| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
51.58 |
1.0796 |
0.1172 |
129 |
1 |
51.58 |
2009-09-23 |
| 2. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
49.60 |
1.0004 |
0.1490 |
212 |
2 |
44.23 |
2010-10-15 |
| 3. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
48.91 |
1.1018 |
0.0308 |
220 |
1 |
48.91 |
2009-11-18 |
| 4. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
48.31 |
1.0788 |
0.0405 |
171 |
1 |
48.31 |
2009-10-29 |
| 5. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
48.14 |
1.0029 |
0.1117 |
209 |
2 |
46.09 |
2009-09-24 |
| 6. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
48.10 |
1.0944 |
0.0702 |
308 |
1 |
48.10 |
2010-10-15 |
| 7. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
47.60 |
0.9697 |
0.1428 |
266 |
1 |
47.60 |
2010-09-27 |
| 8. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
47.38 |
1.0343 |
0.1060 |
242 |
1 |
47.38 |
2009-10-29 |
| 9. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
47.37 |
0.9221 |
0.1794 |
244 |
1 |
47.37 |
2009-09-23 |
| 10. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
47.21 |
1.1114 |
-0.0154 |
247 |
1 |
47.21 |
2009-08-24 |
| 11. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
47.00 |
1.0487 |
0.0404 |
231 |
3 |
45.41 |
2010-09-27 |
| 12. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
46.68 |
1.0090 |
0.1213 |
282 |
1 |
46.68 |
2009-09-24 |
| 13. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
46.36 |
0.9943 |
0.0878 |
373 |
1 |
46.36 |
2009-08-27 |
| 14. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
46.34 |
0.9161 |
0.1601 |
200 |
1 |
46.34 |
2010-10-15 |
| 15. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
46.08 |
1.0516 |
0.0201 |
281 |
1 |
46.08 |
2009-09-16 |
| 16. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
46.05 |
1.0521 |
0.0146 |
171 |
1 |
46.05 |
2010-09-27 |
| 17. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
45.96 |
1.1068 |
0.0032 |
393 |
1 |
45.96 |
2009-09-23 |
| 18. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
45.84 |
0.9461 |
0.1167 |
193 |
1 |
45.84 |
2010-09-27 |
| 19. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
45.84 |
1.0907 |
-0.0216 |
303 |
1 |
45.84 |
2009-08-20 |
| 20. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
45.84 |
1.0619 |
0.0087 |
354 |
1 |
45.84 |
2009-08-20 |
| 21. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
45.73 |
0.9729 |
0.0915 |
255 |
1 |
45.73 |
2009-09-23 |
| 22. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
45.66 |
1.0203 |
0.0453 |
261 |
2 |
41.69 |
2009-09-02 |
| 23. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
45.40 |
0.9722 |
0.0863 |
283 |
1 |
45.40 |
2009-09-22 |
| 24. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
45.39 |
0.9350 |
0.1218 |
195 |
1 |
45.39 |
2009-09-23 |
| 25. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
45.31 |
1.0797 |
-0.0308 |
210 |
1 |
45.31 |
2009-08-27 |
| 26. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
45.27 |
1.0396 |
0.0066 |
149 |
1 |
45.27 |
2009-10-26 |
| 27. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
45.21 |
0.8442 |
0.2119 |
265 |
1 |
45.21 |
2010-10-19 |
| 28. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
45.10 |
0.8935 |
0.1657 |
328 |
1 |
45.10 |
2010-10-24 |
| 29. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
45.10 |
1.0033 |
0.0392 |
189 |
1 |
45.10 |
2010-05-13 |
| 30. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
45.08 |
1.0013 |
0.0466 |
273 |
2 |
43.71 |
2009-10-26 |
| 31. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
44.83 |
1.0074 |
0.0373 |
242 |
1 |
44.83 |
2009-09-29 |
| 32. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
44.79 |
0.9841 |
0.0619 |
334 |
1 |
44.79 |
2009-11-18 |
| 33. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
44.64 |
0.8787 |
0.1644 |
202 |
1 |
44.64 |
2010-10-15 |
| 34. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
44.63 |
1.0349 |
0.0025 |
234 |
1 |
44.63 |
2010-10-15 |
| 35. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
44.58 |
1.0529 |
-0.0159 |
351 |
1 |
44.58 |
2009-10-29 |
| 36. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
44.52 |
1.0214 |
0.0090 |
166 |
1 |
44.52 |
2009-09-15 |
| 37. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
44.49 |
0.9894 |
0.0501 |
323 |
1 |
44.49 |
2010-10-24 |
| 38. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
44.48 |
0.9907 |
0.0427 |
211 |
1 |
44.48 |
