| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
183.60 |
1.0487 |
0.2764 |
231 |
2 |
170.39 |
2014-09-15 |
| 2. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
177.65 |
1.0445 |
0.2431 |
373 |
1 |
177.65 |
2014-09-15 |
| 3. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
169.91 |
1.0485 |
0.2157 |
153 |
1 |
169.91 |
2014-09-12 |
| 4. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
168.20 |
0.9691 |
0.2477 |
223 |
1 |
168.20 |
2014-09-15 |
| 5. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
166.02 |
1.0483 |
0.1498 |
227 |
1 |
166.02 |
2014-09-12 |
| 6. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
160.78 |
1.0213 |
0.1386 |
240 |
1 |
160.78 |
2014-09-12 |
| 7. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
160.72 |
0.9540 |
0.2066 |
285 |
1 |
160.72 |
2014-09-05 |
| 8. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
159.28 |
1.0109 |
0.1417 |
276 |
1 |
159.28 |
2014-08-27 |
| 9. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
157.70 |
1.0390 |
0.0976 |
205 |
1 |
157.70 |
2014-09-15 |
| 10. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
156.05 |
1.0684 |
0.0901 |
253 |
1 |
156.05 |
2014-09-15 |
| 11. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
154.49 |
0.9699 |
0.1463 |
269 |
1 |
154.49 |
2014-09-15 |
| 12. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
153.98 |
1.0941 |
0.0504 |
256 |
1 |
153.98 |
2014-09-12 |
| 13. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
153.83 |
1.0426 |
0.0689 |
323 |
1 |
153.83 |
2014-09-12 |
| 14. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
153.70 |
1.0829 |
0.0297 |
288 |
1 |
153.70 |
2014-09-05 |
| 15. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
151.94 |
0.9072 |
0.1892 |
237 |
1 |
151.94 |
2014-09-12 |
| 16. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
148.97 |
1.0347 |
0.0678 |
550 |
1 |
148.97 |
2014-09-15 |
| 17. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
148.55 |
1.0515 |
0.0200 |
250 |
1 |
148.55 |
2014-09-05 |
| 18. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
148.49 |
1.0630 |
0.0436 |
397 |
1 |
148.49 |
2014-09-05 |
| 19. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
148.46 |
0.9673 |
0.1448 |
232 |
1 |
148.46 |
2014-09-15 |
| 20. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
148.43 |
1.0767 |
-0.0062 |
212 |
1 |
148.43 |
2014-09-12 |
| 21. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
148.20 |
1.0796 |
-0.0139 |
129 |
1 |
148.20 |
2014-09-12 |
| 22. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
147.72 |
0.9316 |
0.1422 |
287 |
1 |
147.72 |
2014-08-27 |
| 23. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
147.21 |
0.9905 |
0.0812 |
377 |
1 |
147.21 |
2014-08-27 |
| 24. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
146.90 |
0.9964 |
0.0651 |
203 |
1 |
146.90 |
2014-09-15 |
| 25. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
146.79 |
0.9672 |
0.1002 |
396 |
1 |
146.79 |
2014-09-15 |
| 26. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
145.59 |
1.0068 |
0.0483 |
358 |
1 |
145.59 |
2014-09-12 |
| 27. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
145.32 |
1.0173 |
0.0767 |
268 |
1 |
145.32 |
2014-09-12 |
| 28. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
144.39 |
1.0124 |
0.0282 |
204 |
1 |
144.39 |
2014-09-15 |
| 29. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
142.98 |
1.0725 |
-0.0140 |
233 |
1 |
142.98 |
2014-09-12 |
| 30. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
142.54 |
1.1016 |
-0.0722 |
233 |
1 |
142.54 |
2014-11-04 |
| 31. |
Three changes occur while the stacked disk structure equilib... |
142.20 |
0.9382 |
0.1146 |
440 |
1 |
142.20 |
2014-09-12 |
| 32. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
141.62 |
1.1162 |
-0.0522 |
189 |
1 |
141.62 |
2014-11-04 |
| 33. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
141.55 |
1.0023 |
