| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
124.67 |
1.1016 |
0.5585 |
233 |
1 |
124.67 |
2012-08-14 |
| 2. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
103.02 |
1.0696 |
0.2971 |
226 |
2 |
75.94 |
2012-12-02 |
| 3. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
101.96 |
1.0515 |
0.3021 |
250 |
1 |
101.96 |
2012-08-13 |
| 4. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
100.06 |
0.9786 |
0.3511 |
235 |
1 |
100.06 |
2012-11-26 |
| 5. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
96.48 |
0.9865 |
0.2970 |
276 |
1 |
96.48 |
2012-08-21 |
| 6. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
93.63 |
1.0774 |
0.1959 |
304 |
1 |
93.63 |
2012-08-21 |
| 7. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
92.15 |
1.0941 |
0.1612 |
256 |
1 |
92.15 |
2012-11-26 |
| 8. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
91.18 |
0.9844 |
0.2317 |
293 |
1 |
91.18 |
2012-11-02 |
| 9. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
90.02 |
1.0203 |
0.1785 |
261 |
1 |
90.02 |
2012-11-26 |
| 10. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
87.99 |
1.0257 |
0.1490 |
401 |
1 |
87.99 |
2012-11-26 |
| 11. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
87.26 |
1.0399 |
0.1238 |
294 |
2 |
74.72 |
2012-12-02 |
| 12. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
86.74 |
1.0013 |
0.1491 |
273 |
1 |
86.74 |
2012-08-21 |
| 13. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
86.57 |
1.0398 |
0.0981 |
110 |
2 |
80.73 |
2012-08-21 |
| 14. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
86.56 |
1.0337 |
0.1144 |
214 |
1 |
86.56 |
2012-12-04 |
| 15. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
85.77 |
1.0053 |
0.1313 |
232 |
2 |
78.07 |
2012-11-25 |
| 16. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
85.62 |
1.0787 |
0.0561 |
237 |
1 |
85.62 |
2012-08-21 |
| 17. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
85.29 |
0.9964 |
0.1353 |
203 |
1 |
85.29 |
2012-11-04 |
| 18. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
85.01 |
1.0506 |
0.1064 |
277 |
1 |
85.01 |
2012-11-26 |
| 19. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
84.98 |
1.0261 |
0.0995 |
273 |
2 |
72.52 |
2012-11-25 |
| 20. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
84.64 |
0.9936 |
0.1498 |
227 |
1 |
84.64 |
2012-11-04 |
| 21. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
84.36 |
1.0088 |
0.1495 |
396 |
1 |
84.36 |
2012-08-21 |
| 22. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
84.02 |
1.0462 |
0.0627 |
184 |
1 |
84.02 |
2012-08-13 |
| 23. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
83.46 |
0.9899 |
0.1126 |
163 |
1 |
83.46 |
2012-08-21 |
| 24. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
83.41 |
1.0788 |
0.0220 |
171 |
1 |
83.41 |
2012-12-02 |
| 25. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
82.01 |
0.9734 |
0.1146 |
289 |
2 |
78.88 |
2012-12-04 |
| 26. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
81.98 |
0.9168 |
0.1726 |
240 |
1 |
81.98 |
2012-11-02 |
| 27. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
81.81 |
1.0483 |
0.0335 |
227 |
2 |
78.61 |
2012-11-26 |
| 28. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
81.63 |
0.9675 |
0.1248 |
383 |
1 |
81.63 |
2012-11-26 |
| 29. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
81.47 |
1.0197 |
0.0580 |
226 |
1 |
81.47 |
2012-08-21 |
| 30. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
81.40 |
0.9614 |
0.1219 |
292 |
1 |
81.40 |
2012-08-13 |
| 31. |
A total of twenty-five friends were headed from San Francisc... |
81.28 |
0.9243 |
0.1937 |
448 |
2 |
72.83 |
2012-11-04 |
| 32. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
81.15 |
1.0138 |
0.0620 |
231 |
1 |
81.15 |
2012-11-26 |
| 33. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
81.01 |
1.0368 |
0.0384 |
276 |
1 |
81.01 |
2012-11-26 |
| 34. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
80.81 |
1.0714 |
-0.0089 |
129 |
1 |
80.81 |
2012-11-26 |
| 35. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
80.21 |
0.9884 |
0.0749 |
233 |
1 |
80.21 |
2012-08-14 |
| 36. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
80.01 |
1.0905 |
0.0022 |
210 |
1 |
80.01 |
2012-11-25 |
| 37. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
79.69 |
1.0090 |
0.0914 |
282 |
1 |
79.69 |
2012-11-25 |
| 38. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
79.59 |
