| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
74.71 |
1.0883 |
1.3363 |
189 |
1 |
74.71 |
2010-05-06 |
| 2. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
64.41 |
1.0243 |
1.0627 |
153 |
2 |
43.15 |
2010-05-06 |
| 3. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
60.91 |
0.9394 |
1.0288 |
195 |
2 |
42.91 |
2010-05-06 |
| 4. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
57.59 |
0.9352 |
0.9261 |
194 |
2 |
41.44 |
2010-05-06 |
| 5. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
42.20 |
1.0639 |
0.3006 |
303 |
1 |
42.20 |
2010-09-20 |
| 6. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
41.65 |
0.8948 |
0.4497 |
164 |
4 |
33.09 |
2011-02-16 |
| 7. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
41.21 |
0.9210 |
0.4054 |
200 |
2 |
33.88 |
2010-09-20 |
| 8. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
40.88 |
1.0777 |
0.2404 |
226 |
1 |
40.88 |
2011-09-05 |
| 9. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
40.82 |
0.9285 |
0.3879 |
244 |
2 |
33.86 |
2011-09-02 |
| 10. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
40.21 |
1.0845 |
0.2126 |
212 |
1 |
40.21 |
2011-09-04 |
| 11. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
40.18 |
1.0250 |
0.2759 |
271 |
1 |
40.18 |
2011-11-17 |
| 12. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
39.75 |
0.9275 |
0.3617 |
243 |
1 |
39.75 |
2011-09-05 |
| 13. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
39.22 |
1.0315 |
0.2339 |
193 |
1 |
39.22 |
2010-09-20 |
| 14. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
38.60 |
1.0601 |
0.1830 |
256 |
2 |
34.66 |
2010-09-20 |
| 15. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
38.31 |
1.0543 |
0.1791 |
182 |
1 |
38.31 |
2011-09-02 |
| 16. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
37.93 |
1.0418 |
0.1832 |
214 |
1 |
37.93 |
2010-09-20 |
| 17. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
37.61 |
0.9829 |
0.2306 |
229 |
1 |
37.61 |
2011-11-17 |
| 18. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
37.20 |
0.9757 |
0.2213 |
176 |
1 |
37.20 |
2010-09-20 |
| 19. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
37.11 |
1.0462 |
0.1546 |
340 |
1 |
37.11 |
2011-09-04 |
| 20. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
36.72 |
0.8758 |
0.3083 |
127 |
1 |
36.72 |
2010-09-15 |
| 21. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
36.37 |
0.8965 |
0.2773 |
150 |
2 |
32.30 |
2010-09-20 |
| 22. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
35.98 |
0.9371 |
0.2150 |
156 |
2 |
32.45 |
2010-08-19 |
| 23. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
35.97 |
0.8971 |
0.2604 |
100 |
1 |
35.97 |
2010-09-16 |
| 24. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
35.72 |
0.9054 |
0.2496 |
204 |
1 |
35.72 |
2010-09-20 |
| 25. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
35.51 |
0.8469 |
0.2995 |
164 |
1 |
35.51 |
2010-09-16 |
| 26. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
35.41 |
0.9927 |
0.1508 |
276 |
1 |
35.41 |
2011-09-04 |
| 27. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
35.30 |
0.8988 |
0.2396 |
193 |
1 |
35.30 |
2010-09-15 |
| 28. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
35.12 |
1.0094 |
0.1236 |
256 |
1 |
35.12 |
2011-01-26 |
| 29. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
35.05 |
0.9271 |
0.2038 |
295 |
1 |
35.05 |
2010-09-20 |
| 30. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
34.91 |
0.9503 |
0.1695 |
211 |
2 |
32.76 |
2011-11-17 |
| 31. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
34.89 |
0.9864 |
0.1433 |
292 |
1 |
34.89 |
2010-09-15 |
| 32. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
34.69 |
1.0403 |
0.0772 |
234 |
1 |
34.69 |
2010-09-15 |
| 33. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
34.63 |
0.8562 |
0.2564 |
132 |
1 |
34.63 |
2011-01-26 |
| 34. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
34.47 |
0.8553 |
0.2615 |
145 |
2 |
32.14 |
2011-01-26 |
| 35. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
33.87 |
0.8880 |
0.2051 |
296 |
1 |
33.87 |
2011-11-17 |
