| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
52.30 |
1.0023 |
0.3468 |
211 |
2 |
46.96 |
2008-12-14 |
| 2. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
48.18 |
1.0429 |
0.1993 |
259 |
1 |
48.18 |
2008-12-13 |
| 3. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
48.08 |
1.0796 |
0.1562 |
129 |
1 |
48.08 |
2008-12-15 |
| 4. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
47.63 |
0.9260 |
0.3144 |
243 |
1 |
47.63 |
2008-12-14 |
| 5. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
46.89 |
1.0993 |
0.1086 |
265 |
1 |
46.89 |
2008-12-13 |
| 6. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
45.69 |
1.0444 |
0.1278 |
197 |
2 |
39.63 |
2008-12-19 |
| 7. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
44.88 |
1.0390 |
0.1147 |
205 |
1 |
44.88 |
2008-11-29 |
| 8. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
44.57 |
1.0799 |
0.0657 |
243 |
2 |
41.78 |
2008-12-12 |
| 9. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
44.17 |
0.9325 |
0.1998 |
156 |
2 |
42.13 |
2008-12-14 |
| 10. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
44.14 |
1.0131 |
0.1214 |
225 |
2 |
43.31 |
2008-12-12 |
| 11. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
44.00 |
1.0529 |
0.0816 |
351 |
2 |
38.42 |
2008-12-12 |
| 12. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
43.88 |
1.0331 |
0.0961 |
234 |
2 |
43.42 |
2008-12-14 |
| 13. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
43.86 |
1.0829 |
0.0495 |
288 |
1 |
43.86 |
2008-12-13 |
| 14. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
43.44 |
1.0252 |
0.0883 |
176 |
2 |
42.50 |
2008-12-14 |
| 15. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
43.27 |
1.1114 |
0.0013 |
247 |
1 |
43.27 |
2008-12-12 |
| 16. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
42.75 |
1.0426 |
0.0587 |
323 |
2 |
42.62 |
2008-12-13 |
| 17. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
42.60 |
1.0095 |
0.0872 |
316 |
1 |
42.60 |
2008-12-15 |
| 18. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
42.58 |
1.0515 |
0.0441 |
250 |
1 |
42.58 |
2008-12-14 |
| 19. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
42.42 |
0.9866 |
0.1034 |
218 |
1 |
42.42 |
2008-12-14 |
| 20. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
42.26 |
0.9710 |
0.1120 |
173 |
2 |
41.67 |
2008-12-13 |
| 21. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
42.05 |
0.9776 |
0.1066 |
308 |
1 |
42.05 |
2008-12-13 |
| 22. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
41.98 |
0.8791 |
0.2020 |
190 |
1 |
41.98 |
2008-12-12 |
| 23. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
41.73 |
1.0787 |
-0.0048 |
237 |
1 |
41.73 |
2008-12-14 |
| 24. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
41.62 |
0.8887 |
0.1983 |
128 |
1 |
41.62 |
2008-12-14 |
| 25. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
41.30 |
0.9485 |
0.1174 |
236 |
2 |
40.57 |
2008-12-14 |
| 26. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
41.24 |
0.8615 |
0.2013 |
110 |
1 |
41.24 |
2008-11-29 |
| 27. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
41.17 |
0.8892 |
0.1785 |
207 |
1 |
41.17 |
2008-12-19 |
| 28. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
41.12 |
1.0528 |
0.0020 |
201 |
1 |
41.12 |
2008-12-13 |
| 29. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
41.10 |
0.9684 |
0.0931 |
388 |
2 |
37.10 |
2008-12-12 |
| 30. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
41.00 |
0.8792 |
0.1869 |
296 |
1 |
41.00 |
2008-12-14 |
| 31. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
40.98 |
0.9731 |
0.0703 |
129 |
1 |
40.98 |
2008-12-12 |
| 32. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
40.87 |
0.9646 |
0.0875 |
264 |
2 |
39.45 |
2008-12-12 |
| 33. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
40.74 |
1.0496 |
-0.0007 |
314 |
1 |
40.74 |
2008-12-13 |
| 34. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
40.69 |
1.0498 |
-0.0064 |
180 |
2 |
37.63 |
2008-12-14 |
| 35. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
40.41 |
0.9865 |
0.0557 |
276 |
1 |
40.41 |
2008-12-12 |
| 36. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
40.40 |
1.0297 |
0.0098 |
249 |
2 |
39.86 |
2008-11-29 |
| 37. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
40.30 |
0.9805 |
0.0623 |
292 |
1 |
40.30 |
2008-12-15 |
| 38. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
