| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
76.98 |
1.0867 |
0.3423 |
171 |
2 |
73.07 |
2008-12-19 |
| 2. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
71.07 |
1.0106 |
0.3113 |
302 |
1 |
71.07 |
2008-11-11 |
| 3. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
66.27 |
0.9981 |
0.2341 |
211 |
1 |
66.27 |
2008-11-30 |
| 4. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
65.96 |
1.0033 |
0.2244 |
203 |
1 |
65.96 |
2008-11-24 |
| 5. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
65.54 |
1.0881 |
0.1275 |
210 |
1 |
65.54 |
2008-11-07 |
| 6. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
64.84 |
0.9260 |
0.2834 |
348 |
1 |
64.84 |
2008-11-07 |
| 7. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
62.76 |
0.9801 |
0.1871 |
289 |
1 |
62.76 |
2008-11-07 |
| 8. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
62.06 |
1.0267 |
0.1308 |
261 |
2 |
61.21 |
2009-06-08 |
| 9. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
62.00 |
1.0372 |
0.1157 |
249 |
1 |
62.00 |
2008-11-17 |
| 10. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
61.51 |
1.0414 |
0.1018 |
234 |
2 |
53.37 |
2008-11-24 |
| 11. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
61.21 |
1.0736 |
0.0675 |
350 |
1 |
61.21 |
2008-11-07 |
| 12. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
61.10 |
0.9841 |
0.1491 |
217 |
1 |
61.10 |
2008-11-07 |
| 13. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
61.01 |
1.1093 |
0.0199 |
220 |
1 |
61.01 |
2008-12-19 |
| 14. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
60.98 |
0.9809 |
0.1494 |
209 |
2 |
57.39 |
2008-11-21 |
| 15. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
60.97 |
1.0865 |
0.0473 |
237 |
1 |
60.97 |
2008-11-08 |
| 16. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
60.87 |
0.9070 |
0.2204 |
192 |
1 |
60.87 |
2008-11-07 |
| 17. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
60.70 |
1.0208 |
0.1081 |
231 |
1 |
60.70 |
2009-06-02 |
| 18. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
60.15 |
1.1086 |
0.0105 |
233 |
1 |
60.15 |
2008-11-12 |
| 19. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
60.06 |
1.0590 |
0.0569 |
250 |
1 |
60.06 |
2009-06-02 |
| 20. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
59.83 |
0.9636 |
0.1477 |
281 |
3 |
57.80 |
2009-04-17 |
| 21. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
59.80 |
0.9503 |
0.1551 |
211 |
1 |
59.80 |
2008-11-20 |
| 22. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
59.78 |
0.9807 |
0.1195 |
129 |
1 |
59.78 |
2009-06-02 |
| 23. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
59.69 |
1.0060 |
0.1048 |
225 |
1 |
59.69 |
2009-06-08 |
| 24. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
59.35 |
0.9709 |
0.1315 |
264 |
1 |
59.35 |
2009-05-21 |
| 25. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
59.08 |
1.0960 |
0.0068 |
315 |
1 |
59.08 |
2009-06-02 |
| 26. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
59.00 |
1.0279 |
0.0636 |
172 |
2 |
52.79 |
2008-11-15 |
| 27. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
58.83 |
0.9931 |
0.0970 |
218 |
2 |
58.18 |
2008-11-07 |
| 28. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
58.68 |
1.0101 |
0.0829 |
336 |
2 |
56.32 |
2008-12-04 |
| 29. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
58.45 |
0.9143 |
0.1736 |
300 |
1 |
58.45 |
2008-11-24 |
| 30. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
58.40 |
1.0529 |
0.0357 |
373 |
2 |
58.15 |
2008-11-07 |
| 31. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
58.34 |
1.0877 |
-0.0063 |
129 |
1 |
58.34 |
2008-11-17 |
| 32. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
58.13 |
1.0540 |
0.0219 |
184 |
1 |
58.13 |
2009-06-02 |
| 33. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
57.86 |
0.9849 |
0.0922 |
337 |
1 |
57.86 |
2009-06-02 |
| 34. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
57.79 |
1.0404 |
0.0391 |
406 |
1 |
57.79 |
2008-11-15 |
| 35. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
57.68 |
1.0288 |
0.0390 |
166 |
1 |
57.68 |
2009-06-02 |
| 36. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
57.44 |
0.9948 |
0.0721 |
233 |
3 |
54.62 |
2009-06-02 |
| 37. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
57.31 |
1.0006 |
0.0650 |
311 |
1 |
57.31 |
2009-05-22 |
| 38. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
57.26 |
0.9479 |
0.1184 |
317 |
1 |
57.26 |
2008-12-19 |
| 39. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
57.14 |
1.0743 |
-0.0108 |
297 |
1 |
57.14 |
2008-11-07 |
| 40. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
57.04 |
0.9841 |
0.0748 |
263 |
1 |
57.04 |
2008-12-19 |
| 41. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
56.94 |
