| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
43.81 |
0.8887 |
0.8038 |
128 |
4 |
25.46 |
2009-05-25 |
| 2. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
41.79 |
0.8941 |
0.7084 |
216 |
1 |
41.79 |
2009-05-25 |
| 3. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
39.88 |
0.9275 |
0.5959 |
211 |
2 |
32.61 |
2010-06-04 |
| 4. |
There is a trick for learning to type faster. That trick is ... |
36.62 |
0.8661 |
0.5259 |
94 |
4 |
24.46 |
2010-06-07 |
| 5. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
34.23 |
1.0183 |
0.2847 |
191 |
4 |
23.53 |
2010-06-07 |
| 6. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
33.35 |
0.8275 |
0.4473 |
142 |
1 |
33.35 |
2010-05-31 |
| 7. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
33.21 |
0.9884 |
0.2800 |
233 |
3 |
28.32 |
2010-06-07 |
| 8. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
33.12 |
0.9772 |
0.2850 |
217 |
4 |
23.67 |
2010-05-25 |
| 9. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
32.44 |
1.0941 |
0.1766 |
256 |
1 |
32.44 |
2010-06-04 |
| 10. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
32.37 |
0.9844 |
0.2634 |
229 |
1 |
32.37 |
2010-06-04 |
| 11. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
32.34 |
1.1018 |
0.1274 |
220 |
2 |
27.96 |
2010-06-02 |
| 12. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
32.17 |
0.9350 |
0.2949 |
195 |
2 |
29.10 |
2010-06-04 |
| 13. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
32.12 |
1.0528 |
0.1693 |
201 |
3 |
26.58 |
2010-06-02 |
| 14. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
31.60 |
1.0567 |
0.1510 |
303 |
1 |
31.60 |
2010-05-25 |
| 15. |
The intelligent person is able to identify a problem and fin... |
31.33 |
0.8157 |
0.3806 |
121 |
1 |
31.33 |
2010-06-07 |
| 16. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
31.23 |
0.9340 |
0.2586 |
296 |
1 |
31.23 |
2010-06-04 |
| 17. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
31.08 |
1.0429 |
0.1427 |
259 |
1 |
31.08 |
2010-06-07 |
| 18. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
30.83 |
1.0205 |
0.1503 |
179 |
4 |
28.17 |
2010-05-25 |
| 19. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
30.59 |
0.9263 |
0.2453 |
188 |
1 |
30.59 |
2010-06-04 |
| 20. |
Desktop publishing revolutionized the creation of printed do... |
30.40 |
0.8023 |
0.3638 |
182 |
1 |
30.40 |
2010-06-04 |
| 21. |
While you were sleeping, you tossed, you turned. You rolled ... |
30.38 |
0.8614 |
0.2963 |
172 |
1 |
30.38 |
2010-05-13 |
| 22. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
30.36 |
1.0063 |
0.1533 |
371 |
1 |
30.36 |
2010-06-03 |
| 23. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
30.24 |
0.8653 |
0.3006 |
255 |
1 |
30.24 |
2010-05-25 |
| 24. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
30.20 |
0.9724 |
0.1842 |
237 |
1 |
30.20 |
2010-06-07 |
| 25. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
30.18 |
0.9226 |
0.2334 |
177 |
2 |
25.03 |
2010-05-25 |
| 26. |
This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immo... |
29.96 |
0.8244 |
0.3210 |
73 |
1 |
29.96 |
2010-05-25 |
| 27. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
29.95 |
1.0795 |
0.0944 |
226 |
1 |
29.95 |
2010-06-03 |
| 28. |
Since the ninja is that being than which nothing sweeter can... |
29.45 |
0.8919 |
0.2344 |
152 |
1 |
29.45 |
2010-05-07 |
| 29. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
29.14 |
0.8731 |
0.2460 |
199 |
2 |
28.10 |
2010-05-25 |
| 30. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
28.96 |
1.0214 |
0.0820 |
269 |
1 |
28.96 |
2010-06-04 |
| 31. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
28.86 |
0.9682 |
0.1312 |
143 |
4 |
23.39 |
2010-05-11 |
| 32. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
28.84 |
0.9729 |
0.1278 |
255 |
1 |
28.84 |
2010-04-30 |
