| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
130.11 |
1.0972 |
0.0947 |
251 |
4 |
117.59 |
2012-10-26 |
| 2. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
129.78 |
1.1068 |
0.0928 |
393 |
3 |
124.42 |
2013-04-05 |
| 3. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
128.57 |
1.0696 |
0.0753 |
226 |
4 |
118.08 |
2012-10-27 |
| 4. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
127.92 |
1.1296 |
0.0420 |
252 |
2 |
122.65 |
2012-10-23 |
| 5. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
126.94 |
1.0795 |
0.0847 |
226 |
1 |
126.94 |
2012-10-27 |
| 6. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
126.88 |
1.0993 |
0.0318 |
265 |
2 |
121.19 |
2012-10-29 |
| 7. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
126.72 |
1.0608 |
0.1042 |
258 |
4 |
117.05 |
2012-10-27 |
| 8. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
124.74 |
1.0331 |
0.0785 |
234 |
3 |
120.69 |
2012-10-25 |
| 9. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
124.67 |
1.0463 |
0.0623 |
182 |
2 |
114.88 |
2012-10-31 |
| 10. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
123.32 |
1.0417 |
0.0568 |
253 |
3 |
119.13 |
2012-10-30 |
| 11. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
122.68 |
1.0296 |
0.0720 |
437 |
3 |
114.85 |
2012-10-25 |
| 12. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
122.48 |
1.0885 |
0.0082 |
315 |
3 |
117.31 |
2012-10-23 |
| 13. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
121.46 |
1.0829 |
0.0028 |
288 |
2 |
114.18 |
2012-10-31 |
| 14. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
121.29 |
1.0596 |
0.0210 |
239 |
4 |
113.83 |
2012-10-31 |
| 15. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
120.80 |
1.0943 |
0.0165 |
206 |
1 |
120.80 |
2012-10-31 |
| 16. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
120.66 |
1.0201 |
0.0573 |
303 |
2 |
112.90 |
2012-10-31 |
| 17. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
119.89 |
1.1022 |
0.0029 |
259 |
3 |
114.50 |
2012-10-28 |
| 18. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
119.55 |
1.0788 |
-0.0175 |
171 |
2 |
117.47 |
2013-04-05 |
| 19. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
119.15 |
1.0487 |
0.0096 |
231 |
4 |
110.64 |
2012-10-27 |
| 20. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
119.10 |
1.0016 |
0.0567 |
218 |
2 |
115.69 |
2013-04-05 |
| 21. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
119.08 |
1.0203 |
0.0458 |
261 |
4 |
115.49 |
2013-04-06 |
| 22. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
119.03 |
1.0711 |
-0.0140 |
213 |
3 |
109.95 |
2012-10-30 |
| 23. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
118.62 |
1.0361 |
0.0234 |
269 |
2 |
111.61 |
2012-10-14 |
| 24. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
118.33 |
0.9756 |
0.0790 |
229 |
1 |
118.33 |
2013-04-01 |
| 25. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
118.05 |
1.0483 |
0.0021 |
227 |
5 |
114.46 |
2013-04-06 |
| 26. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
117.98 |
1.0213 |
0.0283 |
240 |
1 |
117.98 |
2012-10-24 |
| 27. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
117.93 |
1.0863 |
0.0008 |
210 |
2 |
115.36 |
2012-10-25 |
| 28. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
117.55 |
0.9965 |
0.0476 |
168 |
3 |
113.81 |
2012-10-31 |
| 29. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
117.19 |
1.0486 |
-0.0022 |
289 |
2 |
114.82 |
2013-03-28 |
| 30. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
117.02 |
1.0426 |
0.0008 |
323 |
2 |
114.78 |
2012-10-14 |
| 31. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
116.89 |
1.0767 |
-0.0360 |
212 |
2 |
115.15 |
2012-10-30 |
| 32. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
116.52 |
1.0613 |
-0.0208 |
266 |
3 |
110.93 |
2013-04-06 |
| 33. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
116.08 |
1.0257 |
0.0163 |
401 |
1 |
116.08 |
2012-10-27 |
| 34. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
115.74 |
1.0387 |
0.0261 |
239 |
1 |
115.74 |
2012-10-26 |
| 35. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
115.65 |
1.0429 |
-0.0126 |
259 |
2 |
110.91 |
2012-10-14 |
| 36. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
115.63 |
1.1018 |
-0.0767 |
220 |
1 |
115.63 |
2012-10-13 |
| 37. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
115.46 |
1.0796 |
-0.0544 |
129 |
3 |
110.85 |
2012-10-31 |
| 38. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
115.31 |
1.0053 |
0.0213 |
232 |
2 |
111.27 |
2013-04-06 |
| 39. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
115.13 |
1.0787 |
-0.0530 |
237 |
1 |
115.13 |
2012-10-22 |
| 40. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
114.71 |
1.0719 |
-0.0211 |
360 |
1 |
114.71 |
2012-10-25 |
