| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
96.46 |
1.0799 |
0.2464 |
243 |
2 |
84.14 |
2009-02-26 |
| 2. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
96.30 |
1.0829 |
0.2464 |
288 |
2 |
90.85 |
2009-03-05 |
| 3. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
91.38 |
1.1016 |
0.1578 |
233 |
2 |
89.69 |
2009-02-05 |
| 4. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
90.58 |
1.0391 |
0.2151 |
358 |
1 |
90.58 |
2009-02-23 |
| 5. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
90.46 |
1.0441 |
0.2039 |
252 |
2 |
89.84 |
2009-03-03 |
| 6. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
88.59 |
1.0577 |
0.1592 |
247 |
2 |
85.85 |
2009-02-05 |
| 7. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
88.37 |
1.0131 |
0.2004 |
225 |
1 |
88.37 |
2009-02-24 |
| 8. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
87.27 |
1.0787 |
0.1221 |
237 |
2 |
73.64 |
2009-03-19 |
| 9. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
86.67 |
1.0788 |
0.1093 |
171 |
1 |
86.67 |
2009-03-05 |
| 10. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
86.25 |
1.0361 |
0.1528 |
269 |
2 |
84.08 |
2009-03-05 |
| 11. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
84.74 |
1.0993 |
0.0654 |
265 |
1 |
84.74 |
2009-03-16 |
| 12. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
84.46 |
1.0767 |
0.0840 |
212 |
3 |
80.58 |
2009-03-03 |
| 13. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
84.12 |
1.0515 |
0.1048 |
250 |
2 |
74.80 |
2009-05-07 |
| 14. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
83.56 |
1.0496 |
0.1001 |
314 |
2 |
81.68 |
2009-02-23 |
| 15. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
83.04 |
0.9886 |
0.1571 |
220 |
4 |
75.04 |
2009-05-19 |
| 16. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
81.74 |
1.0025 |
0.1225 |
256 |
2 |
76.22 |
2009-02-26 |
| 17. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
81.71 |
0.9768 |
0.1505 |
387 |
2 |
77.19 |
2009-02-27 |
| 18. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
81.49 |
1.0462 |
0.0693 |
184 |
2 |
76.59 |
2009-06-06 |
| 19. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
80.95 |
1.0595 |
0.0571 |
379 |
1 |
80.95 |
2009-04-02 |
| 20. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
80.41 |
0.9675 |
0.1486 |
383 |
3 |
76.09 |
2009-03-19 |
| 21. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
79.68 |
1.0565 |
0.0373 |
247 |
1 |
79.68 |
2010-07-14 |
| 22. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
79.63 |
1.0516 |
0.0437 |
281 |
2 |
79.49 |
2010-04-06 |
| 23. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
79.30 |
1.0417 |
0.0469 |
253 |
1 |
79.30 |
2010-03-11 |
| 24. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
79.26 |
1.0264 |
0.1043 |
422 |
1 |
79.26 |
2010-03-11 |
| 25. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
79.11 |
0.9965 |
0.0872 |
168 |
2 |
74.14 |
2009-04-02 |
| 26. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
79.07 |
1.0368 |
0.0520 |
276 |
1 |
79.07 |
2009-05-19 |
| 27. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
78.95 |
1.0668 |
0.0219 |
350 |
1 |
78.95 |
2009-05-19 |
| 28. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
78.39 |
1.0487 |
0.0247 |
231 |
2 |
69.62 |
2009-03-05 |
| 29. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
78.17 |
1.0426 |
0.0321 |
323 |
1 |
78.17 |
2009-05-19 |
| 30. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
78.16 |
0.9831 |
0.1001 |
469 |
2 |
76.15 |
2009-02-24 |
| 31. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
78.04 |
0.9772 |
0.0929 |
217 |
1 |
78.04 |
2009-03-16 |
| 32. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
77.99 |
1.0320 |
0.0782 |
293 |
1 |
77.99 |
2010-03-11 |
| 33. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
77.94 |
1.0189 |
0.0566 |
337 |
1 |
77.94 |
2009-05-27 |
| 34. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
77.66 |
1.0429 |
0.0240 |
259 |
2 |
74.62 |
2009-02-18 |
| 35. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
77.42 |
0.9786 |
0.0811 |
193 |
2 |
76.77 |
2009-05-28 |
| 36. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
