| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
165.93 |
1.0528 |
0.2201 |
201 |
2 |
146.41 |
2008-12-14 |
| 2. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
164.90 |
1.0711 |
0.1937 |
213 |
1 |
164.90 |
2008-12-12 |
| 3. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
162.40 |
1.0714 |
0.1702 |
129 |
1 |
162.40 |
2008-12-12 |
| 4. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
160.92 |
1.0595 |
0.1819 |
379 |
1 |
160.92 |
2008-12-12 |
| 5. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
154.63 |
1.0349 |
0.1544 |
234 |
1 |
154.63 |
2008-12-13 |
| 6. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
154.25 |
1.0352 |
0.1550 |
341 |
2 |
134.87 |
2008-12-14 |
| 7. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
153.69 |
1.0613 |
0.1264 |
456 |
1 |
153.69 |
2008-12-13 |
| 8. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
152.91 |
1.0124 |
0.1618 |
204 |
1 |
152.91 |
2008-12-11 |
| 9. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
151.37 |
1.1016 |
0.0631 |
233 |
3 |
138.35 |
2008-12-14 |
| 10. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
149.75 |
1.0787 |
0.0720 |
237 |
2 |
144.99 |
2008-12-13 |
| 11. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
149.13 |
1.0068 |
0.1437 |
358 |
1 |
149.13 |
2008-12-13 |
| 12. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
148.64 |
0.9831 |
0.1683 |
469 |
2 |
128.55 |
2008-12-11 |
| 13. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
148.60 |
1.0251 |
0.1158 |
261 |
1 |
148.60 |
2008-12-12 |
| 14. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
148.49 |
1.0613 |
0.0818 |
266 |
1 |
148.49 |
2008-12-11 |
| 15. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
147.36 |
1.0183 |
0.1096 |
191 |
1 |
147.36 |
2008-12-12 |
| 16. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
146.38 |
1.0515 |
0.0724 |
250 |
4 |
121.71 |
2008-12-14 |
| 17. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
145.68 |
1.0445 |
0.0768 |
373 |
2 |
134.61 |
2008-12-13 |
| 18. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
145.66 |
1.0063 |
0.1143 |
371 |
3 |
136.01 |
2008-12-12 |
| 19. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
145.60 |
0.9772 |
0.1391 |
217 |
1 |
145.60 |
2008-12-13 |
| 20. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
145.53 |
1.0419 |
0.0773 |
261 |
2 |
140.82 |
2008-12-13 |
| 21. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
145.50 |
1.0062 |
0.1128 |
288 |
3 |
137.93 |
2008-12-13 |
| 22. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
145.44 |
0.9965 |
0.1172 |
168 |
2 |
134.66 |
2008-12-12 |
| 23. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
144.72 |
0.9965 |
0.1167 |
310 |
2 |
128.85 |
2008-12-13 |
| 24. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
144.29 |
1.0201 |
0.0827 |
172 |
2 |
141.81 |
2008-12-12 |
| 25. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
144.08 |
1.0417 |
0.0637 |
253 |
1 |
144.08 |
2008-12-13 |
| 26. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
142.99 |
0.9907 |
0.1072 |
211 |
1 |
142.99 |
2008-12-13 |
| 27. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
142.86 |
0.9756 |
0.1215 |
229 |
4 |
122.60 |
2008-12-14 |
| 28. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
142.79 |
0.9865 |
0.1125 |
276 |
1 |
142.79 |
2008-12-13 |
| 29. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
141.56 |
0.9682 |
0.1182 |
143 |
2 |
126.14 |
2008-12-12 |
| 30. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
141.49 |
0.9843 |
0.0985 |
234 |
1 |
141.49 |
2008-12-11 |
| 31. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
141.49 |
1.0261 |
0.0598 |
273 |
1 |
141.49 |
2008-12-11 |
| 32. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
140.70 |
1.0596 |
0.0199 |
239 |
2 |
139.74 |
2008-12-10 |
| 33. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
140.29 |
1.0013 |
0.0763 |
273 |
1 |
140.29 |
2008-12-14 |
| 34. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
139.29 |
1.0788 |
-0.0137 |
