| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
133.29 |
1.0941 |
0.2474 |
256 |
1 |
133.29 |
2011-07-16 |
| 2. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
129.43 |
1.0334 |
0.2321 |
131 |
2 |
122.17 |
2011-07-26 |
| 3. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
127.67 |
1.0787 |
0.1745 |
237 |
1 |
127.67 |
2011-04-05 |
| 4. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
126.98 |
1.0885 |
0.1624 |
315 |
2 |
119.15 |
2011-07-17 |
| 5. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
125.32 |
1.1014 |
0.1676 |
273 |
3 |
113.39 |
2011-07-26 |
| 6. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
124.24 |
1.0666 |
0.1539 |
297 |
1 |
124.24 |
2011-04-08 |
| 7. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
122.00 |
1.0993 |
0.0968 |
265 |
1 |
122.00 |
2011-07-16 |
| 8. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
120.04 |
1.0515 |
0.1253 |
250 |
1 |
120.04 |
2011-04-08 |
| 9. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
119.94 |
0.9678 |
0.2447 |
445 |
1 |
119.94 |
2011-05-05 |
| 10. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
119.36 |
1.0337 |
0.1377 |
214 |
1 |
119.36 |
2011-04-06 |
| 11. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
118.97 |
1.0943 |
0.1064 |
206 |
2 |
117.73 |
2011-07-26 |
| 12. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
116.91 |
1.0213 |
0.1232 |
240 |
1 |
116.91 |
2011-04-08 |
| 13. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
116.61 |
0.9740 |
0.1666 |
209 |
3 |
114.69 |
2011-07-26 |
| 14. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
116.37 |
0.9884 |
0.1531 |
233 |
1 |
116.37 |
2011-07-26 |
| 15. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
115.74 |
0.9570 |
0.1808 |
287 |
1 |
115.74 |
2011-04-06 |
| 16. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
115.41 |
1.0644 |
0.1045 |
257 |
3 |
105.13 |
2011-04-08 |
| 17. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
115.37 |
1.0595 |
0.0754 |
379 |
2 |
108.55 |
2011-04-08 |
| 18. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
115.33 |
1.1296 |
0.0315 |
252 |
1 |
115.33 |
2011-04-08 |
| 19. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
115.12 |
1.0917 |
0.0617 |
243 |
2 |
111.56 |
2011-05-05 |
| 20. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
114.28 |
0.9763 |
0.1448 |
289 |
1 |
114.28 |
2011-04-08 |
| 21. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
114.22 |
1.0218 |
0.0963 |
268 |
1 |
114.22 |
2011-04-06 |
| 22. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
114.20 |
0.9871 |
0.1559 |
227 |
1 |
114.20 |
2011-05-05 |
| 23. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
113.86 |
1.0168 |
0.1020 |
271 |
2 |
101.42 |
2011-07-16 |
| 24. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
113.05 |
0.9907 |
0.1171 |
211 |
1 |
113.05 |
2011-07-26 |
| 25. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
113.05 |
1.0398 |
0.0591 |
110 |
2 |
109.70 |
2011-07-16 |
| 26. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
113.01 |
1.0444 |
0.0580 |
197 |
1 |
113.01 |
2011-07-16 |
| 27. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
112.81 |
1.0883 |
0.0508 |
303 |
2 |
109.09 |
2011-05-05 |
| 28. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
112.67 |
0.9795 |
0.1261 |
308 |
1 |
112.67 |
2011-04-08 |
| 29. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
112.55 |
0.9553 |
0.1563 |
430 |
1 |
112.55 |
2011-07-16 |
| 30. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
110.89 |
1.0124 |
0.0731 |
204 |
1 |
110.89 |
2011-04-08 |
| 31. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
110.62 |
1.0284 |
0.1001 |
282 |
2 |
99.69 |
2011-04-08 |
| 32. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
109.87 |
0.9871 |
0.1269 |
209 |
2 |
104.24 |
2011-07-26 |
| 33. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
109.66 |
1.0613 |
0.0153 |
266 |
1 |
109.66 |
2011-04-06 |
| 34. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
109.61 |
0.9846 |
0.0895 |
281 |
1 |
109.61 |
2011-04-06 |
| 35. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
