| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
80.74 |
1.0865 |
0.2486 |
237 |
2 |
70.74 |
2008-12-22 |
| 2. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
78.06 |
1.0669 |
0.2249 |
379 |
2 |
66.97 |
2008-12-25 |
| 3. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
77.06 |
1.0332 |
0.2404 |
267 |
1 |
77.06 |
2008-12-21 |
| 4. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
75.97 |
1.0404 |
0.2174 |
406 |
1 |
75.97 |
2008-12-22 |
| 5. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
72.99 |
1.0103 |
0.1942 |
209 |
3 |
71.92 |
2008-12-24 |
| 6. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
71.62 |
1.0672 |
0.1163 |
239 |
2 |
66.75 |
2008-12-22 |
| 7. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
71.61 |
1.0094 |
0.1740 |
256 |
1 |
71.61 |
2008-12-25 |
| 8. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
69.88 |
1.0250 |
0.1312 |
271 |
1 |
69.88 |
2008-12-25 |
| 9. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
69.87 |
0.9762 |
0.1792 |
249 |
3 |
63.05 |
2008-12-25 |
| 10. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
69.52 |
1.0521 |
0.0940 |
197 |
1 |
69.52 |
2008-12-24 |
| 11. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
68.22 |
1.0743 |
0.0528 |
297 |
1 |
68.22 |
2008-12-24 |
| 12. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
67.91 |
0.9864 |
0.1370 |
292 |
1 |
67.91 |
2008-12-22 |
| 13. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
67.87 |
1.0181 |
0.1040 |
276 |
1 |
67.87 |
2008-12-25 |
| 14. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
67.62 |
0.9673 |
0.1500 |
292 |
1 |
67.62 |
2008-12-21 |
| 15. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
67.35 |
1.0403 |
0.0707 |
234 |
1 |
67.35 |
2008-12-21 |
| 16. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
67.00 |
1.0234 |
0.0850 |
392 |
2 |
64.27 |
2008-12-24 |
| 17. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
66.99 |
1.0881 |
0.0171 |
210 |
2 |
62.60 |
2008-12-21 |
| 18. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
66.13 |
1.0006 |
0.0924 |
311 |
1 |
66.13 |
2008-12-25 |
| 19. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
65.44 |
1.0320 |
0.0516 |
401 |
1 |
65.44 |
2008-12-25 |
| 20. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
65.20 |
0.8666 |
0.2097 |
206 |
1 |
65.20 |
2008-12-25 |
| 21. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
64.81 |
0.9885 |
0.0819 |
355 |
2 |
64.68 |
2008-12-24 |
| 22. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
64.57 |
0.9650 |
0.1028 |
347 |
1 |
64.57 |
2008-12-22 |
| 23. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
64.53 |
1.0487 |
0.0165 |
253 |
1 |
64.53 |
2008-12-24 |
| 24. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
64.52 |
1.0267 |
0.0413 |
261 |
1 |
64.52 |
2008-12-22 |
| 25. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
64.47 |
1.0506 |
0.0145 |
259 |
3 |
61.77 |
2008-12-22 |
| 26. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
64.31 |
1.0130 |
0.0501 |
288 |
2 |
63.56 |
2008-12-22 |
| 27. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
64.13 |
1.0529 |
0.0088 |
373 |
1 |
64.13 |
2008-12-25 |
| 28. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
63.85 |
0.9726 |
0.0839 |
396 |
3 |
58.23 |
2008-12-24 |
| 29. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
63.78 |
0.9332 |
0.1205 |
267 |
1 |
63.78 |
2008-12-21 |
| 30. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
63.37 |
1.0466 |
0.0007 |
230 |
1 |
63.37 |
2008-12-21 |
| 31. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
63.34 |
1.0128 |
0.0359 |
369 |
1 |
63.34 |
2008-12-21 |
| 32. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
63.21 |
1.0590 |
-0.0152 |
250 |
1 |
63.21 |
2008-12-24 |
| 33. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
63.07 |
0.9162 |
0.1260 |
401 |
2 |
59.77 |
2008-12-21 |
| 34. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
62.95 |
1.0086 |
0.0296 |
218 |
2 |
61.03 |
2008-12-24 |
| 35. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
62.65 |
1.0638 |
-0.0302 |
247 |
1 |
62.65 |
2008-12-21 |
| 36. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
