| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
75.34 |
1.0063 |
1.1612 |
371 |
1 |
75.34 |
2012-07-30 |
| 2. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
60.33 |
0.9964 |
0.7365 |
203 |
1 |
60.33 |
2012-08-09 |
| 3. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
59.52 |
1.0138 |
0.6952 |
231 |
1 |
59.52 |
2012-07-30 |
| 4. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
44.32 |
1.0796 |
0.1845 |
129 |
1 |
44.32 |
2009-05-12 |
| 5. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
40.79 |
1.0487 |
0.1136 |
231 |
1 |
40.79 |
2009-04-09 |
| 6. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
39.87 |
0.8788 |
0.2590 |
134 |
2 |
38.43 |
2009-04-29 |
| 7. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
39.70 |
1.1016 |
0.0339 |
233 |
1 |
39.70 |
2009-03-05 |
| 8. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
39.23 |
0.9649 |
0.1565 |
193 |
2 |
33.38 |
2009-04-21 |
| 9. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
39.22 |
0.9633 |
0.1606 |
304 |
1 |
39.22 |
2009-05-06 |
| 10. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
39.01 |
0.9965 |
0.1147 |
168 |
1 |
39.01 |
2009-04-09 |
| 11. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
39.01 |
0.9212 |
0.1978 |
323 |
3 |
35.72 |
2009-04-23 |
| 12. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
38.74 |
0.9275 |
0.1774 |
211 |
1 |
38.74 |
2009-04-23 |
| 13. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
38.72 |
0.9756 |
0.1305 |
229 |
1 |
38.72 |
2009-04-21 |
| 14. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
38.71 |
0.9196 |
0.1889 |
148 |
1 |
38.71 |
2009-04-15 |
| 15. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
38.65 |
1.0445 |
0.0621 |
373 |
1 |
38.65 |
2009-04-21 |
| 16. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
38.48 |
0.8958 |
0.2097 |
322 |
1 |
38.48 |
2009-05-12 |
| 17. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
38.15 |
1.0462 |
0.0388 |
184 |
2 |
34.53 |
2009-04-07 |
| 18. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
37.73 |
0.9846 |
0.0926 |
281 |
1 |
37.73 |
2009-04-15 |
| 19. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
37.66 |
0.9884 |
0.0924 |
262 |
1 |
37.66 |
2009-04-21 |
| 20. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
37.39 |
0.8810 |
0.1884 |
282 |
1 |
37.39 |
2009-04-29 |
| 21. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
37.32 |
1.0696 |
-0.0061 |
226 |
1 |
37.32 |
2009-04-01 |
| 22. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
37.15 |
1.0029 |
0.0526 |
209 |
1 |
37.15 |
2009-04-23 |
| 23. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
36.91 |
0.8899 |
0.1760 |
293 |
1 |
36.91 |
2009-04-29 |
| 24. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
36.72 |
1.0025 |
0.0468 |
256 |
1 |
36.72 |
2009-04-27 |
| 25. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
36.70 |
1.0521 |
-0.0083 |
171 |
1 |
36.70 |
2009-05-06 |
| 26. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
36.69 |
1.0441 |
0.0059 |
252 |
1 |
36.69 |
2009-04-29 |
| 27. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
36.55 |
1.0385 |
0.0044 |
230 |
2 |
32.25 |
2009-04-23 |
| 28. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
36.46 |
0.8919 |
0.1489 |
205 |
1 |
36.46 |
2009-04-23 |
| 29. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
36.38 |
1.0666 |
-0.0265 |
297 |
1 |
36.38 |
2009-04-07 |
| 30. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
36.37 |
0.9857 |
0.0527 |
293 |
1 |
36.37 |
2009-04-09 |
| 31. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
35.87 |
1.0565 |
-0.0344 |
247 |
3 |
34.85 |
2009-05-04 |
| 32. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
35.82 |
1.0016 |
0.0172 |
218 |
2 |
35.53 |
2009-04-15 |
| 33. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
35.66 |
0.9966 |
0.0219 |
259 |
1 |
35.66 |
2009-04-03 |
| 34. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
35.57 |
0.9886 |
0.0302 |
220 |
1 |
35.57 |
2009-04-09 |
| 35. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
35.22 |
1.0596 |
-0.0558 |
239 |
1 |
35.22 |
2009-04-13 |
| 36. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
35.20 |
0.8154 |
0.1920 |
193 |
1 |
35.20 |
2009-04-15 |
| 37. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
35.17 |
1.0797 |
-0.0804 |
210 |
1 |
35.17 |
2009-03-16 |
| 38. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
35.10 |
0.9852 |
0.0179 |
264 |
1 |
35.10 |
2009-04-27 |
| 39. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
34.98 |
0.9893 |
0.0100 |
323 |
1 |
34.98 |
2009-04-27 |
| 40. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
34.76 |
0.9578 |
0.0349 |
281 |
1 |
34.76 |
2009-05-12 |
| 41. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
34.69 |
1.0529 |
-0.0621 |
351 |
1 |
34.69 |
2009-04-01 |
| 42. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
34.55 |
0.9307 |
0.0638 |
246 |
1 |
34.55 |
2009-03-30 |
| 43. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
34.18 |
1.0714 |
-0.1045 |
129 |
1 |
34.18 |
2009-04-27 |
| 44. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
34.04 |
1.0168 |
-0.0430 |
271 |
2 |
32.31 |
2009-05-04 |
| 45. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
33.99 |
0.9084 |
0.0659 |
404 |
1 |
33.99 |
2009-04-21 |
| 46. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
33.99 |
0.9697 |
