| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
176.02 |
1.0218 |
0.1904 |
268 |
1 |
176.02 |
2009-03-10 |
| 2. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
172.26 |
1.0477 |
0.1436 |
360 |
1 |
172.26 |
2009-03-10 |
| 3. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
171.37 |
1.0666 |
0.1161 |
297 |
1 |
171.37 |
2009-03-10 |
| 4. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
168.18 |
1.0390 |
0.1176 |
205 |
1 |
168.18 |
2009-03-10 |
| 5. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
165.26 |
0.9785 |
0.1647 |
335 |
1 |
165.26 |
2008-09-03 |
| 6. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
165.01 |
1.0361 |
0.1032 |
269 |
1 |
165.01 |
2009-03-19 |
| 7. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
164.29 |
1.0033 |
0.1233 |
189 |
1 |
164.29 |
2009-03-10 |
| 8. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
164.14 |
0.9907 |
0.1399 |
211 |
1 |
164.14 |
2009-03-10 |
| 9. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
163.62 |
1.0375 |
0.1371 |
200 |
1 |
163.62 |
2009-12-25 |
| 10. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
163.61 |
1.0025 |
0.1259 |
256 |
2 |
142.26 |
2009-03-19 |
| 11. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
162.65 |
1.0417 |
0.0776 |
253 |
2 |
162.50 |
2011-05-26 |
| 12. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
162.33 |
1.0201 |
0.0999 |
303 |
2 |
160.74 |
2009-12-13 |
| 13. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
159.73 |
1.0062 |
0.0952 |
288 |
2 |
152.22 |
2009-12-25 |
| 14. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
158.68 |
0.9293 |
0.1656 |
355 |
1 |
158.68 |
2009-03-19 |
| 15. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
157.89 |
1.0885 |
0.0034 |
315 |
1 |
157.89 |
2009-03-10 |
| 16. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
157.23 |
0.9852 |
0.0991 |
264 |
2 |
152.67 |
2009-03-19 |
| 17. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
156.03 |
1.0711 |
-0.0006 |
213 |
2 |
147.08 |
2008-09-03 |
| 18. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
155.81 |
1.0385 |
0.0338 |
230 |
1 |
155.81 |
2009-03-10 |
| 19. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
155.80 |
1.0297 |
0.0431 |
249 |
1 |
155.80 |
2009-03-10 |
| 20. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
155.45 |
1.1018 |
-0.0366 |
220 |
1 |
155.45 |
2009-03-10 |
| 21. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
155.42 |
1.0714 |
-0.0089 |
129 |
1 |
155.42 |
2009-03-10 |
| 22. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
155.34 |
0.9936 |
0.0769 |
311 |
1 |
155.34 |
2009-03-10 |
| 23. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
155.09 |
0.9567 |
0.1122 |
273 |
1 |
155.09 |
2011-05-26 |
| 24. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
154.92 |
1.0251 |
0.0406 |
261 |
1 |
154.92 |
2008-09-03 |
| 25. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
153.75 |
0.9966 |
0.0625 |
259 |
2 |
139.50 |
2009-03-10 |
| 26. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
153.30 |
1.0213 |
0.0321 |
240 |
1 |
153.30 |
2009-03-10 |
| 27. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
153.18 |
1.0441 |
0.0131 |
252 |
1 |
153.18 |
2009-03-10 |
| 28. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
152.90 |
0.9583 |
0.1392 |
341 |
1 |
152.90 |
2009-12-25 |
| 29. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
152.88 |
0.9846 |
0.0680 |
281 |
2 |
145.74 |
2009-03-10 |
| 30. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
152.05 |
1.0496 |
-0.0024 |
314 |
1 |
152.05 |
2008-09-03 |
| 31. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
151.61 |
0.9843 |
0.0555 |
234 |
1 |
151.61 |
2009-03-19 |
| 32. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
151.36 |
0.9772 |
0.0624 |
217 |
1 |
151.36 |
2009-03-10 |
| 33. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
