| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
115.48 |
1.0498 |
0.1928 |
180 |
2 |
106.93 |
2009-01-03 |
| 2. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
112.34 |
1.0799 |
0.1296 |
243 |
1 |
112.34 |
2009-01-03 |
| 3. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
110.60 |
1.0389 |
0.1577 |
340 |
3 |
105.78 |
2008-11-04 |
| 4. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
109.95 |
1.0577 |
0.1259 |
247 |
1 |
109.95 |
2008-11-28 |
| 5. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
107.14 |
1.0131 |
0.1394 |
225 |
2 |
101.76 |
2009-01-03 |
| 6. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
106.93 |
1.0496 |
0.1038 |
314 |
1 |
106.93 |
2008-10-30 |
| 7. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
105.37 |
1.0486 |
0.0893 |
289 |
3 |
98.61 |
2010-01-29 |
| 8. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
105.27 |
1.0595 |
0.0790 |
379 |
3 |
98.07 |
2008-08-22 |
| 9. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
104.43 |
1.0063 |
0.1209 |
371 |
1 |
104.43 |
2010-01-29 |
| 10. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
104.20 |
1.0555 |
0.0702 |
363 |
1 |
104.20 |
2008-08-15 |
| 11. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
104.13 |
1.0263 |
0.0965 |
267 |
1 |
104.13 |
2008-11-28 |
| 12. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
104.09 |
1.0529 |
0.0701 |
351 |
1 |
104.09 |
2008-08-16 |
| 13. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
103.48 |
1.1018 |
0.0083 |
220 |
2 |
100.80 |
2010-01-29 |
| 14. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
102.27 |
1.0053 |
0.0960 |
232 |
1 |
102.27 |
2008-11-28 |
| 15. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
101.62 |
1.0025 |
0.0946 |
336 |
1 |
101.62 |
2008-11-28 |
| 16. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
101.55 |
0.9266 |
0.1689 |
267 |
1 |
101.55 |
2008-08-08 |
| 17. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
101.22 |
1.0565 |
0.0327 |
247 |
2 |
96.08 |
2009-01-03 |
| 18. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
101.09 |
0.9846 |
0.1047 |
281 |
1 |
101.09 |
2008-08-16 |
| 19. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
101.08 |
1.0613 |
0.0340 |
456 |
1 |
101.08 |
2010-01-29 |
| 20. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
100.78 |
1.0316 |
0.0592 |
333 |
1 |
100.78 |
2009-07-18 |
| 21. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
100.77 |
0.9986 |
0.0889 |
283 |
2 |
88.98 |
2009-07-18 |
| 22. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
100.75 |
1.0619 |
0.0284 |
354 |
4 |
90.84 |
2008-11-28 |
| 23. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
99.00 |
0.9879 |
0.0884 |
450 |
2 |
97.17 |
2008-12-12 |
| 24. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
98.70 |
0.9330 |
0.1379 |
360 |
1 |
98.70 |
2008-11-28 |
| 25. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
98.67 |
0.9622 |
0.1082 |
392 |
3 |
91.93 |
2010-01-29 |
| 26. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
98.38 |
1.0120 |
0.0480 |
290 |
3 |
91.83 |
2010-01-29 |
| 27. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
98.35 |
0.9684 |
0.0948 |
388 |
1 |
98.35 |
2008-11-04 |
| 28. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
97.04 |
1.0441 |
0.0036 |
252 |
2 |
95.73 |
2009-07-18 |
| 29. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
96.99 |
0.9578 |
0.0873 |
281 |
2 |
84.47 |
2009-07-18 |
| 30. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
96.40 |
0.9905 |
0.0565 |
377 |
1 |
96.40 |
2008-11-04 |
| 31. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
96.35 |
1.0197 |
0.0161 |
226 |
1 |
96.35 |
2008-11-28 |
| 32. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
96.12 |
1.0203 |
0.0192 |
261 |
1 |
96.12 |
2008-10-07 |
| 33. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
96.04 |
0.9726 |
0.0563 |
154 |
1 |
96.04 |
2010-01-29 |
| 34. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
96.04 |
0.9942 |
0.0499 |
483 |
2 |
94.29 |
2008-10-07 |
| 35. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
95.55 |
0.9164 |
0.1183 |
305 |
1 |
95.55 |
2008-08-15 |
| 36. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
95.01 |
1.0201 |
0.0079 |
375 |
3 |
91.13 |
2010-01-29 |
| 37. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
94.60 |
1.0534 |
-0.0316 |
357 |
1 |
94.60 |
2010-01-29 |
| 38. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
93.80 |
0.9997 |
0.0147 |
382 |
2 |
91.43 |
2008-08-22 |
| 39. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
93.42 |
1.0477 |
-0.0386 |
360 |
1 |
93.42 |
2010-01-29 |
| 40. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
92.97 |
1.0328 |
0.0071 |
356 |
1 |
92.97 |
2010-01-29 |
| 41. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
92.80 |
1.0213 |
-0.0246 |
240 |
1 |
92.80 |
2010-01-29 |
| 42. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
92.03 |
1.0214 |
-0.0316 |
269 |
1 |
92.03 |
2009-07-18 |
| 43. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
91.67 |
0.9833 |
0.0059 |
355 |
2 |
87.80 |
2008-08-20 |
| 44. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
90.64 |
1.0296 |
-0.0469 |
437 |
3 |
85.43 |
2010-01-29 |
| 45. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
