| 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... |
166.58 |
1.0334 |
0.2455 |
131 |
2 |
145.21 |
2011-06-19 |
| 2. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
161.93 |
1.0595 |
0.1922 |
379 |
2 |
150.20 |
2011-05-28 |
| 3. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
160.22 |
1.0390 |
0.1930 |
205 |
2 |
142.29 |
2011-06-29 |
| 4. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
158.20 |
1.0529 |
0.1671 |
351 |
1 |
158.20 |
2011-06-13 |
| 5. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
158.19 |
1.0496 |
0.1697 |
314 |
3 |
144.12 |
2011-06-08 |
| 6. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
155.91 |
1.0292 |
0.1717 |
262 |
2 |
135.24 |
2011-06-29 |
| 7. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
152.04 |
1.0398 |
0.1218 |
110 |
4 |
143.61 |
2011-06-07 |
| 8. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
151.79 |
1.0561 |
0.1400 |
430 |
2 |
140.56 |
2011-05-18 |
| 9. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
151.44 |
1.0090 |
0.2022 |
282 |
1 |
151.44 |
2011-06-29 |
| 10. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
151.31 |
1.0619 |
0.1081 |
354 |
1 |
151.31 |
2011-06-13 |
| 11. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
150.70 |
1.0261 |
0.1336 |
273 |
2 |
144.04 |
2011-05-18 |
| 12. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
149.81 |
0.9811 |
0.1763 |
272 |
1 |
149.81 |
2011-06-29 |
| 13. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
148.92 |
1.0521 |
0.0909 |
171 |
2 |
146.89 |
2011-06-13 |
| 14. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
148.67 |
1.0385 |
0.1055 |
230 |
2 |
133.35 |
2011-05-18 |
| 15. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
148.46 |
1.0534 |
0.0930 |
357 |
1 |
148.46 |
2011-06-08 |
| 16. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
148.31 |
1.0608 |
0.1155 |
258 |
1 |
148.31 |
2011-05-18 |
| 17. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
147.93 |
1.0885 |
0.0548 |
315 |
1 |
147.93 |
2011-05-08 |
| 18. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
146.66 |
1.0288 |
0.1334 |
300 |
1 |
146.66 |
2011-05-18 |
| 19. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
146.64 |
1.0252 |
0.0983 |
176 |
2 |
134.08 |
2011-06-04 |
| 20. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
146.55 |
1.1014 |
0.0657 |
273 |
2 |
146.19 |
2011-06-08 |
| 21. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
145.58 |
1.0797 |
0.0364 |
210 |
2 |
142.08 |
2011-06-03 |
| 22. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
145.55 |
0.9965 |
0.1256 |
277 |
2 |
138.82 |
2011-06-01 |
| 23. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
145.53 |
1.0725 |
0.0746 |
233 |
4 |
133.78 |
2011-06-01 |
| 24. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
145.47 |
0.9682 |
0.1508 |
143 |
1 |
145.47 |
2011-06-09 |
| 25. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
144.64 |
1.0498 |
0.0598 |
180 |
3 |
141.39 |
2011-05-15 |
| 26. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
143.71 |
1.0095 |
0.0966 |
316 |
3 |
134.75 |
2011-04-18 |
| 27. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
141.65 |
1.0883 |
0.0349 |
303 |
2 |
123.56 |
2011-05-18 |
| 28. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
140.93 |
1.0644 |
0.0572 |
257 |
1 |
140.93 |
2011-06-19 |
| 29. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
140.84 |
1.0337 |
0.0505 |
214 |
1 |
140.84 |
2011-04-18 |
| 30. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
140.64 |
1.0426 |
0.0399 |
323 |
1 |
140.64 |
2011-04-18 |
| 31. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
140.39 |
0.8996 |
0.1762 |
192 |
2 |
128.17 |
2011-04-18 |
| 32. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
139.93 |
1.1162 |
0.0025 |
189 |
2 |
139.38 |
2011-06-01 |
| 33. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
139.88 |
1.0201 |
0.0612 |
375 |
2 |
134.63 |
2011-05-16 |
| 34. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
139.67 |