77.40 |
0.9485 |
0.1179 |
236 |
1 |
77.40 |
2010-03-11 |
| 37. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
77.07 |
1.0201 |
0.0440 |
375 |
2 |
75.33 |
2009-03-05 |
| 38. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
76.97 |
1.0523 |
0.0021 |
256 |
1 |
76.97 |
2010-03-11 |
| 39. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
76.95 |
1.0529 |
0.0054 |
351 |
1 |
76.95 |
2009-03-19 |
| 40. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
76.67 |
1.0038 |
0.0810 |
237 |
1 |
76.67 |
2010-07-14 |
| 41. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
76.45 |
0.9938 |
0.0584 |
339 |
1 |
76.45 |
2010-07-14 |
| 42. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
76.22 |
1.1018 |
-0.0600 |
220 |
2 |
67.63 |
2009-05-19 |
| 43. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
75.78 |
1.0486 |
-0.0057 |
289 |
1 |
75.78 |
2009-03-23 |
| 44. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
75.73 |
1.0296 |
0.0182 |
437 |
1 |
75.73 |
2009-03-03 |
| 45. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
75.17 |
1.0109 |
0.0235 |
276 |
3 |
70.56 |
2009-03-06 |
| 46. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
74.64 |
1.0534 |
-0.0250 |
357 |
1 |
74.64 |
2009-02-06 |
| 47. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
74.59 |
1.0398 |
-0.0248 |
110 |
1 |
74.59 |
2009-04-06 |
| 48. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
74.59 |
1.0521 |
-0.0314 |
171 |
2 |
70.50 |
2009-04-02 |
| 49. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
74.53 |
0.9266 |
0.0982 |
267 |
1 |
74.53 |
2009-03-05 |
| 50. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
74.53 |
1.0099 |
0.0119 |
207 |
1 |
74.53 |
2009-02-05 |
| 51. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
74.41 |
0.9672 |
0.0623 |
396 |
2 |
72.32 |
2009-04-20 |
| 52. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
74.16 |
1.0261 |
-0.0084 |
273 |
2 |
73.14 |
2009-05-26 |
| 53. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
74.16 |
1.0796 |
-0.0648 |
129 |
1 |
74.16 |
2009-02-16 |
| 54. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
73.88 |
1.0073 |
0.0164 |
369 |
2 |
71.12 |
2010-07-14 |
| 55. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
73.80 |
0.9758 |
0.0394 |
314 |
1 |
73.80 |
2010-03-11 |
| 56. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
73.77 |
0.9941 |
0.0176 |
217 |
2 |
66.30 |
2009-04-01 |
| 57. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
73.21 |
1.0555 |
-0.0478 |
363 |
1 |
73.21 |
2009-02-05 |
| 58. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
73.04 |
1.0669 |
-0.0306 |
286 |
1 |
73.04 |
2009-10-03 |
| 59. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
72.68 |
0.9691 |
0.0293 |
223 |
2 |
70.42 |
2009-05-19 |
| 60. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
72.68 |
0.9233 |
0.0673 |
168 |
1 |
72.68 |
2009-05-19 |
| 61. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
72.52 |
0.8852 |
0.1136 |
201 |
2 |
72.50 |
2009-05-19 |
| 62. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
72.52 |
1.0337 |
-0.0376 |
214 |
1 |
72.52 |
2009-04-02 |
| 63. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
72.47 |
0.9851 |
0.0131 |
317 |
1 |
72.47 |
2009-02-26 |
| 64. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
72.16 |
0.9640 |
0.0570 |
334 |
1 |
72.16 |
2010-07-14 |
| 65. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
72.00 |
1.0445 |
-0.0541 |
373 |
1 |
72.00 |
2009-04-06 |
| 66. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
71.83 |
1.0016 |
-0.0191 |
218 |
1 |
71.83 |
2009-02-24 |
| 67. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
71.82 |
1.0201 |
-0.0327 |
303 |
2 |
71.11 |
2009-03-18 |
| 68. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
71.80 |
0.9330 |
0.0603 |
360 |
2 |
70.24 |
2009-03-03 |
| 69. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
71.79 |
1.0095 |
-0.0240 |
316 |
1 |
71.79 |
2009-02-18 |
| 70. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
71.73 |
0.9866 |
-0.0046 |
218 |
2 |
70.89 |
2009-04-01 |
| 71. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
