| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
117.70 |
1.0013 |
0.2749 |
273 |
1 |
117.70 |
2009-03-24 |
| 2. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
114.74 |
1.0390 |
0.2019 |
205 |
1 |
114.74 |
2009-03-25 |
| 3. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
111.37 |
0.9758 |
0.2326 |
314 |
1 |
111.37 |
2009-03-24 |
| 4. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
110.03 |
1.0261 |
0.1650 |
273 |
1 |
110.03 |
2009-03-25 |
| 5. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
109.95 |
1.0523 |
0.1356 |
256 |
2 |
105.26 |
2009-03-24 |
| 6. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
107.52 |
1.0124 |
0.1507 |
204 |
1 |
107.52 |
2009-03-24 |
| 7. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
107.32 |
1.0529 |
0.1103 |
351 |
1 |
107.32 |
2009-03-24 |
| 8. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
107.10 |
0.9289 |
0.2297 |
204 |
3 |
76.81 |
2009-03-25 |
| 9. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
107.01 |
1.0060 |
0.1492 |
171 |
1 |
107.01 |
2009-03-25 |
| 10. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
106.62 |
0.9351 |
0.2151 |
190 |
1 |
106.62 |
2009-03-24 |
| 11. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
106.45 |
0.9676 |
0.1945 |
442 |
1 |
106.45 |
2009-03-25 |
| 12. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
106.04 |
1.0334 |
0.1094 |
131 |
2 |
98.19 |
2009-03-23 |
| 13. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
105.23 |
0.9619 |
0.1837 |
393 |
1 |
105.23 |
2009-03-25 |
| 14. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
105.03 |
1.0419 |
0.0963 |
261 |
1 |
105.03 |
2009-03-24 |
| 15. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
104.46 |
0.9754 |
0.1627 |
362 |
2 |
100.58 |
2009-03-24 |
| 16. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
103.77 |
1.0799 |
0.0408 |
243 |
1 |
103.77 |
2009-03-24 |
| 17. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
101.90 |
0.9426 |
0.1644 |
317 |
1 |
101.90 |
2009-03-24 |
| 18. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
101.52 |
1.0023 |
0.0956 |
211 |
1 |
101.52 |
2009-03-24 |
| 19. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
101.45 |
1.0352 |
0.0664 |
341 |
1 |
101.45 |
2009-03-24 |
| 20. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
101.22 |
0.9687 |
0.1325 |
371 |
2 |
91.22 |
2009-03-24 |
| 21. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
100.72 |
1.0201 |
0.0749 |
375 |
1 |
100.72 |
2009-03-24 |
| 22. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
100.18 |
1.0417 |
0.0409 |
253 |
1 |
100.18 |
2009-03-24 |
| 23. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
100.14 |
0.9786 |
0.1055 |
235 |
1 |
100.14 |
2009-03-24 |
| 24. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
99.39 |
0.9865 |
0.0910 |
276 |
2 |
78.37 |
2009-03-24 |
| 25. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
99.33 |
1.0033 |
0.0658 |
189 |
1 |
99.33 |
2009-03-24 |
| 26. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
99.10 |
0.8753 |
0.2071 |
427 |
2 |
94.96 |
2009-03-25 |
| 27. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
98.60 |
1.0396 |
0.0210 |
149 |
1 |
98.60 |
2009-03-24 |
| 28. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
98.39 |
1.0167 |
0.0556 |
378 |
1 |
98.39 |
2009-03-24 |
| 29. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
97.95 |
0.9785 |
0.0853 |
335 |
2 |
93.08 |
2009-03-24 |
| 30. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
97.76 |
0.9234 |
0.1406 |
346 |
1 |
97.76 |
2009-03-25 |
| 31. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
97.74 |
1.0516 |
0.0063 |
281 |
2 |
96.70 |
2009-03-24 |
| 32. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
97.38 |
1.0444 |
0.0034 |
197 |
1 |
97.38 |
2009-03-24 |
| 33. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
