| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
84.20 |
1.0885 |
0.1850 |
341 |
1 |
84.20 |
2011-11-19 |
| 2. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
83.90 |
1.0797 |
0.1488 |
210 |
1 |
83.90 |
2010-06-29 |
| 3. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
82.81 |
1.0885 |
0.1325 |
315 |
1 |
82.81 |
2010-06-29 |
| 4. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
81.73 |
1.0596 |
0.1400 |
239 |
2 |
74.68 |
2010-06-29 |
| 5. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
81.52 |
1.0496 |
0.1482 |
314 |
2 |
77.97 |
2011-11-19 |
| 6. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
81.42 |
1.0483 |
0.1460 |
227 |
1 |
81.42 |
2008-12-15 |
| 7. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
81.36 |
1.1162 |
0.1212 |
189 |
1 |
81.36 |
2010-06-29 |
| 8. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
80.22 |
1.0201 |
0.1633 |
375 |
2 |
76.32 |
2008-11-23 |
| 9. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
79.72 |
1.0696 |
0.0987 |
226 |
1 |
79.72 |
2009-01-05 |
| 10. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
79.31 |
1.0201 |
0.1390 |
172 |
1 |
79.31 |
2008-11-23 |
| 11. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
78.93 |
1.1018 |
0.0521 |
220 |
1 |
78.93 |
2008-11-23 |
| 12. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
78.36 |
1.0787 |
0.0716 |
237 |
1 |
78.36 |
2010-06-29 |
| 13. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
78.31 |
0.9430 |
0.2110 |
297 |
1 |
78.31 |
2010-06-29 |
| 14. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
78.29 |
1.0396 |
0.1041 |
149 |
1 |
78.29 |
2010-08-19 |
| 15. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
78.14 |
0.8907 |
0.2707 |
351 |
1 |
78.14 |
2010-06-29 |
| 16. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
76.78 |
0.9844 |
0.1483 |
293 |
1 |
76.78 |
2010-06-29 |
| 17. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
76.65 |
1.0029 |
0.1170 |
209 |
1 |
76.65 |
2008-12-29 |
| 18. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
76.58 |
1.0088 |
0.1551 |
396 |
1 |
76.58 |
2010-06-29 |
| 19. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
76.56 |
1.0515 |
0.0716 |
250 |
1 |
76.56 |
2010-06-29 |
| 20. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
76.18 |
0.9820 |
0.1399 |
267 |
2 |
75.32 |
2010-07-05 |
| 21. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
76.07 |
1.0183 |
0.0939 |
191 |
1 |
76.07 |
2008-12-15 |
| 22. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
75.70 |
1.0060 |
0.1014 |
171 |
1 |
75.70 |
2008-12-15 |
| 23. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
75.03 |
1.0138 |
0.0880 |
231 |
1 |
75.03 |
2008-12-29 |
| 24. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
74.81 |
1.1022 |
0.0319 |
259 |
1 |
74.81 |
2011-11-19 |
| 25. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
74.80 |
1.0767 |
0.0200 |
212 |
1 |
74.80 |
2010-07-05 |
| 26. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
74.79 |
1.0669 |
0.0641 |
286 |
1 |
74.79 |
2010-06-29 |
| 27. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
74.15 |
0.9697 |
0.1196 |
249 |
1 |
74.15 |
2010-06-30 |
| 28. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
73.86 |
1.0349 |
0.0493 |
234 |
1 |
73.86 |
2010-06-29 |
| 29. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
73.79 |
0.9731 |
0.0984 |
129 |
2 |
71.31 |
2008-12-29 |
| 30. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
73.57 |
1.0201 |
0.0608 |
303 |
1 |
73.57 |
2008-12-29 |
| 31. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
73.43 |
1.0214 |
0.0555 |
269 |
1 |
73.43 |
2010-06-29 |
| 32. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
73.28 |
1.0426 |
0.0329 |
323 |
3 |
71.66 |
2010-06-30 |
| 33. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
73.05 |
1.0025 |
0.0709 |
336 |
1 |
73.05 |
2010-08-19 |
| 34. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
72.81 |
1.0352 |
0.0371 |
341 |
1 |
72.81 |
2008-12-15 |
| 35. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
72.76 |
0.9351 |
0.1278 |
190 |
3 |
60.29 |
2010-06-29 |
| 36. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
72.48 |
1.0463 |
0.0136 |
182 |
1 |
72.48 |
2010-07-02 |
| 37. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
72.24 |
1.0141 |
0.0828 |
304 |
1 |
72.24 |
2010-06-29 |
