| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
168.11 |
1.0787 |
0.0984 |
237 |
6 |
156.32 |
2008-09-26 |
| 2. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
166.74 |
1.0567 |
0.1126 |
303 |
3 |
151.19 |
2008-09-18 |
| 3. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
161.96 |
1.0529 |
0.0818 |
351 |
2 |
153.01 |
2008-09-19 |
| 4. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
161.76 |
1.0389 |
0.0969 |
340 |
4 |
137.45 |
2008-09-17 |
| 5. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
160.70 |
0.9844 |
0.1463 |
293 |
1 |
160.70 |
2008-09-14 |
| 6. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
159.41 |
1.1018 |
0.0085 |
220 |
4 |
151.64 |
2008-09-24 |
| 7. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
159.36 |
1.0445 |
0.0728 |
373 |
2 |
154.74 |
2008-09-17 |
| 8. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
159.01 |
1.0203 |
0.0970 |
261 |
2 |
152.72 |
2008-09-13 |
| 9. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
156.88 |
0.8770 |
0.2250 |
300 |
1 |
156.88 |
2008-09-26 |
| 10. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
156.39 |
1.0391 |
0.0623 |
358 |
1 |
156.39 |
2008-09-11 |
| 11. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
156.00 |
0.9430 |
0.1423 |
211 |
2 |
148.90 |
2008-09-17 |
| 12. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
154.97 |
1.0993 |
-0.0161 |
265 |
2 |
144.03 |
2008-09-13 |
| 13. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
154.68 |
0.9965 |
0.0870 |
310 |
2 |
152.19 |
2008-09-13 |
| 14. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
154.40 |
1.0487 |
0.0275 |
231 |
2 |
148.90 |
2008-09-14 |
| 15. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
153.96 |
0.9986 |
0.0801 |
283 |
5 |
136.76 |
2008-09-23 |
| 16. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
153.34 |
1.0613 |
0.0174 |
456 |
2 |
148.63 |
2008-09-19 |
| 17. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
151.12 |
1.0797 |
-0.0273 |
210 |
1 |
151.12 |
2008-09-11 |
| 18. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
150.64 |
0.9049 |
0.1551 |
351 |
1 |
150.64 |
2008-09-13 |
| 19. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
149.45 |
0.9045 |
0.1419 |
235 |
3 |
135.26 |
2008-09-20 |
| 20. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
149.44 |
0.9754 |
0.0768 |
362 |
2 |
142.32 |
2008-09-19 |
| 21. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
149.03 |
0.9851 |
0.0603 |
317 |
2 |
138.59 |
2008-09-23 |
| 22. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
149.00 |
1.0165 |
0.0304 |
392 |
1 |
149.00 |
2008-09-14 |
| 23. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
148.55 |
1.0534 |
-0.0114 |
357 |
1 |
148.55 |
2008-09-18 |
| 24. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
148.18 |
0.9936 |
0.0432 |
311 |
2 |
144.82 |
2008-09-13 |
| 25. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
147.67 |
1.0368 |
-0.0024 |
276 |
2 |
146.19 |
2008-09-10 |
| 26. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
147.54 |
1.0696 |
-0.0405 |
226 |
1 |
147.54 |
2008-09-14 |
| 27. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
147.26 |
0.9846 |
0.0449 |
281 |
1 |
147.26 |
2008-09-17 |
| 28. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
146.76 |
0.8919 |
0.1335 |
205 |
1 |
146.76 |
2008-09-10 |
| 29. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
146.41 |
1.0124 |
0.0098 |
204 |
2 |
126.54 |
2008-09-11 |
| 30. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
146.33 |
0.9614 |
0.0656 |
292 |
2 |
142.97 |
2008-09-17 |
| 31. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
146.29 |
0.9723 |
0.0552 |
364 |
1 |
146.29 |
2008-09-10 |
| 32. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
146.20 |
1.0168 |
0.0077 |
271 |
3 |
144.92 |
2008-09-23 |
| 33. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
146.12 |
0.9653 |
0.0655 |
394 |
2 |
142.24 |
2008-09-13 |
| 34. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
146.10 |
0.9398 |
0.0919 |
419 |
3 |
138.57 |
2008-09-11 |
| 35. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
145.99 |
0.9734 |
0.0479 |
289 |
1 |
145.99 |
2008-09-17 |
| 36. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
145.69 |