97.01 |
1.0331 |
0.0150 |
234 |
1 |
97.01 |
2009-03-24 |
| 34. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
96.98 |
0.9485 |
0.1032 |
236 |
1 |
96.98 |
2009-03-23 |
| 35. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
96.44 |
0.9398 |
0.1136 |
419 |
3 |
84.90 |
2009-03-24 |
| 36. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
96.23 |
0.8826 |
0.1606 |
296 |
2 |
93.20 |
2009-03-24 |
| 37. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
95.51 |
1.0788 |
-0.0505 |
171 |
1 |
95.51 |
2009-03-24 |
| 38. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
95.38 |
1.0352 |
0.0004 |
341 |
1 |
95.38 |
2009-03-24 |
| 39. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
95.06 |
1.0389 |
-0.0082 |
318 |
2 |
88.37 |
2009-03-24 |
| 40. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
94.47 |
1.0213 |
-0.0020 |
240 |
1 |
94.47 |
2009-03-24 |
| 41. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
94.28 |
1.0796 |
-0.0640 |
129 |
3 |
62.54 |
2009-03-24 |
| 42. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
94.24 |
0.9164 |
0.1084 |
305 |
2 |
88.76 |
2009-03-25 |
| 43. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
94.06 |
0.9049 |
0.1185 |
351 |
2 |
90.87 |
2009-03-25 |
| 44. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
93.80 |
0.9557 |
0.0658 |
331 |
1 |
93.80 |
2009-03-24 |
| 45. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
93.65 |
0.9851 |
0.0306 |
317 |
1 |
93.65 |
2009-03-22 |
| 46. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
93.64 |
0.9897 |
0.0214 |
274 |
1 |
93.64 |
2009-03-24 |
| 47. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
93.18 |
1.0034 |
0.0035 |
302 |
1 |
93.18 |
2009-03-24 |
| 48. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
92.12 |
0.9293 |
0.0682 |
355 |
1 |
92.12 |
2009-03-24 |
| 49. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
92.07 |
0.9632 |
0.0394 |
392 |
1 |
92.07 |
2009-03-23 |
| 50. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
91.82 |
0.9593 |
0.0389 |
398 |
1 |
91.82 |
2009-03-22 |
| 51. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
91.77 |
0.9213 |
0.0721 |
295 |
1 |
91.77 |
2009-03-24 |
| 52. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
90.70 |
1.0218 |
-0.0435 |
268 |
1 |
90.70 |
2009-03-24 |
| 53. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
90.60 |
1.0120 |
-0.0327 |
290 |
1 |
90.60 |
2009-03-23 |
| 54. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
90.32 |
0.9045 |
0.0728 |
235 |
1 |
90.32 |
2009-03-23 |
| 55. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
90.15 |
0.9500 |
0.0274 |
362 |
1 |
90.15 |
2009-03-24 |
| 56. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
89.93 |
0.8956 |
0.0817 |
322 |
1 |
89.93 |
2009-03-22 |
| 57. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
89.51 |
0.8852 |
0.0850 |
201 |
1 |
89.51 |
2009-03-23 |
| 58. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
89.49 |
1.0062 |
-0.0383 |
288 |
1 |
89.49 |
2009-03-22 |
| 59. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
89.42 |
0.9567 |
0.0103 |
273 |
1 |
89.42 |
2009-03-23 |
| 60. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
89.08 |
0.8105 |
0.1486 |
204 |
2 |
84.84 |
2009-03-25 |
| 61. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
88.85 |
0.9672 |
0.0002 |
396 |
1 |
88.85 |
2009-03-22 |
| 62. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
88.28 |
0.9965 |
-0.0466 |
168 |
2 |
77.60 |
2009-03-23 |
| 63. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
87.94 |
1.0711 |
-0.1253 |
213 |
1 |
87.94 |
2009-03-24 |
| 64. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
87.94 |
1.0429 |
-0.0934 |
259 |
1 |
87.94 |
2009-03-23 |
| 65. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
86.99 |
1.0297 |
-0.0904 |