0.0008 |
249 |
1 |
33.99 |
2009-04-15 |
| 47. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
33.85 |
0.9907 |
-0.0254 |
211 |
1 |
33.85 |
2009-04-01 |
| 48. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
33.80 |
0.9251 |
0.0450 |
177 |
2 |
33.18 |
2009-03-30 |
| 49. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
33.63 |
0.9786 |
-0.0190 |
235 |
1 |
33.63 |
2009-04-13 |
| 50. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
33.56 |
0.9527 |
0.0057 |
251 |
1 |
33.56 |
2009-05-04 |
| 51. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
33.49 |
1.0429 |
-0.0883 |
259 |
2 |
33.27 |
2009-04-03 |
| 52. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
33.48 |
1.0444 |
-0.0951 |
197 |
1 |
33.48 |
2009-03-03 |
| 53. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
33.43 |
0.8506 |
0.1003 |
132 |
1 |
33.43 |
2009-03-05 |
| 54. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
33.23 |
0.9863 |
-0.0335 |
339 |
1 |
33.23 |
2009-05-27 |
| 55. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
32.96 |
1.0013 |
-0.0616 |
273 |
1 |
32.96 |
2009-03-30 |
| 56. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
32.75 |
0.9758 |
-0.0403 |
314 |
2 |
31.61 |
2009-03-16 |
| 57. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
32.52 |
0.9411 |
-0.0122 |
318 |
1 |
32.52 |
2009-04-15 |
| 58. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
32.22 |
0.8852 |
0.0366 |
201 |
1 |
32.22 |
2009-04-27 |
| 59. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
32.15 |
0.9776 |
-0.0599 |
308 |
1 |
32.15 |
2009-03-16 |
| 60. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
32.07 |
1.0124 |
-0.0999 |
204 |
1 |
32.07 |
2009-03-16 |
| 61. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
31.87 |
0.9843 |
-0.0801 |
234 |
1 |
31.87 |
2009-04-03 |
| 62. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
31.60 |
0.7876 |
0.1164 |
316 |
1 |
31.60 |
2009-04-21 |
| 63. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
31.50 |
0.8070 |
0.0893 |
167 |
1 |
31.50 |
2009-03-11 |
| 64. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
31.40 |
0.8096 |
0.0940 |
209 |
1 |
31.40 |
2009-04-07 |
| 65. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
31.36 |
1.0711 |
-0.1819 |
213 |
1 |
31.36 |
2009-03-30 |
| 66. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
31.30 |
0.9072 |
-0.0165 |
237 |
1 |
31.30 |
2009-04-07 |
| 67. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
30.88 |
0.8975 |
-0.0164 |
268 |
1 |
30.88 |
2009-03-16 |
| 68. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
30.87 |
0.8573 |
0.0262 |
270 |
2 |
30.05 |
2009-03-11 |
| 69. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
30.50 |
1.0263 |
-0.1579 |
267 |
1 |
30.50 |
2009-03-11 |
| 70. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
30.48 |
0.9811 |
-0.1094 |
272 |
1 |
30.48 |
2009-03-30 |
| 71. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
30.44 |
0.8722 |
-0.0012 |
285 |
1 |
30.44 |
2009-04-01 |
| 72. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
30.19 |
1.0483 |
-0.1909 |
227 |
1 |
30.19 |
2009-02-23 |
| 73. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
29.80 |
0.8826 |
-0.0317 |
296 |
2 |
29.75 |
2009-03-11 |
| 74. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
29.23 |
1.0252 |
-0.1989 |
176 |
1 |
29.23 |
2009-02-25 |
| 75. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
29.00 |
0.8941 |
-0.0665 |
216 |
1 |
29.00 |
2009-03-03 |
| 76. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
28.76 |
0.9213 |
-0.1013 |
295 |
1 |
28.76 |
2009-03-09 |
| 77. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
28.69 |
0.9682 |
-0.1526 |
143 |
2 |
24.93 |
2009-03-09 |
| 78. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
28.60 |
0.8745 |
-0.0613 |
169 |
1 |
28.60 |
2009-02-23 |
| 79. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
28.54 |
0.9045 |
-0.0910 |
235 |
1 |
28.54 |
2009-05-06 |
| 80. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
28.18 |
1.0251 |
-0.2246 |
261 |
1 |
28.18 |
2009-02-25 |
| 81. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
28.14 |
1.0099 |
-0.2118 |
207 |
1 |
28.14 |
2009-02-23 |
| 82. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
28.09 |
0.7690 |
0.0331 |
142 |
1 |
28.09 |
2009-03-03 |
| 83. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
27.97 |
0.8956 |
-0.0966 |
217 |
1 |
27.97 |
2009-03-11 |
| 84. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
27.00 |
1.0390 |
-0.2745 |
205 |
1 |
27.00 |
2009-02-25 |
| 85. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
26.66 |
0.8142 |
-0.0612 |
187 |
1 |
26.66 |
2009-02-25 |
| 86. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
26.52 |
0.8916 |
-0.1368 |
216 |
1 |
26.52 |
2009-03-09 |
| 87. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
26.05 |
1.0213 |
-0.2836 |
240 |
1 |
26.05 |
2009-03-03 |
| 88. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
25.86 |
0.8442 |
-0.1050 |
265 |
1 |
25.86 |
2009-02-25 |
| 89. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
25.65 |
0.8353 |
-0.0987 |
283 |
1 |
25.65 |
2009-03-30 |
| 90. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
25.39 |
0.8996 |
-0.1835 |
192 |
2 |
24.39 |
2009-03-11 |
| 91. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
23.94 |
0.8602 |
-0.1825 |
206 |
1 |
23.94 |
2009-03-11 |