| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
114.23 |
1.1016 |
0.2229 |
233 |
2 |
112.63 |
2009-01-12 |
| 2. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
109.35 |
1.0613 |
0.2068 |
266 |
1 |
109.35 |
2009-01-21 |
| 3. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
104.82 |
0.9965 |
0.2183 |
277 |
1 |
104.82 |
2009-01-21 |
| 4. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
102.00 |
1.0099 |
0.1684 |
207 |
1 |
102.00 |
2009-01-15 |
| 5. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
101.30 |
0.9756 |
0.1961 |
229 |
5 |
84.29 |
2009-01-21 |
| 6. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
101.04 |
1.0203 |
0.1531 |
261 |
1 |
101.04 |
2009-01-20 |
| 7. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
99.58 |
0.9907 |
0.1606 |
211 |
2 |
88.42 |
2009-01-15 |
| 8. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
98.93 |
0.9430 |
0.1950 |
211 |
1 |
98.93 |
2009-01-10 |
| 9. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
98.83 |
1.0523 |
0.0875 |
256 |
1 |
98.83 |
2009-01-20 |
| 10. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
98.23 |
1.0334 |
0.0972 |
131 |
1 |
98.23 |
2009-01-20 |
| 11. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
97.82 |
1.0454 |
0.0832 |
255 |
1 |
97.82 |
2009-01-15 |
| 12. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
97.69 |
1.0025 |
0.1291 |
336 |
1 |
97.69 |
2009-04-04 |
| 13. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
97.54 |
1.0340 |
0.1002 |
406 |
2 |
90.30 |
2009-01-12 |
| 14. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
97.25 |
1.0417 |
0.0814 |
253 |
1 |
97.25 |
2009-01-15 |
| 15. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
97.19 |
0.9786 |
0.1411 |
193 |
2 |
91.33 |
2009-04-04 |
| 16. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
96.42 |
0.9833 |
0.1342 |
355 |
1 |
96.42 |
2009-01-20 |
| 17. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
96.04 |
0.9965 |
0.1152 |
310 |
1 |
96.04 |
2009-01-13 |
| 18. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
95.45 |
1.0252 |
0.0728 |
176 |
2 |
79.89 |
2009-01-20 |
| 19. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
95.35 |
1.0498 |
0.0487 |
180 |
1 |
95.35 |
2009-01-10 |
| 20. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
95.25 |
1.0316 |
0.0744 |
333 |
1 |
95.25 |
2009-01-20 |
| 21. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
94.97 |
0.9851 |
0.1160 |
317 |
1 |
94.97 |
2009-01-15 |
| 22. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
94.62 |
1.0714 |
0.0145 |
129 |
2 |
94.03 |
2009-01-13 |
| 23. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
93.08 |
0.9966 |
0.0796 |
259 |
3 |
86.83 |
2009-01-15 |
| 24. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
92.74 |
1.0711 |
-0.0034 |
213 |
1 |
92.74 |
2009-01-22 |
| 25. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
92.19 |
1.0696 |
-0.0068 |
226 |
1 |
92.19 |
2009-01-15 |
| 26. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
91.55 |
1.0445 |
0.0153 |
373 |
2 |
83.99 |
2009-01-22 |
| 27. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
91.45 |
1.0034 |
0.0528 |
302 |
2 |
90.06 |
2009-04-04 |
| 28. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
91.09 |
1.0263 |
0.0264 |
267 |
2 |
80.43 |
2009-01-20 |
| 29. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
90.58 |
0.9164 |
0.1359 |
305 |
1 |
90.58 |
2009-01-15 |
| 30. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
90.33 |
1.0528 |
-0.0132 |
201 |
1 |
90.33 |
2009-01-15 |
| 31. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
90.29 |
0.9048 |
0.1439 |
271 |
1 |
90.29 |
2009-01-15 |
| 32. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
90.12 |
1.0331 |
0.0068 |
234 |
1 |
90.12 |
2009-04-04 |
| 33. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
89.92 |
0.9879 |
0.0606 |
450 |
3 |
83.61 |
2009-01-15 |
| 34. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
89.12 |
0.9768 |
0.0562 |
387 |
1 |
89.12 |
2009-01-10 |
