| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
160.43 |
1.0672 |
0.2514 |
239 |
2 |
150.18 |
2010-08-06 |
| 2. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
154.58 |
1.0504 |
0.2229 |
225 |
1 |
154.58 |
2009-12-26 |
| 3. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
151.65 |
1.0095 |
0.2363 |
211 |
2 |
129.29 |
2010-07-31 |
| 4. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
151.60 |
1.0607 |
0.1889 |
357 |
2 |
141.46 |
2011-01-03 |
| 5. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
149.09 |
1.0103 |
0.2101 |
209 |
1 |
149.09 |
2009-08-24 |
| 6. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
148.59 |
1.0588 |
0.1632 |
281 |
1 |
148.59 |
2009-06-06 |
| 7. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
146.27 |
0.9658 |
0.2407 |
308 |
1 |
146.27 |
2009-08-24 |
| 8. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
144.26 |
1.0351 |
0.1549 |
276 |
1 |
144.26 |
2010-08-05 |
| 9. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
143.96 |
1.0487 |
0.1328 |
253 |
3 |
132.52 |
2010-04-30 |
| 10. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
141.22 |
0.9299 |
0.2227 |
168 |
1 |
141.22 |
2009-08-19 |
| 11. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
140.70 |
1.0069 |
0.1531 |
242 |
1 |
140.70 |
2009-08-22 |
| 12. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
139.55 |
1.0079 |
0.1383 |
273 |
1 |
139.55 |
2010-07-31 |
| 13. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
139.23 |
1.0028 |
0.1407 |
259 |
1 |
139.23 |
2009-06-06 |
| 14. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
137.66 |
1.1086 |
0.0234 |
233 |
2 |
134.35 |
2010-01-18 |
| 15. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
136.89 |
0.9726 |
0.1578 |
396 |
1 |
136.89 |
2009-08-26 |
| 16. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
136.25 |
1.0682 |
0.0528 |
266 |
1 |
136.25 |
2009-08-13 |
| 17. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
136.10 |
0.9909 |
0.1324 |
293 |
1 |
136.10 |
2009-06-14 |
| 18. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
135.39 |
0.9949 |
0.1283 |
304 |
2 |
130.15 |
2010-08-11 |
| 19. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
135.03 |
0.9839 |
0.1258 |
308 |
2 |
128.22 |
2009-06-06 |
| 20. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
133.46 |
0.9827 |
0.1151 |
314 |
1 |
133.46 |
2009-08-16 |
| 21. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
133.38 |
0.9981 |
0.0972 |
211 |
1 |
133.38 |
2009-06-06 |
| 22. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
132.79 |
0.9787 |
0.1160 |
364 |
2 |
120.73 |
2009-08-29 |
| 23. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
132.23 |
0.9885 |
0.1049 |
469 |
1 |
132.23 |
2009-12-26 |
| 24. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
131.70 |
0.9681 |
0.1198 |
392 |
1 |
131.70 |
2009-08-13 |
| 25. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
130.90 |
1.0135 |
0.0655 |
358 |
1 |
130.90 |
2010-07-31 |
| 26. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
130.85 |
0.9915 |
0.0829 |
281 |
1 |
130.85 |
2009-07-16 |
| 27. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
130.60 |
0.9068 |
0.1645 |
212 |
1 |
130.60 |
2010-08-13 |
| 28. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
130.58 |
1.0144 |
0.0717 |
356 |
3 |
109.32 |
2010-04-07 |
| 29. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
130.56 |
0.9745 |
0.1005 |
388 |
1 |
130.56 |
2009-12-26 |
| 30. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
130.33 |
1.0189 |
0.0515 |
290 |
2 |
130.21 |
2009-12-14 |
| 31. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
129.68 |
1.0615 |
0.0011 |
201 |
2 |
117.55 |
2010-05-08 |
| 32. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
129.55 |
1.0106 |
0.0530 |
302 |
2 |
118.30 |
2009-08-22 |
| 33. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
128.18 |
0.9922 |
0.0616 |
264 |
1 |
128.18 |
2009-06-06 |
| 34. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
127.78 |
0.9403 |
0.1183 |
307 |
1 |
127.78 |
2009-12-14 |
| 35. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
127.47 |
1.0543 |
-0.0102 |
182 |
1 |
127.47 |
2009-08-13 |
| 36. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
126.70 |
1.0006 |
0.0404 |
311 |
1 |
126.70 |
2009-06-06 |
| 37. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
126.11 |
0.9884 |
0.0502 |
267 |
1 |
126.11 |
2010-08-01 |
| 38. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
126.01 |
0.8993 |
0.1388 |
366 |
1 |
126.01 |
2011-05-19 |
