| 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... |
139.15 |
1.0398 |
0.2869 |
110 |
1 |
139.15 |
2010-04-29 |
| 2. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
137.32 |
1.0565 |
0.2603 |
247 |
2 |
117.19 |
2010-06-18 |
| 3. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
134.65 |
1.0574 |
0.2640 |
205 |
1 |
134.65 |
2010-06-18 |
| 4. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
132.61 |
1.0679 |
0.2261 |
177 |
1 |
132.61 |
2013-08-31 |
| 5. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
131.98 |
1.0797 |
0.1823 |
210 |
1 |
131.98 |
2010-06-18 |
| 6. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
127.02 |
1.0340 |
0.1907 |
406 |
1 |
127.02 |
2013-08-31 |
| 7. |
We often believe the more we practice a skill or technique -... |
124.40 |
0.9907 |
0.2373 |
397 |
1 |
124.40 |
2013-08-31 |
| 8. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
123.97 |
0.9942 |
0.2045 |
483 |
1 |
123.97 |
2012-08-21 |
| 9. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
123.52 |
0.9965 |
0.1896 |
277 |
1 |
123.52 |
2010-04-29 |
| 10. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
122.37 |
0.9986 |
0.1764 |
283 |
2 |
114.52 |
2011-10-11 |
| 11. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
122.01 |
1.0426 |
0.1276 |
323 |
1 |
122.01 |
2010-06-18 |
| 12. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
121.98 |
0.9908 |
0.2257 |
342 |
2 |
100.38 |
2010-06-18 |
| 13. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
121.68 |
1.0120 |
0.1549 |
290 |
1 |
121.68 |
2012-08-21 |
| 14. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
120.53 |
1.1016 |
0.0550 |
233 |
1 |
120.53 |
2012-08-21 |
| 15. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
119.90 |
1.0993 |
0.0490 |
265 |
1 |
119.90 |
2010-06-18 |
| 16. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
119.88 |
0.9897 |
0.1582 |
274 |
1 |
119.88 |
2012-08-21 |
| 17. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
118.40 |
1.0608 |
0.1083 |
258 |
1 |
118.40 |
2011-10-11 |
| 18. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
116.43 |
1.0264 |
0.1304 |
422 |
1 |
116.43 |
2013-08-31 |
| 19. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
116.15 |
1.0109 |
0.1039 |
276 |
3 |
108.32 |
2010-04-28 |
| 20. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
115.45 |
0.9635 |
0.1491 |
389 |
1 |
115.45 |
2011-10-11 |
| 21. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
115.13 |
1.0025 |
0.1015 |
256 |
1 |
115.13 |
2012-08-21 |
| 22. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
113.17 |
1.0263 |
0.0580 |
267 |
1 |
113.17 |
2010-04-30 |
| 23. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
112.54 |
0.8933 |
0.1921 |
363 |
1 |
112.54 |
2011-02-17 |
| 24. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
112.40 |
1.0523 |
0.0210 |
256 |
1 |
112.40 |
2010-06-18 |
| 25. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
111.64 |
1.0787 |
-0.0097 |
237 |
1 |
111.64 |
2010-04-26 |
| 26. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
111.45 |
1.0254 |
0.0838 |
217 |
1 |
111.45 |
2010-04-30 |
| 27. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
111.00 |
1.0768 |
0.0273 |
295 |
1 |
111.00 |
2010-04-13 |
| 28. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
109.46 |
0.9844 |
0.0695 |
293 |
2 |
103.56 |
2013-08-31 |
| 29. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
109.45 |
0.8981 |
0.1555 |
393 |
1 |
109.45 |
2010-04-29 |
| 30. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
109.34 |
1.0232 |
0.0706 |
350 |
2 |
103.25 |
2010-04-30 |
| 31. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
109.13 |
0.9578 |
0.0876 |
281 |
3 |
82.51 |
2010-04-28 |
| 32. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
109.13 |
1.0917 |
-0.0223 |
243 |
1 |
109.13 |
2013-08-31 |
| 33. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
109.13 |
0.9697 |
0.0764 |
249 |
1 |
109.13 |
2012-08-21 |
| 34. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
109.08 |
1.0972 |
-0.0222 |
251 |
1 |
109.08 |
2013-09-01 |
| 35. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
108.76 |
1.0567 |
-0.0138 |
303 |
1 |
108.76 |
2010-04-26 |
| 36. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
108.69 |
1.0419 |
-0.0003 |
261 |
1 |
108.69 |
2010-04-29 |
| 37. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
108.44 |
0.9176 |
0.1604 |
365 |
1 |
108.44 |
2012-08-21 |
