| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
61.78 |
0.9161 |
1.0692 |
200 |
1 |
61.78 |
2011-03-23 |
| 2. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
51.88 |
1.0426 |
0.6235 |
323 |
1 |
51.88 |
2011-03-22 |
| 3. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
49.75 |
1.0907 |
0.5098 |
303 |
1 |
49.75 |
2010-07-19 |
| 4. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
48.75 |
1.0214 |
0.5865 |
281 |
1 |
48.75 |
2011-03-25 |
| 5. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
47.64 |
1.0090 |
0.5643 |
282 |
1 |
47.64 |
2011-03-22 |
| 6. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
45.56 |
0.8559 |
0.6071 |
191 |
1 |
45.56 |
2011-03-22 |
| 7. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
45.16 |
1.0621 |
0.4065 |
263 |
1 |
45.16 |
2011-03-25 |
| 8. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
44.78 |
0.9226 |
0.5181 |
177 |
1 |
44.78 |
2010-06-20 |
| 9. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
41.25 |
1.0263 |
0.2955 |
267 |
1 |
41.25 |
2011-03-25 |
| 10. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
40.15 |
1.0334 |
0.2471 |
131 |
1 |
40.15 |
2010-06-19 |
| 11. |
This country is hard on people. Hard and crazy. Got the devi... |
39.84 |
0.9028 |
0.3724 |
111 |
1 |
39.84 |
2010-07-07 |
| 12. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
39.50 |
1.1016 |
0.1645 |
233 |
2 |
34.83 |
2010-06-19 |
| 13. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
39.42 |
1.0483 |
0.2121 |
227 |
2 |
34.49 |
2010-06-19 |
| 14. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
38.69 |
0.8715 |
0.3643 |
130 |
2 |
35.41 |
2010-04-12 |
| 15. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
38.41 |
1.0506 |
0.2089 |
277 |
1 |
38.41 |
2010-06-20 |
| 16. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
37.94 |
0.9773 |
0.2302 |
123 |
1 |
37.94 |
2010-05-08 |
| 17. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
37.87 |
1.0485 |
0.1994 |
153 |
2 |
32.58 |
2011-03-22 |
| 18. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
37.75 |
1.0218 |
0.1846 |
268 |
1 |
37.75 |
2010-07-07 |
| 19. |
The girls I like best are ones I never feel much like kiddin... |
37.48 |
0.9063 |
0.3023 |
239 |
1 |
37.48 |
2010-05-04 |
| 20. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
37.43 |
1.0213 |
0.1744 |
240 |
3 |
30.12 |
2010-06-19 |
| 21. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
37.25 |
1.0725 |
0.1464 |
233 |
3 |
36.08 |
2010-06-20 |
| 22. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
37.02 |
0.9572 |
0.2274 |
201 |
1 |
37.02 |
2010-06-19 |
| 23. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
36.00 |
0.9068 |
0.2488 |
269 |
1 |
36.00 |
2010-06-19 |
| 24. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
35.96 |
0.8971 |
0.2595 |
266 |
1 |
35.96 |
2011-03-22 |
| 25. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
35.93 |
0.8323 |
0.3167 |
145 |
2 |
31.93 |
2010-06-19 |
| 26. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
35.67 |
0.9578 |
0.1837 |
281 |
1 |
35.67 |
2010-07-07 |
| 27. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
35.61 |
1.0205 |
0.1130 |
179 |
2 |
33.58 |
2010-04-11 |
| 28. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
35.38 |
0.9965 |
0.1313 |
168 |
2 |
30.71 |
2010-06-19 |
| 29. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
35.15 |
1.0943 |
0.0634 |
206 |
1 |
35.15 |
2010-06-20 |
| 30. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
34.73 |
0.7852 |
0.3322 |
149 |
1 |
34.73 |
2010-06-19 |
| 31. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
34.71 |
1.0288 |
0.1142 |
300 |
1 |
34.71 |
2010-06-20 |
| 32. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
34.70 |
0.8360 |
0.2738 |
170 |
1 |
34.70 |
2010-04-14 |
| 33. |
Grits and fried chicken won't disappear, but perhaps future ... |
34.44 |
0.8884 |
0.2143 |
135 |
1 |
34.44 |
2010-06-19 |
| 34. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
34.24 |
0.8788 |
0.2134 |
134 |