90.50 |
1.0183 |
-0.0491 |
191 |
2 |
88.53 |
2009-07-18 |
| 46. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
90.37 |
0.9513 |
0.0259 |
354 |
2 |
88.40 |
2010-01-29 |
| 47. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
90.14 |
1.0347 |
-0.0384 |
550 |
1 |
90.14 |
2010-01-29 |
| 48. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
89.48 |
0.9966 |
-0.0335 |
259 |
2 |
85.77 |
2008-08-22 |
| 49. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
89.45 |
1.0483 |
-0.0880 |
227 |
2 |
78.46 |
2009-07-18 |
| 50. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
89.28 |
0.9897 |
-0.0305 |
274 |
2 |
87.30 |
2008-11-28 |
| 51. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
88.82 |
0.9570 |
0.0012 |
287 |
1 |
88.82 |
2009-01-03 |
| 52. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
88.64 |
0.9884 |
-0.0347 |
233 |
1 |
88.64 |
2009-07-18 |
| 53. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
88.54 |
1.0361 |
-0.0817 |
269 |
1 |
88.54 |
2010-01-29 |
| 54. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
88.50 |
0.9527 |
0.0002 |
251 |
1 |
88.50 |
2008-08-20 |
| 55. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
87.86 |
0.9342 |
0.0153 |
434 |
1 |
87.86 |
2010-01-29 |
| 56. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
87.83 |
0.9910 |
-0.0434 |
295 |
1 |
87.83 |
2010-01-29 |
| 57. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
87.57 |
0.9731 |
-0.0428 |
129 |
2 |
85.00 |
2010-01-29 |
| 58. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
87.54 |
1.0004 |
-0.0640 |
212 |
1 |
87.54 |
2009-07-18 |
| 59. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
87.42 |
1.0515 |
-0.1122 |
250 |
3 |
83.52 |
2009-07-18 |
| 60. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
87.20 |
0.9293 |
0.0103 |
355 |
1 |
87.20 |
2008-10-30 |
| 61. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
86.95 |
0.9863 |
-0.0458 |
339 |
2 |
84.87 |
2008-11-04 |
| 62. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
86.91 |
1.0251 |
-0.0917 |
261 |
1 |
86.91 |
2008-08-22 |
| 63. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
86.87 |
0.9125 |
0.0245 |
308 |
1 |
86.87 |
2010-01-29 |
| 64. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
86.63 |
0.9786 |
-0.0465 |
235 |
1 |
86.63 |
2009-01-03 |
| 65. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
85.61 |
0.9202 |
0.0005 |
254 |
1 |
85.61 |
2009-07-18 |
| 66. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
85.13 |
0.9614 |
-0.0422 |
292 |
1 |
85.13 |
2010-01-29 |
| 67. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
84.22 |
0.9697 |
-0.0632 |
249 |
1 |
84.22 |
2010-01-29 |
| 68. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
83.99 |
0.9893 |
-0.0854 |
323 |
1 |
83.99 |
2008-08-17 |
| 69. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
83.70 |
0.9649 |
-0.0654 |
193 |
1 |
83.70 |
2008-08-17 |
| 70. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
83.54 |
0.9857 |
-0.0879 |
293 |
1 |
83.54 |
2008-10-07 |
| 71. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
83.47 |
0.9758 |
-0.0770 |
314 |
1 |
83.47 |
2008-11-28 |
| 72. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
83.35 |
1.0218 |
-0.1279 |
268 |
1 |
83.35 |
2009-07-18 |
| 73. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
83.31 |
0.9907 |
-0.0960 |
211 |
1 |
83.31 |
2008-10-07 |
| 74. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
82.52 |
1.0270 |
-0.1033 |
255 |
1 |
82.52 |
2010-01-29 |
| 75. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
81.34 |
1.0696 |
-0.1983 |
226 |
1 |
81.34 |
2008-08-20 |
| 76. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
80.99 |
0.9965 |
-0.1252 |
310 |
1 |
80.99 |
2008-08-22 |
| 77. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
79.97 |
1.0385 |
-0.1804 |
230 |
2 |
79.28 |
2010-01-29 |
| 78. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
79.92 |
1.0379 |
-0.1437 |
245 |
1 |
79.92 |
2010-01-29 |
| 79. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
79.21 |
1.0334 |
-0.1883 |
131 |
1 |
79.21 |
2009-01-03 |
| 80. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
79.18 |
0.9811 |
-0.1271 |
272 |
1 |
79.18 |
2008-10-30 |
| 81. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
78.83 |
0.9964 |
-0.1489 |
203 |
1 |
78.83 |
2010-01-29 |
| 82. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
78.39 |
1.0340 |
-0.1862 |
406 |
1 |
78.39 |
2008-08-22 |
| 83. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
75.81 |
0.9005 |
-0.0875 |
212 |
1 |
75.81 |
2009-07-18 |
| 84. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
73.68 |
0.8595 |
-0.0665 |
242 |
1 |
73.68 |
2009-01-03 |
| 85. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
73.60 |
0.9430 |
-0.1599 |
211 |
1 |
73.60 |
2008-08-22 |
| 86. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
72.88 |
0.9468 |
-0.1648 |
276 |
1 |
72.88 |
2008-11-28 |
| 87. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
72.66 |
0.9372 |
-0.1531 |
320 |
1 |
72.66 |
2008-08-22 |
| 88. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
69.98 |
0.9946 |
-0.2439 |
246 |
1 |
69.98 |
2008-11-04 |
| 89. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
67.84 |
0.9965 |
-0.2738 |
168 |
1 |
67.84 |
2008-11-28 |