| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
39.80 |
1.1016 |
0.0771 |
233 |
1 |
39.80 |
2009-04-29 |
| 2. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
39.23 |
1.0025 |
0.1590 |
256 |
2 |
36.53 |
2009-04-29 |
| 3. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
38.44 |
0.9578 |
0.1796 |
281 |
1 |
38.44 |
2009-04-29 |
| 4. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
38.32 |
1.0125 |
0.1195 |
224 |
2 |
36.94 |
2009-04-25 |
| 5. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
38.27 |
1.0389 |
0.0956 |
318 |
1 |
38.27 |
2009-04-25 |
| 6. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
37.71 |
1.0696 |
0.0429 |
226 |
2 |
36.94 |
2009-04-29 |
| 7. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
37.67 |
1.0334 |
0.0749 |
131 |
1 |
37.67 |
2009-04-29 |
| 8. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
37.25 |
1.0013 |
0.1001 |
273 |
1 |
37.25 |
2009-04-29 |
| 9. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
37.14 |
1.0711 |
0.0228 |
213 |
1 |
37.14 |
2009-04-29 |
| 10. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
37.02 |
1.0023 |
0.0912 |
211 |
2 |
34.94 |
2009-04-29 |
| 11. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
36.78 |
0.9263 |
0.1654 |
188 |
1 |
36.78 |
2009-04-29 |
| 12. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
36.73 |
1.0993 |
-0.0147 |
265 |
1 |
36.73 |
2009-04-25 |
| 13. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
36.31 |
0.8958 |
0.1829 |
322 |
1 |
36.31 |
2009-04-29 |
| 14. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
36.16 |
0.8615 |
0.2082 |
110 |
1 |
36.16 |
2009-04-25 |
| 15. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
35.93 |
0.8791 |
0.1828 |
190 |
1 |
35.93 |
2009-04-29 |
| 16. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
35.28 |
0.9852 |
0.0584 |
264 |
1 |
35.28 |
2009-04-25 |
| 17. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
35.19 |
0.8852 |
0.1575 |
201 |
1 |
35.19 |
2009-04-25 |
| 18. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
35.15 |
0.9266 |
0.1146 |
278 |
1 |
35.15 |
2009-04-25 |
| 19. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
35.10 |
0.9411 |
0.0976 |
318 |
2 |
34.14 |
2009-04-25 |
| 20. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
34.88 |
0.8653 |
0.1773 |
255 |
1 |
34.88 |
2009-04-25 |
| 21. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
34.78 |
0.8821 |
0.1457 |
176 |
1 |
34.78 |
2009-04-24 |
| 22. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
34.63 |
1.0385 |
-0.0165 |
230 |
1 |
34.63 |
2009-04-29 |
| 23. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
34.42 |
0.8788 |
0.1353 |
134 |
1 |
34.42 |
2009-04-29 |
| 24. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
34.37 |
1.0444 |
-0.0349 |
197 |
2 |
34.22 |
2009-04-29 |
| 25. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
34.30 |
0.8811 |
0.1375 |
239 |
1 |
34.30 |
2009-04-24 |
| 26. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
34.22 |
0.9710 |
0.0341 |
173 |
2 |
30.04 |
2009-04-29 |
| 27. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
34.08 |
0.8096 |
0.2057 |
209 |
1 |
34.08 |
2009-04-29 |
| 28. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
34.04 |
0.9614 |
0.0478 |
292 |
1 |
34.04 |
2009-04-29 |
| 29. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
33.80 |
1.0297 |
-0.0319 |
249 |
1 |
33.80 |
2009-04-26 |
| 30. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
33.42 |
0.8506 |
0.1328 |
132 |
1 |
33.42 |
2009-04-24 |
| 31. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
33.35 |
0.9897 |
-0.0065 |
274 |
1 |
33.35 |
2009-04-29 |
| 32. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
33.16 |
1.0025 |
-0.0218 |
336 |
1 |
33.16 |
2009-04-29 |
