| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
165.85 |
1.0292 |
0.3088 |
262 |
2 |
140.31 |
2010-10-06 |
| 2. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
157.98 |
1.1081 |
0.2016 |
206 |
1 |
157.98 |
2010-10-06 |
| 3. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
156.80 |
1.0696 |
0.1924 |
226 |
1 |
156.80 |
2010-10-04 |
| 4. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
149.87 |
0.9899 |
0.2144 |
163 |
1 |
149.87 |
2012-05-10 |
| 5. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
148.83 |
1.0787 |
0.1205 |
237 |
2 |
147.94 |
2010-10-07 |
| 6. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
148.15 |
1.0567 |
0.1389 |
303 |
2 |
142.16 |
2010-10-01 |
| 7. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
146.99 |
1.0714 |
0.1052 |
129 |
1 |
146.99 |
2010-10-19 |
| 8. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
146.95 |
0.9798 |
0.1997 |
199 |
2 |
136.43 |
2010-10-07 |
| 9. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
145.01 |
0.9871 |
0.2185 |
209 |
2 |
134.95 |
2012-05-10 |
| 10. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
143.53 |
1.0445 |
0.1137 |
373 |
1 |
143.53 |
2010-10-06 |
| 11. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
143.12 |
1.0668 |
0.0897 |
350 |
1 |
143.12 |
2010-09-28 |
| 12. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
143.00 |
1.1162 |
0.0778 |
189 |
2 |
140.50 |
2010-10-19 |
| 13. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
142.82 |
1.0829 |
0.0701 |
288 |
1 |
142.82 |
2010-10-07 |
| 14. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
142.00 |
1.0385 |
0.1045 |
230 |
1 |
142.00 |
2010-10-07 |
| 15. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
141.76 |
0.9871 |
0.1780 |
227 |
1 |
141.76 |
2012-05-10 |
| 16. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
140.67 |
0.9614 |
0.1756 |
292 |
1 |
140.67 |
2010-10-15 |
| 17. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
140.21 |
1.0029 |
0.1209 |
209 |
1 |
140.21 |
2010-10-07 |
| 18. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
139.00 |
1.0565 |
0.0613 |
247 |
1 |
139.00 |
2010-10-01 |
| 19. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
138.64 |
1.0270 |
0.1264 |
255 |
1 |
138.64 |
2010-10-07 |
| 20. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
136.80 |
0.9636 |
0.1387 |
254 |
1 |
136.80 |
2010-10-19 |
| 21. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
136.61 |
0.9785 |
0.1256 |
335 |
1 |
136.61 |
2010-10-06 |
| 22. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
136.32 |
0.9831 |
0.1234 |
469 |
1 |
136.32 |
2012-05-10 |
| 23. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
135.26 |
1.0343 |
0.0930 |
242 |
1 |
135.26 |
2010-10-07 |
| 24. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
133.02 |
1.0943 |
0.0099 |
206 |
2 |
120.00 |
2010-10-19 |
| 25. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
132.87 |
1.0334 |
0.0305 |
131 |
1 |
132.87 |
2010-10-19 |
| 26. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
130.96 |
1.0173 |
0.0817 |
268 |
1 |
130.96 |
2010-10-07 |
| 27. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
130.62 |
0.9863 |
0.0701 |
339 |
1 |
130.62 |
2010-10-19 |
| 28. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
129.88 |
1.0797 |
-0.0393 |
210 |
1 |
129.88 |
2010-10-06 |
| 29. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
129.34 |
0.9763 |
0.0648 |
289 |
3 |
121.16 |
2010-10-19 |
| 30. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
128.98 |
1.0515 |
-0.0147 |
250 |
1 |
128.98 |
2010-10-04 |
| 31. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
128.96 |
1.0232 |
0.0509 |
236 |
1 |
128.96 |
2010-10-15 |
| 32. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
128.58 |
1.0296 |
0.0122 |
437 |
1 |
128.58 |
2010-10-19 |
| 33. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
128.17 |
1.0521 |
-0.0248 |
171 |
1 |
128.17 |
2010-10-19 |
