| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
182.44 |
1.0796 |
0.2096 |
129 |
1 |
182.44 |
2010-08-06 |
| 2. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
174.80 |
1.0496 |
0.1857 |
314 |
1 |
174.80 |
2013-05-05 |
| 3. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
174.29 |
1.0331 |
0.1986 |
234 |
1 |
174.29 |
2010-08-07 |
| 4. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
170.74 |
1.0595 |
0.1471 |
379 |
2 |
159.25 |
2010-08-06 |
| 5. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
170.52 |
1.0714 |
0.1336 |
129 |
1 |
170.52 |
2010-08-06 |
| 6. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
167.11 |
1.0053 |
0.1756 |
232 |
1 |
167.11 |
2010-08-06 |
| 7. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
167.10 |
1.0725 |
0.1083 |
233 |
1 |
167.10 |
2010-08-06 |
| 8. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
166.90 |
1.1323 |
0.0471 |
341 |
1 |
166.90 |
2010-08-06 |
| 9. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
166.57 |
1.0120 |
0.1651 |
290 |
1 |
166.57 |
2010-08-06 |
| 10. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
165.83 |
1.1162 |
0.0557 |
189 |
3 |
159.49 |
2013-05-05 |
| 11. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
165.20 |
0.9786 |
0.1888 |
193 |
1 |
165.20 |
2013-05-05 |
| 12. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
165.08 |
1.0516 |
0.1150 |
281 |
1 |
165.08 |
2013-05-05 |
| 13. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
164.41 |
1.0390 |
0.1228 |
205 |
2 |
141.91 |
2013-05-05 |
| 14. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
164.05 |
1.0203 |
0.1390 |
261 |
1 |
164.05 |
2013-05-05 |
| 15. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
163.30 |
0.9886 |
0.1654 |
220 |
1 |
163.30 |
2013-05-05 |
| 16. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
163.20 |
1.0124 |
0.1409 |
204 |
1 |
163.20 |
2010-08-06 |
| 17. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
162.61 |
1.0034 |
0.1457 |
302 |
1 |
162.61 |
2010-08-07 |
| 18. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
161.91 |
1.1016 |
0.0426 |
233 |
1 |
161.91 |
2010-08-06 |
| 19. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
161.85 |
1.0214 |
0.1223 |
166 |
1 |
161.85 |
2010-08-05 |
| 20. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
160.39 |
1.0099 |
0.1235 |
207 |
1 |
160.39 |
2010-08-06 |
| 21. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
160.28 |
0.9164 |
0.2163 |
305 |
1 |
160.28 |
2013-05-05 |
| 22. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
160.24 |
1.0391 |
0.0933 |
358 |
2 |
152.69 |
2013-05-05 |
| 23. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
159.66 |
1.0270 |
0.1013 |
255 |
2 |
145.36 |
2010-08-06 |
| 24. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
159.37 |
1.0252 |
0.1010 |
176 |
1 |
159.37 |
2010-08-07 |
| 25. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
158.75 |
0.9168 |
0.2050 |
240 |
1 |
158.75 |
2010-08-06 |
| 26. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
158.63 |
1.1215 |
-0.0005 |
200 |
1 |
158.63 |
2010-08-05 |
| 27. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
157.83 |
1.0023 |
0.1130 |
211 |
2 |
156.52 |
2013-05-05 |
| 28. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
157.76 |
0.9897 |
0.1251 |
274 |
3 |
140.41 |
2013-05-05 |
| 29. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
155.51 |
0.9844 |
0.1145 |
293 |
2 |
143.61 |
2013-05-06 |
| 30. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
154.96 |
1.0068 |
0.0883 |
358 |
2 |
150.25 |
2013-05-05 |
| 31. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
154.94 |
0.9508 |
0.1441 |
384 |
1 |
154.94 |
2010-08-06 |
| 32. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
