| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
90.03 |
1.0398 |
0.3048 |
110 |
3 |
81.42 |
2014-12-08 |
| 2. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
87.50 |
1.0667 |
0.2885 |
406 |
1 |
87.50 |
2014-12-02 |
| 3. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
87.19 |
1.0767 |
0.2331 |
212 |
1 |
87.19 |
2014-12-02 |
| 4. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
86.95 |
1.1081 |
0.2348 |
206 |
1 |
86.95 |
2014-12-02 |
| 5. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
86.95 |
1.0053 |
0.3010 |
232 |
2 |
83.88 |
2014-12-02 |
| 6. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
84.42 |
1.0516 |
0.2179 |
281 |
1 |
84.42 |
2014-12-02 |
| 7. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
84.21 |
0.9649 |
0.3007 |
193 |
1 |
84.21 |
2014-12-02 |
| 8. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
83.70 |
0.9833 |
0.2772 |
355 |
1 |
83.70 |
2014-12-02 |
| 9. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
82.10 |
1.0068 |
0.2311 |
358 |
1 |
82.10 |
2014-12-02 |
| 10. |
How do I live without the ones I love? Time still turns the ... |
81.31 |
1.0381 |
0.1746 |
170 |
1 |
81.31 |
2014-12-02 |
| 11. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
80.40 |
0.9429 |
0.2672 |
287 |
1 |
80.40 |
2014-12-02 |
| 12. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
80.25 |
1.0211 |
0.2161 |
213 |
1 |
80.25 |
2014-12-02 |
| 13. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
80.23 |
0.9731 |
0.2206 |
129 |
2 |
65.99 |
2014-12-09 |
| 14. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
79.98 |
0.9514 |
0.2513 |
237 |
1 |
79.98 |
2014-12-02 |
| 15. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
79.65 |
1.0352 |
0.1648 |
341 |
1 |
79.65 |
2014-12-02 |
| 16. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
78.71 |
0.9734 |
0.2094 |
289 |
1 |
78.71 |
2014-12-02 |
| 17. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
77.05 |
1.0073 |
0.1586 |
369 |
1 |
77.05 |
2014-12-02 |
| 18. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
75.96 |
0.9965 |
0.1454 |
277 |
1 |
75.96 |
2014-12-02 |
| 19. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
75.78 |
1.0141 |
0.1608 |
304 |
2 |
74.97 |
2014-12-02 |
| 20. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
75.58 |
0.9908 |
0.1907 |
342 |
1 |
75.58 |
2014-12-02 |
| 21. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
75.42 |
0.9684 |
0.1674 |
388 |
1 |
75.42 |
2014-12-02 |
| 22. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
75.34 |
0.9843 |
0.1426 |
234 |
1 |
75.34 |
2014-12-02 |
| 23. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
75.29 |
1.0485 |
0.1174 |
153 |
1 |
75.29 |
2014-12-02 |
| 24. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
73.41 |
0.9831 |
0.1275 |
469 |
1 |
73.41 |
2014-12-02 |
| 25. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
73.22 |
0.9922 |
0.1486 |
341 |
1 |
73.22 |
2014-12-02 |
| 26. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
72.89 |
0.9991 |
0.0961 |
225 |
1 |
72.89 |
2014-12-02 |
| 27. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
72.79 |
0.9676 |
0.1339 |
442 |
1 |
72.79 |
2014-12-02 |
| 28. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
72.55 |
1.0412 |
0.0477 |
225 |
1 |
72.55 |
2014-12-02 |
| 29. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
72.17 |
1.0799 |
0.0001 |
243 |
1 |
72.17 |
2014-12-09 |
| 30. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
72.05 |
1.0334 |
0.0420 |
131 |
2 |
69.52 |
2014-12-12 |
| 31. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
71.95 |
1.0417 |
0.0362 |
253 |
1 |
71.95 |
2014-12-02 |
| 32. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
70.57 |
0.9965 |
0.0581 |
168 |
1 |
70.57 |
2014-12-02 |
| 33. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
70.45 |
0.9364 |
0.1613 |
351 |
1 |
70.45 |
2014-12-02 |
| 34. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
69.36 |
0.9439 |
0.1051 |
476 |
1 |
69.36 |
2014-12-02 |
| 35. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