3 |
31.65 |
2010-04-14 |
| 35. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
34.00 |
1.1162 |
0.0127 |
189 |
1 |
34.00 |
2010-05-01 |
| 36. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
33.90 |
1.0120 |
0.0719 |
290 |
2 |
31.60 |
2010-06-22 |
| 37. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
33.88 |
0.9912 |
0.1197 |
237 |
2 |
31.36 |
2011-03-22 |
| 38. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
33.79 |
0.8422 |
0.2406 |
164 |
2 |
29.28 |
2010-01-23 |
| 39. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
33.69 |
0.9251 |
0.1578 |
177 |
1 |
33.69 |
2010-06-20 |
| 40. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
33.54 |
0.9612 |
0.1118 |
256 |
1 |
33.54 |
2010-06-20 |
| 41. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
33.38 |
1.0521 |
0.0109 |
171 |
1 |
33.38 |
2010-04-13 |
| 42. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
33.11 |
1.0252 |
0.0274 |
176 |
1 |
33.11 |
2010-06-19 |
| 43. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
33.00 |
0.9682 |
0.0854 |
143 |
2 |
32.49 |
2010-05-10 |
| 44. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
32.74 |
0.8551 |
0.1909 |
171 |
1 |
32.74 |
2010-04-11 |
| 45. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
32.74 |
0.8096 |
0.2454 |
209 |
1 |
32.74 |
2010-07-19 |
| 46. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
32.33 |
1.0677 |
-0.0035 |
284 |
1 |
32.33 |
2010-06-19 |
| 47. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
32.13 |
0.9991 |
0.0287 |
225 |
1 |
32.13 |
2010-06-19 |
| 48. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
32.09 |
0.8700 |
0.1553 |
127 |
2 |
30.42 |
2010-01-31 |
| 49. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
31.66 |
1.0388 |
0.0049 |
243 |
1 |
31.66 |
2010-06-20 |
| 50. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
31.37 |
1.0515 |
-0.0507 |
250 |
1 |
31.37 |
2010-04-12 |
| 51. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
31.15 |
1.0203 |
-0.0213 |
261 |
1 |
31.15 |
2010-04-12 |
| 52. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
31.07 |
0.9871 |
0.0281 |
227 |
1 |
31.07 |
2011-03-25 |
| 53. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
30.98 |
1.0417 |
-0.0541 |
253 |
1 |
30.98 |
2010-04-14 |
| 54. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
30.98 |
0.8809 |
0.1070 |
127 |
2 |
28.64 |
2010-01-11 |
| 55. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
30.86 |
0.9966 |
-0.0110 |
259 |
1 |
30.86 |
2010-02-01 |
| 56. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
30.81 |
0.9430 |
0.0343 |
211 |
1 |
30.81 |
2010-04-11 |
| 57. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
30.71 |
0.7850 |
0.1928 |
154 |
1 |
30.71 |
2010-06-19 |
| 58. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
30.61 |
0.8961 |
0.0786 |
189 |
3 |
27.06 |
2010-05-10 |
| 59. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
30.59 |
0.8821 |
0.0949 |
176 |
1 |
30.59 |
2010-04-13 |
| 60. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
30.41 |
0.9899 |
-0.0229 |
163 |
1 |
30.41 |
2010-06-20 |
| 61. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
30.40 |
0.8910 |
0.0820 |
150 |
1 |
30.40 |
2010-04-12 |
| 62. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
30.23 |
0.8958 |
0.0746 |
322 |
1 |
30.23 |
2010-06-19 |
| 63. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
30.05 |
0.9164 |
0.0471 |
121 |
1 |
30.05 |
2010-01-22 |
| 64. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
29.95 |
1.0029 |
-0.0525 |
209 |
1 |
29.95 |
2010-04-11 |
| 65. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
29.50 |
0.9820 |
-0.0396 |
274 |
2 |
28.69 |
2010-01-22 |
| 66. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
29.49 |
1.0768 |
-0.0948 |
295 |
1 |
29.49 |
2010-04-12 |
| 67. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
29.48 |
1.0528 |
-0.1163 |
201 |
1 |
29.48 |
2010-01-22 |
| 68. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
29.45 |
0.8867 |
0.0598 |
163 |
