| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
54.53 |
1.1114 |
0.5896 |
247 |
3 |
41.66 |
2008-12-20 |
| 2. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
47.26 |
0.9266 |
0.5500 |
278 |
1 |
47.26 |
2008-12-03 |
| 3. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
44.70 |
1.0389 |
0.3570 |
318 |
1 |
44.70 |
2008-12-03 |
| 4. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
44.35 |
1.0390 |
0.3404 |
205 |
1 |
44.35 |
2008-12-03 |
| 5. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
39.96 |
0.9325 |
0.3058 |
156 |
1 |
39.96 |
2008-12-05 |
| 6. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
39.94 |
1.0696 |
0.1713 |
226 |
3 |
31.96 |
2008-12-10 |
| 7. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
39.31 |
0.7375 |
0.4903 |
148 |
1 |
39.31 |
2008-12-03 |
| 8. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
38.38 |
0.8745 |
0.3186 |
169 |
1 |
38.38 |
2008-12-04 |
| 9. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
37.93 |
1.0711 |
0.1049 |
213 |
1 |
37.93 |
2008-12-05 |
| 10. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
37.91 |
0.8936 |
0.2853 |
127 |
1 |
37.91 |
2008-12-04 |
| 11. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
37.42 |
0.8809 |
0.2820 |
127 |
1 |
37.42 |
2008-12-03 |
| 12. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
37.39 |
1.0337 |
0.1298 |
214 |
1 |
37.39 |
2008-12-06 |
| 13. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
36.76 |
0.9233 |
0.2127 |
168 |
1 |
36.76 |
2008-12-11 |
| 14. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
36.54 |
1.0523 |
0.0808 |
256 |
2 |
33.97 |
2008-12-05 |
| 15. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
36.38 |
0.9786 |
0.1485 |
193 |
3 |
29.97 |
2008-12-11 |
| 16. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
36.21 |
0.8910 |
0.2377 |
150 |
1 |
36.21 |
2008-12-18 |
| 17. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
35.95 |
1.0349 |
0.0832 |
234 |
1 |
35.95 |
2008-12-05 |
| 18. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
35.95 |
0.9221 |
0.1952 |
244 |
4 |
33.56 |
2008-12-18 |
| 19. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
35.81 |
0.9072 |
0.2055 |
237 |
2 |
33.59 |
2008-12-18 |
| 20. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
35.66 |
0.8810 |
0.2295 |
282 |
1 |
35.66 |
2008-12-11 |
| 21. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
35.61 |
1.0331 |
0.0728 |
234 |
2 |
34.10 |
2008-12-20 |
| 22. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
35.36 |
0.9769 |
0.1212 |
263 |
2 |
33.36 |
2008-12-10 |
| 23. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
35.31 |
0.8152 |
0.2836 |
163 |
1 |
35.31 |
2008-12-10 |
| 24. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
35.16 |
1.0197 |
0.0713 |
226 |
2 |
34.94 |
2008-12-05 |
| 25. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
35.04 |
0.9893 |
0.1009 |
323 |
1 |
35.04 |
2008-12-05 |
| 26. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
34.60 |
1.0396 |
0.0295 |
149 |
1 |
34.60 |
2008-12-03 |
| 27. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
34.59 |
1.0429 |
0.0317 |
259 |
2 |
33.68 |
2008-12-05 |
| 28. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
34.51 |
1.0441 |
0.0309 |
252 |
1 |
34.51 |
2008-12-20 |
| 29. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
34.48 |
1.0334 |
0.0326 |
131 |
2 |
34.45 |
2008-12-10 |
| 30. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
34.30 |
0.8947 |
0.1770 |
366 |
1 |
34.30 |
2008-12-11 |
| 31. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
33.89 |
0.8544 |
0.1999 |
170 |
2 |
32.33 |
2008-12-04 |
| 32. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
33.86 |
1.0462 |
0.0007 |
184 |
1 |
33.86 |
2008-12-20 |
| 33. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
33.78 |
0.9612 |
0.0893 |
256 |
1 |
33.78 |
2008-12-10 |
| 34. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
33.76 |
1.0483 |
-0.0015 |
227 |
1 |
33.76 |
2008-12-18 |
| 35. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
33.73 |
0.9946 |
0.0541 |
246 |
2 |
33.60 |
2008-12-20 |
| 36. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
33.69 |
0.9763 |
0.0708 |
289 |
1 |
33.69 |
2008-12-18 |
| 37. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
33.66 |
0.9649 |
0.0807 |
193 |
1 |
33.66 |
2008-12-18 |
| 38. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
33.62 |
0.9342 |
0.1147 |
434 |
1 |
33.62 |
2008-12-11 |
| 39. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
33.62 |
1.0829 |
-0.0360 |
288 |
1 |
33.62 |
2008-12-05 |
| 40. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
33.50 |
1.0131 |
0.0247 |
225 |
2 |
26.86 |
2008-12-03 |
| 41. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
33.31 |
0.9633 |
0.0746 |
304 |
1 |
33.31 |