| 34. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
127.94 |
1.0068 |
0.0267 |
358 |
1 |
127.94 |
2010-10-06 |
| 35. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
127.59 |
1.0399 |
-0.0074 |
294 |
1 |
127.59 |
2010-10-07 |
| 36. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
127.16 |
1.0533 |
-0.0029 |
257 |
1 |
127.16 |
2012-05-10 |
| 37. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
127.01 |
1.0125 |
0.0479 |
413 |
1 |
127.01 |
2010-10-06 |
| 38. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
126.96 |
1.0993 |
-0.0792 |
265 |
1 |
126.96 |
2010-10-19 |
| 39. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
126.14 |
1.0038 |
0.0420 |
237 |
1 |
126.14 |
2010-10-19 |
| 40. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
126.06 |
1.0487 |
-0.0388 |
231 |
1 |
126.06 |
2010-10-25 |
| 41. |
Right, I am going to tell you how this works. You're going i... |
125.92 |
1.0482 |
-0.0108 |
487 |
1 |
125.92 |
2010-10-19 |
| 42. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
125.87 |
0.9922 |
0.0622 |
341 |
1 |
125.87 |
2010-10-15 |
| 43. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
125.57 |
0.9936 |
0.0374 |
227 |
1 |
125.57 |
2010-10-06 |
| 44. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
124.94 |
1.0388 |
-0.0015 |
243 |
1 |
124.94 |
2010-10-06 |
| 45. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
124.88 |
0.9886 |
0.0191 |
220 |
1 |
124.88 |
2010-10-07 |
| 46. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
123.03 |
1.0644 |
-0.0381 |
257 |
1 |
123.03 |
2010-10-19 |
| 47. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
122.96 |
1.0788 |
-0.0948 |
171 |
1 |
122.96 |
2010-10-04 |
| 48. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
122.82 |
1.0337 |
-0.0458 |
214 |
2 |
118.01 |
2010-10-07 |
| 49. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
122.19 |
0.9651 |
0.0540 |
389 |
1 |
122.19 |
2010-10-01 |
| 50. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
121.40 |
1.0441 |
-0.0657 |
252 |
1 |
121.40 |
2010-10-06 |
| 51. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
120.58 |
1.0201 |
-0.0459 |
375 |
1 |
120.58 |
2010-10-15 |
| 52. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
119.75 |
0.9371 |
0.0652 |
318 |
1 |
119.75 |
2010-10-06 |
| 53. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
119.70 |
1.0025 |
-0.0386 |
336 |
1 |
119.70 |
2010-10-06 |
| 54. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
119.48 |
0.9372 |
0.0280 |
320 |
1 |
119.48 |
2010-10-06 |
| 55. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
119.01 |
0.9776 |
-0.0200 |
308 |
1 |
119.01 |
2010-10-07 |
| 56. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
118.92 |
0.9684 |
-0.0090 |
388 |
1 |
118.92 |
2010-10-19 |
| 57. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
118.78 |
1.0031 |
-0.0141 |
304 |
1 |
118.78 |
2010-10-07 |
| 58. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
118.36 |
0.9691 |
-0.0175 |
223 |
3 |
115.35 |
2010-10-19 |
| 59. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
118.00 |
1.0120 |
-0.0636 |
290 |
1 |
118.00 |
2010-10-07 |
| 60. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
117.83 |
0.8958 |
0.0566 |
322 |
1 |
117.83 |
2010-10-06 |
| 61. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
117.69 |
1.0619 |
-0.1117 |
354 |
1 |
117.69 |
2010-10-06 |
| 62. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
116.97 |
1.0083 |
-0.0234 |
273 |
1 |
116.97 |
2010-09-28 |
| 63. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
116.63 |
1.0297 |
-0.0929 |
249 |
1 |
116.63 |
2010-10-19 |
| 64. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
115.30 |
0.8996 |
0.0220 |
192 |
1 |
115.30 |
2010-10-06 |
| 65. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
115.22 |
1.0352 |
-0.1061 |
341 |
2 |
112.92 |
2010-10-19 |
| 66. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
114.88 |
0.9673 |
-0.0043 |
232 |
1 |
114.88 |
2010-10-04 |
