Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
131.47 |
1.0686 |
-1.0725 |
354 |
3 |
123.67 |
2009-09-29 |
2. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
129.49 |
1.0777 |
-1.0840 |
226 |
2 |
125.80 |
2009-09-01 |
3. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
127.16 |
0.9299 |
-0.9408 |
168 |
1 |
127.16 |
2009-08-31 |
4. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
126.77 |
1.1070 |
-1.1126 |
265 |
1 |
126.77 |
2009-08-22 |
5. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
126.32 |
1.0877 |
-1.0952 |
129 |
1 |
126.32 |
2009-11-10 |
6. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
123.53 |
1.0639 |
-1.0684 |
303 |
2 |
117.76 |
2013-09-30 |
7. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
123.06 |
1.0960 |
-1.0989 |
315 |
2 |
114.46 |
2009-08-22 |
8. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
122.80 |
1.1093 |
-1.1188 |
220 |
1 |
122.80 |
2009-09-17 |
9. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
122.26 |
1.0333 |
-1.0414 |
176 |
1 |
122.26 |
2009-11-17 |
10. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
122.16 |
1.0227 |
-1.0254 |
378 |
1 |
122.16 |
2009-08-31 |
11. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
121.43 |
1.0901 |
-1.0941 |
288 |
2 |
113.09 |
2009-11-17 |
12. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
121.07 |
0.9866 |
-0.9917 |
308 |
2 |
108.70 |
2009-08-29 |
13. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
120.61 |
1.0302 |
-1.0253 |
550 |
1 |
120.61 |
2012-05-28 |
14. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
120.06 |
1.0197 |
-1.0260 |
204 |
3 |
106.00 |
2009-09-14 |
15. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
120.05 |
1.0543 |
-1.0586 |
360 |
1 |
120.05 |
2009-09-29 |
16. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
119.93 |
1.0543 |
-1.0618 |
182 |
1 |
119.93 |
2009-08-22 |
17. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
119.49 |
1.0189 |
-1.0239 |
290 |
1 |
119.49 |
2009-08-19 |
18. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
118.98 |
1.0291 |
-1.0351 |
240 |
2 |
118.92 |
2009-11-06 |
19. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
118.68 |
1.0509 |
-1.0465 |
430 |
1 |
118.68 |
2009-09-28 |
20. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
117.99 |
1.0270 |
-1.0316 |
303 |
1 |
117.99 |
2009-08-20 |
21. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
117.77 |
0.9745 |
-0.9792 |
388 |
3 |
108.78 |
2009-09-17 |
22. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
117.71 |
1.0033 |
-1.0089 |
203 |
3 |
101.76 |
2009-09-29 |
23. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
117.65 |
1.0588 |
-1.0636 |
281 |
1 |
117.65 |
2009-08-19 |
24. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
117.42 |
1.0404 |
-1.0431 |
406 |
2 |
117.31 |
2009-08-19 |
25. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
117.24 |
1.0561 |
-1.0620 |
227 |
2 |
113.70 |
2009-09-29 |
26. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
117.05 |
1.0736 |
-1.0772 |
350 |
1 |
117.05 |
2013-09-30 |
27. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
116.60 |
1.0590 |
-1.0649 |
250 |
1 |
116.60 |
2009-09-29 |
28. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
116.55 |
1.0387 |
-1.0409 |
333 |
1 |
116.55 |
2009-08-19 |
29. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
116.48 |
1.0079 |
-1.0138 |
273 |
2 |
107.52 |
2009-11-17 |
30. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
116.47 |
0.9991 |
-1.0065 |
339 |
2 |
108.84 |
2009-11-17 |
31. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
116.32 |
0.9791 |
-0.9898 |
154 |
2 |
112.08 |
2009-09-16 |
32. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
115.16 |
1.0667 |
-1.0625 |
308 |
1 |
115.16 |
2009-11-17 |
33. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
115.12 |
1.0372 |
-1.0439 |
249 |
1 |
115.12 |
2009-08-19 |
34. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
115.08 |
0.9980 |
-0.9952 |
341 |
2 |
112.65 |
2011-12-02 |
35. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
114.83 |
1.0370 |
-1.0420 |
262 |
1 |
114.83 |
2009-11-17 |
36. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
114.80 |
1.0351 |
-1.0387 |
276 |
1 |
114.80 |
2009-11-17 |
37. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
114.25 |
0.9726 |
-0.9754 |
396 |
1 |
114.25 |
2009-08-22 |
38. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
114.00 |
1.0607 |
-1.0646 |
357 |
2 |
108.95 |
2009-08-19 |
39. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
113.92 |
1.0638 |
-1.0707 |
247 |
1 |
113.92 |
2009-08-19 |
40. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
113.62 |
1.0194 |
-1.0267 |
224 |
1 |
113.62 |
2009-09-16 |
41. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
113.30 |
0.9980 |
-1.0029 |
295 |
2 |
100.72 |
2009-08-22 |
42. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
112.91 |
0.9966 |
-0.9975 |
377 |
2 |
107.43 |
2009-08-19 |
43. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
112.86 |
1.0103 |
-1.0186 |
209 |
1 |
112.86 |
2009-09-16 |
44. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
112.54 |
0.9632 |
-0.9684 |
287 |
1 |
112.54 |
2009-08-31 |
45. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
112.35 |
1.0857 |
-1.0819 |
393 |
1 |
112.35 |
2009-08-20 |
46. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
112.13 |
0.9889 |
-0.9855 |
429 |
1 |
112.13 |
2009-08-20 |
47. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
111.94 |
1.0873 |
-1.0945 |
243 |
1 |
111.94 |
2009-09-17 |
48. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
111.71 |
1.0743 |
-1.0792 |
297 |
1 |
111.71 |
2009-11-17 |
49. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
111.65 |
1.0234 |
-1.0269 |
392 |
1 |
111.65 |
2009-08-20 |
50. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
111.60 |
0.9658 |
-0.9689 |
308 |
2 |
110.73 |
2009-09-01 |
51. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
111.55 |
1.0450 |
-1.0463 |
358 |
1 |
111.55 |
2009-08-19 |
52. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
111.47 |
0.9981 |
-1.0042 |
211 |
1 |
111.47 |
2009-08-19 |
53. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
111.45 |
0.9839 |
-0.9899 |
308 |
1 |
111.45 |
2009-09-17 |
54. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
111.04 |
0.9917 |
-0.9963 |
317 |
1 |
111.04 |
2009-08-20 |
55. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
111.00 |
1.0253 |
-1.0288 |
337 |
1 |
111.00 |
2009-08-20 |
56. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
110.68 |
0.9841 |
-0.9802 |
325 |
2 |
106.32 |
2009-09-06 |
57. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
110.50 |
0.9704 |
-0.9756 |
254 |
2 |
107.34 |
2009-09-01 |
58. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
110.48 |
0.9885 |
-0.9897 |
469 |
1 |
110.48 |
2009-08-19 |
59. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
110.45 |
1.0479 |
-1.0534 |
205 |
1 |
110.45 |
2009-08-20 |
60. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
110.25 |
1.0419 |
-1.0446 |
341 |
1 |
110.25 |
2009-09-01 |
61. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
109.73 |
0.9422 |
-0.9511 |
190 |
2 |
109.30 |
2009-11-17 |
62. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
109.63 |
0.9909 |
-0.9947 |
293 |
1 |
109.63 |
2009-10-04 |
63. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
109.62 |
1.0506 |
-1.0561 |
259 |
1 |
109.62 |
2009-08-31 |
64. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
109.55 |
1.0759 |
-1.0756 |
273 |
1 |
109.55 |
2009-09-17 |
65. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
109.53 |
1.0498 |
-1.0549 |
261 |
1 |
109.53 |
2009-09-17 |
66. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
109.38 |
1.0576 |
-1.0639 |
231 |
1 |
109.38 |
2009-08-19 |
67. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
109.25 |
1.0865 |
-1.0913 |
237 |
1 |
109.25 |
2009-08-19 |
68. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
109.07 |
0.9265 |
-0.9325 |
254 |
2 |
104.04 |
2009-11-17 |
69. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
108.93 |
1.0334 |
-1.0383 |
261 |
4 |
103.23 |
2009-09-14 |
70. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
108.64 |
0.9841 |
-0.9906 |
263 |
2 |
102.16 |
2009-09-16 |
71. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
108.61 |
0.9841 |
-0.9911 |
217 |
1 |
108.61 |
2009-08-19 |
72. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
108.54 |
1.0676 |
-1.0705 |
456 |
1 |
108.54 |
2009-11-17 |
73. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
108.42 |
1.0101 |
-1.0141 |
336 |
1 |
108.42 |
2009-08-22 |
74. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
108.40 |
0.9765 |
-0.9822 |
269 |
3 |
102.36 |
2009-11-17 |
75. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
108.13 |
1.0509 |
-1.0497 |
295 |
1 |
108.13 |
2009-09-17 |
76. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
108.08 |
0.9909 |
-0.9935 |
334 |
2 |
97.33 |
2009-08-20 |
77. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
108.08 |
0.9869 |
-0.9936 |
193 |
1 |
108.08 |
2009-08-19 |
78. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
107.79 |
1.0403 |
-1.0477 |
234 |
1 |
107.79 |
2009-11-17 |
79. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
107.68 |
1.0130 |
-1.0179 |
288 |
1 |
107.68 |
2011-12-02 |
80. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
107.43 |
0.9918 |
-0.9913 |
400 |
2 |
99.40 |
2009-08-20 |
81. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
106.64 |
0.9143 |
-0.9194 |
300 |
1 |
106.64 |
2009-10-04 |
82. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
106.21 |
1.0060 |
-1.0118 |
225 |
1 |
106.21 |
2013-10-14 |
83. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
105.70 |
1.0481 |
-1.0629 |
255 |
1 |
105.70 |
2009-09-14 |
84. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
105.59 |
1.0165 |
-1.0222 |
316 |
1 |
105.59 |
2009-09-14 |
85. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
105.55 |
0.9145 |
-0.9167 |
404 |
2 |
100.92 |
2009-10-04 |
86. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
105.47 |
1.0427 |
-1.0476 |
269 |
1 |
105.47 |
2009-09-16 |
87. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
105.30 |
0.9678 |
-0.9710 |
392 |
1 |
105.30 |
2009-11-06 |
88. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
105.09 |
0.9650 |
-0.9693 |
347 |
1 |
105.09 |
2009-08-22 |
89. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
104.33 |
1.0617 |
-1.0667 |
171 |
1 |
104.33 |
2009-09-17 |
90. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
104.14 |
1.0350 |
-1.0291 |
416 |
2 |
102.98 |
2009-09-16 |
91. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
103.77 |
1.0036 |
-1.0084 |
277 |
1 |
103.77 |
2009-08-20 |
92. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
103.42 |
0.8986 |
-0.9043 |
205 |
1 |
103.42 |
2009-10-04 |
93. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
103.37 |
0.9727 |
-0.9740 |
442 |
1 |
103.37 |
2009-09-16 |
94. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
102.56 |
1.0672 |
-1.0735 |
239 |
1 |
102.56 |
2009-08-27 |
95. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
102.41 |
1.0132 |
-1.0181 |
371 |
2 |
95.87 |
2009-08-19 |
96. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
102.37 |
0.9271 |
-0.9325 |
295 |
1 |
102.37 |
2009-08-20 |
97. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
102.26 |
0.8936 |
-0.8999 |
346 |
1 |
102.26 |
2009-08-20 |
98. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
101.65 |
1.0800 |
-1.0881 |
213 |
1 |
101.65 |
2009-08-22 |
99. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
101.29 |
1.0557 |
-1.0600 |
289 |
1 |
101.29 |
2009-08-19 |
100. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
101.15 |
0.9377 |
-0.9371 |
198 |
1 |
101.15 |
2009-09-17 |
101. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
101.07 |
0.9503 |
-0.9589 |
211 |
1 |
101.07 |
2009-08-20 |
102. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
100.93 |
0.8880 |
-0.8937 |
296 |
1 |
100.93 |
2009-08-31 |
103. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
100.78 |
1.0495 |
-1.0553 |
323 |
1 |
100.78 |
2009-08-20 |
104. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
100.68 |
0.8778 |
-0.8822 |
285 |
1 |
100.68 |
2009-11-06 |
105. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
100.51 |
1.0135 |
-1.0165 |
358 |
1 |
100.51 |
2009-08-20 |
106. |
Don't practice too much at first, or you're likely to develo... |
100.30 |
0.9931 |
-0.9886 |
381 |
1 |
100.30 |
2013-09-30 |
107. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
100.04 |
1.0736 |
-1.0743 |
256 |
1 |
100.04 |
2009-11-17 |
108. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
99.30 |
0.9985 |
-0.9948 |
392 |
1 |
