| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
114.25 |
1.1114 |
0.2319 |
247 |
2 |
110.67 |
2009-11-10 |
| 2. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
109.63 |
1.0463 |
0.2401 |
182 |
1 |
109.63 |
2009-11-06 |
| 3. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
108.50 |
1.0316 |
0.2498 |
333 |
3 |
89.83 |
2009-11-10 |
| 4. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
106.22 |
1.0368 |
0.2146 |
276 |
2 |
93.94 |
2009-11-06 |
| 5. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
104.21 |
1.0907 |
0.1386 |
303 |
1 |
104.21 |
2009-11-09 |
| 6. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
103.75 |
1.0412 |
0.1793 |
225 |
1 |
103.75 |
2009-11-06 |
| 7. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
103.59 |
1.0337 |
0.1849 |
214 |
1 |
103.59 |
2009-11-06 |
| 8. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
103.42 |
1.0993 |
0.1158 |
265 |
1 |
103.42 |
2009-11-06 |
| 9. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
100.71 |
1.0796 |
0.1005 |
129 |
3 |
89.60 |
2009-11-10 |
| 10. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
100.15 |
1.0485 |
0.1645 |
153 |
1 |
100.15 |
2009-12-04 |
| 11. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
99.93 |
1.0797 |
0.0904 |
210 |
1 |
99.93 |
2009-11-06 |
| 12. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
99.44 |
0.9649 |
0.2038 |
193 |
2 |
93.10 |
2010-01-12 |
| 13. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
99.07 |
0.9922 |
0.2143 |
341 |
3 |
89.40 |
2010-01-12 |
| 14. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
98.98 |
1.0477 |
0.1191 |
360 |
2 |
89.71 |
2009-11-10 |
| 15. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
98.70 |
1.0788 |
0.0766 |
171 |
2 |
97.70 |
2009-11-10 |
| 16. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
98.27 |
1.0767 |
0.0770 |
212 |
1 |
98.27 |
2009-11-05 |
| 17. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
97.27 |
1.0768 |
0.1073 |
295 |
1 |
97.27 |
2009-11-06 |
| 18. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
97.07 |
0.9863 |
0.1597 |
339 |
2 |
75.48 |
2010-01-12 |
| 19. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
95.85 |
1.0125 |
0.1123 |
224 |
1 |
95.85 |
2009-11-16 |
| 20. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
95.58 |
1.0523 |
0.0673 |
256 |
1 |
95.58 |
2009-11-17 |
| 21. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
95.51 |
1.0257 |
0.1038 |
401 |
1 |
95.51 |
2009-11-06 |
| 22. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
94.76 |
0.9675 |
0.1562 |
383 |
1 |
94.76 |
2009-11-10 |
| 23. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
92.57 |
1.0399 |
0.0534 |
294 |
1 |
92.57 |
2009-11-06 |
| 24. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
91.47 |
1.0138 |
0.0608 |
231 |
1 |
91.47 |
2009-11-05 |
| 25. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
91.37 |
1.0201 |
0.0541 |
303 |
2 |
83.49 |
2010-01-12 |
| 26. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
91.09 |
0.9964 |
0.0742 |
203 |
1 |
91.09 |
2010-01-12 |
| 27. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
89.68 |
1.0201 |
0.0268 |
172 |
1 |
89.68 |
2009-11-06 |
| 28. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
89.67 |
1.0254 |
0.0690 |
217 |
1 |
89.67 |
2009-11-17 |
| 29. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
89.24 |
1.0120 |
0.0357 |
290 |
1 |
89.24 |
2009-12-07 |
| 30. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
89.21 |
0.9936 |
0.0543 |
311 |
1 |
89.21 |
2009-11-06 |
| 31. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
89.10 |
0.9865 |
0.0614 |
276 |
1 |
89.10 |
2010-01-12 |
| 32. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
88.73 |
0.9844 |
0.0628 |
293 |
1 |
88.73 |
2009-11-06 |
| 33. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
88.67 |
1.0545 |
0.0279 |
416 |
1 |
88.67 |
2009-11-06 |
| 34. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
88.23 |
0.9570 |
0.0812 |
287 |
1 |
88.23 |
2009-11-06 |
| 35. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
88.21 |
0.9852 |
0.0514 |
264 |
1 |