2010-10-19 |
| 39. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
44.28 |
1.0201 |
0.0104 |
303 |
1 |
44.28 |
2009-11-18 |
| 40. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
44.17 |
1.0214 |
0.0047 |
269 |
1 |
44.17 |
2010-01-19 |
| 41. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
44.09 |
1.0829 |
-0.0560 |
288 |
1 |
44.09 |
2009-09-02 |
| 42. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
44.05 |
0.9125 |
0.1140 |
308 |
1 |
44.05 |
2010-10-19 |
| 43. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
43.93 |
0.9576 |
0.0685 |
212 |
2 |
43.85 |
2010-10-15 |
| 44. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
43.80 |
1.0375 |
0.0270 |
200 |
1 |
43.80 |
2009-12-25 |
| 45. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
43.76 |
1.0016 |
0.0116 |
218 |
2 |
42.75 |
2009-09-21 |
| 46. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
43.60 |
1.0120 |
0.0012 |
290 |
1 |
43.60 |
2010-10-24 |
| 47. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
43.58 |
1.0441 |
-0.0292 |
252 |
1 |
43.58 |
2009-09-23 |
| 48. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
43.48 |
0.8919 |
0.1178 |
205 |
3 |
40.56 |
2009-10-27 |
| 49. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
43.25 |
1.0429 |
-0.0386 |
259 |
1 |
43.25 |
2009-11-25 |
| 50. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
43.06 |
0.9946 |
0.0066 |
246 |
2 |
41.40 |
2010-05-13 |
| 51. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
43.02 |
1.0232 |
0.0229 |
350 |
1 |
43.02 |
2010-09-27 |
| 52. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
42.98 |
1.0767 |
-0.0797 |
212 |
1 |
42.98 |
2009-09-22 |
| 53. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
42.70 |
0.9740 |
0.0147 |
209 |
1 |
42.70 |
2009-09-28 |
| 54. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
42.66 |
1.0486 |
-0.0559 |
289 |
2 |
41.94 |
2009-10-29 |
| 55. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
42.65 |
0.9863 |
0.0097 |
339 |
1 |
42.65 |
2009-10-26 |
| 56. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
42.60 |
0.9339 |
0.0551 |
310 |
1 |
42.60 |
2009-10-27 |
| 57. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
42.52 |
0.9365 |
0.0537 |
248 |
1 |
42.52 |
2009-09-28 |
| 58. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
42.47 |
1.0062 |
-0.0189 |
288 |
1 |
42.47 |
2009-09-23 |
| 59. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
42.47 |
0.9938 |
-0.0059 |
339 |
1 |
42.47 |
2009-09-22 |
| 60. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
42.39 |
0.9855 |
0.0334 |
258 |
1 |
42.39 |
2010-10-15 |
| 61. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
42.29 |
0.8910 |
0.0941 |
150 |
1 |
42.29 |
2009-09-11 |
| 62. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
42.05 |
1.0390 |
-0.0653 |
205 |
2 |
41.80 |
2010-10-15 |
| 63. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
42.04 |
1.0083 |
0.0133 |
273 |
1 |
42.04 |
2010-10-19 |
| 64. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
42.02 |
1.0668 |
-0.0875 |
350 |
1 |
42.02 |
2009-09-16 |
| 65. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
41.92 |
1.0117 |
0.0075 |
297 |
1 |
41.92 |
2010-10-24 |
| 66. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
41.91 |
1.0669 |
-0.0604 |
286 |
1 |
41.91 |
2009-09-16 |
| 67. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
41.90 |
0.8722 |
0.1049 |
285 |
1 |
41.90 |
2009-09-23 |
| 68. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
41.79 |
0.9485 |
0.0254 |
291 |
2 |
41.08 |
2009-10-29 |
| 69. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
41.36 |
0.9724 |
-0.0079 |
237 |
1 |
41.36 |
2009-12-14 |
| 70. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
41.32 |
0.9805 |
-0.0155 |
292 |
1 |
41.32 |
2009-10-29 |
| 71. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
41.31 |
0.8845 |
0.0756 |
273 |
1 |
41.31 |
2009-09-09 |
| 72. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
41.26 |
1.0462 |
-0.0931 |
184 |
1 |
41.26 |
2009-10-27 |
| 73. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
41.25 |
0.9513 |
0.0111 |
354 |
1 |
41.25 |
2009-09-22 |
| 74. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
41.06 |
0.9964 |
-0.0422 |
203 |
1 |
41.06 |
2009-09-22 |
| 75. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
41.02 |
0.9790 |
0.0149 |
311 |
1 |
41.02 |
2010-10-15 |
| 76. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
40.80 |
1.0337 |
