| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
48.50 |
1.0463 |
0.7888 |
182 |
2 |
35.48 |
2009-01-13 |
| 2. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
46.82 |
0.8791 |
0.8955 |
190 |
6 |
27.45 |
2009-02-06 |
| 3. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
44.31 |
1.0567 |
0.6236 |
303 |
1 |
44.31 |
2009-01-08 |
| 4. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
42.39 |
0.9168 |
0.6908 |
240 |
1 |
42.39 |
2009-01-08 |
| 5. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
42.37 |
0.9612 |
0.6444 |
256 |
1 |
42.37 |
2008-12-23 |
| 6. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
41.87 |
0.9710 |
0.6090 |
173 |
2 |
33.18 |
2009-02-06 |
| 7. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
41.62 |
1.0396 |
0.5301 |
149 |
3 |
30.22 |
2009-02-08 |
| 8. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
40.26 |
1.0528 |
0.4672 |
201 |
3 |
28.50 |
2009-02-08 |
| 9. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
39.01 |
0.8892 |
0.5940 |
207 |
1 |
39.01 |
2008-12-23 |
| 10. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
38.18 |
0.9257 |
0.5253 |
317 |
1 |
38.18 |
2008-12-23 |
| 11. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
38.13 |
0.8826 |
0.5624 |
296 |
1 |
38.13 |
2009-02-15 |
| 12. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
37.70 |
1.0389 |
0.3900 |
318 |
1 |
37.70 |
2008-12-23 |
| 13. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
36.47 |
0.8878 |
0.4922 |
346 |
1 |
36.47 |
2009-01-08 |
| 14. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
34.55 |
0.9636 |
0.3432 |
254 |
1 |
34.55 |
2008-12-23 |
| 15. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
32.32 |
0.9196 |
0.3038 |
148 |
2 |
28.00 |
2009-02-14 |
| 16. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
30.51 |
0.8867 |
0.2717 |
163 |
6 |
25.91 |
2009-02-15 |
| 17. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
30.42 |
1.0334 |
0.1092 |
131 |
3 |
25.88 |
2009-02-09 |
| 18. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
29.81 |
0.8821 |
0.2432 |
176 |
3 |
26.29 |
2009-02-15 |
| 19. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
29.31 |
1.0788 |
0.0223 |
171 |
6 |
25.91 |
2009-02-09 |
| 20. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
28.61 |
0.8422 |
0.2395 |
164 |
5 |
24.00 |
2009-02-15 |
| 21. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
27.94 |
0.8900 |
0.1656 |
164 |
7 |
24.75 |
2009-02-07 |
| 22. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
27.75 |
0.8666 |
0.1835 |
150 |
8 |
25.35 |
2009-02-15 |
| 23. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
27.62 |
1.0711 |
-0.0341 |
213 |
2 |
26.36 |
2009-02-09 |
| 24. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
27.59 |
1.0797 |
-0.0443 |
210 |
1 |
27.59 |
2009-02-09 |
| 25. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
27.58 |
0.8975 |
0.1436 |
268 |
5 |
24.09 |
2009-02-14 |
| 26. |
There is a trick for learning to type faster. That trick is ... |
27.49 |
0.8661 |
0.1622 |
94 |
5 |
24.17 |
2009-02-08 |
| 27. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
27.41 |
0.9226 |
0.1153 |
177 |
2 |
24.00 |
2009-02-14 |
| 28. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
27.04 |
1.0183 |
-0.0039 |
191 |
5 |
22.70 |
2009-02-07 |
| 29. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
26.98 |
1.0521 |
-0.0392 |
171 |
4 |
25.37 |
2009-02-07 |
| 30. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
26.48 |
0.8715 |
0.1232 |
130 |
3 |
24.85 |
2009-02-07 |
| 31. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
26.44 |
0.8745 |
0.1204 |
169 |
1 |
26.44 |
2009-01-10 |
