| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
100.05 |
1.0201 |
0.2018 |
303 |
1 |
100.05 |
2012-09-28 |
| 2. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
98.88 |
1.0486 |
0.1592 |
289 |
2 |
97.92 |
2012-09-28 |
| 3. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
98.34 |
1.0667 |
0.1725 |
406 |
1 |
98.34 |
2012-10-16 |
| 4. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
98.03 |
1.0725 |
0.1496 |
233 |
1 |
98.03 |
2012-10-16 |
| 5. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
97.85 |
1.0799 |
0.1104 |
243 |
1 |
97.85 |
2012-09-28 |
| 6. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
97.25 |
1.0375 |
0.1952 |
200 |
1 |
97.25 |
2012-10-16 |
| 7. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
96.49 |
1.0167 |
0.1678 |
378 |
1 |
96.49 |
2012-09-28 |
| 8. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
96.13 |
1.1323 |
0.0745 |
341 |
1 |
96.13 |
2012-10-16 |
| 9. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
95.52 |
1.0120 |
0.1526 |
290 |
2 |
91.01 |
2012-10-16 |
| 10. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
95.27 |
0.9709 |
0.2327 |
397 |
2 |
86.08 |
2012-09-28 |
| 11. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
94.96 |
1.0577 |
0.0970 |
247 |
1 |
94.96 |
2012-10-16 |
| 12. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
94.66 |
1.0565 |
0.0954 |
247 |
1 |
94.66 |
2012-09-28 |
| 13. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
94.11 |
1.0498 |
0.0933 |
180 |
1 |
94.11 |
2012-10-11 |
| 14. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
93.86 |
1.0485 |
0.1308 |
153 |
1 |
93.86 |
2012-09-28 |
| 15. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
93.22 |
1.0197 |
0.1145 |
226 |
2 |
86.23 |
2012-09-28 |
| 16. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
92.94 |
0.9532 |
0.1791 |
258 |
1 |
92.94 |
2012-10-11 |
| 17. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
92.10 |
1.0214 |
0.1004 |
269 |
1 |
92.10 |
2012-09-28 |
| 18. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
91.36 |
0.9991 |
0.1157 |
225 |
2 |
89.59 |
2012-09-28 |
| 19. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
91.32 |
1.0795 |
0.0645 |
226 |
2 |
88.73 |
2012-09-28 |
| 20. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
90.94 |
1.0788 |
0.0244 |
171 |
1 |
90.94 |
2012-09-28 |
| 21. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
89.82 |
0.9233 |
0.1637 |
168 |
1 |
89.82 |
2012-09-28 |
| 22. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
89.60 |
1.0389 |
0.0554 |
318 |
1 |
89.60 |
2012-09-28 |
| 23. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
89.45 |
1.0138 |
0.0763 |
231 |
1 |
89.45 |
2012-10-16 |
| 24. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
89.42 |
1.0361 |
0.0549 |
269 |
1 |
89.42 |
2012-09-28 |
| 25. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
89.16 |
0.9886 |
0.1008 |
220 |
2 |
87.54 |
2012-09-28 |
| 26. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
89.07 |
1.0284 |
0.1007 |
282 |
2 |
88.84 |
2012-10-16 |
| 27. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
89.06 |
1.0515 |
0.0322 |
250 |
2 |
88.28 |
2012-10-16 |
| 28. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
88.93 |
1.0016 |
0.0778 |
218 |
1 |
88.93 |
2012-09-28 |
| 29. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
88.80 |
1.0534 |
0.0317 |
357 |
1 |
88.80 |
2012-09-28 |
| 30. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
88.76 |
1.0619 |
0.0240 |
354 |
1 |
88.76 |
2012-09-28 |
| 31. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
88.60 |
1.0125 |
0.1055 |
413 |
1 |
88.60 |
2012-10-17 |
| 32. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
88.01 |
0.9202 |
0.1524 |
254 |
1 |
88.01 |
2012-10-16 |
| 33. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
87.91 |
