| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
88.89 |
1.0498 |
0.1087 |
180 |
3 |
83.63 |
2010-04-23 |
| 2. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
88.17 |
1.1014 |
0.0902 |
273 |
1 |
88.17 |
2010-04-28 |
| 3. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
88.11 |
1.0714 |
0.0727 |
129 |
1 |
88.11 |
2010-04-23 |
| 4. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
87.27 |
1.0218 |
0.1171 |
268 |
3 |
80.39 |
2010-04-23 |
| 5. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
87.15 |
1.0767 |
0.0614 |
212 |
1 |
87.15 |
2010-04-01 |
| 6. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
85.74 |
1.0711 |
0.0454 |
213 |
3 |
80.64 |
2010-10-16 |
| 7. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
85.61 |
1.0944 |
0.0704 |
308 |
1 |
85.61 |
2010-02-11 |
| 8. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
85.44 |
1.0334 |
0.0777 |
131 |
1 |
85.44 |
2010-04-22 |
| 9. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
84.76 |
1.0173 |
0.1356 |
268 |
1 |
84.76 |
2010-04-23 |
| 10. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
84.75 |
1.0795 |
0.0596 |
226 |
1 |
84.75 |
2010-04-21 |
| 11. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
84.34 |
1.0565 |
0.0440 |
247 |
2 |
83.47 |
2010-04-21 |
| 12. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
83.83 |
0.9976 |
0.1189 |
174 |
1 |
83.83 |
2009-12-20 |
| 13. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
83.46 |
1.0796 |
0.0071 |
129 |
1 |
83.46 |
2010-04-15 |
| 14. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
83.20 |
1.0483 |
0.0367 |
227 |
2 |
78.59 |
2009-12-12 |
| 15. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
82.98 |
0.9785 |
0.1098 |
335 |
2 |
79.34 |
2010-04-21 |
| 16. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
82.15 |
1.0154 |
0.1084 |
351 |
1 |
82.15 |
2010-04-12 |
| 17. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
82.14 |
1.0619 |
0.0157 |
354 |
1 |
82.14 |
2010-04-21 |
| 18. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
82.03 |
1.0211 |
0.0822 |
213 |
1 |
82.03 |
2010-04-21 |
| 19. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
81.64 |
1.0004 |
0.0609 |
212 |
1 |
81.64 |
2010-03-04 |
| 20. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
81.59 |
1.0062 |
0.0605 |
288 |
2 |
78.07 |
2010-04-01 |
| 21. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
81.53 |
1.0316 |
0.0381 |
333 |
1 |
81.53 |
2010-04-21 |
| 22. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
81.09 |
1.0214 |
0.0371 |
269 |
3 |
74.41 |
2009-12-12 |
| 23. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
80.87 |
1.0389 |
0.0199 |
318 |
1 |
80.87 |
2010-02-11 |
| 24. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
80.84 |
1.0349 |
0.0212 |
234 |
1 |
80.84 |
2010-03-04 |
| 25. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
79.76 |
0.9612 |
0.0813 |
256 |
1 |
79.76 |
2010-04-12 |
| 26. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
79.73 |
1.0331 |
0.0068 |
234 |
1 |
79.73 |
2009-12-21 |
| 27. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
79.49 |
1.0016 |
0.0327 |
218 |
2 |
76.44 |
2009-12-20 |
| 28. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
79.35 |
1.0033 |
0.0271 |
189 |
1 |
79.35 |
2010-04-23 |
| 29. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
79.29 |
0.9570 |
0.0810 |
287 |
1 |
79.29 |
2010-10-16 |
| 30. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
78.96 |
1.0396 |
-0.0149 |
149 |
2 |
75.24 |
2010-03-04 |
| 31. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
78.52 |
0.9758 |
0.0510 |
314 |
2 |
76.40 |
2009-12-06 |
| 32. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
77.91 |
1.0528 |
-0.0398 |
201 |
1 |
77.91 |
2010-03-04 |