| 39. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
125.84 |
0.9541 |
0.0804 |
236 |
1 |
125.84 |
2010-01-18 |
| 40. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
125.81 |
1.0450 |
-0.0060 |
358 |
2 |
115.96 |
2010-07-31 |
| 41. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
125.81 |
1.0060 |
0.0284 |
225 |
1 |
125.81 |
2010-07-31 |
| 42. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
125.72 |
0.9957 |
0.0412 |
323 |
1 |
125.72 |
2010-05-04 |
| 43. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
125.66 |
1.0481 |
-0.0234 |
255 |
1 |
125.66 |
2010-08-05 |
| 44. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
125.64 |
0.9598 |
0.0746 |
209 |
1 |
125.64 |
2010-08-05 |
| 45. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
125.41 |
0.9857 |
0.0505 |
268 |
1 |
125.41 |
2009-08-29 |
| 46. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
125.28 |
1.0432 |
-0.0133 |
276 |
1 |
125.28 |
2009-08-29 |
| 47. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
124.60 |
0.9012 |
0.1260 |
322 |
1 |
124.60 |
2009-08-22 |
| 48. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
124.34 |
0.9145 |
0.1105 |
404 |
2 |
113.91 |
2010-01-18 |
| 49. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
124.07 |
1.1198 |
-0.1015 |
247 |
1 |
124.07 |
2009-07-16 |
| 50. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
123.17 |
0.9631 |
0.0482 |
273 |
1 |
123.17 |
2009-08-29 |
| 51. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
122.89 |
0.9974 |
0.0082 |
163 |
1 |
122.89 |
2009-06-06 |
| 52. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
122.81 |
0.9523 |
0.0682 |
576 |
1 |
122.81 |
2010-08-06 |
| 53. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
122.58 |
1.0506 |
-0.0440 |
259 |
1 |
122.58 |
2009-08-19 |
| 54. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
122.49 |
0.9451 |
0.0690 |
419 |
2 |
116.98 |
2010-08-01 |
| 55. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
122.10 |
0.9108 |
0.0921 |
235 |
1 |
122.10 |
2009-08-22 |
| 56. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
121.83 |
0.9644 |
0.0395 |
398 |
1 |
121.83 |
2009-08-16 |
| 57. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
121.55 |
1.0253 |
-0.0239 |
337 |
1 |
121.55 |
2009-08-29 |
| 58. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
121.10 |
1.0338 |
-0.0338 |
277 |
1 |
121.10 |
2010-05-08 |
| 59. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
120.91 |
1.0178 |
-0.0263 |
207 |
1 |
120.91 |
2010-05-08 |
| 60. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
120.55 |
1.0010 |
-0.0069 |
213 |
1 |
120.55 |
2010-07-31 |
| 61. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
120.17 |
1.0557 |
-0.0675 |
289 |
1 |
120.17 |
2010-05-08 |
| 62. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
119.60 |
0.9996 |
-0.0098 |
483 |
1 |
119.60 |
2009-08-29 |
| 63. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
119.54 |
0.9330 |
0.0605 |
341 |
1 |
119.54 |
2010-05-04 |
| 64. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
119.49 |
0.9609 |
0.0253 |
331 |
1 |
119.49 |
2010-03-09 |
| 65. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
119.37 |
0.9332 |
0.0486 |
295 |
1 |
119.37 |
2010-05-04 |
| 66. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
118.83 |
1.0115 |
-0.0407 |
189 |
1 |
118.83 |
2009-12-14 |
| 67. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
118.60 |
0.9698 |
0.0093 |
389 |
1 |
118.60 |
2011-01-27 |
| 68. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
118.33 |
0.9866 |
-0.0144 |
308 |
1 |
118.33 |
2009-08-29 |
| 69. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
118.05 |
0.9143 |
0.0562 |
300 |
1 |
118.05 |
2009-07-16 |
| 70. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
117.87 |
0.8718 |
0.0997 |
318 |
1 |
117.87 |
2009-12-26 |
| 71. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
117.75 |
0.9854 |
-0.0171 |
174 |
1 |
117.75 |
2010-10-04 |
| 72. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
117.42 |
1.0845 |
-0.1213 |
212 |
1 |
117.42 |
2011-01-27 |
| 73. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
117.28 |
0.9680 |
-0.0047 |
256 |
3 |
109.05 |
2011-05-19 |
| 74. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
116.76 |
1.0576 |
-0.1015 |
231 |
1 |
116.76 |
2010-05-04 |
| 75. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
116.59 |
0.9966 |
-0.0320 |
377 |
1 |
116.59 |
2009-06-19 |
| 76. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
116.58 |
0.9678 |
-0.0061 |
392 |
1 |
116.58 |
2009-08-25 |
