| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
145.28 |
1.0596 |
0.1952 |
239 |
2 |
134.32 |
2009-02-01 |
| 2. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
136.53 |
1.0714 |
0.1001 |
129 |
2 |
118.17 |
2009-01-29 |
| 3. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
134.91 |
1.0565 |
0.1072 |
247 |
3 |
128.33 |
2009-01-27 |
| 4. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
134.41 |
0.9844 |
0.1823 |
293 |
3 |
123.53 |
2009-02-01 |
| 5. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
133.53 |
1.0613 |
0.0938 |
266 |
1 |
133.53 |
2009-02-01 |
| 6. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
132.93 |
1.0263 |
0.1219 |
267 |
3 |
120.21 |
2009-02-01 |
| 7. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
132.60 |
1.0885 |
0.0609 |
315 |
1 |
132.60 |
2009-01-29 |
| 8. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
132.56 |
1.0521 |
0.0888 |
171 |
2 |
128.91 |
2009-01-29 |
| 9. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
132.38 |
1.0203 |
0.1273 |
261 |
3 |
121.85 |
2009-01-29 |
| 10. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
132.01 |
1.0515 |
0.0875 |
250 |
4 |
121.94 |
2009-02-01 |
| 11. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
130.02 |
0.9763 |
0.1467 |
289 |
4 |
121.63 |
2009-02-01 |
| 12. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
129.97 |
0.9614 |
0.1647 |
292 |
2 |
125.92 |
2009-02-01 |
| 13. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
129.80 |
0.9411 |
0.1813 |
318 |
1 |
129.80 |
2009-01-29 |
| 14. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
128.23 |
1.0099 |
0.0951 |
207 |
1 |
128.23 |
2009-01-27 |
| 15. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
128.00 |
1.0120 |
0.0931 |
290 |
4 |
123.49 |
2009-02-01 |
| 16. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
127.69 |
1.0063 |
0.0973 |
371 |
1 |
127.69 |
2009-02-01 |
| 17. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
126.09 |
0.9852 |
0.1043 |
264 |
3 |
118.83 |
2009-01-29 |
| 18. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
126.00 |
1.0595 |
0.0314 |
379 |
3 |
122.48 |
2009-01-29 |
| 19. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
125.44 |
1.0297 |
0.0526 |
249 |
1 |
125.44 |
2009-01-29 |
| 20. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
124.80 |
0.9897 |
0.0859 |
274 |
1 |
124.80 |
2009-02-01 |
| 21. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
124.74 |
0.8826 |
0.1962 |
296 |
2 |
110.96 |
2009-01-29 |
| 22. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
124.53 |
1.0787 |
-0.0044 |
237 |
1 |
124.53 |
2009-01-29 |
| 23. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
124.49 |
1.0389 |
0.0380 |
318 |
2 |
121.48 |
2009-02-01 |
| 24. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
123.33 |
0.9687 |
0.1011 |
371 |
1 |
123.33 |
2009-01-29 |
| 25. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
122.49 |
0.9863 |
0.0758 |
339 |
1 |
122.49 |
2009-01-29 |
| 26. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
122.21 |
0.9936 |
0.0614 |
311 |
1 |
122.21 |
2009-01-27 |
| 27. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
122.17 |
0.9910 |
0.0658 |
295 |
1 |
122.17 |
2009-01-29 |
| 28. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
122.00 |
1.0441 |
0.0108 |
252 |
2 |
120.21 |
2009-02-01 |
| 29. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
120.34 |
1.0292 |
0.0084 |
262 |
1 |
120.34 |
2009-01-29 |
| 30. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
120.34 |
1.0767 |
-0.0400 |
212 |
1 |
120.34 |
2009-01-29 |
| 31. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
119.88 |
1.0619 |
-0.0234 |
354 |
1 |
119.88 |
2009-02-01 |
| 32. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
119.67 |
1.0463 |
-0.0178 |
182 |
2 |
99.87 |
2009-02-01 |
| 33. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
