Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
82.42 |
1.0288 |
0.2326 |
166 |
1 |
82.42 |
2009-01-17 |
2. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
78.82 |
1.0498 |
0.1620 |
261 |
2 |
75.98 |
2013-01-31 |
3. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
78.56 |
1.1093 |
0.0917 |
220 |
2 |
70.35 |
2009-01-04 |
4. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
77.99 |
1.0590 |
0.1377 |
250 |
2 |
73.22 |
2013-01-30 |
5. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
77.69 |
1.0487 |
0.1422 |
253 |
2 |
70.96 |
2013-01-31 |
6. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
77.28 |
1.0094 |
0.1775 |
256 |
1 |
77.28 |
2009-01-04 |
7. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
74.85 |
1.0682 |
0.0822 |
266 |
3 |
71.72 |
2013-01-30 |
8. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
74.60 |
1.0628 |
0.0846 |
363 |
1 |
74.60 |
2009-01-04 |
9. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
74.55 |
0.9650 |
0.1823 |
347 |
3 |
72.02 |
2013-01-30 |
10. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
74.27 |
1.0370 |
0.1031 |
262 |
1 |
74.27 |
2009-01-04 |
11. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
73.48 |
1.1070 |
0.0200 |
265 |
1 |
73.48 |
2009-01-02 |
12. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
72.66 |
0.9827 |
0.1337 |
314 |
1 |
72.66 |
2009-01-04 |
13. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
72.65 |
1.0617 |
0.0517 |
171 |
2 |
68.16 |
2009-01-04 |
14. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
72.35 |
1.0086 |
0.0978 |
218 |
1 |
72.35 |
2009-01-04 |
15. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
71.76 |
0.9704 |
0.1312 |
254 |
1 |
71.76 |
2009-01-04 |
16. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
71.44 |
1.1086 |
-0.0116 |
233 |
1 |
71.44 |
2009-01-03 |
17. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
71.03 |
0.9842 |
0.1083 |
335 |
1 |
71.03 |
2009-01-04 |
18. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
71.00 |
1.0676 |
0.0268 |
456 |
1 |
71.00 |
2009-01-03 |
19. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
70.96 |
1.0607 |
0.0313 |
357 |
2 |
63.37 |
2009-01-04 |
20. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
70.47 |
0.9884 |
0.0958 |
267 |
1 |
70.47 |
2009-01-04 |
21. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
70.46 |
1.0557 |
0.0270 |
289 |
2 |
68.13 |
2009-01-02 |
22. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
69.96 |
1.0264 |
0.0432 |
191 |
2 |
64.62 |
2009-01-02 |
23. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
69.96 |
1.0036 |
0.0712 |
277 |
1 |
69.96 |
2009-01-04 |
24. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
69.65 |
1.0341 |
0.0343 |
273 |
1 |
69.65 |
2009-01-04 |
25. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
68.48 |
1.0125 |
0.0369 |
232 |
1 |
68.48 |
2009-01-04 |
26. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
67.89 |
1.0588 |
-0.0169 |
281 |
1 |
67.89 |
2009-01-04 |
27. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
67.51 |
0.8656 |
0.1716 |
242 |
1 |
67.51 |
2009-01-07 |
28. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
66.91 |
0.9681 |
0.0642 |
392 |
1 |
66.91 |
2009-01-04 |
29. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
66.85 |
0.9422 |
0.0785 |
190 |
1 |
66.85 |
2009-01-04 |
30. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
66.58 |
0.9981 |
0.0226 |
211 |
2 |
63.95 |
2009-01-04 |
31. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
66.46 |
0.9915 |
0.0274 |
281 |
1 |
66.46 |
2009-02-02 |
32. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
66.19 |
1.0333 |
-0.0228 |
176 |
2 |
61.06 |
2009-01-04 |
33. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
65.93 |
0.9740 |
0.0409 |
371 |
1 |
65.93 |
2009-01-04 |
34. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
65.91 |
0.9765 |
0.0341 |
269 |
1 |
65.91 |
2009-01-04 |
35. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
65.50 |
0.9763 |
0.0281 |
143 |
1 |
65.50 |
2009-01-03 |
36. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
65.32 |
1.0125 |
-0.0152 |
171 |
1 |
65.32 |
2009-01-02 |
37. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
65.22 |
1.0057 |
-0.0022 |
382 |
1 |
65.22 |
2009-01-03 |
38. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
65.17 |
1.0411 |
-0.0395 |
341 |
1 |
65.17 |
2010-07-30 |
39. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
64.81 |
0.9787 |
0.0190 |
364 |
1 |
64.81 |
2009-01-04 |
40. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
64.73 |
0.9284 |
0.0684 |
346 |
1 |
64.73 |
2009-01-04 |
41. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
64.54 |
0.9380 |
