| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
161.57 |
1.0943 |
0.1844 |
206 |
1 |
161.57 |
2011-03-19 |
| 2. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
161.55 |
1.0679 |
0.1983 |
177 |
1 |
161.55 |
2011-02-17 |
| 3. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
157.36 |
1.1296 |
0.1128 |
252 |
1 |
157.36 |
2011-02-17 |
| 4. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
156.20 |
1.0498 |
0.1496 |
180 |
2 |
141.35 |
2011-02-18 |
| 5. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
151.94 |
1.0993 |
0.0696 |
265 |
2 |
139.44 |
2011-02-18 |
| 6. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
150.72 |
1.0677 |
0.1242 |
284 |
2 |
141.94 |
2011-02-13 |
| 7. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
147.81 |
1.0515 |
0.0855 |
250 |
1 |
147.81 |
2011-02-18 |
| 8. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
146.13 |
1.0261 |
0.0978 |
273 |
3 |
136.95 |
2011-02-18 |
| 9. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
145.36 |
1.0941 |
0.0569 |
256 |
2 |
134.40 |
2011-02-22 |
| 10. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
145.28 |
1.0487 |
0.0654 |
231 |
2 |
144.38 |
2011-02-18 |
| 11. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
144.89 |
1.0138 |
0.1019 |
231 |
1 |
144.89 |
2011-02-17 |
| 12. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
144.86 |
1.1016 |
0.0144 |
233 |
3 |
139.97 |
2011-02-18 |
| 13. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
144.75 |
0.9965 |
0.1191 |
277 |
1 |
144.75 |
2011-02-16 |
| 14. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
144.65 |
1.0767 |
0.0353 |
212 |
1 |
144.65 |
2011-02-16 |
| 15. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
144.20 |
1.0883 |
0.0545 |
303 |
1 |
144.20 |
2011-02-17 |
| 16. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
141.14 |
1.0334 |
0.0470 |
131 |
1 |
141.14 |
2011-02-19 |
| 17. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
141.01 |
1.0337 |
0.0516 |
214 |
2 |
130.57 |
2012-01-15 |
| 18. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
141.00 |
1.0441 |
0.0830 |
316 |
1 |
141.00 |
2011-02-17 |
| 19. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
140.85 |
1.0343 |
0.0877 |
242 |
1 |
140.85 |
2011-02-17 |
| 20. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
140.85 |
1.0099 |
0.0718 |
207 |
2 |
134.80 |
2011-02-17 |
| 21. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
140.52 |
1.0613 |
0.0217 |
266 |
1 |
140.52 |
2011-02-22 |
| 22. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
140.46 |
1.0595 |
0.0246 |
379 |
2 |
137.03 |
2011-02-18 |
| 23. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
139.70 |
1.0150 |
0.1097 |
325 |
1 |
139.70 |
2011-02-16 |
| 24. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
139.41 |
0.9697 |
0.1039 |
249 |
4 |
128.64 |
2011-07-27 |
| 25. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
139.29 |
1.0885 |
0.0189 |
341 |
1 |
139.29 |
2011-02-16 |
| 26. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
138.87 |
1.0711 |
-0.0070 |
213 |
1 |
138.87 |
2011-02-16 |
| 27. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
138.87 |
1.1114 |
-0.0449 |
247 |
2 |
134.52 |
2011-02-22 |
| 28. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
138.02 |
1.0320 |
0.0679 |
293 |
1 |
138.02 |
2011-02-18 |
| 29. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
137.94 |
1.0787 |
-0.0180 |
237 |
2 |
135.95 |
2011-02-18 |
| 30. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
137.92 |
1.0565 |
0.0027 |
247 |
2 |
128.54 |
2011-02-12 |
| 31. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
137.57 |
1.0189 |
0.0435 |
337 |
1 |
137.57 |
2011-02-18 |
| 32. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
137.27 |