118.48 |
1.0529 |
-0.0303 |
351 |
1 |
118.48 |
2009-02-01 |
| 34. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
117.70 |
1.0257 |
-0.0034 |
401 |
2 |
113.89 |
2009-02-01 |
| 35. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
117.61 |
1.0316 |
-0.0127 |
333 |
1 |
117.61 |
2009-02-01 |
| 36. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
117.29 |
0.9795 |
0.0328 |
308 |
2 |
109.78 |
2009-01-29 |
| 37. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
117.02 |
1.0252 |
-0.0218 |
176 |
2 |
105.90 |
2009-01-27 |
| 38. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
116.98 |
0.9653 |
0.0526 |
394 |
1 |
116.98 |
2009-01-27 |
| 39. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
116.78 |
0.9168 |
0.0923 |
240 |
3 |
114.94 |
2009-01-29 |
| 40. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
116.64 |
0.9820 |
0.0274 |
267 |
1 |
116.64 |
2009-01-29 |
| 41. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
116.62 |
0.9691 |
0.0368 |
223 |
2 |
112.32 |
2009-01-27 |
| 42. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
116.57 |
1.0214 |
-0.0208 |
166 |
3 |
101.99 |
2009-01-29 |
| 43. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
115.71 |
0.9758 |
0.0234 |
314 |
1 |
115.71 |
2009-01-29 |
| 44. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
115.23 |
1.1114 |
-0.1198 |
247 |
2 |
114.47 |
2009-01-29 |
| 45. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
115.01 |
1.0296 |
-0.0309 |
437 |
2 |
109.52 |
2009-01-27 |
| 46. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
114.84 |
1.0486 |
-0.0569 |
289 |
1 |
114.84 |
2009-01-29 |
| 47. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
114.21 |
1.0013 |
-0.0168 |
273 |
2 |
114.15 |
2009-01-27 |
| 48. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
113.79 |
1.0668 |
-0.0826 |
350 |
1 |
113.79 |
2009-02-01 |
| 49. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
112.94 |
1.0131 |
-0.0427 |
225 |
1 |
112.94 |
2009-01-29 |
| 50. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
112.67 |
0.9426 |
0.0324 |
317 |
2 |
112.19 |
2009-01-29 |
| 51. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
112.02 |
1.0016 |
-0.0400 |
218 |
1 |
112.02 |
2009-01-29 |
| 52. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
111.96 |
0.9986 |
-0.0323 |
283 |
1 |
111.96 |
2009-02-01 |
| 53. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
111.88 |
0.9942 |
-0.0204 |
483 |
2 |
105.58 |
2009-02-01 |
| 54. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
111.79 |
0.9532 |
0.0097 |
258 |
1 |
111.79 |
2009-01-29 |
| 55. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
111.60 |
1.0029 |
-0.0468 |
209 |
2 |
110.74 |
2009-02-01 |
| 56. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
111.45 |
0.9768 |
-0.0130 |
387 |
3 |
107.30 |
2009-02-01 |
| 57. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
111.19 |
1.1018 |
-0.1492 |
220 |
1 |
111.19 |
2009-01-27 |
| 58. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
110.95 |
0.9798 |
-0.0286 |
199 |
2 |
109.40 |
2009-01-28 |
| 59. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
110.93 |
0.9275 |
0.0259 |
211 |
1 |
110.93 |
2009-01-29 |
| 60. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
110.82 |
0.8553 |
0.0953 |
174 |
1 |
110.82 |
2009-01-29 |
| 61. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
110.76 |
0.9351 |
0.0146 |
190 |
1 |
110.76 |
2009-01-27 |
| 62. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
109.98 |
1.0385 |
-0.0919 |
230 |
1 |
109.98 |
2009-01-29 |
| 63. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
109.98 |
0.9672 |
-0.0123 |
396 |
1 |
109.98 |
2009-02-01 |
| 64. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
109.42 |
0.9734 |
-0.0302 |
289 |
2 |
108.46 |
2009-01-29 |
| 65. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
109.33 |
0.8981 |
0.0492 |