108.75 |
0.9916 |
0.1177 |
282 |
1 |
108.75 |
2011-07-17 |
| 36. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
108.61 |
1.0613 |
0.0090 |
456 |
2 |
104.46 |
2011-07-26 |
| 37. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
108.02 |
1.0025 |
0.0578 |
336 |
1 |
108.02 |
2011-07-17 |
| 38. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
108.02 |
1.1016 |
-0.0421 |
233 |
2 |
106.52 |
2011-07-16 |
| 39. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
107.63 |
0.9843 |
0.0663 |
234 |
3 |
104.22 |
2011-04-08 |
| 40. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
107.45 |
1.0426 |
0.0105 |
323 |
2 |
107.16 |
2011-07-16 |
| 41. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
106.86 |
0.9614 |
0.0895 |
292 |
1 |
106.86 |
2011-07-16 |
| 42. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
106.81 |
1.0347 |
0.0381 |
550 |
1 |
106.81 |
2011-04-08 |
| 43. |
However, let us leave aside the philosophical, social, and e... |
106.58 |
0.9569 |
0.1151 |
410 |
1 |
106.58 |
2011-04-08 |
| 44. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
106.51 |
1.0261 |
0.0164 |
273 |
1 |
106.51 |
2011-04-06 |
| 45. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
106.46 |
1.0138 |
0.0297 |
231 |
2 |
96.92 |
2011-07-17 |
| 46. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
106.09 |
0.9303 |
0.1037 |
176 |
1 |
106.09 |
2011-04-08 |
| 47. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
106.06 |
1.0296 |
0.0168 |
437 |
1 |
106.06 |
2011-07-16 |
| 48. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
105.51 |
1.0388 |
0.0273 |
243 |
3 |
92.63 |
2011-07-16 |
| 49. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
105.42 |
1.0412 |
-0.0082 |
225 |
3 |
101.63 |
2011-07-16 |
| 50. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
104.86 |
1.0498 |
-0.0265 |
180 |
1 |
104.86 |
2011-04-06 |
| 51. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
104.84 |
1.0314 |
0.0357 |
452 |
2 |
102.06 |
2011-07-05 |
| 52. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
104.31 |
1.0577 |
-0.0386 |
247 |
2 |
100.58 |
2011-04-08 |
| 53. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
104.08 |
1.0669 |
-0.0137 |
213 |
1 |
104.08 |
2011-04-05 |
| 54. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
103.88 |
0.9786 |
0.0345 |
193 |
1 |
103.88 |
2011-04-06 |
| 55. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
103.79 |
0.9734 |
0.0437 |
289 |
1 |
103.79 |
2011-04-08 |
| 56. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
103.65 |
0.9622 |
0.0602 |
392 |
2 |
97.68 |
2011-04-08 |
| 57. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
103.51 |
1.0714 |
-0.0656 |
129 |
1 |
103.51 |
2011-04-08 |
| 58. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
103.15 |
1.0429 |
-0.0332 |
259 |
1 |
103.15 |
2011-04-05 |
| 59. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
103.12 |
0.9844 |
0.0312 |
293 |
2 |
100.54 |
2011-04-06 |
| 60. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
102.83 |
0.9772 |
0.0272 |
217 |
1 |
102.83 |
2011-04-08 |
| 61. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
102.56 |
0.9429 |
0.0636 |
287 |
1 |
102.56 |
2011-04-06 |
| 62. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
101.92 |
1.0863 |
-0.0526 |
210 |
1 |
101.92 |
2011-04-06 |
| 63. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
101.61 |
0.9635 |
0.0377 |
389 |
1 |
101.61 |
2011-04-06 |
| 64. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
101.26 |
1.0203 |
-0.0246 |
261 |
1 |
101.26 |
2011-04-06 |
| 65. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
100.37 |
0.9074 |
0.0826 |
396 |
1 |
100.37 |
2011-04-08 |
| 66. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
100.00 |
0.9619 |
0.0231 |
393 |
1 |
100.00 |
2011-07-17 |
| 67. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
100.00 |
0.9430 |
0.0295 |
211 |
1 |
100.00 |
2011-04-08 |
| 68. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
99.77 |
1.0463 |
-0.0734 |
182 |
1 |
99.77 |
2011-04-06 |
| 69. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
99.57 |
0.9632 |
0.0187 |
392 |
1 |