71.67 |
0.9965 |
-0.0113 |
310 |
2 |
64.25 |
2009-03-18 |
| 72. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
71.66 |
0.8826 |
0.1035 |
296 |
3 |
64.91 |
2009-03-06 |
| 73. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
71.56 |
1.0389 |
-0.0538 |
318 |
2 |
67.50 |
2009-03-18 |
| 74. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
71.02 |
0.9682 |
0.0057 |
143 |
1 |
71.02 |
2009-02-05 |
| 75. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
70.93 |
0.9843 |
-0.0147 |
234 |
2 |
64.43 |
2009-04-02 |
| 76. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
70.73 |
0.9234 |
0.0538 |
346 |
1 |
70.73 |
2009-02-06 |
| 77. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
70.69 |
1.0396 |
-0.0756 |
149 |
1 |
70.69 |
2009-02-05 |
| 78. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
70.65 |
0.8916 |
0.0794 |
216 |
1 |
70.65 |
2009-03-16 |
| 79. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
70.39 |
0.9907 |
-0.0252 |
211 |
2 |
64.35 |
2010-03-11 |
| 80. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
70.09 |
1.0444 |
-0.0881 |
197 |
1 |
70.09 |
2009-02-16 |
| 81. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
69.98 |
1.0463 |
-0.0895 |
182 |
1 |
69.98 |
2009-03-23 |
| 82. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
69.93 |
0.9684 |
-0.0050 |
388 |
1 |
69.93 |
2009-04-02 |
| 83. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
69.79 |
0.9513 |
0.0112 |
354 |
1 |
69.79 |
2009-02-19 |
| 84. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
69.56 |
0.9084 |
0.0489 |
300 |
1 |
69.56 |
2009-03-29 |
| 85. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
69.52 |
1.0197 |
-0.0676 |
226 |
2 |
66.65 |
2009-04-22 |
| 86. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
69.32 |
0.9844 |
-0.0274 |
293 |
1 |
69.32 |
2009-02-23 |
| 87. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
69.27 |
1.0613 |
-0.1048 |
456 |
1 |
69.27 |
2009-04-08 |
| 88. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
68.85 |
1.0214 |
-0.0775 |
269 |
1 |
68.85 |
2009-02-06 |
| 89. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
68.54 |
0.9697 |
-0.0282 |
249 |
2 |
65.41 |
2009-03-18 |
| 90. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
68.39 |
0.9426 |
-0.0003 |
317 |
2 |
68.13 |
2009-05-27 |
| 91. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
68.37 |
1.0352 |
-0.0937 |
341 |
1 |
68.37 |
2009-05-19 |
| 92. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
68.26 |
1.0213 |
-0.0871 |
240 |
1 |
68.26 |
2009-02-27 |
| 93. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
68.17 |
1.0331 |
-0.0991 |
234 |
1 |
68.17 |
2009-02-23 |
| 94. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
67.96 |
0.9863 |
-0.0487 |
339 |
1 |
67.96 |
2009-03-05 |
| 95. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
67.86 |
1.0385 |
-0.1085 |
230 |
1 |
67.86 |
2009-02-06 |
| 96. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
67.81 |
1.0165 |
-0.0815 |
392 |
1 |
67.81 |
2009-02-06 |
| 97. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
67.66 |
1.0389 |
-0.1074 |
340 |
1 |
67.66 |
2009-03-03 |
| 98. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
67.61 |
0.9636 |
-0.0353 |
254 |
1 |
67.61 |
2009-02-05 |
| 99. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
67.58 |
0.9553 |
-0.0202 |
430 |
1 |
67.58 |
2009-03-05 |
| 100. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
67.38 |
0.9986 |
-0.0728 |
283 |
1 |
67.38 |
2009-02-24 |
| 101. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
67.38 |
0.9871 |
-0.0257 |
209 |
1 |
67.38 |
2010-03-11 |
| 102. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
67.32 |
0.8961 |
0.0248 |
189 |
2 |
63.58 |
2009-03-18 |
| 103. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
67.24 |
0.9635 |
-0.0349 |
389 |
1 |
67.24 |
2009-03-18 |
| 104. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
67.24 |
0.9540 |
-0.0326 |
285 |
1 |
67.24 |
2009-02-06 |
| 105. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
66.91 |
1.0483 |
-0.1327 |
227 |
1 |
66.91 |
2009-02-10 |
| 106. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
