| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
123.41 |
0.9941 |
0.2064 |
217 |
1 |
123.41 |
2008-11-06 |
| 2. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
120.50 |
1.0613 |
0.1180 |
456 |
2 |
120.06 |
2008-11-08 |
| 3. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
119.72 |
1.0668 |
0.1023 |
350 |
1 |
119.72 |
2008-10-19 |
| 4. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
119.01 |
1.0331 |
0.1243 |
234 |
2 |
110.01 |
2008-11-03 |
| 5. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
118.32 |
1.0523 |
0.0962 |
256 |
1 |
118.32 |
2008-11-06 |
| 6. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
115.86 |
1.0696 |
0.0554 |
226 |
1 |
115.86 |
2008-10-19 |
| 7. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
115.44 |
1.0885 |
0.0392 |
315 |
1 |
115.44 |
2008-11-04 |
| 8. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
115.03 |
0.9636 |
0.1567 |
254 |
2 |
110.50 |
2008-11-04 |
| 9. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
114.48 |
0.9942 |
0.1296 |
483 |
3 |
112.38 |
2008-11-08 |
| 10. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
114.34 |
1.0201 |
0.0939 |
303 |
1 |
114.34 |
2009-10-05 |
| 11. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
113.77 |
1.0417 |
0.0638 |
253 |
2 |
111.42 |
2008-11-06 |
| 12. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
113.51 |
0.9886 |
0.1193 |
220 |
1 |
113.51 |
2008-11-05 |
| 13. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
113.09 |
1.0201 |
0.0744 |
172 |
1 |
113.09 |
2008-11-06 |
| 14. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
113.06 |
0.9619 |
0.1443 |
393 |
3 |
98.82 |
2008-11-08 |
| 15. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
112.95 |
0.9811 |
0.1215 |
272 |
4 |
103.57 |
2008-11-08 |
| 16. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
112.61 |
1.0124 |
0.0817 |
204 |
2 |
104.07 |
2008-11-04 |
| 17. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
112.36 |
1.0595 |
0.0371 |
379 |
2 |
107.58 |
2008-12-08 |
| 18. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
112.35 |
1.0529 |
0.0410 |
351 |
1 |
112.35 |
2008-11-10 |
| 19. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
112.23 |
0.9684 |
0.1271 |
388 |
2 |
104.45 |
2008-10-27 |
| 20. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
112.15 |
1.0797 |
0.0067 |
210 |
1 |
112.15 |
2008-10-24 |
| 21. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
111.83 |
1.0528 |
0.0310 |
201 |
1 |
111.83 |
2008-11-04 |
| 22. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
111.28 |
1.0183 |
0.0595 |
191 |
3 |
102.72 |
2008-11-06 |
| 23. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
111.24 |
1.0368 |
0.0471 |
276 |
1 |
111.24 |
2008-11-04 |
| 24. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
111.17 |
0.9844 |
0.1027 |
293 |
2 |
106.64 |
2008-10-24 |
| 25. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
110.83 |
1.0073 |
0.0797 |
369 |
1 |
110.83 |
2008-11-03 |
| 26. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
110.58 |
0.9430 |
0.1262 |
211 |
2 |
103.61 |
2008-11-04 |
| 27. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
110.28 |
1.0619 |
0.0153 |
354 |
1 |
110.28 |
2008-11-13 |
| 28. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
110.02 |
0.9768 |
0.0968 |
387 |
1 |
110.02 |
2008-11-08 |
| 29. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
109.61 |
0.9857 |
0.0803 |
293 |
1 |
109.61 |
2008-10-25 |
| 30. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
109.42 |
0.9966 |
0.0679 |
259 |
1 |
109.42 |
2008-11-03 |
| 31. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
109.29 |
0.9233 |
0.1322 |
168 |
2 |
100.39 |
2008-11-06 |
| 32. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
108.69 |
0.9731 |
0.0723 |
129 |
1 |
108.69 |
2008-11-06 |
| 33. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
108.64 |
0.9879 |
0.0782 |
450 |
1 |
108.64 |
2008-11-04 |
| 34. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
108.44 |
0.9780 |
0.0784 |
337 |
2 |
104.14 |
2008-10-25 |
| 35. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
107.72 |
1.0389 |
0.0119 |
340 |
1 |
107.72 |
2008-10-24 |
| 36. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
107.63 |
1.0214 |
0.0244 |
269 |
2 |
104.84 |
