| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
117.84 |
1.0125 |
0.2968 |
224 |
1 |
117.84 |
2010-05-04 |
| 2. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
116.27 |
1.0063 |
0.2881 |
371 |
1 |
116.27 |
2010-03-23 |
| 3. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
116.05 |
1.0666 |
0.2257 |
297 |
2 |
104.44 |
2010-05-04 |
| 4. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
112.09 |
1.0483 |
0.1957 |
227 |
1 |
112.09 |
2010-04-29 |
| 5. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
111.16 |
1.0172 |
0.2550 |
341 |
1 |
111.16 |
2010-06-01 |
| 6. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
110.87 |
1.0441 |
0.2310 |
316 |
1 |
110.87 |
2009-10-15 |
| 7. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
110.80 |
1.0297 |
0.2020 |
249 |
1 |
110.80 |
2009-10-15 |
| 8. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
108.93 |
1.0613 |
0.1516 |
266 |
1 |
108.93 |
2009-09-29 |
| 9. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
107.06 |
1.0292 |
0.1600 |
262 |
1 |
107.06 |
2009-05-12 |
| 10. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
106.06 |
0.9846 |
0.1935 |
281 |
2 |
102.74 |
2010-03-30 |
| 11. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
105.84 |
0.9786 |
0.1933 |
193 |
2 |
103.72 |
2009-09-29 |
| 12. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
105.62 |
1.0004 |
0.1679 |
212 |
1 |
105.62 |
2010-01-12 |
| 13. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
103.70 |
0.9691 |
0.1832 |
223 |
1 |
103.70 |
2009-10-15 |
| 14. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
102.76 |
1.0296 |
0.1196 |
437 |
1 |
102.76 |
2010-04-29 |
| 15. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
102.21 |
1.0385 |
0.0960 |
230 |
1 |
102.21 |
2009-10-15 |
| 16. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
102.07 |
1.0033 |
0.1245 |
189 |
1 |
102.07 |
2010-05-06 |
| 17. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
101.66 |
1.0768 |
0.0930 |
295 |
1 |
101.66 |
2010-06-01 |
| 18. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
101.26 |
1.0201 |
0.1096 |
375 |
3 |
92.90 |
2010-05-11 |
| 19. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
100.80 |
1.0352 |
0.0885 |
341 |
2 |
92.14 |
2009-05-14 |
| 20. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
100.10 |
1.0528 |
0.0550 |
201 |
2 |
90.62 |
2009-08-27 |
| 21. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
99.52 |
1.0477 |
0.0603 |
360 |
2 |
99.45 |
2010-05-06 |
| 22. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
99.40 |
0.9798 |
0.1191 |
199 |
1 |
99.40 |
2009-03-31 |
| 23. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
99.01 |
0.8916 |
0.2092 |
216 |
1 |
99.01 |
2010-05-06 |
| 24. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
97.31 |
1.0555 |
0.0272 |
363 |
1 |
97.31 |
2010-01-12 |
| 25. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
97.18 |
0.9342 |
0.1492 |
434 |
2 |
86.12 |
2009-08-27 |
| 26. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
96.89 |
0.9275 |
0.1458 |
211 |
1 |
96.89 |
2009-01-05 |
| 27. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
96.37 |
0.9894 |
0.0856 |
323 |
1 |
96.37 |
2009-08-27 |
| 28. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
96.30 |
0.9776 |
0.0924 |
308 |
1 |
96.30 |
2009-02-18 |
| 29. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
95.52 |
0.9946 |
0.0663 |
246 |
1 |
95.52 |
2009-08-27 |
| 30. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
95.42 |
0.8602 |
0.1977 |
206 |
1 |
95.42 |
2010-05-04 |
| 31. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
95.31 |
0.9597 |
0.1031 |
347 |
1 |
95.31 |
2010-05-04 |
| 32. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
95.26 |
1.0320 |
0.0632 |
293 |
1 |
95.26 |
2009-10-15 |
| 33. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
94.42 |
0.9398 |
0.1187 |
419 |
1 |
94.42 |
2009-05-12 |
| 34. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
94.18 |
1.0099 |
0.0329 |
207 |
2 |
87.98 |
2009-09-29 |
| 35. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
93.98 |
1.0463 |
-0.0073 |
182 |
2 |
82.13 |
2009-03-31 |
| 36. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
93.97 |
1.0109 |
0.0656 |
400 |
