| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
150.36 |
1.0800 |
0.1643 |
129 |
3 |
140.13 |
2009-08-23 |
| 2. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
146.02 |
1.0588 |
0.1563 |
281 |
2 |
142.62 |
2009-08-20 |
| 3. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
142.33 |
1.1198 |
0.0633 |
247 |
2 |
140.88 |
2009-08-16 |
| 4. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
141.58 |
1.0543 |
0.1202 |
182 |
2 |
138.49 |
2009-08-20 |
| 5. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
141.18 |
1.0479 |
0.1250 |
205 |
1 |
141.18 |
2009-08-22 |
| 6. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
141.04 |
0.9952 |
0.1805 |
220 |
2 |
130.08 |
2009-08-20 |
| 7. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
140.07 |
1.0881 |
0.0732 |
210 |
3 |
116.86 |
2009-08-17 |
| 8. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
139.08 |
1.0654 |
0.0890 |
247 |
3 |
133.20 |
2009-08-17 |
| 9. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
139.05 |
1.0639 |
0.0939 |
303 |
3 |
124.26 |
2009-08-23 |
| 10. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
138.29 |
1.0403 |
0.1083 |
234 |
3 |
129.06 |
2009-08-20 |
| 11. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
137.96 |
1.0004 |
0.1498 |
373 |
1 |
137.96 |
2009-08-24 |
| 12. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
137.79 |
1.0873 |
0.0558 |
243 |
2 |
128.72 |
2009-08-20 |
| 13. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
137.55 |
1.0601 |
0.0808 |
256 |
3 |
123.04 |
2009-08-18 |
| 14. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
134.37 |
0.9909 |
0.1312 |
293 |
3 |
124.58 |
2009-08-24 |
| 15. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
134.21 |
1.0427 |
0.0744 |
269 |
5 |
124.47 |
2009-08-18 |
| 16. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
133.85 |
0.9807 |
0.1209 |
129 |
1 |
133.85 |
2009-08-22 |
| 17. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
133.83 |
1.0877 |
0.0219 |
129 |
1 |
133.83 |
2009-08-17 |
| 18. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
133.74 |
1.0557 |
0.0578 |
289 |
3 |
129.44 |
2009-08-24 |
| 19. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
133.62 |
1.0540 |
0.0523 |
184 |
2 |
119.57 |
2009-08-17 |
| 20. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
132.95 |
1.0669 |
0.0420 |
379 |
3 |
118.71 |
2009-08-20 |
| 21. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
132.44 |
1.0960 |
0.0095 |
315 |
2 |
131.05 |
2009-08-24 |
| 22. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
132.17 |
1.0777 |
0.0193 |
226 |
1 |
132.17 |
2009-08-18 |
| 23. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
131.39 |
1.0576 |
0.0322 |
231 |
2 |
129.79 |
2009-08-18 |
| 24. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
130.74 |
0.9948 |
0.0913 |
233 |
1 |
130.74 |
2009-08-16 |
| 25. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
130.74 |
1.0466 |
0.0402 |
230 |
2 |
126.19 |
2009-08-21 |
| 26. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
130.11 |
1.0178 |
0.0624 |
207 |
4 |
119.99 |
2009-08-15 |
| 27. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
129.03 |
1.0372 |
0.0353 |
249 |
4 |
123.96 |
2009-08-21 |
| 28. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
128.85 |
1.0362 |
0.0415 |
437 |
1 |
128.85 |
2009-08-21 |
| 29. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
128.65 |
0.9685 |
0.1019 |
304 |
1 |
128.65 |
2009-08-14 |
| 30. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
128.60 |
1.0865 |
-0.0174 |
237 |
2 |
126.95 |
2009-08-17 |
| 31. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
128.27 |
1.0481 |
0.0107 |
255 |
1 |
128.27 |
2009-08-20 |
| 32. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
128.05 |
1.0387 |
0.0302 |
333 |
1 |
128.05 |
2009-08-18 |
| 33. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
128.02 |
1.0743 |
-0.0088 |
297 |
2 |
127.49 |
2009-08-22 |
| 34. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
127.92 |
1.0270 |
0.0372 |
303 |
1 |
127.92 |
2009-08-18 |
| 35. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