| 33. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
28.78 |
1.0023 |
0.0940 |
211 |
1 |
28.78 |
2010-04-30 |
| 34. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
28.59 |
1.0565 |
0.0318 |
247 |
2 |
24.75 |
2010-05-07 |
| 35. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
28.58 |
0.8154 |
0.2769 |
193 |
1 |
28.58 |
2010-06-04 |
| 36. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
28.56 |
1.0016 |
0.0835 |
218 |
1 |
28.56 |
2010-06-04 |
| 37. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
28.46 |
1.0462 |
0.0335 |
184 |
2 |
23.89 |
2010-06-04 |
| 38. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
28.34 |
0.9196 |
0.1633 |
148 |
2 |
24.48 |
2010-05-07 |
| 39. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
28.32 |
0.7839 |
0.3021 |
257 |
2 |
25.77 |
2010-06-04 |
| 40. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
28.20 |
0.8951 |
0.1829 |
193 |
2 |
27.74 |
2010-05-25 |
| 41. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
28.00 |
0.9820 |
0.0863 |
274 |
1 |
28.00 |
2010-05-25 |
| 42. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
27.96 |
0.8700 |
0.1958 |
127 |
2 |
23.11 |
2010-06-04 |
| 43. |
Jay earned himself a promotion to lieutenant on the strength... |
27.87 |
0.8122 |
0.2533 |
181 |
2 |
25.21 |
2010-05-25 |
| 44. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
27.77 |
1.0521 |
0.0023 |
171 |
3 |
24.01 |
2010-05-11 |
| 45. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
27.64 |
0.9673 |
0.1262 |
232 |
1 |
27.64 |
2010-06-02 |
| 46. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
27.50 |
1.0033 |
0.0388 |
189 |
1 |
27.50 |
2010-05-31 |
| 47. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
27.37 |
0.9353 |
0.1044 |
177 |
1 |
27.37 |
2010-06-02 |
| 48. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
27.33 |
0.7801 |
0.2585 |
116 |
1 |
27.33 |
2010-05-13 |
| 49. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
27.27 |
0.7818 |
0.2574 |
195 |
1 |
27.27 |
2010-05-13 |
| 50. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
27.23 |
0.9213 |
0.1176 |
295 |
2 |
25.73 |
2010-05-25 |
| 51. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
27.20 |
0.9726 |
0.0582 |
154 |
3 |
25.83 |
2010-05-11 |
| 52. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
27.09 |
0.9710 |
0.0554 |
173 |
2 |
24.09 |
2010-04-26 |
| 53. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
27.03 |
1.0487 |
-0.0231 |
231 |
4 |
22.93 |
2010-05-13 |
| 54. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
26.97 |
0.8910 |
0.1390 |
150 |
3 |
23.15 |
2009-03-10 |
| 55. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
26.95 |
1.0117 |
0.0606 |
297 |
1 |
26.95 |
2010-06-07 |
| 56. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
26.87 |
1.0788 |
-0.0599 |
171 |
5 |
23.12 |
2009-03-13 |
| 57. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
26.77 |
0.9769 |
0.0416 |
263 |
1 |
26.77 |
2010-05-25 |
| 58. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
26.53 |
0.9128 |
0.1040 |
133 |
4 |
24.81 |
2010-05-13 |
| 59. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
26.50 |
0.9307 |
0.0875 |
246 |
1 |
26.50 |
2010-05-13 |
| 60. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
26.39 |
0.8070 |
0.2014 |
137 |
3 |
24.79 |
2009-05-28 |
| 61. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
26.37 |
0.9567 |
0.0907 |
184 |
1 |
26.37 |
2010-06-07 |
| 62. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
26.37 |
1.0029 |
-0.0041 |
209 |
1 |
26.37 |
2010-05-11 |
| 63. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
26.19 |
0.8628 |
0.1320 |
196 |
3 |
23.51 |
2010-05-07 |
| 64. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
26.15 |
0.8867 |
0.1159 |
163 |
5 |
23.46 |
2009-05-07 |
| 65. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
25.92 |
0.9665 |
0.0706 |
326 |
2 |
24.95 |
2010-06-04 |