69.21 |
1.0177 |
0.0593 |
392 |
2 |
68.51 |
2014-12-02 |
| 36. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
68.84 |
1.0993 |
-0.0683 |
265 |
1 |
68.84 |
2014-12-08 |
| 37. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
68.82 |
1.0150 |
0.0668 |
325 |
1 |
68.82 |
2014-12-09 |
| 38. |
However, let us leave aside the philosophical, social, and e... |
68.75 |
0.9569 |
0.1018 |
410 |
1 |
68.75 |
2014-12-02 |
| 39. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
68.62 |
0.9698 |
0.0929 |
397 |
1 |
68.62 |
2014-12-02 |
| 40. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
67.72 |
0.9709 |
0.0862 |
397 |
1 |
67.72 |
2014-12-02 |
| 41. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
67.32 |
0.9820 |
0.0308 |
267 |
1 |
67.32 |
2014-12-02 |
| 42. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
67.30 |
0.9084 |
0.1054 |
404 |
1 |
67.30 |
2014-12-02 |
| 43. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
66.89 |
1.0621 |
-0.0392 |
263 |
2 |
65.93 |
2014-12-10 |
| 44. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
66.87 |
1.0797 |
-0.0821 |
210 |
1 |
66.87 |
2014-12-09 |
| 45. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
66.75 |
0.9430 |
0.0613 |
297 |
1 |
66.75 |
2014-12-02 |
| 46. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
66.68 |
1.0426 |
-0.0430 |
323 |
1 |
66.68 |
2014-12-09 |
| 47. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
66.60 |
0.9897 |
0.0071 |
274 |
1 |
66.60 |
2014-12-08 |
| 48. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
66.48 |
1.0528 |
-0.0605 |
201 |
2 |
63.57 |
2014-12-10 |
| 49. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
66.15 |
0.9884 |
0.0031 |
233 |
1 |
66.15 |
2014-12-13 |
| 50. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
65.54 |
1.0534 |
-0.0682 |
357 |
1 |
65.54 |
2014-12-08 |
| 51. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
65.06 |
0.9851 |
-0.0072 |
317 |
1 |
65.06 |
2014-12-12 |
| 52. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
64.78 |
1.0403 |
-0.0538 |
193 |
1 |
64.78 |
2014-12-02 |
| 53. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
63.98 |
1.0515 |
-0.0941 |
250 |
1 |
63.98 |
2014-12-12 |
| 54. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
63.76 |
1.1114 |
-0.1581 |
247 |
1 |
63.76 |
2014-12-09 |
| 55. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
63.65 |
0.9161 |
0.0362 |
200 |
1 |
63.65 |
2014-12-02 |
| 56. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
63.37 |
1.0684 |
-0.0886 |
253 |
1 |
63.37 |
2014-12-13 |
| 57. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
63.14 |
0.9583 |
0.0319 |
341 |
1 |
63.14 |
2014-12-02 |
| 58. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
63.04 |
1.0496 |
-0.1053 |
314 |
2 |
62.51 |
2014-12-09 |
| 59. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
62.80 |
0.9997 |
-0.0547 |
382 |
1 |
62.80 |
2014-12-13 |
| 60. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
62.62 |
0.9376 |
0.0364 |
360 |
1 |
62.62 |
2014-12-02 |
| 61. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
62.04 |
1.0368 |
-0.1061 |
276 |
1 |
62.04 |
2014-12-08 |
| 62. |
There are perhaps twenty regular posters on the forum, and s... |
61.91 |
1.0709 |
-0.1051 |
392 |
2 |
59.25 |
2014-12-11 |
| 63. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
61.67 |
0.9202 |
0.0033 |
254 |
1 |
61.67 |
2014-12-02 |
| 64. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
61.66 |
1.0677 |
-0.1133 |
284 |
1 |
61.66 |
2014-12-09 |
| 65. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
61.49 |
1.0719 |
-0.1228 |
360 |
1 |
61.49 |
2014-12-08 |
| 66. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
61.48 |
0.9786 |
-0.0625 |
193 |
1 |
61.48 |
2014-12-08 |
| 67. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
61.11 |
1.0885 |
-0.1695 |
315 |
1 |
61.11 |
2014-12-12 |
| 68. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
60.29 |
1.0379 |
-0.0998 |
245 |
1 |
60.29 |
2014-12-08 |
| 69. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
