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... |
107.80 |
1.1086 |
0.0660 |
233 |
1 |
107.80 |
2014-08-16 |
2. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
96.38 |
1.1070 |
-0.0590 |
265 |
1 |
96.38 |
2014-08-16 |
3. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
105.81 |
1.0901 |
0.0643 |
288 |
2 |
103.28 |
2014-08-16 |
4. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
94.40 |
1.0865 |
-0.0592 |
237 |
1 |
94.40 |
2014-08-16 |
5. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
78.48 |
1.0792 |
-0.2212 |
251 |
1 |
78.48 |
2014-08-16 |
6. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
87.16 |
1.0753 |
-0.1202 |
206 |
1 |
87.16 |
2014-08-16 |
7. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
147.09 |
1.0743 |
0.5312 |
297 |
2 |
118.41 |
2014-08-27 |
8. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
94.50 |
1.0682 |
-0.0385 |
266 |
1 |
94.50 |
2014-08-27 |
9. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
96.78 |
1.0667 |
-0.0028 |
308 |
1 |
96.78 |
2014-08-16 |
10. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
94.05 |
1.0639 |
-0.0392 |
303 |
1 |
94.05 |
2014-08-16 |
11. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
91.06 |
1.0617 |
-0.0727 |
171 |
1 |
91.06 |
2014-08-16 |
12. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
87.67 |
1.0616 |
-0.1009 |
304 |
1 |
87.67 |
2014-08-16 |
13. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
111.37 |
1.0600 |
0.1536 |
351 |
1 |
111.37 |
2014-08-27 |
14. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
92.66 |
1.0576 |
-0.0520 |
231 |
3 |
80.24 |
2014-08-27 |
15. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
79.73 |
1.0562 |
-0.1842 |
360 |
1 |
79.73 |
2014-08-16 |
16. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
150.96 |
1.0561 |
0.5888 |
227 |
2 |
112.86 |
2014-08-27 |
17. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
154.26 |
1.0543 |
0.6309 |
360 |
1 |
154.26 |
2014-08-27 |
18. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
71.51 |
1.0543 |
-0.2808 |
182 |
1 |
71.51 |
2014-08-16 |
19. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
88.63 |
1.0540 |
-0.0947 |
184 |
1 |
88.63 |
2014-08-27 |
20. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
73.96 |
1.0521 |
-0.2541 |
197 |
1 |
73.96 |
2014-08-16 |
21. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
78.57 |
1.0509 |
-0.1893 |
295 |
1 |
78.57 |
2014-08-16 |
22. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
81.13 |
1.0506 |
-0.1688 |
259 |
2 |
80.70 |
2014-08-16 |
23. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
103.95 |
1.0504 |
0.0835 |
225 |
1 |
103.95 |
2014-08-16 |
24. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
83.78 |
1.0501 |
-0.1382 |
263 |
1 |
83.78 |
2014-08-16 |
25. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
95.68 |
1.0492 |
-0.0025 |
284 |
1 |
95.68 |
2014-08-16 |
26. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
63.54 |
1.0482 |
-0.3457 |
407 |
1 |
63.54 |
2014-08-16 |
27. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
82.98 |
1.0479 |
-0.1471 |
205 |
1 |
82.98 |
2014-08-16 |
28. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
86.86 |
1.0464 |
-0.0965 |
294 |
1 |
86.86 |
2014-08-16 |
29. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
146.08 |
1.0461 |
0.5494 |
318 |
1 |
146.08 |
2014-08-27 |
30. |
He rode past me and kept on goin'. Never said nothin' goin' ... |
78.23 |
1.0461 |
-0.1800 |
535 |
1 |
78.23 |
2014-08-16 |
31. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
101.23 |
1.0461 |
0.0609 |
286 |
1 |
101.23 |
2014-08-16 |
32. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
69.57 |
1.0418 |
-0.2854 |
214 |
1 |
69.57 |
2014-08-16 |
33. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
101.99 |
1.0414 |
0.0683 |
234 |
1 |