| 66. |
For all its apparent strength, the Aztec Empire had vulnerab... |
25.67 |
0.7988 |
0.1880 |
219 |
1 |
25.67 |
2010-05-13 |
| 67. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
25.63 |
0.8360 |
0.1398 |
170 |
1 |
25.63 |
2010-05-11 |
| 68. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
25.53 |
0.9164 |
0.0611 |
305 |
1 |
25.53 |
2010-06-02 |
| 69. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
25.15 |
0.8323 |
0.1262 |
203 |
1 |
25.15 |
2010-05-07 |
| 70. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
25.00 |
1.0485 |
-0.0615 |
153 |
1 |
25.00 |
2010-04-30 |
| 71. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
24.91 |
0.9763 |
-0.0280 |
289 |
1 |
24.91 |
2010-05-25 |
| 72. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
24.65 |
1.0419 |
-0.1032 |
261 |
1 |
24.65 |
2010-05-11 |
| 73. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
24.24 |
0.8666 |
0.0593 |
150 |
4 |
21.74 |
2009-05-07 |
| 74. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
24.10 |
1.0214 |
-0.1093 |
166 |
4 |
22.05 |
2010-05-07 |
| 75. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
24.10 |
1.0120 |
-0.0953 |
290 |
1 |
24.10 |
2010-05-25 |
| 76. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
24.06 |
0.8190 |
0.1040 |
135 |
2 |
22.97 |
2009-03-13 |
| 77. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
24.02 |
0.7826 |
0.1356 |
97 |
4 |
21.35 |
2009-03-10 |
| 78. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
23.86 |
0.8615 |
0.0469 |
110 |
2 |
21.44 |
2009-08-18 |
| 79. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
23.70 |
0.8544 |
0.0481 |
170 |
1 |
23.70 |
2010-04-30 |
| 80. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
23.68 |
1.0796 |
-0.1831 |
129 |
3 |
21.57 |
2009-03-13 |
| 81. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
23.62 |
0.9965 |
-0.1023 |
168 |
3 |
21.34 |
2009-03-11 |
| 82. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
23.50 |
0.9873 |
-0.0956 |
155 |
1 |
23.50 |
2010-04-02 |
| 83. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
23.40 |
0.7908 |
0.1044 |
127 |
3 |
21.32 |
2009-05-07 |
| 84. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
23.28 |
0.8142 |
0.0661 |
187 |
2 |
20.94 |
2009-03-13 |
| 85. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
23.07 |
1.0173 |
-0.0953 |
268 |
1 |
23.07 |
2010-04-30 |
| 86. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
23.04 |
1.0696 |
-0.1965 |
226 |
1 |
23.04 |
2009-05-28 |
| 87. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
23.01 |
0.8595 |
0.0177 |
242 |
1 |
23.01 |
2010-05-13 |
| 88. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
22.82 |
0.8070 |
0.0580 |
167 |
3 |
22.46 |
2009-05-29 |
| 89. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
22.74 |
0.8506 |
0.0102 |
132 |
3 |
21.18 |
2009-05-29 |
| 90. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
22.69 |
0.8975 |
-0.0339 |
268 |
3 |
21.58 |
2009-05-29 |
| 91. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
22.68 |
0.7690 |
0.0953 |
142 |
4 |
20.58 |
2009-03-18 |
| 92. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
22.68 |
0.8739 |
-0.0152 |
136 |
4 |
21.29 |
2010-04-30 |
| 93. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
22.50 |
1.0201 |
-0.1712 |
172 |
2 |
22.20 |
2009-05-29 |
| 94. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
22.49 |
1.0396 |
-0.1914 |
149 |
4 |
20.93 |
2009-04-07 |
| 95. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
22.33 |
0.9991 |
-0.1494 |
225 |
1 |
22.33 |
2010-05-07 |
| 96. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
22.17 |
0.8553 |
-0.0174 |
174 |
3 |
20.14 |
2010-04-02 |
| 97. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
22.13 |
0.8152 |
0.0265 |
163 |
2 |
21.92 |
2009-05-07 |
| 98. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
22.10 |