154.08 |
1.0263 |
0.0625 |
267 |
2 |
144.35 |
2013-05-04 |
| 33. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
153.83 |
1.0615 |
0.0256 |
305 |
1 |
153.83 |
2013-05-05 |
| 34. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
153.82 |
1.0361 |
0.0509 |
269 |
1 |
153.82 |
2010-08-05 |
| 35. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
153.62 |
0.9976 |
0.0880 |
174 |
1 |
153.62 |
2010-08-05 |
| 36. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
153.38 |
0.9843 |
0.0996 |
234 |
1 |
153.38 |
2013-05-05 |
| 37. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
153.06 |
1.0077 |
0.0739 |
250 |
1 |
153.06 |
2013-05-06 |
| 38. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
152.88 |
0.9795 |
0.1009 |
308 |
1 |
152.88 |
2013-05-05 |
| 39. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
152.78 |
1.0669 |
0.0128 |
286 |
1 |
152.78 |
2010-08-05 |
| 40. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
152.37 |
1.0441 |
0.0327 |
316 |
1 |
152.37 |
2010-08-07 |
| 41. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
152.26 |
1.0297 |
0.0463 |
249 |
1 |
152.26 |
2013-05-05 |
| 42. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
151.45 |
1.0429 |
0.0274 |
259 |
1 |
151.45 |
2010-08-07 |
| 43. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
150.60 |
1.0768 |
-0.0126 |
295 |
2 |
146.53 |
2010-08-06 |
| 44. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
148.84 |
1.0799 |
-0.0281 |
243 |
1 |
148.84 |
2010-08-05 |
| 45. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
147.69 |
1.0347 |
0.0090 |
550 |
2 |
141.27 |
2013-05-05 |
| 46. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
146.64 |
0.9699 |
0.0664 |
269 |
1 |
146.64 |
2013-05-05 |
| 47. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
146.62 |
1.0506 |
-0.0145 |
277 |
1 |
146.62 |
2013-05-06 |
| 48. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
146.13 |
1.0264 |
0.0063 |
422 |
1 |
146.13 |
2013-05-05 |
| 49. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
145.56 |
0.9772 |
0.0514 |
217 |
1 |
145.56 |
2013-05-11 |
| 50. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
145.32 |
1.0211 |
0.0058 |
213 |
1 |
145.32 |
2013-05-05 |
| 51. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
145.13 |
1.0358 |
-0.0102 |
349 |
1 |
145.13 |
2013-05-05 |
| 52. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
145.00 |
1.0340 |
-0.0093 |
406 |
1 |
145.00 |
2013-05-05 |
| 53. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
144.49 |
0.9364 |
0.0847 |
351 |
1 |
144.49 |
2013-05-05 |
| 54. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
144.47 |
0.9109 |
0.1100 |
401 |
1 |
144.47 |
2013-05-05 |
| 55. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
144.33 |
0.9763 |
0.0436 |
289 |
1 |
144.33 |
2013-05-05 |
| 56. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
144.09 |
0.9572 |
0.0610 |
376 |
1 |
144.09 |
2013-05-06 |
| 57. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
143.24 |
0.9665 |
0.0457 |
326 |
1 |
143.24 |
2010-08-05 |
| 58. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
143.13 |
0.9946 |
0.0169 |
246 |
2 |
134.83 |
2010-08-06 |
| 59. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
142.95 |
0.8890 |
0.1212 |
199 |
2 |
138.38 |
2013-05-05 |
| 60. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
142.85 |
1.0419 |
-0.0324 |
261 |
1 |
142.85 |
2013-05-06 |
| 61. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
142.72 |
0.9176 |
0.0910 |
267 |
1 |
142.72 |
2010-08-06 |
| 62. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
142.63 |
1.0117 |
-0.0038 |
297 |
1 |
142.63 |
2013-05-06 |
| 63. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
142.04 |