1 |
29.45 |
2010-04-14 |
| 69. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
29.23 |
0.7934 |
0.1393 |
134 |
1 |
29.23 |
2010-01-23 |
| 70. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
29.17 |
0.7890 |
0.1434 |
230 |
1 |
29.17 |
2010-06-19 |
| 71. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
29.08 |
0.8919 |
0.0350 |
205 |
1 |
29.08 |
2010-06-19 |
| 72. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
28.84 |
1.0124 |
-0.0940 |
204 |
1 |
28.84 |
2010-04-14 |
| 73. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
28.83 |
0.9263 |
-0.0023 |
188 |
1 |
28.83 |
2010-01-23 |
| 74. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
28.80 |
1.0240 |
-0.1071 |
256 |
1 |
28.80 |
2010-01-25 |
| 75. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
28.78 |
0.9786 |
-0.0649 |
193 |
1 |
28.78 |
2010-04-14 |
| 76. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
28.72 |
1.0797 |
-0.1684 |
210 |
2 |
28.41 |
2010-01-22 |
| 77. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
28.67 |
0.9127 |
0.0003 |
252 |
1 |
28.67 |
2010-05-10 |
| 78. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
28.65 |
1.0463 |
-0.1362 |
182 |
1 |
28.65 |
2010-01-23 |
| 79. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
28.58 |
0.8125 |
0.1024 |
197 |
3 |
25.97 |
2010-01-23 |
| 80. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
28.50 |
0.9266 |
-0.0167 |
267 |
1 |
28.50 |
2010-05-04 |
| 81. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
28.34 |
1.0197 |
-0.1180 |
226 |
1 |
28.34 |
2010-01-31 |
| 82. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
28.22 |
0.8975 |
0.0038 |
268 |
1 |
28.22 |
2010-01-23 |
| 83. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
28.15 |
0.8747 |
0.0193 |
201 |
2 |
26.34 |
2010-01-13 |
| 84. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
28.15 |
0.8118 |
0.0916 |
109 |
1 |
28.15 |
2010-01-31 |
| 85. |
While you were sleeping, you tossed, you turned. You rolled ... |
28.13 |
0.8614 |
0.0341 |
172 |
1 |
28.13 |
2010-01-13 |
| 86. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
28.09 |
0.9893 |
-0.0927 |
323 |
1 |
28.09 |
2010-01-23 |
| 87. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
28.03 |
1.0679 |
-0.1530 |
177 |
1 |
28.03 |
2010-05-08 |
| 88. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
27.96 |
0.9350 |
-0.0419 |
195 |
1 |
27.96 |
2010-06-21 |
| 89. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
27.82 |
0.7826 |
0.1090 |
97 |
2 |
25.50 |
2010-06-19 |
| 90. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
27.48 |
0.9325 |
-0.0624 |
156 |
1 |
27.48 |
2010-01-11 |
| 91. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
27.41 |
0.9286 |
-0.0551 |
194 |
1 |
27.41 |
2010-01-22 |
| 92. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
27.34 |
0.8660 |
0.0067 |
193 |
2 |
23.77 |
2010-01-31 |
| 93. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
27.32 |
0.8826 |
-0.0096 |
296 |
1 |
27.32 |
2010-01-22 |
| 94. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
27.28 |
0.7981 |
0.0698 |
126 |
1 |
27.28 |
2010-01-26 |
| 95. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
27.25 |
1.0320 |
-0.1254 |
293 |
1 |
27.25 |
2010-04-14 |
| 96. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
27.18 |
1.0445 |
-0.1765 |
373 |
1 |
27.18 |
2010-02-08 |
| 97. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
27.17 |
0.8275 |
0.0395 |
142 |
1 |
27.17 |
2010-05-01 |
| 98. |
Desktop publishing revolutionized the creation of printed do... |
27.09 |
0.8023 |
0.0673 |
182 |
1 |
27.09 |
2010-01-10 |
| 99. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
26.90 |
0.8188 |
0.0403 |
183 |
1 |
26.90 |
2010-01-23 |
| 100. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
26.84 |
0.9527 |
-0.0967 |
251 |
1 |
26.84 |
2010-05-08 |
| 101. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
26.75 |
0.8544 |
-0.0008 |
170 |
1 |
26.75 |
2010-01-23 |
| 102. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
