| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
157.85 |
0.9221 |
0.3690 |
244 |
1 |
157.85 |
2010-03-01 |
| 2. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
154.14 |
1.0523 |
0.2058 |
256 |
1 |
154.14 |
2010-03-02 |
| 3. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
149.41 |
1.0883 |
0.1676 |
303 |
1 |
149.41 |
2010-09-26 |
| 4. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
148.75 |
1.0521 |
0.1602 |
171 |
1 |
148.75 |
2010-03-01 |
| 5. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
148.72 |
1.0714 |
0.1369 |
129 |
2 |
128.22 |
2010-09-26 |
| 6. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
146.35 |
0.9509 |
0.2854 |
225 |
2 |
119.66 |
2010-03-02 |
| 7. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
144.19 |
0.9226 |
0.2612 |
177 |
2 |
126.72 |
2010-03-01 |
| 8. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
143.45 |
1.0829 |
0.0924 |
288 |
3 |
138.99 |
2010-03-02 |
| 9. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
139.82 |
1.0417 |
0.0992 |
253 |
1 |
139.82 |
2010-09-26 |
| 10. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
139.55 |
1.1018 |
0.0330 |
220 |
1 |
139.55 |
2010-03-01 |
| 11. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
138.96 |
0.9289 |
0.2055 |
204 |
1 |
138.96 |
2010-09-26 |
| 12. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
138.22 |
1.0391 |
0.0977 |
358 |
2 |
123.74 |
2010-03-02 |
| 13. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
137.20 |
1.0361 |
0.0871 |
269 |
1 |
137.20 |
2010-02-28 |
| 14. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
136.27 |
1.0483 |
0.0628 |
227 |
3 |
125.11 |
2010-03-02 |
| 15. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
135.15 |
1.0669 |
0.0719 |
213 |
1 |
135.15 |
2010-09-26 |
| 16. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
135.01 |
1.0264 |
0.1179 |
422 |
2 |
134.72 |
2010-09-26 |
| 17. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
134.41 |
1.0340 |
0.0706 |
406 |
1 |
134.41 |
2010-07-09 |
| 18. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
134.36 |
0.9593 |
0.1441 |
398 |
1 |
134.36 |
2010-03-01 |
| 19. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
134.29 |
1.0074 |
0.0916 |
242 |
1 |
134.29 |
2010-03-01 |
| 20. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
132.82 |
0.9684 |
0.1201 |
388 |
2 |
127.61 |
2010-09-26 |
| 21. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
132.55 |
1.0168 |
0.0689 |
271 |
1 |
132.55 |
2010-09-26 |
| 22. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
132.49 |
1.0183 |
0.0594 |
191 |
2 |
122.50 |
2010-09-26 |
| 23. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
132.26 |
1.1114 |
-0.0328 |
247 |
1 |
132.26 |
2010-09-26 |
| 24. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
132.08 |
0.9049 |
0.1807 |
351 |
2 |
122.53 |
2010-09-26 |
| 25. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
131.74 |
1.0907 |
-0.0117 |
303 |
1 |
131.74 |
2010-03-01 |
| 26. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
131.50 |
0.9682 |
0.1055 |
143 |
1 |
131.50 |
2010-03-01 |
| 27. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
131.23 |
1.0740 |
0.0370 |
264 |
1 |
131.23 |
2010-03-01 |
| 28. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
131.21 |
1.0337 |
0.0381 |
214 |
1 |
131.21 |
2010-02-28 |
| 29. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
130.70 |
0.9833 |
0.0867 |
355 |
1 |
130.70 |
2010-09-26 |
| 30. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
129.82 |
0.8961 |
0.1617 |
189 |
2 |
119.09 |
2010-09-26 |
| 31. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
129.00 |
1.0004 |
0.0476 |
212 |
2 |
117.63 |
2010-07-09 |
| 32. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
129.00 |
0.9724 |
0.0844 |
237 |
1 |
129.00 |
2010-02-28 |
| 33. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
128.80 |
1.0486 |
0.0048 |
289 |
1 |
128.80 |
2010-03-01 |
| 34. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
128.79 |
0.9899 |
0.0578 |
163 |
1 |
128.79 |
2010-09-26 |
| 35. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
128.09 |
0.9429 |
0.1055 |
287 |
1 |
128.09 |
2010-02-28 |
| 36. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
127.31 |
1.0090 |
0.0750 |
282 |
1 |
127.31 |
2010-03-02 |
| 37. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
126.45 |
0.9640 |
0.0995 |
334 |
1 |
126.45 |
2010-03-03 |
| 38. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
126.43 |
0.9697 |
