| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
43.44 |
1.0711 |
0.3464 |
213 |
1 |
43.44 |
2009-08-07 |
| 2. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
41.22 |
0.8666 |
0.4866 |
150 |
2 |
30.72 |
2009-08-07 |
| 3. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
40.73 |
1.0131 |
0.3163 |
225 |
3 |
31.51 |
2009-08-08 |
| 4. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
40.04 |
1.0445 |
0.2670 |
373 |
1 |
40.04 |
2009-08-08 |
| 5. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
39.82 |
0.9128 |
0.3957 |
133 |
1 |
39.82 |
2009-08-09 |
| 6. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
39.63 |
0.8791 |
0.4170 |
190 |
2 |
32.83 |
2009-08-09 |
| 7. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
37.90 |
0.9226 |
0.3210 |
177 |
1 |
37.90 |
2009-08-07 |
| 8. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
37.49 |
0.9578 |
0.2683 |
281 |
1 |
37.49 |
2009-08-07 |
| 9. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
37.42 |
0.9266 |
0.2970 |
267 |
2 |
29.90 |
2009-08-08 |
| 10. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
37.38 |
0.8615 |
0.3609 |
110 |
1 |
37.38 |
2009-08-06 |
| 11. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
36.64 |
1.0496 |
0.1478 |
314 |
1 |
36.64 |
2009-08-08 |
| 12. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
36.45 |
1.0109 |
0.1814 |
276 |
1 |
36.45 |
2009-08-08 |
| 13. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
36.36 |
0.9795 |
0.2096 |
308 |
1 |
36.36 |
2009-08-08 |
| 14. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
36.29 |
0.8628 |
0.3207 |
196 |
2 |
32.02 |
2009-08-07 |
| 15. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
36.29 |
0.9682 |
0.2168 |
143 |
3 |
31.96 |
2009-08-08 |
| 16. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
36.11 |
1.0263 |
0.1530 |
267 |
3 |
30.24 |
2009-08-08 |
| 17. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
35.86 |
1.0213 |
0.1479 |
240 |
1 |
35.86 |
2009-08-06 |
| 18. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
35.68 |
0.9710 |
0.1889 |
173 |
1 |
35.68 |
2009-08-07 |
| 19. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
35.53 |
1.0596 |
0.0994 |
239 |
1 |
35.53 |
2009-08-06 |
| 20. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
35.19 |
0.8709 |
0.2870 |
202 |
2 |
31.97 |
2009-08-07 |
| 21. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
35.08 |
1.0340 |
0.1178 |
406 |
1 |
35.08 |
2009-08-08 |
| 22. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
34.78 |
0.8809 |
0.2534 |
127 |
1 |
34.78 |
2009-08-06 |
| 23. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
34.67 |
0.9019 |
0.2364 |
204 |
2 |
31.81 |
2009-08-08 |
| 24. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
34.57 |
0.8975 |
0.2326 |
268 |
1 |
34.57 |
2009-08-07 |
| 25. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
34.53 |
0.9691 |
0.1586 |
223 |
3 |
30.93 |
2009-08-09 |
| 26. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
34.52 |
0.8070 |
0.3189 |
167 |
3 |
28.68 |
2009-08-01 |
| 27. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
34.33 |
0.9986 |
0.1237 |
283 |
2 |
34.07 |
2009-08-07 |
| 28. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
34.13 |
0.8142 |
0.2956 |
187 |
1 |
34.13 |
2009-08-03 |
| 29. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
34.01 |
1.0429 |
0.0666 |
259 |
1 |
34.01 |
2009-08-07 |
| 30. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
33.80 |
0.9430 |
0.1540 |
211 |
1 |
33.80 |
2009-08-07 |
| 31. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
33.50 |
0.9464 |
0.1532 |
323 |
1 |
33.50 |
2009-08-06 |
| 32. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
32.25 |
0.8996 |
0.1477 |
192 |
3 |
27.90 |
2009-08-09 |
| 33. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
32.18 |
1.0016 |
0.0442 |
218 |
1 |
32.18 |
2009-08-08 |
| 34. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
31.85 |
1.0565 |
-0.0197 |
247 |
2 |
29.31 |
2009-08-06 |