1 |
93.97 |
2010-01-12 |
| 37. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
93.72 |
1.0565 |
-0.0187 |
247 |
1 |
93.72 |
2009-10-15 |
| 38. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
93.55 |
1.0013 |
0.0366 |
273 |
1 |
93.55 |
2009-09-29 |
| 39. |
Finally, gentlemen, there are people with an hereditary anim... |
93.48 |
0.9383 |
0.1220 |
471 |
1 |
93.48 |
2010-01-12 |
| 40. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
92.85 |
0.9213 |
0.1105 |
295 |
1 |
92.85 |
2010-05-18 |
| 41. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
92.61 |
0.9697 |
0.0585 |
249 |
1 |
92.61 |
2009-01-05 |
| 42. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
92.18 |
1.0529 |
-0.0294 |
351 |
2 |
90.07 |
2009-05-14 |
| 43. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
91.85 |
0.9293 |
0.0920 |
355 |
1 |
91.85 |
2009-05-14 |
| 44. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
91.80 |
0.9731 |
0.0334 |
129 |
2 |
83.21 |
2009-10-15 |
| 45. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
91.76 |
0.9769 |
0.0401 |
263 |
2 |
88.82 |
2009-08-27 |
| 46. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
91.28 |
0.9125 |
0.1026 |
308 |
1 |
91.28 |
2010-05-11 |
| 47. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
91.17 |
0.8914 |
0.1210 |
366 |
1 |
91.17 |
2010-01-12 |
| 48. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
89.50 |
1.0025 |
-0.0080 |
336 |
1 |
89.50 |
2008-12-18 |
| 49. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
89.08 |
0.9966 |
-0.0086 |
259 |
1 |
89.08 |
2009-01-07 |
| 50. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
89.03 |
1.0417 |
-0.0565 |
253 |
1 |
89.03 |
2008-12-16 |
| 51. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
88.90 |
1.0389 |
-0.0503 |
318 |
2 |
64.95 |
2009-01-05 |
| 52. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
88.85 |
0.8933 |
0.0993 |
363 |
1 |
88.85 |
2010-05-04 |
| 53. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
88.71 |
1.0168 |
-0.0304 |
271 |
1 |
88.71 |
2010-03-23 |
| 54. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
88.18 |
1.0023 |
-0.0259 |
211 |
1 |
88.18 |
2009-05-14 |
| 55. |
The idea of "Mr. Right" has been passed down over the genera... |
88.10 |
0.9671 |
0.0353 |
379 |
1 |
88.10 |
2010-05-04 |
| 56. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
87.93 |
0.9780 |
-0.0014 |
337 |
1 |
87.93 |
2009-09-29 |
| 57. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
87.84 |
1.0787 |
-0.1056 |
237 |
1 |
87.84 |
2008-12-12 |
| 58. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
87.74 |
0.9786 |
-0.0056 |
235 |
1 |
87.74 |
2009-01-20 |
| 59. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
87.70 |
0.8826 |
0.0922 |
296 |
2 |
82.97 |
2009-01-22 |
| 60. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
87.28 |
1.0257 |
-0.0508 |
401 |
1 |
87.28 |
2008-12-18 |
| 61. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
87.22 |
0.9612 |
0.0069 |
256 |
2 |
87.21 |
2009-01-07 |
| 62. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
87.15 |
0.8553 |
0.1069 |
174 |
2 |
75.78 |
2009-05-12 |
| 63. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
86.98 |
1.0053 |
-0.0421 |
232 |
1 |
86.98 |
2008-12-10 |
| 64. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
86.83 |
0.9109 |
0.0556 |
401 |
4 |
82.84 |
2010-05-06 |
| 65. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
86.63 |
0.9879 |
-0.0179 |
450 |
1 |
86.63 |
2009-05-12 |
| 66. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
85.76 |
1.0516 |
-0.1011 |
281 |
1 |
85.76 |
2009-08-27 |
| 67. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
85.45 |
0.9087 |
0.0503 |
393 |
1 |
85.45 |
2008-12-08 |
| 68. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
85.27 |
0.9593 |
-0.0088 |
398 |
1 |
85.27 |
2009-09-01 |
| 69. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
83.42 |
1.0375 |
-0.0668 |
200 |
1 |
83.42 |
2010-05-18 |
| 70. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
83.08 |
0.9865 |
-0.0641 |
276 |
1 |
83.08 |
2008-12-16 |
| 71. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
82.95 |
0.9513 |
-0.0276 |
354 |
1 |
82.95 |
2008-12-10 |
| 72. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