| 33. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
33.11 |
0.9731 |
-0.0073 |
129 |
1 |
33.11 |
2009-04-25 |
| 34. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
33.06 |
1.0252 |
-0.0549 |
176 |
1 |
33.06 |
2009-04-24 |
| 35. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
33.04 |
0.9941 |
-0.0203 |
217 |
1 |
33.04 |
2009-04-25 |
| 36. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
32.82 |
1.0168 |
-0.0457 |
271 |
1 |
32.82 |
2009-04-24 |
| 37. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
32.80 |
0.9865 |
-0.0163 |
276 |
1 |
32.80 |
2009-04-24 |
| 38. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
32.67 |
0.8892 |
0.0820 |
207 |
2 |
30.76 |
2009-04-25 |
| 39. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
32.64 |
0.9894 |
-0.0207 |
323 |
1 |
32.64 |
2009-04-26 |
| 40. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
32.50 |
0.9567 |
0.0032 |
273 |
2 |
31.46 |
2009-04-25 |
| 41. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
32.36 |
0.9005 |
0.0539 |
212 |
1 |
32.36 |
2009-04-29 |
| 42. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
32.34 |
1.0029 |
-0.0540 |
209 |
1 |
32.34 |
2009-04-29 |
| 43. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
32.19 |
0.9500 |
0.0030 |
362 |
1 |
32.19 |
2009-04-29 |
| 44. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
32.15 |
0.8810 |
0.0694 |
282 |
1 |
32.15 |
2009-04-24 |
| 45. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
31.94 |
0.7852 |
0.1640 |
149 |
1 |
31.94 |
2009-04-24 |
| 46. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
31.78 |
0.9019 |
0.0418 |
204 |
1 |
31.78 |
2009-04-24 |
| 47. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
31.65 |
0.8900 |
0.0458 |
164 |
1 |
31.65 |
2009-04-24 |
| 48. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
31.60 |
1.0787 |
-0.1469 |
237 |
1 |
31.60 |
2009-04-24 |
| 49. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
31.52 |
0.9636 |
-0.0330 |
254 |
1 |
31.52 |
2009-04-24 |
| 50. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
31.11 |
1.0138 |
-0.0957 |
231 |
1 |
31.11 |
2009-04-24 |
| 51. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
31.07 |
1.0263 |
-0.1098 |
267 |
1 |
31.07 |
2009-04-24 |
| 52. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
30.85 |
0.8628 |
0.0445 |
196 |
2 |
30.68 |
2009-04-24 |
| 53. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
30.57 |
0.9684 |
-0.0634 |
388 |
1 |
30.57 |
2009-04-24 |
| 54. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
30.40 |
0.9936 |
-0.0967 |
311 |
1 |
30.40 |
2009-04-25 |
| 55. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
30.38 |
0.9697 |
-0.0729 |
249 |
1 |
30.38 |
2009-04-24 |
| 56. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
30.15 |
0.8154 |
0.0761 |
193 |
1 |
30.15 |
2009-04-25 |
| 57. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
29.54 |
0.9886 |
-0.1146 |
220 |
1 |
29.54 |
2009-04-24 |
| 58. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
29.43 |
0.8105 |
0.0534 |
204 |
1 |
29.43 |
2009-04-24 |
| 59. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
29.35 |
0.9527 |
-0.0870 |
251 |
1 |
29.35 |
2009-04-24 |
| 60. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
29.35 |
0.8077 |
0.0562 |
167 |
1 |
29.35 |
2009-04-24 |
| 61. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
28.87 |
0.8263 |
0.0230 |
162 |
1 |
28.87 |
2009-04-24 |
| 62. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
28.33 |
0.9691 |
-0.1344 |
223 |
1 |
28.33 |
2009-04-24 |
| 63. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
25.75 |
0.8890 |
-0.1346 |
199 |
1 |
25.75 |
2009-04-24 |
| 64. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
25.53 |
1.0214 |
-0.2717 |
269 |
1 |
25.53 |
2009-04-24 |