| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
98.07 |
1.0565 |
0.2937 |
247 |
1 |
98.07 |
2011-09-27 |
| 2. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
96.58 |
1.0993 |
0.2306 |
265 |
1 |
96.58 |
2011-09-15 |
| 3. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
95.78 |
1.0483 |
0.2696 |
227 |
2 |
84.79 |
2011-09-27 |
| 4. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
95.35 |
0.9857 |
0.3282 |
293 |
2 |
90.67 |
2011-10-03 |
| 5. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
95.17 |
1.0263 |
0.2853 |
267 |
4 |
73.06 |
2011-10-10 |
| 6. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
93.46 |
0.8919 |
0.3950 |
205 |
1 |
93.46 |
2011-10-03 |
| 7. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
93.01 |
1.0602 |
0.2261 |
389 |
2 |
89.42 |
2011-09-26 |
| 8. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
92.64 |
1.0251 |
0.2499 |
261 |
2 |
91.79 |
2011-09-13 |
| 9. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
92.26 |
0.9820 |
0.2927 |
267 |
1 |
92.26 |
2011-09-11 |
| 10. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
91.73 |
1.0787 |
0.1845 |
237 |
2 |
82.22 |
2011-09-29 |
| 11. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
89.87 |
1.0340 |
0.2098 |
406 |
1 |
89.87 |
2011-09-14 |
| 12. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
89.67 |
1.0498 |
0.1812 |
180 |
1 |
89.67 |
2011-10-10 |
| 13. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
87.74 |
1.0917 |
0.1407 |
243 |
1 |
87.74 |
2011-09-12 |
| 14. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
87.56 |
1.0684 |
0.1678 |
253 |
1 |
87.56 |
2011-09-14 |
| 15. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
87.04 |
0.9351 |
0.2586 |
190 |
3 |
75.81 |
2011-10-10 |
| 16. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
86.05 |
1.0016 |
0.1792 |
218 |
1 |
86.05 |
2011-11-03 |
| 17. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
85.40 |
1.0941 |
0.1134 |
256 |
1 |
85.40 |
2011-09-14 |
| 18. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
85.04 |
1.0214 |
0.1482 |
269 |
2 |
83.33 |
2011-09-26 |
| 19. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
84.89 |
1.0462 |
0.1169 |
184 |
1 |
84.89 |
2011-09-14 |
| 20. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
84.71 |
1.0289 |
0.1422 |
276 |
1 |
84.71 |
2011-11-03 |
| 21. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
84.60 |
1.0240 |
0.1386 |
256 |
1 |
84.60 |
2011-10-02 |
| 22. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
84.60 |
1.0403 |
0.1648 |
275 |
2 |
80.07 |
2011-10-10 |
| 23. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
84.48 |
1.0252 |
0.1318 |
176 |
1 |
84.48 |
2011-09-22 |
| 24. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
84.26 |
1.0062 |
0.1543 |
288 |
2 |
79.17 |
2011-10-02 |
| 25. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
84.22 |
0.9687 |
0.1959 |
371 |
1 |
84.22 |
2011-09-17 |
| 26. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
84.11 |
1.0352 |
0.1263 |
341 |
1 |
84.11 |
2011-09-11 |
| 27. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
83.59 |
1.0218 |
0.1264 |
268 |
1 |
83.59 |
2011-09-14 |
| 28. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
83.28 |
1.0203 |
0.1299 |
261 |
1 |
83.28 |
2011-09-11 |
| 29. |
Races are not won in the first corner; however, they are oft... |
82.87 |
1.0535 |
0.1224 |
326 |
1 |
82.87 |
2011-09-14 |
| 30. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
82.84 |
0.9965 |
0.1394 |
168 |
1 |
82.84 |
2011-09-22 |
| 31. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
82.63 |
1.0426 |
0.0945 |
323 |
1 |
82.63 |
2011-10-02 |
| 32. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
81.85 |
1.0534 |
0.0757 |
357 |
1 |
81.85 |
2011-09-15 |
| 33. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
81.82 |
0.9464 |
0.1852 |
323 |
1 |
81.82 |
2011-09-17 |
| 34. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
81.75 |
0.9233 |
0.1939 |
168 |
2 |
78.81 |
2011-10-10 |