1.0385 |
0.0313 |
230 |
1 |
87.91 |
2012-09-28 |
| 34. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
87.78 |
1.0905 |
0.0109 |
210 |
1 |
87.78 |
2012-09-28 |
| 35. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
87.74 |
0.9898 |
0.1177 |
353 |
3 |
85.01 |
2012-10-16 |
| 36. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
87.36 |
0.9776 |
0.0875 |
308 |
1 |
87.36 |
2012-09-28 |
| 37. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
87.27 |
0.9964 |
0.0672 |
203 |
1 |
87.27 |
2012-09-28 |
| 38. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
86.72 |
1.0034 |
0.0522 |
302 |
1 |
86.72 |
2012-09-28 |
| 39. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
85.93 |
0.9936 |
0.0534 |
311 |
1 |
85.93 |
2012-09-29 |
| 40. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
85.87 |
1.0972 |
-0.0213 |
251 |
1 |
85.87 |
2012-09-28 |
| 41. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
85.59 |
1.0203 |
0.0260 |
261 |
1 |
85.59 |
2012-09-28 |
| 42. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
85.33 |
0.9339 |
0.1043 |
310 |
2 |
74.68 |
2012-09-28 |
| 43. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
85.15 |
1.0077 |
0.0708 |
250 |
1 |
85.15 |
2012-09-28 |
| 44. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
85.15 |
0.9831 |
0.0623 |
469 |
1 |
85.15 |
2012-09-28 |
| 45. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
84.90 |
0.9814 |
0.0926 |
364 |
1 |
84.90 |
2012-09-28 |
| 46. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
84.85 |
0.9740 |
0.0556 |
209 |
1 |
84.85 |
2012-09-28 |
| 47. |
He rode past me and kept on goin'. Never said nothin' goin' ... |
84.67 |
1.0502 |
0.0080 |
535 |
2 |
81.43 |
2012-09-28 |
| 48. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
84.45 |
1.0320 |
0.0341 |
293 |
2 |
79.88 |
2012-09-28 |
| 49. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
84.45 |
0.9351 |
0.0882 |
190 |
2 |
80.90 |
2012-10-16 |
| 50. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
84.24 |
0.9731 |
0.0405 |
129 |
1 |
84.24 |
2012-09-28 |
| 51. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
84.22 |
1.0387 |
0.0195 |
239 |
1 |
84.22 |
2012-09-28 |
| 52. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
84.16 |
0.9997 |
0.0294 |
382 |
1 |
84.16 |
2012-09-28 |
| 53. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
84.04 |
1.0516 |
-0.0285 |
281 |
1 |
84.04 |
2012-09-28 |
| 54. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
83.45 |
1.0365 |
0.0095 |
162 |
1 |
83.45 |
2012-09-28 |
| 55. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
83.27 |
1.0379 |
0.0112 |
245 |
1 |
83.27 |
2012-09-28 |
| 56. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
83.26 |
0.9439 |
0.0784 |
476 |
1 |
83.26 |
2012-10-16 |
| 57. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
83.04 |
1.0201 |
-0.0047 |
375 |
1 |
83.04 |
2012-09-28 |
| 58. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
82.85 |
0.9905 |
0.0503 |
337 |
2 |
77.45 |
2012-09-28 |
| 59. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
82.79 |
1.0088 |
0.0383 |
396 |
1 |
82.79 |
2012-10-16 |
| 60. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
81.88 |
1.0073 |
-0.0020 |
369 |
1 |
81.88 |
2012-09-28 |
| 61. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
81.85 |
1.0232 |
0.0092 |
236 |
2 |
79.01 |
2012-09-28 |
| 62. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
81.84 |
1.0025 |
-0.0063 |
256 |
2 |
81.00 |
2012-09-28 |
| 63. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
81.72 |
1.0463 |
-0.0558 |
182 |
1 |
81.72 |
2012-09-28 |
| 64. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
81.19 |
0.9723 |
0.0205 |
364 |
1 |
81.19 |
2012-10-16 |
| 65. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
80.77 |
0.9790 |
0.0452 |
311 |
2 |
78.76 |