82.74 |
0.9068 |
0.0130 |
269 |
1 |
82.74 |
2009-01-22 |
| 73. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
82.57 |
1.0068 |
-0.0879 |
358 |
1 |
82.57 |
2008-12-18 |
| 74. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
82.51 |
0.9841 |
-0.0654 |
334 |
1 |
82.51 |
2008-12-10 |
| 75. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
82.26 |
1.0361 |
-0.1233 |
269 |
1 |
82.26 |
2009-01-22 |
| 76. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
82.01 |
0.9266 |
-0.0177 |
267 |
3 |
78.05 |
2008-12-16 |
| 77. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
81.89 |
1.0254 |
-0.0775 |
217 |
1 |
81.89 |
2009-08-27 |
| 78. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
81.69 |
0.9540 |
-0.0506 |
285 |
1 |
81.69 |
2008-12-16 |
| 79. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
81.68 |
1.0214 |
-0.1175 |
269 |
1 |
81.68 |
2009-05-04 |
| 80. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
81.29 |
1.0444 |
-0.1501 |
197 |
1 |
81.29 |
2008-12-12 |
| 81. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
81.21 |
0.9572 |
-0.0140 |
376 |
1 |
81.21 |
2010-01-12 |
| 82. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
81.08 |
0.9365 |
-0.0361 |
248 |
1 |
81.08 |
2009-05-14 |
| 83. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
80.68 |
0.9464 |
-0.0471 |
323 |
1 |
80.68 |
2008-12-16 |
| 84. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
79.86 |
0.9485 |
-0.0618 |
236 |
1 |
79.86 |
2009-01-07 |
| 85. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
79.45 |
1.0388 |
-0.1268 |
243 |
1 |
79.45 |
2010-03-23 |
| 86. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
79.44 |
0.9740 |
-0.0982 |
209 |
2 |
73.31 |
2009-05-04 |
| 87. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
79.26 |
1.0577 |
-0.1833 |
247 |
1 |
79.26 |
2010-01-12 |
| 88. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
78.53 |
1.0337 |
-0.1646 |
214 |
1 |
78.53 |
2009-01-22 |
| 89. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
78.35 |
0.9709 |
-0.0616 |
397 |
1 |
78.35 |
2009-09-01 |
| 90. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
77.97 |
0.8770 |
-0.0100 |
300 |
1 |
77.97 |
2009-08-27 |
| 91. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
77.96 |
0.9088 |
-0.0399 |
348 |
1 |
77.96 |
2009-01-09 |
| 92. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
77.10 |
0.9899 |
-0.1409 |
163 |
1 |
77.10 |
2009-01-07 |
| 93. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
77.03 |
1.0398 |
-0.1979 |
110 |
1 |
77.03 |
2009-01-07 |
| 94. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
76.36 |
0.9202 |
-0.0748 |
254 |
1 |
76.36 |
2008-12-08 |
| 95. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
75.82 |
0.8947 |
-0.0498 |
366 |
1 |
75.82 |
2009-01-05 |
| 96. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
74.41 |
0.8382 |
-0.0136 |
268 |
1 |
74.41 |
2008-12-12 |
| 97. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
73.47 |
0.8845 |
-0.0716 |
273 |
1 |
73.47 |
2009-09-29 |
| 98. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
71.81 |
1.0261 |
-0.2339 |
273 |
1 |
71.81 |
2009-01-05 |
| 99. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
69.63 |
1.0767 |
-0.3091 |
212 |
1 |
69.63 |
2009-08-27 |
| 100. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
69.61 |
0.9852 |
-0.2152 |
264 |
1 |
69.61 |
2008-12-08 |
| 101. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
69.60 |
1.0696 |
-0.3034 |
226 |
1 |
69.60 |
2009-01-09 |
| 102. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
67.85 |
0.9578 |
-0.2081 |
281 |
1 |
67.85 |
2009-03-31 |
| 103. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
67.67 |
0.9286 |
-0.1819 |
194 |
1 |
67.67 |
2008-12-16 |
| 104. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
66.22 |
1.0201 |
-0.2954 |
172 |
1 |
66.22 |
2008-12-08 |
| 105. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
66.02 |
0.9785 |
-0.2462 |
335 |
1 |
66.02 |
2008-12-10 |
| 106. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
62.38 |
0.9843 |
-0.3009 |
234 |
1 |
62.38 |
2010-01-12 |
| 107. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
47.84 |
1.0201 |
-0.4949 |
303 |
1 |
47.84 |
2008-12-12 |