| 38. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
107.98 |
0.9855 |
0.0825 |
258 |
1 |
107.98 |
2012-08-21 |
| 39. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
107.83 |
1.0331 |
-0.0020 |
234 |
1 |
107.83 |
2010-04-27 |
| 40. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
107.75 |
1.0799 |
-0.0511 |
243 |
1 |
107.75 |
2010-04-14 |
| 41. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
107.05 |
0.9128 |
0.1544 |
369 |
1 |
107.05 |
2010-06-18 |
| 42. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
106.68 |
1.0320 |
0.0274 |
293 |
1 |
106.68 |
2011-10-11 |
| 43. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
106.46 |
0.9811 |
0.0416 |
272 |
1 |
106.46 |
2010-04-27 |
| 44. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
106.25 |
0.9740 |
0.0399 |
209 |
3 |
83.83 |
2010-06-18 |
| 45. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
106.19 |
0.9693 |
0.0695 |
360 |
1 |
106.19 |
2010-04-28 |
| 46. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
105.96 |
1.0240 |
-0.0115 |
256 |
1 |
105.96 |
2010-04-12 |
| 47. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
105.92 |
1.0189 |
-0.0008 |
337 |
1 |
105.92 |
2010-04-18 |
| 48. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
105.80 |
1.0172 |
0.0315 |
341 |
1 |
105.80 |
2013-08-31 |
| 49. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
105.73 |
0.9612 |
0.0517 |
256 |
1 |
105.73 |
2010-04-18 |
| 50. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
105.06 |
0.9814 |
0.0644 |
364 |
1 |
105.06 |
2010-04-14 |
| 51. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
105.00 |
1.0403 |
0.0054 |
275 |
1 |
105.00 |
2012-08-21 |
| 52. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
104.96 |
1.0666 |
-0.0611 |
297 |
1 |
104.96 |
2010-04-18 |
| 53. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
104.89 |
0.9843 |
0.0155 |
234 |
1 |
104.89 |
2010-06-18 |
| 54. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
104.86 |
1.0063 |
-0.0014 |
371 |
1 |
104.86 |
2012-01-02 |
| 55. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
104.75 |
1.0385 |
-0.0369 |
230 |
1 |
104.75 |
2013-08-31 |
| 56. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
104.70 |
0.9068 |
0.0991 |
269 |
1 |
104.70 |
2010-04-11 |
| 57. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
104.13 |
1.0150 |
0.0314 |
325 |
1 |
104.13 |
2010-04-26 |
| 58. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
103.45 |
0.9072 |
0.0819 |
237 |
1 |
103.45 |
2010-04-30 |
| 59. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
103.28 |
0.9922 |
0.0380 |
341 |
1 |
103.28 |
2010-04-28 |
| 60. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
103.02 |
0.8878 |
0.0986 |
346 |
1 |
103.02 |
2011-02-17 |
| 61. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
103.01 |
0.8958 |
0.0953 |
322 |
1 |
103.01 |
2011-10-11 |
| 62. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
102.53 |
1.0252 |
-0.0498 |
176 |
1 |
102.53 |
2010-04-26 |
| 63. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
102.48 |
0.9684 |
0.0157 |
388 |
1 |
102.48 |
2010-04-27 |
| 64. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
102.36 |
0.9293 |
0.0517 |
355 |
1 |
102.36 |
2012-08-21 |
| 65. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
101.61 |
1.0379 |
-0.0301 |
245 |
2 |
101.14 |
2010-04-30 |
| 66. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
101.49 |
1.0023 |
-0.0324 |
211 |
1 |
101.49 |
2010-04-12 |
| 67. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
101.21 |
0.9426 |
0.0296 |
317 |
1 |
101.21 |
2011-02-17 |
| 68. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
100.80 |
0.9769 |
-0.0139 |
263 |
1 |
100.80 |
2010-04-26 |
| 69. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
98.96 |
0.9910 |
-0.0419 |
295 |
1 |
98.96 |
2010-04-26 |
| 70. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
98.47 |
0.9279 |
0.0211 |
317 |
2 |
95.84 |
2013-08-31 |
| 71. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
97.94 |
0.8602 |
0.0749 |
206 |
1 |
97.94 |
2010-04-27 |
| 72. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
97.55 |
0.9768 |
-0.0406 |
387 |
1 |
97.55 |
2012-08-21 |
| 73. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
97.01 |
1.0352 |
-0.1038 |
341 |
1 |
97.01 |
2010-05-24 |
| 74. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
96.10 |
0.8916 |
0.0282 |
216 |
2 |
93.20 |
2012-08-21 |
| 75. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