2012-09-28 |
| 66. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
80.72 |
0.9426 |
0.0433 |
317 |
1 |
80.72 |
2012-09-28 |
| 67. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
80.21 |
1.0547 |
-0.0434 |
257 |
1 |
80.21 |
2012-09-28 |
| 68. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
80.02 |
1.0679 |
-0.0737 |
177 |
1 |
80.02 |
2012-09-28 |
| 69. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
79.87 |
0.9899 |
-0.0225 |
163 |
1 |
79.87 |
2012-09-28 |
| 70. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
79.65 |
0.9411 |
0.0293 |
318 |
2 |
74.56 |
2012-09-28 |
| 71. |
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the ju... |
79.47 |
1.0459 |
-0.0476 |
200 |
1 |
79.47 |
2012-09-28 |
| 72. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
79.26 |
0.9557 |
0.0155 |
331 |
1 |
79.26 |
2012-10-23 |
| 73. |
Danger is a topic you're often asked about as a sprinter. Th... |
79.25 |
0.9801 |
0.0275 |
428 |
1 |
79.25 |
2012-09-28 |
| 74. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
79.06 |
0.9212 |
0.0444 |
323 |
3 |
75.07 |
2012-10-16 |
| 75. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
78.98 |
1.0388 |
-0.0457 |
243 |
1 |
78.98 |
2012-09-28 |
| 76. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
78.92 |
0.9084 |
0.0540 |
300 |
1 |
78.92 |
2012-09-28 |
| 77. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
78.74 |
0.9754 |
-0.0110 |
362 |
1 |
78.74 |
2012-10-11 |
| 78. |
Right, I am going to tell you how this works. You're going i... |
78.43 |
1.0482 |
-0.0696 |
487 |
1 |
78.43 |
2012-09-28 |
| 79. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
78.36 |
0.8958 |
0.0629 |
322 |
2 |
74.41 |
2012-09-28 |
| 80. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
78.14 |
1.0763 |
-0.0835 |
367 |
1 |
78.14 |
2012-09-28 |
| 81. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
78.10 |
0.9672 |
-0.0101 |
396 |
1 |
78.10 |
2012-09-28 |
| 82. |
Pulp: 1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. 2. A magaz... |
77.93 |
0.9155 |
0.0821 |
168 |
2 |
71.42 |
2012-09-28 |
| 83. |
I'll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. They ... |
77.65 |
0.9774 |
-0.0336 |
196 |
1 |
77.65 |
2012-09-28 |
| 84. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
77.17 |
0.8914 |
0.0482 |
366 |
1 |
77.17 |
2012-09-28 |
| 85. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
76.96 |
0.9097 |
0.0687 |
464 |
1 |
76.96 |
2012-09-28 |
| 86. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
76.45 |
1.0487 |
-0.1236 |
231 |
1 |
76.45 |
2012-10-17 |
| 87. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
76.41 |
0.8947 |
0.0402 |
366 |
1 |
76.41 |
2012-09-28 |
| 88. |
Ultimately, this is not about solving your problems. It's ab... |
76.26 |
1.0604 |
-0.0992 |
260 |
1 |
76.26 |
2012-09-28 |
| 89. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
76.11 |
0.9884 |
-0.0629 |
233 |
1 |
76.11 |
2012-09-28 |
| 90. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
76.04 |
0.9646 |
-0.0404 |
264 |
1 |
76.04 |
2012-09-28 |
| 91. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
75.85 |
0.9529 |
0.0103 |
269 |
1 |
75.85 |
2012-09-28 |
| 92. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
74.88 |
0.9286 |
-0.0189 |
194 |
1 |
74.88 |
2012-09-28 |
| 93. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
74.87 |
0.9430 |
-0.0396 |
211 |
2 |
69.34 |
2012-09-28 |
| 94. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
74.83 |
0.9074 |
0.0092 |
396 |
1 |
74.83 |
2012-09-28 |
| 95. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
74.59 |
0.9371 |
0.0092 |
318 |
1 |
74.59 |
2012-09-28 |
| 96. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
74.52 |
1.0314 |
-0.0859 |
452 |
1 |
74.52 |
2012-09-28 |
| 97. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