99.30 |
2009-08-31 |
109. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
99.14 |
0.9713 |
-0.9776 |
193 |
1 |
99.14 |
2009-11-17 |
110. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
98.73 |
0.9561 |
-0.9602 |
362 |
1 |
98.73 |
2009-08-20 |
111. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
98.72 |
1.0125 |
-1.0185 |
232 |
1 |
98.72 |
2013-09-30 |
112. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
98.64 |
0.9271 |
-0.9317 |
323 |
1 |
98.64 |
2009-08-22 |
113. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
98.61 |
0.9479 |
-0.9537 |
317 |
1 |
98.61 |
2009-08-19 |
114. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
98.13 |
1.0845 |
-1.0900 |
212 |
1 |
98.13 |
2009-08-20 |
115. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
97.15 |
0.9673 |
-0.9711 |
393 |
2 |
95.65 |
2011-12-02 |
116. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
96.94 |
0.9852 |
-0.9913 |
235 |
1 |
96.94 |
2009-08-22 |
117. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
96.91 |
0.9927 |
-0.9996 |
234 |
1 |
96.91 |
2009-08-19 |
118. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
96.73 |
1.0094 |
-1.0150 |
256 |
1 |
96.73 |
2009-08-20 |
119. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
96.36 |
0.8787 |
-0.8845 |
443 |
1 |
96.36 |
2011-12-02 |
120. |
Three changes occur while the stacked disk structure equilib... |
95.86 |
0.9324 |
-0.9285 |
440 |
1 |
95.86 |
2009-08-20 |
121. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
95.69 |
0.9636 |
-0.9708 |
281 |
1 |
95.69 |
2009-08-19 |
122. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
95.41 |
0.9136 |
-0.9174 |
348 |
2 |
94.94 |
2011-12-02 |
123. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
95.22 |
0.9922 |
-0.9971 |
264 |
1 |
95.22 |
2009-08-22 |
124. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
95.08 |
0.9434 |
-0.9461 |
367 |
2 |
90.02 |
2009-08-19 |
125. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
94.32 |
0.8656 |
-0.8707 |
242 |
1 |
94.32 |
2009-11-17 |
126. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
92.99 |
0.9854 |
-0.9881 |
174 |
1 |
92.99 |
2013-09-30 |
127. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
92.29 |
0.8887 |
-0.8827 |
464 |
1 |
92.29 |
2009-11-17 |
128. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
92.09 |
1.0461 |
-1.0502 |
318 |
1 |
92.09 |
2009-08-19 |
129. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
91.89 |
0.9787 |
-0.9819 |
364 |
1 |
91.89 |
2009-08-20 |
130. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
91.80 |
0.9949 |
-0.9927 |
304 |
1 |
91.80 |
2009-08-20 |
131. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
91.37 |
1.0362 |
-1.0378 |
437 |
1 |
91.37 |
2009-09-14 |
132. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
90.43 |
0.9680 |
-0.9729 |
256 |
1 |
90.43 |
2013-10-14 |
133. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
89.65 |
0.9243 |
-0.9277 |
240 |
1 |
89.65 |
2009-08-19 |
134. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
89.57 |
1.0069 |
-1.0076 |
242 |
1 |
89.57 |
2009-11-17 |
135. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
88.27 |
1.0086 |
-1.0165 |
218 |
1 |
88.27 |
2009-08-31 |
136. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
87.83 |
1.0106 |
-1.0168 |
302 |
1 |
87.83 |
2009-08-19 |
137. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
85.62 |
0.9183 |
-0.9238 |
308 |
1 |
85.62 |
2009-08-19 |
138. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
84.19 |
0.8986 |
-0.9005 |
363 |
1 |
84.19 |
2009-08-22 |
139. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
82.96 |
0.9931 |
-1.0021 |
218 |
1 |
82.96 |
2009-08-20 |
140. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
81.85 |
1.0060 |
-1.0041 |
244 |
1 |
81.85 |
2009-08-20 |
141. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
79.63 |
0.8794 |
-0.8808 |
427 |
1 |
79.63 |
2009-08-19 |
142. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
79.03 |
0.8913 |
-0.8963 |
201 |
1 |
79.03 |
2009-08-20 |
143. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
77.28 |
0.7923 |
-0.7967 |
316 |
1 |
77.28 |
2009-08-19 |
144. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
77.27 |
1.0628 |
-1.0666 |
363 |
1 |
77.27 |
2009-08-20 |