2008-11-06 |
| 37. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
107.04 |
1.1016 |
-0.0598 |
233 |
1 |
107.04 |
2008-11-04 |
| 38. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
106.87 |
1.0289 |
0.0155 |
276 |
1 |
106.87 |
2008-11-04 |
| 39. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
106.12 |
0.9884 |
0.0434 |
233 |
2 |
103.92 |
2008-11-13 |
| 40. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
106.06 |
0.9632 |
0.0752 |
392 |
1 |
106.06 |
2008-10-19 |
| 41. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
105.91 |
0.9672 |
0.0698 |
396 |
1 |
105.91 |
2008-10-23 |
| 42. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
105.90 |
1.0016 |
0.0242 |
218 |
3 |
99.67 |
2009-03-26 |
| 43. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
105.38 |
0.9899 |
0.0307 |
163 |
3 |
92.04 |
2008-11-06 |
| 44. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
105.29 |
1.0029 |
0.0151 |
209 |
3 |
94.78 |
2008-11-08 |
| 45. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
104.31 |
0.9687 |
0.0508 |
371 |
1 |
104.31 |
2008-10-23 |
| 46. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
104.20 |
0.9289 |
0.0825 |
204 |
1 |
104.20 |
2008-10-25 |
| 47. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
104.09 |
0.9148 |
0.0992 |
317 |
2 |
95.19 |
2008-11-04 |
| 48. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
103.77 |
0.9213 |
0.0886 |
295 |
1 |
103.77 |
2009-10-05 |
| 49. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
103.47 |
0.9330 |
0.0801 |
360 |
2 |
100.24 |
2008-12-08 |
| 50. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
103.00 |
0.9164 |
0.0903 |
305 |
1 |
103.00 |
2008-10-23 |
| 51. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
102.96 |
0.9681 |
0.0417 |
378 |
1 |
102.96 |
2008-10-24 |
| 52. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
102.84 |
0.9653 |
0.0433 |
394 |
2 |
97.88 |
2008-11-08 |
| 53. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
102.34 |
0.8919 |
0.1018 |
205 |
1 |
102.34 |
2008-11-04 |
| 54. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
101.80 |
1.0993 |
-0.1114 |
265 |
1 |
101.80 |
2008-11-06 |
| 55. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
101.66 |
0.9754 |
0.0194 |
362 |
3 |
97.18 |
2008-11-06 |
| 56. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
101.49 |
0.9786 |
0.0032 |
193 |
1 |
101.49 |
2008-11-04 |
| 57. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
101.34 |
1.0168 |
-0.0299 |
271 |
1 |
101.34 |
2008-10-22 |
| 58. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
100.81 |
1.0385 |
-0.0600 |
230 |
2 |
99.27 |
2009-10-05 |
| 59. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
100.73 |
0.9682 |
0.0094 |
143 |
1 |
100.73 |
2008-12-08 |
| 60. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
100.58 |
0.9831 |
0.0029 |
469 |
1 |
100.58 |
2008-11-11 |
| 61. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
100.09 |
0.9740 |
-0.0049 |
209 |
1 |
100.09 |
2008-10-25 |
| 62. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
99.87 |
0.9398 |
0.0405 |
419 |
1 |
99.87 |
2008-10-25 |
| 63. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
99.19 |
1.0714 |
-0.1160 |
129 |
1 |
99.19 |
2008-11-03 |
| 64. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
98.82 |
1.0454 |
-0.0884 |
255 |
1 |
98.82 |
2008-11-11 |
| 65. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
97.93 |
1.0025 |
-0.0507 |
256 |
2 |
94.97 |
2008-11-04 |
| 66. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
97.69 |
1.0799 |
-0.1341 |
243 |
1 |
97.69 |
2008-11-04 |
| 67. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
97.66 |
0.9513 |
0.0017 |
354 |
2 |
94.37 |
2008-11-05 |
| 68. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
97.60 |
1.0296 |
-0.0745 |
437 |
3 |
94.88 |
2008-11-04 |
| 69. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
97.16 |
0.9266 |
0.0178 |
267 |
1 |
97.16 |
2008-12-08 |
| 70. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
96.81 |
0.8961 |
0.0414 |
189 |
2 |
94.86 |
2008-11-04 |
| 71. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
96.13 |
0.8595 |
0.0765 |
242 |
2 |
95.79 |
2008-11-04 |
| 72. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
96.06 |
0.9553 |
-0.0146 |
430 |
1 |
96.06 |