99.57 |
2011-04-06 |
| 70. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
99.15 |
1.0417 |
-0.0728 |
253 |
1 |
99.15 |
2011-04-08 |
| 71. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
98.96 |
0.9532 |
0.0150 |
258 |
1 |
98.96 |
2011-07-17 |
| 72. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
98.92 |
0.9851 |
-0.0138 |
317 |
1 |
98.92 |
2011-04-08 |
| 73. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
98.91 |
0.9756 |
-0.0079 |
229 |
2 |
94.36 |
2011-04-06 |
| 74. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
98.84 |
1.0263 |
-0.0588 |
267 |
1 |
98.84 |
2011-07-16 |
| 75. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
98.78 |
1.0596 |
-0.0940 |
239 |
1 |
98.78 |
2011-04-06 |
| 76. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
98.67 |
0.8878 |
0.0786 |
346 |
2 |
96.79 |
2011-04-08 |
| 77. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
98.61 |
1.0375 |
-0.0255 |
200 |
2 |
97.90 |
2011-04-08 |
| 78. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
98.60 |
0.9898 |
0.0137 |
353 |
1 |
98.60 |
2011-07-17 |
| 79. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
98.44 |
1.0531 |
-0.0507 |
272 |
1 |
98.44 |
2011-04-06 |
| 80. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
98.19 |
1.0574 |
-0.0677 |
205 |
1 |
98.19 |
2011-07-16 |
| 81. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
97.62 |
1.1323 |
-0.1424 |
341 |
1 |
97.62 |
2011-04-06 |
| 82. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
97.55 |
1.0254 |
-0.0291 |
217 |
1 |
97.55 |
2011-04-05 |
| 83. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
97.53 |
0.9792 |
0.0145 |
265 |
1 |
97.53 |
2011-04-08 |
| 84. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
97.45 |
1.0038 |
-0.0190 |
237 |
2 |
95.76 |
2011-07-16 |
| 85. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
97.29 |
1.1068 |
-0.1136 |
393 |
1 |
97.29 |
2011-04-06 |
| 86. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
97.27 |
1.0441 |
-0.0899 |
252 |
1 |
97.27 |
2011-07-16 |
| 87. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
97.21 |
0.9176 |
0.0733 |
365 |
1 |
97.21 |
2011-04-08 |
| 88. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
97.17 |
0.9514 |
0.0006 |
237 |
1 |
97.17 |
2011-04-08 |
| 89. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
96.77 |
1.0025 |
-0.0549 |
256 |
1 |
96.77 |
2011-04-05 |
| 90. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
96.69 |
0.9894 |
-0.0380 |
323 |
1 |
96.69 |
2011-04-06 |
| 91. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
96.50 |
0.9673 |
0.0171 |
232 |
1 |
96.50 |
2011-04-06 |
| 92. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
96.36 |
1.0083 |
-0.0205 |
273 |
1 |
96.36 |
2011-07-16 |
| 93. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
96.30 |
0.9593 |
-0.0115 |
398 |
1 |
96.30 |
2011-04-08 |
| 94. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
96.19 |
0.9411 |
0.0017 |
318 |
1 |
96.19 |
2011-05-05 |
| 95. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
95.20 |
0.9866 |
-0.0581 |
218 |
1 |
95.20 |
2011-04-06 |
| 96. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
95.04 |
0.9994 |
-0.0382 |
269 |
1 |
95.04 |
2011-04-05 |
| 97. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
94.22 |
1.0944 |
-0.1272 |
308 |
1 |
94.22 |
2011-07-26 |
| 98. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
94.13 |
0.9682 |
-0.0486 |
143 |
1 |
94.13 |
2011-04-06 |
| 99. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
93.81 |
1.0068 |
-0.0851 |
358 |
1 |
93.81 |
2011-04-06 |
| 100. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
93.63 |
0.9168 |
0.0011 |
240 |
1 |
93.63 |
2011-07-16 |
| 101. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
93.30 |
0.9632 |
-0.0076 |
345 |
2 |
91.90 |
2011-04-19 |
| 102. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
92.97 |
1.0201 |
-0.1169 |
172 |
1 |
92.97 |
2011-04-06 |
| 103. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
92.97 |
1.0545 |
-0.1038 |
416 |
1 |
92.97 |
2011-04-06 |
| 104. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
91.84 |