| 33. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
77.40 |
0.9691 |
0.0417 |
223 |
2 |
71.94 |
2009-12-30 |
| 34. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
76.99 |
1.1068 |
-0.0607 |
393 |
2 |
74.61 |
2009-11-27 |
| 35. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
76.90 |
0.9275 |
0.0739 |
211 |
1 |
76.90 |
2009-12-21 |
| 36. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
76.84 |
1.0289 |
-0.0206 |
276 |
3 |
75.80 |
2010-02-22 |
| 37. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
76.82 |
1.0125 |
-0.0112 |
224 |
1 |
76.82 |
2010-04-01 |
| 38. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
76.62 |
0.9916 |
0.0519 |
282 |
1 |
76.62 |
2009-12-20 |
| 39. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
76.56 |
1.0201 |
-0.0195 |
303 |
1 |
76.56 |
2010-03-04 |
| 40. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
76.55 |
1.0201 |
-0.0269 |
172 |
1 |
76.55 |
2010-10-16 |
| 41. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
76.49 |
0.9843 |
0.0100 |
234 |
1 |
76.49 |
2010-03-04 |
| 42. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
76.47 |
1.0390 |
-0.0437 |
205 |
1 |
76.47 |
2009-12-11 |
| 43. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
76.37 |
0.9513 |
0.0502 |
354 |
2 |
74.80 |
2010-02-22 |
| 44. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
76.36 |
1.0095 |
-0.0131 |
316 |
1 |
76.36 |
2009-03-17 |
| 45. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
76.35 |
0.9365 |
0.0623 |
248 |
1 |
76.35 |
2009-10-05 |
| 46. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
76.00 |
0.9068 |
0.0889 |
269 |
1 |
76.00 |
2010-02-11 |
| 47. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
75.77 |
1.0340 |
-0.0390 |
406 |
1 |
75.77 |
2010-01-04 |
| 48. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
75.47 |
0.9941 |
-0.0108 |
217 |
1 |
75.47 |
2009-12-07 |
| 49. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
75.38 |
0.9464 |
0.0432 |
323 |
1 |
75.38 |
2009-12-21 |
| 50. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
75.29 |
1.0168 |
-0.0321 |
271 |
1 |
75.29 |
2009-12-22 |
| 51. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
75.21 |
1.0053 |
-0.0250 |
232 |
2 |
74.05 |
2010-02-11 |
| 52. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
75.06 |
1.0361 |
-0.0547 |
269 |
2 |
71.63 |
2010-03-29 |
| 53. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
74.46 |
0.9485 |
0.0257 |
236 |
1 |
74.46 |
2009-08-26 |
| 54. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
74.28 |
1.0529 |
-0.0829 |
351 |
1 |
74.28 |
2009-12-20 |
| 55. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
74.22 |
1.0131 |
-0.0479 |
225 |
2 |
70.53 |
2009-12-07 |
| 56. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
73.88 |
0.9820 |
-0.0145 |
267 |
1 |
73.88 |
2009-12-21 |
| 57. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
73.73 |
0.8961 |
0.0632 |
189 |
1 |
73.73 |
2009-11-16 |
| 58. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
73.50 |
0.9636 |
-0.0040 |
254 |
1 |
73.50 |
2009-09-10 |
| 59. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
73.34 |
1.0412 |
-0.0843 |
225 |
1 |
73.34 |
2009-12-21 |
| 60. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
73.30 |
0.9351 |
0.0163 |
190 |
1 |
73.30 |
2009-03-17 |
| 61. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
73.25 |
1.0417 |
-0.0878 |
253 |
3 |
67.34 |
2009-12-17 |
| 62. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
72.78 |
1.0487 |
-0.1036 |
231 |
1 |
72.78 |
2009-09-16 |
| 63. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
72.66 |
1.0454 |
-0.1006 |
255 |
1 |
72.66 |
2009-11-27 |
| 64. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
72.57 |
0.9786 |
-0.0364 |
193 |
1 |
72.57 |
2009-12-21 |