1.0403 |
0.0314 |
193 |
2 |
136.37 |
2011-02-18 |
| 33. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
137.20 |
1.0197 |
0.0336 |
226 |
2 |
129.57 |
2011-12-26 |
| 34. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
136.59 |
0.8996 |
0.1463 |
192 |
1 |
136.59 |
2011-03-19 |
| 35. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
136.50 |
1.0034 |
0.0458 |
302 |
1 |
136.50 |
2011-02-18 |
| 36. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
136.11 |
0.9682 |
0.0776 |
143 |
1 |
136.11 |
2011-02-18 |
| 37. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
135.79 |
0.9811 |
0.0668 |
272 |
4 |
125.07 |
2011-12-26 |
| 38. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
135.36 |
1.0696 |
-0.0313 |
226 |
1 |
135.36 |
2011-02-18 |
| 39. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
134.22 |
1.0788 |
-0.0514 |
171 |
1 |
134.22 |
2011-02-17 |
| 40. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
134.05 |
0.9125 |
0.1209 |
308 |
1 |
134.05 |
2011-02-16 |
| 41. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
133.78 |
0.9734 |
0.0558 |
289 |
1 |
133.78 |
2011-02-18 |
| 42. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
133.74 |
1.0496 |
-0.0211 |
314 |
2 |
126.30 |
2011-02-18 |
| 43. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
133.68 |
1.0523 |
-0.0278 |
256 |
2 |
129.19 |
2011-02-16 |
| 44. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
133.16 |
1.1018 |
-0.0835 |
220 |
3 |
126.57 |
2011-02-22 |
| 45. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
132.74 |
1.0053 |
0.0141 |
232 |
2 |
127.54 |
2011-02-17 |
| 46. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
132.51 |
0.9941 |
0.0231 |
217 |
1 |
132.51 |
2011-02-16 |
| 47. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
132.46 |
1.0445 |
-0.0244 |
373 |
1 |
132.46 |
2011-02-13 |
| 48. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
132.09 |
1.0023 |
0.0122 |
211 |
2 |
124.82 |
2011-02-18 |
| 49. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
132.08 |
0.9965 |
0.0201 |
310 |
1 |
132.08 |
2011-02-18 |
| 50. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
131.98 |
0.9614 |
0.0571 |
292 |
1 |
131.98 |
2011-02-16 |
| 51. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
131.91 |
1.0201 |
-0.0047 |
303 |
1 |
131.91 |
2011-02-16 |
| 52. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
131.61 |
1.0090 |
0.0474 |
282 |
2 |
111.58 |
2011-02-16 |
| 53. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
131.57 |
1.0454 |
-0.0368 |
255 |
1 |
131.57 |
2011-02-22 |
| 54. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
131.56 |
0.9693 |
0.0643 |
360 |
2 |
127.75 |
2011-02-18 |
| 55. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
131.43 |
0.9857 |
0.0245 |
293 |
1 |
131.43 |
2011-02-17 |
| 56. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
130.94 |
1.0252 |
-0.0243 |
176 |
1 |
130.94 |
2011-02-18 |
| 57. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
130.75 |
1.0365 |
-0.0007 |
162 |
1 |
130.75 |
2011-07-28 |
| 58. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
130.63 |
1.0608 |
-0.0225 |
258 |
3 |
126.44 |
2011-02-18 |
| 59. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
130.57 |
1.0669 |
-0.0301 |
286 |
2 |
117.94 |
2011-02-12 |
| 60. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
130.22 |
1.0349 |
-0.0338 |
234 |
1 |
130.22 |
2011-07-27 |
| 61. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
130.07 |
1.0095 |
-0.0100 |
316 |
1 |
130.07 |
2011-02-18 |
| 62. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
129.91 |
1.1022 |
-0.0677 |
259 |
1 |
129.91 |
2011-12-26 |
| 63. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
129.85 |
0.9786 |
0.0151 |
193 |
1 |
129.85 |
2011-02-19 |