| 41. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
114.57 |
1.0669 |
-0.0126 |
286 |
2 |
111.27 |
2012-10-30 |
| 42. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
114.50 |
1.0521 |
-0.0356 |
171 |
1 |
114.50 |
2012-10-13 |
| 43. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
114.05 |
0.9897 |
0.0253 |
274 |
3 |
113.06 |
2013-11-13 |
| 44. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
114.03 |
1.0667 |
-0.0111 |
406 |
1 |
114.03 |
2012-10-27 |
| 45. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
113.90 |
1.0485 |
0.0021 |
153 |
2 |
109.49 |
2013-04-01 |
| 46. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
113.90 |
1.0167 |
0.0060 |
378 |
3 |
112.39 |
2013-04-05 |
| 47. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
113.83 |
1.0062 |
0.0091 |
288 |
2 |
106.55 |
2013-03-28 |
| 48. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
113.54 |
1.0662 |
-0.0158 |
407 |
1 |
113.54 |
2013-04-06 |
| 49. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
113.47 |
1.0340 |
-0.0168 |
406 |
2 |
113.36 |
2012-10-27 |
| 50. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
113.34 |
1.0615 |
-0.0254 |
305 |
1 |
113.34 |
2012-10-14 |
| 51. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
113.22 |
1.0941 |
-0.0531 |
256 |
2 |
113.14 |
2013-04-07 |
| 52. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
113.22 |
1.0523 |
-0.0468 |
256 |
1 |
113.22 |
2012-10-14 |
| 53. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
113.17 |
1.0883 |
-0.0469 |
303 |
2 |
108.81 |
2012-10-26 |
| 54. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
113.13 |
0.9614 |
0.0506 |
292 |
2 |
109.38 |
2012-10-23 |
| 55. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
112.98 |
1.0004 |
0.0011 |
212 |
1 |
112.98 |
2012-10-13 |
| 56. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
112.92 |
0.9805 |
0.0312 |
292 |
1 |
112.92 |
2012-10-25 |
| 57. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
112.70 |
1.0398 |
-0.0452 |
110 |
2 |
112.55 |
2012-11-14 |
| 58. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
112.41 |
0.9884 |
0.0133 |
233 |
1 |
112.41 |
2013-04-07 |
| 59. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
112.14 |
1.0261 |
-0.0280 |
273 |
2 |
110.99 |
2013-04-06 |
| 60. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
112.08 |
1.0917 |
-0.0687 |
243 |
2 |
108.09 |
2014-03-17 |
| 61. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
112.02 |
0.9866 |
0.0086 |
218 |
1 |
112.02 |
2012-10-16 |
| 62. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
111.86 |
1.0528 |
-0.0603 |
201 |
1 |
111.86 |
2012-10-14 |
| 63. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
111.84 |
0.9831 |
0.0222 |
469 |
1 |
111.84 |
2012-10-14 |
| 64. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
111.43 |
1.0099 |
-0.0192 |
207 |
2 |
103.08 |
2012-10-14 |
| 65. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
111.29 |
1.0029 |
-0.0170 |
209 |
1 |
111.29 |
2012-10-15 |
| 66. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
111.23 |
1.0013 |
-0.0104 |
273 |
1 |
111.23 |
2012-10-14 |
| 67. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
110.98 |
1.0352 |
-0.0426 |
341 |
2 |
107.59 |
2012-10-14 |
| 68. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
110.91 |
1.0388 |
-0.0183 |
243 |
1 |
110.91 |
2012-10-14 |
| 69. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
110.70 |
1.0214 |
-0.0398 |
166 |
2 |
106.74 |
2013-04-06 |
| 70. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
110.44 |
0.9965 |
-0.0112 |
277 |
1 |
110.44 |
2012-10-23 |
| 71. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
110.23 |
1.0124 |
-0.0320 |
204 |
1 |
110.23 |
2012-10-26 |
| 72. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
110.15 |
1.0316 |
-0.0458 |
333 |
1 |
110.15 |
2012-10-25 |
| 73. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
110.11 |
0.9899 |
-0.0129 |
163 |
1 |
110.11 |
2013-03-29 |
| 74. |
Sometimes you concentrate more on racing the cars around you... |
109.88 |
1.0968 |
-0.0798 |
365 |
2 |
107.86 |
2012-10-24 |
| 75. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
109.71 |
1.0390 |
-0.0647 |
205 |
2 |
107.48 |
2012-10-16 |
| 76. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
109.62 |
1.1114 |
-0.1369 |
247 |
1 |
109.62 |
2012-10-25 |
| 77. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
109.37 |
1.0023 |
-0.0292 |
211 |
1 |
109.37 |
2014-03-17 |
| 78. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
109.18 |
1.0060 |
-0.0374 |
171 |
2 |
109.07 |
2012-10-27 |
| 79. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
109.14 |
1.0197 |
-0.0497 |
226 |
1 |
109.14 |
2012-10-26 |
| 80. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
109.00 |
1.0352 |
-0.0610 |
341 |
2 |
105.29 |
2012-10-14 |