| 35. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
81.71 |
1.0154 |
0.1594 |
351 |
1 |
81.71 |
2011-09-15 |
| 36. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
81.66 |
0.9309 |
0.1915 |
284 |
2 |
75.26 |
2011-09-13 |
| 37. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
81.64 |
1.0201 |
0.1043 |
303 |
1 |
81.64 |
2011-09-22 |
| 38. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
81.56 |
1.0529 |
0.0699 |
351 |
1 |
81.56 |
2011-09-27 |
| 39. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
81.46 |
1.0429 |
0.0772 |
259 |
2 |
65.31 |
2011-09-14 |
| 40. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
81.29 |
0.9910 |
0.1300 |
295 |
2 |
74.90 |
2008-08-18 |
| 41. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
81.17 |
1.0358 |
0.1232 |
349 |
1 |
81.17 |
2011-09-13 |
| 42. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
81.01 |
0.9376 |
0.1830 |
367 |
2 |
80.71 |
2011-10-02 |
| 43. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
80.64 |
1.0254 |
0.1255 |
217 |
1 |
80.64 |
2011-09-13 |
| 44. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
80.57 |
1.0619 |
0.0508 |
354 |
3 |
62.24 |
2011-11-03 |
| 45. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
80.11 |
1.0088 |
0.1326 |
396 |
1 |
80.11 |
2011-09-27 |
| 46. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
80.05 |
0.9005 |
0.1998 |
212 |
1 |
80.05 |
2011-09-26 |
| 47. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
79.69 |
1.1215 |
-0.0007 |
200 |
1 |
79.69 |
2011-09-17 |
| 48. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
79.09 |
0.9831 |
0.1134 |
469 |
1 |
79.09 |
2011-09-15 |
| 49. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
79.01 |
0.9769 |
0.1084 |
263 |
2 |
73.16 |
2011-09-13 |
| 50. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
78.88 |
0.9740 |
0.1074 |
209 |
1 |
78.88 |
2011-09-11 |
| 51. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
78.85 |
0.9871 |
0.1342 |
209 |
1 |
78.85 |
2011-11-03 |
| 52. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
78.72 |
1.0388 |
0.0761 |
243 |
1 |
78.72 |
2011-10-02 |
| 53. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
78.34 |
1.0515 |
0.0246 |
250 |
1 |
78.34 |
2011-09-11 |
| 54. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
78.16 |
1.0316 |
0.0477 |
333 |
1 |
78.16 |
2011-09-26 |
| 55. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
78.13 |
0.9088 |
0.1715 |
348 |
1 |
78.13 |
2011-09-11 |
| 56. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
78.10 |
0.9699 |
0.1042 |
269 |
1 |
78.10 |
2011-09-14 |
| 57. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
78.05 |
1.0463 |
0.0231 |
182 |
1 |
78.05 |
2011-09-11 |
| 58. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
77.72 |
1.0063 |
0.0635 |
371 |
1 |
77.72 |
2011-09-14 |
| 59. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
77.68 |
0.9904 |
0.1190 |
203 |
1 |
77.68 |
2011-09-13 |
| 60. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
77.36 |
0.9673 |
0.1364 |
232 |
1 |
77.36 |
2011-09-11 |
| 61. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
76.93 |
0.9907 |
0.0661 |
211 |
1 |
76.93 |
2011-09-13 |
| 62. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
76.64 |
1.0763 |
0.0196 |
367 |
1 |
76.64 |
2011-09-22 |
| 63. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
76.49 |
1.0523 |
-0.0043 |
256 |
2 |
74.85 |
2011-09-12 |
| 64. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
76.03 |
0.9675 |
0.0879 |
383 |
1 |
76.03 |
2011-09-26 |
| 65. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
75.87 |
0.9776 |
0.0662 |
308 |
1 |
75.87 |
2011-10-10 |
| 66. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
75.49 |
1.0025 |
0.0357 |
256 |
2 |
69.77 |
2011-09-14 |
| 67. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
75.14 |
0.9709 |
0.1036 |
397 |
1 |
75.14 |
2011-09-17 |
| 68. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
74.87 |
1.0213 |
0.0052 |
240 |
1 |
74.87 |
2011-09-26 |
