| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
149.90 |
1.0486 |
0.1467 |
289 |
1 |
149.90 |
2009-07-18 |
| 2. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
147.74 |
0.9844 |
0.1975 |
293 |
1 |
147.74 |
2008-11-25 |
| 3. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
146.41 |
1.0257 |
0.1471 |
401 |
2 |
145.01 |
2009-04-17 |
| 4. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
146.20 |
1.0528 |
0.1067 |
201 |
1 |
146.20 |
2008-11-30 |
| 5. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
145.97 |
1.0252 |
0.1313 |
176 |
2 |
131.76 |
2011-09-17 |
| 6. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
144.58 |
0.9697 |
0.1820 |
249 |
1 |
144.58 |
2008-12-24 |
| 7. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
143.47 |
1.0053 |
0.1354 |
232 |
1 |
143.47 |
2008-11-28 |
| 8. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
143.36 |
0.9772 |
0.1612 |
217 |
1 |
143.36 |
2008-11-04 |
| 9. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
143.23 |
0.9514 |
0.1895 |
237 |
1 |
143.23 |
2008-12-24 |
| 10. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
142.67 |
1.0829 |
0.0548 |
288 |
1 |
142.67 |
2008-11-27 |
| 11. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
141.11 |
1.0426 |
0.0804 |
323 |
1 |
141.11 |
2008-11-28 |
| 12. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
139.76 |
1.0398 |
0.0623 |
110 |
1 |
139.76 |
2008-10-23 |
| 13. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
138.54 |
0.9681 |
0.1431 |
378 |
2 |
130.83 |
2009-03-23 |
| 14. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
137.18 |
0.8916 |
0.2009 |
216 |
2 |
136.16 |
2008-12-24 |
| 15. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
135.20 |
0.9863 |
0.0941 |
339 |
2 |
128.35 |
2008-12-24 |
| 16. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
134.95 |
0.9763 |
0.0973 |
289 |
1 |
134.95 |
2008-11-27 |
| 17. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
134.34 |
0.9567 |
0.1122 |
273 |
1 |
134.34 |
2008-11-25 |
| 18. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
133.57 |
1.0389 |
0.0265 |
340 |
1 |
133.57 |
2008-11-27 |
| 19. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
133.25 |
0.9846 |
0.0746 |
281 |
1 |
133.25 |
2008-11-25 |
| 20. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
132.88 |
1.0340 |
0.0288 |
406 |
1 |
132.88 |
2009-03-11 |
| 21. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
132.70 |
0.9430 |
0.1056 |
211 |
1 |
132.70 |
2009-03-11 |
| 22. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
132.35 |
0.9964 |
0.0567 |
203 |
1 |
132.35 |
2009-04-17 |
| 23. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
132.18 |
1.0297 |
0.0209 |
249 |
1 |
132.18 |
2009-03-23 |
| 24. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
131.58 |
0.8890 |
0.1542 |
199 |
1 |
131.58 |
2008-12-24 |
| 25. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
131.21 |
0.9636 |
0.0803 |
254 |
1 |
131.21 |
2011-09-17 |
| 26. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
130.62 |
1.0099 |
0.0263 |
207 |
1 |
130.62 |
2009-07-18 |
| 27. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
129.95 |
0.8919 |
0.1401 |
205 |
1 |
129.95 |
2008-11-28 |
| 28. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
129.92 |
0.9168 |
0.1180 |
240 |
1 |
129.92 |
2008-12-24 |
| 29. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
129.65 |
1.0013 |
0.0292 |
273 |
1 |
129.65 |
2008-11-27 |
| 30. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
129.54 |
0.9485 |
0.0836 |
236 |
1 |
129.54 |
2008-11-27 |
| 31. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
128.63 |
0.9768 |
0.0489 |
387 |
1 |
128.63 |
2009-07-18 |
| 32. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
128.24 |
0.9540 |
0.0640 |
285 |
2 |
116.33 |
2008-11-27 |
| 33. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
126.53 |
0.9780 |
0.0293 |
337 |
2 |
124.96 |
2009-03-23 |
| 34. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
126.14 |
0.9740 |
0.0250 |
209 |
1 |
126.14 |
2008-12-24 |
| 35. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
125.49 |
1.0004 |
-0.0087 |
212 |
1 |
125.49 |
2008-11-27 |
| 36. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
124.98 |
0.9893 |
0.0045 |
323 |
2 |
114.27 |
2009-04-17 |
| 37. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
124.98 |
0.8553 |
0.1333 |
174 |
1 |
124.98 |
2009-04-17 |