0.0632 |
249 |
1 |
126.43 |
2010-02-28 |
| 39. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
126.23 |
1.0138 |
0.0171 |
231 |
1 |
126.23 |
2010-07-09 |
| 40. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
125.75 |
0.9293 |
0.0997 |
355 |
1 |
125.75 |
2010-09-26 |
| 41. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
125.57 |
0.9964 |
0.0294 |
203 |
2 |
122.08 |
2010-09-26 |
| 42. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
125.37 |
0.8811 |
0.1472 |
239 |
1 |
125.37 |
2010-02-28 |
| 43. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
125.10 |
0.9756 |
0.0454 |
229 |
1 |
125.10 |
2010-03-03 |
| 44. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
124.09 |
0.9672 |
0.0534 |
396 |
1 |
124.09 |
2010-09-26 |
| 45. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
124.06 |
1.0389 |
-0.0234 |
318 |
1 |
124.06 |
2010-03-02 |
| 46. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
123.70 |
1.0941 |
-0.0523 |
256 |
1 |
123.70 |
2010-02-28 |
| 47. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
123.42 |
0.8628 |
0.1418 |
196 |
1 |
123.42 |
2010-02-28 |
| 48. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
123.37 |
1.0943 |
-0.0544 |
206 |
1 |
123.37 |
2010-07-09 |
| 49. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
123.21 |
0.9651 |
0.0772 |
389 |
1 |
123.21 |
2010-07-09 |
| 50. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
122.67 |
0.9213 |
0.0814 |
295 |
1 |
122.67 |
2010-09-26 |
| 51. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
122.56 |
0.9942 |
0.0158 |
483 |
1 |
122.56 |
2010-09-26 |
| 52. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
122.14 |
1.0165 |
-0.0146 |
392 |
1 |
122.14 |
2010-02-28 |
| 53. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
122.08 |
1.0346 |
0.0041 |
244 |
1 |
122.08 |
2010-02-28 |
| 54. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
121.55 |
0.9846 |
0.0066 |
281 |
1 |
121.55 |
2010-03-01 |
| 55. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
121.29 |
1.0390 |
-0.0518 |
205 |
1 |
121.29 |
2010-09-26 |
| 56. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
119.93 |
1.0506 |
-0.0425 |
277 |
1 |
119.93 |
2010-02-28 |
| 57. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
119.67 |
1.0441 |
-0.0255 |
316 |
1 |
119.67 |
2010-07-09 |
| 58. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
119.57 |
0.9072 |
0.0669 |
237 |
2 |
107.08 |
2010-03-02 |
| 59. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
118.93 |
1.0240 |
-0.0562 |
256 |
1 |
118.93 |
2010-03-02 |
| 60. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
118.85 |
1.0375 |
-0.0215 |
200 |
2 |
110.56 |
2010-03-01 |
| 61. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
118.68 |
0.9164 |
0.0581 |
305 |
2 |
111.40 |
2010-03-02 |
| 62. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
118.53 |
1.0109 |
-0.0103 |
400 |
1 |
118.53 |
2010-03-01 |
| 63. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
118.26 |
0.9631 |
0.0537 |
345 |
3 |
111.03 |
2010-09-26 |
| 64. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
118.16 |
0.9216 |
0.0823 |
255 |
1 |
118.16 |
2010-07-09 |
| 65. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
117.87 |
1.0023 |
-0.0422 |
211 |
1 |
117.87 |
2010-03-02 |
| 66. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
117.64 |
0.9649 |
-0.0055 |
193 |
2 |
113.82 |
2010-09-26 |
| 67. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
117.29 |
1.0619 |
-0.1004 |
354 |
1 |
117.29 |
2010-09-26 |
| 68. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
117.08 |
0.9986 |
-0.0422 |
283 |
1 |
117.08 |
2010-09-26 |
| 69. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
116.80 |
1.0167 |
-0.0561 |
378 |
1 |
116.80 |
2010-09-26 |
| 70. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
116.60 |
1.0232 |
-0.0255 |
350 |
1 |
116.60 |
2010-03-01 |
| 71. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
116.49 |
0.8852 |
0.0684 |
201 |
1 |
116.49 |
2010-09-26 |
| 72. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
116.24 |
0.9976 |
-0.0283 |
174 |
1 |
116.24 |
2010-02-28 |
| 73. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
115.81 |
0.9726 |
-0.0348 |
154 |
1 |
115.81 |
2010-02-28 |
| 74. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
115.22 |
1.0429 |
-0.1039 |
259 |
1 |
115.22 |
2010-07-09 |
| 75. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
114.97 |
1.0328 |
-0.0555 |
356 |
1 |
114.97 |
2010-03-02 |
