| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
150.77 |
1.0101 |
0.2624 |
336 |
2 |
132.59 |
2012-02-09 |
| 2. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
149.49 |
1.0130 |
0.2463 |
288 |
1 |
149.49 |
2012-03-21 |
| 3. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
148.52 |
1.0800 |
0.1640 |
129 |
1 |
148.52 |
2012-01-31 |
| 4. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
146.94 |
1.0960 |
0.1461 |
315 |
1 |
146.94 |
2012-01-31 |
| 5. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
145.56 |
1.0090 |
0.2235 |
300 |
1 |
145.56 |
2012-01-31 |
| 6. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
145.06 |
1.0498 |
0.1733 |
261 |
1 |
145.06 |
2012-02-02 |
| 7. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
144.92 |
1.0588 |
0.1618 |
281 |
4 |
129.63 |
2012-02-02 |
| 8. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
144.45 |
0.9915 |
0.2241 |
281 |
1 |
144.45 |
2012-03-21 |
| 9. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
143.67 |
1.0315 |
0.1778 |
193 |
1 |
143.67 |
2012-02-02 |
| 10. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
143.00 |
1.0506 |
0.1536 |
259 |
1 |
143.00 |
2012-03-21 |
| 11. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
142.41 |
0.9606 |
0.2425 |
203 |
1 |
142.41 |
2012-02-02 |
| 12. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
141.12 |
0.9660 |
0.2301 |
258 |
1 |
141.12 |
2012-03-21 |
| 13. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
140.15 |
1.0427 |
0.1387 |
269 |
1 |
140.15 |
2012-03-21 |
| 14. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
137.15 |
1.0265 |
0.1324 |
375 |
2 |
126.13 |
2012-03-19 |
| 15. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
135.88 |
1.0682 |
0.0773 |
266 |
1 |
135.88 |
2012-01-31 |
| 16. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
135.24 |
1.0372 |
0.1013 |
249 |
1 |
135.24 |
2012-02-03 |
| 17. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
134.50 |
1.0063 |
0.1311 |
293 |
1 |
134.50 |
2012-02-01 |
| 18. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
134.03 |
1.0800 |
0.0454 |
213 |
1 |
134.03 |
2012-01-31 |
| 19. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
132.99 |
1.1093 |
0.0045 |
220 |
1 |
132.99 |
2012-02-02 |
| 20. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
132.72 |
0.9873 |
0.1410 |
396 |
1 |
132.72 |
2012-02-03 |
| 21. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
131.38 |
0.9981 |
0.1075 |
211 |
1 |
131.38 |
2012-03-21 |
| 22. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
130.96 |
0.9536 |
0.1577 |
311 |
1 |
130.96 |
2012-02-01 |
| 23. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
129.87 |
1.0387 |
0.0594 |
333 |
1 |
129.87 |
2012-02-02 |
| 24. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
129.85 |
1.0124 |
0.0864 |
275 |
1 |
129.85 |
2012-01-31 |
| 25. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
129.74 |
1.0543 |
0.0400 |
360 |
1 |
129.74 |
2012-01-31 |
| 26. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
129.63 |
1.0283 |
0.0698 |
272 |
1 |
129.63 |
2012-02-01 |
| 27. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
127.57 |
0.9842 |
0.0918 |
335 |
1 |
127.57 |
2012-02-02 |
| 28. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
127.41 |
1.0006 |
0.0721 |
311 |
1 |
127.41 |
2012-01-31 |
| 29. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
127.18 |
1.1086 |
-0.0381 |
233 |
1 |
127.18 |
2012-01-31 |
| 30. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
126.94 |
1.0669 |
0.0049 |
379 |
1 |
126.94 |
2012-02-10 |
| 31. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
126.16 |
0.9864 |
0.0795 |
292 |
2 |
124.81 |
2012-01-31 |
| 32. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
125.88 |
0.9330 |
0.1382 |
341 |
1 |
125.88 |
2012-02-01 |
| 33. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
125.73 |
1.0791 |
-0.0159 |
259 |
1 |
125.73 |
2012-02-09 |
| 34. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. The work was generall... |
125.30 |
0.9692 |
0.1025 |
405 |
1 |
125.30 |
2012-02-03 |
| 35. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
124.82 |
0.9631 |
0.0876 |
273 |
1 |
124.82 |
2012-01-31 |
| 36. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
124.73 |
1.0667 |
-0.0067 |
308 |
2 |
117.97 |
2012-03-21 |