393 |
1 |
109.33 |
2009-01-29 |
| 66. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
109.24 |
0.9074 |
0.0410 |
396 |
1 |
109.24 |
2009-02-01 |
| 67. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
109.16 |
0.9697 |
-0.0283 |
249 |
1 |
109.16 |
2009-02-01 |
| 68. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
109.10 |
0.9966 |
-0.0565 |
259 |
1 |
109.10 |
2009-01-29 |
| 69. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
108.97 |
0.9769 |
-0.0394 |
263 |
1 |
108.97 |
2009-01-27 |
| 70. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
108.91 |
1.0567 |
-0.1171 |
303 |
1 |
108.91 |
2009-01-27 |
| 71. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
108.61 |
1.0534 |
-0.1148 |
357 |
1 |
108.61 |
2009-01-27 |
| 72. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
108.32 |
1.0361 |
-0.1012 |
269 |
1 |
108.32 |
2009-01-29 |
| 73. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
108.26 |
1.0168 |
-0.0821 |
271 |
1 |
108.26 |
2009-01-29 |
| 74. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
108.18 |
0.9109 |
0.0243 |
401 |
2 |
105.44 |
2009-01-27 |
| 75. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
107.74 |
0.9005 |
0.0268 |
212 |
1 |
107.74 |
2009-01-27 |
| 76. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
106.70 |
0.9785 |
-0.0556 |
335 |
1 |
106.70 |
2009-01-27 |
| 77. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
106.09 |
0.9676 |
-0.0449 |
442 |
1 |
106.09 |
2009-01-27 |
| 78. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
105.79 |
0.9907 |
-0.0805 |
211 |
1 |
105.79 |
2009-01-29 |
| 79. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
105.72 |
1.0334 |
-0.1288 |
131 |
1 |
105.72 |
2009-01-27 |
| 80. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
105.37 |
0.9279 |
-0.0133 |
317 |
1 |
105.37 |
2009-01-27 |
| 81. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
105.15 |
1.0004 |
-0.1003 |
212 |
1 |
105.15 |
2009-01-29 |
| 82. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
104.83 |
0.9500 |
-0.0444 |
362 |
2 |
102.44 |
2009-01-29 |
| 83. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
104.34 |
1.0213 |
-0.1254 |
240 |
1 |
104.34 |
2009-01-27 |
| 84. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
103.74 |
0.9946 |
-0.1010 |
246 |
1 |
103.74 |
2009-01-28 |
| 85. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
103.32 |
0.9710 |
-0.0873 |
173 |
1 |
103.32 |
2009-01-28 |
| 86. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
102.92 |
0.9622 |
-0.0691 |
392 |
1 |
102.92 |
2009-01-27 |
| 87. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
102.14 |
0.9567 |
-0.0770 |
273 |
1 |
102.14 |
2009-01-28 |
| 88. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
101.96 |
1.0125 |
-0.1365 |
224 |
1 |
101.96 |
2009-01-29 |
| 89. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
100.09 |
1.0577 |
-0.1993 |
247 |
1 |
100.09 |
2009-01-27 |
| 90. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
95.44 |
1.0060 |
-0.1894 |
171 |
1 |
95.44 |
2009-01-27 |
| 91. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
94.87 |
0.9429 |
-0.1253 |
287 |
1 |
94.87 |
2009-01-27 |
| 92. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
93.98 |
0.9289 |
-0.1227 |
204 |
1 |
93.98 |
2009-01-27 |
| 93. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
92.68 |
0.9468 |
-0.1501 |
276 |
1 |
92.68 |
2009-01-27 |
| 94. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
92.63 |
0.9286 |
-0.1329 |
194 |
1 |
92.63 |
2009-01-27 |
| 95. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
85.77 |
0.9776 |
-0.2406 |
308 |
1 |
85.77 |
2009-01-28 |
| 96. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
79.64 |
1.0444 |
-0.3678 |
197 |
1 |
79.64 |
2009-01-27 |
| 97. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
78.60 |
0.8916 |
-0.2172 |
216 |
1 |
78.60 |
2009-01-28 |