| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
He rode past me and kept on goin'. Never said nothin' goin' ... |
107.59 |
1.0461 |
0.0173 |
535 |
2 |
100.01 |
2012-10-27 |
| 2. |
Right, I am going to tell you how this works. You're going i... |
96.26 |
1.0444 |
-0.0945 |
487 |
2 |
92.22 |
2012-11-15 |
| 3. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
110.80 |
0.9885 |
0.0974 |
469 |
2 |
109.28 |
2012-11-01 |
| 4. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
111.59 |
1.0676 |
0.0239 |
456 |
5 |
105.01 |
2012-11-22 |
| 5. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
103.11 |
1.0111 |
0.0049 |
452 |
1 |
103.11 |
2012-10-19 |
| 6. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
117.01 |
1.0362 |
0.1101 |
437 |
3 |
105.28 |
2012-11-13 |
| 7. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
89.35 |
0.9400 |
-0.0683 |
434 |
1 |
89.35 |
2012-10-08 |
| 8. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
105.53 |
1.0509 |
-0.0092 |
430 |
1 |
105.53 |
2012-10-19 |
| 9. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
84.00 |
1.0074 |
-0.1768 |
410 |
1 |
84.00 |
2012-12-01 |
| 10. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
101.60 |
1.0482 |
-0.0461 |
407 |
3 |
96.94 |
2012-10-25 |
| 11. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
106.99 |
1.0320 |
0.0159 |
401 |
1 |
106.99 |
2012-10-09 |
| 12. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
100.28 |
0.9494 |
0.0395 |
397 |
1 |
100.28 |
2012-10-27 |
| 13. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
92.84 |
0.9119 |
-0.0044 |
396 |
1 |
92.84 |
2012-10-20 |
| 14. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
102.47 |
1.0857 |
-0.0756 |
393 |
2 |
95.61 |
2012-11-14 |
| 15. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
101.92 |
0.9985 |
0.0060 |
392 |
1 |
101.92 |
2012-11-15 |
| 16. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
89.98 |
0.9681 |
-0.0873 |
392 |
1 |
89.98 |
2012-10-18 |
| 17. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
97.36 |
1.0234 |
-0.0718 |
392 |
1 |
97.36 |
2012-10-10 |
| 18. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
99.51 |
0.9833 |
-0.0123 |
387 |
2 |
89.58 |
2012-10-29 |
| 19. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
101.02 |
0.9966 |
-0.0060 |
377 |
1 |
101.02 |
2012-10-31 |
| 20. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
90.86 |
1.0265 |
-0.1390 |
375 |
1 |
90.86 |
2012-10-31 |
| 21. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
101.72 |
1.0529 |
-0.0601 |
373 |
1 |
101.72 |
2012-10-08 |
| 22. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
101.38 |
1.0538 |
-0.0546 |
367 |
2 |
96.01 |
2012-10-23 |
| 23. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
100.83 |
0.9787 |
0.0062 |
364 |
3 |
93.84 |
2012-10-31 |
| 24. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
107.54 |
1.0628 |
-0.0136 |
363 |
1 |
107.54 |
2012-11-17 |
| 25. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
97.49 |
1.0562 |
-0.1022 |
360 |
1 |
97.49 |
2012-10-26 |
| 26. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
102.83 |
1.0135 |
-0.0091 |
358 |
1 |
102.83 |
2012-11-15 |
| 27. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
97.93 |
1.0607 |
-0.1048 |
357 |
1 |
97.93 |
2012-10-29 |
| 28. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
105.29 |
0.9885 |
0.0368 |
355 |
1 |
105.29 |
2012-10-30 |
| 29. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
97.19 |
1.0686 |
-0.1191 |
354 |
1 |
97.19 |
2012-11-02 |
| 30. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
106.53 |
1.0600 |
-0.0224 |
351 |
3 |
102.38 |
2012-10-29 |
| 31. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
94.06 |
0.9844 |
-0.0571 |
351 |
1 |
94.06 |
2012-10-21 |
| 32. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
107.21 |
1.0736 |
-0.0270 |
350 |
5 |
100.52 |
2012-11-22 |
| 33. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
95.25 |
1.0411 |
-0.1124 |
341 |
1 |
95.25 |
2012-10-29 |
| 34. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
