| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
54.12 |
1.0483 |
0.2540 |
227 |
3 |
50.92 |
2009-02-27 |
| 2. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
52.16 |
1.0441 |
0.2149 |
252 |
2 |
48.06 |
2009-02-19 |
| 3. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
49.05 |
1.0292 |
0.1513 |
262 |
2 |
46.16 |
2009-02-19 |
| 4. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
48.35 |
1.0596 |
0.1030 |
239 |
1 |
48.35 |
2009-02-19 |
| 5. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
48.05 |
0.9884 |
0.1733 |
262 |
1 |
48.05 |
2009-02-19 |
| 6. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
47.59 |
1.0349 |
0.1106 |
234 |
1 |
47.59 |
2009-02-27 |
| 7. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
47.52 |
1.0138 |
0.1303 |
231 |
1 |
47.52 |
2009-02-19 |
| 8. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
47.30 |
0.9897 |
0.1472 |
274 |
1 |
47.30 |
2009-02-19 |
| 9. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
45.80 |
0.9316 |
0.1770 |
287 |
1 |
45.80 |
2009-02-19 |
| 10. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
44.57 |
0.8941 |
0.1806 |
216 |
1 |
44.57 |
2009-02-19 |
| 11. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
44.45 |
1.0252 |
0.0380 |
176 |
1 |
44.45 |
2009-02-19 |
| 12. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
44.35 |
1.0214 |
0.0442 |
269 |
2 |
43.88 |
2009-02-19 |
| 13. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
44.34 |
1.0523 |
0.0105 |
256 |
1 |
44.34 |
2009-02-27 |
| 14. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
44.25 |
1.0498 |
0.0103 |
180 |
1 |
44.25 |
2009-02-19 |
| 15. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
44.25 |
1.0668 |
0.0006 |
350 |
1 |
44.25 |
2009-02-19 |
| 16. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
44.24 |
1.0197 |
0.0420 |
226 |
1 |
44.24 |
2009-02-19 |
| 17. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
44.00 |
0.9263 |
0.1360 |
188 |
1 |
44.00 |
2009-02-19 |
| 18. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
43.99 |
1.0218 |
0.0338 |
268 |
1 |
43.99 |
2009-02-27 |
| 19. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
43.89 |
1.0013 |
0.0539 |
273 |
2 |
40.92 |
2009-02-19 |
| 20. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
43.81 |
0.8653 |
0.2002 |
255 |
1 |
43.81 |
2009-02-19 |
| 21. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
43.66 |
0.9865 |
0.0651 |
276 |
1 |
43.66 |
2009-02-27 |
| 22. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
43.41 |
1.0099 |
0.0316 |
207 |
1 |
43.41 |
2009-02-19 |
| 23. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
43.31 |
0.9578 |
0.0837 |
281 |
1 |
43.31 |
2009-02-19 |
| 24. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
43.18 |
0.9772 |
0.0581 |
217 |
1 |
43.18 |
2009-02-19 |
| 25. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
43.16 |
0.9567 |
0.0814 |
273 |
1 |
43.16 |
2009-02-27 |
| 26. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
43.12 |
1.0714 |
-0.0430 |
129 |
1 |
43.12 |
2009-02-19 |
| 27. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
42.40 |
1.0261 |
-0.0082 |
273 |
1 |
42.40 |
2009-02-27 |
| 28. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
42.11 |
0.9048 |
0.1125 |
271 |
1 |
42.11 |
2009-02-19 |
| 29. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
41.78 |
1.0711 |
-0.0715 |
213 |
1 |
41.78 |
2009-02-19 |
| 30. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
41.65 |
1.0477 |
-0.0438 |
360 |
1 |
41.65 |
2009-02-27 |
| 31. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
41.47 |
1.0463 |
-0.0537 |
182 |
1 |
41.47 |
2009-02-19 |
| 32. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
41.37 |
0.9260 |
0.0791 |
243 |
1 |
41.37 |
2009-02-19 |
| 33. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
41.25 |
0.9756 |
0.0149 |
229 |
1 |
41.25 |
2009-02-19 |
| 34. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
41.04 |
0.8811 |
0.1102 |
239 |
1 |
41.04 |
2009-02-19 |