| 32. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
26.43 |
1.0796 |
-0.0877 |
129 |
4 |
25.01 |
2009-02-10 |
| 33. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
26.34 |
0.8700 |
0.1225 |
127 |
4 |
24.57 |
2009-02-08 |
| 34. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
26.24 |
0.9263 |
0.0666 |
188 |
1 |
26.24 |
2009-02-09 |
| 35. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
26.02 |
0.8852 |
0.0962 |
158 |
2 |
24.26 |
2009-02-06 |
| 36. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
25.93 |
0.8936 |
0.0824 |
127 |
3 |
23.85 |
2009-01-11 |
| 37. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
25.88 |
1.0696 |
-0.0974 |
226 |
1 |
25.88 |
2009-01-10 |
| 38. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
25.86 |
0.7850 |
0.1863 |
154 |
4 |
23.60 |
2009-02-14 |
| 39. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
25.84 |
1.0498 |
-0.0805 |
180 |
4 |
23.94 |
2009-02-07 |
| 40. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
25.82 |
1.0033 |
-0.0366 |
189 |
4 |
23.13 |
2009-01-13 |
| 41. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
25.77 |
1.0565 |
-0.0876 |
247 |
5 |
23.64 |
2009-01-11 |
| 42. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
25.76 |
1.0787 |
-0.1089 |
237 |
2 |
23.80 |
2009-02-14 |
| 43. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
25.71 |
0.9164 |
0.0563 |
121 |
5 |
22.91 |
2009-02-15 |
| 44. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
25.63 |
0.8628 |
0.0999 |
196 |
2 |
25.25 |
2009-01-11 |
| 45. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
25.56 |
0.8077 |
0.1538 |
167 |
4 |
22.23 |
2009-02-14 |
| 46. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
25.56 |
1.0201 |
-0.0635 |
172 |
2 |
24.86 |
2009-02-06 |
| 47. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
25.50 |
0.8070 |
0.1511 |
167 |
3 |
23.17 |
2009-02-10 |
| 48. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
25.43 |
0.9128 |
0.0512 |
133 |
5 |
22.46 |
2009-02-07 |
| 49. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
25.19 |
0.8263 |
0.1209 |
162 |
3 |
23.82 |
2009-01-11 |
| 50. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
25.15 |
0.8118 |
0.1409 |
109 |
2 |
22.88 |
2009-02-09 |
| 51. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
25.03 |
0.9351 |
0.0026 |
190 |
4 |
23.60 |
2009-02-06 |
| 52. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
25.02 |
1.0213 |
-0.0817 |
240 |
1 |
25.02 |
2009-02-15 |
| 53. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
25.02 |
0.9430 |
-0.0075 |
211 |
1 |
25.02 |
2009-02-15 |
| 54. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
24.93 |
0.8188 |
0.1217 |
183 |
4 |
21.86 |
2009-02-09 |
| 55. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
24.89 |
0.8177 |
0.1159 |
124 |
3 |
22.23 |
2009-02-14 |
| 56. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
24.86 |
1.0252 |
-0.0950 |
176 |
5 |
22.25 |
2009-02-15 |
| 57. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
24.84 |
0.9233 |
0.0043 |
168 |
3 |
23.00 |
2009-02-08 |
| 58. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
24.81 |
0.8910 |
0.0455 |
150 |
3 |
23.89 |
2009-02-07 |
| 59. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
24.75 |
0.9213 |
0.0117 |
295 |
1 |
24.75 |
2009-02-11 |
| 60. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
24.74 |
0.8747 |
0.0529 |
201 |
3 |
23.39 |
2009-02-08 |
| 61. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
24.73 |
0.8996 |
0.0266 |
192 |
2 |
23.79 |
2009-02-13 |
| 62. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
24.69 |
0.8916 |
0.0389 |
216 |
3 |
22.70 |
2009-02-14 |