| 38. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
71.96 |
0.9884 |
0.0673 |
233 |
2 |
71.58 |
2008-12-29 |
| 39. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
71.46 |
1.0666 |
-0.0176 |
297 |
1 |
71.46 |
2010-07-05 |
| 40. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
71.33 |
1.0684 |
0.0087 |
253 |
2 |
69.51 |
2010-07-02 |
| 41. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
71.04 |
1.0120 |
0.0302 |
290 |
1 |
71.04 |
2010-06-29 |
| 42. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
71.02 |
1.0168 |
0.0271 |
271 |
3 |
66.58 |
2010-06-29 |
| 43. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
70.46 |
1.0389 |
-0.0024 |
340 |
1 |
70.46 |
2009-01-05 |
| 44. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
70.21 |
0.9430 |
0.0804 |
211 |
3 |
61.66 |
2011-11-19 |
| 45. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
69.79 |
0.9622 |
0.0682 |
392 |
1 |
69.79 |
2008-12-29 |
| 46. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
69.68 |
0.9841 |
0.0422 |
334 |
2 |
67.37 |
2010-06-29 |
| 47. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
69.51 |
1.0444 |
-0.0308 |
197 |
1 |
69.51 |
2010-06-29 |
| 48. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
69.30 |
0.8996 |
0.1119 |
192 |
1 |
69.30 |
2009-01-05 |
| 49. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
68.94 |
0.9966 |
0.0146 |
259 |
1 |
68.94 |
2008-11-23 |
| 50. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
68.91 |
1.0013 |
0.0092 |
273 |
1 |
68.91 |
2010-07-02 |
| 51. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
68.76 |
0.9513 |
0.0615 |
354 |
1 |
68.76 |
2010-07-02 |
| 52. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
68.50 |
0.9213 |
0.0842 |
295 |
1 |
68.50 |
2011-11-19 |
| 53. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
68.47 |
1.0375 |
0.0134 |
200 |
1 |
68.47 |
2010-06-29 |
| 54. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
68.45 |
1.0403 |
0.0041 |
275 |
1 |
68.45 |
2011-11-19 |
| 55. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
68.44 |
1.0972 |
-0.0633 |
251 |
1 |
68.44 |
2011-11-19 |
| 56. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
68.30 |
0.9866 |
0.0120 |
218 |
1 |
68.30 |
2008-12-29 |
| 57. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
67.98 |
0.9597 |
0.0418 |
347 |
2 |
66.71 |
2008-12-29 |
| 58. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
67.80 |
0.9636 |
0.0309 |
254 |
2 |
63.78 |
2011-11-19 |
| 59. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
67.63 |
1.0257 |
-0.0271 |
401 |
1 |
67.63 |
2008-12-27 |
| 60. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
67.42 |
0.9303 |
0.0527 |
176 |
1 |
67.42 |
2011-11-19 |
| 61. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
67.30 |
1.0109 |
-0.0227 |
276 |
1 |
67.30 |
2008-12-29 |
| 62. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
66.99 |
0.9601 |
0.0273 |
308 |
1 |
66.99 |
2010-07-02 |
| 63. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
66.55 |
1.0063 |
-0.0296 |
371 |
1 |
66.55 |
2009-01-05 |
| 64. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
66.47 |
1.0165 |
-0.0378 |
392 |
2 |
63.54 |
2010-06-29 |
| 65. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
65.82 |
0.9583 |
0.0508 |
341 |
1 |
65.82 |
2010-06-29 |
| 66. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
65.24 |
0.9769 |
-0.0222 |
263 |
1 |
65.24 |
2009-01-05 |
| 67. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
65.23 |
0.9790 |
0.0181 |
311 |
1 |
65.23 |
2010-06-29 |
| 68. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
65.06 |
0.9279 |
0.0324 |
317 |
1 |
65.06 |
2011-11-19 |
| 69. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
64.05 |
1.0125 |
-0.0757 |
224 |
1 |
64.05 |
2010-08-19 |
| 70. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
63.96 |
0.9754 |
-0.0319 |
362 |
1 |
63.96 |
2008-11-23 |
| 71. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
63.93 |
1.0053 |
-0.0701 |
232 |
1 |
63.93 |
2009-01-05 |
| 72. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
63.88 |
0.9871 |
-0.0283 |
227 |
2 |
61.63 |
2010-07-02 |
| 73. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
63.88 |
0.9740 |
-0.0414 |
209 |
1 |
63.88 |
2008-12-27 |
| 74. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
63.69 |
0.9756 |
-0.0434 |