151.23 |
1.0523 |
-0.0145 |
256 |
1 |
151.23 |
2008-09-03 |
| 34. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
151.00 |
0.9768 |
0.0663 |
387 |
1 |
151.00 |
2008-09-18 |
| 35. |
I don't want to go in there. He's a dangerous bastard. Taken... |
150.90 |
0.9368 |
0.1182 |
174 |
2 |
136.59 |
2008-09-18 |
| 36. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
150.36 |
0.9734 |
0.0624 |
289 |
1 |
150.36 |
2009-03-10 |
| 37. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
149.81 |
0.9879 |
0.0530 |
450 |
1 |
149.81 |
2009-03-10 |
| 38. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
149.10 |
0.9681 |
0.0675 |
378 |
1 |
149.10 |
2009-03-10 |
| 39. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
148.56 |
1.0328 |
0.0288 |
356 |
1 |
148.56 |
2011-05-26 |
| 40. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
148.45 |
1.0767 |
-0.0562 |
212 |
1 |
148.45 |
2009-03-10 |
| 41. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
148.29 |
1.0261 |
-0.0064 |
273 |
1 |
148.29 |
2008-09-18 |
| 42. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
148.04 |
0.8810 |
0.1397 |
282 |
1 |
148.04 |
2009-12-13 |
| 43. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
147.62 |
0.9653 |
0.0600 |
394 |
1 |
147.62 |
2009-12-13 |
| 44. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
147.02 |
1.0109 |
0.0027 |
276 |
1 |
147.02 |
2008-09-03 |
| 45. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
146.83 |
0.9941 |
0.0149 |
217 |
1 |
146.83 |
2009-03-10 |
| 46. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
146.37 |
1.0567 |
-0.0479 |
303 |
1 |
146.37 |
2009-03-10 |
| 47. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
146.17 |
0.9570 |
0.0515 |
287 |
1 |
146.17 |
2009-03-10 |
| 48. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
146.00 |
0.9635 |
0.0476 |
389 |
2 |
137.23 |
2009-03-10 |
| 49. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
145.43 |
0.9910 |
0.0126 |
295 |
2 |
123.31 |
2008-09-03 |
| 50. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
145.30 |
0.9687 |
0.0368 |
371 |
1 |
145.30 |
2009-03-19 |
| 51. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
143.77 |
0.9740 |
0.0120 |
209 |
3 |
140.59 |
2009-03-19 |
| 52. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
143.57 |
0.9894 |
0.0037 |
323 |
1 |
143.57 |
2009-03-10 |
| 53. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
143.24 |
1.0349 |
-0.0492 |
234 |
1 |
143.24 |
2009-03-10 |
| 54. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
142.44 |
0.9622 |
0.0250 |
392 |
2 |
137.84 |
2009-03-10 |
| 55. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
142.04 |
0.9074 |
0.0771 |
396 |
1 |
142.04 |
2009-12-13 |
| 56. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
141.95 |
1.0619 |
-0.0809 |
354 |
1 |
141.95 |
2009-03-10 |
| 57. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
140.90 |
0.9213 |
0.0493 |
295 |
1 |
140.90 |
2008-09-03 |
| 58. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
140.68 |
0.9820 |
-0.0107 |
267 |
1 |
140.68 |
2009-03-19 |
| 59. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
140.28 |
0.8890 |
0.0732 |
199 |
1 |
140.28 |
2009-03-10 |
| 60. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
140.02 |
0.9833 |
-0.0178 |
355 |
1 |
140.02 |
2009-03-10 |
| 61. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
139.70 |
0.9532 |
0.0072 |
258 |
2 |
130.68 |
2009-03-10 |
| 62. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
139.42 |
0.9893 |
-0.0294 |
323 |
1 |
139.42 |
2011-07-03 |
| 63. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
139.29 |
0.9500 |
0.0110 |
362 |
2 |
138.29 |
2010-01-30 |
| 64. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
138.85 |
0.9593 |
0.0012 |
398 |
1 |
138.85 |
2009-03-10 |
| 65. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
138.57 |
0.9351 |
0.0132 |
190 |