0.0179 |
211 |
1 |
141.55 |
2014-11-08 |
| 34. |
Danger is a topic you're often asked about as a sprinter. Th... |
141.23 |
0.9801 |
0.0828 |
428 |
1 |
141.23 |
2014-11-04 |
| 35. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
140.03 |
1.0429 |
-0.0332 |
259 |
2 |
130.92 |
2014-09-05 |
| 36. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
139.73 |
0.9668 |
0.0848 |
383 |
1 |
139.73 |
2014-09-15 |
| 37. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
139.57 |
1.0172 |
0.0257 |
341 |
1 |
139.57 |
2014-09-05 |
| 38. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
139.21 |
0.9330 |
0.0790 |
360 |
2 |
138.69 |
2014-09-22 |
| 39. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
138.59 |
1.0917 |
-0.0675 |
243 |
1 |
138.59 |
2014-09-15 |
| 40. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
138.29 |
1.0799 |
-0.0853 |
243 |
1 |
138.29 |
2014-11-08 |
| 41. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
137.47 |
0.9371 |
0.0944 |
318 |
1 |
137.47 |
2014-09-15 |
| 42. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
137.07 |
0.9088 |
0.0861 |
348 |
1 |
137.07 |
2014-09-12 |
| 43. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
136.51 |
0.9857 |
-0.0013 |
293 |
1 |
136.51 |
2014-09-12 |
| 44. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
136.36 |
1.0608 |
-0.0432 |
258 |
1 |
136.36 |
2014-11-08 |
| 45. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
136.17 |
1.0261 |
-0.0451 |
273 |
1 |
136.17 |
2014-09-12 |
| 46. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
135.91 |
1.0214 |
-0.0416 |
269 |
1 |
135.91 |
2014-09-15 |
| 47. |
We might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been... |
135.42 |
0.9359 |
0.0813 |
353 |
1 |
135.42 |
2014-09-12 |
| 48. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
134.84 |
1.0201 |
-0.0533 |
172 |
1 |
134.84 |
2014-09-05 |
| 49. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
134.80 |
0.9411 |
0.0328 |
318 |
1 |
134.80 |
2014-09-15 |
| 50. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
134.48 |
0.9049 |
0.0712 |
351 |
1 |
134.48 |
2014-09-15 |
| 51. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
134.15 |
0.9941 |
-0.0281 |
217 |
1 |
134.15 |
2014-09-05 |
| 52. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
133.47 |
1.0506 |
-0.0588 |
277 |
1 |
133.47 |
2014-09-05 |
| 53. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
133.14 |
1.0251 |
-0.0663 |
261 |
1 |
133.14 |
2014-09-15 |
| 54. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
133.10 |
1.0441 |
-0.0823 |
252 |
1 |
133.10 |
2014-09-05 |
| 55. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
132.76 |
1.0201 |
-0.0581 |
375 |
1 |
132.76 |
2014-09-05 |
| 56. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
132.55 |
0.9651 |
0.0275 |
389 |
1 |
132.55 |
2014-09-15 |
| 57. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
132.34 |
0.9687 |
-0.0088 |
371 |
1 |
132.34 |
2014-09-15 |
| 58. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
132.21 |
0.9893 |
-0.0353 |
323 |
1 |
132.21 |
2014-09-12 |
| 59. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
132.16 |
1.0403 |
-0.0468 |
275 |
1 |
132.16 |
2014-09-15 |
| 60. |
I often see racers, particularly at the back of the pack in ... |
131.55 |
1.0004 |
-0.0271 |
469 |
1 |
131.55 |
2014-09-05 |
| 61. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
131.28 |
1.0719 |
-0.0970 |
360 |
1 |
131.28 |
2014-08-27 |
| 62. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
130.61 |
0.9351 |
0.0017 |
190 |
1 |
130.61 |
2014-09-15 |
| 63. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
130.55 |
1.0740 |
-0.0939 |
264 |
1 |
130.55 |
2014-09-15 |
| 64. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
130.46 |
1.0444 |
-0.1097 |
197 |
1 |
130.46 |
2014-09-15 |
| 65. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
130.28 |
1.0252 |
-0.0918 |