| 69. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
74.60 |
0.8890 |
0.1333 |
199 |
1 |
74.60 |
2011-09-22 |
| 70. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
74.53 |
0.9266 |
0.0985 |
267 |
1 |
74.53 |
2011-09-14 |
| 71. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
74.41 |
0.9881 |
0.0757 |
424 |
1 |
74.41 |
2011-09-14 |
| 72. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
73.83 |
0.9500 |
0.0674 |
362 |
2 |
66.81 |
2011-09-26 |
| 73. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
73.77 |
0.9622 |
0.0586 |
392 |
1 |
73.77 |
2011-09-22 |
| 74. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
73.73 |
0.9128 |
0.1425 |
369 |
1 |
73.73 |
2011-10-02 |
| 75. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
73.72 |
1.0013 |
0.0115 |
273 |
1 |
73.72 |
2011-09-14 |
| 76. |
Danger is a topic you're often asked about as a sprinter. Th... |
73.66 |
0.9801 |
0.0751 |
428 |
1 |
73.66 |
2011-09-12 |
| 77. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
73.47 |
1.0487 |
-0.0435 |
231 |
1 |
73.47 |
2011-09-12 |
| 78. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
72.94 |
0.8533 |
0.1506 |
232 |
1 |
72.94 |
2011-10-10 |
| 79. |
Pulp: 1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. 2. A magaz... |
72.87 |
0.9155 |
0.1357 |
168 |
2 |
65.19 |
2011-10-02 |
| 80. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
71.80 |
0.9844 |
0.0074 |
293 |
2 |
69.40 |
2011-09-26 |
| 81. |
We might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been... |
71.21 |
0.9359 |
0.0823 |
353 |
1 |
71.21 |
2011-09-15 |
| 82. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
71.19 |
0.8467 |
0.1560 |
343 |
1 |
71.19 |
2011-11-03 |
| 83. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
70.38 |
0.9097 |
0.0991 |
464 |
1 |
70.38 |
2011-09-26 |
| 84. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
69.99 |
0.9578 |
0.0034 |
281 |
1 |
69.99 |
2008-08-11 |
| 85. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
69.53 |
0.9593 |
0.0007 |
398 |
1 |
69.53 |
2011-09-11 |
| 86. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
69.27 |
1.0038 |
-0.0218 |
237 |
1 |
69.27 |
2011-10-10 |
| 87. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
69.11 |
1.0125 |
-0.0252 |
413 |
1 |
69.11 |
2011-09-13 |
| 88. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
68.64 |
0.9340 |
0.0087 |
296 |
1 |
68.64 |
2011-10-02 |
| 89. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
68.22 |
0.9763 |
-0.0397 |
289 |
2 |
64.95 |
2011-09-27 |
| 90. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
68.20 |
0.9942 |
-0.0486 |
483 |
1 |
68.20 |
2008-08-11 |
| 91. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
67.92 |
0.9941 |
-0.0636 |
217 |
1 |
67.92 |
2008-08-18 |
| 92. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
67.77 |
0.9976 |
-0.0466 |
174 |
1 |
67.77 |
2011-11-03 |
| 93. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
67.76 |
0.9212 |
0.0128 |
323 |
1 |
67.76 |
2011-09-27 |
| 94. |
We were all in our late twenties or early-to-middle thirties... |
66.68 |
0.8867 |
0.0342 |
241 |
1 |
66.68 |
2011-10-02 |
| 95. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
66.50 |
0.9691 |
-0.0565 |
223 |
1 |
66.50 |
2011-10-02 |
| 96. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
66.06 |
1.0714 |
-0.1733 |
129 |
1 |
66.06 |
2011-09-22 |
| 97. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
65.77 |
0.9279 |
-0.0184 |
317 |
1 |
65.77 |
2011-11-03 |
| 98. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
65.12 |
0.9125 |
-0.0168 |
308 |
1 |
65.12 |
2008-08-11 |
| 99. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
63.31 |
0.9833 |
-0.1130 |
355 |
1 |
63.31 |
2008-08-12 |
| 100. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
63.27 |
0.8595 |
0.0105 |
242 |
1 |
63.27 |
2011-09-27 |
| 101. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
62.26 |
0.8670 |
-0.0075 |
318 |
1 |
62.26 |
2011-09-11 |
| 102. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