1 |
138.57 |
2009-03-10 |
| 66. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
138.47 |
0.9619 |
-0.0036 |
393 |
2 |
137.87 |
2009-03-19 |
| 67. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
137.85 |
1.0138 |
-0.0654 |
231 |
1 |
137.85 |
2009-03-10 |
| 68. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
137.79 |
1.0214 |
-0.0747 |
269 |
1 |
137.79 |
2009-12-25 |
| 69. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
137.33 |
0.9233 |
0.0136 |
168 |
1 |
137.33 |
2009-03-10 |
| 70. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
136.97 |
0.9997 |
-0.0534 |
382 |
1 |
136.97 |
2009-03-10 |
| 71. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
136.91 |
0.9769 |
-0.0368 |
263 |
2 |
126.38 |
2009-03-10 |
| 72. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
134.53 |
0.9514 |
-0.0255 |
237 |
3 |
129.07 |
2009-03-19 |
| 73. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
133.72 |
0.9786 |
-0.0638 |
193 |
1 |
133.72 |
2009-03-10 |
| 74. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
132.97 |
0.9756 |
-0.0621 |
229 |
1 |
132.97 |
2009-03-10 |
| 75. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
132.90 |
0.9649 |
-0.0517 |
193 |
1 |
132.90 |
2009-03-19 |
| 76. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
131.62 |
1.0252 |
-0.1264 |
176 |
1 |
131.62 |
2009-03-10 |
| 77. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
130.57 |
1.0696 |
-0.1751 |
226 |
1 |
130.57 |
2009-03-10 |
| 78. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
129.02 |
0.9965 |
-0.1141 |
168 |
1 |
129.02 |
2009-03-10 |
| 79. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
128.13 |
0.9965 |
-0.1152 |
310 |
1 |
128.13 |
2008-09-03 |
| 80. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
127.73 |
0.9857 |
-0.1085 |
293 |
1 |
127.73 |
2008-09-03 |
| 81. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
127.67 |
0.9398 |
-0.0527 |
419 |
1 |
127.67 |
2009-03-19 |
| 82. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
127.27 |
0.8105 |
0.0602 |
204 |
1 |
127.27 |
2009-03-10 |
| 83. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
125.78 |
1.0444 |
-0.1864 |
197 |
1 |
125.78 |
2009-03-10 |
| 84. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
125.55 |
1.0060 |
-0.1477 |
171 |
1 |
125.55 |
2009-03-10 |
| 85. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
125.46 |
0.9884 |
-0.1268 |
233 |
1 |
125.46 |
2009-03-10 |
| 86. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
124.83 |
0.9672 |
-0.1027 |
396 |
1 |
124.83 |
2009-03-10 |
| 87. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
124.46 |
0.9865 |
-0.1300 |
276 |
2 |
120.81 |
2009-03-10 |
| 88. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
123.81 |
0.9863 |
-0.1311 |
339 |
1 |
123.81 |
2009-03-10 |
| 89. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
123.80 |
0.9754 |
-0.1185 |
362 |
1 |
123.80 |
2009-03-10 |
| 90. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
123.67 |
0.9088 |
-0.0537 |
348 |
1 |
123.67 |
2009-03-10 |
| 91. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
123.18 |
0.8382 |
0.0088 |
268 |
1 |
123.18 |
2008-09-03 |
| 92. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
119.32 |
0.8826 |
-0.0617 |
296 |
1 |
119.32 |
2009-03-10 |
| 93. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
116.10 |
0.9886 |
-0.1890 |
220 |
2 |
111.56 |
2009-03-10 |
| 94. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
112.86 |
0.9612 |
-0.1867 |
256 |
1 |
112.86 |
2009-12-13 |
| 95. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
110.38 |
0.9485 |
-0.1896 |
236 |
1 |
110.38 |
2009-03-10 |
| 96. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
99.02 |
1.0334 |
-0.3620 |
131 |
1 |
99.02 |
2009-03-10 |
| 97. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
85.96 |
0.8353 |
-0.2410 |
283 |
1 |
85.96 |
2008-09-18 |