95.41 |
1.0829 |
-0.1686 |
288 |
1 |
95.41 |
2010-04-11 |
| 76. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
95.32 |
1.0444 |
-0.1391 |
197 |
1 |
95.32 |
2010-06-18 |
| 77. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
95.28 |
1.0218 |
-0.1132 |
268 |
1 |
95.28 |
2012-08-21 |
| 78. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
95.12 |
0.9710 |
-0.0675 |
173 |
1 |
95.12 |
2010-04-18 |
| 79. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
95.06 |
0.9805 |
-0.0665 |
292 |
3 |
68.24 |
2010-04-14 |
| 80. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
95.06 |
0.9557 |
-0.0400 |
331 |
1 |
95.06 |
2011-02-17 |
| 81. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
94.72 |
1.0053 |
-0.1012 |
232 |
1 |
94.72 |
2010-04-26 |
| 82. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
94.67 |
0.8105 |
0.0908 |
204 |
1 |
94.67 |
2010-04-11 |
| 83. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
94.58 |
1.0445 |
-0.1389 |
373 |
2 |
90.79 |
2010-04-27 |
| 84. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
94.27 |
0.9049 |
0.0022 |
351 |
2 |
86.05 |
2010-04-14 |
| 85. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
94.12 |
1.0696 |
-0.1728 |
226 |
1 |
94.12 |
2010-04-14 |
| 86. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
93.87 |
1.0033 |
-0.1122 |
189 |
1 |
93.87 |
2010-04-11 |
| 87. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
93.80 |
0.9120 |
0.0184 |
436 |
1 |
93.80 |
2010-06-18 |
| 88. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
93.46 |
0.9687 |
-0.0701 |
371 |
1 |
93.46 |
2012-08-21 |
| 89. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
93.00 |
1.0251 |
-0.1379 |
261 |
1 |
93.00 |
2010-04-26 |
| 90. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
92.81 |
1.0390 |
-0.1552 |
205 |
2 |
85.90 |
2010-04-26 |
| 91. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
92.18 |
1.0529 |
-0.1715 |
351 |
1 |
92.18 |
2010-04-11 |
| 92. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
91.65 |
1.0483 |
-0.1750 |
227 |
1 |
91.65 |
2010-05-24 |
| 93. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
91.43 |
1.0388 |
-0.1330 |
243 |
1 |
91.43 |
2010-04-26 |
| 94. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
91.04 |
0.9064 |
-0.0268 |
399 |
1 |
91.04 |
2010-04-26 |
| 95. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
90.63 |
1.0577 |
-0.1948 |
247 |
1 |
90.63 |
2012-01-02 |
| 96. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
90.52 |
0.9907 |
-0.1270 |
211 |
1 |
90.52 |
2010-05-24 |
| 97. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
90.03 |
0.9234 |
-0.0574 |
346 |
1 |
90.03 |
2010-04-10 |
| 98. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
89.09 |
1.0095 |
-0.1591 |
316 |
1 |
89.09 |
2010-04-13 |
| 99. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
88.92 |
1.0214 |
-0.1770 |
166 |
1 |
88.92 |
2010-04-26 |
| 100. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
88.71 |
0.8753 |
-0.0183 |
427 |
1 |
88.71 |
2010-04-27 |
| 101. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
87.32 |
0.8845 |
-0.0498 |
273 |
1 |
87.32 |
2010-04-26 |
| 102. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
85.72 |
0.9567 |
-0.0957 |
184 |
1 |
85.72 |
2010-04-11 |
| 103. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
85.67 |
0.9905 |
-0.1644 |
377 |
1 |
85.67 |
2010-04-14 |
| 104. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
85.66 |
0.9202 |
-0.1027 |
254 |
1 |
85.66 |
2010-04-13 |
| 105. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
84.99 |
0.9330 |
-0.1147 |
360 |
1 |
84.99 |
2010-04-26 |
| 106. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
84.66 |
0.9691 |
-0.1611 |
223 |
1 |
84.66 |
2010-04-28 |
| 107. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
84.18 |
1.0463 |
-0.2471 |
182 |
1 |
84.18 |
2010-04-29 |
| 108. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
81.75 |
0.9786 |
-0.2035 |
193 |
1 |
81.75 |
2010-04-11 |
| 109. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
80.31 |
0.9786 |
-0.2128 |
235 |
1 |
80.31 |
2010-04-26 |
| 110. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
77.04 |
0.9852 |
-0.2503 |
264 |
1 |
77.04 |
2010-04-27 |
| 111. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
49.64 |
1.0270 |
-0.5223 |
255 |
1 |
49.64 |
2010-04-26 |
| 112. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
45.47 |
1.0068 |
-0.5752 |
358 |
1 |
45.47 |
2010-04-10 |