| 35. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
31.62 |
0.9763 |
0.0552 |
289 |
1 |
31.62 |
2009-08-03 |
| 36. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
31.28 |
0.9941 |
0.0244 |
217 |
2 |
28.78 |
2009-08-04 |
| 37. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
31.23 |
0.9936 |
0.0254 |
311 |
1 |
31.23 |
2009-08-06 |
| 38. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
31.10 |
0.9316 |
0.0895 |
287 |
1 |
31.10 |
2009-08-03 |
| 39. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
30.84 |
0.8747 |
0.1275 |
201 |
1 |
30.84 |
2009-08-03 |
| 40. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
30.84 |
0.8653 |
0.1523 |
255 |
1 |
30.84 |
2009-08-03 |
| 41. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
30.73 |
0.9540 |
0.0466 |
285 |
1 |
30.73 |
2009-08-06 |
| 42. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
30.59 |
1.0029 |
-0.0114 |
209 |
2 |
26.70 |
2009-08-01 |
| 43. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
30.51 |
0.8788 |
0.1137 |
134 |
3 |
26.94 |
2009-08-07 |
| 44. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
30.46 |
0.9724 |
0.0244 |
237 |
1 |
30.46 |
2009-08-03 |
| 45. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
30.36 |
0.8422 |
0.1512 |
164 |
2 |
29.07 |
2009-08-03 |
| 46. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
30.28 |
0.9907 |
-0.0043 |
211 |
1 |
30.28 |
2009-08-06 |
| 47. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
30.25 |
0.9532 |
0.0322 |
258 |
1 |
30.25 |
2009-08-03 |
| 48. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
30.15 |
1.0390 |
-0.0594 |
205 |
2 |
30.06 |
2009-08-01 |
| 49. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
29.98 |
0.9221 |
0.0544 |
244 |
2 |
28.70 |
2009-08-01 |
| 50. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
29.82 |
0.8154 |
0.1590 |
193 |
3 |
28.36 |
2009-08-03 |
| 51. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
29.60 |
0.9289 |
0.0340 |
204 |
1 |
29.60 |
2009-08-03 |
| 52. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
29.53 |
0.8323 |
0.1316 |
203 |
1 |
29.53 |
2009-08-01 |
| 53. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
29.51 |
0.9798 |
-0.0230 |
199 |
1 |
29.51 |
2009-08-01 |
| 54. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
29.49 |
1.0124 |
-0.0533 |
204 |
1 |
29.49 |
2009-08-06 |
| 55. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
29.43 |
0.8070 |
0.1558 |
137 |
1 |
29.43 |
2009-08-01 |
| 56. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
29.37 |
0.8971 |
0.0656 |
266 |
1 |
29.37 |
2009-08-08 |
| 57. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
29.11 |
1.0183 |
-0.0746 |
191 |
2 |
26.99 |
2009-08-03 |
| 58. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
29.04 |
0.9899 |
-0.0480 |
163 |
1 |
29.04 |
2009-08-08 |
| 59. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
28.79 |
0.9772 |
-0.0420 |
217 |
1 |
28.79 |
2009-07-31 |
| 60. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
28.62 |
0.8595 |
0.0757 |
242 |
1 |
28.62 |
2009-08-01 |
| 61. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
28.54 |
0.7916 |
0.1469 |
184 |
1 |
28.54 |
2009-08-01 |
| 62. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
28.47 |
0.9514 |
-0.0232 |
237 |
1 |
28.47 |
2009-08-03 |
| 63. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
28.26 |
1.0331 |
-0.1144 |
234 |
1 |
28.26 |
2009-08-08 |
| 64. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
28.19 |
0.9612 |
-0.0423 |
256 |
1 |
28.19 |
2009-08-03 |
| 65. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
28.01 |
0.8153 |
0.1021 |
200 |
1 |
28.01 |
2009-07-31 |
| 66. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
27.80 |
0.9857 |
-0.0810 |
293 |
1 |
27.80 |
2009-08-01 |
| 67. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
27.51 |
1.0521 |
-0.1611 |
171 |
1 |
27.51 |
2009-07-31 |
| 68. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
27.30 |
0.9884 |
-0.0996 |
233 |
1 |
27.30 |
2009-07-31 |