1.0515 |
0.0223 |
250 |
2 |
129.19 |
2011-05-18 |
| 35. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
139.50 |
1.0320 |
0.0796 |
293 |
1 |
139.50 |
2011-05-18 |
| 36. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
139.43 |
1.0677 |
0.0365 |
284 |
2 |
134.80 |
2011-04-18 |
| 37. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
139.25 |
1.1215 |
-0.0251 |
200 |
2 |
135.67 |
2011-06-08 |
| 38. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
139.24 |
1.0523 |
0.0157 |
256 |
2 |
132.48 |
2011-05-15 |
| 39. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
138.97 |
1.0183 |
0.0463 |
191 |
1 |
138.97 |
2011-04-18 |
| 40. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
138.97 |
1.0445 |
0.0266 |
373 |
1 |
138.97 |
2011-04-15 |
| 41. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
138.75 |
1.0944 |
0.0189 |
308 |
1 |
138.75 |
2011-05-18 |
| 42. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
138.34 |
1.0666 |
-0.0012 |
297 |
2 |
133.50 |
2011-04-18 |
| 43. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
138.23 |
1.0917 |
-0.0038 |
243 |
1 |
138.23 |
2011-05-18 |
| 44. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
137.68 |
1.0795 |
0.0112 |
226 |
2 |
135.87 |
2011-05-18 |
| 45. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
137.10 |
0.9964 |
0.0593 |
203 |
1 |
137.10 |
2011-05-17 |
| 46. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
136.12 |
1.1018 |
-0.0602 |
220 |
1 |
136.12 |
2011-05-15 |
| 47. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
136.07 |
0.9841 |
0.0673 |
334 |
1 |
136.07 |
2011-05-07 |
| 48. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
136.06 |
0.9898 |
0.0953 |
353 |
1 |
136.06 |
2011-06-04 |
| 49. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
136.04 |
1.0403 |
0.0221 |
193 |
3 |
131.49 |
2011-05-16 |
| 50. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
134.92 |
1.0391 |
0.0056 |
358 |
1 |
134.92 |
2011-05-16 |
| 51. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
134.84 |
1.0340 |
0.0092 |
406 |
2 |
130.08 |
2011-05-15 |
| 52. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
134.37 |
0.9795 |
0.0549 |
308 |
1 |
134.37 |
2011-05-28 |
| 53. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
134.09 |
1.0168 |
0.0168 |
271 |
1 |
134.09 |
2011-06-13 |
| 54. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
132.69 |
1.0462 |
-0.0310 |
184 |
1 |
132.69 |
2011-05-18 |
| 55. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
132.65 |
1.0740 |
-0.0147 |
264 |
2 |
131.67 |
2011-05-15 |
| 56. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
132.51 |
0.9780 |
0.0429 |
337 |
1 |
132.51 |
2011-05-15 |
| 57. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
132.44 |
1.0767 |
-0.0596 |
212 |
1 |
132.44 |
2011-04-15 |
| 58. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
131.87 |
1.0218 |
-0.0098 |
268 |
1 |
131.87 |
2011-05-08 |
| 59. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
131.86 |
0.9786 |
0.0310 |
193 |
1 |
131.86 |
2011-05-15 |
| 60. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
131.82 |
0.9768 |
0.0403 |
387 |
1 |
131.82 |
2011-05-07 |
| 61. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
131.44 |
1.0477 |
-0.0338 |
360 |
2 |
116.35 |
2011-04-18 |
| 62. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
131.44 |
1.0213 |
-0.0130 |
240 |
1 |
131.44 |
2011-04-15 |
| 63. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
131.37 |
0.8826 |
0.1298 |
296 |
2 |
116.96 |
2011-05-24 |
| 64. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
130.98 |
1.0389 |
-0.0286 |
340 |
1 |
130.98 |
2011-05-18 |
| 65. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
130.89 |
0.9636 |
0.0435 |
254 |
1 |
130.89 |
2011-05-17 |
| 66. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
130.28 |
1.0189 |
-0.0131 |
337 |
1 |
130.28 |
2011-05-07 |
| 67. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
130.13 |
1.0943 |
-0.0604 |
206 |
1 |
130.13 |
2011-05-15 |