40.21 |
1.0124 |
0.0209 |
204 |
1 |
40.21 |
2008-11-29 |
| 39. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
40.20 |
0.9251 |
0.1157 |
177 |
1 |
40.20 |
2008-11-29 |
| 40. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
40.17 |
0.8154 |
0.2212 |
193 |
1 |
40.17 |
2008-12-12 |
| 41. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
40.13 |
1.0385 |
-0.0066 |
230 |
1 |
40.13 |
2008-12-13 |
| 42. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
40.13 |
0.9513 |
0.0862 |
354 |
2 |
39.42 |
2008-12-12 |
| 43. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
40.06 |
1.0201 |
0.0054 |
172 |
1 |
40.06 |
2008-12-15 |
| 44. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
40.06 |
0.8899 |
0.1528 |
293 |
2 |
37.52 |
2008-12-14 |
| 45. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
39.94 |
0.9857 |
0.0419 |
293 |
1 |
39.94 |
2008-12-14 |
| 46. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
39.74 |
1.0396 |
-0.0232 |
149 |
1 |
39.74 |
2008-12-13 |
| 47. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
39.65 |
0.9213 |
0.1007 |
295 |
1 |
39.65 |
2008-12-13 |
| 48. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
39.59 |
1.0063 |
0.0136 |
371 |
1 |
39.59 |
2008-12-12 |
| 49. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
39.44 |
0.9946 |
0.0211 |
246 |
1 |
39.44 |
2008-12-12 |
| 50. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
39.42 |
0.9226 |
0.0967 |
177 |
1 |
39.42 |
2008-12-12 |
| 51. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
39.09 |
0.9307 |
0.0838 |
246 |
1 |
39.09 |
2008-12-12 |
| 52. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
38.91 |
0.9342 |
0.0715 |
434 |
1 |
38.91 |
2008-11-29 |
| 53. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
38.88 |
0.9846 |
0.0150 |
281 |
1 |
38.88 |
2008-12-13 |
| 54. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
38.83 |
1.0203 |
-0.0172 |
261 |
2 |
35.96 |
2008-12-12 |
| 55. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
38.76 |
0.9772 |
0.0174 |
217 |
1 |
38.76 |
2008-12-13 |
| 56. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
38.73 |
0.9614 |
0.0390 |
292 |
1 |
38.73 |
2008-12-12 |
| 57. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
38.70 |
0.9886 |
0.0103 |
220 |
1 |
38.70 |
2008-12-12 |
| 58. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
38.68 |
0.9567 |
0.0394 |
273 |
1 |
38.68 |
2008-12-12 |
| 59. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
38.59 |
1.0483 |
-0.0580 |
227 |
1 |
38.59 |
2008-12-12 |
| 60. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
38.51 |
0.9532 |
0.0369 |
258 |
1 |
38.51 |
2008-12-14 |
| 61. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
38.30 |
0.9266 |
0.0611 |
278 |
2 |
37.95 |
2008-12-12 |
| 62. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
38.24 |
0.8996 |
0.0793 |
192 |
1 |
38.24 |
2008-12-14 |
| 63. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
37.88 |
0.8709 |
0.1122 |
202 |
1 |
37.88 |
2008-12-15 |
| 64. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
37.81 |
0.9578 |
0.0154 |
281 |
1 |
37.81 |
2008-12-12 |
| 65. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
37.79 |
1.0120 |
-0.0402 |
290 |
1 |
37.79 |
2008-12-14 |
| 66. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
37.75 |
0.8971 |
0.0797 |
266 |
2 |
37.40 |
2008-12-14 |
| 67. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
37.65 |
1.0251 |
-0.0581 |
261 |
1 |
37.65 |
2008-12-19 |
| 68. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
37.37 |
0.9612 |
0.0009 |
256 |
1 |
37.37 |
2008-12-12 |
| 69. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
37.30 |
0.9682 |
-0.0098 |
143 |
1 |
37.30 |
2008-11-29 |
| 70. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
37.30 |
0.9851 |
-0.0226 |
317 |
1 |
37.30 |
2008-11-29 |
| 71. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
37.18 |
0.9965 |
-0.0444 |
168 |
1 |
37.18 |
2008-12-12 |
| 72. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
37.14 |
0.9769 |
-0.0231 |
263 |
1 |
37.14 |
2008-12-13 |
| 73. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
37.10 |
0.8595 |
0.0973 |
242 |
2 |
36.63 |
2008-12-19 |
| 74. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
36.70 |
1.0138 |
-0.0701 |
231 |
1 |
36.70 |
2008-12-12 |
| 75. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
36.40 |
0.8096 |
0.1350 |
209 |
1 |
36.40 |