105.82 |
1.1138 |
-0.0749 |
341 |
3 |
102.84 |
2012-11-28 |
| 35. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
112.75 |
1.0697 |
0.0380 |
341 |
2 |
105.17 |
2012-11-22 |
| 36. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
115.62 |
1.0462 |
0.0832 |
340 |
3 |
109.94 |
2012-11-10 |
| 37. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
104.45 |
1.0253 |
-0.0053 |
337 |
3 |
101.22 |
2012-11-10 |
| 38. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
98.79 |
1.0101 |
-0.0468 |
336 |
1 |
98.79 |
2012-10-20 |
| 39. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
100.72 |
1.0387 |
-0.0541 |
333 |
2 |
99.05 |
2012-10-22 |
| 40. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
103.40 |
1.0495 |
-0.0433 |
323 |
3 |
100.06 |
2012-10-30 |
| 41. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
98.40 |
1.0461 |
-0.0862 |
318 |
1 |
98.40 |
2012-10-19 |
| 42. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
106.71 |
1.0960 |
-0.0528 |
315 |
4 |
103.32 |
2012-10-21 |
| 43. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
99.47 |
1.0006 |
-0.0324 |
311 |
1 |
99.47 |
2012-10-21 |
| 44. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
103.51 |
1.0035 |
0.0049 |
310 |
3 |
95.16 |
2012-10-23 |
| 45. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
98.93 |
1.0667 |
-0.0934 |
308 |
1 |
98.93 |
2012-10-08 |
| 46. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
102.69 |
0.9866 |
0.0135 |
308 |
1 |
102.69 |
2012-10-13 |
| 47. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
97.56 |
1.0483 |
-0.0935 |
305 |
1 |
97.56 |
2012-10-05 |
| 48. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
97.93 |
1.0616 |
-0.1016 |
304 |
4 |
93.33 |
2012-11-14 |
| 49. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
111.04 |
1.0270 |
0.0551 |
303 |
3 |
103.61 |
2012-10-30 |
| 50. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
95.68 |
1.0698 |
-0.1318 |
303 |
1 |
95.68 |
2012-10-01 |
| 51. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
105.45 |
1.0969 |
-0.0679 |
303 |
1 |
105.45 |
2012-10-30 |
| 52. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
83.45 |
0.8830 |
-0.0692 |
300 |
1 |
83.45 |
2012-10-05 |
| 53. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
98.03 |
1.0743 |
-0.1191 |
297 |
2 |
96.81 |
2012-10-31 |
| 54. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
94.62 |
0.9271 |
-0.0068 |
295 |
1 |
94.62 |
2012-10-21 |
| 55. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
81.66 |
1.0464 |
-0.2477 |
294 |
1 |
81.66 |
2012-10-01 |
| 56. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
110.15 |
1.0557 |
0.0183 |
289 |
2 |
108.44 |
2012-10-31 |
| 57. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
113.49 |
1.0901 |
0.0174 |
288 |
3 |
104.91 |
2012-10-19 |
| 58. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
96.68 |
1.0130 |
-0.0720 |
288 |
1 |
96.68 |
2012-10-13 |
| 59. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
90.02 |
1.0461 |
-0.1657 |
286 |
1 |
90.02 |
2012-10-21 |
| 60. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
100.54 |
1.0492 |
-0.0653 |
284 |
1 |
100.54 |
2012-11-28 |
| 61. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
90.98 |
0.9801 |
-0.0869 |
282 |
1 |
90.98 |
2012-10-05 |
| 62. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
97.43 |
0.9915 |
-0.0442 |
281 |
1 |
97.43 |
2012-10-27 |
| 63. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
105.39 |
1.0338 |
-0.0023 |
277 |
1 |
105.39 |
2012-11-17 |
| 64. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
99.90 |
1.0432 |
-0.0702 |
276 |
2 |
97.97 |
2012-10-30 |
| 65. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
92.67 |
1.0079 |
-0.1073 |
273 |
4 |
90.96 |
2012-10-30 |
| 66. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
102.55 |
0.9783 |
0.0275 |
273 |
1 |
102.55 |
2012-11-17 |
| 67. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
95.97 |
0.9890 |
-0.0512 |
272 |
1 |
95.97 |
2012-10-04 |
| 68. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
100.92 |
1.0427 |