| 68. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
129.71 |
1.1068 |
-0.0685 |
393 |
1 |
129.71 |
2011-05-18 |
| 69. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
129.63 |
0.9371 |
0.0992 |
318 |
1 |
129.63 |
2011-05-24 |
| 70. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
129.00 |
1.0669 |
-0.0421 |
286 |
1 |
129.00 |
2011-05-04 |
| 71. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
128.60 |
1.0613 |
-0.0669 |
456 |
1 |
128.60 |
2011-05-07 |
| 72. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
128.18 |
1.0004 |
-0.0204 |
212 |
1 |
128.18 |
2011-04-18 |
| 73. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
127.43 |
1.0314 |
-0.0119 |
452 |
1 |
127.43 |
2011-04-18 |
| 74. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
126.82 |
1.0621 |
-0.0672 |
263 |
2 |
126.04 |
2011-05-07 |
| 75. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
126.48 |
0.9863 |
-0.0090 |
339 |
1 |
126.48 |
2011-04-18 |
| 76. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
126.46 |
0.9994 |
0.0039 |
269 |
1 |
126.46 |
2011-05-18 |
| 77. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
125.98 |
1.0565 |
-0.0901 |
247 |
1 |
125.98 |
2011-04-15 |
| 78. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
125.89 |
1.0711 |
-0.1079 |
213 |
2 |
121.24 |
2011-04-18 |
| 79. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
125.55 |
0.9429 |
0.0240 |
287 |
3 |
123.79 |
2011-04-18 |
| 80. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
124.40 |
0.9907 |
-0.0356 |
211 |
1 |
124.40 |
2011-05-15 |
| 81. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
123.50 |
1.0016 |
-0.0566 |
218 |
2 |
119.17 |
2011-04-18 |
| 82. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
123.28 |
0.9508 |
0.0303 |
384 |
2 |
113.30 |
2011-04-18 |
| 83. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
122.18 |
0.9681 |
-0.0204 |
378 |
1 |
122.18 |
2011-06-01 |
| 84. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
122.03 |
1.0029 |
-0.0711 |
209 |
1 |
122.03 |
2011-04-18 |
| 85. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
121.71 |
1.0063 |
-0.0702 |
371 |
2 |
111.19 |
2011-04-18 |
| 86. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
121.36 |
1.0613 |
-0.1274 |
266 |
1 |
121.36 |
2011-04-15 |
| 87. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
121.09 |
1.0399 |
-0.1038 |
294 |
2 |
116.68 |
2011-04-18 |
| 88. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
120.57 |
1.0419 |
-0.1151 |
261 |
1 |
120.57 |
2011-04-18 |
| 89. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
120.28 |
1.0232 |
-0.0528 |
350 |
1 |
120.28 |
2011-04-18 |
| 90. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
120.27 |
0.9910 |
-0.0646 |
295 |
1 |
120.27 |
2011-04-15 |
| 91. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
119.98 |
1.0077 |
-0.0442 |
250 |
1 |
119.98 |
2011-04-15 |
| 92. |
Finally, gentlemen, there are people with an hereditary anim... |
118.34 |
0.9383 |
-0.0077 |
471 |
1 |
118.34 |
2011-04-18 |
| 93. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
118.21 |
0.9991 |
-0.0902 |
225 |
1 |
118.21 |
2011-04-18 |
| 94. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
117.19 |
0.9740 |
-0.0776 |
209 |
1 |
117.19 |
2011-04-15 |
| 95. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
116.92 |
0.9820 |
-0.0808 |
267 |
1 |
116.92 |
2011-04-15 |
| 96. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
116.79 |
1.1081 |
-0.1762 |
206 |
2 |
116.60 |
2011-04-18 |
| 97. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
116.73 |
1.0034 |
-0.1080 |
302 |
1 |
116.73 |
2011-04-18 |
| 98. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
116.48 |
1.0714 |
-0.1854 |
129 |
1 |
116.48 |
2011-04-15 |
| 99. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
116.39 |
0.9309 |
-0.0386 |
284 |
2 |
115.70 |
2011-05-18 |
| 100. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
116.39 |
1.0429 |
-0.1501 |
259 |
1 |
116.39 |
2011-04-15 |
