| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
59.62 |
1.0796 |
0.2020 |
129 |
3 |
55.14 |
2008-11-14 |
| 2. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
58.83 |
1.0797 |
0.1839 |
210 |
1 |
58.83 |
2009-01-29 |
| 3. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
57.17 |
0.9724 |
0.2643 |
237 |
2 |
53.60 |
2009-01-29 |
| 4. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
56.55 |
1.0023 |
0.2153 |
211 |
1 |
56.55 |
2009-01-06 |
| 5. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
55.02 |
1.0389 |
0.1497 |
340 |
1 |
55.02 |
2009-01-06 |
| 6. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
54.96 |
1.0463 |
0.1340 |
182 |
1 |
54.96 |
2009-03-04 |
| 7. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
54.69 |
1.0787 |
0.0990 |
237 |
1 |
54.69 |
2009-03-04 |
| 8. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
54.63 |
0.9576 |
0.2247 |
212 |
3 |
46.27 |
2009-03-04 |
| 9. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
53.67 |
0.8951 |
0.2639 |
193 |
2 |
44.64 |
2008-11-24 |
| 10. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
52.58 |
1.0263 |
0.1059 |
267 |
1 |
52.58 |
2008-11-18 |
| 11. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
52.32 |
1.0523 |
0.0708 |
256 |
1 |
52.32 |
2008-12-05 |
| 12. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
51.60 |
1.0349 |
0.0761 |
234 |
2 |
48.82 |
2008-11-18 |
| 13. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
51.13 |
1.0668 |
0.0371 |
350 |
2 |
48.18 |
2008-12-05 |
| 14. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
51.12 |
1.0016 |
0.0950 |
218 |
3 |
42.42 |
2009-01-06 |
| 15. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
50.79 |
0.9886 |
0.1079 |
220 |
1 |
50.79 |
2008-11-14 |
| 16. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
50.55 |
0.9309 |
0.1560 |
284 |
1 |
50.55 |
2008-11-18 |
| 17. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
50.52 |
0.9691 |
0.1185 |
223 |
3 |
46.92 |
2008-12-05 |
| 18. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
50.26 |
1.0498 |
0.0279 |
180 |
2 |
50.09 |
2008-11-18 |
| 19. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
50.12 |
0.9636 |
0.1157 |
254 |
1 |
50.12 |
2008-11-24 |
| 20. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
50.01 |
0.9572 |
0.1187 |
201 |
1 |
50.01 |
2009-01-06 |
| 21. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
49.94 |
1.0419 |
0.0336 |
261 |
1 |
49.94 |
2009-03-04 |
| 22. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
49.61 |
1.0340 |
0.0395 |
406 |
3 |
46.80 |
2009-03-04 |
| 23. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
49.32 |
0.9997 |
0.0659 |
382 |
1 |
49.32 |
2008-12-05 |
| 24. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
49.03 |
0.9758 |
0.0806 |
314 |
1 |
49.03 |
2009-03-04 |
| 25. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
48.83 |
0.9729 |
0.0786 |
255 |
1 |
48.83 |
2009-03-04 |
| 26. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
48.80 |
0.8353 |
0.2228 |
283 |
2 |
43.94 |
2008-11-24 |
| 27. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
48.61 |
1.0577 |
-0.0147 |
247 |
1 |
48.61 |
2008-11-18 |
| 28. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
48.53 |
1.0337 |
0.0105 |
214 |
4 |
43.99 |
2009-01-06 |
| 29. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
48.47 |
0.8811 |
0.1669 |
239 |
1 |
48.47 |
2008-11-06 |
| 30. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
48.19 |
1.0417 |
-0.0069 |
253 |
1 |
48.19 |
2008-11-06 |
| 31. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
48.10 |
1.0189 |
0.0198 |
337 |
2 |
46.34 |
2009-01-29 |
| 32. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
48.01 |
1.0399 |
-0.0013 |
294 |
1 |
48.01 |
2008-11-24 |
| 33. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
48.00 |
1.0165 |
0.0206 |
392 |
1 |
48.00 |
2008-11-24 |
| 34. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
47.97 |
1.0486 |
-0.0153 |
289 |
1 |
47.97 |
2008-11-24 |
| 35. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
47.42 |
0.9697 |
0.0511 |
249 |
1 |
47.42 |
2009-03-04 |
| 36. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
47.36 |
0.9339 |
0.0839 |
310 |
1 |
47.36 |
2008-11-18 |
| 37. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
47.26 |
0.9072 |
0.1082 |
237 |
2 |
44.30 |
2009-01-14 |
| 38. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
47.10 |
1.0444 |
-0.0374 |
197 |
1 |
47.10 |
2008-11-06 |
| 39. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
47.06 |
0.9756 |
0.0358 |
229 |
3 |
43.97 |
2009-03-04 |
| 40. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
46.87 |
0.8653 |
0.1546 |
255 |
1 |
46.87 |
2008-12-05 |
| 41. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
46.82 |
1.0696 |
-0.0656 |
226 |
1 |
46.82 |
2008-11-14 |
| 42. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
46.65 |
0.8996 |
0.0987 |
192 |
2 |
45.19 |
2009-01-06 |
| 43. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
46.60 |
1.0013 |
0.0005 |
273 |
1 |
46.60 |
2008-11-24 |
| 44. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
46.34 |
0.9857 |
0.0103 |
293 |
1 |
46.34 |
2009-01-06 |
| 45. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
45.89 |
0.9532 |
0.0327 |
258 |
3 |
42.11 |
2008-12-05 |
| 46. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
45.70 |
0.9202 |
0.0622 |
254 |
2 |
45.45 |
2008-11-24 |