101.99 |
2014-08-16 |
34. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
81.46 |
1.0411 |
-0.1535 |
341 |
1 |
81.46 |
2014-08-16 |
35. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
99.99 |
1.0404 |
0.0532 |
406 |
1 |
99.99 |
2014-08-16 |
36. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
87.99 |
1.0403 |
-0.0847 |
234 |
1 |
87.99 |
2014-08-16 |
37. |
Ultimately, this is not about solving your problems. It's ab... |
101.75 |
1.0390 |
0.0741 |
260 |
1 |
101.75 |
2014-08-16 |
38. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
92.75 |
1.0370 |
-0.0278 |
262 |
1 |
92.75 |
2014-08-16 |
39. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
83.89 |
1.0341 |
-0.1223 |
273 |
1 |
83.89 |
2014-08-16 |
40. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
94.91 |
1.0333 |
-0.0054 |
176 |
1 |
94.91 |
2014-08-16 |
41. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
60.29 |
1.0332 |
-0.3798 |
267 |
1 |
60.29 |
2014-08-27 |
42. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
90.97 |
1.0320 |
-0.0361 |
401 |
1 |
90.97 |
2014-08-16 |
43. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
101.71 |
1.0304 |
0.0808 |
257 |
3 |
92.92 |
2014-08-16 |
44. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
73.82 |
1.0279 |
-0.2315 |
172 |
1 |
73.82 |
2014-08-16 |
45. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
71.88 |
1.0270 |
-0.2455 |
303 |
1 |
71.88 |
2014-08-16 |
46. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
90.51 |
1.0243 |
-0.0356 |
153 |
1 |
90.51 |
2014-08-16 |
47. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
70.59 |
1.0234 |
-0.2526 |
392 |
1 |
70.59 |
2014-08-16 |
48. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
104.87 |
1.0208 |
0.1212 |
231 |
1 |
104.87 |
2014-08-16 |
49. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
89.05 |
1.0204 |
-0.0597 |
143 |
1 |
89.05 |
2014-08-16 |
50. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
132.93 |
1.0197 |
0.4279 |
204 |
1 |
132.93 |
2014-08-27 |
51. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
77.40 |
1.0195 |
-0.1718 |
239 |
1 |
77.40 |
2014-08-16 |
52. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
77.29 |
1.0178 |
-0.1794 |
207 |
1 |
77.29 |
2014-08-16 |
53. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
102.39 |
1.0144 |
0.1135 |
356 |
1 |
102.39 |
2014-08-16 |
54. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
91.16 |
1.0139 |
-0.0089 |
349 |
1 |
91.16 |
2014-08-16 |
55. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
77.25 |
1.0132 |
-0.1729 |
371 |
1 |
77.25 |
2014-08-16 |
56. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
71.40 |
1.0125 |
-0.2384 |
232 |
1 |
71.40 |
2014-08-16 |
57. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
78.99 |
1.0111 |
-0.1402 |
452 |
2 |
78.37 |
2014-08-16 |
58. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
72.13 |
1.0086 |
-0.2293 |
218 |
1 |
72.13 |
2014-08-16 |
59. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
154.01 |
1.0042 |
0.6722 |
168 |
1 |
154.01 |
2014-08-27 |
60. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
95.03 |
1.0028 |
0.0305 |
259 |
1 |
95.03 |
2014-08-16 |
61. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
62.66 |
1.0016 |
-0.3233 |
217 |
1 |
62.66 |
2014-08-27 |
62. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
81.17 |
0.9996 |
-0.1095 |
483 |
1 |
81.17 |
2014-08-16 |
63. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
126.09 |
0.9981 |
0.3755 |
211 |
1 |
126.09 |
2014-08-27 |
64. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
89.68 |
0.9957 |
-0.0159 |
323 |
1 |
89.68 |
2014-08-16 |
65. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
68.23 |
0.9949 |
-0.2436 |
304 |
1 |
68.23 |
2014-08-16 |
66. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
82.66 |
0.9947 |