| 63. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
24.33 |
1.0523 |
-0.1401 |
256 |
1 |
24.33 |
2009-02-09 |
| 64. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
24.31 |
1.0390 |
-0.1271 |
205 |
4 |
22.77 |
2009-01-13 |
| 65. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
24.18 |
0.9731 |
-0.0749 |
129 |
1 |
24.18 |
2009-01-10 |
| 66. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
24.15 |
0.9965 |
-0.0917 |
168 |
3 |
23.81 |
2009-02-14 |
| 67. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
24.04 |
1.0214 |
-0.1214 |
166 |
4 |
23.00 |
2009-02-07 |
| 68. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
24.04 |
1.0029 |
-0.1039 |
209 |
3 |
22.47 |
2009-01-13 |
| 69. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
23.97 |
1.0462 |
-0.1496 |
184 |
1 |
23.97 |
2009-02-05 |
| 70. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
23.91 |
0.8660 |
0.0348 |
193 |
3 |
23.35 |
2009-01-13 |
| 71. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
23.90 |
0.8125 |
0.0900 |
197 |
3 |
22.33 |
2009-02-14 |
| 72. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
23.87 |
0.8070 |
0.0944 |
137 |
4 |
22.59 |
2009-02-06 |
| 73. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
23.80 |
0.7934 |
0.1020 |
134 |
5 |
23.15 |
2009-02-06 |
| 74. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
23.78 |
0.8360 |
0.0587 |
170 |
3 |
21.26 |
2009-02-09 |
| 75. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
23.75 |
0.8739 |
0.0164 |
136 |
1 |
23.75 |
2009-01-11 |
| 76. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
23.75 |
0.8323 |
0.0606 |
145 |
3 |
21.89 |
2009-02-06 |
| 77. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
23.66 |
1.0444 |
-0.1601 |
197 |
4 |
22.57 |
2009-02-06 |
| 78. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
23.66 |
1.0099 |
-0.1219 |
207 |
2 |
22.62 |
2009-02-09 |
| 79. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
23.63 |
0.8506 |
0.0349 |
132 |
2 |
23.44 |
2009-01-11 |
| 80. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
23.55 |
0.9884 |
-0.1025 |
233 |
1 |
23.55 |
2009-02-09 |
| 81. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
23.53 |
0.8951 |
-0.0070 |
193 |
2 |
23.29 |
2009-02-11 |
| 82. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
23.47 |
1.0004 |
-0.1229 |
212 |
7 |
21.83 |
2009-01-11 |
| 83. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
23.42 |
0.9572 |
-0.0766 |
201 |
5 |
22.13 |
2009-02-14 |
| 84. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
23.35 |
0.9772 |
-0.1017 |
217 |
6 |
22.19 |
2009-02-06 |
| 85. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
23.26 |
0.8887 |
0.0009 |
128 |
1 |
23.26 |
2009-01-11 |
| 86. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
23.25 |
0.9260 |
-0.0404 |
243 |
1 |
23.25 |
2009-02-14 |
| 87. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
23.16 |
0.8153 |
0.0613 |
200 |
2 |
21.81 |
2009-01-13 |
| 88. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
23.09 |
0.8573 |
0.0154 |
270 |
1 |
23.09 |
2009-02-15 |
| 89. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
23.07 |
0.8602 |
0.0059 |
206 |
1 |
23.07 |
2009-02-14 |
| 90. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
23.03 |
1.0487 |
-0.1869 |
231 |
2 |
22.99 |
2009-01-11 |
| 91. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
23.02 |
0.8615 |
0.0050 |
110 |
3 |
21.23 |
2009-01-13 |
| 92. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
22.98 |
0.8544 |
0.0109 |
170 |
5 |
20.94 |
2009-01-11 |
| 93. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
22.92 |
1.0577 |
-0.1986 |
247 |
2 |
22.89 |
2009-01-10 |