2008-11-29 |
| 76. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
36.33 |
1.1018 |
-0.1738 |
220 |
1 |
36.33 |
2008-12-19 |
| 77. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
36.12 |
0.9468 |
-0.0177 |
276 |
1 |
36.12 |
2008-12-12 |
| 78. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
36.11 |
0.9365 |
-0.0061 |
248 |
1 |
36.11 |
2008-12-12 |
| 79. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
36.11 |
0.9844 |
-0.0505 |
293 |
2 |
35.35 |
2008-12-13 |
| 80. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
35.96 |
0.9084 |
0.0183 |
300 |
1 |
35.96 |
2008-12-12 |
| 81. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
35.92 |
0.8878 |
0.0359 |
346 |
1 |
35.92 |
2008-12-12 |
| 82. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
35.83 |
0.8941 |
0.0291 |
216 |
1 |
35.83 |
2008-11-29 |
| 83. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
35.78 |
0.9811 |
-0.0581 |
272 |
1 |
35.78 |
2008-12-13 |
| 84. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
35.57 |
0.9289 |
-0.0165 |
204 |
1 |
35.57 |
2008-12-14 |
| 85. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
35.27 |
0.9697 |
-0.0627 |
249 |
1 |
35.27 |
2008-12-13 |
| 86. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
35.25 |
0.9351 |
-0.0342 |
190 |
2 |
32.06 |
2008-12-13 |
| 87. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
35.23 |
0.9798 |
-0.0795 |
199 |
1 |
35.23 |
2008-12-14 |
| 88. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
35.10 |
1.0099 |
-0.1106 |
207 |
1 |
35.10 |
2008-12-19 |
| 89. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
34.79 |
0.8382 |
0.0572 |
268 |
1 |
34.79 |
2008-12-12 |
| 90. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
34.68 |
0.9991 |
-0.1070 |
225 |
1 |
34.68 |
2008-12-12 |
| 91. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
34.50 |
0.8852 |
0.0041 |
201 |
1 |
34.50 |
2008-12-12 |
| 92. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
34.13 |
0.9411 |
-0.0630 |
318 |
1 |
34.13 |
2008-12-13 |
| 93. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
34.13 |
1.0109 |
-0.1331 |
276 |
1 |
34.13 |
2008-11-29 |
| 94. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
33.84 |
0.8544 |
0.0171 |
170 |
1 |
33.84 |
2008-11-29 |
| 95. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
33.60 |
0.9910 |
-0.1255 |
295 |
1 |
33.60 |
2008-12-14 |
| 96. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
33.49 |
0.9202 |
-0.0598 |
254 |
1 |
33.49 |
2008-11-29 |
| 97. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
33.49 |
0.9309 |
-0.0722 |
284 |
1 |
33.49 |
2008-12-13 |
| 98. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
33.43 |
1.0349 |
-0.1770 |
234 |
1 |
33.43 |
2008-11-29 |
| 99. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
33.38 |
0.8975 |
-0.0393 |
268 |
1 |
33.38 |
2008-12-12 |
| 100. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
33.17 |
0.8916 |
-0.0390 |
216 |
1 |
33.17 |
2008-12-14 |
| 101. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
33.04 |
0.7876 |
0.0638 |
316 |
1 |
33.04 |
2008-12-13 |
| 102. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
32.65 |
0.9072 |
-0.0705 |
237 |
1 |
32.65 |
2008-12-19 |
| 103. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
32.31 |
0.8770 |
-0.0441 |
300 |
1 |
32.31 |
2008-12-13 |
| 104. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
32.30 |
0.9966 |
-0.1676 |
259 |
1 |
32.30 |
2008-11-29 |
| 105. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
32.11 |
0.9233 |
-0.1070 |
168 |
1 |
32.11 |
2008-12-12 |
| 106. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
30.97 |
0.9429 |
-0.1466 |
287 |
1 |
30.97 |
2008-12-15 |
| 107. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
30.14 |
0.8105 |
-0.0419 |
204 |
1 |
30.14 |
2008-12-12 |
| 108. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
29.49 |
0.7259 |
0.0367 |
186 |
1 |
29.49 |
2008-11-29 |
| 109. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
29.15 |
0.9649 |
-0.2185 |
193 |
1 |
29.15 |
2008-12-14 |
| 110. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
28.96 |
0.9068 |
-0.1616 |
269 |
1 |
28.96 |
2008-11-29 |
| 111. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
28.30 |
0.9576 |
-0.2283 |
212 |
1 |
28.30 |
2008-12-12 |
| 112. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
18.02 |
1.0334 |
-0.5830 |
131 |
1 |
18.02 |
2008-11-29 |