| 36. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
33.78 |
1.0877 |
-0.0020 |
129 |
1 |
33.78 |
2010-08-19 |
| 37. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
33.64 |
1.0800 |
-0.0023 |
129 |
3 |
30.48 |
2010-04-29 |
| 38. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
33.32 |
0.9991 |
0.0743 |
339 |
1 |
33.32 |
2011-09-02 |
| 39. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
33.30 |
0.8985 |
0.1731 |
127 |
1 |
33.30 |
2010-04-21 |
| 40. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
33.21 |
1.0585 |
0.0154 |
226 |
1 |
33.21 |
2010-09-08 |
| 41. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
32.44 |
1.0028 |
0.0425 |
259 |
1 |
32.44 |
2010-09-02 |
| 42. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
32.44 |
0.9338 |
0.1226 |
326 |
1 |
32.44 |
2011-09-04 |
| 43. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
32.34 |
1.0867 |
-0.0483 |
171 |
1 |
32.34 |
2010-04-21 |
| 44. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
32.28 |
0.9368 |
0.0967 |
176 |
1 |
32.28 |
2011-09-02 |
| 45. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
32.19 |
0.8863 |
0.1481 |
127 |
3 |
29.41 |
2010-08-19 |
| 46. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
31.88 |
0.9869 |
0.0377 |
193 |
2 |
29.92 |
2010-09-16 |
| 47. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
31.86 |
0.9779 |
0.0478 |
255 |
1 |
31.86 |
2010-09-08 |
| 48. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
31.64 |
0.9468 |
0.0735 |
318 |
1 |
31.64 |
2011-01-26 |
| 49. |
Desktop publishing revolutionized the creation of printed do... |
31.55 |
0.8074 |
0.2139 |
182 |
1 |
31.55 |
2010-09-15 |
| 50. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
31.34 |
0.9020 |
0.1035 |
186 |
1 |
31.34 |
2011-09-02 |
| 51. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
31.26 |
1.0540 |
-0.0509 |
184 |
1 |
31.26 |
2010-08-26 |
| 52. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
31.15 |
0.8830 |
0.1158 |
134 |
2 |
29.72 |
2010-08-19 |
| 53. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
31.03 |
0.8161 |
0.1873 |
109 |
2 |
27.07 |
2010-08-19 |
| 54. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
31.00 |
0.8721 |
0.1335 |
231 |
1 |
31.00 |
2011-09-02 |
| 55. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
30.95 |
1.0615 |
-0.0664 |
201 |
1 |
30.95 |
2010-09-09 |
| 56. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
30.91 |
1.0561 |
-0.0618 |
227 |
1 |
30.91 |
2010-05-06 |
| 57. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
30.81 |
0.9541 |
0.0400 |
236 |
1 |
30.81 |
2010-09-08 |
| 58. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
30.74 |
0.8718 |
0.1182 |
193 |
2 |
29.50 |
2010-04-21 |
| 59. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
30.71 |
0.9768 |
0.0139 |
237 |
2 |
28.37 |
2010-05-27 |
| 60. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
30.68 |
0.8628 |
0.1204 |
136 |
2 |
30.24 |
2010-09-08 |
| 61. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
30.62 |
0.9963 |
-0.0116 |
274 |
1 |
30.62 |
2010-09-20 |
| 62. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
30.35 |
0.8053 |
0.1719 |
126 |
2 |
28.98 |
2010-09-15 |
| 63. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
30.32 |
0.8606 |
0.1182 |
170 |
1 |
30.32 |
2010-02-24 |
| 64. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
30.23 |
0.9839 |
-0.0095 |
308 |
1 |
30.23 |
2010-05-09 |
| 65. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
30.10 |
1.0178 |
-0.0495 |
207 |
2 |
27.90 |
2010-05-12 |
| 66. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
29.97 |
0.9408 |
0.0193 |
177 |
1 |
29.97 |
2010-05-13 |
| 67. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
29.74 |
1.0086 |
-0.0544 |
218 |
1 |
29.74 |
2010-09-08 |
| 68. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
29.73 |
1.0288 |
-0.0752 |
166 |
2 |
25.86 |
2010-09-08 |
| 69. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
29.72 |
1.0865 |
-0.1290 |
237 |
1 |
29.72 |
2010-04-21 |
| 70. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
29.72 |