| 69. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
27.28 |
0.8900 |
-0.0001 |
164 |
1 |
27.28 |
2009-07-31 |
| 70. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
27.25 |
0.9758 |
-0.0874 |
314 |
1 |
27.25 |
2009-07-31 |
| 71. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
27.17 |
0.8852 |
0.0010 |
158 |
1 |
27.17 |
2009-08-03 |
| 72. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
26.98 |
1.0261 |
-0.1496 |
273 |
1 |
26.98 |
2009-07-31 |
| 73. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
26.93 |
0.9325 |
-0.0623 |
156 |
1 |
26.93 |
2009-08-08 |
| 74. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
26.88 |
0.8105 |
0.0603 |
204 |
1 |
26.88 |
2009-08-01 |
| 75. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
26.56 |
0.9966 |
-0.1322 |
259 |
1 |
26.56 |
2009-07-31 |
| 76. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
26.54 |
0.9843 |
-0.1252 |
234 |
1 |
26.54 |
2009-08-03 |
| 77. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
26.45 |
0.7938 |
0.0684 |
176 |
1 |
26.45 |
2009-07-31 |
| 78. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
26.25 |
0.8544 |
0.0022 |
170 |
1 |
26.25 |
2009-08-01 |
| 79. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
26.17 |
1.0796 |
-0.2331 |
129 |
1 |
26.17 |
2009-07-31 |
| 80. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
25.89 |
1.0797 |
-0.2425 |
210 |
1 |
25.89 |
2009-07-31 |
| 81. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
25.78 |
1.0498 |
-0.2156 |
180 |
1 |
25.78 |
2009-07-31 |
| 82. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
25.71 |
0.8145 |
0.0248 |
115 |
1 |
25.71 |
2009-07-31 |
| 83. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
25.65 |
0.9286 |
-0.0949 |
194 |
1 |
25.65 |
2009-08-01 |
| 84. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
25.50 |
0.8739 |
-0.0456 |
136 |
1 |
25.50 |
2009-07-31 |
| 85. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
25.47 |
1.0168 |
-0.1863 |
271 |
1 |
25.47 |
2009-08-08 |
| 86. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
25.39 |
0.8700 |
-0.0436 |
127 |
1 |
25.39 |
2009-08-01 |
| 87. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
25.24 |
0.7259 |
0.1018 |
186 |
1 |
25.24 |
2009-08-01 |
| 88. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
25.21 |
0.7690 |
0.0536 |
142 |
1 |
25.21 |
2009-08-04 |
| 89. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
25.03 |
0.9729 |
-0.1586 |
255 |
2 |
24.20 |
2009-07-31 |
| 90. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
24.59 |
0.9275 |
-0.1310 |
211 |
1 |
24.59 |
2009-07-31 |
| 91. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
24.31 |
0.8890 |
-0.1022 |
199 |
1 |
24.31 |
2009-08-03 |
| 92. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
24.30 |
0.7352 |
0.0555 |
106 |
1 |
24.30 |
2009-08-01 |
| 93. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
23.92 |
0.9965 |
-0.2236 |
168 |
1 |
23.92 |
2009-08-03 |
| 94. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
23.58 |
0.8961 |
-0.1331 |
189 |
1 |
23.58 |
2009-08-01 |
| 95. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
23.46 |
0.8360 |
-0.0739 |
170 |
1 |
23.46 |
2009-08-03 |
| 96. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
23.44 |
1.0799 |
-0.3221 |
243 |
1 |
23.44 |
2009-07-31 |
| 97. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
23.15 |
0.9251 |
-0.1679 |
177 |
1 |
23.15 |
2009-08-01 |
| 98. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
22.66 |
0.8821 |
-0.1464 |
176 |
1 |
22.66 |
2009-08-01 |
| 99. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
22.64 |
1.0528 |
-0.3222 |
201 |
1 |
22.64 |
2009-08-03 |
| 100. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
21.78 |
1.0334 |
-0.3331 |
131 |
1 |
21.78 |
2009-07-31 |
| 101. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
21.17 |
0.9233 |
-0.2449 |
168 |
1 |
21.17 |
2009-08-03 |
| 102. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
21.10 |
0.9164 |
-0.2278 |
121 |
1 |
21.10 |
2009-08-01 |