| 64. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
129.63 |
1.0774 |
-0.0508 |
304 |
1 |
129.63 |
2011-02-20 |
| 65. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
129.49 |
0.9372 |
0.0629 |
320 |
1 |
129.49 |
2011-02-18 |
| 66. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
129.42 |
0.9583 |
0.0810 |
341 |
1 |
129.42 |
2011-02-12 |
| 67. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
129.14 |
1.0521 |
-0.0635 |
171 |
2 |
113.85 |
2011-02-18 |
| 68. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
128.41 |
1.0297 |
-0.0432 |
249 |
1 |
128.41 |
2011-02-10 |
| 69. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
127.95 |
1.0399 |
-0.0506 |
294 |
1 |
127.95 |
2011-02-18 |
| 70. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
127.80 |
0.9833 |
0.0012 |
355 |
2 |
116.92 |
2011-02-12 |
| 71. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
127.75 |
1.0016 |
-0.0237 |
218 |
1 |
127.75 |
2011-02-18 |
| 72. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
126.67 |
1.0063 |
-0.0318 |
371 |
2 |
124.06 |
2011-03-19 |
| 73. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
126.24 |
0.9843 |
-0.0185 |
234 |
1 |
126.24 |
2011-02-19 |
| 74. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
126.14 |
1.0346 |
-0.0226 |
244 |
1 |
126.14 |
2011-02-18 |
| 75. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
126.14 |
1.0444 |
-0.0810 |
197 |
1 |
126.14 |
2011-02-17 |
| 76. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
126.12 |
0.9965 |
-0.0315 |
168 |
1 |
126.12 |
2011-02-13 |
| 77. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
125.98 |
0.9578 |
0.0105 |
281 |
1 |
125.98 |
2011-03-19 |
| 78. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
125.95 |
1.0885 |
-0.1167 |
315 |
2 |
124.83 |
2011-02-13 |
| 79. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
125.91 |
1.0168 |
-0.0472 |
271 |
1 |
125.91 |
2011-02-18 |
| 80. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
125.18 |
0.9731 |
-0.0231 |
129 |
1 |
125.18 |
2011-02-10 |
| 81. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
125.17 |
1.0796 |
-0.1220 |
129 |
1 |
125.17 |
2011-02-17 |
| 82. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
125.02 |
0.9681 |
0.0015 |
378 |
1 |
125.02 |
2011-02-12 |
| 83. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
124.88 |
1.0232 |
-0.0171 |
350 |
1 |
124.88 |
2011-02-13 |
| 84. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
123.94 |
0.9925 |
-0.0029 |
247 |
2 |
120.20 |
2011-02-11 |
| 85. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
123.92 |
0.9936 |
-0.0412 |
311 |
1 |
123.92 |
2011-02-13 |
| 86. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
123.86 |
0.8770 |
0.0784 |
300 |
1 |
123.86 |
2011-02-22 |
| 87. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
122.95 |
0.9233 |
0.0135 |
168 |
1 |
122.95 |
2011-02-16 |
| 88. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
122.89 |
0.9756 |
-0.0322 |
229 |
1 |
122.89 |
2011-02-18 |
| 89. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
122.86 |
1.0331 |
-0.0909 |
234 |
1 |
122.86 |
2011-02-18 |
| 90. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
122.48 |
1.0264 |
-0.0448 |
422 |
1 |
122.48 |
2011-02-17 |
| 91. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
121.25 |
0.9912 |
-0.0324 |
237 |
1 |
121.25 |
2011-02-18 |
| 92. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
120.99 |
1.0577 |
-0.1313 |
247 |
1 |
120.99 |
2011-02-12 |
| 93. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
120.79 |
0.9371 |
0.0301 |
318 |
1 |
120.79 |
2011-02-18 |
| 94. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
120.73 |
1.0483 |
-0.1235 |
227 |
1 |
120.73 |
2011-02-13 |
| 95. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