0.8996 |
0.1144 |
192 |
2 |
139.91 |
2008-09-13 |
| 37. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
145.55 |
0.9342 |
0.0878 |
434 |
1 |
145.55 |
2008-09-13 |
| 38. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
145.26 |
0.9612 |
0.0553 |
256 |
3 |
137.56 |
2008-09-17 |
| 39. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
145.21 |
0.9756 |
0.0392 |
229 |
2 |
140.05 |
2008-09-13 |
| 40. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
144.87 |
0.9866 |
0.0234 |
218 |
1 |
144.87 |
2008-09-10 |
| 41. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
144.67 |
1.0109 |
0.0022 |
276 |
3 |
137.36 |
2008-09-17 |
| 42. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
144.64 |
0.9213 |
0.0913 |
295 |
1 |
144.64 |
2008-09-13 |
| 43. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
144.21 |
1.0595 |
-0.0480 |
379 |
1 |
144.21 |
2008-09-13 |
| 44. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
144.17 |
0.8826 |
0.1275 |
296 |
4 |
141.75 |
2008-09-24 |
| 45. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
143.77 |
1.0197 |
-0.0167 |
226 |
1 |
143.77 |
2008-09-13 |
| 46. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
143.58 |
0.9843 |
0.0153 |
234 |
3 |
138.74 |
2008-09-14 |
| 47. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
143.42 |
0.9578 |
0.0451 |
281 |
1 |
143.42 |
2008-09-10 |
| 48. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
142.77 |
1.0120 |
-0.0140 |
290 |
2 |
137.24 |
2008-09-11 |
| 49. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
142.55 |
0.9622 |
0.0415 |
392 |
1 |
142.55 |
2008-09-11 |
| 50. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
142.41 |
0.9768 |
0.0221 |
387 |
3 |
138.41 |
2008-09-19 |
| 51. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
142.38 |
0.9687 |
0.0320 |
371 |
3 |
141.91 |
2008-09-17 |
| 52. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
142.37 |
0.9619 |
0.0393 |
393 |
1 |
142.37 |
2008-09-11 |
| 53. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
142.37 |
0.9339 |
0.0606 |
310 |
1 |
142.37 |
2008-09-17 |
| 54. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
141.73 |
0.9776 |
0.0140 |
308 |
1 |
141.73 |
2008-09-13 |
| 55. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
141.57 |
0.9893 |
0.0011 |
323 |
1 |
141.57 |
2008-09-17 |
| 56. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
141.50 |
0.9691 |
0.0202 |
223 |
1 |
141.50 |
2008-09-26 |
| 57. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
141.25 |
0.9164 |
0.0764 |
305 |
1 |
141.25 |
2008-09-10 |
| 58. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
141.15 |
0.9411 |
0.0470 |
318 |
1 |
141.15 |
2008-09-10 |
| 59. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
141.09 |
1.0668 |
-0.0774 |
350 |
2 |
130.16 |
2008-09-17 |
| 60. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
140.45 |
0.9710 |
0.0049 |
173 |
1 |
140.45 |
2008-09-13 |
| 61. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
140.35 |
1.0201 |
-0.0380 |
303 |
1 |
140.35 |
2008-09-10 |
| 62. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
139.31 |
1.0251 |
-0.0530 |
261 |
1 |
139.31 |
2008-09-26 |
| 63. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
139.18 |
0.9109 |
0.0651 |
401 |
1 |
139.18 |
2008-09-17 |
| 64. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
139.15 |
0.9769 |
-0.0058 |
263 |
1 |
139.15 |
2008-09-14 |
| 65. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
139.07 |
0.9632 |
0.0158 |
392 |
1 |
139.07 |
2008-09-24 |
| 66. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
139.00 |
0.9910 |
-0.0170 |
295 |
2 |
124.65 |
2008-09-23 |
| 67. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
138.58 |
0.9567 |
0.0122 |
273 |
1 |
138.58 |
2008-09-10 |
| 68. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
138.40 |
0.9212 |
0.0499 |
323 |
3 |
134.30 |
2008-09-13 |
| 69. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
138.15 |
0.9857 |
-0.0206 |
293 |
2 |
137.32 |
2008-09-23 |
| 70. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
137.74 |
0.9997 |
-0.0329 |
382 |
1 |
137.74 |
2008-09-10 |
| 71. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
137.37 |
1.0167 |
-0.0494 |
378 |
1 |
137.37 |
2008-09-26 |