| 76. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
114.82 |
1.0711 |
-0.1396 |
213 |
1 |
114.82 |
2010-09-26 |
| 77. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
114.23 |
1.0314 |
-0.0599 |
452 |
1 |
114.23 |
2010-07-09 |
| 78. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
113.68 |
0.9886 |
-0.0586 |
220 |
1 |
113.68 |
2010-09-26 |
| 79. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
113.54 |
0.9693 |
-0.0213 |
360 |
1 |
113.54 |
2010-03-01 |
| 80. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
112.65 |
0.9884 |
-0.0657 |
262 |
1 |
112.65 |
2010-02-28 |
| 81. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
112.40 |
1.0251 |
-0.1101 |
261 |
1 |
112.40 |
2010-02-28 |
| 82. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
111.60 |
1.0795 |
-0.1387 |
226 |
2 |
110.32 |
2010-03-02 |
| 83. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
111.21 |
0.9234 |
-0.0111 |
346 |
1 |
111.21 |
2010-03-01 |
| 84. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
110.45 |
0.9758 |
-0.0742 |
314 |
1 |
110.45 |
2010-02-28 |
| 85. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
109.87 |
0.9772 |
-0.0844 |
217 |
1 |
109.87 |
2010-09-26 |
| 86. |
Three changes occur while the stacked disk structure equilib... |
109.68 |
0.9382 |
-0.0177 |
440 |
1 |
109.68 |
2010-09-26 |
| 87. |
Right, I am going to tell you how this works. You're going i... |
109.62 |
1.0482 |
-0.1299 |
487 |
1 |
109.62 |
2010-03-03 |
| 88. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
109.56 |
0.9125 |
-0.0174 |
308 |
1 |
109.56 |
2010-03-01 |
| 89. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
109.46 |
1.0917 |
-0.1755 |
243 |
1 |
109.46 |
2010-09-26 |
| 90. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
109.07 |
0.9583 |
-0.0252 |
341 |
2 |
108.75 |
2010-09-26 |
| 91. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
108.99 |
0.9676 |
-0.0702 |
442 |
1 |
108.99 |
2010-03-02 |
| 92. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
108.94 |
0.8845 |
0.0035 |
273 |
1 |
108.94 |
2010-02-28 |
| 93. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
108.91 |
0.9411 |
-0.0520 |
318 |
1 |
108.91 |
2010-02-28 |
| 94. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
108.71 |
1.0796 |
-0.1986 |
129 |
1 |
108.71 |
2010-02-28 |
| 95. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
107.92 |
0.9005 |
-0.0221 |
212 |
1 |
107.92 |
2010-09-26 |
| 96. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
107.36 |
0.9729 |
-0.0981 |
255 |
1 |
107.36 |
2010-02-28 |
| 97. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
107.33 |
0.9532 |
-0.0796 |
258 |
1 |
107.33 |
2010-02-28 |
| 98. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
105.91 |
1.0034 |
-0.1412 |
302 |
1 |
105.91 |
2010-07-09 |
| 99. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
104.99 |
1.0073 |
-0.1434 |
369 |
1 |
104.99 |
2010-07-09 |
| 100. |
Wood and other fibrous material is mixed with liquid and mas... |
103.96 |
0.8906 |
-0.0401 |
238 |
1 |
103.96 |
2010-02-28 |
| 101. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
102.34 |
0.9754 |
-0.1357 |
362 |
1 |
102.34 |
2010-02-28 |
| 102. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
102.19 |
0.9207 |
-0.0868 |
174 |
1 |
102.19 |
2010-02-28 |
| 103. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
102.19 |
0.9670 |
-0.0921 |
307 |
1 |
102.19 |
2010-03-01 |
| 104. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
101.83 |
0.9233 |
-0.1024 |
168 |
1 |
101.83 |
2010-02-28 |
| 105. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
100.94 |
0.9365 |
-0.1125 |
248 |
1 |
100.94 |
2010-02-28 |
| 106. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
100.75 |
0.9074 |
-0.0803 |
396 |
1 |
100.75 |
2010-07-09 |
| 107. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
98.33 |
1.0767 |
-0.2786 |
212 |
1 |
98.33 |
2010-03-01 |
| 108. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
97.51 |
0.8722 |
-0.0752 |
285 |
1 |
97.51 |
2010-02-28 |
| 109. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
97.36 |
0.8770 |
-0.0810 |
300 |
1 |
97.36 |
2010-03-03 |
| 110. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
94.21 |
0.9785 |
-0.2090 |
335 |
1 |
94.21 |
2010-09-26 |
| 111. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
84.69 |
1.0203 |
-0.3292 |
261 |
1 |
84.69 |
2010-09-26 |
| 112. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
84.35 |
0.9266 |
-0.2421 |
267 |
1 |
84.35 |
2010-03-02 |