| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
126.57 |
1.0426 |
0.3380 |
131 |
3 |
108.48 |
2010-02-10 |
| 2. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
123.65 |
1.0125 |
0.3351 |
171 |
1 |
123.65 |
2010-02-09 |
| 3. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
120.54 |
0.9763 |
0.3415 |
143 |
1 |
120.54 |
2010-02-10 |
| 4. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
118.38 |
0.9807 |
0.3023 |
129 |
1 |
118.38 |
2009-11-10 |
| 5. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
115.46 |
1.0561 |
0.2045 |
227 |
1 |
115.46 |
2010-02-08 |
| 6. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
114.86 |
1.0590 |
0.1958 |
250 |
4 |
100.27 |
2010-02-09 |
| 7. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
112.78 |
1.0279 |
0.1994 |
172 |
2 |
103.97 |
2010-02-25 |
| 8. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
109.24 |
1.0588 |
0.1354 |
281 |
3 |
100.67 |
2010-02-04 |
| 9. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
107.37 |
1.0736 |
0.1040 |
256 |
1 |
107.37 |
2010-02-04 |
| 10. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
106.69 |
1.0800 |
0.0832 |
213 |
1 |
106.69 |
2010-02-25 |
| 11. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
105.71 |
0.9519 |
0.2073 |
323 |
1 |
105.71 |
2010-02-09 |
| 12. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
105.12 |
1.0509 |
0.1121 |
430 |
1 |
105.12 |
2009-11-04 |
| 13. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
104.35 |
0.9801 |
0.1600 |
289 |
1 |
104.35 |
2009-11-02 |
| 14. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
103.67 |
1.0472 |
0.0794 |
149 |
2 |
101.44 |
2009-11-10 |
| 15. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
103.31 |
1.0628 |
0.0682 |
363 |
1 |
103.31 |
2009-10-26 |
| 16. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
103.19 |
1.0060 |
0.1231 |
260 |
1 |
103.19 |
2010-02-08 |
| 17. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
102.88 |
1.0543 |
0.0722 |
360 |
1 |
102.88 |
2010-02-04 |
| 18. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
102.67 |
1.0370 |
0.0847 |
262 |
1 |
102.67 |
2009-11-10 |
| 19. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
102.22 |
1.0521 |
0.0593 |
197 |
2 |
94.40 |
2010-02-08 |
| 20. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
101.69 |
1.1070 |
0.0031 |
265 |
2 |
100.15 |
2010-02-16 |
| 21. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
100.38 |
1.0582 |
0.0355 |
180 |
1 |
100.38 |
2010-02-04 |
| 22. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
100.29 |
1.0042 |
0.0878 |
168 |
3 |
94.39 |
2010-02-25 |
| 23. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
100.12 |
1.0135 |
0.0837 |
358 |
2 |
83.61 |
2010-02-10 |
| 24. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
99.85 |
1.0511 |
0.0417 |
252 |
1 |
99.85 |
2010-02-04 |
| 25. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
99.56 |
1.0291 |
0.0566 |
240 |
3 |
58.63 |
2010-03-02 |
| 26. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
99.02 |
1.0509 |
0.0384 |
295 |
1 |
99.02 |
2009-11-04 |
| 27. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
98.91 |
1.0414 |
0.0383 |
234 |
1 |
98.91 |
2010-02-10 |
| 28. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
98.85 |
1.0028 |
0.0761 |
259 |
1 |
98.85 |
2010-02-08 |
| 29. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
98.33 |
1.0362 |
0.0444 |
437 |
1 |
98.33 |
2010-02-03 |
| 30. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
98.11 |
0.9833 |
0.0909 |
387 |
1 |
98.11 |
2009-10-20 |
| 31. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
97.86 |
1.0686 |
0.0041 |
354 |
1 |
97.86 |
2009-11-04 |
| 32. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
97.45 |
1.0654 |
-0.0033 |
247 |
1 |
97.45 |
2010-02-09 |
| 33. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