171 |
1 |
139.29 |
2008-12-10 |
| 35. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
139.17 |
1.0214 |
0.0429 |
166 |
2 |
137.48 |
2008-12-12 |
| 36. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
138.98 |
0.9330 |
0.1419 |
360 |
1 |
138.98 |
2008-12-12 |
| 37. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
138.70 |
0.9780 |
0.0891 |
337 |
2 |
127.04 |
2008-12-13 |
| 38. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
138.59 |
1.0523 |
0.0086 |
256 |
2 |
135.35 |
2008-12-12 |
| 39. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
138.41 |
0.9844 |
0.0842 |
293 |
4 |
122.36 |
2008-12-13 |
| 40. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
138.01 |
1.0454 |
0.0116 |
255 |
1 |
138.01 |
2008-12-13 |
| 41. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
137.73 |
0.9365 |
0.1234 |
248 |
1 |
137.73 |
2008-12-11 |
| 42. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
137.28 |
1.0487 |
0.0013 |
231 |
1 |
137.28 |
2008-12-11 |
| 43. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
136.08 |
1.0565 |
-0.0134 |
247 |
2 |
121.23 |
2008-12-12 |
| 44. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
135.89 |
1.0555 |
-0.0099 |
363 |
1 |
135.89 |
2008-12-13 |
| 45. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
135.46 |
1.0257 |
0.0216 |
401 |
1 |
135.46 |
2008-12-11 |
| 46. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
135.29 |
0.9636 |
0.0759 |
254 |
2 |
118.27 |
2008-12-11 |
| 47. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
135.02 |
0.9213 |
0.1167 |
295 |
2 |
122.79 |
2008-12-14 |
| 48. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
134.93 |
1.0441 |
-0.0058 |
252 |
1 |
134.93 |
2008-12-14 |
| 49. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
134.66 |
0.9785 |
0.0594 |
335 |
2 |
132.96 |
2008-12-13 |
| 50. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
134.57 |
0.9339 |
0.0986 |
310 |
2 |
133.76 |
2008-12-13 |
| 51. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
134.48 |
0.9635 |
0.0752 |
389 |
1 |
134.48 |
2008-12-13 |
| 52. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
134.40 |
1.0131 |
0.0156 |
225 |
2 |
127.54 |
2008-12-14 |
| 53. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
134.14 |
0.9852 |
0.0457 |
264 |
1 |
134.14 |
2008-12-13 |
| 54. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
133.78 |
0.9084 |
0.1235 |
404 |
2 |
119.86 |
2008-12-11 |
| 55. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
133.75 |
0.9899 |
0.0330 |
163 |
1 |
133.75 |
2008-12-12 |
| 56. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
133.57 |
0.9601 |
0.0708 |
308 |
1 |
133.57 |
2008-12-12 |
| 57. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
133.46 |
0.9202 |
0.1044 |
254 |
1 |
133.46 |
2008-12-13 |
| 58. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
133.34 |
1.0095 |
0.0138 |
316 |
2 |
131.24 |
2008-12-13 |
| 59. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
132.89 |
0.9697 |
0.0514 |
249 |
1 |
132.89 |
2008-12-11 |
| 60. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
132.08 |
0.9991 |
0.0160 |
225 |
2 |
122.92 |
2008-12-13 |
| 61. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
131.81 |
0.9168 |
0.0970 |
240 |
2 |
128.29 |
2008-12-13 |
| 62. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
131.58 |
1.0029 |
0.0014 |
209 |
1 |
131.58 |
2008-12-13 |
| 63. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
131.44 |
1.0577 |
-0.0516 |
247 |
2 |
130.62 |
2008-12-11 |
| 64. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
131.30 |
0.9005 |
0.1065 |
212 |
1 |
131.30 |
2008-12-12 |
| 65. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
131.18 |
1.0138 |
-0.0066 |
231 |
1 |
131.18 |
2008-12-13 |
| 66. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
130.61 |
1.0263 |
-0.0239 |
267 |
1 |
130.61 |
2008-12-10 |
| 67. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
130.35 |
0.9286 |
0.0715 |
194 |
2 |
117.76 |
2008-12-12 |
| 68. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