| 38. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
124.69 |
0.9578 |
0.0332 |
281 |
2 |
122.63 |
2008-11-28 |
| 39. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
124.62 |
1.0498 |
-0.0639 |
180 |
1 |
124.62 |
2008-10-23 |
| 40. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
124.54 |
0.9500 |
0.0422 |
362 |
1 |
124.54 |
2008-11-30 |
| 41. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
123.85 |
1.0352 |
-0.0474 |
341 |
1 |
123.85 |
2008-10-23 |
| 42. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
123.12 |
1.1018 |
-0.1296 |
220 |
1 |
123.12 |
2008-10-23 |
| 43. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
122.60 |
1.0797 |
-0.1109 |
210 |
1 |
122.60 |
2008-10-23 |
| 44. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
122.45 |
1.0095 |
-0.0374 |
316 |
1 |
122.45 |
2008-11-25 |
| 45. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
121.62 |
0.9942 |
-0.0188 |
483 |
1 |
121.62 |
2008-10-23 |
| 46. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
121.40 |
0.9553 |
0.0168 |
430 |
1 |
121.40 |
2009-03-11 |
| 47. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
120.60 |
1.0029 |
-0.0508 |
209 |
1 |
120.60 |
2009-03-23 |
| 48. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
119.15 |
0.8105 |
0.1320 |
204 |
1 |
119.15 |
2008-11-27 |
| 49. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
118.99 |
0.9088 |
0.0418 |
348 |
2 |
118.31 |
2009-03-23 |
| 50. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
118.90 |
0.9330 |
0.0184 |
360 |
1 |
118.90 |
2009-07-18 |
| 51. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
117.45 |
1.0025 |
-0.0697 |
256 |
1 |
117.45 |
2008-11-25 |
| 52. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
117.37 |
0.8826 |
0.0513 |
296 |
1 |
117.37 |
2009-07-18 |
| 53. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
116.38 |
0.9646 |
-0.0411 |
264 |
1 |
116.38 |
2008-11-28 |
| 54. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
115.96 |
1.1081 |
-0.1527 |
206 |
1 |
115.96 |
2011-09-17 |
| 55. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
115.77 |
0.9936 |
-0.0744 |
311 |
1 |
115.77 |
2009-07-18 |
| 56. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
115.69 |
0.9567 |
0.0045 |
184 |
1 |
115.69 |
2011-09-17 |
| 57. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
115.48 |
1.0613 |
-0.1391 |
456 |
1 |
115.48 |
2008-11-27 |
| 58. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
115.40 |
0.9672 |
-0.0441 |
396 |
1 |
115.40 |
2009-04-17 |
| 59. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
115.23 |
0.9879 |
-0.0640 |
450 |
1 |
115.23 |
2008-11-30 |
| 60. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
114.53 |
1.0445 |
-0.1339 |
373 |
1 |
114.53 |
2009-07-18 |
| 61. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
113.45 |
0.9756 |
-0.0760 |
229 |
1 |
113.45 |
2009-03-23 |
| 62. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
112.34 |
0.9064 |
-0.0052 |
399 |
1 |
112.34 |
2009-03-23 |
| 63. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
112.26 |
0.8947 |
0.0016 |
366 |
1 |
112.26 |
2009-04-17 |
| 64. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
112.20 |
0.9372 |
-0.0424 |
320 |
2 |
111.10 |
2011-09-17 |
| 65. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
111.95 |
1.0183 |
-0.1354 |
191 |
1 |
111.95 |
2009-04-17 |
| 66. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
109.90 |
0.9570 |
-0.0831 |
287 |
1 |
109.90 |
2008-11-27 |
| 67. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
106.67 |
0.9509 |
-0.0663 |
225 |
1 |
106.67 |
2011-09-17 |
| 68. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
105.19 |
0.8595 |
-0.0235 |
242 |
1 |
105.19 |
2008-11-27 |
| 69. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
103.97 |
0.9233 |
-0.1070 |
168 |
1 |
103.97 |
2008-10-23 |
| 70. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
103.30 |
0.9234 |
-0.0990 |
346 |
1 |
103.30 |
2008-12-24 |
| 71. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
102.49 |
0.7876 |
0.0276 |
316 |
1 |
102.49 |
2008-12-24 |
| 72. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
94.85 |
0.9049 |
-0.1484 |
351 |
1 |
94.85 |
2008-10-23 |
| 73. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
92.74 |
0.8958 |
-0.1572 |
322 |
1 |
92.74 |
2008-11-27 |
| 74. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
51.02 |
0.9286 |
-0.5316 |
194 |
1 |
51.02 |
2008-10-23 |