| 81. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
108.59 |
0.9946 |
-0.0269 |
246 |
1 |
108.59 |
2012-10-28 |
| 82. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
108.46 |
1.0261 |
-0.0199 |
410 |
1 |
108.46 |
2012-10-13 |
| 83. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
108.30 |
0.9557 |
0.0159 |
331 |
1 |
108.30 |
2013-04-06 |
| 84. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
108.23 |
1.0740 |
-0.0710 |
264 |
1 |
108.23 |
2012-10-14 |
| 85. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
107.90 |
0.9905 |
-0.0210 |
377 |
1 |
107.90 |
2012-10-25 |
| 86. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
107.06 |
0.9936 |
-0.0194 |
227 |
1 |
107.06 |
2012-10-31 |
| 87. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
106.88 |
0.9646 |
-0.0130 |
264 |
1 |
106.88 |
2012-10-15 |
| 88. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
106.05 |
0.9754 |
-0.0243 |
362 |
1 |
106.05 |
2012-10-13 |
| 89. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
105.85 |
1.0445 |
-0.1004 |
373 |
1 |
105.85 |
2013-04-07 |
| 90. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
105.19 |
0.9684 |
-0.0285 |
388 |
1 |
105.19 |
2012-10-13 |
| 91. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
104.98 |
1.0396 |
-0.1115 |
149 |
1 |
104.98 |
2012-10-14 |
| 92. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
104.55 |
0.9649 |
-0.0345 |
193 |
1 |
104.55 |
2012-10-13 |
| 93. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
104.42 |
1.0125 |
-0.0845 |
224 |
1 |
104.42 |
2012-10-13 |
| 94. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
104.25 |
1.0399 |
-0.1060 |
294 |
1 |
104.25 |
2012-10-14 |
| 95. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
104.21 |
1.0320 |
-0.0663 |
293 |
1 |
104.21 |
2013-11-13 |
| 96. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
103.84 |
1.0073 |
-0.0743 |
369 |
1 |
103.84 |
2012-10-15 |
| 97. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
103.83 |
1.0389 |
-0.1122 |
318 |
1 |
103.83 |
2012-10-14 |
| 98. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
103.74 |
1.0534 |
-0.1271 |
357 |
1 |
103.74 |
2012-10-13 |
| 99. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
102.10 |
1.0441 |
-0.0935 |
316 |
1 |
102.10 |
2012-10-13 |
| 100. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
101.69 |
1.0150 |
-0.0604 |
325 |
1 |
101.69 |
2012-10-13 |
| 101. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
101.14 |
0.9792 |
-0.0401 |
265 |
1 |
101.14 |
2012-10-13 |
| 102. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
101.04 |
0.9941 |
-0.0968 |
217 |
2 |
97.83 |
2012-10-13 |
| 103. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
100.63 |
0.9907 |
-0.0963 |
211 |
1 |
100.63 |
2012-10-14 |
| 104. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
99.66 |
0.9527 |
-0.0655 |
251 |
1 |
99.66 |
2012-10-14 |
| 105. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
99.31 |
1.0109 |
-0.0939 |
400 |
1 |
99.31 |
2012-10-13 |
| 106. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
98.64 |
0.9500 |
-0.0697 |
362 |
1 |
98.64 |
2012-10-13 |
| 107. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
97.82 |
0.9871 |
-0.0802 |
209 |
1 |
97.82 |
2012-10-22 |
| 108. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
96.93 |
1.0496 |
-0.1877 |
314 |
1 |
96.93 |
2012-10-13 |
| 109. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
96.03 |
1.0154 |
-0.1111 |
351 |
1 |
96.03 |
2012-10-14 |
| 110. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
95.34 |
0.9426 |
-0.0912 |
317 |
1 |
95.34 |
2012-10-13 |
| 111. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
95.19 |
0.9681 |
-0.1129 |
378 |
1 |
95.19 |
2012-10-13 |
| 112. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
93.37 |
1.0334 |
-0.2094 |
131 |
2 |
92.92 |
2012-10-24 |
| 113. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
93.06 |
0.9653 |
-0.1293 |
394 |
1 |
93.06 |
2012-10-14 |
| 114. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
92.63 |
0.9786 |
-0.1600 |
193 |
1 |
92.63 |
2012-10-13 |
| 115. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
89.68 |
0.9709 |
-0.1328 |
397 |
1 |
89.68 |
2012-10-13 |
| 116. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
89.02 |
0.8852 |
-0.0919 |
201 |
1 |
89.02 |
2012-10-13 |
| 117. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
88.71 |
0.9790 |
-0.1500 |
311 |
1 |
88.71 |
2012-10-13 |
| 118. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
88.21 |
0.8722 |
-0.0854 |
285 |
1 |
88.21 |
2012-10-13 |
| 119. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
87.76 |
1.0547 |
-0.2402 |
257 |
1 |
87.76 |
2012-10-13 |
| 120. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
80.18 |
0.9351 |
-0.2293 |
190 |
1 |
80.18 |
2012-10-13 |