| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
44.92 |
0.8910 |
0.3634 |
150 |
1 |
44.92 |
2008-10-30 |
| 2. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
43.57 |
0.8809 |
0.3321 |
127 |
2 |
40.35 |
2008-10-27 |
| 3. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
43.54 |
1.0787 |
0.1361 |
237 |
2 |
40.07 |
2008-10-25 |
| 4. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
42.42 |
1.0666 |
0.1163 |
297 |
1 |
42.42 |
2008-10-24 |
| 5. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
41.96 |
1.0799 |
0.0884 |
243 |
1 |
41.96 |
2008-10-24 |
| 6. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
41.72 |
1.0523 |
0.1103 |
256 |
2 |
39.97 |
2008-10-24 |
| 7. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
41.61 |
0.8615 |
0.3004 |
110 |
2 |
39.25 |
2008-10-30 |
| 8. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
41.26 |
1.0993 |
0.0514 |
265 |
1 |
41.26 |
2008-10-23 |
| 9. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
41.13 |
0.8745 |
0.2705 |
169 |
1 |
41.13 |
2008-10-21 |
| 10. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
41.04 |
1.0349 |
0.1096 |
234 |
2 |
38.38 |
2008-10-27 |
| 11. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
40.38 |
0.9649 |
0.1613 |
193 |
1 |
40.38 |
2008-10-23 |
| 12. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
40.21 |
1.0214 |
0.0980 |
166 |
3 |
37.83 |
2008-10-30 |
| 13. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
40.18 |
0.9710 |
0.1469 |
173 |
1 |
40.18 |
2008-10-30 |
| 14. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
39.92 |
1.0337 |
0.0787 |
214 |
1 |
39.92 |
2008-10-26 |
| 15. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
39.78 |
0.9866 |
0.1211 |
218 |
2 |
38.03 |
2008-10-27 |
| 16. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
39.32 |
1.0567 |
0.0410 |
303 |
1 |
39.32 |
2008-10-24 |
| 17. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
39.25 |
0.9430 |
0.1495 |
211 |
3 |
34.79 |
2008-10-27 |
| 18. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
38.99 |
0.9532 |
0.1338 |
258 |
3 |
36.38 |
2008-10-27 |
| 19. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
38.85 |
0.9221 |
0.1604 |
244 |
1 |
38.85 |
2008-10-25 |
| 20. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
38.69 |
1.0025 |
0.0771 |
336 |
1 |
38.69 |
2008-10-27 |
| 21. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
38.51 |
0.9691 |
0.1056 |
223 |
1 |
38.51 |
2008-10-25 |
| 22. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
38.46 |
0.9351 |
0.1345 |
190 |
1 |
38.46 |
2008-10-25 |
| 23. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
38.34 |
0.9884 |
0.0799 |
233 |
2 |
37.82 |
2008-10-27 |
| 24. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
38.32 |
0.8892 |
0.1834 |
207 |
1 |
38.32 |
2008-10-30 |
| 25. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
38.28 |
0.9843 |
0.0809 |
234 |
1 |
38.28 |
2008-10-24 |
| 26. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
38.23 |
1.0711 |
-0.0089 |
213 |
1 |
38.23 |
2008-10-24 |
| 27. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
38.14 |
0.9884 |
0.0767 |
262 |
1 |
38.14 |
2008-10-24 |
| 28. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
37.90 |
0.9740 |
0.0811 |
209 |
2 |
36.65 |
2008-10-27 |
| 29. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
37.87 |
1.0515 |
0.0032 |
250 |
1 |
37.87 |
2008-11-16 |
| 30. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
37.87 |
1.0213 |
0.0332 |
240 |
2 |
34.43 |
2008-10-24 |
| 31. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
37.83 |
0.9756 |
0.0786 |
229 |
2 |
35.04 |
2008-10-24 |
| 32. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
37.78 |
0.9260 |
0.1329 |
243 |
1 |
37.78 |
2008-10-24 |
| 33. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
37.70 |
0.8792 |
0.1768 |
296 |
2 |
37.44 |
2008-10-27 |
| 34. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
37.60 |
1.0138 |
0.0338 |
231 |
1 |
37.60 |
2008-10-24 |
| 35. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