0.9831 |
0.0806 |
469 |
1 |
79.59 |
2012-08-14 |
| 39. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
79.33 |
1.0799 |
-0.0319 |
243 |
2 |
79.06 |
2012-12-02 |
| 40. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
79.15 |
1.0545 |
0.0358 |
416 |
1 |
79.15 |
2012-08-13 |
| 41. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
78.69 |
0.9202 |
0.1229 |
254 |
1 |
78.69 |
2012-08-21 |
| 42. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
78.59 |
1.0602 |
-0.0146 |
389 |
1 |
78.59 |
2012-12-02 |
| 43. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
78.59 |
0.9213 |
0.1214 |
295 |
1 |
78.59 |
2012-11-04 |
| 44. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
77.93 |
1.0172 |
0.0513 |
341 |
1 |
77.93 |
2012-11-26 |
| 45. |
We often believe the more we practice a skill or technique -... |
77.80 |
0.9907 |
0.0754 |
397 |
1 |
77.80 |
2012-11-25 |
| 46. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
77.75 |
1.0619 |
-0.0272 |
354 |
1 |
77.75 |
2012-11-26 |
| 47. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
77.45 |
1.0232 |
0.0391 |
236 |
1 |
77.45 |
2012-08-13 |
| 48. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
77.42 |
0.8981 |
0.1329 |
393 |
1 |
77.42 |
2012-08-21 |
| 49. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
77.28 |
1.0385 |
-0.0160 |
230 |
1 |
77.28 |
2012-11-25 |
| 50. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
77.15 |
0.9509 |
0.1101 |
225 |
1 |
77.15 |
2012-08-21 |
| 51. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
76.58 |
1.0797 |
-0.0702 |
210 |
1 |
76.58 |
2012-12-02 |
| 52. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
76.54 |
0.9572 |
0.0553 |
201 |
1 |
76.54 |
2012-08-13 |
| 53. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
76.09 |
1.0375 |
0.0165 |
200 |
1 |
76.09 |
2012-11-26 |
| 54. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
76.07 |
1.0077 |
0.0414 |
250 |
1 |
76.07 |
2012-11-26 |
| 55. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
75.34 |
1.0183 |
-0.0255 |
191 |
2 |
68.56 |
2012-12-02 |
| 56. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
74.72 |
0.9468 |
0.0433 |
276 |
1 |
74.72 |
2012-11-26 |
| 57. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
74.45 |
0.9776 |
0.0089 |
308 |
1 |
74.45 |
2012-08-21 |
| 58. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
73.96 |
1.0109 |
0.0018 |
400 |
1 |
73.96 |
2012-08-13 |
| 59. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
73.87 |
0.9426 |
0.0394 |
317 |
1 |
73.87 |
2012-11-04 |
| 60. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
73.48 |
0.9176 |
0.0947 |
365 |
1 |
73.48 |
2012-11-25 |
| 61. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
73.01 |
1.0297 |
-0.0638 |
249 |
2 |
68.81 |
2012-11-25 |
| 62. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
72.69 |
1.0523 |
-0.0938 |
256 |
1 |
72.69 |
2012-08-13 |
| 63. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
72.57 |
0.8595 |
0.1044 |
242 |
1 |
72.57 |
2012-11-26 |
| 64. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
72.28 |
1.0725 |
-0.0899 |
233 |
2 |
69.43 |
2012-12-02 |
| 65. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
71.79 |
0.9527 |
-0.0018 |
251 |
1 |
71.79 |
2012-08-13 |
| 66. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
71.50 |
1.0426 |
-0.0966 |
323 |
1 |
71.50 |
2012-12-04 |
| 67. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
70.93 |
0.8553 |
0.0791 |
174 |
1 |
70.93 |
2012-08-14 |
| 68. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
70.88 |
0.9278 |
0.0133 |
295 |
1 |
70.88 |
2012-11-26 |
| 69. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
70.46 |
0.9693 |
-0.0149 |
360 |
1 |
70.46 |
2012-11-26 |
| 70. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
70.13 |
0.9567 |
-0.0280 |
273 |
1 |
70.13 |
2012-11-25 |
| 71. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
69.78 |
0.9461 |
-0.0233 |
276 |
1 |
69.78 |
2012-08-13 |
| 72. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
69.57 |
0.9289 |
-0.0104 |
204 |
1 |
69.57 |
2012-11-26 |
| 73. |
In the capital of the Sunbelt South, the quiet revolution of... |
68.75 |
0.9098 |
-0.0045 |
167 |
1 |
68.75 |
2012-12-04 |
| 74. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
68.62 |
0.9663 |
-0.0533 |
330 |
1 |
68.62 |
2012-12-04 |
| 75. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
68.60 |
0.9668 |
-0.0165 |
383 |