97.06 |
1.0165 |
0.0430 |
316 |
1 |
97.06 |
2010-02-25 |
| 34. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
97.06 |
1.0270 |
0.0339 |
303 |
2 |
95.04 |
2009-11-10 |
| 35. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
96.95 |
1.0404 |
0.0236 |
406 |
1 |
96.95 |
2009-10-26 |
| 36. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
95.65 |
0.9849 |
0.0611 |
337 |
2 |
76.09 |
2010-03-02 |
| 37. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
95.57 |
1.0194 |
0.0224 |
224 |
1 |
95.57 |
2010-02-08 |
| 38. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
95.45 |
0.9713 |
0.0699 |
193 |
1 |
95.45 |
2010-02-09 |
| 39. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
95.40 |
1.0287 |
0.0123 |
269 |
2 |
91.25 |
2010-02-09 |
| 40. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
95.34 |
1.0960 |
-0.0505 |
315 |
1 |
95.34 |
2010-02-08 |
| 41. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
94.94 |
1.0333 |
-0.0014 |
176 |
1 |
94.94 |
2010-02-08 |
| 42. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
94.19 |
1.0115 |
0.0121 |
189 |
2 |
89.74 |
2010-02-08 |
| 43. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
93.85 |
0.9952 |
0.0322 |
220 |
2 |
93.53 |
2010-02-25 |
| 44. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
93.16 |
1.0498 |
-0.0312 |
261 |
1 |
93.16 |
2009-11-02 |
| 45. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
92.94 |
1.0139 |
0.0141 |
349 |
1 |
92.94 |
2010-02-08 |
| 46. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
92.73 |
0.8986 |
0.1124 |
205 |
3 |
89.08 |
2010-02-08 |
| 47. |
Since the ninja is that being than which nothing sweeter can... |
92.63 |
0.8970 |
0.1152 |
152 |
1 |
92.63 |
2009-10-19 |
| 48. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
91.97 |
1.0857 |
-0.0688 |
393 |
1 |
91.97 |
2010-02-08 |
| 49. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
91.59 |
1.0487 |
-0.0507 |
253 |
1 |
91.59 |
2010-02-16 |
| 50. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
91.30 |
1.0476 |
-0.0600 |
110 |
2 |
89.89 |
2010-02-09 |
| 51. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
91.20 |
0.9765 |
0.0187 |
269 |
1 |
91.20 |
2010-02-09 |
| 52. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
90.79 |
0.9873 |
0.0029 |
274 |
2 |
86.20 |
2009-11-04 |
| 53. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
89.34 |
1.0901 |
-0.1126 |
288 |
1 |
89.34 |
2010-02-09 |
| 54. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
89.24 |
1.0617 |
-0.0892 |
171 |
1 |
89.24 |
2010-01-19 |
| 55. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
88.68 |
0.9680 |
0.0003 |
256 |
1 |
88.68 |
2010-02-09 |
| 56. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
88.31 |
0.9857 |
-0.0156 |
268 |
1 |
88.31 |
2010-02-16 |
| 57. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
87.85 |
0.9422 |
0.0118 |
190 |
1 |
87.85 |
2010-02-09 |
| 58. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
87.73 |
1.0018 |
-0.0437 |
246 |
1 |
87.73 |
2010-02-25 |
| 59. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
87.40 |
0.9931 |
-0.0428 |
218 |
1 |
87.40 |
2009-10-30 |
| 60. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
87.11 |
1.0004 |
-0.0468 |
373 |
1 |
87.11 |
2010-02-08 |
| 61. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
86.94 |
0.9866 |
-0.0371 |
308 |
1 |
86.94 |
2009-11-10 |
| 62. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
86.27 |
0.9206 |
0.0216 |
317 |
1 |
86.27 |
2010-02-08 |
| 63. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
86.09 |
0.9403 |
0.0122 |
345 |
1 |
86.09 |
2010-02-09 |
| 64. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
86.05 |
1.0332 |
-0.0945 |
267 |
1 |
86.05 |
2010-02-09 |
| 65. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
85.41 |
0.9574 |