62.00 |
1.0711 |
-0.2257 |
213 |
2 |
53.73 |
2011-09-14 |
| 103. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
60.94 |
0.9570 |
-0.1196 |
287 |
1 |
60.94 |
2011-09-26 |
| 104. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
59.75 |
1.0165 |
-0.1935 |
392 |
1 |
59.75 |
2008-08-09 |
| 105. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
59.25 |
1.0885 |
-0.2730 |
315 |
1 |
59.25 |
2011-10-10 |
| 106. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
59.21 |
1.0390 |
-0.2312 |
205 |
1 |
59.21 |
2011-10-10 |
| 107. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
59.20 |
0.9567 |
-0.1454 |
273 |
1 |
59.20 |
2008-08-09 |
| 108. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
58.37 |
0.8958 |
-0.0913 |
322 |
1 |
58.37 |
2008-08-09 |
| 109. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
58.14 |
1.0528 |
-0.2611 |
201 |
2 |
54.62 |
2011-09-14 |
| 110. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
58.00 |
0.9045 |
-0.1094 |
235 |
1 |
58.00 |
2008-08-09 |
| 111. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
56.84 |
0.9619 |
-0.1781 |
393 |
1 |
56.84 |
2008-08-09 |
| 112. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
55.85 |
0.9936 |
-0.2291 |
311 |
1 |
55.85 |
2008-08-09 |
| 113. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
55.52 |
1.0515 |
-0.2991 |
166 |
1 |
55.52 |
2011-09-14 |
| 114. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
55.31 |
1.0669 |
-0.2773 |
286 |
1 |
55.31 |
2011-10-02 |
| 115. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
54.99 |
0.9811 |
-0.2255 |
272 |
1 |
54.99 |
2011-09-12 |
| 116. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
52.83 |
0.9684 |
-0.2429 |
388 |
1 |
52.83 |
2008-08-09 |
| 117. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
52.22 |
0.9722 |
-0.2558 |
283 |
1 |
52.22 |
2011-10-10 |
| 118. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
52.20 |
1.0296 |
-0.3092 |
437 |
1 |
52.20 |
2011-09-14 |
| 119. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
52.00 |
1.0547 |
-0.3088 |
257 |
1 |
52.00 |
2011-09-14 |
| 120. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
51.07 |
0.9916 |
-0.2507 |
282 |
1 |
51.07 |
2011-09-11 |
| 121. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
50.09 |
0.9905 |
-0.2745 |
337 |
1 |
50.09 |
2011-10-10 |
| 122. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
49.26 |
1.0261 |
-0.3136 |
410 |
1 |
49.26 |
2011-09-14 |
| 123. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
49.01 |
0.9439 |
-0.2663 |
476 |
1 |
49.01 |
2011-09-14 |
| 124. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
48.61 |
0.9843 |
-0.3253 |
234 |
1 |
48.61 |
2011-09-26 |
| 125. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
48.47 |
1.0361 |
-0.3730 |
269 |
1 |
48.47 |
2011-10-10 |
| 126. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
47.96 |
0.9234 |
-0.2630 |
346 |
1 |
47.96 |
2011-10-10 |
| 127. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
47.77 |
0.9899 |
-0.3423 |
163 |
1 |
47.77 |
2011-09-14 |
| 128. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
46.91 |
0.8852 |
-0.2428 |
201 |
1 |
46.91 |
2008-08-09 |
| 129. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
46.07 |
0.9912 |
-0.3357 |
237 |
2 |
45.01 |
2011-10-10 |
| 130. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
44.46 |
0.8022 |
-0.1929 |
215 |
1 |
44.46 |
2011-10-10 |
| 131. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
43.44 |
1.0595 |
-0.4650 |
379 |
1 |
43.44 |
2011-10-10 |
| 132. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
41.93 |
0.8947 |
-0.3188 |
366 |
1 |
41.93 |
2011-10-10 |
| 133. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
41.76 |
0.9527 |
-0.3842 |
251 |
1 |
41.76 |
2011-09-12 |
| 134. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
32.19 |
0.9330 |
-0.4910 |
360 |
1 |
32.19 |
2011-11-03 |
| 135. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
24.29 |
1.0169 |
-0.6529 |
346 |
1 |
24.29 |
2011-09-12 |