0.9619 |
0.0419 |
393 |
1 |
142.04 |
2013-05-05 |
| 64. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
141.90 |
1.0168 |
-0.0140 |
271 |
1 |
141.90 |
2013-05-05 |
| 65. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
141.60 |
0.9758 |
0.0248 |
314 |
1 |
141.60 |
2010-08-07 |
| 66. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
141.07 |
0.9212 |
0.0757 |
323 |
1 |
141.07 |
2013-05-05 |
| 67. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
141.01 |
0.9693 |
0.0272 |
360 |
1 |
141.01 |
2010-08-05 |
| 68. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
140.49 |
1.0398 |
-0.0470 |
110 |
2 |
121.28 |
2010-08-06 |
| 69. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
139.96 |
0.9768 |
0.0123 |
387 |
1 |
139.96 |
2010-08-07 |
| 70. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
139.56 |
1.0138 |
-0.0276 |
231 |
1 |
139.56 |
2010-08-05 |
| 71. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
139.56 |
0.9986 |
-0.0124 |
283 |
1 |
139.56 |
2010-08-06 |
| 72. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
138.61 |
1.0463 |
-0.0668 |
182 |
1 |
138.61 |
2013-05-05 |
| 73. |
Samatha is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, foc... |
138.28 |
1.0673 |
-0.0901 |
230 |
1 |
138.28 |
2013-05-05 |
| 74. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
137.61 |
1.0486 |
-0.0762 |
289 |
1 |
137.61 |
2013-05-05 |
| 75. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
137.48 |
0.8981 |
0.0734 |
393 |
1 |
137.48 |
2010-08-06 |
| 76. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
136.83 |
0.9084 |
0.0585 |
404 |
1 |
136.83 |
2013-05-06 |
| 77. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
136.15 |
1.0696 |
-0.1075 |
226 |
1 |
136.15 |
2010-08-05 |
| 78. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
136.14 |
1.0379 |
-0.0758 |
245 |
1 |
136.14 |
2013-05-05 |
| 79. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
135.59 |
1.0668 |
-0.1086 |
350 |
1 |
135.59 |
2010-08-06 |
| 80. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
135.58 |
1.0417 |
-0.0836 |
253 |
1 |
135.58 |
2013-05-05 |
| 81. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
135.15 |
0.9912 |
-0.0361 |
237 |
1 |
135.15 |
2010-08-05 |
| 82. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
134.83 |
1.0042 |
-0.0514 |
352 |
1 |
134.83 |
2010-08-06 |
| 83. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
134.64 |
0.9216 |
0.0299 |
255 |
1 |
134.64 |
2010-08-05 |
| 84. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
134.56 |
0.9922 |
-0.0413 |
341 |
1 |
134.56 |
2013-05-05 |
| 85. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
134.24 |
1.0763 |
-0.1277 |
367 |
1 |
134.24 |
2013-05-04 |
| 86. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
133.62 |
1.0261 |
-0.0818 |
410 |
1 |
133.62 |
2013-05-05 |
| 87. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
132.66 |
0.9614 |
-0.0239 |
292 |
1 |
132.66 |
2013-05-05 |
| 88. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
132.59 |
0.9937 |
-0.0567 |
429 |
1 |
132.59 |
2010-08-06 |
| 89. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
132.33 |
1.0547 |
-0.1196 |
257 |
2 |
122.72 |
2013-05-06 |
| 90. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
132.13 |
0.8793 |
0.0544 |
157 |
1 |
132.13 |
2010-08-05 |
| 91. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
130.10 |
0.9553 |
-0.0359 |
430 |
1 |
130.10 |
2010-08-05 |
| 92. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
129.52 |
0.9908 |
-0.0755 |
342 |
1 |
129.52 |
2013-05-05 |
| 93. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
129.45 |
1.1068 |
-0.1920 |
393 |
1 |
129.45 |
2010-08-06 |
| 94. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