37.54 |
1.0263 |
0.0200 |
267 |
1 |
37.54 |
2008-10-24 |
| 36. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
37.53 |
1.0004 |
0.0436 |
212 |
1 |
37.53 |
2008-10-23 |
| 37. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
37.51 |
1.0797 |
-0.0372 |
210 |
1 |
37.51 |
2008-10-25 |
| 38. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
37.50 |
1.0183 |
0.0245 |
191 |
2 |
33.25 |
2008-10-27 |
| 39. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
37.46 |
0.9365 |
0.1086 |
248 |
2 |
33.42 |
2008-10-27 |
| 40. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
37.45 |
0.9776 |
0.0670 |
308 |
1 |
37.45 |
2008-10-24 |
| 41. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
37.40 |
0.9527 |
0.0901 |
251 |
2 |
34.25 |
2008-10-24 |
| 42. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
37.34 |
1.0429 |
-0.0028 |
259 |
1 |
37.34 |
2008-10-27 |
| 43. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
37.29 |
0.9068 |
0.1345 |
269 |
1 |
37.29 |
2008-10-29 |
| 44. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
37.26 |
0.9772 |
0.0608 |
217 |
1 |
37.26 |
2008-10-23 |
| 45. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
37.12 |
1.1018 |
-0.0705 |
220 |
1 |
37.12 |
2008-10-23 |
| 46. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
37.09 |
0.9795 |
0.0547 |
308 |
2 |
32.33 |
2008-10-27 |
| 47. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
37.04 |
1.0426 |
-0.0095 |
323 |
1 |
37.04 |
2008-10-24 |
| 48. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
36.70 |
0.9865 |
0.0370 |
276 |
2 |
34.47 |
2008-10-27 |
| 49. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
36.54 |
1.0498 |
-0.0343 |
180 |
3 |
34.60 |
2008-10-23 |
| 50. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
36.41 |
0.9084 |
0.1089 |
404 |
1 |
36.41 |
2008-10-30 |
| 51. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
36.39 |
1.0034 |
0.0102 |
302 |
2 |
34.24 |
2008-10-24 |
| 52. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
36.28 |
1.0390 |
-0.0304 |
205 |
2 |
35.65 |
2008-10-24 |
| 53. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
36.11 |
0.9633 |
0.0429 |
304 |
1 |
36.11 |
2008-10-22 |
| 54. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
36.08 |
0.9578 |
0.0469 |
281 |
1 |
36.08 |
2008-10-24 |
| 55. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
35.96 |
1.0334 |
-0.0350 |
131 |
1 |
35.96 |
2008-10-29 |
| 56. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
35.40 |
0.9226 |
0.0656 |
177 |
1 |
35.40 |
2008-10-21 |
| 57. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
35.40 |
0.8709 |
0.1201 |
202 |
1 |
35.40 |
2008-10-27 |
| 58. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
35.35 |
0.9852 |
-0.0002 |
264 |
2 |
32.39 |
2008-10-24 |
| 59. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
35.23 |
1.0131 |
-0.0338 |
225 |
2 |
35.14 |
2008-10-23 |
| 60. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
35.13 |
0.9886 |
-0.0091 |
220 |
2 |
33.90 |
2008-10-24 |
| 61. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
35.06 |
1.0565 |
-0.0816 |
247 |
2 |
34.85 |
2008-10-30 |
| 62. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
35.06 |
0.9005 |
0.0768 |
212 |
1 |
35.06 |
2008-10-27 |
| 63. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
34.96 |
0.9168 |
0.0575 |
240 |
1 |
34.96 |
2008-10-25 |
| 64. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
34.77 |
0.8573 |
0.1135 |
270 |
1 |
34.77 |
2008-10-27 |
| 65. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
34.74 |
0.8295 |
0.1406 |
209 |
2 |
34.62 |
2008-10-30 |
| 66. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
34.74 |
1.0016 |
-0.0357 |
218 |
1 |
34.74 |
2008-10-22 |
| 67. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
34.50 |
1.0099 |
-0.0496 |
207 |
1 |
34.50 |
2008-10-21 |
| 68. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
34.48 |
0.8442 |
0.1186 |
265 |
2 |
33.00 |
2008-10-24 |
| 69. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
34.24 |
0.9072 |
0.0457 |
237 |
2 |