| 67. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
114.88 |
1.0534 |
-0.1275 |
357 |
1 |
114.88 |
2010-10-19 |
| 68. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
114.40 |
1.0124 |
-0.0950 |
204 |
1 |
114.40 |
2010-10-06 |
| 69. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
114.32 |
0.9411 |
-0.0211 |
318 |
1 |
114.32 |
2010-10-19 |
| 70. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
113.78 |
0.9936 |
-0.0792 |
311 |
1 |
113.78 |
2010-10-19 |
| 71. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
113.54 |
0.9168 |
-0.0027 |
240 |
1 |
113.54 |
2010-10-15 |
| 72. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
113.14 |
0.9734 |
-0.0642 |
289 |
1 |
113.14 |
2010-09-28 |
| 73. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
110.93 |
0.9583 |
-0.0231 |
341 |
1 |
110.93 |
2010-09-28 |
| 74. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
110.91 |
1.1014 |
-0.1723 |
273 |
1 |
110.91 |
2010-10-01 |
| 75. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
110.55 |
0.9485 |
-0.0584 |
236 |
1 |
110.55 |
2010-10-19 |
| 76. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
110.26 |
0.9857 |
-0.1007 |
293 |
1 |
110.26 |
2010-10-19 |
| 77. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
110.14 |
0.9632 |
-0.0358 |
345 |
1 |
110.14 |
2010-09-28 |
| 78. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
109.95 |
0.9485 |
-0.0626 |
291 |
1 |
109.95 |
2010-10-06 |
| 79. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
109.25 |
0.9698 |
-0.0591 |
397 |
1 |
109.25 |
2010-10-06 |
| 80. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
108.85 |
0.9670 |
-0.0503 |
307 |
1 |
108.85 |
2010-10-06 |
| 81. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
108.51 |
0.8890 |
-0.0208 |
199 |
1 |
108.51 |
2010-10-06 |
| 82. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
108.28 |
0.8105 |
0.0551 |
204 |
1 |
108.28 |
2010-10-15 |
| 83. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
107.92 |
0.9566 |
-0.0670 |
576 |
1 |
107.92 |
2010-09-28 |
| 84. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
107.84 |
1.0214 |
-0.1605 |
166 |
1 |
107.84 |
2010-10-19 |
| 85. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
107.13 |
0.9786 |
-0.1186 |
235 |
1 |
107.13 |
2010-10-19 |
| 86. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
107.11 |
0.9966 |
-0.1368 |
259 |
1 |
107.11 |
2010-10-06 |
| 87. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
106.07 |
0.9212 |
-0.0660 |
323 |
1 |
106.07 |
2010-10-04 |
| 88. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
105.67 |
1.0863 |
-0.2029 |
210 |
2 |
104.56 |
2010-10-15 |
| 89. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
104.89 |
0.8961 |
-0.0572 |
189 |
1 |
104.89 |
2010-10-06 |
| 90. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
103.04 |
1.0396 |
-0.2196 |
149 |
1 |
103.04 |
2010-10-15 |
| 91. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
102.74 |
0.8467 |
0.0022 |
343 |
1 |
102.74 |
2010-10-19 |
| 92. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
102.22 |
0.9740 |
-0.1576 |
209 |
1 |
102.22 |
2010-10-06 |
| 93. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
101.76 |
0.9064 |
-0.0805 |
399 |
1 |
101.76 |
2010-10-19 |
| 94. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
99.82 |
1.0483 |
-0.2504 |
227 |
1 |
99.82 |
2010-10-15 |
| 95. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
99.79 |
0.9912 |
-0.1636 |
237 |
1 |
99.79 |
2010-10-06 |
| 96. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
98.78 |
0.9286 |
-0.1371 |
194 |
1 |
98.78 |
2012-05-10 |
| 97. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
93.15 |
0.7805 |
-0.0380 |
154 |
1 |
93.15 |
2010-09-28 |
| 98. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
89.80 |
0.9946 |
-0.2756 |
246 |
1 |
89.80 |
2010-10-06 |
| 99. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
80.26 |
0.9976 |
-0.3359 |
174 |
1 |
80.26 |
2010-10-06 |