| 35. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
40.62 |
0.9684 |
0.0108 |
388 |
1 |
40.62 |
2009-02-27 |
| 36. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
40.49 |
1.0496 |
-0.0770 |
314 |
1 |
40.49 |
2009-02-27 |
| 37. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
40.40 |
0.9084 |
0.0645 |
300 |
1 |
40.40 |
2009-02-19 |
| 38. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
40.07 |
1.0426 |
-0.0802 |
323 |
1 |
40.07 |
2009-02-19 |
| 39. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
40.06 |
0.9619 |
0.0061 |
393 |
1 |
40.06 |
2009-02-19 |
| 40. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
39.85 |
0.9991 |
-0.0409 |
225 |
1 |
39.85 |
2009-02-19 |
| 41. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
39.71 |
1.0004 |
-0.0522 |
212 |
1 |
39.71 |
2009-02-19 |
| 42. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
39.59 |
0.9342 |
0.0207 |
434 |
1 |
39.59 |
2009-02-19 |
| 43. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
39.58 |
0.8154 |
0.1375 |
193 |
1 |
39.58 |
2009-02-19 |
| 44. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
39.55 |
0.9597 |
-0.0052 |
347 |
1 |
39.55 |
2009-02-19 |
| 45. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
39.31 |
0.9045 |
0.0403 |
235 |
1 |
39.31 |
2009-02-19 |
| 46. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
39.09 |
0.9884 |
-0.0500 |
233 |
1 |
39.09 |
2009-02-27 |
| 47. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
38.95 |
0.8919 |
0.0422 |
205 |
1 |
38.95 |
2009-02-19 |
| 48. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
38.80 |
0.9128 |
0.0248 |
133 |
1 |
38.80 |
2009-02-19 |
| 49. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
38.33 |
0.8975 |
0.0237 |
268 |
1 |
38.33 |
2009-02-19 |
| 50. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
38.18 |
0.9576 |
-0.0360 |
212 |
1 |
38.18 |
2009-02-19 |
| 51. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
38.02 |
0.8353 |
0.0853 |
283 |
1 |
38.02 |
2009-02-27 |
| 52. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
38.00 |
1.0337 |
-0.1217 |
214 |
1 |
38.00 |
2009-02-19 |
| 53. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
37.88 |
1.0016 |
-0.0965 |
218 |
1 |
37.88 |
2009-02-19 |
| 54. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
37.86 |
0.8892 |
0.0260 |
207 |
1 |
37.86 |
2009-02-19 |
| 55. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
37.58 |
0.9936 |
-0.0915 |
311 |
1 |
37.58 |
2009-02-19 |
| 56. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
37.51 |
0.8595 |
0.0430 |
242 |
1 |
37.51 |
2009-02-19 |
| 57. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
37.48 |
0.9899 |
-0.0946 |
163 |
1 |
37.48 |
2009-02-19 |
| 58. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
37.01 |
0.9072 |
-0.0204 |
237 |
1 |
37.01 |
2009-02-19 |
| 59. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
37.00 |
0.9411 |
-0.0520 |
318 |
2 |
36.74 |
2009-02-19 |
| 60. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
36.67 |
1.0034 |
-0.1247 |
302 |
1 |
36.67 |
2009-02-19 |
| 61. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
36.28 |
0.9965 |
-0.1255 |
310 |
1 |
36.28 |
2009-02-19 |
| 62. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
34.77 |
0.9633 |
-0.1271 |
304 |
1 |
34.77 |
2009-02-19 |
| 63. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
34.67 |
0.9485 |
-0.1153 |
236 |
1 |
34.67 |
2009-02-19 |
| 64. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
34.61 |
0.9351 |
-0.1105 |
190 |
1 |
34.61 |
2009-02-19 |
| 65. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
33.44 |
0.9168 |
-0.1139 |
240 |
1 |
33.44 |
2009-02-19 |
| 66. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
33.35 |
0.9649 |
-0.1666 |
193 |
1 |
33.35 |
2009-02-19 |
| 67. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
32.22 |
0.8442 |
-0.0683 |
265 |
1 |
32.22 |
2009-02-19 |
| 68. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
25.96 |
0.9682 |
-0.3507 |
143 |
1 |
25.96 |
2009-02-19 |