0.9928 |
0.0653 |
293 |
1 |
56.94 |
2009-06-02 |
| 42. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
56.83 |
1.0411 |
0.0173 |
341 |
1 |
56.83 |
2008-11-23 |
| 43. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
56.49 |
1.0672 |
-0.0182 |
239 |
1 |
56.49 |
2008-11-12 |
| 44. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
56.41 |
0.9621 |
0.0838 |
201 |
1 |
56.41 |
2009-06-02 |
| 45. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
56.22 |
1.0466 |
-0.0018 |
230 |
2 |
54.69 |
2009-03-17 |
| 46. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
56.06 |
0.9713 |
0.0695 |
193 |
1 |
56.06 |
2008-11-23 |
| 47. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
56.01 |
0.9538 |
0.0873 |
276 |
1 |
56.01 |
2008-11-17 |
| 48. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
55.89 |
0.9644 |
0.0777 |
398 |
2 |
53.96 |
2009-06-02 |
| 49. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
55.62 |
1.0199 |
0.0103 |
225 |
2 |
52.37 |
2008-11-15 |
| 50. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
55.61 |
0.9468 |
0.0868 |
318 |
1 |
55.61 |
2008-11-07 |
| 51. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
55.51 |
1.0227 |
0.0153 |
378 |
1 |
55.51 |
2009-06-02 |
| 52. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
55.11 |
0.9740 |
0.0537 |
371 |
1 |
55.11 |
2009-06-11 |
| 53. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
55.07 |
0.9836 |
0.0402 |
289 |
2 |
53.32 |
2008-12-19 |
| 54. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
54.97 |
0.9339 |
0.0937 |
317 |
1 |
54.97 |
2008-11-20 |
| 55. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
54.92 |
0.9108 |
0.1100 |
235 |
1 |
54.92 |
2008-11-24 |
| 56. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
54.85 |
0.9756 |
0.0433 |
223 |
1 |
54.85 |
2008-11-24 |
| 57. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
54.40 |
0.8959 |
0.1207 |
328 |
1 |
54.40 |
2008-11-15 |
| 58. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
54.20 |
1.0035 |
0.0045 |
310 |
2 |
52.01 |
2009-04-17 |
| 59. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
54.07 |
0.9957 |
0.0091 |
323 |
1 |
54.07 |
2009-04-17 |
| 60. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
53.92 |
1.0178 |
-0.0173 |
207 |
1 |
53.92 |
2008-11-15 |
| 61. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
53.84 |
0.9332 |
0.0675 |
267 |
1 |
53.84 |
2009-06-02 |
| 62. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
53.66 |
1.0265 |
-0.0255 |
375 |
1 |
53.66 |
2008-11-12 |
| 63. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
53.61 |
1.0095 |
-0.0145 |
211 |
2 |
52.87 |
2009-06-02 |
| 64. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
52.60 |
0.9974 |
-0.0238 |
163 |
1 |
52.60 |
2009-01-15 |
| 65. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
52.59 |
1.0341 |
-0.0574 |
273 |
1 |
52.59 |
2009-06-02 |
| 66. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
52.51 |
0.9010 |
0.0773 |
266 |
2 |
44.26 |
2009-06-02 |
| 67. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
52.40 |
0.9681 |
0.0113 |
392 |
1 |
52.40 |
2008-12-04 |
| 68. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
52.25 |
1.0561 |
-0.0870 |
227 |
1 |
52.25 |
2009-06-08 |
| 69. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
52.06 |
1.0901 |
-0.1207 |
288 |
1 |
52.06 |
2008-11-08 |
| 70. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
52.02 |
1.0287 |
-0.0631 |
269 |
1 |
52.02 |
2008-11-12 |
| 71. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
51.97 |
1.0362 |
-0.0642 |
437 |
1 |
51.97 |
2008-12-04 |
| 72. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
51.78 |
1.0487 |
-0.0887 |
253 |
1 |
51.78 |
2008-11-12 |
| 73. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
51.76 |
0.9136 |
0.0515 |
348 |
1 |
51.76 |
2008-11-13 |
| 74. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
51.21 |
0.9425 |
0.0097 |
248 |
1 |
51.21 |
2009-03-17 |
| 75. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
51.19 |
1.0800 |
-0.1318 |
213 |
1 |
51.19 |
2008-11-15 |
| 76. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
50.97 |
1.0042 |
-0.0610 |
168 |
2 |
48.32 |
2009-06-08 |
| 77. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
50.69 |
0.9864 |
-0.0408 |
292 |
1 |
50.69 |
2008-11-17 |
| 78. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
50.50 |
1.0873 |
-0.1521 |
243 |
1 |
50.50 |
2008-11-12 |
| 79. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
50.40 |
0.9265 |
0.0088 |
254 |
1 |
50.40 |
2009-03-17 |
| 80. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
50.29 |
0.9763 |
-0.0425 |
143 |
1 |
50.29 |
2008-11-11 |
| 81. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
50.20 |
0.8880 |
0.0447 |
296 |
3 |
47.85 |
2009-06-02 |