1.0267 |
-0.0655 |
261 |
1 |
29.72 |
2010-09-02 |
| 71. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
29.54 |
0.9737 |
-0.0189 |
237 |
1 |
29.54 |
2011-01-26 |
| 72. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
29.27 |
0.8887 |
0.0589 |
194 |
1 |
29.27 |
2010-08-19 |
| 73. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
29.09 |
0.8194 |
0.1172 |
193 |
1 |
29.09 |
2010-05-12 |
| 74. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
28.93 |
0.8576 |
0.0797 |
260 |
1 |
28.93 |
2011-02-16 |
| 75. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
28.81 |
0.8406 |
0.0853 |
170 |
1 |
28.81 |
2010-02-24 |
| 76. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
28.44 |
1.0095 |
-0.0946 |
211 |
1 |
28.44 |
2011-01-26 |
| 77. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
28.22 |
0.8925 |
0.0232 |
293 |
1 |
28.22 |
2010-08-26 |
| 78. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
28.10 |
1.0042 |
-0.1025 |
168 |
1 |
28.10 |
2010-04-21 |
| 79. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
27.97 |
0.8624 |
0.0344 |
174 |
2 |
24.99 |
2011-01-26 |
| 80. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
27.92 |
0.7915 |
0.1093 |
142 |
1 |
27.92 |
2010-09-08 |
| 81. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
27.83 |
0.9255 |
-0.0289 |
174 |
1 |
27.83 |
2010-02-20 |
| 82. |
While you were sleeping, you tossed, you turned. You rolled ... |
27.82 |
0.8663 |
0.0251 |
172 |
1 |
27.82 |
2010-04-21 |
| 83. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
27.79 |
1.0672 |
-0.1733 |
239 |
1 |
27.79 |
2010-04-21 |
| 84. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
27.77 |
0.9614 |
-0.0660 |
195 |
1 |
27.77 |
2010-02-22 |
| 85. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
27.76 |
0.8305 |
0.0588 |
162 |
1 |
27.76 |
2010-08-26 |
| 86. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
27.67 |
0.9713 |
-0.0810 |
193 |
1 |
27.67 |
2010-09-02 |
| 87. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
27.59 |
0.8824 |
0.0078 |
202 |
1 |
27.59 |
2010-09-08 |
| 88. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
27.47 |
0.8869 |
-0.0040 |
176 |
2 |
26.22 |
2010-02-19 |
| 89. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
27.42 |
1.0582 |
-0.1780 |
180 |
1 |
27.42 |
2010-02-22 |
| 90. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
27.41 |
0.8778 |
0.0073 |
285 |
1 |
27.41 |
2011-02-16 |
| 91. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
27.38 |
0.9704 |
-0.0887 |
254 |
1 |
27.38 |
2010-09-16 |
| 92. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
27.33 |
1.0617 |
-0.1838 |
171 |
2 |
27.01 |
2010-09-16 |
| 93. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
27.18 |
0.9077 |
-0.0332 |
155 |
1 |
27.18 |
2010-02-19 |
| 94. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
27.16 |
0.8337 |
0.0418 |
142 |
1 |
27.16 |
2010-09-20 |
| 95. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
27.05 |
1.0063 |
-0.1302 |
293 |
1 |
27.05 |
2010-04-21 |
| 96. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
27.03 |
0.8718 |
0.0020 |
318 |
1 |
27.03 |
2010-05-12 |
| 97. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
26.98 |
0.8339 |
0.0345 |
209 |
1 |
26.98 |
2010-04-29 |
| 98. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
26.96 |
0.7271 |
0.1425 |
186 |
1 |
26.96 |
2010-04-01 |
| 99. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
26.70 |
1.0060 |
-0.1452 |
225 |
1 |
26.70 |
2010-08-19 |
| 100. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
26.68 |
0.9149 |
-0.0573 |
153 |
1 |
26.68 |
2010-09-02 |
| 101. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
26.37 |
0.9357 |
-0.0887 |
204 |
1 |
26.37 |
2010-02-20 |
| 102. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
26.16 |
0.8958 |
-0.0578 |
188 |
1 |
26.16 |
2010-10-07 |
| 103. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
25.96 |
1.0638 |
-0.2302 |
247 |
2 |
22.64 |
2010-02-19 |
| 104. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
25.88 |
0.8680 |
-0.0394 |
196 |
3 |
24.78 |
2010-02-19 |