119.79 |
1.0429 |
-0.1238 |
259 |
1 |
119.79 |
2011-02-16 |
| 96. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
119.32 |
0.9897 |
-0.0751 |
274 |
2 |
115.20 |
2011-02-18 |
| 97. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
119.20 |
0.9567 |
-0.0410 |
273 |
1 |
119.20 |
2011-02-18 |
| 98. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
118.53 |
1.0131 |
-0.1063 |
225 |
2 |
115.57 |
2011-02-17 |
| 99. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
117.47 |
0.9293 |
-0.0261 |
355 |
1 |
117.47 |
2011-02-12 |
| 100. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
116.31 |
1.0263 |
-0.1337 |
267 |
1 |
116.31 |
2011-02-12 |
| 101. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
116.22 |
0.9275 |
-0.0381 |
211 |
1 |
116.22 |
2011-02-17 |
| 102. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
115.34 |
1.0270 |
-0.1052 |
255 |
1 |
115.34 |
2011-02-11 |
| 103. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
114.82 |
1.0375 |
-0.1097 |
200 |
1 |
114.82 |
2011-02-17 |
| 104. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
114.54 |
0.9529 |
-0.0327 |
269 |
1 |
114.54 |
2011-02-13 |
| 105. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
114.54 |
1.0390 |
-0.1632 |
205 |
1 |
114.54 |
2011-02-12 |
| 106. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
113.79 |
0.9866 |
-0.1165 |
218 |
2 |
110.56 |
2011-02-18 |
| 107. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
113.78 |
0.8852 |
-0.0094 |
201 |
1 |
113.78 |
2011-02-20 |
| 108. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
113.00 |
0.9567 |
-0.0469 |
184 |
1 |
113.00 |
2011-02-16 |
| 109. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
112.99 |
0.9289 |
-0.0637 |
204 |
2 |
112.58 |
2011-02-16 |
| 110. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
112.25 |
0.9309 |
-0.0710 |
284 |
1 |
112.25 |
2011-02-20 |
| 111. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
111.70 |
1.0574 |
-0.1720 |
205 |
1 |
111.70 |
2011-02-12 |
| 112. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
111.13 |
0.8958 |
-0.0382 |
322 |
1 |
111.13 |
2011-02-13 |
| 113. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
110.99 |
0.9786 |
-0.1271 |
235 |
1 |
110.99 |
2011-02-10 |
| 114. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
109.89 |
0.9991 |
-0.1552 |
225 |
1 |
109.89 |
2011-02-12 |
| 115. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
109.41 |
0.9593 |
-0.1150 |
398 |
1 |
109.41 |
2011-02-11 |
| 116. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
105.89 |
1.0117 |
-0.1547 |
297 |
1 |
105.89 |
2011-02-13 |
| 117. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
104.83 |
1.0173 |
-0.1691 |
268 |
1 |
104.83 |
2011-02-10 |
| 118. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
104.19 |
0.9772 |
-0.1817 |
217 |
1 |
104.19 |
2011-02-11 |
| 119. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
103.61 |
0.9376 |
-0.1378 |
367 |
1 |
103.61 |
2011-02-11 |
| 120. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
103.53 |
0.8878 |
-0.0942 |
346 |
1 |
103.53 |
2011-02-10 |
| 121. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
103.37 |
1.0177 |
-0.1869 |
392 |
1 |
103.37 |
2011-02-12 |
| 122. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
103.15 |
1.0288 |
-0.2058 |
300 |
1 |
103.15 |
2011-02-10 |
| 123. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
100.01 |
0.9084 |
-0.1379 |
404 |
1 |
100.01 |
2011-02-12 |
| 124. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
95.95 |
0.9202 |
-0.1861 |
254 |
1 |
95.95 |
2011-02-11 |
| 125. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
93.55 |
0.9216 |
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255 |
1 |
93.55 |
2011-02-11 |