| 77. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
116.34 |
0.9673 |
-0.0080 |
393 |
1 |
116.34 |
2010-05-08 |
| 78. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
116.15 |
1.0101 |
-0.0545 |
336 |
1 |
116.15 |
2009-08-29 |
| 79. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
115.14 |
0.9136 |
0.0352 |
348 |
1 |
115.14 |
2011-05-19 |
| 80. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
114.90 |
0.9424 |
0.0036 |
320 |
1 |
114.90 |
2009-06-06 |
| 81. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
114.87 |
1.0638 |
-0.1226 |
247 |
2 |
103.31 |
2010-04-30 |
| 82. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
114.52 |
0.9422 |
-0.0070 |
190 |
1 |
114.52 |
2009-08-19 |
| 83. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
114.18 |
1.0197 |
-0.0840 |
204 |
1 |
114.18 |
2009-08-22 |
| 84. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
113.92 |
0.9889 |
-0.0403 |
429 |
1 |
113.92 |
2009-08-29 |
| 85. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
113.10 |
0.9561 |
-0.0259 |
362 |
1 |
113.10 |
2009-06-06 |
| 86. |
Danger is a topic you're often asked about as a sprinter. Th... |
112.05 |
0.9591 |
-0.0246 |
428 |
1 |
112.05 |
2011-01-27 |
| 87. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
111.99 |
1.0094 |
-0.0899 |
256 |
1 |
111.99 |
2009-06-06 |
| 88. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
109.60 |
0.9636 |
-0.0653 |
281 |
1 |
109.60 |
2011-01-27 |
| 89. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
109.39 |
1.0033 |
-0.1051 |
203 |
1 |
109.39 |
2009-08-24 |
| 90. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
109.31 |
1.0288 |
-0.1362 |
166 |
1 |
109.31 |
2009-08-19 |
| 91. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
108.40 |
1.0495 |
-0.1602 |
323 |
1 |
108.40 |
2009-06-14 |
| 92. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
106.95 |
1.0511 |
-0.1715 |
252 |
1 |
106.95 |
2010-05-08 |
| 93. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
106.55 |
1.0227 |
-0.1421 |
378 |
1 |
106.55 |
2010-01-18 |
| 94. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
105.93 |
0.9930 |
-0.1147 |
350 |
1 |
105.93 |
2009-12-26 |
| 95. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
105.86 |
0.9709 |
-0.1034 |
264 |
1 |
105.86 |
2010-12-10 |
| 96. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
105.38 |
0.8721 |
-0.0014 |
231 |
1 |
105.38 |
2011-05-19 |
| 97. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
104.88 |
0.8964 |
-0.0386 |
199 |
1 |
104.88 |
2009-08-13 |
| 98. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
104.68 |
0.9162 |
-0.0560 |
401 |
1 |
104.68 |
2009-08-19 |
| 99. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
104.67 |
0.8955 |
-0.0266 |
436 |
1 |
104.67 |
2010-08-01 |
| 100. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
104.31 |
0.9935 |
-0.1353 |
217 |
1 |
104.31 |
2009-08-29 |
| 101. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
103.41 |
0.9332 |
-0.0847 |
267 |
1 |
103.41 |
2009-08-18 |
| 102. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
101.38 |
0.8856 |
-0.0463 |
369 |
1 |
101.38 |
2010-05-04 |
| 103. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
101.30 |
0.8986 |
-0.0625 |
363 |
1 |
101.30 |
2010-05-04 |
| 104. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
100.21 |
1.0018 |
-0.1794 |
246 |
1 |
100.21 |
2009-08-29 |
| 105. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
99.86 |
0.9338 |
-0.1047 |
326 |
1 |
99.86 |
2010-04-30 |
| 106. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
99.86 |
1.0617 |
-0.2444 |
171 |
1 |
99.86 |
2010-08-01 |
| 107. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
99.36 |
1.0279 |
-0.2186 |
172 |
1 |
99.36 |
2009-06-09 |
| 108. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
98.54 |
0.9713 |
-0.1644 |
193 |
1 |
98.54 |
2009-06-09 |
| 109. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
98.15 |
1.0333 |
-0.2334 |
176 |
1 |
98.15 |
2010-07-31 |
| 110. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
93.38 |
0.9829 |
-0.2180 |
229 |
1 |
93.38 |
2009-08-29 |
| 111. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
93.37 |
1.0372 |
-0.2721 |
249 |
1 |
93.37 |
2010-05-04 |
| 112. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
88.36 |
0.8646 |
-0.1440 |
110 |
1 |
88.36 |
2009-06-06 |
| 113. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
82.48 |
0.9352 |
-0.2608 |
194 |
1 |
82.48 |
2009-08-29 |
| 114. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
80.22 |
0.9377 |
-0.2732 |
198 |
1 |
80.22 |
2009-08-29 |