| 37. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
124.49 |
1.0561 |
-0.0105 |
227 |
1 |
124.49 |
2012-01-31 |
| 38. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
124.09 |
1.0095 |
0.0333 |
211 |
1 |
124.09 |
2012-01-31 |
| 39. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
123.57 |
1.0404 |
0.0049 |
406 |
1 |
123.57 |
2012-01-31 |
| 40. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
123.50 |
0.9866 |
0.0538 |
308 |
1 |
123.50 |
2012-01-31 |
| 41. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
123.15 |
0.9989 |
0.0445 |
282 |
3 |
118.60 |
2012-02-03 |
| 42. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
122.67 |
1.0507 |
-0.0126 |
253 |
1 |
122.67 |
2012-09-21 |
| 43. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
122.41 |
1.0567 |
-0.0268 |
314 |
1 |
122.41 |
2012-01-31 |
| 44. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
121.44 |
1.0279 |
-0.0115 |
172 |
1 |
121.44 |
2012-01-31 |
| 45. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
121.19 |
1.0482 |
-0.0148 |
407 |
1 |
121.19 |
2012-02-03 |
| 46. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
120.75 |
0.8778 |
0.1405 |
285 |
1 |
120.75 |
2012-02-07 |
| 47. |
Corn is what feeds the steer that becomes the steak. Corn fe... |
119.52 |
0.9775 |
0.0418 |
473 |
1 |
119.52 |
2012-01-31 |
| 48. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
119.35 |
0.9756 |
0.0279 |
223 |
1 |
119.35 |
2012-03-21 |
| 49. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
118.95 |
0.9637 |
0.0498 |
342 |
1 |
118.95 |
2012-01-31 |
| 50. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
117.61 |
0.8986 |
0.0898 |
205 |
2 |
114.93 |
2012-02-02 |
| 51. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
117.53 |
1.0403 |
-0.0533 |
234 |
1 |
117.53 |
2012-01-31 |
| 52. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
117.33 |
1.0103 |
-0.0290 |
209 |
1 |
117.33 |
2012-01-31 |
| 53. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
117.25 |
1.0836 |
-0.0939 |
206 |
2 |
114.21 |
2012-02-02 |
| 54. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
117.01 |
0.9299 |
0.0459 |
168 |
1 |
117.01 |
2012-02-10 |
| 55. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
116.57 |
0.9145 |
0.0693 |
404 |
1 |
116.57 |
2012-01-31 |
| 56. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
116.21 |
1.0125 |
-0.0360 |
232 |
2 |
111.53 |
2012-02-03 |
| 57. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
115.90 |
0.9011 |
0.0776 |
322 |
2 |
108.51 |
2012-02-02 |
| 58. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
115.72 |
0.8974 |
0.0882 |
365 |
2 |
112.86 |
2012-03-21 |
| 59. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
115.51 |
0.9271 |
0.0445 |
295 |
1 |
115.51 |
2012-01-31 |
| 60. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
115.21 |
0.9889 |
-0.0058 |
429 |
1 |
115.21 |
2012-02-02 |
| 61. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
114.69 |
1.0867 |
-0.1265 |
171 |
1 |
114.69 |
2012-01-31 |
| 62. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
114.27 |
0.9183 |
0.0437 |
308 |
1 |
114.27 |
2012-01-31 |
| 63. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
113.83 |
0.8984 |
0.0671 |
267 |
2 |
110.34 |
2012-03-21 |
| 64. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
113.80 |
0.9352 |
0.0209 |
194 |
1 |
113.80 |
2012-02-03 |
| 65. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
113.64 |
0.9963 |
-0.0429 |
274 |
1 |
113.64 |
2012-01-31 |
| 66. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
113.40 |
0.9824 |
-0.0151 |
352 |
1 |
113.40 |
2012-01-31 |
| 67. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
113.15 |
0.9851 |
-0.0282 |
237 |
1 |
113.15 |
2012-01-31 |
| 68. |
Many wines have more than 14 percent alcohol because the win... |
113.01 |
0.9545 |
0.0061 |
412 |
1 |
113.01 |
2012-01-31 |
| 69. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
112.64 |
1.0208 |
-0.0736 |
231 |
1 |
112.64 |
2012-01-31 |
| 70. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
111.64 |
1.0617 |
-0.1252 |
171 |
1 |
111.64 |
2012-02-03 |
| 71. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
111.10 |
0.9354 |
0.0110 |
384 |
1 |
111.10 |
2012-01-31 |
| 72. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
110.62 |
0.9827 |
-0.0514 |
314 |
1 |
110.62 |