31.51 |
2008-10-27 |
| 70. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
33.81 |
1.0596 |
-0.1190 |
239 |
1 |
33.81 |
2008-10-23 |
| 71. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
33.77 |
0.9128 |
0.0302 |
133 |
1 |
33.77 |
2008-10-24 |
| 72. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
33.08 |
1.0201 |
-0.0980 |
303 |
1 |
33.08 |
2008-10-22 |
| 73. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
32.92 |
0.9576 |
-0.0407 |
212 |
2 |
32.29 |
2008-10-21 |
| 74. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
32.84 |
0.9202 |
-0.0053 |
254 |
1 |
32.84 |
2008-10-24 |
| 75. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
32.84 |
0.9965 |
-0.0841 |
168 |
1 |
32.84 |
2008-10-24 |
| 76. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
32.56 |
0.8553 |
0.0492 |
174 |
2 |
28.04 |
2008-10-24 |
| 77. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
32.48 |
1.0486 |
-0.1442 |
289 |
1 |
32.48 |
2008-10-21 |
| 78. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
32.47 |
0.8154 |
0.0890 |
193 |
1 |
32.47 |
2008-10-22 |
| 79. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
31.97 |
0.8602 |
0.0291 |
206 |
1 |
31.97 |
2008-10-30 |
| 80. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
31.91 |
0.9758 |
-0.0874 |
314 |
1 |
31.91 |
2008-10-22 |
| 81. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
31.35 |
0.9266 |
-0.0541 |
267 |
1 |
31.35 |
2008-10-23 |
| 82. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
31.27 |
0.8070 |
0.0632 |
167 |
1 |
31.27 |
2008-10-21 |
| 83. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
31.17 |
1.0528 |
-0.1877 |
201 |
1 |
31.17 |
2008-10-21 |
| 84. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
31.16 |
0.8153 |
0.0534 |
200 |
1 |
31.16 |
2008-10-24 |
| 85. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
31.14 |
0.9614 |
-0.0942 |
292 |
3 |
29.10 |
2008-10-27 |
| 86. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
31.10 |
1.0297 |
-0.1653 |
249 |
1 |
31.10 |
2008-10-23 |
| 87. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
31.01 |
0.7916 |
0.0747 |
184 |
1 |
31.01 |
2008-10-21 |
| 88. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
30.88 |
0.8722 |
-0.0110 |
285 |
1 |
30.88 |
2008-11-16 |
| 89. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
30.68 |
0.9697 |
-0.1152 |
249 |
1 |
30.68 |
2008-10-21 |
| 90. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
30.53 |
1.0261 |
-0.1778 |
273 |
1 |
30.53 |
2008-10-24 |
| 91. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
30.42 |
1.0168 |
-0.1706 |
271 |
1 |
30.42 |
2008-10-21 |
| 92. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
30.36 |
0.9682 |
-0.1248 |
143 |
1 |
30.36 |
2008-10-21 |
| 93. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
30.16 |
0.8919 |
-0.0533 |
205 |
2 |
29.51 |
2008-10-24 |
| 94. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
29.90 |
0.8941 |
-0.0615 |
216 |
1 |
29.90 |
2008-10-23 |
| 95. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
29.86 |
0.9226 |
-0.0898 |
348 |
1 |
29.86 |
2008-10-21 |
| 96. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
29.50 |
0.9429 |
-0.1223 |
287 |
1 |
29.50 |
2008-10-21 |
| 97. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
28.50 |
0.8118 |
-0.0164 |
109 |
1 |
28.50 |
2008-10-21 |
| 98. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
28.18 |
0.8533 |
-0.0698 |
232 |
1 |
28.18 |
2008-10-21 |
| 99. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
27.64 |
0.9233 |
-0.1586 |
168 |
1 |
27.64 |
2008-10-23 |
| 100. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
27.60 |
0.9964 |
-0.2298 |
203 |
1 |
27.60 |
2008-10-22 |
| 101. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
26.78 |
0.9514 |
-0.2075 |
237 |
1 |
26.78 |
2008-10-27 |
| 102. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
25.98 |
0.9045 |
-0.1833 |
235 |
1 |
25.98 |
2008-10-21 |
| 103. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
25.53 |
0.9164 |
-0.2058 |
305 |
1 |
25.53 |
2008-10-21 |