| 105. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
25.87 |
1.0268 |
-0.2013 |
179 |
1 |
25.87 |
2010-02-18 |
| 106. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
25.79 |
1.0264 |
-0.2000 |
191 |
2 |
23.75 |
2010-06-04 |
| 107. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
25.73 |
1.0504 |
-0.2200 |
225 |
1 |
25.73 |
2010-02-22 |
| 108. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
25.57 |
0.8117 |
0.0149 |
209 |
1 |
25.57 |
2010-06-02 |
| 109. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
25.31 |
0.9500 |
-0.1331 |
287 |
1 |
25.31 |
2010-09-16 |
| 110. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
25.22 |
0.8615 |
-0.0498 |
171 |
1 |
25.22 |
2010-02-20 |
| 111. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
25.05 |
0.9143 |
-0.1067 |
300 |
1 |
25.05 |
2010-09-09 |
| 112. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
24.97 |
0.9762 |
-0.1725 |
249 |
1 |
24.97 |
2010-04-29 |
| 113. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
24.96 |
0.8124 |
-0.0071 |
137 |
1 |
24.96 |
2010-02-18 |
| 114. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
24.86 |
0.9820 |
-0.1735 |
297 |
1 |
24.86 |
2010-02-20 |
| 115. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
24.81 |
0.8168 |
-0.0201 |
115 |
1 |
24.81 |
2010-08-19 |
| 116. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
24.55 |
0.9332 |
-0.1432 |
267 |
1 |
24.55 |
2010-04-21 |
| 117. |
By the early 1990s the first Internet language (HTTP) was wr... |
24.35 |
0.7130 |
0.0694 |
131 |
2 |
23.66 |
2010-04-21 |
| 118. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
23.96 |
0.9621 |
-0.1944 |
201 |
1 |
23.96 |
2010-04-29 |
| 119. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
23.83 |
1.0333 |
-0.2717 |
176 |
1 |
23.83 |
2010-04-29 |
| 120. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
23.77 |
0.8770 |
-0.1124 |
163 |
1 |
23.77 |
2011-03-17 |
| 121. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
23.68 |
0.9001 |
-0.1380 |
217 |
1 |
23.68 |
2010-02-18 |
| 122. |
This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immo... |
23.68 |
0.8288 |
-0.0675 |
73 |
1 |
23.68 |
2010-02-18 |
| 123. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
23.66 |
0.7875 |
-0.0240 |
257 |
1 |
23.66 |
2010-02-19 |
| 124. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
23.59 |
0.9422 |
-0.1881 |
190 |
2 |
23.44 |
2010-04-29 |
| 125. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
23.26 |
0.7423 |
0.0045 |
145 |
2 |
21.83 |
2010-04-29 |
| 126. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
23.23 |
0.9873 |
-0.2418 |
274 |
1 |
23.23 |
2010-02-18 |
| 127. |
Because of their scouting skills and peripheral kinesthetic ... |
23.20 |
0.8208 |
-0.0713 |
149 |
1 |
23.20 |
2010-02-24 |
| 128. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
23.16 |
0.8474 |
-0.1019 |
265 |
1 |
23.16 |
2010-02-19 |
| 129. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
23.07 |
0.8192 |
-0.0753 |
200 |
1 |
23.07 |
2010-02-19 |
| 130. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
23.07 |
1.0125 |
-0.2717 |
232 |
1 |
23.07 |
2010-04-29 |
| 131. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
22.70 |
0.9807 |
-0.2622 |
129 |
2 |
21.24 |
2010-04-29 |
| 132. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
22.59 |
0.8915 |
-0.1645 |
158 |
1 |
22.59 |
2010-02-18 |
| 133. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
22.24 |
0.8127 |
-0.1019 |
167 |
2 |
21.65 |
2010-02-19 |
| 134. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
22.14 |
0.9791 |
-0.2745 |
154 |
1 |
22.14 |
2010-06-02 |
| 135. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
22.02 |
0.7988 |
-0.0922 |
134 |
1 |
22.02 |
2010-02-18 |
| 136. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
21.81 |
0.8986 |
-0.1964 |
216 |
1 |
21.81 |
2010-05-13 |
| 137. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
18.46 |
0.8837 |
-0.2926 |
157 |
1 |
18.46 |
2010-03-18 |
| 138. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
18.42 |
0.7966 |
-0.1991 |
184 |
1 |
18.42 |
2010-02-13 |