| 47. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
45.50 |
0.9866 |
-0.0116 |
218 |
2 |
45.19 |
2008-12-05 |
| 48. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
45.47 |
0.9281 |
0.0551 |
273 |
1 |
45.47 |
2009-01-29 |
| 49. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
45.46 |
1.0168 |
-0.0376 |
271 |
3 |
43.80 |
2008-12-03 |
| 50. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
45.39 |
1.0666 |
-0.0902 |
297 |
1 |
45.39 |
2009-01-14 |
| 51. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
44.84 |
0.9740 |
-0.0138 |
209 |
1 |
44.84 |
2008-11-18 |
| 52. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
44.79 |
0.8947 |
0.0734 |
366 |
1 |
44.79 |
2008-12-05 |
| 53. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
44.74 |
0.9811 |
-0.0162 |
272 |
1 |
44.74 |
2008-12-05 |
| 54. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
44.71 |
1.0201 |
-0.0546 |
375 |
2 |
42.78 |
2008-11-18 |
| 55. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
44.45 |
1.0034 |
-0.0491 |
302 |
2 |
42.98 |
2008-11-24 |
| 56. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
44.43 |
1.0390 |
-0.0874 |
205 |
1 |
44.43 |
2008-11-14 |
| 57. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
44.02 |
0.9429 |
0.0049 |
287 |
1 |
44.02 |
2008-11-24 |
| 58. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
43.97 |
1.0529 |
-0.1076 |
351 |
1 |
43.97 |
2008-11-06 |
| 59. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
43.96 |
0.9776 |
-0.0322 |
308 |
2 |
42.23 |
2009-01-06 |
| 60. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
43.92 |
0.9578 |
-0.0140 |
281 |
2 |
43.45 |
2008-11-18 |
| 61. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
43.34 |
1.0109 |
-0.0785 |
276 |
1 |
43.34 |
2008-11-06 |
| 62. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
43.07 |
0.9125 |
0.0151 |
308 |
1 |
43.07 |
2008-11-18 |
| 63. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
42.99 |
1.0445 |
-0.1196 |
373 |
1 |
42.99 |
2008-11-06 |
| 64. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
42.94 |
1.0289 |
-0.1016 |
276 |
1 |
42.94 |
2009-01-06 |
| 65. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
42.93 |
0.9567 |
-0.0342 |
273 |
1 |
42.93 |
2008-11-14 |
| 66. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
42.13 |
0.9289 |
-0.0259 |
204 |
1 |
42.13 |
2008-12-03 |
| 67. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
42.08 |
0.8442 |
0.0640 |
265 |
1 |
42.08 |
2009-03-04 |
| 68. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
42.02 |
0.9351 |
-0.0377 |
190 |
1 |
42.02 |
2008-12-03 |
| 69. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
42.00 |
0.9316 |
-0.0232 |
287 |
1 |
42.00 |
2008-11-06 |
| 70. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
41.91 |
0.8958 |
0.0093 |
322 |
1 |
41.91 |
2008-11-18 |
| 71. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
41.77 |
1.0053 |
-0.1099 |
232 |
1 |
41.77 |
2008-11-06 |
| 72. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
41.49 |
0.9049 |
-0.0082 |
351 |
2 |
38.93 |
2008-11-24 |
| 73. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
41.31 |
0.8770 |
0.0136 |
300 |
1 |
41.31 |
2008-12-05 |
| 74. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
40.89 |
0.9266 |
-0.0466 |
278 |
1 |
40.89 |
2008-11-18 |
| 75. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
40.63 |
0.9468 |
-0.0747 |
276 |
1 |
40.63 |
2008-11-24 |
| 76. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
40.49 |
0.9005 |
-0.0325 |
212 |
1 |
40.49 |
2008-11-14 |
| 77. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
40.45 |
0.9841 |
-0.1116 |
334 |
1 |
40.45 |
2008-12-05 |
| 78. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
40.26 |
0.9088 |
-0.0391 |
348 |
1 |
40.26 |
2008-11-24 |
| 79. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
40.16 |
0.9233 |
-0.0693 |
168 |
1 |
40.16 |
2009-03-04 |
| 80. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
39.96 |
0.9614 |
-0.1004 |
292 |
1 |
39.96 |
2008-11-18 |
| 81. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
39.79 |
1.0398 |
-0.1960 |
110 |
1 |
39.79 |
2009-03-04 |
| 82. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
39.59 |
0.9844 |
-0.1297 |
293 |
1 |
39.59 |
2008-11-06 |
| 83. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
39.52 |
0.9649 |
-0.1176 |
193 |
1 |
39.52 |
2008-11-06 |
| 84. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
38.47 |
0.9786 |
-0.1583 |
193 |
1 |
38.47 |
2008-11-06 |
| 85. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
38.18 |
1.0025 |
-0.1834 |
256 |
1 |
38.18 |
2008-11-14 |
| 86. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
38.07 |
0.8595 |
-0.0409 |
242 |
2 |
37.60 |
2008-11-06 |
| 87. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
37.99 |
0.8154 |
0.0014 |
193 |
1 |
37.99 |
2008-11-06 |
| 88. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
37.37 |
0.8852 |
-0.0816 |
201 |
1 |
37.37 |
2008-11-06 |
| 89. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
36.88 |
0.9266 |
-0.1356 |
267 |
1 |
36.88 |
2008-11-06 |
| 90. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
36.66 |
0.9411 |
-0.1542 |
318 |
1 |
36.66 |
2008-11-06 |
| 91. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
36.41 |
0.8105 |
-0.0342 |
204 |
2 |
35.99 |
2008-12-03 |
| 92. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
35.36 |
0.9148 |
-0.1557 |
317 |
1 |
35.36 |
2008-11-24 |