2008-12-18 |
| 42. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
33.24 |
1.0251 |
0.0062 |
261 |
1 |
33.24 |
2008-12-18 |
| 43. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
32.96 |
1.0340 |
-0.0041 |
406 |
1 |
32.96 |
2008-12-11 |
| 44. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
32.93 |
0.9729 |
0.0510 |
255 |
2 |
30.12 |
2008-12-04 |
| 45. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
32.88 |
1.0419 |
-0.0198 |
261 |
3 |
30.80 |
2008-12-04 |
| 46. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
32.81 |
0.9251 |
0.0998 |
177 |
6 |
28.14 |
2008-12-10 |
| 47. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
32.62 |
0.9965 |
0.0127 |
168 |
3 |
28.98 |
2008-12-18 |
| 48. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
32.59 |
1.0053 |
0.0057 |
232 |
2 |
28.77 |
2008-12-18 |
| 49. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
32.53 |
0.8821 |
0.1285 |
176 |
3 |
28.38 |
2008-12-18 |
| 50. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
32.46 |
0.9275 |
0.0781 |
211 |
2 |
30.58 |
2008-12-18 |
| 51. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
32.33 |
0.9196 |
0.0869 |
148 |
2 |
30.05 |
2008-12-02 |
| 52. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
32.26 |
0.8887 |
0.1279 |
128 |
1 |
32.26 |
2008-12-20 |
| 53. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
32.19 |
1.0029 |
-0.0089 |
209 |
1 |
32.19 |
2008-12-20 |
| 54. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
31.97 |
0.9691 |
0.0239 |
223 |
1 |
31.97 |
2008-12-03 |
| 55. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
31.86 |
0.8709 |
0.1270 |
202 |
3 |
26.62 |
2008-12-18 |
| 56. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
31.71 |
0.9226 |
0.0690 |
348 |
1 |
31.71 |
2008-12-18 |
| 57. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
31.71 |
1.0528 |
-0.0725 |
201 |
2 |
30.27 |
2008-12-11 |
| 58. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
31.70 |
1.0787 |
-0.0950 |
237 |
1 |
31.70 |
2008-12-05 |
| 59. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
31.70 |
1.0788 |
-0.0994 |
171 |
1 |
31.70 |
2008-12-06 |
| 60. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
31.66 |
0.8360 |
0.1469 |
170 |
2 |
27.05 |
2008-12-04 |
| 61. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
31.62 |
0.9045 |
0.0783 |
235 |
2 |
31.41 |
2008-12-02 |
| 62. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
31.53 |
1.0529 |
-0.0734 |
351 |
1 |
31.53 |
2008-12-18 |
| 63. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
31.45 |
0.8791 |
0.0971 |
190 |
1 |
31.45 |
2008-12-03 |
| 64. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
31.22 |
0.8852 |
0.0851 |
158 |
1 |
31.22 |
2008-12-04 |
| 65. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
31.17 |
0.9376 |
0.0361 |
367 |
1 |
31.17 |
2008-12-13 |
| 66. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
31.11 |
0.9540 |
0.0106 |
285 |
1 |
31.11 |
2008-12-03 |
| 67. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
31.04 |
1.0023 |
-0.0400 |
211 |
1 |
31.04 |
2008-12-11 |
| 68. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
30.96 |
0.9578 |
0.0034 |
281 |
2 |
30.01 |
2008-12-10 |
| 69. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
30.91 |
1.1018 |
-0.1481 |
220 |
2 |
26.68 |
2008-12-18 |
| 70. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
30.83 |
0.8722 |
0.0883 |
285 |
1 |
30.83 |
2008-12-05 |
| 71. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
30.81 |
1.0565 |
-0.1021 |
247 |
1 |
30.81 |
2008-12-05 |
| 72. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
30.74 |
0.9430 |
0.0045 |
211 |
1 |
30.74 |
2008-12-10 |
| 73. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
30.68 |
0.9843 |
-0.0364 |
234 |
1 |
30.68 |
2008-12-04 |
| 74. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
30.54 |
0.9964 |
-0.0478 |
203 |
1 |
30.54 |
2008-12-05 |
| 75. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
30.54 |
0.9941 |
-0.0480 |
217 |
2 |
28.99 |
2008-12-04 |
| 76. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
30.54 |
0.9068 |
0.0447 |
269 |
2 |
29.86 |
2008-12-18 |
| 77. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
30.46 |
0.9672 |
-0.0147 |
396 |
1 |
30.46 |
2008-12-11 |
| 78. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
30.44 |
0.9740 |
-0.0328 |
209 |
2 |
30.06 |
2008-12-03 |
| 79. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
30.38 |
1.0496 |
-0.1069 |
314 |
1 |
30.38 |
2008-12-05 |
| 80. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
30.28 |
0.9468 |
-0.0070 |
276 |
1 |
30.28 |
2008-12-06 |
| 81. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
30.25 |
0.9851 |
-0.0435 |
317 |
1 |
30.25 |
2008-12-06 |
| 82. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
30.24 |
0.8919 |