| 35. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
89.00 |
1.0385 |
-0.0113 |
230 |
1 |
89.00 |
2009-01-22 |
| 36. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
88.92 |
0.9786 |
0.0490 |
235 |
2 |
82.86 |
2009-01-15 |
| 37. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
88.71 |
1.0389 |
-0.0109 |
340 |
1 |
88.71 |
2009-01-15 |
| 38. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
88.35 |
0.9991 |
0.0228 |
225 |
1 |
88.35 |
2009-01-21 |
| 39. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
88.25 |
0.9681 |
0.0604 |
378 |
1 |
88.25 |
2009-01-15 |
| 40. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
87.91 |
1.0189 |
0.0006 |
337 |
1 |
87.91 |
2009-01-10 |
| 41. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
87.57 |
0.9780 |
0.0353 |
337 |
1 |
87.57 |
2009-01-28 |
| 42. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
87.55 |
0.9758 |
0.0369 |
314 |
1 |
87.55 |
2009-01-13 |
| 43. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
87.28 |
1.0063 |
0.0030 |
371 |
2 |
84.49 |
2009-01-28 |
| 44. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
87.05 |
0.9740 |
0.0281 |
209 |
4 |
79.21 |
2009-01-28 |
| 45. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
86.89 |
0.8996 |
0.0992 |
192 |
2 |
82.80 |
2009-01-21 |
| 46. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
86.63 |
0.9785 |
0.0260 |
335 |
1 |
86.63 |
2009-01-20 |
| 47. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
85.87 |
1.0023 |
-0.0118 |
211 |
1 |
85.87 |
2009-01-15 |
| 48. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
85.84 |
0.9946 |
-0.0028 |
246 |
1 |
85.84 |
2009-01-15 |
| 49. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
85.37 |
1.0595 |
-0.0705 |
379 |
1 |
85.37 |
2009-01-10 |
| 50. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
85.09 |
1.0073 |
-0.0161 |
369 |
1 |
85.09 |
2009-04-04 |
| 51. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
85.03 |
0.8947 |
0.0927 |
366 |
1 |
85.03 |
2009-01-10 |
| 52. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
85.01 |
0.9213 |
0.0615 |
295 |
1 |
85.01 |
2009-01-10 |
| 53. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
84.40 |
0.8722 |
0.1059 |
285 |
1 |
84.40 |
2009-01-10 |
| 54. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
84.28 |
0.9769 |
-0.0053 |
263 |
1 |
84.28 |
2009-01-15 |
| 55. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
84.13 |
0.9893 |
-0.0172 |
323 |
1 |
84.13 |
2009-01-10 |
| 56. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
84.05 |
0.9365 |
0.0360 |
248 |
2 |
81.48 |
2009-01-15 |
| 57. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
83.47 |
0.9865 |
-0.0211 |
276 |
1 |
83.47 |
2009-01-21 |
| 58. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
83.11 |
1.0165 |
-0.0525 |
392 |
1 |
83.11 |
2009-01-21 |
| 59. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
82.86 |
1.0829 |
-0.1243 |
288 |
1 |
82.86 |
2009-01-15 |
| 60. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
82.69 |
0.9532 |
0.0006 |
258 |
1 |
82.69 |
2009-01-10 |
| 61. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
82.64 |
0.9699 |
-0.0160 |
269 |
1 |
82.64 |
2009-01-28 |
| 62. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
82.60 |
1.0060 |
-0.0566 |
171 |
1 |
82.60 |
2009-01-20 |
| 63. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
82.55 |
0.9293 |
0.0250 |
355 |
1 |
82.55 |
2009-01-10 |
| 64. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
82.17 |
0.9279 |
0.0276 |
317 |
1 |
82.17 |
2009-01-10 |
| 65. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
82.09 |
1.0138 |
-0.0661 |
231 |
1 |
82.09 |
2009-01-20 |
| 66. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
82.09 |
1.0389 |
-0.0891 |
318 |
1 |
82.09 |
2009-01-20 |
| 67. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
81.79 |
0.9485 |
-0.0022 |
236 |
1 |
81.79 |
2009-01-10 |
| 68. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
81.60 |
1.0201 |
-0.0737 |
375 |
1 |
81.60 |
2009-01-13 |