88.21 |
2009-11-06 |
| 36. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
88.01 |
0.9763 |
0.0571 |
289 |
1 |
88.01 |
2009-11-06 |
| 37. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
87.87 |
0.9672 |
0.0715 |
396 |
1 |
87.87 |
2009-11-06 |
| 38. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
87.56 |
0.9567 |
0.0716 |
273 |
1 |
87.56 |
2009-12-07 |
| 39. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
87.27 |
1.0496 |
-0.0252 |
314 |
1 |
87.27 |
2009-11-05 |
| 40. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
86.95 |
1.0398 |
-0.0290 |
110 |
1 |
86.95 |
2009-11-05 |
| 41. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
86.89 |
1.0483 |
-0.0307 |
227 |
1 |
86.89 |
2009-11-05 |
| 42. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
86.67 |
0.9583 |
0.1033 |
341 |
2 |
79.50 |
2010-01-12 |
| 43. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
86.63 |
1.0289 |
-0.0070 |
276 |
1 |
86.63 |
2009-11-05 |
| 44. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
86.56 |
1.0203 |
-0.0003 |
261 |
1 |
86.56 |
2009-11-05 |
| 45. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
86.40 |
0.9740 |
0.0366 |
209 |
2 |
81.63 |
2009-11-05 |
| 46. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
86.29 |
0.9910 |
0.0243 |
295 |
1 |
86.29 |
2009-11-06 |
| 47. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
86.16 |
1.0165 |
-0.0007 |
392 |
1 |
86.16 |
2009-11-06 |
| 48. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
85.94 |
0.9597 |
0.0537 |
347 |
1 |
85.94 |
2009-11-05 |
| 49. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
85.67 |
1.0389 |
-0.0311 |
318 |
1 |
85.67 |
2009-11-06 |
| 50. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
85.56 |
1.0379 |
0.0017 |
245 |
1 |
85.56 |
2009-11-06 |
| 51. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
85.35 |
0.9871 |
0.0513 |
209 |
1 |
85.35 |
2009-11-06 |
| 52. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
84.98 |
0.9894 |
0.0128 |
323 |
1 |
84.98 |
2009-11-06 |
| 53. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
84.71 |
1.0515 |
-0.0588 |
250 |
1 |
84.71 |
2009-11-17 |
| 54. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
84.71 |
1.0013 |
-0.0076 |
273 |
1 |
84.71 |
2009-11-06 |
| 55. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
84.57 |
1.0211 |
0.0026 |
213 |
1 |
84.57 |
2009-11-06 |
| 56. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
84.56 |
0.9795 |
0.0134 |
308 |
1 |
84.56 |
2009-11-06 |
| 57. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
84.35 |
1.0396 |
-0.0564 |
149 |
1 |
84.35 |
2009-11-05 |
| 58. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
83.92 |
0.9866 |
-0.0051 |
218 |
1 |
83.92 |
2009-11-06 |
| 59. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
83.60 |
1.0314 |
-0.0108 |
452 |
1 |
83.60 |
2009-11-05 |
| 60. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
83.26 |
0.9786 |
-0.0064 |
193 |
1 |
83.26 |
2010-01-12 |
| 61. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
82.44 |
1.0829 |
-0.1138 |
288 |
1 |
82.44 |
2009-11-05 |
| 62. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
82.14 |
0.9710 |
-0.0134 |
173 |
1 |
82.14 |
2009-11-06 |
| 63. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
81.81 |
0.9780 |
-0.0169 |
337 |
1 |
81.81 |
2009-11-06 |
| 64. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
80.56 |
0.9593 |
-0.0093 |
398 |
1 |
80.56 |
2009-11-06 |
| 65. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
80.55 |
1.0426 |
-0.0981 |
323 |
2 |
79.08 |
2009-11-05 |
| 66. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
80.37 |
0.9884 |
-0.0462 |
233 |
1 |
80.37 |
2009-11-06 |
| 67. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
80.16 |
0.8878 |
0.0525 |
346 |
1 |
80.16 |
2010-01-12 |
| 68. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
79.93 |
1.0099 |
-0.0750 |
207 |
1 |
79.93 |
2009-11-05 |
| 69. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
79.29 |
0.9776 |
-0.0472 |
308 |
1 |
79.29 |
2009-11-05 |
| 70. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