0.0454 |
205 |
1 |
30.24 |
2008-12-05 |
| 83. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
30.11 |
0.9776 |
-0.0425 |
308 |
1 |
30.11 |
2008-12-20 |
| 84. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
30.02 |
1.0201 |
-0.0948 |
172 |
1 |
30.02 |
2008-12-02 |
| 85. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
29.97 |
0.9084 |
0.0239 |
300 |
1 |
29.97 |
2008-12-18 |
| 86. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
29.95 |
0.9866 |
-0.0604 |
218 |
1 |
29.95 |
2008-12-03 |
| 87. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
29.77 |
1.0214 |
-0.0989 |
269 |
1 |
29.77 |
2008-12-03 |
| 88. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
29.38 |
0.8956 |
0.0190 |
217 |
1 |
29.38 |
2008-12-06 |
| 89. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
29.13 |
0.9426 |
-0.0354 |
317 |
1 |
29.13 |
2008-12-11 |
| 90. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
29.09 |
1.0213 |
-0.1217 |
240 |
1 |
29.09 |
2008-12-02 |
| 91. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
29.02 |
0.8153 |
0.0901 |
200 |
1 |
29.02 |
2008-12-04 |
| 92. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
28.93 |
1.0183 |
-0.1261 |
191 |
2 |
27.19 |
2008-12-11 |
| 93. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
28.58 |
0.8118 |
0.0799 |
109 |
1 |
28.58 |
2008-12-02 |
| 94. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
28.56 |
0.7934 |
0.0920 |
134 |
1 |
28.56 |
2008-12-10 |
| 95. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
28.46 |
0.9213 |
-0.0378 |
295 |
1 |
28.46 |
2008-12-03 |
| 96. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
28.43 |
0.8070 |
0.0776 |
137 |
1 |
28.43 |
2008-12-02 |
| 97. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
28.26 |
0.9697 |
-0.0928 |
249 |
1 |
28.26 |
2008-12-02 |
| 98. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
28.23 |
0.8792 |
0.0059 |
296 |
1 |
28.23 |
2008-12-02 |
| 99. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
28.17 |
0.9614 |
-0.0845 |
292 |
1 |
28.17 |
2008-12-05 |
| 100. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
27.66 |
0.8975 |
-0.0392 |
268 |
2 |
25.15 |
2008-12-18 |
| 101. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
27.57 |
0.9125 |
-0.0557 |
308 |
1 |
27.57 |
2008-12-10 |
| 102. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
27.56 |
0.9260 |
-0.0609 |
243 |
1 |
27.56 |
2008-12-03 |
| 103. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
27.29 |
1.0124 |
-0.1686 |
204 |
2 |
27.01 |
2008-12-03 |
| 104. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
27.25 |
0.9772 |
-0.1358 |
217 |
2 |
27.02 |
2008-12-03 |
| 105. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
27.12 |
0.9128 |
-0.0665 |
133 |
1 |
27.12 |
2008-12-05 |
| 106. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
27.10 |
0.8941 |
-0.0519 |
216 |
1 |
27.10 |
2008-12-03 |
| 107. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
26.89 |
0.9907 |
-0.1587 |
211 |
1 |
26.89 |
2008-12-03 |
| 108. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
26.53 |
0.8628 |
-0.0440 |
196 |
1 |
26.53 |
2008-12-02 |
| 109. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
26.47 |
0.8533 |
-0.0318 |
232 |
2 |
25.04 |
2008-12-04 |
| 110. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
26.12 |
0.9724 |
-0.1595 |
237 |
2 |
25.02 |
2008-12-03 |
| 111. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
26.09 |
0.7389 |
0.0709 |
145 |
1 |
26.09 |
2008-12-02 |
| 112. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
25.62 |
0.9266 |
-0.1329 |
267 |
1 |
25.62 |
2008-12-03 |
| 113. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
25.44 |
1.0445 |
-0.2557 |
373 |
1 |
25.44 |
2008-12-10 |
| 114. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
25.21 |
1.0120 |
-0.2321 |
290 |
1 |
25.21 |
2008-12-03 |
| 115. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
25.13 |
0.8602 |
-0.0842 |
206 |
1 |
25.13 |
2008-12-02 |
| 116. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
24.49 |
0.8951 |
-0.1349 |
193 |
1 |
24.49 |
2008-12-03 |
| 117. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
23.62 |
0.8867 |
-0.1502 |
163 |
1 |
23.62 |
2008-12-03 |
| 118. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
22.37 |
0.9514 |
-0.2598 |
237 |
1 |
22.37 |
2008-12-02 |
| 119. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
22.21 |
0.9316 |
-0.2393 |
287 |
1 |
22.21 |
2008-12-02 |
| 120. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
22.17 |
0.8715 |
-0.1904 |
130 |
1 |
22.17 |
2008-12-18 |
| 121. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
22.06 |
1.0263 |
-0.3456 |
267 |
1 |
22.06 |
2008-12-03 |
| 122. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
19.95 |
1.0444 |
-0.4359 |
197 |
1 |
19.95 |
2008-12-02 |