-0.0594 |
269 |
3 |
97.02 |
2012-11-03 |
| 69. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
97.73 |
0.9765 |
-0.0261 |
269 |
1 |
97.73 |
2012-10-30 |
| 70. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
104.00 |
1.0301 |
-0.0188 |
268 |
3 |
101.31 |
2012-11-16 |
| 71. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
95.14 |
0.9884 |
-0.0601 |
267 |
1 |
95.14 |
2012-10-27 |
| 72. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
97.52 |
0.9332 |
0.0159 |
267 |
1 |
97.52 |
2012-10-19 |
| 73. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
98.78 |
1.0682 |
-0.1057 |
266 |
1 |
98.78 |
2012-10-10 |
| 74. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
118.73 |
1.1070 |
0.0488 |
265 |
3 |
113.65 |
2012-11-16 |
| 75. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
100.77 |
1.0267 |
-0.0427 |
261 |
1 |
100.77 |
2012-10-23 |
| 76. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
101.02 |
1.0791 |
-0.0904 |
259 |
1 |
101.02 |
2012-10-29 |
| 77. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
100.69 |
1.0028 |
-0.0238 |
259 |
1 |
100.69 |
2012-11-17 |
| 78. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
95.69 |
0.9594 |
-0.0300 |
258 |
3 |
94.24 |
2012-10-31 |
| 79. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
105.17 |
1.0399 |
-0.0110 |
257 |
1 |
105.17 |
2012-11-22 |
| 80. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
104.40 |
1.0601 |
-0.0468 |
256 |
2 |
97.44 |
2012-11-01 |
| 81. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
107.96 |
1.0481 |
-0.0044 |
255 |
2 |
105.56 |
2012-11-17 |
| 82. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
96.01 |
1.0039 |
-0.0634 |
255 |
1 |
96.01 |
2012-10-21 |
| 83. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
97.69 |
0.9704 |
-0.0196 |
254 |
1 |
97.69 |
2012-10-16 |
| 84. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
113.26 |
1.0487 |
0.0524 |
253 |
3 |
103.40 |
2012-10-29 |
| 85. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
102.23 |
1.1095 |
-0.1120 |
252 |
2 |
93.78 |
2012-10-27 |
| 86. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
121.50 |
1.0792 |
0.1097 |
251 |
2 |
113.14 |
2012-10-29 |
| 87. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
104.54 |
1.0590 |
-0.0422 |
250 |
1 |
104.54 |
2012-11-16 |
| 88. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
101.55 |
0.9762 |
0.0124 |
249 |
1 |
101.55 |
2012-10-05 |
| 89. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
112.81 |
1.0638 |
0.0331 |
247 |
3 |
106.71 |
2012-11-16 |
| 90. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
115.12 |
1.1198 |
0.0007 |
247 |
4 |
107.39 |
2012-11-15 |
| 91. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
98.05 |
1.0873 |
-0.1360 |
243 |
1 |
98.05 |
2012-10-08 |
| 92. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
77.92 |
0.9243 |
-0.1651 |
240 |
1 |
77.92 |
2012-10-05 |
| 93. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
104.97 |
1.0672 |
-0.0463 |
239 |
1 |
104.97 |
2012-10-30 |
| 94. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
105.10 |
1.0865 |
-0.0634 |
237 |
4 |
98.51 |
2012-11-28 |
| 95. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
87.53 |
0.9737 |
-0.1198 |
237 |
1 |
87.53 |
2012-10-08 |
| 96. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
91.21 |
0.9541 |
-0.0662 |
236 |
1 |
91.21 |
2012-10-04 |
| 97. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
99.62 |
1.0403 |
-0.0723 |
234 |
1 |
99.62 |
2012-10-05 |
| 98. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
113.46 |
1.0414 |
0.0629 |
234 |
1 |
113.46 |
2012-11-13 |
| 99. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
121.59 |
1.1086 |
0.0767 |
233 |
4 |
111.91 |
2012-11-03 |
| 100. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
89.97 |
0.8721 |
0.0089 |
231 |
1 |
89.97 |
2012-10-22 |
| 101. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
93.79 |
1.0466 |
-0.1345 |
230 |
1 |
93.79 |
2012-10-05 |
| 102. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
98.94 |
1.0199 |
-0.0607 |