74.35 |
1.0131 |
-0.1127 |
225 |
1 |
74.35 |
2012-09-28 |
| 98. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
73.92 |
0.9681 |
-0.0609 |
378 |
1 |
73.92 |
2012-09-28 |
| 99. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
73.63 |
0.9612 |
-0.0656 |
256 |
1 |
73.63 |
2012-09-28 |
| 100. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
73.48 |
0.9567 |
-0.0208 |
184 |
1 |
73.48 |
2012-09-28 |
| 101. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
73.40 |
0.9769 |
-0.0862 |
263 |
1 |
73.40 |
2012-09-28 |
| 102. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
73.30 |
0.9176 |
0.0125 |
365 |
1 |
73.30 |
2012-09-28 |
| 103. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
73.21 |
0.8981 |
-0.0033 |
393 |
1 |
73.21 |
2012-09-28 |
| 104. |
Don't practice too much at first, or you're likely to develo... |
73.08 |
1.0141 |
-0.0852 |
381 |
1 |
73.08 |
2012-09-28 |
| 105. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
73.07 |
0.9756 |
-0.0885 |
229 |
1 |
73.07 |
2012-10-16 |
| 106. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
72.88 |
0.9087 |
-0.0116 |
393 |
1 |
72.88 |
2012-09-28 |
| 107. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
72.38 |
0.9578 |
-0.0779 |
281 |
1 |
72.38 |
2012-09-28 |
| 108. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
72.20 |
1.0254 |
-0.1071 |
217 |
1 |
72.20 |
2012-09-28 |
| 109. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
72.15 |
0.9504 |
-0.0789 |
263 |
1 |
72.15 |
2012-09-28 |
| 110. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
72.02 |
0.9372 |
-0.0572 |
320 |
1 |
72.02 |
2012-09-28 |
| 111. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
71.74 |
1.0684 |
-0.1664 |
253 |
1 |
71.74 |
2012-09-28 |
| 112. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
71.41 |
0.8996 |
-0.0372 |
192 |
1 |
71.41 |
2012-09-28 |
| 113. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
70.72 |
0.8845 |
-0.0250 |
273 |
1 |
70.72 |
2012-09-28 |
| 114. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
70.09 |
0.9148 |
-0.0616 |
317 |
1 |
70.09 |
2012-10-16 |
| 115. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
69.78 |
0.9364 |
-0.0485 |
351 |
1 |
69.78 |
2012-09-28 |
| 116. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
68.76 |
0.9916 |
-0.1137 |
282 |
1 |
68.76 |
2012-09-28 |
| 117. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
67.91 |
0.9164 |
-0.0865 |
305 |
1 |
67.91 |
2012-09-28 |
| 118. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
67.48 |
0.8553 |
-0.0408 |
174 |
1 |
67.48 |
2012-09-28 |
| 119. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
67.29 |
0.9279 |
-0.1040 |
317 |
1 |
67.29 |
2012-09-28 |
| 120. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
66.83 |
0.9342 |
-0.1190 |
434 |
1 |
66.83 |
2012-09-28 |
| 121. |
We often believe the more we practice a skill or technique -... |
66.78 |
0.9907 |
-0.1454 |
397 |
1 |
66.78 |
2012-09-28 |
| 122. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
66.50 |
1.0797 |
-0.2778 |
210 |
1 |
66.50 |
2012-09-28 |
| 123. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
65.69 |
1.0714 |
-0.2832 |
129 |
1 |
65.69 |
2012-09-28 |
| 124. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
61.43 |
0.8890 |
-0.1478 |
199 |
1 |
61.43 |
2012-09-28 |
| 125. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
59.59 |
1.0029 |
-0.2873 |
209 |
1 |
59.59 |
2012-09-28 |
| 126. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
58.04 |
0.9429 |
-0.2384 |
287 |
1 |
58.04 |
2012-09-28 |
| 127. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
57.95 |
1.0445 |
-0.3415 |
373 |
1 |
57.95 |
2012-09-28 |
| 128. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
57.30 |
0.9640 |
-0.2403 |
334 |
1 |
57.30 |
2012-09-28 |