0.9164 |
-0.0726 |
121 |
1 |
22.10 |
2009-08-18 |
| 99. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
22.03 |
0.9649 |
-0.1284 |
193 |
1 |
22.03 |
2010-05-07 |
| 100. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
22.02 |
0.8177 |
0.0152 |
124 |
1 |
22.02 |
2009-03-13 |
| 101. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
21.96 |
0.8956 |
-0.0581 |
217 |
2 |
21.49 |
2009-03-18 |
| 102. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
21.91 |
0.9572 |
-0.1253 |
201 |
2 |
21.21 |
2009-03-11 |
| 103. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
21.87 |
0.8996 |
-0.0737 |
192 |
2 |
20.62 |
2009-04-07 |
| 104. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
21.84 |
0.9731 |
-0.1553 |
129 |
3 |
20.76 |
2009-02-27 |
| 105. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
21.76 |
0.7852 |
0.0479 |
149 |
1 |
21.76 |
2010-04-26 |
| 106. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
21.62 |
0.8788 |
-0.0605 |
134 |
1 |
21.62 |
2009-03-05 |
| 107. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
21.59 |
1.0444 |
-0.2304 |
197 |
1 |
21.59 |
2009-03-11 |
| 108. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
21.45 |
0.7938 |
0.0224 |
176 |
1 |
21.45 |
2009-05-29 |
| 109. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
21.21 |
0.8323 |
-0.0278 |
145 |
1 |
21.21 |
2009-04-24 |
| 110. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
21.11 |
0.9798 |
-0.1834 |
199 |
1 |
21.11 |
2009-03-05 |
| 111. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
20.89 |
0.8077 |
-0.0160 |
167 |
1 |
20.89 |
2009-03-11 |
| 112. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
20.82 |
0.7375 |
0.0566 |
148 |
1 |
20.82 |
2009-05-29 |
| 113. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
20.61 |
0.9941 |
-0.2137 |
217 |
1 |
20.61 |
2009-03-18 |
| 114. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
20.54 |
0.9171 |
-0.1367 |
165 |
1 |
20.54 |
2009-02-27 |
| 115. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
20.50 |
0.8037 |
-0.0225 |
148 |
1 |
20.50 |
2009-02-27 |
| 116. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
20.48 |
1.0004 |
-0.2287 |
212 |
1 |
20.48 |
2009-03-18 |
| 117. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
20.41 |
0.8188 |
-0.0426 |
183 |
1 |
20.41 |
2009-03-10 |
| 118. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
20.09 |
0.9351 |
-0.1779 |
190 |
1 |
20.09 |
2009-03-10 |
| 119. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
20.04 |
0.8900 |
-0.1280 |
164 |
3 |
19.22 |
2009-04-24 |
| 120. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
19.95 |
1.0053 |
-0.2500 |
232 |
1 |
19.95 |
2009-05-28 |
| 121. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
19.94 |
0.8821 |
-0.1257 |
176 |
1 |
19.94 |
2009-02-25 |
| 122. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
19.81 |
0.7352 |
0.0166 |
106 |
4 |
18.51 |
2009-03-13 |
| 123. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
19.20 |
0.8295 |
-0.0994 |
209 |
1 |
19.20 |
2009-03-13 |
| 124. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
19.16 |
0.9233 |
-0.2048 |
168 |
1 |
19.16 |
2009-03-10 |
| 125. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
19.14 |
0.7259 |
0.0060 |
186 |
1 |
19.14 |
2009-04-24 |
| 126. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
19.07 |
0.8936 |
-0.1719 |
127 |
1 |
19.07 |
2009-03-02 |
| 127. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
19.03 |
0.8263 |
-0.1066 |
162 |
2 |
19.00 |
2009-02-26 |
| 128. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
18.76 |
1.0714 |
-0.3689 |
129 |
2 |
18.44 |
2009-02-25 |
| 129. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
18.12 |
0.9251 |
-0.2335 |
177 |
1 |
18.12 |
2009-02-13 |
| 130. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
17.73 |
0.7850 |
-0.1170 |
154 |
2 |
17.71 |
2009-03-09 |