130.26 |
0.9966 |
0.0032 |
259 |
2 |
123.86 |
2008-12-13 |
| 69. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
130.20 |
0.9833 |
0.0183 |
355 |
1 |
130.20 |
2008-12-13 |
| 70. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
129.07 |
0.9905 |
0.0085 |
377 |
1 |
129.07 |
2008-12-13 |
| 71. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
129.00 |
0.9527 |
0.0378 |
251 |
2 |
123.20 |
2008-12-13 |
| 72. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
128.81 |
1.0099 |
-0.0237 |
207 |
1 |
128.81 |
2008-12-13 |
| 73. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
128.14 |
1.0214 |
-0.0392 |
269 |
1 |
128.14 |
2008-12-10 |
| 74. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
128.12 |
0.9691 |
0.0142 |
223 |
2 |
118.88 |
2008-12-14 |
| 75. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
128.10 |
0.8956 |
0.0926 |
322 |
1 |
128.10 |
2008-12-14 |
| 76. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
127.80 |
1.0516 |
-0.0707 |
281 |
1 |
127.80 |
2008-12-13 |
| 77. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
127.73 |
1.0168 |
-0.0347 |
271 |
1 |
127.73 |
2008-12-13 |
| 78. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
127.55 |
1.0331 |
-0.0560 |
234 |
1 |
127.55 |
2008-12-13 |
| 79. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
126.62 |
0.9485 |
0.0253 |
236 |
1 |
126.62 |
2008-12-13 |
| 80. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
126.59 |
0.9045 |
0.0677 |
235 |
1 |
126.59 |
2008-12-14 |
| 81. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
125.17 |
0.9851 |
-0.0221 |
317 |
1 |
125.17 |
2008-12-11 |
| 82. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
124.27 |
0.8933 |
0.0669 |
363 |
1 |
124.27 |
2008-12-11 |
| 83. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
124.24 |
0.9941 |
-0.0429 |
217 |
1 |
124.24 |
2008-12-12 |
| 84. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
124.05 |
1.0389 |
-0.0844 |
340 |
2 |
122.72 |
2008-12-11 |
| 85. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
123.62 |
0.8996 |
0.0437 |
192 |
2 |
123.09 |
2008-12-10 |
| 86. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
123.22 |
0.9646 |
-0.0198 |
264 |
1 |
123.22 |
2008-12-12 |
| 87. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
122.18 |
1.0197 |
-0.0850 |
226 |
1 |
122.18 |
2008-12-11 |
| 88. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
122.10 |
1.0252 |
-0.0948 |
176 |
1 |
122.10 |
2008-12-11 |
| 89. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
121.22 |
0.9684 |
-0.0356 |
388 |
3 |
117.13 |
2008-12-13 |
| 90. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
121.10 |
1.0337 |
-0.1051 |
214 |
1 |
121.10 |
2008-12-11 |
| 91. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
121.01 |
0.9786 |
-0.0553 |
193 |
1 |
121.01 |
2008-12-11 |
| 92. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
120.92 |
0.9754 |
-0.0415 |
362 |
1 |
120.92 |
2008-12-11 |
| 93. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
120.90 |
0.9309 |
-0.0052 |
284 |
1 |
120.90 |
2008-12-10 |
| 94. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
120.80 |
1.0025 |
-0.0748 |
336 |
1 |
120.80 |
2008-12-11 |
| 95. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
120.14 |
0.9675 |
-0.0363 |
383 |
2 |
117.68 |
2008-12-13 |
| 96. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
120.08 |
1.0167 |
-0.0887 |
378 |
2 |
116.17 |
2008-12-13 |
| 97. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
119.70 |
0.8947 |
0.0285 |
366 |
1 |
119.70 |
2008-12-13 |
| 98. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
119.47 |
0.9676 |
-0.0428 |
442 |
2 |
115.75 |
2008-12-13 |
| 99. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
119.08 |
1.0120 |
-0.0993 |
290 |
2 |
113.42 |
2008-12-12 |
| 100. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
118.77 |
1.0289 |
-0.1135 |
276 |
1 |
118.77 |
2008-12-11 |
| 101. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
118.16 |
0.9894 |
-0.0787 |
323 |
1 |