-0.0861 |
346 |
1 |
82.66 |
2014-08-16 |
67. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
79.70 |
0.9932 |
-0.1191 |
281 |
1 |
79.70 |
2014-08-16 |
68. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
88.15 |
0.9928 |
-0.0344 |
293 |
1 |
88.15 |
2014-08-16 |
69. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
69.47 |
0.9927 |
-0.2415 |
234 |
1 |
69.47 |
2014-08-16 |
70. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
80.17 |
0.9915 |
-0.1208 |
281 |
1 |
80.17 |
2014-08-16 |
71. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
85.92 |
0.9889 |
-0.0411 |
429 |
1 |
85.92 |
2014-08-16 |
72. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
79.19 |
0.9880 |
-0.1313 |
199 |
1 |
79.19 |
2014-08-16 |
73. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
101.14 |
0.9873 |
0.1128 |
274 |
2 |
97.46 |
2014-08-16 |
74. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
84.35 |
0.9873 |
-0.0594 |
396 |
1 |
84.35 |
2014-08-16 |
75. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
81.13 |
0.9864 |
-0.1004 |
292 |
1 |
81.13 |
2014-08-16 |
76. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
77.61 |
0.9841 |
-0.1291 |
325 |
1 |
77.61 |
2014-08-16 |
77. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
79.66 |
0.9836 |
-0.1174 |
289 |
1 |
79.66 |
2014-08-16 |
78. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
79.73 |
0.9824 |
-0.1026 |
352 |
1 |
79.73 |
2014-08-16 |
79. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
82.17 |
0.9817 |
-0.0828 |
304 |
1 |
82.17 |
2014-08-27 |
80. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
96.41 |
0.9809 |
0.0647 |
209 |
1 |
96.41 |
2014-08-16 |
81. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
95.01 |
0.9780 |
0.0499 |
173 |
1 |
95.01 |
2014-08-16 |
82. |
Corn is what feeds the steer that becomes the steak. Corn fe... |
83.74 |
0.9775 |
-0.0538 |
473 |
1 |
83.74 |
2014-08-16 |
83. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
75.65 |
0.9749 |
-0.1437 |
337 |
1 |
75.65 |
2014-08-16 |
84. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
86.46 |
0.9736 |
-0.0260 |
378 |
1 |
86.46 |
2014-08-16 |
85. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
69.00 |
0.9709 |
-0.2229 |
264 |
1 |
69.00 |
2014-08-16 |
86. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
97.04 |
0.9698 |
0.0916 |
389 |
1 |
97.04 |
2014-08-16 |
87. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. The work was generall... |
97.40 |
0.9692 |
0.1074 |
405 |
1 |
97.40 |
2014-08-16 |
88. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
82.34 |
0.9680 |
-0.0725 |
256 |
1 |
82.34 |
2014-08-16 |
89. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
84.88 |
0.9657 |
-0.0311 |
424 |
1 |
84.88 |
2014-08-16 |
90. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
162.70 |
0.9583 |
0.8175 |
237 |
2 |
121.47 |
2014-08-27 |
91. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
87.73 |
0.9574 |
0.0002 |
354 |
1 |
87.73 |
2014-08-16 |
92. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
163.13 |
0.9515 |
0.8386 |
334 |
1 |
163.13 |
2014-08-27 |
93. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
78.39 |
0.9503 |
-0.1048 |
211 |
1 |
78.39 |
2014-08-16 |
94. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
74.33 |
0.9500 |
-0.1406 |
287 |
1 |
74.33 |
2014-08-16 |
95. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
84.57 |
0.9480 |
-0.0270 |
297 |
1 |
84.57 |
2014-08-16 |
96. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
98.14 |
0.9479 |
0.1222 |
317 |
1 |
98.14 |
2014-08-16 |
97. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
82.13 |
0.9425 |
-0.0487 |
248 |
1 |
82.13 |
2014-08-16 |
98. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
78.49 |
0.9424 |
-0.0867 |
320 |
1 |
78.49 |
2014-08-16 |
99. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