229 |
1 |
63.69 |
2008-12-27 |
| 75. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
63.24 |
0.8722 |
0.0574 |
285 |
1 |
63.24 |
2010-06-29 |
| 76. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
63.11 |
0.9886 |
-0.0610 |
220 |
2 |
55.30 |
2010-07-05 |
| 77. |
A total of twenty-five friends were headed from San Francisc... |
62.94 |
0.9243 |
0.0375 |
448 |
1 |
62.94 |
2010-06-29 |
| 78. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
62.73 |
1.0261 |
-0.1085 |
273 |
1 |
62.73 |
2010-06-29 |
| 79. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
62.47 |
0.8919 |
0.0220 |
205 |
2 |
60.41 |
2008-12-27 |
| 80. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
62.41 |
0.9127 |
-0.0002 |
252 |
1 |
62.41 |
2010-07-02 |
| 81. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
62.25 |
0.9553 |
-0.0361 |
430 |
2 |
61.00 |
2010-06-29 |
| 82. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
61.96 |
0.9005 |
0.0059 |
212 |
1 |
61.96 |
2010-07-12 |
| 83. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
61.91 |
0.9411 |
-0.0329 |
318 |
1 |
61.91 |
2008-12-27 |
| 84. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
61.67 |
0.9365 |
-0.0315 |
248 |
1 |
61.67 |
2008-11-23 |
| 85. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
61.48 |
0.9084 |
-0.0035 |
404 |
1 |
61.48 |
2010-07-02 |
| 86. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
60.66 |
0.9851 |
-0.0944 |
317 |
1 |
60.66 |
2009-01-05 |
| 87. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
60.63 |
0.9372 |
-0.0450 |
320 |
1 |
60.63 |
2010-06-29 |
| 88. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
59.61 |
0.9426 |
-0.0663 |
317 |
1 |
59.61 |
2008-12-29 |
| 89. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
59.32 |
0.8753 |
0.0025 |
427 |
1 |
59.32 |
2008-11-23 |
| 90. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
58.53 |
0.9289 |
-0.0740 |
204 |
1 |
58.53 |
2010-06-29 |
| 91. |
The idea of "Mr. Right" has been passed down over the genera... |
58.50 |
0.9671 |
-0.0866 |
379 |
1 |
58.50 |
2010-06-29 |
| 92. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
57.56 |
1.0252 |
-0.1891 |
176 |
1 |
57.56 |
2010-07-05 |
| 93. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
57.00 |
0.8914 |
-0.0563 |
366 |
1 |
57.00 |
2010-07-12 |
| 94. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
56.97 |
0.9398 |
-0.0968 |
419 |
1 |
56.97 |
2008-11-23 |
| 95. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
56.96 |
0.8826 |
-0.0476 |
296 |
1 |
56.96 |
2009-01-11 |
| 96. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
56.12 |
0.9088 |
-0.0825 |
348 |
1 |
56.12 |
2010-06-29 |
| 97. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
56.05 |
0.8595 |
-0.0376 |
242 |
2 |
53.85 |
2010-06-29 |
| 98. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
55.64 |
0.9631 |
-0.0979 |
345 |
1 |
55.64 |
2011-11-19 |
| 99. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
54.70 |
0.9202 |
-0.1207 |
254 |
1 |
54.70 |
2008-11-23 |
| 100. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
53.89 |
1.0131 |
-0.2289 |
225 |
1 |
53.89 |
2008-11-23 |
| 101. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
53.59 |
0.8602 |
-0.0791 |
206 |
1 |
53.59 |
2010-06-29 |
| 102. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
53.56 |
0.9176 |
-0.1009 |
267 |
1 |
53.56 |
2010-07-05 |
| 103. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
53.52 |
0.9072 |
-0.1264 |
237 |
1 |
53.52 |
2008-09-15 |
| 104. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
52.96 |
0.9275 |
-0.1564 |
211 |
1 |
52.96 |
2008-12-27 |
| 105. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
50.52 |
1.0125 |
-0.2368 |
413 |
1 |
50.52 |
2010-07-05 |
| 106. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
50.50 |
0.9699 |
-0.2328 |
269 |
1 |
50.50 |
2009-01-05 |
| 107. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
48.08 |
0.8382 |
-0.1359 |
268 |
1 |
48.08 |
2008-09-15 |
| 108. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
47.85 |
1.0012 |
-0.2996 |
260 |
1 |
47.85 |
2010-06-29 |
| 109. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
45.81 |
0.9266 |
-0.2585 |
267 |
1 |
45.81 |
2010-06-29 |
| 110. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
42.73 |
1.0334 |
-0.4175 |
131 |
1 |
42.73 |
2008-12-29 |