62.53 |
0.9519 |
0.0819 |
323 |
1 |
62.53 |
2008-12-22 |
| 37. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
62.29 |
1.0418 |
-0.0128 |
214 |
2 |
56.48 |
2008-12-21 |
| 38. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
62.16 |
0.9143 |
0.1128 |
300 |
1 |
62.16 |
2008-12-22 |
| 39. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
62.09 |
1.0411 |
-0.0154 |
341 |
1 |
62.09 |
2008-12-24 |
| 40. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
61.70 |
1.0165 |
0.0029 |
316 |
1 |
61.70 |
2008-12-21 |
| 41. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
61.53 |
0.9468 |
0.0698 |
318 |
1 |
61.53 |
2008-12-22 |
| 42. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
61.41 |
0.9885 |
0.0287 |
469 |
1 |
61.41 |
2008-12-22 |
| 43. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
61.38 |
0.9574 |
0.0578 |
354 |
1 |
61.38 |
2008-12-22 |
| 44. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
61.10 |
1.0639 |
-0.0533 |
303 |
3 |
58.41 |
2008-12-21 |
| 45. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
60.88 |
0.9866 |
0.0195 |
308 |
1 |
60.88 |
2008-12-21 |
| 46. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
60.71 |
1.0101 |
-0.0059 |
336 |
2 |
59.57 |
2008-12-24 |
| 47. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
60.69 |
1.0334 |
-0.0307 |
261 |
2 |
58.35 |
2008-12-24 |
| 48. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
60.58 |
1.0588 |
-0.0579 |
281 |
1 |
60.58 |
2008-12-21 |
| 49. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
60.56 |
1.0600 |
-0.0593 |
351 |
1 |
60.56 |
2008-12-24 |
| 50. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
60.54 |
1.0059 |
-0.0051 |
283 |
1 |
60.54 |
2008-12-21 |
| 51. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
60.40 |
1.0227 |
-0.0227 |
378 |
1 |
60.40 |
2008-12-21 |
| 52. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
60.21 |
1.0464 |
-0.0510 |
294 |
1 |
60.21 |
2008-12-24 |
| 53. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
60.07 |
0.9271 |
0.0650 |
295 |
2 |
57.96 |
2008-12-21 |
| 54. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
60.02 |
0.8887 |
0.1127 |
464 |
1 |
60.02 |
2008-12-21 |
| 55. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
59.86 |
0.8172 |
0.1698 |
204 |
3 |
53.36 |
2008-12-25 |
| 56. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
59.76 |
0.9422 |
0.0423 |
190 |
1 |
59.76 |
2008-12-21 |
| 57. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
59.73 |
0.9756 |
0.0115 |
223 |
1 |
59.73 |
2008-12-21 |
| 58. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
59.15 |
0.9880 |
-0.0131 |
199 |
1 |
59.15 |
2008-12-21 |
| 59. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
59.10 |
0.9909 |
-0.0134 |
334 |
3 |
57.29 |
2008-12-21 |
| 60. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
59.01 |
0.8986 |
0.0787 |
363 |
1 |
59.01 |
2008-12-24 |
| 61. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
58.93 |
0.9948 |
-0.0228 |
233 |
1 |
58.93 |
2008-12-21 |
| 62. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
58.78 |
0.9145 |
0.0581 |
404 |
1 |
58.78 |
2008-12-24 |
| 63. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
58.72 |
1.0877 |
-0.1202 |
129 |
1 |
58.72 |
2008-12-21 |
| 64. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
58.62 |
0.9135 |
0.0584 |
393 |
2 |
58.59 |
2008-12-25 |
| 65. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
58.61 |
0.9915 |
-0.0240 |
281 |
1 |
58.61 |
2008-12-24 |
| 66. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
58.50 |
1.0800 |
-0.1159 |
129 |
1 |
58.50 |
2008-12-24 |
| 67. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
57.51 |
0.9500 |
0.0005 |
287 |
1 |
57.51 |
2008-12-21 |
| 68. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
57.41 |
0.9933 |
-0.0424 |
450 |
1 |
57.41 |
2008-12-21 |
| 69. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
57.34 |
1.0800 |
-0.1349 |
213 |
1 |
57.34 |
2008-12-21 |
| 70. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
57.28 |
0.9339 |
0.0143 |
317 |
2 |
53.74 |
2008-12-22 |
| 71. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
57.17 |
0.9425 |
0.0015 |
248 |
1 |
