| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
93.31 |
1.0034 |
-1.0169 |
302 |
1 |
93.31 |
2012-04-28 |
| 2. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
90.15 |
1.0486 |
-1.0600 |
289 |
3 |
75.55 |
2012-08-06 |
| 3. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
88.25 |
1.0261 |
-1.0397 |
273 |
2 |
71.47 |
2012-08-06 |
| 4. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
87.12 |
1.0375 |
-1.0027 |
200 |
1 |
87.12 |
2012-08-06 |
| 5. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
87.07 |
1.1068 |
-1.0818 |
393 |
1 |
87.07 |
2010-10-21 |
| 6. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
86.59 |
1.0619 |
-1.0724 |
354 |
2 |
83.03 |
2008-09-18 |
| 7. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
86.28 |
1.0218 |
-1.0357 |
268 |
2 |
79.98 |
2010-10-31 |
| 8. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
85.37 |
1.0577 |
-1.0727 |
247 |
1 |
85.37 |
2012-08-06 |
| 9. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
84.87 |
0.9831 |
-0.9898 |
469 |
1 |
84.87 |
2010-08-31 |
| 10. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
84.77 |
1.0483 |
-1.0620 |
227 |
1 |
84.77 |
2010-08-30 |
| 11. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
84.75 |
0.8915 |
-0.9032 |
188 |
1 |
84.75 |
2010-10-22 |
| 12. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
84.58 |
0.9966 |
-1.0092 |
259 |
1 |
84.58 |
2008-09-17 |
| 13. |
Don't practice too much at first, or you're likely to develo... |
84.39 |
1.0141 |
-0.9885 |
381 |
1 |
84.39 |
2012-08-08 |
| 14. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
84.19 |
1.0565 |
-1.0707 |
247 |
1 |
84.19 |
2008-09-17 |
| 15. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
83.87 |
0.9942 |
-1.0011 |
483 |
1 |
83.87 |
2012-08-06 |
| 16. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
83.75 |
1.1323 |
-1.1129 |
341 |
1 |
83.75 |
2010-11-02 |
| 17. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
83.71 |
1.0596 |
-1.0735 |
239 |
1 |
83.71 |
2010-08-31 |
| 18. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
83.46 |
0.9871 |
-0.9758 |
227 |
2 |
82.73 |
2012-04-28 |
| 19. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
83.00 |
0.9649 |
-0.9776 |
193 |
2 |
76.15 |
2008-09-16 |
| 20. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
82.77 |
1.0523 |
-1.0672 |
256 |
1 |
82.77 |
2010-08-31 |
| 21. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
82.44 |
1.0257 |
-1.0337 |
401 |
1 |
82.44 |
2012-04-28 |
| 22. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
82.15 |
1.0454 |
-1.0630 |
255 |
1 |
82.15 |
2012-08-06 |
| 23. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
81.44 |
1.0099 |
-1.0233 |
207 |
2 |
74.73 |
2012-08-06 |
| 24. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
81.11 |
1.0621 |
-1.0526 |
263 |
1 |
81.11 |
2012-08-08 |
| 25. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
80.97 |
0.9439 |
-0.9527 |
476 |
2 |
76.31 |
2012-04-28 |
| 26. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
80.04 |
1.0534 |
-1.0644 |
357 |
1 |
80.04 |
2008-09-15 |
| 27. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
79.82 |
1.0203 |
-1.0293 |
261 |
1 |
79.82 |
2010-10-22 |
| 28. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
79.71 |
1.0352 |
-1.0458 |
341 |
2 |
79.25 |
2008-09-17 |
| 29. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
79.41 |
0.9429 |
-0.9543 |
287 |
1 |
79.41 |
2011-06-29 |
| 30. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
79.02 |
0.9907 |
-1.0041 |
211 |
3 |
72.33 |
2010-11-02 |
| 31. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
78.58 |
0.9350 |
-0.9489 |
195 |
1 |
78.58 |
2012-04-27 |
| 32. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
78.54 |
0.8898 |
-0.9070 |
158 |
1 |
78.54 |
2012-04-27 |
| 33. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
78.34 |
1.0083 |
-0.9762 |
273 |
2 |
77.29 |
2012-08-08 |
| 34. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
78.21 |
0.9769 |
-0.9906 |
263 |
2 |
73.73 |
2008-09-16 |
| 35. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
77.56 |
0.9886 |
-0.9997 |
220 |
1 |
77.56 |
2012-04-28 |
| 36. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
77.56 |
0.9675 |
-0.9734 |
383 |
1 |
77.56 |
2012-04-28 |
| 37. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
77.49 |
0.9351 |
-0.9510 |
190 |
1 |
77.49 |
2012-04-27 |
