| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
125.88 |
1.0714 |
0.1767 |
129 |
1 |
125.88 |
2009-05-23 |
| 2. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
125.49 |
0.9724 |
0.2840 |
237 |
1 |
125.49 |
2009-05-07 |
| 3. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
122.42 |
1.1016 |
0.1205 |
233 |
1 |
122.42 |
2009-05-15 |
| 4. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
121.60 |
1.0441 |
0.1714 |
252 |
1 |
121.60 |
2009-04-30 |
| 5. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
121.55 |
0.9986 |
0.2157 |
283 |
2 |
109.87 |
2009-06-02 |
| 6. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
117.72 |
1.0419 |
0.1329 |
261 |
1 |
117.72 |
2009-06-21 |
| 7. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
115.43 |
1.0521 |
0.0946 |
171 |
1 |
115.43 |
2009-04-30 |
| 8. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
114.09 |
1.1018 |
0.0299 |
220 |
1 |
114.09 |
2009-04-30 |
| 9. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
114.01 |
1.0528 |
0.0801 |
201 |
1 |
114.01 |
2009-05-07 |
| 10. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
113.72 |
0.9330 |
0.2084 |
360 |
2 |
111.37 |
2009-06-21 |
| 11. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
113.04 |
1.0165 |
0.1154 |
392 |
2 |
106.98 |
2009-05-23 |
| 12. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
112.93 |
0.9763 |
0.1498 |
289 |
2 |
104.49 |
2009-06-02 |
| 13. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
112.75 |
0.9351 |
0.1843 |
190 |
1 |
112.75 |
2009-05-07 |
| 14. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
112.31 |
1.0368 |
0.0844 |
276 |
1 |
112.31 |
2009-06-02 |
| 15. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
112.03 |
0.9964 |
0.1211 |
203 |
1 |
112.03 |
2009-06-21 |
| 16. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
111.50 |
1.0788 |
0.0278 |
171 |
1 |
111.50 |
2009-06-21 |
| 17. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
110.95 |
1.0361 |
0.0714 |
269 |
1 |
110.95 |
2009-04-30 |
| 18. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
110.15 |
0.9513 |
0.1512 |
354 |
1 |
110.15 |
2009-06-21 |
| 19. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
109.64 |
1.0029 |
0.0840 |
209 |
2 |
104.55 |
2009-05-01 |
| 20. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
109.43 |
1.0131 |
0.0744 |
225 |
1 |
109.43 |
2009-06-17 |
| 21. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
108.58 |
0.9907 |
0.0908 |
211 |
1 |
108.58 |
2009-04-30 |
| 22. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
108.55 |
1.0477 |
0.0370 |
360 |
2 |
106.92 |
2009-05-07 |
| 23. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
107.93 |
1.0013 |
0.0739 |
273 |
3 |
100.21 |
2009-06-21 |
| 24. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
107.38 |
0.9740 |
0.0924 |
209 |
2 |
98.52 |
2009-05-23 |
| 25. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
107.38 |
1.0189 |
0.0548 |
337 |
1 |
107.38 |
2009-04-30 |
| 26. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
107.10 |
1.0399 |
0.0334 |
294 |
1 |
107.10 |
2009-06-02 |
| 27. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
106.82 |
0.9699 |
0.0943 |
269 |
2 |
99.32 |
2009-06-17 |
| 28. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
106.58 |
1.0138 |
0.0483 |
231 |
1 |
106.58 |
2009-06-03 |
| 29. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
106.30 |
1.0444 |
0.0088 |
197 |
1 |
106.30 |
2009-05-01 |
| 30. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
105.50 |
1.0398 |
0.0010 |
110 |
1 |
105.50 |
2009-05-15 |
| 31. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
105.28 |
1.0201 |
0.0300 |
303 |
1 |
105.28 |
2009-06-02 |
| 32. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
104.52 |
1.0063 |
0.0356 |
371 |
1 |
104.52 |
2009-04-30 |
| 33. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
104.05 |
1.0613 |
-0.0233 |
266 |
1 |
104.05 |
2009-04-30 |
| 34. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
103.49 |
0.9376 |
0.0992 |
367 |
1 |
103.49 |
2009-06-17 |
| 35. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
103.47 |
1.0389 |
-0.0059 |
318 |
2 |
97.27 |
2009-06-17 |
| 36. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
103.08 |
0.9426 |
0.0879 |
317 |
1 |
103.08 |
2009-06-21 |
| 37. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
102.41 |
0.9429 |
0.0791 |
287 |
1 |
102.41 |
2009-05-15 |
| 38. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
101.97 |
1.0666 |
-0.0502 |
297 |
1 |
101.97 |
2009-04-30 |
| 39. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
101.78 |
1.0292 |
-0.0165 |
262 |
2 |
100.57 |
2009-05-23 |
| 40. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
101.46 |
1.0711 |
-0.0653 |
213 |
2 |
101.11 |
2009-06-17 |
| 41. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
101.45 |
0.9734 |
0.0375 |
289 |
1 |
101.45 |
2009-05-15 |
| 42. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
101.44 |
0.9936 |
0.0171 |
311 |
1 |
101.44 |
2009-05-23 |
| 43. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
101.06 |
0.9769 |
0.0281 |
263 |
1 |
101.06 |
2009-05-07 |
| 44. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
100.42 |
0.9852 |
0.0156 |
264 |
1 |
100.42 |
2009-05-07 |
| 45. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
100.15 |
0.9754 |
0.0283 |
362 |
1 |
100.15 |
2009-04-30 |
| 46. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
100.03 |
0.9653 |
0.0397 |
394 |