| 69. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
81.30 |
0.9646 |
-0.0266 |
264 |
2 |
76.84 |
2009-01-20 |
| 70. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
81.27 |
0.9045 |
0.0343 |
235 |
2 |
75.03 |
2009-01-28 |
| 71. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
80.68 |
1.0496 |
-0.1187 |
314 |
2 |
75.89 |
2009-01-15 |
| 72. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
80.47 |
0.9372 |
-0.0041 |
320 |
3 |
75.43 |
2009-01-12 |
| 73. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
80.13 |
1.0477 |
-0.1201 |
360 |
1 |
80.13 |
2009-01-10 |
| 74. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
79.98 |
0.9675 |
-0.0346 |
383 |
1 |
79.98 |
2009-01-28 |
| 75. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
79.45 |
1.0352 |
-0.1149 |
341 |
1 |
79.45 |
2009-01-10 |
| 76. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
79.20 |
0.8961 |
0.0148 |
189 |
1 |
79.20 |
2009-01-20 |
| 77. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
79.18 |
0.8770 |
0.0402 |
300 |
1 |
79.18 |
2009-01-10 |
| 78. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
79.01 |
0.9632 |
-0.0447 |
392 |
1 |
79.01 |
2009-01-12 |
| 79. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
78.70 |
0.9426 |
-0.0311 |
317 |
2 |
77.70 |
2009-01-20 |
| 80. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
78.16 |
1.0120 |
-0.1107 |
290 |
1 |
78.16 |
2009-01-12 |
| 81. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
77.37 |
1.0349 |
-0.1427 |
234 |
1 |
77.37 |
2009-01-10 |
| 82. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
77.16 |
0.9653 |
-0.0666 |
394 |
2 |
74.88 |
2009-04-04 |
| 83. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
77.02 |
0.9330 |
-0.0376 |
360 |
2 |
75.47 |
2009-01-22 |
| 84. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
76.99 |
0.9731 |
-0.0972 |
129 |
3 |
68.83 |
2009-01-15 |
| 85. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
76.55 |
0.9168 |
-0.0322 |
240 |
1 |
76.55 |
2009-01-15 |
| 86. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
75.72 |
0.9084 |
-0.0331 |
300 |
1 |
75.72 |
2009-01-10 |
| 87. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
75.66 |
0.9965 |
-0.1285 |
168 |
2 |
70.42 |
2009-01-15 |
| 88. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
75.54 |
0.9941 |
-0.1251 |
217 |
1 |
75.54 |
2009-01-13 |
| 89. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
75.27 |
1.0214 |
-0.1548 |
269 |
1 |
75.27 |
2009-01-20 |
| 90. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
75.22 |
0.9234 |
-0.0503 |
346 |
2 |
73.97 |
2009-01-28 |
| 91. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
74.57 |
0.9567 |
-0.0968 |
273 |
1 |
74.57 |
2009-01-10 |
| 92. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
74.01 |
0.9088 |
-0.0501 |
348 |
1 |
74.01 |
2009-01-28 |
| 93. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
72.86 |
0.9776 |
-0.1373 |
308 |
1 |
72.86 |
2009-01-10 |
| 94. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
72.80 |
0.9125 |
-0.0713 |
308 |
1 |
72.80 |
2009-01-10 |
| 95. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
70.91 |
0.9275 |
-0.1136 |
211 |
1 |
70.91 |
2009-01-15 |
| 96. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
69.78 |
0.9884 |
-0.1852 |
233 |
1 |
69.78 |
2009-01-10 |
| 97. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
68.98 |
0.8382 |
-0.0431 |
268 |
1 |
68.98 |
2009-01-20 |
| 98. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
68.66 |
0.9857 |
-0.1958 |
293 |
1 |
68.66 |
2009-01-15 |
| 99. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
67.60 |
0.9087 |
-0.1195 |
393 |
1 |
67.60 |
2009-01-15 |
| 100. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
66.97 |
0.8826 |
-0.1101 |
296 |
1 |
66.97 |
2009-01-15 |
| 101. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
64.51 |
1.0183 |
-0.2816 |
191 |
1 |
64.51 |
2009-01-22 |
| 102. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
52.01 |
1.0797 |
-0.4893 |
210 |
1 |
52.01 |
2009-01-15 |