70.26 |
0.9422 |
-0.1842 |
190 |
1 |
70.26 |
2014-08-16 |
100. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
83.59 |
0.9403 |
-0.0225 |
307 |
1 |
83.59 |
2014-08-16 |
101. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
75.35 |
0.9403 |
-0.1087 |
345 |
1 |
75.35 |
2014-08-16 |
102. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
87.38 |
0.9402 |
0.0085 |
310 |
1 |
87.38 |
2014-08-16 |
103. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
80.37 |
0.9359 |
-0.0614 |
355 |
1 |
80.37 |
2014-08-16 |
104. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
85.37 |
0.9338 |
0.0047 |
326 |
1 |
85.37 |
2014-08-16 |
105. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
72.67 |
0.9332 |
-0.1423 |
295 |
1 |
72.67 |
2014-08-16 |
106. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
145.48 |
0.9309 |
0.6660 |
376 |
1 |
145.48 |
2014-08-27 |
107. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
91.52 |
0.9284 |
0.0712 |
346 |
1 |
91.52 |
2014-08-16 |
108. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
93.60 |
0.9265 |
0.0911 |
254 |
1 |
93.60 |
2014-08-16 |
109. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
78.88 |
0.9258 |
-0.0637 |
184 |
1 |
78.88 |
2014-08-16 |
110. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
124.72 |
0.9244 |
0.4403 |
225 |
1 |
124.72 |
2014-08-27 |
111. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
89.13 |
0.9243 |
0.0476 |
240 |
1 |
89.13 |
2014-08-16 |
112. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
85.20 |
0.9206 |
0.0066 |
317 |
1 |
85.20 |
2014-08-16 |
113. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
75.98 |
0.9183 |
-0.0959 |
252 |
1 |
75.98 |
2014-08-16 |
114. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
78.99 |
0.9143 |
-0.0546 |
300 |
1 |
78.99 |
2014-08-16 |
115. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
83.45 |
0.9136 |
-0.0027 |
348 |
1 |
83.45 |
2014-08-16 |
116. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
90.62 |
0.9135 |
0.0814 |
393 |
1 |
90.62 |
2014-08-16 |
117. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
78.22 |
0.9128 |
-0.0653 |
237 |
1 |
78.22 |
2014-08-16 |
118. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
73.70 |
0.9123 |
-0.1022 |
351 |
1 |
73.70 |
2014-08-16 |
119. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
94.03 |
0.9114 |
0.1195 |
399 |
2 |
82.64 |
2014-08-16 |
120. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
81.69 |
0.9070 |
-0.0235 |
192 |
1 |
81.69 |
2014-08-16 |
121. |
A total of twenty-five friends were headed from San Francisc... |
162.30 |
0.9046 |
0.8792 |
448 |
1 |
162.30 |
2014-08-27 |
122. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
132.00 |
0.9029 |
0.5390 |
393 |
1 |
132.00 |
2014-08-27 |
123. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
77.97 |
0.8984 |
-0.0429 |
267 |
1 |
77.97 |
2014-08-16 |
124. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
83.31 |
0.8981 |
0.0166 |
255 |
1 |
83.31 |
2014-08-16 |
125. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
86.34 |
0.8966 |
0.0419 |
366 |
1 |
86.34 |
2014-08-16 |
126. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
85.56 |
0.8964 |
0.0314 |
199 |
1 |
85.56 |
2014-08-16 |
127. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
76.17 |
0.8955 |
-0.0577 |
436 |
1 |
76.17 |
2014-08-16 |
128. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
73.99 |
0.8887 |
-0.0708 |
464 |
1 |
73.99 |
2014-08-16 |
129. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
83.82 |
0.8794 |
0.0388 |
427 |
1 |
83.82 |
2014-08-16 |
130. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
158.10 |
0.8624 |
0.8579 |
174 |
2 |
115.93 |
2014-08-27 |
131. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
63.29 |
0.8172 |
-0.1347 |
204 |
1 |
63.29 |
2014-08-16 |