225 |
1 |
98.94 |
2012-10-15 |
| 103. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
101.80 |
1.0194 |
-0.0305 |
224 |
2 |
99.62 |
2012-10-19 |
| 104. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
106.77 |
1.1093 |
-0.0752 |
220 |
2 |
102.06 |
2012-11-02 |
| 105. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
92.48 |
0.9952 |
-0.0931 |
220 |
1 |
92.48 |
2012-10-09 |
| 106. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
105.38 |
1.0086 |
0.0132 |
218 |
2 |
103.60 |
2012-11-03 |
| 107. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
93.08 |
1.0010 |
-0.0915 |
213 |
1 |
93.08 |
2012-10-10 |
| 108. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
102.11 |
1.0800 |
-0.0889 |
213 |
2 |
100.93 |
2012-10-27 |
| 109. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
113.12 |
1.0845 |
0.0163 |
212 |
1 |
113.12 |
2012-10-09 |
| 110. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
127.41 |
1.0881 |
0.1499 |
210 |
2 |
125.66 |
2012-11-03 |
| 111. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
101.25 |
1.0640 |
-0.0726 |
210 |
1 |
101.25 |
2012-11-22 |
| 112. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
103.34 |
1.0836 |
-0.0741 |
206 |
2 |
101.39 |
2012-11-28 |
| 113. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
106.17 |
1.0753 |
-0.0346 |
206 |
2 |
104.18 |
2012-11-28 |
| 114. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
111.58 |
1.0197 |
0.0653 |
204 |
1 |
111.58 |
2012-10-19 |
| 115. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
89.17 |
1.0026 |
-0.1309 |
200 |
1 |
89.17 |
2012-11-15 |
| 116. |
In most cases, there is more to be gained by maximizing the ... |
107.89 |
1.0665 |
-0.0216 |
196 |
1 |
107.89 |
2012-10-31 |
| 117. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
97.68 |
1.0315 |
-0.0813 |
193 |
1 |
97.68 |
2012-10-21 |
| 118. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
103.98 |
1.0883 |
-0.0695 |
189 |
1 |
103.98 |
2012-10-27 |
| 119. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
109.97 |
1.0115 |
0.0543 |
189 |
1 |
109.97 |
2012-11-16 |
| 120. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
115.58 |
1.0540 |
0.0670 |
184 |
2 |
112.83 |
2012-11-11 |
| 121. |
I believe in love, and I know that you do too. And I believe... |
102.65 |
1.0465 |
-0.0554 |
183 |
1 |
102.65 |
2012-10-13 |
| 122. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
105.85 |
1.0543 |
-0.0269 |
182 |
1 |
105.85 |
2012-10-27 |
| 123. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
102.08 |
1.0582 |
-0.0675 |
180 |
1 |
102.08 |
2012-10-30 |
| 124. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
103.16 |
1.0524 |
-0.0500 |
177 |
3 |
99.00 |
2012-11-10 |
| 125. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
101.48 |
1.0333 |
-0.0505 |
176 |
1 |
101.48 |
2012-10-10 |
| 126. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
105.60 |
1.0867 |
-0.0629 |
171 |
4 |
102.83 |
2012-11-28 |
| 127. |
How do I live without the ones I love? Time still turns the ... |
106.80 |
1.0471 |
-0.0147 |
170 |
1 |
106.80 |
2012-10-05 |
| 128. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
107.34 |
1.0042 |
0.0373 |
168 |
1 |
107.34 |
2012-10-10 |
| 129. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
112.85 |
1.0288 |
0.0658 |
166 |
3 |
104.28 |
2012-10-31 |
| 130. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
105.75 |
1.0243 |
0.0092 |
153 |
1 |
105.75 |
2012-10-22 |
| 131. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
107.83 |
1.0472 |
-0.0034 |
149 |
2 |
100.88 |
2012-10-13 |
| 132. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
112.96 |
1.0426 |
0.0537 |
131 |
3 |
106.70 |
2012-11-13 |
| 133. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
111.33 |
1.0800 |
-0.0026 |
129 |
4 |
103.13 |
2012-10-31 |
| 134. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
78.04 |
0.9807 |
-0.2340 |
129 |
1 |
78.04 |
2012-10-08 |
| 135. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
115.78 |
1.0476 |
0.0710 |
110 |
2 |
113.41 |
2012-10-26 |