129.16 |
1.0774 |
-0.1647 |
304 |
1 |
129.16 |
2013-05-05 |
| 95. |
Danger is a topic you're often asked about as a sprinter. Th... |
129.09 |
0.9801 |
-0.0679 |
428 |
1 |
129.09 |
2013-05-05 |
| 96. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
128.66 |
0.9965 |
-0.0873 |
277 |
1 |
128.66 |
2010-08-06 |
| 97. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
127.08 |
1.0684 |
-0.1704 |
253 |
1 |
127.08 |
2010-08-06 |
| 98. |
Buddhism addresses two major types of meditation. Vipassana ... |
127.02 |
0.9312 |
-0.0336 |
320 |
1 |
127.02 |
2013-05-05 |
| 99. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
127.02 |
0.9884 |
-0.0908 |
233 |
1 |
127.02 |
2013-05-05 |
| 100. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
126.16 |
0.9640 |
-0.0725 |
334 |
1 |
126.16 |
2010-08-06 |
| 101. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
125.92 |
0.9376 |
-0.0478 |
367 |
2 |
123.83 |
2013-05-06 |
| 102. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
125.23 |
0.9965 |
-0.1115 |
168 |
1 |
125.23 |
2010-08-06 |
| 103. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
124.37 |
1.0328 |
-0.1539 |
356 |
1 |
124.37 |
2013-05-05 |
| 104. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
124.11 |
1.0444 |
-0.1674 |
197 |
1 |
124.11 |
2010-08-05 |
| 105. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
122.53 |
0.9566 |
-0.0907 |
576 |
1 |
122.53 |
2010-08-05 |
| 106. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
121.55 |
0.9841 |
-0.1251 |
334 |
1 |
121.55 |
2013-05-05 |
| 107. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
120.89 |
1.0125 |
-0.1582 |
224 |
1 |
120.89 |
2010-08-06 |
| 108. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
120.40 |
1.0567 |
-0.2059 |
303 |
1 |
120.40 |
2010-08-05 |
| 109. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
120.03 |
1.0316 |
-0.1834 |
333 |
1 |
120.03 |
2013-05-05 |
| 110. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
119.78 |
0.8770 |
-0.0306 |
300 |
2 |
118.16 |
2013-05-06 |
| 111. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
117.22 |
0.9411 |
-0.1127 |
318 |
1 |
117.22 |
2010-08-06 |
| 112. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
116.10 |
0.9871 |
-0.1667 |
209 |
1 |
116.10 |
2010-08-05 |
| 113. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
115.93 |
0.9500 |
-0.1308 |
362 |
1 |
115.93 |
2013-05-05 |
| 114. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
115.26 |
1.0389 |
-0.2244 |
318 |
1 |
115.26 |
2013-05-05 |
| 115. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
115.08 |
1.0972 |
-0.2840 |
251 |
1 |
115.08 |
2013-05-05 |
| 116. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
114.93 |
0.8382 |
-0.0260 |
268 |
1 |
114.93 |
2010-08-05 |
| 117. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
113.53 |
0.8852 |
-0.0829 |
201 |
1 |
113.53 |
2013-05-06 |
| 118. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
113.46 |
0.7876 |
0.0142 |
316 |
1 |
113.46 |
2010-08-07 |
| 119. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
109.58 |
1.0389 |
-0.2645 |
340 |
1 |
109.58 |
2013-05-05 |
| 120. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
108.92 |
1.0561 |
-0.2864 |
430 |
1 |
108.92 |
2010-08-05 |
| 121. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
105.24 |
0.9072 |
-0.1635 |
237 |
1 |
105.24 |
2013-05-04 |
| 122. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
102.00 |
1.0033 |
-0.2825 |
189 |
1 |
102.00 |
2013-05-05 |
| 123. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
98.00 |
1.0795 |
-0.3870 |
226 |
1 |
98.00 |
2010-08-06 |
| 124. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
95.37 |
0.9275 |
-0.2535 |
211 |
1 |
95.37 |
2010-08-05 |