176 |
1 |
130.28 |
2014-09-05 |
| 66. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
130.22 |
0.9908 |
-0.0053 |
342 |
2 |
124.56 |
2014-09-15 |
| 67. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
129.26 |
0.9965 |
-0.0638 |
310 |
1 |
129.26 |
2014-11-04 |
| 68. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
129.20 |
0.9942 |
-0.0534 |
483 |
1 |
129.20 |
2014-09-05 |
| 69. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
128.61 |
0.9553 |
-0.0204 |
430 |
1 |
128.61 |
2014-09-05 |
| 70. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
128.25 |
1.0714 |
-0.1555 |
129 |
1 |
128.25 |
2014-09-12 |
| 71. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
127.61 |
0.9125 |
0.0099 |
308 |
1 |
127.61 |
2014-09-15 |
| 72. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
127.51 |
1.0042 |
-0.0428 |
352 |
1 |
127.51 |
2014-08-27 |
| 73. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
127.38 |
1.0534 |
-0.1321 |
357 |
1 |
127.38 |
2014-09-05 |
| 74. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
127.31 |
1.0349 |
-0.1177 |
234 |
1 |
127.31 |
2014-11-08 |
| 75. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
126.87 |
1.0095 |
-0.0960 |
316 |
1 |
126.87 |
2014-09-15 |
| 76. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
126.61 |
0.8961 |
0.0135 |
189 |
2 |
118.80 |
2014-11-04 |
| 77. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
126.40 |
1.0214 |
-0.0675 |
281 |
1 |
126.40 |
2014-09-05 |
| 78. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
126.16 |
0.9614 |
-0.0485 |
292 |
1 |
126.16 |
2014-08-27 |
| 79. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
123.72 |
0.8996 |
-0.0132 |
192 |
1 |
123.72 |
2014-09-15 |
| 80. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
123.54 |
0.9216 |
0.0083 |
255 |
1 |
123.54 |
2014-09-05 |
| 81. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
122.77 |
0.9097 |
0.0171 |
464 |
1 |
122.77 |
2014-09-12 |
| 82. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
122.34 |
0.9532 |
-0.0727 |
258 |
1 |
122.34 |
2014-09-15 |
| 83. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
121.87 |
0.9899 |
-0.1163 |
163 |
1 |
121.87 |
2014-09-05 |
| 84. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
121.86 |
0.9768 |
-0.0956 |
387 |
1 |
121.86 |
2014-09-12 |
| 85. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
120.87 |
0.9567 |
-0.0433 |
184 |
1 |
120.87 |
2014-09-05 |
| 86. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
120.13 |
0.8467 |
0.0436 |
343 |
1 |
120.13 |
2014-09-15 |
| 87. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
119.06 |
0.8602 |
-0.0043 |
206 |
1 |
119.06 |
2014-09-05 |
| 88. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
117.60 |
0.9084 |
-0.0595 |
300 |
1 |
117.60 |
2014-11-08 |
| 89. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
117.59 |
0.9649 |
-0.1186 |
193 |
2 |
114.66 |
2014-09-15 |
| 90. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
115.87 |
0.9597 |
-0.1212 |
347 |
1 |
115.87 |
2014-09-05 |
| 91. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
115.68 |
0.9792 |
-0.1076 |
265 |
1 |
115.68 |
2014-08-27 |
| 92. |
A total of twenty-five friends were headed from San Francisc... |
114.81 |
0.9243 |
-0.0578 |
448 |
1 |
114.81 |
2014-08-27 |
| 93. |
However, let us leave aside the philosophical, social, and e... |
113.03 |
0.9569 |
-0.1159 |
410 |
1 |
113.03 |
2014-09-05 |
| 94. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
110.67 |
0.9509 |
-0.1162 |
225 |
1 |
110.67 |
2014-08-27 |
| 95. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
110.07 |
0.7876 |
0.0071 |
316 |
1 |
110.07 |
2014-09-15 |
| 96. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
109.34 |
1.0154 |
-0.1789 |
351 |
1 |
109.34 |
2014-08-27 |
| 97. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
106.93 |
0.8553 |
-0.0911 |
174 |
1 |
106.93 |
2014-08-27 |