118.16 |
2008-12-13 |
| 102. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
117.78 |
0.9619 |
-0.0534 |
393 |
1 |
117.78 |
2008-12-11 |
| 103. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
117.55 |
1.0666 |
-0.1649 |
297 |
1 |
117.55 |
2008-12-11 |
| 104. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
115.87 |
0.8916 |
-0.0028 |
216 |
2 |
105.83 |
2008-12-11 |
| 105. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
114.18 |
0.9687 |
-0.0887 |
371 |
1 |
114.18 |
2008-12-13 |
| 106. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
113.06 |
0.9672 |
-0.0941 |
396 |
2 |
111.71 |
2008-12-12 |
| 107. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
112.26 |
0.9632 |
-0.0964 |
392 |
1 |
112.26 |
2008-12-13 |
| 108. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
111.29 |
0.9942 |
-0.1325 |
483 |
1 |
111.29 |
2008-12-12 |
| 109. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
111.27 |
1.0426 |
-0.1906 |
323 |
1 |
111.27 |
2008-12-11 |
| 110. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
110.85 |
0.8602 |
-0.0130 |
206 |
1 |
110.85 |
2008-12-13 |
| 111. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
110.11 |
0.9500 |
-0.1041 |
362 |
2 |
109.67 |
2008-12-11 |
| 112. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
110.02 |
0.8553 |
-0.0174 |
174 |
1 |
110.02 |
2008-12-11 |
| 113. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
109.95 |
0.8878 |
-0.0456 |
346 |
1 |
109.95 |
2008-12-11 |
| 114. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
109.91 |
1.0396 |
-0.2047 |
149 |
1 |
109.91 |
2008-12-12 |
| 115. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
109.20 |
0.9946 |
-0.1582 |
246 |
2 |
108.57 |
2008-12-13 |
| 116. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
109.04 |
0.9212 |
-0.0825 |
323 |
1 |
109.04 |
2008-12-13 |
| 117. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
108.87 |
0.9846 |
-0.1517 |
281 |
1 |
108.87 |
2008-12-11 |
| 118. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
108.45 |
0.9074 |
-0.0701 |
396 |
1 |
108.45 |
2008-12-13 |
| 119. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
108.29 |
0.9612 |
-0.1317 |
256 |
1 |
108.29 |
2008-12-10 |
| 120. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
107.97 |
0.9567 |
-0.1299 |
273 |
1 |
107.97 |
2008-12-11 |
| 121. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
106.77 |
0.9084 |
-0.0889 |
300 |
1 |
106.77 |
2008-12-11 |
| 122. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
105.49 |
0.9234 |
-0.1103 |
346 |
1 |
105.49 |
2008-12-13 |
| 123. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
104.14 |
1.0352 |
-0.2354 |
341 |
1 |
104.14 |
2008-12-11 |
| 124. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
103.68 |
0.9398 |
-0.1368 |
419 |
1 |
103.68 |
2008-12-12 |
| 125. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
102.92 |
0.8595 |
-0.0700 |
242 |
1 |
102.92 |
2008-12-11 |
| 126. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
102.78 |
0.8382 |
-0.0510 |
268 |
2 |
98.00 |
2008-12-14 |
| 127. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
102.09 |
0.9109 |
-0.1270 |
401 |
1 |
102.09 |
2008-12-11 |
| 128. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
101.52 |
0.8981 |
-0.1166 |
393 |
1 |
101.52 |
2008-12-10 |
| 129. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
100.11 |
1.0213 |
-0.2586 |
240 |
1 |
100.11 |
2008-12-11 |
| 130. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
98.68 |
0.9734 |
-0.2189 |
289 |
1 |
98.68 |
2008-12-12 |
| 131. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
96.24 |
0.8105 |
-0.0790 |
204 |
1 |
96.24 |
2008-12-14 |
| 132. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
96.11 |
0.9557 |
-0.2146 |
331 |
1 |
96.11 |
2008-12-10 |
| 133. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
94.98 |
0.9653 |
-0.2310 |
394 |
1 |
94.98 |
2008-12-13 |
| 134. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
93.40 |
0.9072 |
-0.1952 |
237 |
1 |
93.40 |
2008-12-13 |