04-22 |
| 26. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
40.53 |
1.0521 |
-0.0181 |
171 |
2 |
36.74 |
2009-04-22 |
| 27. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
40.39 |
1.1114 |
-0.0790 |
247 |
1 |
40.39 |
2009-04-22 |
| 28. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
40.38 |
1.0261 |
0.0069 |
273 |
1 |
40.38 |
2009-04-22 |
| 29. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
40.24 |
0.9233 |
0.0996 |
168 |
1 |
40.24 |
2009-04-22 |
| 30. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
40.11 |
0.9786 |
0.0441 |
193 |
1 |
40.11 |
2009-04-22 |
| 31. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
39.82 |
0.9772 |
0.0396 |
217 |
1 |
39.82 |
2009-04-22 |
| 32. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
39.39 |
1.0498 |
-0.0454 |
180 |
1 |
39.39 |
2009-04-22 |
| 33. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
39.15 |
0.9805 |
0.0271 |
292 |
1 |
39.15 |
2009-04-22 |
| 34. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
39.13 |
0.9019 |
0.1057 |
204 |
1 |
39.13 |
2009-04-22 |
| 35. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
38.92 |
1.0168 |
-0.0184 |
271 |
1 |
38.92 |
2009-04-22 |
| 36. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
38.80 |
0.9567 |
0.0370 |
273 |
1 |
38.80 |
2009-04-22 |
| 37. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
38.79 |
0.8792 |
0.1237 |
296 |
1 |
38.79 |
2009-04-22 |
| 38. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
38.78 |
0.9636 |
0.0297 |
254 |
1 |
38.78 |
2009-04-22 |
| 39. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
38.69 |
0.9084 |
0.0844 |
300 |
1 |
38.69 |
2009-04-22 |
| 40. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
38.65 |
1.0419 |
-0.0519 |
261 |
1 |
38.65 |
2009-04-22 |
| 41. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
38.51 |
1.0203 |
-0.0305 |
261 |
1 |
38.51 |
2009-04-22 |
| 42. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
38.43 |
0.8821 |
0.1017 |
176 |
1 |
38.43 |
2009-04-22 |
| 43. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
37.67 |
0.9226 |
0.0483 |
348 |
1 |
37.67 |
2009-04-22 |
| 44. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
37.45 |
0.9213 |
0.0381 |
295 |
1 |
37.45 |
2009-04-22 |
| 45. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
37.33 |
1.0331 |
-0.0796 |
234 |
2 |
35.90 |
2009-04-22 |
| 46. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
37.24 |
0.8811 |
0.0769 |
239 |
1 |
37.24 |
2009-04-22 |
| 47. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
37.19 |
0.9578 |
-0.0062 |
281 |
1 |
37.19 |
2009-04-22 |
| 48. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
37.14 |
0.9798 |
-0.0347 |
199 |
1 |
37.14 |
2009-04-22 |
| 49. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
37.08 |
0.9907 |
-0.0430 |
211 |
1 |
37.08 |
2009-04-22 |
| 50. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
36.94 |
0.9251 |
0.0255 |
177 |
1 |
36.94 |
2009-04-22 |
| 51. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
36.63 |
1.0029 |
-0.0717 |
209 |
1 |
36.63 |
2009-04-22 |
| 52. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
36.37 |
0.8602 |
0.0684 |
206 |
1 |
36.37 |
2009-04-22 |
| 53. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
36.33 |
0.9500 |
-0.0180 |
362 |
1 |
36.33 |
2009-04-22 |
| 54. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
36.10 |
1.0445 |
-0.1198 |
373 |
1 |
36.10 |
2009-04-22 |
| 55. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
35.92 |
0.9202 |
-0.0017 |
254 |
1 |
35.92 |
2009-04-22 |
| 56. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
35.75 |
0.8153 |
0.1042 |
200 |
2 |
35.28 |
2009-04-22 |
| 57. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
35.55 |
0.8295 |
0.0819 |
209 |
2 |
35.15 |
2009-04-22 |
| 58. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
35.51 |
0.9045 |
0.0043 |
235 |
2 |
35.05 |
2009-04-22 |
| 59. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
35.12 |
0.8573 |
0.0447 |
270 |
1 |
35.12 |
2009-04-22 |
| 60. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
34.84 |
1.0125 |
-0.1237 |
224 |
1 |
34.84 |
2009-04-22 |
| 61. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
34.50 |
0.8941 |
-0.0098 |
216 |
1 |
34.50 |
2009-04-22 |
| 62. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
34.02 |
0.9540 |
-0.0859 |
285 |
1 |
34.02 |
2009-04-22 |
| 63. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
33.92 |
0.9843 |
-0.1220 |
234 |
1 |
33.92 |
2009-04-22 |
| 64. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
33.92 |
0.9514 |
-0.0838 |
237 |
1 |
33.92 |
2009-04-22 |
| 65. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
33.67 |
0.9910 |
-0.1283 |
295 |
1 |
33.67 |
2009-04-22 |
| 66. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
32.96 |
0.9430 |
-0.1080 |
211 |
1 |
32.96 |
2009-04-22 |
| 67. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
32.94 |
1.0334 |
-0.1981 |
131 |
1 |
32.94 |
2009-04-22 |
| 68. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
32.35 |
0.9289 |
-0.1047 |
204 |
1 |
32.35 |
2009-04-22 |
| 69. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
32.11 |
1.0396 |
-0.2265 |
149 |
1 |
32.11 |
2009-04-22 |
| 70. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
31.63 |
1.0201 |
-0.2191 |
172 |
1 |
31.63 |
2009-04-22 |
| 71. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
31.25 |
0.9811 |
-0.1804 |
272 |
1 |
31.25 |
2009-04-22 |
| 72. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
30.92 |
0.9339 |
-0.1460 |
310 |
1 |
30.92 |
2009-04-22 |