79.27 |
1.0060 |
-0.0808 |
171 |
1 |
79.27 |
2009-11-05 |
| 71. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
79.10 |
0.9687 |
-0.0361 |
371 |
1 |
79.10 |
2009-11-05 |
| 72. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
78.76 |
1.0613 |
-0.1365 |
266 |
1 |
78.76 |
2009-11-05 |
| 73. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
78.25 |
1.0429 |
-0.1265 |
259 |
1 |
78.25 |
2009-11-05 |
| 74. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
78.16 |
0.9734 |
-0.0570 |
289 |
1 |
78.16 |
2009-11-05 |
| 75. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
77.15 |
1.0053 |
-0.1026 |
232 |
1 |
77.15 |
2009-11-05 |
| 76. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
75.65 |
0.9601 |
-0.0685 |
308 |
1 |
75.65 |
2009-11-05 |
| 77. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
75.51 |
1.0025 |
-0.1174 |
256 |
1 |
75.51 |
2009-11-05 |
| 78. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
74.75 |
1.0714 |
-0.2041 |
129 |
1 |
74.75 |
2009-11-05 |
| 79. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
74.42 |
0.9635 |
-0.0859 |
389 |
1 |
74.42 |
2009-11-05 |
| 80. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
73.77 |
1.0183 |
-0.1594 |
191 |
1 |
73.77 |
2009-11-05 |
| 81. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
73.49 |
0.9805 |
-0.1147 |
292 |
1 |
73.49 |
2009-11-05 |
| 82. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
73.22 |
0.9768 |
-0.1162 |
387 |
1 |
73.22 |
2009-11-05 |
| 83. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
73.14 |
1.0189 |
-0.1586 |
337 |
1 |
73.14 |
2009-11-05 |
| 84. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
72.27 |
1.0346 |
-0.1459 |
244 |
1 |
72.27 |
2009-11-05 |
| 85. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
72.24 |
1.0445 |
-0.1973 |
373 |
1 |
72.24 |
2009-11-05 |
| 86. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
72.24 |
0.9485 |
-0.0998 |
291 |
1 |
72.24 |
2009-11-06 |
| 87. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
71.43 |
0.9619 |
-0.1200 |
393 |
1 |
71.43 |
2009-11-05 |
| 88. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
71.08 |
0.9676 |
-0.1268 |
442 |
1 |
71.08 |
2009-11-05 |
| 89. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
70.82 |
0.9899 |
-0.1652 |
163 |
1 |
70.82 |
2009-11-05 |
| 90. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
69.90 |
1.0109 |
-0.1595 |
400 |
1 |
69.90 |
2009-11-05 |
| 91. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
69.37 |
0.8670 |
-0.0494 |
318 |
2 |
64.55 |
2009-11-05 |
| 92. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
68.62 |
0.9612 |
-0.1579 |
256 |
2 |
64.89 |
2010-01-12 |
| 93. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
68.60 |
1.0528 |
-0.2548 |
201 |
1 |
68.60 |
2009-11-05 |
| 94. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
67.69 |
0.9398 |
-0.1383 |
419 |
1 |
67.69 |
2009-11-05 |
| 95. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
67.55 |
0.8981 |
-0.1030 |
393 |
1 |
67.55 |
2009-11-05 |
| 96. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
66.91 |
0.8753 |
-0.0832 |
427 |
1 |
66.91 |
2009-11-05 |
| 97. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
66.78 |
1.0320 |
-0.2133 |
293 |
1 |
66.78 |
2009-11-05 |
| 98. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
66.19 |
0.9532 |
-0.1801 |
258 |
1 |
66.19 |
2009-11-05 |
| 99. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
64.83 |
0.9074 |
-0.1427 |
396 |
1 |
64.83 |
2009-11-05 |
| 100. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
64.63 |
0.8975 |
-0.1412 |
268 |
1 |
64.63 |
2009-11-05 |
| 101. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
63.24 |
0.9226 |
-0.1770 |
348 |
1 |
63.24 |
2009-11-05 |
| 102. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
61.89 |
0.9168 |
-0.1923 |
240 |
1 |
61.89 |
2009-11-05 |
| 103. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
61.42 |
0.8382 |
-0.1201 |
268 |
1 |
61.42 |
2009-11-05 |
| 104. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
57.83 |
0.8826 |
-0.2063 |
296 |
1 |
57.83 |
2009-11-05 |