57.17 |
2008-12-24 |
| 72. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
57.16 |
0.9283 |
0.0159 |
317 |
1 |
57.16 |
2008-12-21 |
| 73. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
56.90 |
0.9963 |
-0.0577 |
274 |
1 |
56.90 |
2008-12-22 |
| 74. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
56.70 |
0.9884 |
-0.0507 |
267 |
1 |
56.70 |
2008-12-25 |
| 75. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
56.39 |
1.0511 |
-0.1195 |
252 |
1 |
56.39 |
2008-12-21 |
| 76. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
56.15 |
0.9402 |
-0.0141 |
310 |
2 |
55.19 |
2008-12-25 |
| 77. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
55.93 |
1.0178 |
-0.0938 |
207 |
1 |
55.93 |
2008-12-24 |
| 78. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
55.86 |
1.0960 |
-0.1725 |
315 |
1 |
55.86 |
2008-12-24 |
| 79. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
55.76 |
0.8656 |
0.0555 |
242 |
2 |
55.31 |
2008-12-22 |
| 80. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
55.63 |
0.8936 |
0.0243 |
346 |
1 |
55.63 |
2008-12-21 |
| 81. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
55.48 |
0.9678 |
-0.0507 |
392 |
1 |
55.48 |
2008-12-24 |
| 82. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
55.42 |
1.0479 |
-0.1333 |
205 |
1 |
55.42 |
2008-12-21 |
| 83. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
55.40 |
0.8964 |
0.0176 |
199 |
1 |
55.40 |
2008-12-22 |
| 84. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
55.24 |
0.9636 |
-0.0533 |
281 |
2 |
54.08 |
2008-12-24 |
| 85. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
54.90 |
1.0582 |
-0.1531 |
180 |
1 |
54.90 |
2008-12-21 |
| 86. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
54.87 |
1.0419 |
-0.1346 |
341 |
1 |
54.87 |
2008-12-24 |
| 87. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
54.87 |
0.9029 |
0.0036 |
393 |
1 |
54.87 |
2008-12-21 |
| 88. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
54.70 |
0.9583 |
-0.0548 |
237 |
2 |
53.80 |
2008-12-21 |
| 89. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
54.52 |
0.9346 |
-0.0354 |
211 |
1 |
54.52 |
2008-12-21 |
| 90. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
54.05 |
1.0288 |
-0.1382 |
166 |
1 |
54.05 |
2008-12-21 |
| 91. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
53.59 |
1.0461 |
-0.1606 |
318 |
1 |
53.59 |
2008-12-21 |
| 92. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
53.27 |
0.9928 |
-0.1129 |
293 |
1 |
53.27 |
2008-12-24 |
| 93. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
53.00 |
0.9271 |
-0.0518 |
323 |
1 |
53.00 |
2008-12-24 |
| 94. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
52.75 |
1.0042 |
-0.1343 |
168 |
1 |
52.75 |
2008-12-22 |
| 95. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
52.67 |
0.9538 |
-0.0846 |
276 |
1 |
52.67 |
2008-12-21 |
| 96. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
52.41 |
1.0125 |
-0.1501 |
171 |
1 |
52.41 |
2008-12-24 |
| 97. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
52.16 |
0.9183 |
-0.0573 |
308 |
1 |
52.16 |
2008-12-25 |
| 98. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
51.08 |
0.8880 |
-0.0442 |
296 |
1 |
51.08 |
2008-12-21 |
| 99. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
50.75 |
0.7923 |
0.0463 |
316 |
1 |
50.75 |
2008-12-21 |
| 100. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
50.69 |
0.9927 |
-0.1567 |
234 |
1 |
50.69 |
2008-12-21 |
| 101. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
50.67 |
0.9243 |
-0.0869 |
240 |
1 |
50.67 |
2008-12-24 |
| 102. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
50.65 |
0.9740 |
-0.1370 |
371 |
1 |
50.65 |
2008-12-24 |
| 103. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
49.68 |
1.0476 |
-0.2326 |
110 |
1 |
49.68 |
2008-12-21 |
| 104. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
49.42 |
1.0208 |
-0.2056 |
231 |
1 |
49.42 |
2008-12-21 |
| 105. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
48.61 |
0.9012 |
-0.0979 |
322 |
2 |
48.18 |
2008-12-21 |
| 106. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
46.00 |
1.0450 |
-0.2838 |
358 |
1 |
46.00 |
2008-12-21 |