66.90 |
0.9846 |
-0.0672 |
281 |
1 |
66.90 |
2009-05-19 |
| 107. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
66.44 |
1.0711 |
-0.1641 |
213 |
1 |
66.44 |
2009-03-18 |
| 108. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
66.18 |
0.9109 |
0.0002 |
401 |
2 |
63.54 |
2009-03-06 |
| 109. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
66.17 |
0.9309 |
-0.0245 |
284 |
2 |
63.72 |
2009-05-19 |
| 110. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
66.09 |
1.0203 |
-0.1097 |
261 |
1 |
66.09 |
2009-02-23 |
| 111. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
65.99 |
0.8878 |
0.0178 |
346 |
1 |
65.99 |
2009-05-22 |
| 112. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
65.84 |
0.9894 |
-0.0813 |
323 |
1 |
65.84 |
2009-03-03 |
| 113. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
64.91 |
0.9527 |
-0.0620 |
251 |
2 |
62.80 |
2009-02-18 |
| 114. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
64.85 |
1.0419 |
-0.1520 |
261 |
1 |
64.85 |
2009-03-05 |
| 115. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
64.70 |
0.9213 |
-0.0330 |
295 |
1 |
64.70 |
2009-05-26 |
| 116. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
64.64 |
0.9852 |
-0.0979 |
264 |
1 |
64.64 |
2009-03-06 |
| 117. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
64.22 |
0.9897 |
-0.1108 |
274 |
1 |
64.22 |
2009-02-18 |
| 118. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
63.86 |
0.8722 |
0.0069 |
285 |
1 |
63.86 |
2009-05-19 |
| 119. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
63.74 |
0.8845 |
-0.0096 |
273 |
1 |
63.74 |
2010-03-11 |
| 120. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
63.72 |
0.9148 |
-0.0392 |
317 |
2 |
61.13 |
2009-03-04 |
| 121. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
63.31 |
0.9376 |
-0.0637 |
367 |
2 |
63.27 |
2009-04-01 |
| 122. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
63.16 |
0.9279 |
-0.0550 |
317 |
1 |
63.16 |
2009-02-05 |
| 123. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
63.06 |
0.9646 |
-0.1005 |
264 |
1 |
63.06 |
2009-03-03 |
| 124. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
62.86 |
1.0528 |
-0.1956 |
201 |
1 |
62.86 |
2009-05-19 |
| 125. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
62.48 |
0.9084 |
-0.0474 |
404 |
2 |
61.60 |
2009-02-10 |
| 126. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
61.96 |
0.9532 |
-0.1048 |
258 |
1 |
61.96 |
2009-02-05 |
| 127. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
61.42 |
1.0004 |
-0.1643 |
212 |
1 |
61.42 |
2009-03-18 |
| 128. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
61.32 |
0.9857 |
-0.1459 |
293 |
1 |
61.32 |
2009-03-24 |
| 129. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
60.54 |
0.8919 |
-0.0637 |
205 |
1 |
60.54 |
2009-02-18 |
| 130. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
60.36 |
0.9464 |
-0.1139 |
323 |
1 |
60.36 |
2009-04-01 |
| 131. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
59.98 |
0.9429 |
-0.1195 |
287 |
1 |
59.98 |
2009-03-02 |
| 132. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
59.90 |
0.9365 |
-0.1141 |
248 |
1 |
59.90 |
2009-04-03 |
| 133. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
58.86 |
0.8890 |
-0.0861 |
199 |
1 |
58.86 |
2009-03-27 |
| 134. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
58.65 |
0.9578 |
-0.1547 |
281 |
1 |
58.65 |
2009-03-23 |
| 135. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
57.70 |
0.9064 |
-0.1068 |
399 |
2 |
57.59 |
2009-02-26 |
| 136. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
54.89 |
0.8553 |
-0.1091 |
174 |
1 |
54.89 |
2009-04-03 |
| 137. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
54.53 |
0.9072 |
-0.1626 |
237 |
1 |
54.53 |
2009-02-10 |
| 138. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
52.67 |
0.8105 |
-0.0944 |
204 |
1 |
52.67 |
2009-02-05 |
| 139. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
45.87 |
1.0596 |
-0.4360 |
239 |
1 |
45.87 |
2009-03-06 |
| 140. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
35.97 |
0.9699 |
-0.4826 |
269 |
1 |
35.97 |
2009-03-06 |