2008-11-03 |
| 73. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
95.46 |
0.9168 |
0.0121 |
240 |
1 |
95.46 |
2008-10-25 |
| 74. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
94.83 |
0.9897 |
-0.0706 |
274 |
2 |
93.91 |
2008-11-04 |
| 75. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
94.62 |
0.9756 |
-0.0576 |
229 |
1 |
94.62 |
2008-10-27 |
| 76. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
94.48 |
0.9109 |
0.0096 |
401 |
1 |
94.48 |
2008-11-06 |
| 77. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
94.15 |
1.0214 |
-0.1121 |
166 |
1 |
94.15 |
2008-11-11 |
| 78. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
93.71 |
0.9570 |
-0.0450 |
287 |
1 |
93.71 |
2008-10-25 |
| 79. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
93.57 |
1.0337 |
-0.1254 |
214 |
1 |
93.57 |
2008-11-04 |
| 80. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
93.44 |
1.0441 |
-0.1349 |
252 |
1 |
93.44 |
2008-10-23 |
| 81. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
93.41 |
1.0516 |
-0.1446 |
281 |
1 |
93.41 |
2008-11-08 |
| 82. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
93.35 |
0.9485 |
-0.0400 |
236 |
1 |
93.35 |
2008-10-25 |
| 83. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
92.74 |
1.0483 |
-0.1505 |
227 |
1 |
92.74 |
2008-10-19 |
| 84. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
92.54 |
1.0063 |
-0.1071 |
371 |
2 |
92.50 |
2008-11-03 |
| 85. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
92.39 |
1.0131 |
-0.1197 |
225 |
1 |
92.39 |
2008-10-25 |
| 86. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
92.07 |
0.9072 |
-0.0147 |
237 |
1 |
92.07 |
2008-11-04 |
| 87. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
92.01 |
1.0060 |
-0.1171 |
171 |
1 |
92.01 |
2008-11-04 |
| 88. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
92.00 |
1.0567 |
-0.1626 |
303 |
1 |
92.00 |
2008-10-19 |
| 89. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
91.85 |
0.9049 |
-0.0075 |
351 |
1 |
91.85 |
2008-10-24 |
| 90. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
90.49 |
0.9907 |
-0.1137 |
211 |
1 |
90.49 |
2008-11-08 |
| 91. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
90.37 |
0.9614 |
-0.0810 |
292 |
1 |
90.37 |
2008-11-03 |
| 92. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
89.89 |
0.9798 |
-0.1128 |
199 |
1 |
89.89 |
2008-10-27 |
| 93. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
89.75 |
0.8933 |
-0.0156 |
363 |
1 |
89.75 |
2008-10-23 |
| 94. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
88.81 |
0.9965 |
-0.1392 |
168 |
1 |
88.81 |
2008-11-06 |
| 95. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
88.69 |
0.9905 |
-0.1218 |
377 |
1 |
88.69 |
2008-11-03 |
| 96. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
88.04 |
0.8753 |
-0.0116 |
427 |
1 |
88.04 |
2008-10-25 |
| 97. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
87.84 |
0.9675 |
-0.1055 |
383 |
1 |
87.84 |
2008-11-04 |
| 98. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
87.84 |
0.9936 |
-0.1414 |
311 |
1 |
87.84 |
2008-10-23 |
| 99. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
87.45 |
0.9710 |
-0.1288 |
173 |
1 |
87.45 |
2008-11-08 |
| 100. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
87.39 |
0.8602 |
-0.0143 |
206 |
1 |
87.39 |
2008-10-25 |
| 101. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
87.06 |
0.8878 |
-0.0432 |
346 |
1 |
87.06 |
2008-11-04 |
| 102. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
86.82 |
0.9279 |
-0.0790 |
317 |
1 |
86.82 |
2008-11-11 |
| 103. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
86.53 |
0.9125 |
-0.0711 |
308 |
1 |
86.53 |
2008-10-23 |
| 104. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
84.53 |
0.9763 |
-0.1569 |
289 |
1 |
84.53 |
2008-11-08 |
| 105. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
84.52 |
1.0034 |
-0.1851 |
302 |
1 |
84.52 |
2008-10-25 |
| 106. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
83.00 |
0.9965 |
-0.1914 |
310 |
1 |
83.00 |
2008-10-23 |
| 107. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
82.12 |
0.9468 |
-0.1512 |
276 |
1 |
82.12 |
2008-11-04 |
| 108. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
80.69 |
1.0349 |
-0.2535 |
234 |
1 |
80.69 |
2008-10-23 |