| 94. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
22.72 |
0.9171 |
-0.0618 |
165 |
1 |
22.72 |
2009-02-04 |
| 95. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
22.68 |
0.9251 |
-0.0667 |
177 |
2 |
21.33 |
2009-01-11 |
| 96. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
22.64 |
0.7690 |
0.0845 |
142 |
3 |
20.69 |
2009-01-11 |
| 97. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
22.63 |
0.7389 |
0.1140 |
145 |
3 |
21.18 |
2009-01-11 |
| 98. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
22.60 |
0.8709 |
-0.0126 |
202 |
1 |
22.60 |
2009-02-14 |
| 99. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
22.51 |
0.7259 |
0.1269 |
186 |
2 |
21.28 |
2009-01-13 |
| 100. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
22.44 |
0.9786 |
-0.1395 |
193 |
1 |
22.44 |
2009-01-11 |
| 101. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
22.34 |
0.7852 |
0.0611 |
149 |
4 |
20.37 |
2009-02-06 |
| 102. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
22.29 |
0.9682 |
-0.1316 |
143 |
4 |
21.30 |
2009-02-14 |
| 103. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
22.28 |
0.7826 |
0.0594 |
97 |
2 |
20.81 |
2009-01-13 |
| 104. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
22.26 |
0.9325 |
-0.1018 |
156 |
2 |
22.17 |
2009-01-10 |
| 105. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
22.14 |
1.0714 |
-0.2475 |
129 |
1 |
22.14 |
2009-01-11 |
| 106. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
22.13 |
0.9221 |
-0.0912 |
244 |
1 |
22.13 |
2009-01-10 |
| 107. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
22.07 |
0.7938 |
0.0373 |
176 |
5 |
21.46 |
2009-02-07 |
| 108. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
22.07 |
0.8809 |
-0.0530 |
127 |
2 |
21.36 |
2009-01-13 |
| 109. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
21.99 |
0.9798 |
-0.1584 |
199 |
3 |
21.42 |
2009-02-04 |
| 110. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
21.97 |
0.9941 |
-0.1702 |
217 |
1 |
21.97 |
2009-01-10 |
| 111. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
21.97 |
0.8919 |
-0.0673 |
205 |
1 |
21.97 |
2009-02-13 |
| 112. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
21.85 |
0.8142 |
0.0019 |
187 |
1 |
21.85 |
2009-01-11 |
| 113. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
21.81 |
0.7375 |
0.0859 |
148 |
3 |
20.70 |
2009-02-06 |
| 114. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
21.69 |
0.8788 |
-0.0667 |
134 |
1 |
21.69 |
2009-01-10 |
| 115. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
21.56 |
0.7908 |
0.0246 |
127 |
3 |
20.90 |
2009-01-13 |
| 116. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
21.50 |
0.8553 |
-0.0520 |
174 |
2 |
21.17 |
2009-02-06 |
| 117. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
21.15 |
0.8961 |
-0.1045 |
189 |
1 |
21.15 |
2009-01-13 |
| 118. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
21.08 |
0.7916 |
0.0084 |
184 |
1 |
21.08 |
2009-01-11 |
| 119. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
20.97 |
0.8154 |
-0.0255 |
193 |
2 |
20.36 |
2009-01-13 |
| 120. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
20.91 |
0.8145 |
-0.0264 |
115 |
2 |
19.62 |
2009-01-11 |
| 121. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
20.55 |
0.8190 |
-0.0399 |
135 |
1 |
20.55 |
2009-01-11 |
| 122. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
20.54 |
0.8152 |
-0.0433 |
163 |
4 |
20.10 |
2009-01-13 |
| 123. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
18.96 |
0.8037 |
-0.0897 |
148 |
2 |
18.86 |
2009-01-11 |
| 124. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
18.68 |
0.7352 |
-0.0347 |
106 |
1 |
18.68 |
2009-01-13 |