| 82. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
50.11 |
0.9162 |
0.0159 |
401 |
1 |
50.11 |
2008-11-12 |
| 83. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
50.07 |
0.9917 |
-0.0594 |
317 |
1 |
50.07 |
2008-11-13 |
| 84. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
50.04 |
0.8986 |
0.0293 |
205 |
2 |
48.50 |
2009-06-08 |
| 85. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
49.88 |
0.9359 |
-0.0086 |
355 |
2 |
47.14 |
2009-01-16 |
| 86. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
49.69 |
1.0018 |
-0.0784 |
246 |
1 |
49.69 |
2008-11-11 |
| 87. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
49.60 |
0.9927 |
-0.0746 |
234 |
1 |
49.60 |
2009-02-16 |
| 88. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
49.57 |
0.9011 |
0.0229 |
322 |
1 |
49.57 |
2008-11-13 |
| 89. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
49.37 |
1.0103 |
-0.0989 |
209 |
1 |
49.37 |
2008-11-12 |
| 90. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
49.35 |
0.9631 |
-0.0469 |
273 |
1 |
49.35 |
2009-06-02 |
| 91. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
48.92 |
0.8869 |
0.0194 |
176 |
1 |
48.92 |
2008-11-07 |
| 92. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
48.76 |
0.9866 |
-0.0805 |
308 |
1 |
48.76 |
2008-11-07 |
| 93. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
48.68 |
0.9541 |
-0.0493 |
236 |
1 |
48.68 |
2008-11-12 |
| 94. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
48.66 |
0.9909 |
-0.0825 |
293 |
1 |
48.66 |
2008-11-11 |
| 95. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
48.38 |
1.0638 |
-0.1672 |
247 |
1 |
48.38 |
2008-11-07 |
| 96. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
48.29 |
0.9128 |
-0.0187 |
237 |
1 |
48.29 |
2009-05-21 |
| 97. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
48.11 |
0.9698 |
-0.0713 |
389 |
1 |
48.11 |
2008-11-11 |
| 98. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
48.09 |
0.8572 |
0.0343 |
232 |
1 |
48.09 |
2008-11-07 |
| 99. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
47.79 |
0.9380 |
-0.0520 |
284 |
1 |
47.79 |
2008-12-04 |
| 100. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
47.50 |
0.8666 |
0.0130 |
206 |
2 |
45.45 |
2008-11-07 |
| 101. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
47.44 |
0.8986 |
-0.0126 |
363 |
2 |
47.36 |
2009-06-02 |
| 102. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
47.31 |
0.9658 |
-0.0835 |
308 |
1 |
47.31 |
2008-12-30 |
| 103. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
47.23 |
0.9869 |
-0.1134 |
193 |
1 |
47.23 |
2009-05-21 |
| 104. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
46.50 |
0.9703 |
-0.1003 |
394 |
2 |
44.09 |
2009-03-21 |
| 105. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
46.23 |
0.9833 |
-0.1225 |
387 |
2 |
45.66 |
2008-11-12 |
| 106. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
45.76 |
0.9029 |
-0.0506 |
393 |
1 |
45.76 |
2008-11-20 |
| 107. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
45.64 |
0.9346 |
-0.0902 |
211 |
1 |
45.64 |
2008-11-12 |
| 108. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
45.40 |
0.8988 |
-0.0560 |
216 |
1 |
45.40 |
2008-11-13 |
| 109. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
45.24 |
0.8993 |
-0.0566 |
366 |
1 |
45.24 |
2009-05-21 |
| 110. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
44.76 |
0.9884 |
-0.1550 |
267 |
1 |
44.76 |
2009-06-11 |
| 111. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
44.69 |
0.9583 |
-0.1282 |
237 |
1 |
44.69 |
2009-06-02 |
| 112. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
42.66 |
0.9271 |
-0.1359 |
295 |
1 |
42.66 |
2008-11-07 |
| 113. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
42.42 |
0.9027 |
-0.1191 |
189 |
1 |
42.42 |
2008-11-07 |
| 114. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
42.34 |
0.8830 |
-0.0949 |
300 |
1 |
42.34 |
2009-03-17 |
| 115. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
41.83 |
0.8913 |
-0.1137 |
201 |
1 |
41.83 |
2008-11-07 |
| 116. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
41.69 |
0.9980 |
-0.2223 |
295 |
1 |
41.69 |
2009-01-16 |
| 117. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
41.63 |
1.0291 |
-0.2589 |
240 |
1 |
41.63 |
2008-11-23 |
| 118. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
41.47 |
0.8964 |
-0.1299 |
199 |
1 |
41.47 |
2008-11-07 |
| 119. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
39.98 |
0.9243 |
-0.1807 |
240 |
1 |
39.98 |
2009-05-22 |
| 120. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
39.19 |
1.0332 |
-0.3071 |
267 |
1 |
39.19 |
2008-11-07 |
| 121. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
29.28 |
0.9621 |
-0.4183 |
212 |
1 |
29.28 |
2008-11-06 |