127.69 |
0.9928 |
0.0683 |
293 |
2 |
123.09 |
2009-08-20 |
| 36. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
127.48 |
1.0291 |
0.0287 |
240 |
2 |
127.44 |
2009-08-18 |
| 37. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
127.24 |
0.9762 |
0.0817 |
249 |
1 |
127.24 |
2009-08-15 |
| 38. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
127.12 |
1.0320 |
0.0309 |
401 |
2 |
125.74 |
2009-08-24 |
| 39. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
126.40 |
1.0600 |
-0.0088 |
351 |
1 |
126.40 |
2009-08-14 |
| 40. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
125.62 |
0.9243 |
0.1222 |
240 |
2 |
119.51 |
2009-08-16 |
| 41. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
125.28 |
1.0125 |
0.0275 |
232 |
1 |
125.28 |
2009-08-24 |
| 42. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
125.03 |
1.1086 |
-0.0688 |
233 |
3 |
120.44 |
2009-08-18 |
| 43. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
125.00 |
1.0227 |
0.0226 |
378 |
2 |
122.62 |
2009-08-18 |
| 44. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
124.96 |
1.0101 |
0.0306 |
336 |
1 |
124.96 |
2009-08-20 |
| 45. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
124.64 |
0.9791 |
0.0505 |
154 |
1 |
124.64 |
2009-08-21 |
| 46. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
124.51 |
0.9931 |
0.0381 |
218 |
2 |
115.17 |
2009-08-18 |
| 47. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
124.43 |
0.9933 |
0.0485 |
450 |
2 |
120.32 |
2009-08-22 |
| 48. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
124.39 |
1.0472 |
-0.0194 |
149 |
2 |
124.14 |
2009-08-18 |
| 49. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
124.24 |
1.0079 |
0.0239 |
273 |
1 |
124.24 |
2009-08-24 |
| 50. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
124.18 |
1.0845 |
-0.0533 |
212 |
2 |
118.02 |
2009-08-18 |
| 51. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
124.10 |
1.0676 |
-0.0313 |
456 |
1 |
124.10 |
2009-08-20 |
| 52. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
123.97 |
1.0287 |
0.0008 |
269 |
2 |
121.78 |
2009-08-18 |
| 53. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
123.75 |
0.9957 |
0.0370 |
323 |
1 |
123.75 |
2009-08-16 |
| 54. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
123.67 |
1.0125 |
0.0107 |
171 |
2 |
121.46 |
2009-08-22 |
| 55. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
123.38 |
1.0106 |
0.0140 |
302 |
1 |
123.38 |
2009-08-24 |
| 56. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
123.19 |
1.0509 |
-0.0194 |
295 |
1 |
123.19 |
2009-08-23 |
| 57. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
122.83 |
1.0139 |
0.0201 |
349 |
1 |
122.83 |
2009-08-22 |
| 58. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
122.78 |
0.9500 |
0.0723 |
287 |
3 |
119.98 |
2009-08-24 |
| 59. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
121.90 |
1.0272 |
-0.0160 |
226 |
1 |
121.90 |
2009-08-18 |
| 60. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
121.75 |
0.9377 |
0.0820 |
198 |
1 |
121.75 |
2009-08-21 |
| 61. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
121.30 |
1.0450 |
-0.0315 |
358 |
1 |
121.30 |
2009-08-14 |
| 62. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
121.22 |
1.0462 |
-0.0356 |
340 |
2 |
118.72 |
2009-08-16 |
| 63. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
121.18 |
1.0582 |
-0.0541 |
180 |
2 |
119.57 |
2009-08-16 |
| 64. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
121.10 |
1.0736 |
-0.0644 |
350 |
1 |
121.10 |
2009-08-16 |
| 65. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
121.02 |
0.9829 |
0.0223 |
229 |
1 |
121.02 |
2009-08-14 |
| 66. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
120.75 |
1.0498 |
-0.0450 |
261 |
1 |
120.75 |
2009-08-16 |
| 67. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
120.43 |
0.9852 |
0.0152 |
235 |
1 |
120.43 |
2009-08-18 |
| 68. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
120.39 |
0.9880 |
0.0084 |
199 |
2 |
112.95 |
2009-08-16 |
| 69. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
120.05 |
1.0617 |
-0.0658 |
171 |
1 |