26.67 |
1.0565 |
-0.2085 |
247 |
1 |
26.67 |
2010-01-23 |
| 103. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
26.59 |
0.8177 |
0.0260 |
124 |
1 |
26.59 |
2010-01-13 |
| 104. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
26.59 |
1.0462 |
-0.2043 |
184 |
1 |
26.59 |
2010-01-13 |
| 105. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
26.57 |
1.1018 |
-0.2609 |
220 |
1 |
26.57 |
2010-01-23 |
| 106. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
26.22 |
0.9128 |
-0.0713 |
133 |
1 |
26.22 |
2010-01-31 |
| 107. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
26.20 |
0.9697 |
-0.1341 |
249 |
1 |
26.20 |
2010-01-23 |
| 108. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
26.04 |
1.0487 |
-0.2235 |
231 |
1 |
26.04 |
2010-01-11 |
| 109. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
25.74 |
0.7690 |
0.0531 |
142 |
1 |
25.74 |
2010-01-12 |
| 110. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
25.64 |
0.8077 |
0.0076 |
167 |
1 |
25.64 |
2010-01-31 |
| 111. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
25.64 |
0.9316 |
-0.1084 |
287 |
1 |
25.64 |
2010-01-22 |
| 112. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
25.53 |
1.0214 |
-0.2094 |
269 |
1 |
25.53 |
2010-01-22 |
| 113. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
25.51 |
1.0099 |
-0.1998 |
207 |
1 |
25.51 |
2010-01-22 |
| 114. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
25.50 |
0.8295 |
-0.0150 |
209 |
1 |
25.50 |
2010-01-13 |
| 115. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
25.36 |
0.9171 |
-0.1086 |
165 |
1 |
25.36 |
2010-01-22 |
| 116. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
25.27 |
1.0331 |
-0.2301 |
234 |
1 |
25.27 |
2010-01-12 |
| 117. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
25.08 |
0.9758 |
-0.1760 |
314 |
1 |
25.08 |
2010-01-22 |
| 118. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
24.94 |
0.7352 |
0.0593 |
106 |
1 |
24.94 |
2010-01-13 |
| 119. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
24.69 |
0.9567 |
-0.1280 |
184 |
1 |
24.69 |
2010-07-07 |
| 120. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
24.57 |
0.8773 |
-0.0912 |
205 |
1 |
24.57 |
2010-01-22 |
| 121. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
24.53 |
0.8152 |
-0.0337 |
163 |
1 |
24.53 |
2010-01-22 |
| 122. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
24.51 |
0.8709 |
-0.0824 |
202 |
2 |
23.63 |
2010-01-23 |
| 123. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
23.84 |
0.8915 |
-0.1337 |
188 |
1 |
23.84 |
2010-01-23 |
| 124. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
23.35 |
0.9559 |
-0.2101 |
195 |
1 |
23.35 |
2010-01-22 |
| 125. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
22.80 |
1.0365 |
-0.2813 |
162 |
1 |
22.80 |
2010-01-12 |
| 126. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
21.98 |
0.9769 |
-0.2803 |
263 |
1 |
21.98 |
2010-01-22 |
| 127. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
21.92 |
0.7916 |
-0.0871 |
184 |
1 |
21.92 |
2010-01-22 |
| 128. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
21.44 |
0.8519 |
-0.1670 |
150 |
1 |
21.44 |
2010-01-10 |
| 129. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
21.39 |
0.9239 |
-0.2377 |
193 |
1 |
21.39 |
2010-01-12 |
| 130. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
20.70 |
1.0767 |
-0.4216 |
212 |
1 |
20.70 |
2010-01-22 |
| 131. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
20.29 |
0.9196 |
-0.2739 |
148 |
1 |
20.29 |
2010-01-10 |
| 132. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
19.78 |
0.8916 |
-0.2638 |
216 |
1 |
19.78 |
2010-01-26 |
| 133. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
19.75 |
0.8145 |
-0.1857 |
115 |
1 |
19.75 |
2010-01-22 |
| 134. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
19.61 |
0.8890 |
-0.2706 |
199 |
1 |
19.61 |
2010-01-30 |
| 135. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
18.86 |
1.0214 |
-0.4291 |
166 |
1 |
18.86 |
2010-01-10 |