-0.0865 |
214 |
2 |
40.26 |
2009-11-23 |
| 77. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
40.73 |
0.9330 |
0.0201 |
360 |
1 |
40.73 |
2009-09-23 |
| 78. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
40.55 |
0.8731 |
0.0758 |
199 |
1 |
40.55 |
2009-09-11 |
| 79. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
40.53 |
1.0463 |
-0.1093 |
182 |
1 |
40.53 |
2009-11-25 |
| 80. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
40.48 |
0.8811 |
0.0639 |
239 |
1 |
40.48 |
2009-11-18 |
| 81. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
40.41 |
1.0138 |
-0.0755 |
231 |
1 |
40.41 |
2009-11-25 |
| 82. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
40.11 |
0.9213 |
0.0112 |
295 |
1 |
40.11 |
2010-08-02 |
| 83. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
39.95 |
0.9899 |
-0.0667 |
163 |
1 |
39.95 |
2009-10-29 |
| 84. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
39.84 |
0.9045 |
0.0216 |
235 |
1 |
39.84 |
2010-01-27 |
| 85. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
39.71 |
0.9532 |
-0.0320 |
258 |
1 |
39.71 |
2009-10-29 |
| 86. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
39.36 |
0.9866 |
-0.0760 |
218 |
1 |
39.36 |
2009-09-24 |
| 87. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
39.31 |
0.9758 |
-0.0623 |
314 |
1 |
39.31 |
2010-09-27 |
| 88. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
39.27 |
0.9266 |
-0.0128 |
278 |
1 |
39.27 |
2010-08-02 |
| 89. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
39.24 |
0.8745 |
0.0351 |
169 |
1 |
39.24 |
2009-09-15 |
| 90. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
39.17 |
0.9275 |
-0.0209 |
211 |
1 |
39.17 |
2009-11-23 |
| 91. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
38.90 |
0.9670 |
-0.0216 |
307 |
1 |
38.90 |
2010-10-15 |
| 92. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
38.82 |
0.8916 |
0.0103 |
216 |
1 |
38.82 |
2009-09-21 |
| 93. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
38.71 |
0.9429 |
-0.0426 |
287 |
1 |
38.71 |
2009-10-29 |
| 94. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
38.66 |
0.9567 |
-0.0589 |
273 |
1 |
38.66 |
2009-09-24 |
| 95. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
38.65 |
0.8791 |
0.0175 |
190 |
1 |
38.65 |
2009-10-26 |
| 96. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
38.65 |
0.8951 |
0.0046 |
193 |
1 |
38.65 |
2009-09-29 |
| 97. |
Because of their scouting skills and peripheral kinesthetic ... |
38.55 |
0.8162 |
0.0840 |
149 |
1 |
38.55 |
2009-08-24 |
| 98. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
38.44 |
0.9514 |
-0.0588 |
237 |
1 |
38.44 |
2010-05-13 |
| 99. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
38.44 |
1.0361 |
-0.1429 |
269 |
1 |
38.44 |
2009-09-11 |
| 100. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
38.41 |
1.0334 |
-0.1480 |
131 |
1 |
38.41 |
2009-09-11 |
| 101. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
38.22 |
1.0183 |
-0.1366 |
191 |
1 |
38.22 |
2010-05-13 |
| 102. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
38.10 |
0.8890 |
-0.0080 |
199 |
1 |
38.10 |
2010-08-02 |
| 103. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
38.02 |
1.0346 |
-0.1102 |
244 |
2 |
37.91 |
2009-10-29 |
| 104. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
37.96 |
1.0263 |
-0.1462 |
267 |
1 |
37.96 |
2009-09-21 |
| 105. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
37.74 |
0.9226 |
-0.0407 |
348 |
1 |
37.74 |
2009-09-16 |
| 106. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
37.59 |
0.9468 |
-0.0745 |
276 |
1 |
37.59 |
2009-09-29 |
| 107. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
37.52 |
0.8956 |
-0.0202 |
322 |
1 |
37.52 |
2009-10-27 |
| 108. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
36.89 |
0.9936 |
-0.1379 |
311 |
1 |
36.89 |
2009-09-02 |
| 109. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
36.75 |
0.8826 |
-0.0282 |
296 |
2 |
35.48 |
2010-09-27 |
| 110. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
36.42 |
0.8878 |
-0.0433 |
346 |
1 |
36.42 |
2009-08-24 |
| 111. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
36.24 |
0.8996 |
-0.0645 |
192 |
1 |
36.24 |
2009-09-22 |
| 112. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
33.81 |
0.9991 |
-0.2151 |
225 |
1 |
33.81 |
2009-11-25 |
| 113. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
32.99 |
0.9216 |
-0.1185 |
255 |
1 |
32.99 |
2010-09-27 |