1 |
68.60 |
2012-11-26 |
| 76. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
67.64 |
0.9309 |
-0.0378 |
284 |
1 |
67.64 |
2012-11-26 |
| 77. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
67.61 |
0.9763 |
-0.0822 |
289 |
1 |
67.61 |
2012-08-21 |
| 78. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
67.23 |
0.9553 |
-0.0585 |
430 |
1 |
67.23 |
2012-08-13 |
| 79. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
66.73 |
1.0012 |
-0.1162 |
260 |
1 |
66.73 |
2012-08-14 |
| 80. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
66.70 |
1.0346 |
-0.1106 |
244 |
1 |
66.70 |
2012-11-26 |
| 81. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
66.59 |
0.9665 |
-0.0362 |
326 |
1 |
66.59 |
2012-08-21 |
| 82. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
66.55 |
1.0719 |
-0.1634 |
360 |
1 |
66.55 |
2012-11-25 |
| 83. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
66.28 |
0.9087 |
-0.0210 |
393 |
1 |
66.28 |
2012-10-29 |
| 84. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
66.25 |
1.0343 |
-0.1210 |
242 |
1 |
66.25 |
2012-11-25 |
| 85. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
66.22 |
0.8753 |
0.0100 |
427 |
1 |
66.22 |
2012-11-26 |
| 86. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
66.13 |
0.9673 |
-0.0533 |
232 |
1 |
66.13 |
2012-12-04 |
| 87. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
65.30 |
0.9330 |
-0.0623 |
360 |
1 |
65.30 |
2012-11-25 |
| 88. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
65.08 |
0.9570 |
-0.0945 |
287 |
1 |
65.08 |
2012-08-13 |
| 89. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
64.22 |
0.9372 |
-0.0832 |
320 |
1 |
64.22 |
2012-12-04 |
| 90. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
64.06 |
0.9841 |
-0.1331 |
334 |
1 |
64.06 |
2012-12-04 |
| 91. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
63.87 |
0.9049 |
-0.0548 |
351 |
1 |
63.87 |
2012-08-13 |
| 92. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
63.86 |
0.9640 |
-0.0896 |
334 |
1 |
63.86 |
2012-11-04 |
| 93. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
62.82 |
1.0767 |
-0.2489 |
212 |
1 |
62.82 |
2012-08-14 |
| 94. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
62.67 |
0.9485 |
-0.1176 |
291 |
1 |
62.67 |
2012-12-04 |
| 95. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
62.03 |
1.0630 |
-0.2092 |
397 |
2 |
58.11 |
2012-12-02 |
| 96. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
61.87 |
0.9681 |
-0.1423 |
378 |
1 |
61.87 |
2012-08-13 |
| 97. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
61.63 |
0.8947 |
-0.0749 |
366 |
1 |
61.63 |
2012-11-25 |
| 98. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
60.97 |
0.9234 |
-0.1129 |
346 |
1 |
60.97 |
2012-11-25 |
| 99. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
60.90 |
0.9339 |
-0.1311 |
310 |
1 |
60.90 |
2012-08-13 |
| 100. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
60.28 |
1.0328 |
-0.1976 |
356 |
1 |
60.28 |
2012-08-13 |
| 101. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
60.01 |
1.0062 |
-0.2141 |
288 |
1 |
60.01 |
2012-11-25 |
| 102. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
59.41 |
0.9148 |
-0.1287 |
317 |
1 |
59.41 |
2012-08-13 |
| 103. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
59.09 |
1.0232 |
-0.1971 |
350 |
1 |
59.09 |
2012-08-14 |
| 104. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
58.71 |
0.8770 |
-0.0985 |
300 |
1 |
58.71 |
2012-11-02 |
| 105. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
58.22 |
0.8775 |
-0.1070 |
443 |
1 |
58.22 |
2012-11-25 |
| 106. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
57.87 |
0.8914 |
-0.1273 |
366 |
1 |
57.87 |
2012-08-14 |
| 107. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
57.26 |
1.0387 |
-0.2507 |
239 |
1 |
57.26 |
2012-12-04 |
| 108. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
55.95 |
1.0270 |
-0.2530 |
255 |
1 |
55.95 |
2012-12-02 |
| 109. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
53.01 |
0.9769 |
-0.2801 |
263 |
1 |
53.01 |
2012-08-14 |
| 110. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
52.54 |
1.0060 |
-0.3187 |
171 |
1 |
52.54 |
2012-11-26 |
| 111. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
49.68 |
0.9088 |
-0.2498 |
348 |
1 |
49.68 |
2012-08-13 |
| 112. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
48.62 |
0.9376 |
-0.2925 |
367 |
1 |
48.62 |
2012-11-25 |