| 101. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
116.27 |
0.9168 |
-0.0222 |
240 |
2 |
115.68 |
2011-04-15 |
| 102. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
116.14 |
0.9084 |
-0.0143 |
300 |
1 |
116.14 |
2011-04-18 |
| 103. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
115.60 |
1.0483 |
-0.1632 |
227 |
1 |
115.60 |
2011-04-18 |
| 104. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
115.58 |
1.0031 |
-0.0817 |
304 |
2 |
112.04 |
2011-04-18 |
| 105. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
114.70 |
0.9064 |
-0.0161 |
399 |
1 |
114.70 |
2011-04-18 |
| 106. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
113.57 |
0.8961 |
-0.0273 |
189 |
1 |
113.57 |
2011-04-15 |
| 107. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
112.32 |
0.9678 |
-0.0706 |
445 |
1 |
112.32 |
2011-04-18 |
| 108. |
A total of twenty-five friends were headed from San Francisc... |
111.08 |
0.9243 |
-0.0322 |
448 |
1 |
111.08 |
2011-04-15 |
| 109. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
110.82 |
1.0574 |
-0.1787 |
205 |
1 |
110.82 |
2011-04-18 |
| 110. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
110.58 |
1.0201 |
-0.1708 |
303 |
1 |
110.58 |
2011-04-18 |
| 111. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
110.32 |
0.9619 |
-0.1098 |
393 |
1 |
110.32 |
2011-04-15 |
| 112. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
110.24 |
0.9792 |
-0.0945 |
265 |
1 |
110.24 |
2011-04-15 |
| 113. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
110.12 |
0.9691 |
-0.1242 |
223 |
1 |
110.12 |
2011-04-18 |
| 114. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
110.02 |
0.9997 |
-0.1515 |
382 |
1 |
110.02 |
2011-04-18 |
| 115. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
109.76 |
0.9109 |
-0.0657 |
401 |
1 |
109.76 |
2011-04-18 |
| 116. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
109.74 |
1.0257 |
-0.1769 |
401 |
1 |
109.74 |
2011-04-18 |
| 117. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
109.31 |
0.9376 |
-0.0632 |
360 |
1 |
109.31 |
2011-04-15 |
| 118. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
108.44 |
1.0201 |
-0.1946 |
172 |
1 |
108.44 |
2011-04-15 |
| 119. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
108.42 |
0.9668 |
-0.0921 |
383 |
1 |
108.42 |
2011-04-18 |
| 120. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
108.03 |
0.9342 |
-0.1016 |
434 |
1 |
108.03 |
2011-04-15 |
| 121. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
108.01 |
1.0788 |
-0.2555 |
171 |
1 |
108.01 |
2011-04-18 |
| 122. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
105.48 |
0.8919 |
-0.0844 |
205 |
1 |
105.48 |
2011-04-18 |
| 123. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
105.03 |
1.0125 |
-0.1690 |
413 |
1 |
105.03 |
2011-04-15 |
| 124. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
104.25 |
0.9672 |
-0.1611 |
396 |
1 |
104.25 |
2011-04-18 |
| 125. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
103.86 |
0.9976 |
-0.1808 |
174 |
1 |
103.86 |
2011-04-18 |
| 126. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
101.12 |
0.9289 |
-0.1560 |
204 |
1 |
101.12 |
2011-04-15 |
| 127. |
Three changes occur while the stacked disk structure equilib... |
99.34 |
0.9382 |
-0.1518 |
440 |
1 |
99.34 |
2011-04-15 |
| 128. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
98.55 |
0.9941 |
-0.2413 |
217 |
1 |
98.55 |
2011-04-15 |
| 129. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
98.33 |
0.9023 |
-0.1060 |
231 |
1 |
98.33 |
2011-04-15 |
| 130. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
97.43 |
0.8602 |
-0.1159 |
206 |
1 |
97.43 |
2011-04-15 |
| 131. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
96.36 |
0.9649 |
-0.2279 |
193 |
1 |
96.36 |
2011-04-15 |
| 132. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
93.19 |
0.9597 |
-0.2422 |
347 |
1 |
93.19 |
2011-04-15 |
| 133. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
83.92 |
0.9509 |
-0.2713 |
225 |
1 |
83.92 |
2011-04-15 |