1.0125 |
-0.1160 |
224 |
2 |
87.52 |
2011-04-10 |
| 105. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
91.83 |
1.0270 |
-0.0923 |
255 |
1 |
91.83 |
2011-04-08 |
| 106. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
90.52 |
1.0485 |
-0.1281 |
153 |
1 |
90.52 |
2011-04-06 |
| 107. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
90.17 |
1.0063 |
-0.1237 |
371 |
1 |
90.17 |
2011-04-06 |
| 108. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
89.53 |
0.9164 |
-0.0357 |
305 |
1 |
89.53 |
2011-04-05 |
| 109. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
89.38 |
0.9049 |
-0.0251 |
351 |
2 |
86.52 |
2011-04-06 |
| 110. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
88.96 |
0.9266 |
-0.0563 |
267 |
1 |
88.96 |
2011-04-08 |
| 111. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
88.78 |
0.9376 |
-0.0638 |
367 |
1 |
88.78 |
2011-04-08 |
| 112. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
88.71 |
0.9364 |
-0.0286 |
351 |
1 |
88.71 |
2011-04-06 |
| 113. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
88.17 |
1.0169 |
-0.1159 |
346 |
1 |
88.17 |
2011-04-06 |
| 114. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
88.16 |
1.0042 |
-0.1004 |
352 |
1 |
88.16 |
2011-04-06 |
| 115. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
87.82 |
0.8961 |
-0.0406 |
189 |
1 |
87.82 |
2011-04-08 |
| 116. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
87.74 |
1.0396 |
-0.1887 |
149 |
1 |
87.74 |
2011-04-06 |
| 117. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
87.69 |
0.9567 |
-0.0569 |
184 |
1 |
87.69 |
2011-07-05 |
| 118. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
87.62 |
0.9709 |
-0.0730 |
397 |
1 |
87.62 |
2011-04-06 |
| 119. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
87.30 |
1.0117 |
-0.1132 |
297 |
1 |
87.30 |
2011-04-05 |
| 120. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
87.11 |
0.9464 |
-0.0895 |
323 |
2 |
82.97 |
2011-04-19 |
| 121. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
86.75 |
0.9653 |
-0.1087 |
394 |
1 |
86.75 |
2011-04-08 |
| 122. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
86.53 |
0.9148 |
-0.0673 |
317 |
1 |
86.53 |
2011-04-08 |
| 123. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
86.51 |
1.0565 |
-0.2132 |
247 |
1 |
86.51 |
2011-04-08 |
| 124. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
86.26 |
1.0696 |
-0.2297 |
226 |
1 |
86.26 |
2011-04-06 |
| 125. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
85.17 |
0.8595 |
-0.0251 |
242 |
1 |
85.17 |
2011-04-06 |
| 126. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
85.12 |
0.9578 |
-0.1262 |
281 |
1 |
85.12 |
2011-04-08 |
| 127. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
83.60 |
1.0016 |
-0.1892 |
218 |
1 |
83.60 |
2011-04-10 |
| 128. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
82.77 |
0.9583 |
-0.1058 |
341 |
1 |
82.77 |
2011-04-06 |
| 129. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
82.49 |
0.9023 |
-0.0535 |
231 |
1 |
82.49 |
2011-04-08 |
| 130. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
82.23 |
1.0662 |
-0.2251 |
407 |
1 |
82.23 |
2011-07-16 |
| 131. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
80.92 |
0.9805 |
-0.1855 |
292 |
1 |
80.92 |
2011-04-19 |
| 132. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
80.91 |
0.9485 |
-0.1565 |
236 |
1 |
80.91 |
2011-04-06 |
| 133. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
80.36 |
0.8852 |
-0.0983 |
201 |
1 |
80.36 |
2011-04-06 |
| 134. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
80.21 |
1.0232 |
-0.1939 |
350 |
1 |
80.21 |
2011-04-06 |
| 135. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
78.64 |
0.8753 |
-0.0983 |
427 |
1 |
78.64 |
2011-04-05 |
| 136. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
76.64 |
1.0172 |
-0.2342 |
341 |
1 |
76.64 |
2011-04-06 |
| 137. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
76.40 |
0.8947 |
-0.1443 |
366 |
1 |
76.40 |
2011-04-06 |
| 138. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
66.96 |
0.9798 |
-0.3337 |
199 |
1 |
66.96 |
2011-04-06 |