-0.0219 |
354 |
1 |
85.41 |
2010-02-01 |
| 66. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
85.04 |
1.0524 |
-0.1261 |
177 |
1 |
85.04 |
2010-02-10 |
| 67. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
84.79 |
0.9949 |
-0.0590 |
304 |
1 |
84.79 |
2010-02-08 |
| 68. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
84.49 |
0.9658 |
-0.0399 |
308 |
1 |
84.49 |
2010-02-09 |
| 69. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
84.29 |
0.9332 |
-0.0118 |
295 |
1 |
84.29 |
2010-02-04 |
| 70. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
83.32 |
0.9841 |
-0.0764 |
263 |
1 |
83.32 |
2010-02-09 |
| 71. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
82.83 |
0.9070 |
-0.0079 |
192 |
1 |
82.83 |
2010-03-02 |
| 72. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
82.06 |
0.9873 |
-0.0813 |
396 |
1 |
82.06 |
2009-11-02 |
| 73. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
81.03 |
0.9339 |
-0.0439 |
317 |
1 |
81.03 |
2009-11-02 |
| 74. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
80.70 |
1.0178 |
-0.1390 |
207 |
1 |
80.70 |
2010-02-03 |
| 75. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
80.29 |
1.0264 |
-0.1546 |
191 |
1 |
80.29 |
2010-02-08 |
| 76. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
80.15 |
1.0865 |
-0.2122 |
237 |
1 |
80.15 |
2010-03-02 |
| 77. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
79.68 |
0.9265 |
-0.0583 |
254 |
1 |
79.68 |
2009-11-10 |
| 78. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
79.64 |
0.9403 |
-0.0627 |
307 |
1 |
79.64 |
2010-02-08 |
| 79. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
78.66 |
1.0877 |
-0.2330 |
129 |
1 |
78.66 |
2009-11-04 |
| 80. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
78.64 |
0.9027 |
-0.0483 |
189 |
1 |
78.64 |
2009-11-10 |
| 81. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
77.94 |
1.0243 |
-0.1703 |
153 |
1 |
77.94 |
2010-02-04 |
| 82. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
77.36 |
1.0199 |
-0.1799 |
225 |
1 |
77.36 |
2010-03-02 |
| 83. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
76.04 |
0.9809 |
-0.1438 |
250 |
1 |
76.04 |
2010-02-09 |
| 84. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
75.83 |
0.9377 |
-0.1030 |
198 |
1 |
75.83 |
2010-02-10 |
| 85. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
75.62 |
0.9604 |
-0.1378 |
285 |
1 |
75.62 |
2010-03-02 |
| 86. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
75.22 |
0.9727 |
-0.1457 |
442 |
1 |
75.22 |
2009-11-02 |
| 87. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
74.60 |
1.0479 |
-0.2360 |
205 |
1 |
74.60 |
2010-03-02 |
| 88. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
74.03 |
0.9681 |
-0.1553 |
392 |
2 |
72.97 |
2010-03-02 |
| 89. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
71.46 |
0.9673 |
-0.1861 |
292 |
1 |
71.46 |
2010-02-08 |
| 90. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
71.33 |
0.9820 |
-0.1960 |
297 |
1 |
71.33 |
2010-02-08 |
| 91. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
70.53 |
0.8656 |
-0.0956 |
242 |
2 |
70.49 |
2010-03-02 |
| 92. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
69.91 |
0.9468 |
-0.1850 |
318 |
1 |
69.91 |
2010-02-08 |
| 93. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
68.35 |
0.8913 |
-0.1450 |
201 |
1 |
68.35 |
2010-02-10 |
| 94. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
66.22 |
0.9243 |
-0.2008 |
240 |
1 |
66.22 |
2010-02-16 |
| 95. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
62.50 |
0.9631 |
-0.2830 |
273 |
1 |
62.50 |
2010-02-10 |
| 96. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
61.11 |
0.8437 |
-0.1791 |
268 |
1 |
61.11 |
2010-03-02 |
| 97. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
58.85 |
0.7923 |
-0.1513 |
316 |
1 |
58.85 |
2010-02-10 |