0.0506 |
284 |
1 |
64.54 |
2009-01-02 |
42. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
64.53 |
0.9346 |
0.0525 |
211 |
1 |
64.53 |
2009-01-04 |
43. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
64.01 |
1.0461 |
-0.0620 |
318 |
1 |
64.01 |
2009-01-02 |
44. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
63.34 |
1.0476 |
-0.0854 |
110 |
1 |
63.34 |
2009-01-04 |
45. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
63.27 |
0.9727 |
0.0045 |
442 |
1 |
63.27 |
2009-01-02 |
46. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
62.94 |
0.9143 |
0.0521 |
300 |
1 |
62.94 |
2009-01-02 |
47. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
62.79 |
0.8880 |
0.0752 |
296 |
1 |
62.79 |
2009-01-07 |
48. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
62.48 |
1.1062 |
-0.1459 |
200 |
1 |
62.48 |
2013-01-30 |
49. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
62.13 |
0.9974 |
-0.0484 |
163 |
1 |
62.13 |
2009-01-04 |
50. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
62.02 |
0.9425 |
0.0094 |
248 |
1 |
62.02 |
2009-01-02 |
51. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
61.84 |
0.9836 |
-0.0351 |
289 |
1 |
61.84 |
2009-01-04 |
52. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
61.61 |
0.9807 |
-0.0474 |
129 |
1 |
61.61 |
2009-01-03 |
53. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
61.40 |
0.9135 |
0.0369 |
393 |
1 |
61.40 |
2009-01-02 |
54. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
61.13 |
0.8913 |
0.0477 |
201 |
1 |
61.13 |
2009-01-04 |
55. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
60.93 |
0.9609 |
-0.0217 |
331 |
1 |
60.93 |
2009-01-02 |
56. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
60.87 |
0.9424 |
-0.0064 |
320 |
1 |
60.87 |
2009-01-02 |
57. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
60.69 |
1.0472 |
-0.1228 |
149 |
1 |
60.69 |
2009-01-04 |
58. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
60.55 |
0.9658 |
-0.0336 |
308 |
1 |
60.55 |
2009-01-02 |
59. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
60.24 |
1.0567 |
-0.1333 |
314 |
1 |
60.24 |
2009-01-03 |
60. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
59.83 |
0.9338 |
-0.0065 |
326 |
1 |
59.83 |
2010-07-30 |
61. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
59.67 |
0.9957 |
-0.0810 |
323 |
1 |
59.67 |
2009-01-02 |
62. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
59.57 |
0.9541 |
-0.0401 |
236 |
1 |
59.57 |
2009-01-04 |
63. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
58.68 |
0.9068 |
-0.0090 |
212 |
1 |
58.68 |
2009-01-02 |
64. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
58.49 |
0.9206 |
-0.0234 |
317 |
1 |
58.49 |
2009-01-04 |
65. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
58.25 |
1.0479 |
-0.1565 |
205 |
1 |
58.25 |
2009-01-04 |
66. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
58.04 |
0.9594 |
-0.0714 |
258 |
1 |
58.04 |
2009-01-03 |
67. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
57.86 |
1.0418 |
-0.1540 |
214 |
1 |
57.86 |
2009-01-04 |
68. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
57.34 |
0.9183 |
-0.0384 |
308 |
1 |
57.34 |
2009-01-04 |
69. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
57.29 |
0.9070 |
-0.0336 |
192 |
1 |
57.29 |
2009-01-07 |
70. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
57.28 |
1.0654 |
-0.1899 |
247 |
1 |
57.28 |
2009-01-02 |
71. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
57.23 |
0.9332 |
-0.0545 |
295 |
1 |
57.23 |
2009-01-03 |
72. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
56.97 |
0.9299 |
-0.0650 |
168 |
1 |
56.97 |
2009-01-04 |
73. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
56.72 |
0.9108 |
-0.0415 |
235 |
1 |
56.72 |
2009-01-02 |
74. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
56.62 |
0.9400 |
-0.0695 |
434 |
1 |
56.62 |
2009-01-03 |
75. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
56.40 |
1.0426 |
-0.1821 |
131 |
1 |
56.40 |
2009-01-02 |
76. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
56.29 |
0.9479 |
-0.0834 |
317 |
1 |
56.29 |
2010-07-30 |
77. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
55.06 |
0.9841 |
-0.1436 |
217 |
1 |
55.06 |
2009-01-02 |
78. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
51.07 |
0.8624 |
-0.0849 |
174 |
1 |
51.07 |
2009-01-02 |
79. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
50.46 |
1.0582 |
-0.2885 |
180 |
1 |
50.46 |
2010-07-30 |
80. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
49.93 |
0.8172 |
-0.0569 |
204 |
1 |
49.93 |
2009-01-02 |
81. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
48.36 |
1.0082 |
-0.2729 |
212 |
1 |
48.36 |
2009-01-02 |