2012-02-09 |
| 73. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
110.49 |
0.9736 |
-0.0372 |
378 |
1 |
110.49 |
2012-01-31 |
| 74. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
110.45 |
0.9422 |
-0.0182 |
190 |
1 |
110.45 |
2012-01-31 |
| 75. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
110.20 |
0.9780 |
-0.0575 |
173 |
1 |
110.20 |
2012-01-31 |
| 76. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
110.06 |
0.9809 |
-0.0594 |
209 |
2 |
105.43 |
2012-02-03 |
| 77. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
109.77 |
0.9884 |
-0.0623 |
267 |
1 |
109.77 |
2012-01-31 |
| 78. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
109.64 |
0.9836 |
-0.0614 |
289 |
1 |
109.64 |
2012-01-31 |
| 79. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
107.47 |
0.9650 |
-0.0587 |
347 |
1 |
107.47 |
2012-01-31 |
| 80. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
107.37 |
1.0042 |
-0.1049 |
168 |
1 |
107.37 |
2012-02-12 |
| 81. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
106.87 |
1.0016 |
-0.1046 |
217 |
1 |
106.87 |
2012-01-31 |
| 82. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
106.81 |
0.9434 |
-0.0407 |
367 |
1 |
106.81 |
2012-01-31 |
| 83. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
106.76 |
1.0640 |
-0.1609 |
210 |
1 |
106.76 |
2012-02-01 |
| 84. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
106.28 |
0.9783 |
-0.0771 |
273 |
1 |
106.28 |
2012-01-31 |
| 85. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
106.11 |
1.0059 |
-0.1124 |
283 |
1 |
106.11 |
2012-02-03 |
| 86. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
106.09 |
0.9957 |
-0.1038 |
323 |
1 |
106.09 |
2012-01-31 |
| 87. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
104.57 |
0.9801 |
-0.0929 |
282 |
1 |
104.57 |
2012-01-31 |
| 88. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
104.45 |
0.9841 |
-0.1072 |
263 |
2 |
99.44 |
2012-01-31 |
| 89. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
104.43 |
0.9885 |
-0.1104 |
355 |
1 |
104.43 |
2012-01-31 |
| 90. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
103.92 |
0.8656 |
0.0102 |
242 |
2 |
103.82 |
2012-01-31 |
| 91. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
102.88 |
0.9681 |
-0.0974 |
392 |
1 |
102.88 |
2012-01-31 |
| 92. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
102.77 |
1.0243 |
-0.1573 |
153 |
1 |
102.77 |
2012-01-31 |
| 93. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
101.74 |
0.9857 |
-0.1249 |
268 |
1 |
101.74 |
2012-01-31 |
| 94. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
101.47 |
0.9135 |
-0.0515 |
393 |
1 |
101.47 |
2012-01-31 |
| 95. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
101.44 |
0.9271 |
-0.0723 |
323 |
1 |
101.44 |
2012-01-31 |
| 96. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
100.06 |
0.9359 |
-0.0935 |
355 |
1 |
100.06 |
2012-01-31 |
| 97. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
99.94 |
0.9338 |
-0.0838 |
326 |
1 |
99.94 |
2012-01-31 |
| 98. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
99.59 |
0.8887 |
-0.0375 |
464 |
1 |
99.59 |
2012-01-31 |
| 99. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
99.03 |
0.8981 |
-0.0568 |
255 |
1 |
99.03 |
2012-01-31 |
| 100. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
98.89 |
1.0291 |
-0.1999 |
240 |
1 |
98.89 |
2012-02-05 |
| 101. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
98.11 |
0.9987 |
-0.1698 |
236 |
1 |
98.11 |
2012-01-31 |
| 102. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
96.34 |
1.0493 |
-0.2330 |
264 |
1 |
96.34 |
2012-01-31 |
| 103. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
94.55 |
0.9594 |
-0.1671 |
258 |
1 |
94.55 |
2012-02-09 |
| 104. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
92.99 |
0.9727 |
-0.1846 |
442 |
1 |
92.99 |
2012-02-01 |
| 105. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
89.49 |
1.0426 |
-0.2953 |
131 |
1 |
89.49 |
2012-01-31 |
| 106. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
86.38 |
0.8913 |
-0.1641 |
201 |
1 |
86.38 |
2012-01-31 |
| 107. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
81.24 |
0.9357 |
-0.2564 |
204 |
1 |
81.24 |
2012-01-31 |
| 108. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
79.64 |
0.7923 |
-0.1237 |
316 |
1 |
79.64 |
2012-01-31 |