120.05 |
2009-08-20 |
| 70. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
119.82 |
1.0197 |
-0.0256 |
204 |
1 |
119.82 |
2009-08-18 |
| 71. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
119.65 |
0.9027 |
0.0882 |
189 |
3 |
108.64 |
2009-08-18 |
| 72. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
119.51 |
0.9763 |
0.0165 |
143 |
1 |
119.51 |
2009-08-23 |
| 73. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
119.29 |
1.0426 |
-0.0552 |
131 |
2 |
117.12 |
2009-08-18 |
| 74. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
119.18 |
1.0615 |
-0.0740 |
201 |
2 |
118.94 |
2009-08-18 |
| 75. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
119.10 |
1.0686 |
-0.0752 |
354 |
1 |
119.10 |
2009-08-16 |
| 76. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
119.06 |
1.0264 |
-0.0411 |
191 |
1 |
119.06 |
2009-08-16 |
| 77. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
118.68 |
0.9713 |
0.0136 |
193 |
1 |
118.68 |
2009-08-14 |
| 78. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
118.22 |
1.0095 |
-0.0284 |
211 |
1 |
118.22 |
2009-08-16 |
| 79. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
117.99 |
1.0487 |
-0.0703 |
253 |
1 |
117.99 |
2009-08-14 |
| 80. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
117.88 |
0.9299 |
0.0413 |
168 |
1 |
117.88 |
2009-08-14 |
| 81. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
117.83 |
1.0103 |
-0.0368 |
209 |
1 |
117.83 |
2009-08-14 |
| 82. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
117.68 |
1.0018 |
-0.0235 |
246 |
1 |
117.68 |
2009-08-18 |
| 83. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
117.60 |
0.9890 |
-0.0078 |
272 |
2 |
106.77 |
2009-08-17 |
| 84. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
117.38 |
0.9836 |
-0.0080 |
289 |
1 |
117.38 |
2009-08-18 |
| 85. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
117.37 |
1.0969 |
-0.1193 |
303 |
1 |
117.37 |
2009-08-24 |
| 86. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
117.22 |
1.0590 |
-0.0860 |
250 |
2 |
116.18 |
2009-08-14 |
| 87. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
117.09 |
1.0543 |
-0.0790 |
360 |
2 |
114.64 |
2009-08-14 |
| 88. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
116.66 |
0.9681 |
0.0069 |
392 |
1 |
116.66 |
2009-08-17 |
| 89. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
116.01 |
0.9183 |
0.0466 |
308 |
2 |
109.98 |
2009-08-14 |
| 90. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
115.64 |
1.0529 |
-0.0894 |
373 |
1 |
115.64 |
2009-08-15 |
| 91. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
115.22 |
0.9915 |
-0.0350 |
281 |
2 |
112.03 |
2009-08-16 |
| 92. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
115.21 |
0.9780 |
-0.0269 |
173 |
2 |
113.12 |
2009-08-24 |
| 93. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
115.19 |
1.0130 |
-0.0558 |
288 |
3 |
107.92 |
2009-08-14 |
| 94. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
114.92 |
1.0419 |
-0.0839 |
341 |
2 |
110.55 |
2009-08-17 |
| 95. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
114.85 |
0.9963 |
-0.0444 |
274 |
1 |
114.85 |
2009-08-15 |
| 96. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
114.66 |
1.0208 |
-0.0682 |
231 |
1 |
114.66 |
2009-08-15 |
| 97. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
114.65 |
0.9787 |
-0.0227 |
364 |
3 |
110.54 |
2009-08-17 |
| 98. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
114.51 |
1.0059 |
-0.0532 |
283 |
1 |
114.51 |
2009-08-16 |
| 99. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
114.29 |
0.9996 |
-0.0425 |
483 |
1 |
114.29 |
2009-08-16 |
| 100. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
114.17 |
1.0036 |
-0.0540 |
277 |
1 |
114.17 |
2009-08-16 |
| 101. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
114.01 |
0.9352 |
0.0110 |
194 |
1 |
114.01 |
2009-08-14 |
| 102. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
113.69 |
0.9357 |
0.0067 |
204 |
1 |
113.69 |
2009-08-15 |
| 103. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
113.50 |
1.0189 |
-0.0765 |
290 |
1 |
113.50 |
2009-08-16 |