| 72. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
136.53 |
0.9593 |
0.0000 |
398 |
1 |
136.53 |
2008-09-13 |
| 73. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
136.48 |
0.9942 |
-0.0312 |
483 |
2 |
136.47 |
2008-09-11 |
| 74. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
135.31 |
0.9500 |
-0.0019 |
362 |
2 |
132.35 |
2008-09-14 |
| 75. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
135.21 |
0.9966 |
-0.0520 |
259 |
1 |
135.21 |
2008-09-10 |
| 76. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
135.17 |
0.8878 |
0.0570 |
346 |
2 |
130.59 |
2008-09-13 |
| 77. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
135.10 |
1.0261 |
-0.0835 |
273 |
1 |
135.10 |
2008-09-13 |
| 78. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
134.48 |
0.9772 |
-0.0406 |
217 |
1 |
134.48 |
2008-09-10 |
| 79. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
134.04 |
1.0034 |
-0.0680 |
302 |
1 |
134.04 |
2008-09-10 |
| 80. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
133.76 |
0.9464 |
-0.0063 |
323 |
1 |
133.76 |
2008-09-13 |
| 81. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
133.56 |
0.9907 |
-0.0588 |
211 |
1 |
133.56 |
2008-09-18 |
| 82. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
133.33 |
0.9372 |
-0.0013 |
320 |
1 |
133.33 |
2008-09-13 |
| 83. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
133.00 |
1.0523 |
-0.1270 |
256 |
1 |
133.00 |
2008-09-09 |
| 84. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
132.97 |
1.0528 |
-0.1284 |
201 |
2 |
126.68 |
2008-09-17 |
| 85. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
132.84 |
0.9084 |
0.0218 |
300 |
1 |
132.84 |
2008-09-17 |
| 86. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
131.53 |
0.8595 |
0.0615 |
242 |
2 |
127.60 |
2008-09-10 |
| 87. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
131.24 |
0.9330 |
-0.0093 |
360 |
2 |
126.30 |
2008-09-13 |
| 88. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
130.09 |
0.9532 |
-0.0455 |
258 |
2 |
129.99 |
2008-09-23 |
| 89. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
129.15 |
0.9785 |
-0.0730 |
335 |
1 |
129.15 |
2008-09-09 |
| 90. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
128.92 |
0.9941 |
-0.0958 |
217 |
1 |
128.92 |
2008-09-13 |
| 91. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
128.73 |
0.9672 |
-0.0614 |
396 |
1 |
128.73 |
2008-09-13 |
| 92. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
128.63 |
0.9084 |
-0.0057 |
404 |
2 |
124.96 |
2008-09-13 |
| 93. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
128.37 |
0.9087 |
-0.0012 |
393 |
1 |
128.37 |
2008-09-10 |
| 94. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
127.82 |
0.9865 |
-0.0925 |
276 |
2 |
121.74 |
2008-09-13 |
| 95. |
Do you know why they call him Franky "Four Fingers" Doug? Be... |
127.50 |
0.8786 |
0.0291 |
214 |
1 |
127.50 |
2008-09-10 |
| 96. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
126.24 |
0.8105 |
0.0669 |
204 |
1 |
126.24 |
2008-09-10 |
| 97. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
125.32 |
1.0013 |
-0.1270 |
273 |
1 |
125.32 |
2008-09-10 |
| 98. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
125.04 |
0.9125 |
-0.0375 |
308 |
1 |
125.04 |
2008-09-17 |
| 99. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
124.58 |
0.9833 |
-0.1118 |
355 |
1 |
124.58 |
2008-09-09 |
| 100. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
124.21 |
0.8890 |
-0.0253 |
199 |
2 |
113.36 |
2008-09-11 |
| 101. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
123.66 |
0.9279 |
-0.0580 |
317 |
1 |
123.66 |
2008-09-13 |
| 102. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
122.56 |
0.9649 |
-0.1104 |
193 |
1 |
122.56 |
2008-09-13 |
| 103. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
120.81 |
1.0063 |
-0.1627 |
371 |
1 |
120.81 |
2008-09-13 |
| 104. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
116.59 |
0.9148 |
-0.1001 |
317 |
1 |
116.59 |
2008-09-13 |
| 105. |
I don't want to go in there. He's a dangerous bastard. Taken... |
113.09 |
0.9368 |
-0.1331 |
174 |
1 |
113.09 |
2008-09-17 |
| 106. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
111.91 |
0.9309 |
-0.1527 |
284 |
1 |
111.91 |
2008-09-09 |