2 |
95.65 |
2009-06-02 |
| 47. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
99.55 |
0.9776 |
0.0145 |
308 |
1 |
99.55 |
2009-05-01 |
| 48. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
99.18 |
0.9786 |
0.0087 |
235 |
1 |
99.18 |
2009-04-30 |
| 49. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
98.81 |
0.9697 |
0.0146 |
249 |
1 |
98.81 |
2009-05-01 |
| 50. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
98.72 |
1.0099 |
-0.0298 |
207 |
1 |
98.72 |
2009-05-15 |
| 51. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
98.56 |
1.0454 |
-0.0667 |
255 |
2 |
97.38 |
2009-05-01 |
| 52. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
98.53 |
1.0025 |
-0.0216 |
256 |
1 |
98.53 |
2009-05-01 |
| 53. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
98.33 |
0.9682 |
0.0096 |
143 |
1 |
98.33 |
2009-05-01 |
| 54. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
98.15 |
0.9672 |
0.0170 |
396 |
1 |
98.15 |
2009-05-01 |
| 55. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
97.81 |
1.0025 |
-0.0272 |
336 |
1 |
97.81 |
2009-04-30 |
| 56. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
97.67 |
1.0023 |
-0.0317 |
211 |
2 |
92.56 |
2009-05-07 |
| 57. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
97.23 |
0.9372 |
0.0358 |
320 |
1 |
97.23 |
2009-04-30 |
| 58. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
96.61 |
0.9965 |
-0.0341 |
310 |
1 |
96.61 |
2009-06-03 |
| 59. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
95.75 |
0.9234 |
0.0350 |
346 |
1 |
95.75 |
2009-05-15 |
| 60. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
95.71 |
0.9614 |
-0.0052 |
292 |
1 |
95.71 |
2009-05-23 |
| 61. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
95.45 |
0.9532 |
-0.0042 |
258 |
2 |
87.38 |
2009-06-02 |
| 62. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
94.96 |
1.0596 |
-0.1169 |
239 |
2 |
92.50 |
2009-06-02 |
| 63. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
94.80 |
0.8595 |
0.0864 |
242 |
2 |
90.68 |
2009-06-17 |
| 64. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
94.63 |
1.0487 |
-0.1118 |
231 |
1 |
94.63 |
2009-04-30 |
| 65. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
93.99 |
0.9567 |
-0.0209 |
273 |
1 |
93.99 |
2009-06-21 |
| 66. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
93.48 |
0.9202 |
0.0099 |
254 |
2 |
91.28 |
2009-06-17 |
| 67. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
93.14 |
0.9910 |
-0.0619 |
295 |
1 |
93.14 |
2009-06-17 |
| 68. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
93.02 |
0.8958 |
0.0349 |
322 |
1 |
93.02 |
2009-04-30 |
| 69. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
92.71 |
1.0523 |
-0.1339 |
256 |
1 |
92.71 |
2009-04-30 |
| 70. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
92.41 |
1.0016 |
-0.0867 |
218 |
1 |
92.41 |
2009-04-30 |
| 71. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
91.87 |
0.9612 |
-0.0468 |
256 |
1 |
91.87 |
2009-06-21 |
| 72. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
91.72 |
0.9365 |
-0.0224 |
248 |
1 |
91.72 |
2009-06-17 |
| 73. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
90.97 |
1.0334 |
-0.1349 |
131 |
1 |
90.97 |
2009-06-02 |
| 74. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
90.83 |
0.9293 |
-0.0244 |
355 |
1 |
90.83 |
2009-06-21 |
| 75. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
90.31 |
0.9527 |
-0.0541 |
251 |
1 |
90.31 |
2009-06-21 |
| 76. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
88.02 |
0.8382 |
0.0381 |
268 |
1 |
88.02 |
2009-06-17 |
| 77. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
87.47 |
0.9045 |
-0.0342 |
235 |
1 |
87.47 |
2009-05-23 |
| 78. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
85.01 |
0.9430 |
-0.1053 |
211 |
1 |
85.01 |
2009-05-07 |
| 79. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
84.72 |
0.8602 |
-0.0204 |
206 |
1 |
84.72 |
2009-04-30 |
| 80. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
84.63 |
1.0463 |
-0.2099 |
182 |
1 |
84.63 |
2009-04-30 |
| 81. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
84.18 |
0.9278 |
-0.0887 |
295 |
1 |
84.18 |
2009-04-30 |
| 82. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
83.25 |
0.8996 |
-0.0779 |
192 |
1 |
83.25 |
2009-04-30 |
| 83. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
82.01 |
0.9168 |
-0.1006 |
240 |
1 |
82.01 |
2009-05-23 |
| 84. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
81.48 |
0.7876 |
0.0243 |
316 |
1 |
81.48 |
2009-06-17 |
| 85. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
77.96 |
0.9649 |
-0.1919 |
193 |
1 |
77.96 |
2009-05-15 |
| 86. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
77.65 |
0.9946 |
-0.2240 |
246 |
1 |
77.65 |
2009-06-21 |
| 87. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
77.59 |
0.9866 |
-0.2201 |
218 |
1 |
77.59 |
2009-06-02 |
| 88. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
72.44 |
0.9578 |
-0.2400 |
281 |
1 |
72.44 |
2009-04-30 |
| 89. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
71.16 |
0.9768 |
-0.2688 |
387 |
1 |
71.16 |
2009-04-30 |
| 90. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
71.00 |
0.9286 |
-0.2263 |
194 |
1 |
71.00 |
2009-06-02 |
| 91. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
69.49 |
1.0251 |
-0.3388 |
261 |
1 |
69.49 |
2009-05-23 |
| 92. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
57.30 |
0.9464 |
-0.3759 |
323 |
1 |
57.30 |
2009-05-15 |