| 104. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
113.13 |
0.9864 |
-0.0427 |
292 |
1 |
113.13 |
2009-08-15 |
| 105. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
112.53 |
1.0132 |
-0.0777 |
371 |
1 |
112.53 |
2009-08-14 |
| 106. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
112.44 |
1.0086 |
-0.0788 |
218 |
1 |
112.44 |
2009-08-18 |
| 107. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
112.28 |
0.9704 |
-0.0376 |
254 |
1 |
112.28 |
2009-08-14 |
| 108. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
112.03 |
0.9561 |
-0.0238 |
362 |
2 |
107.18 |
2009-08-14 |
| 109. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
111.28 |
0.8936 |
0.0297 |
346 |
1 |
111.28 |
2009-08-18 |
| 110. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
111.06 |
1.0016 |
-0.0806 |
217 |
1 |
111.06 |
2009-08-15 |
| 111. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
110.99 |
0.9980 |
-0.0738 |
295 |
1 |
110.99 |
2009-08-14 |
| 112. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
110.77 |
1.0607 |
-0.1377 |
357 |
1 |
110.77 |
2009-08-16 |
| 113. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
110.58 |
0.9332 |
-0.0146 |
267 |
1 |
110.58 |
2009-08-18 |
| 114. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
110.57 |
0.9434 |
-0.0204 |
367 |
1 |
110.57 |
2009-08-14 |
| 115. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
106.77 |
0.9765 |
-0.0905 |
269 |
1 |
106.77 |
2009-08-15 |
| 116. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
106.27 |
0.9745 |
-0.0899 |
388 |
1 |
106.27 |
2009-08-14 |
| 117. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
106.06 |
0.9392 |
-0.0523 |
360 |
1 |
106.06 |
2009-08-14 |
| 118. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
105.36 |
1.0115 |
-0.1418 |
189 |
2 |
102.53 |
2009-08-17 |
| 119. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
105.00 |
0.9842 |
-0.1101 |
335 |
1 |
105.00 |
2009-08-15 |
| 120. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
104.86 |
0.9709 |
-0.1014 |
264 |
1 |
104.86 |
2009-08-14 |
| 121. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
104.86 |
1.0370 |
-0.1664 |
262 |
1 |
104.86 |
2009-08-14 |
| 122. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
104.54 |
1.0267 |
-0.1555 |
261 |
1 |
104.54 |
2009-08-14 |
| 123. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
104.10 |
0.9841 |
-0.1213 |
263 |
1 |
104.10 |
2009-08-15 |
| 124. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
103.42 |
0.9541 |
-0.0948 |
236 |
1 |
103.42 |
2009-08-14 |
| 125. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
103.14 |
0.8993 |
-0.0401 |
366 |
1 |
103.14 |
2009-08-14 |
| 126. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
102.86 |
1.0682 |
-0.2131 |
266 |
1 |
102.86 |
2009-08-16 |
| 127. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
102.41 |
1.0334 |
-0.1837 |
261 |
1 |
102.41 |
2009-08-14 |
| 128. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
101.89 |
0.9909 |
-0.1411 |
334 |
1 |
101.89 |
2009-08-15 |
| 129. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
100.57 |
0.9604 |
-0.1276 |
285 |
1 |
100.57 |
2009-08-14 |
| 130. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
99.54 |
1.0432 |
-0.2163 |
276 |
1 |
99.54 |
2009-08-14 |
| 131. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
96.80 |
0.9673 |
-0.1601 |
393 |
1 |
96.80 |
2009-08-14 |
| 132. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
95.18 |
1.0521 |
-0.2679 |
197 |
1 |
95.18 |
2009-08-14 |
| 133. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
94.24 |
0.9359 |
-0.1533 |
355 |
1 |
94.24 |
2009-08-14 |
| 134. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
89.60 |
0.9265 |
-0.1845 |
254 |
1 |
89.60 |
2009-08-14 |
| 135. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
80.07 |
0.9271 |
-0.2641 |
295 |
1 |
80.07 |
2009-08-14 |
| 136. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
79.57 |
0.8624 |
-0.2078 |
174 |
1 |
79.57 |
2009-08-14 |
| 137. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
78.19 |
0.8988 |
-0.2511 |
216 |
1 |
78.19 |
2009-08-14 |