| 65. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
72.50 |
0.9646 |
-0.0191 |
264 |
1 |
72.50 |
2009-12-17 |
| 66. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
72.41 |
0.9966 |
-0.0519 |
259 |
1 |
72.41 |
2009-10-05 |
| 67. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
72.15 |
0.9841 |
-0.0384 |
334 |
1 |
72.15 |
2009-12-02 |
| 68. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
71.87 |
1.0444 |
-0.1129 |
197 |
1 |
71.87 |
2009-10-23 |
| 69. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
71.82 |
0.9964 |
-0.0589 |
203 |
1 |
71.82 |
2009-09-10 |
| 70. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
71.71 |
1.0297 |
-0.0949 |
249 |
2 |
63.77 |
2009-02-10 |
| 71. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
71.56 |
0.9509 |
0.0215 |
225 |
1 |
71.56 |
2010-02-22 |
| 72. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
71.52 |
1.0232 |
-0.0438 |
350 |
1 |
71.52 |
2009-12-21 |
| 73. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
71.51 |
0.9364 |
0.0370 |
351 |
1 |
71.51 |
2009-12-20 |
| 74. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
71.44 |
1.1018 |
-0.1758 |
220 |
1 |
71.44 |
2009-02-17 |
| 75. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
71.28 |
1.0365 |
-0.0764 |
162 |
1 |
71.28 |
2009-12-12 |
| 76. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
71.27 |
0.9884 |
-0.0590 |
233 |
1 |
71.27 |
2009-09-16 |
| 77. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
70.93 |
1.0263 |
-0.1014 |
267 |
1 |
70.93 |
2009-02-13 |
| 78. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
70.92 |
1.0441 |
-0.1171 |
252 |
2 |
70.63 |
2009-12-17 |
| 79. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
70.57 |
0.9780 |
-0.0561 |
337 |
1 |
70.57 |
2009-09-29 |
| 80. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
70.49 |
0.9125 |
0.0091 |
308 |
1 |
70.49 |
2009-03-05 |
| 81. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
70.48 |
1.0515 |
-0.1337 |
250 |
2 |
67.46 |
2009-02-15 |
| 82. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
70.05 |
0.9865 |
-0.0714 |
276 |
1 |
70.05 |
2009-03-04 |
| 83. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
69.75 |
1.0567 |
-0.1461 |
303 |
1 |
69.75 |
2009-03-13 |
| 84. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
69.39 |
1.0167 |
-0.1046 |
378 |
1 |
69.39 |
2009-02-27 |
| 85. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
69.27 |
1.0577 |
-0.1575 |
247 |
1 |
69.27 |
2009-11-27 |
| 86. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
68.25 |
1.0073 |
-0.1091 |
369 |
1 |
68.25 |
2009-02-23 |
| 87. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
67.48 |
1.0213 |
-0.1445 |
240 |
1 |
67.48 |
2009-02-12 |
| 88. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
66.75 |
0.9772 |
-0.1104 |
217 |
2 |
64.92 |
2009-02-14 |
| 89. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
66.55 |
0.9697 |
-0.1018 |
249 |
1 |
66.55 |
2009-02-10 |
| 90. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
64.34 |
1.0189 |
-0.1771 |
337 |
1 |
64.34 |
2009-02-10 |
| 91. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
63.06 |
0.9164 |
-0.0901 |
305 |
1 |
63.06 |
2009-12-20 |
| 92. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
62.69 |
0.9005 |
-0.0854 |
212 |
1 |
62.69 |
2009-03-07 |
| 93. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
62.55 |
0.9429 |
-0.1268 |
287 |
1 |
62.55 |
2009-03-13 |
| 94. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
62.31 |
0.9045 |
-0.0925 |
235 |
1 |
62.31 |
2009-02-14 |
| 95. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
62.15 |
0.9540 |
-0.1463 |
285 |
1 |
62.15 |
2009-02-10 |
| 96. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
58.59 |
1.0521 |
-0.2945 |
171 |
1 |
58.59 |
2009-02-10 |