| 38. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
77.45 |
1.0154 |
-0.9800 |
351 |
1 |
77.45 |
2012-04-28 |
| 39. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
77.07 |
0.9353 |
-0.9519 |
177 |
1 |
77.07 |
2010-10-22 |
| 40. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
76.91 |
1.0264 |
-1.0017 |
422 |
1 |
76.91 |
2010-10-21 |
| 41. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
76.76 |
0.9513 |
-0.9608 |
354 |
1 |
76.76 |
2012-08-08 |
| 42. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
76.30 |
1.0445 |
-1.0552 |
373 |
1 |
76.30 |
2008-09-16 |
| 43. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
76.25 |
1.0613 |
-1.0705 |
456 |
1 |
76.25 |
2008-09-18 |
| 44. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
76.19 |
0.9936 |
-1.0063 |
311 |
1 |
76.19 |
2008-09-17 |
| 45. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
75.76 |
0.9772 |
-0.9911 |
217 |
1 |
75.76 |
2008-09-17 |
| 46. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
75.57 |
1.0944 |
-1.0625 |
308 |
1 |
75.57 |
2012-08-06 |
| 47. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
75.55 |
0.9833 |
-0.9946 |
355 |
1 |
75.55 |
2010-09-01 |
| 48. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
75.43 |
0.9266 |
-0.9392 |
267 |
3 |
72.75 |
2010-11-02 |
| 49. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
75.33 |
0.9798 |
-0.9964 |
199 |
2 |
73.25 |
2012-08-08 |
| 50. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
75.31 |
1.0124 |
-1.0260 |
204 |
1 |
75.31 |
2008-09-16 |
| 51. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
75.20 |
0.9965 |
-1.0083 |
277 |
1 |
75.20 |
2010-10-21 |
| 52. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
75.03 |
1.0261 |
-1.0013 |
410 |
2 |
73.86 |
2012-08-06 |
| 53. |
The label doesn't mention that that rib-eye steak came from ... |
75.03 |
0.7731 |
-0.7844 |
145 |
1 |
75.03 |
2010-10-22 |
| 54. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
74.99 |
0.8996 |
-0.9157 |
192 |
1 |
74.99 |
2008-09-17 |
| 55. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
74.90 |
1.0696 |
-1.0841 |
226 |
1 |
74.90 |
2010-10-21 |
| 56. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
74.85 |
0.9879 |
-0.9945 |
450 |
1 |
74.85 |
2012-08-06 |
| 57. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
74.37 |
0.9485 |
-0.9587 |
291 |
1 |
74.37 |
2012-08-08 |
| 58. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
74.05 |
1.0334 |
-1.0496 |
131 |
1 |
74.05 |
2010-10-22 |
| 59. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
73.59 |
0.9213 |
-0.9325 |
295 |
1 |
73.59 |
2008-09-16 |
| 60. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
73.39 |
1.0515 |
-1.0650 |
250 |
1 |
73.39 |
2008-09-15 |
| 61. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
73.22 |
0.9045 |
-0.9165 |
235 |
1 |
73.22 |
2008-09-16 |
| 62. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
73.08 |
1.0042 |
-0.9772 |
352 |
1 |
73.08 |
2012-08-08 |
| 63. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
72.72 |
1.0506 |
-1.0332 |
277 |
1 |
72.72 |
2010-10-22 |
| 64. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
72.55 |
1.0528 |
-1.0685 |
201 |
1 |
72.55 |
2008-09-16 |
| 65. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
72.29 |
1.0296 |
-1.0378 |
437 |
1 |
72.29 |
2010-08-31 |
| 66. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
71.88 |
1.0885 |
-1.0669 |
341 |
1 |
71.88 |
2012-04-28 |
| 67. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
71.36 |
1.0385 |
-1.0513 |
230 |
1 |
71.36 |
2010-08-30 |
| 68. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
71.05 |
0.9758 |
-0.9880 |
314 |
1 |
71.05 |
2010-11-02 |
| 69. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
70.98 |
0.9734 |
-0.9859 |
289 |
1 |
70.98 |
2008-09-15 |
| 70. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
70.95 |
0.9665 |
-0.9304 |
326 |
1 |
70.95 |
2012-08-08 |
| 71. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
70.93 |
1.0391 |
-1.0463 |
358 |
1 |
70.93 |
2008-09-15 |
| 72. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
70.57 |
0.9768 |
-0.9874 |
387 |
1 |
70.57 |
2008-09-18 |
| 73. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
69.52 |
1.0232 |
-0.9899 |
350 |
1 |
69.52 |
2010-11-02 |
| 74. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
69.45 |
1.0120 |
-1.0239 |
290 |
1 |
69.45 |
2008-09-18 |