249 |
1 |
86.99 |
2009-03-24 |
| 66. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
86.89 |
1.0109 |
-0.0707 |
276 |
1 |
86.89 |
2009-03-23 |
| 67. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
86.88 |
0.8890 |
0.0467 |
199 |
1 |
86.88 |
2009-03-24 |
| 68. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
86.85 |
0.9798 |
-0.0465 |
199 |
1 |
86.85 |
2009-03-23 |
| 69. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
85.66 |
0.9109 |
0.0176 |
401 |
1 |
85.66 |
2009-03-24 |
| 70. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
84.98 |
1.0498 |
-0.1361 |
180 |
1 |
84.98 |
2009-03-23 |
| 71. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
84.98 |
0.9614 |
-0.0399 |
292 |
1 |
84.98 |
2009-03-24 |
| 72. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
84.62 |
1.0577 |
-0.1467 |
247 |
1 |
84.62 |
2009-03-23 |
| 73. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
84.01 |
0.9740 |
-0.0702 |
209 |
1 |
84.01 |
2009-03-24 |
| 74. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
83.93 |
1.0214 |
-0.1198 |
166 |
1 |
83.93 |
2009-03-22 |
| 75. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
83.52 |
0.9780 |
-0.0745 |
337 |
1 |
83.52 |
2009-03-22 |
| 76. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
82.36 |
0.9942 |
-0.0956 |
483 |
1 |
82.36 |
2009-03-24 |
| 77. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
82.26 |
0.9893 |
-0.1005 |
323 |
1 |
82.26 |
2009-03-24 |
| 78. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
81.99 |
0.9578 |
-0.0726 |
281 |
1 |
81.99 |
2009-03-24 |
| 79. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
81.53 |
0.8958 |
-0.0105 |
322 |
1 |
81.53 |
2009-03-24 |
| 80. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
81.41 |
1.0666 |
-0.1871 |
297 |
1 |
81.41 |
2009-03-24 |
| 81. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
81.28 |
0.7876 |
0.0929 |
316 |
1 |
81.28 |
2009-03-23 |
| 82. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
80.67 |
0.9074 |
-0.0296 |
396 |
2 |
78.34 |
2009-03-24 |
| 83. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
80.19 |
0.9675 |
-0.0920 |
383 |
1 |
80.19 |
2009-03-23 |
| 84. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
79.71 |
0.9997 |
-0.1354 |
382 |
1 |
79.71 |
2009-03-24 |
| 85. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
78.67 |
1.0486 |
-0.1985 |
289 |
1 |
78.67 |
2009-03-24 |
| 86. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
78.59 |
0.9148 |
-0.0649 |
317 |
1 |
78.59 |
2009-03-23 |
| 87. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
72.58 |
0.9612 |
-0.1786 |
256 |
1 |
72.58 |
2009-03-24 |
| 88. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
72.36 |
0.9763 |
-0.1966 |
289 |
1 |
72.36 |
2009-03-24 |
| 89. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
71.68 |
1.0131 |
-0.2443 |
225 |
1 |
71.68 |
2009-03-23 |
| 90. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
71.67 |
1.0016 |
-0.2336 |
218 |
1 |
71.67 |
2009-03-23 |
| 91. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
70.85 |
0.9279 |
-0.1578 |
317 |
1 |
70.85 |
2009-03-24 |
| 92. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
70.24 |
0.9532 |
-0.1976 |
258 |
1 |
70.24 |
2009-03-24 |
| 93. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
65.35 |
0.8933 |
-0.1836 |
363 |
1 |
65.35 |
2009-03-24 |
| 94. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
65.01 |
1.0289 |
-0.3249 |
276 |
1 |
65.01 |
2009-03-23 |
| 95. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
63.76 |
0.9636 |
-0.2778 |
254 |
1 |
63.76 |
2009-03-24 |
| 96. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
62.76 |
0.9684 |
-0.2907 |
388 |
1 |
62.76 |
2009-03-23 |
| 97. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
59.03 |
0.8533 |
-0.2181 |
232 |
1 |
59.03 |
2009-03-22 |