60.07 |
1.0602 |
-0.1563 |
389 |
1 |
60.07 |
2014-12-12 |
| 70. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
60.03 |
0.9353 |
-0.0401 |
177 |
1 |
60.03 |
2014-12-09 |
| 71. |
I'll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. They ... |
59.51 |
0.9774 |
-0.0869 |
196 |
2 |
57.29 |
2014-12-13 |
| 72. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
58.97 |
0.8996 |
-0.0219 |
192 |
1 |
58.97 |
2014-12-02 |
| 73. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
58.89 |
1.0429 |
-0.1623 |
259 |
2 |
56.78 |
2014-12-13 |
| 74. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
58.64 |
0.8602 |
0.0158 |
206 |
1 |
58.64 |
2014-12-09 |
| 75. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
58.50 |
1.0972 |
-0.1916 |
251 |
1 |
58.50 |
2014-12-12 |
| 76. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
58.44 |
0.8852 |
-0.0080 |
201 |
1 |
58.44 |
2014-12-08 |
| 77. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
58.11 |
0.9286 |
-0.0595 |
194 |
1 |
58.11 |
2014-12-08 |
| 78. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
58.03 |
0.8961 |
-0.0306 |
189 |
2 |
55.17 |
2014-12-09 |
| 79. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
57.81 |
0.9881 |
-0.0821 |
424 |
1 |
57.81 |
2014-12-08 |
| 80. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
57.60 |
1.0124 |
-0.1525 |
204 |
2 |
56.34 |
2014-12-10 |
| 81. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
57.33 |
0.9740 |
-0.1199 |
209 |
2 |
55.84 |
2014-12-08 |
| 82. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
57.26 |
1.0613 |
-0.2032 |
266 |
1 |
57.26 |
2014-12-10 |
| 83. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
57.20 |
0.9758 |
-0.1188 |
314 |
1 |
57.20 |
2014-12-13 |
| 84. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
55.90 |
0.9769 |
-0.1425 |
263 |
1 |
55.90 |
2014-12-09 |
| 85. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
55.57 |
0.8670 |
-0.0301 |
318 |
1 |
55.57 |
2014-12-09 |
| 86. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
55.18 |
1.0547 |
-0.1944 |
257 |
1 |
55.18 |
2014-12-09 |
| 87. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
55.08 |
0.9907 |
-0.1682 |
211 |
1 |
55.08 |
2014-12-08 |
| 88. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
55.02 |
1.0533 |
-0.2036 |
257 |
1 |
55.02 |
2014-12-10 |
| 89. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
54.22 |
1.0125 |
-0.1637 |
413 |
1 |
54.22 |
2014-12-08 |
| 90. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
54.09 |
0.9176 |
-0.0698 |
365 |
1 |
54.09 |
2014-12-11 |
| 91. |
Pulp: 1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. 2. A magaz... |
53.84 |
0.9155 |
-0.0610 |
168 |
1 |
53.84 |
2014-12-12 |
| 92. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
52.15 |
0.9097 |
-0.1299 |
153 |
1 |
52.15 |
2014-12-09 |
| 93. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
51.18 |
1.0763 |
-0.2700 |
367 |
1 |
51.18 |
2014-12-12 |
| 94. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
51.05 |
0.9886 |
-0.2233 |
220 |
1 |
51.05 |
2014-12-10 |
| 95. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
50.51 |
0.9513 |
-0.1929 |
354 |
1 |
50.51 |
2014-12-11 |
| 96. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
50.50 |
0.9529 |
-0.1578 |
269 |
1 |
50.50 |
2014-12-08 |
| 97. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
50.48 |
0.9207 |
-0.1639 |
174 |
1 |
50.48 |
2014-12-11 |
| 98. |
We often believe the more we practice a skill or technique -... |
49.89 |
0.9907 |
-0.2116 |
397 |
1 |
49.89 |
2014-12-08 |
| 99. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
49.47 |
1.0201 |
-0.2881 |
172 |
1 |
49.47 |
2014-12-10 |
| 100. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
48.70 |
0.9120 |
-0.1517 |
436 |
1 |
48.70 |
2014-12-09 |
| 101. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
45.87 |
0.8722 |
-0.1852 |
285 |
1 |
45.87 |
2014-12-14 |
| 102. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
35.72 |
0.9636 |
-0.4338 |
254 |
1 |
35.72 |
2014-12-10 |