| 75. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
69.12 |
0.9216 |
-0.8965 |
255 |
1 |
69.12 |
2010-08-30 |
| 76. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
69.00 |
0.9202 |
-0.9325 |
254 |
2 |
66.37 |
2008-09-17 |
| 77. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
68.79 |
0.9786 |
-0.9913 |
235 |
2 |
62.76 |
2012-04-28 |
| 78. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
68.18 |
1.0177 |
-0.9947 |
392 |
1 |
68.18 |
2010-08-31 |
| 79. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
68.11 |
0.9619 |
-0.9711 |
393 |
1 |
68.11 |
2008-09-17 |
| 80. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
67.90 |
0.9994 |
-0.9809 |
269 |
1 |
67.90 |
2012-08-08 |
| 81. |
Many wines have more than 14 percent alcohol because the win... |
67.86 |
0.9739 |
-0.9527 |
412 |
1 |
67.86 |
2010-08-31 |
| 82. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
66.68 |
1.0016 |
-1.0164 |
218 |
1 |
66.68 |
2010-10-22 |
| 83. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
66.54 |
0.8770 |
-0.8873 |
300 |
1 |
66.54 |
2012-08-08 |
| 84. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
65.97 |
1.0487 |
-1.0639 |
231 |
1 |
65.97 |
2008-09-16 |
| 85. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
65.88 |
0.9164 |
-0.9254 |
305 |
1 |
65.88 |
2008-09-16 |
| 86. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
65.63 |
0.9843 |
-0.9995 |
234 |
1 |
65.63 |
2008-09-15 |
| 87. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
65.34 |
0.9500 |
-0.9603 |
362 |
1 |
65.34 |
2008-09-17 |
| 88. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
65.04 |
0.9754 |
-0.9834 |
362 |
1 |
65.04 |
2010-12-02 |
| 89. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
65.00 |
0.9097 |
-0.8827 |
464 |
1 |
65.00 |
2010-10-21 |
| 90. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
64.34 |
0.9820 |
-0.9926 |
267 |
2 |
63.57 |
2008-09-16 |
| 91. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
64.24 |
0.9212 |
-0.9317 |
323 |
1 |
64.24 |
2008-09-15 |
| 92. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
64.24 |
0.8775 |
-0.8846 |
443 |
1 |
64.24 |
2011-06-29 |
| 93. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
64.21 |
1.0167 |
-1.0254 |
378 |
1 |
64.21 |
2008-09-16 |
| 94. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
62.68 |
0.9614 |
-0.9716 |
292 |
1 |
62.68 |
2008-09-16 |
| 95. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
62.62 |
0.9084 |
-0.9193 |
300 |
1 |
62.62 |
2008-09-16 |
| 96. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
62.35 |
0.9991 |
-1.0117 |
225 |
1 |
62.35 |
2008-09-16 |
| 97. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
61.85 |
0.9376 |
-0.9462 |
367 |
1 |
61.85 |
2008-09-17 |
| 98. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
61.30 |
0.9653 |
-0.9723 |
394 |
1 |
61.30 |
2008-09-16 |
| 99. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
60.92 |
0.9125 |
-0.9238 |
308 |
1 |
60.92 |
2012-08-08 |
| 100. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
60.66 |
0.9087 |
-0.9136 |
393 |
1 |
60.66 |
2008-09-16 |
| 101. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
60.30 |
1.0214 |
-0.9921 |
281 |
1 |
60.30 |
2012-08-06 |
| 102. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
59.96 |
0.9672 |
-0.9754 |
396 |
1 |
59.96 |
2010-12-03 |
| 103. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
59.76 |
0.8958 |
-0.9047 |
322 |
1 |
59.76 |
2008-09-16 |
| 104. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
58.87 |
0.9148 |
-0.9255 |
317 |
1 |
58.87 |
2008-09-16 |
| 105. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
56.59 |
0.8753 |
-0.8807 |
427 |
1 |
56.59 |
2010-08-30 |
| 106. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
54.11 |
0.9691 |
-0.9813 |
223 |
1 |
54.11 |
2008-09-15 |
| 107. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
52.80 |
1.0343 |
-1.0077 |
242 |
1 |
52.80 |
2012-04-27 |
| 108. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
49.36 |
0.8670 |
-0.8773 |
318 |
1 |
49.36 |
2010-08-30 |
| 109. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
48.00 |
1.0063 |
-1.0180 |
371 |
1 |
48.00 |
2008-09-16 |
| 110. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
47.21 |
0.8105 |
-0.8253 |
204 |
1 |
47.21 |
2008-09-16 |
| 111. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
42.94 |
0.9234 |
-0.9323 |
346 |
1 |
42.94 |
2010-11-02 |