| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
119.12 |
1.0767 |
0.2118 |
212 |
1 |
119.12 |
2010-11-20 |
| 2. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
111.59 |
1.0398 |
0.1580 |
110 |
1 |
111.59 |
2010-11-20 |
| 3. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
110.12 |
1.0486 |
0.1444 |
289 |
1 |
110.12 |
2010-11-18 |
| 4. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
107.86 |
1.0885 |
0.0823 |
315 |
1 |
107.86 |
2010-11-18 |
| 5. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
107.61 |
1.1162 |
0.0896 |
189 |
2 |
106.19 |
2010-11-17 |
| 6. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
107.18 |
1.0521 |
0.1032 |
171 |
2 |
104.26 |
2010-11-19 |
| 7. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
107.03 |
1.0462 |
0.1061 |
184 |
1 |
107.03 |
2010-11-21 |
| 8. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
106.63 |
1.0477 |
0.1087 |
360 |
1 |
106.63 |
2010-11-18 |
| 9. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
104.92 |
1.0167 |
0.1254 |
378 |
1 |
104.92 |
2010-11-20 |
| 10. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
104.71 |
0.9871 |
0.1821 |
209 |
2 |
91.13 |
2010-11-20 |
| 11. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
104.70 |
1.0211 |
0.1425 |
213 |
1 |
104.70 |
2010-11-20 |
| 12. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
103.79 |
1.0254 |
0.1384 |
217 |
1 |
103.79 |
2010-11-19 |
| 13. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
102.90 |
1.0120 |
0.1004 |
290 |
1 |
102.90 |
2010-11-17 |
| 14. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
102.60 |
0.9965 |
0.1086 |
168 |
1 |
102.60 |
2010-11-20 |
| 15. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
102.47 |
1.0555 |
0.0544 |
363 |
1 |
102.47 |
2010-11-18 |
| 16. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
101.98 |
1.0252 |
0.0714 |
176 |
1 |
101.98 |
2010-11-17 |
| 17. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
101.65 |
1.0787 |
0.0195 |
237 |
1 |
101.65 |
2010-11-18 |
| 18. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
101.63 |
1.0183 |
0.0754 |
191 |
2 |
97.19 |
2010-11-19 |
| 19. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
101.03 |
0.9965 |
0.0965 |
310 |
1 |
101.03 |
2010-11-18 |
| 20. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
100.24 |
0.9567 |
0.1272 |
273 |
2 |
95.82 |
2010-11-21 |
| 21. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
99.76 |
1.0150 |
0.1129 |
325 |
1 |
99.76 |
2010-11-18 |
| 22. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
99.41 |
0.9772 |
0.0943 |
217 |
1 |
99.41 |
2010-11-18 |
| 23. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
99.12 |
1.1014 |
0.0082 |
273 |
2 |
92.08 |
2010-11-17 |
| 24. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
98.77 |
0.9691 |
0.0984 |
223 |
1 |
98.77 |
2010-11-17 |
| 25. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
98.62 |
1.1296 |
-0.0341 |
252 |
1 |
98.62 |
2010-11-18 |
| 26. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
98.46 |
1.0711 |
-0.0116 |
213 |
1 |
98.46 |
2010-11-17 |
| 27. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
98.34 |
1.0232 |
0.0757 |
236 |
1 |
98.34 |
2010-11-20 |
| 28. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
98.26 |
1.0669 |
0.0278 |
286 |
1 |
98.26 |
2010-11-19 |
| 29. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
98.14 |
0.9411 |
0.1208 |
318 |
1 |
98.14 |
2010-11-18 |
| 30. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
97.21 |
1.0768 |
0.0142 |
295 |
1 |
97.21 |
2010-11-17 |
| 31. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
97.15 |
0.9527 |
0.0975 |
251 |
1 |
97.15 |
2010-11-18 |
| 32. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
96.89 |
0.9430 |
0.1073 |
297 |
1 |
96.89 |
2010-11-17 |
| 33. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
96.88 |
1.0669 |
0.0133 |
213 |
1 |
96.88 |
2010-11-18 |
| 34. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
96.87 |
1.0545 |
0.0334 |
416 |
2 |
93.16 |
2010-11-20 |
| 35. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
96.36 |
1.0696 |
-0.0315 |
226 |
1 |
96.36 |
2010-11-17 |
| 36. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
96.35 |
1.1016 |
-0.0600 |
233 |
1 |
96.35 |
2010-11-19 |
| 37. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
96.18 |
0.9622 |
0.0839 |
392 |
1 |
96.18 |
2010-11-17 |
| 38. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
94.12 |
1.0151 |
-0.0065 |
152 |
1 |
94.12 |
2010-11-17 |
| 39. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
94.06 |
0.9740 |
0.0384 |
209 |
2 |
90.68 |
2010-11-20 |
| 40. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
94.01 |
1.0608 |
-0.0116 |
258 |
1 |
94.01 |
2010-11-17 |
| 41. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
93.77 |
0.9646 |
0.0478 |
264 |
1 |
93.77 |
2010-11-17 |
| 42. |
While you were sleeping, you tossed, you turned. You rolled ... |
93.47 |
0.8614 |
0.1463 |
172 |
1 |
93.47 |
2010-11-17 |
| 43. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
93.18 |
1.0201 |
-0.0201 |
172 |
1 |
93.18 |
2010-11-18 |
| 44. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
93.04 |
1.0485 |
-0.0085 |
153 |
1 |
93.04 |
2010-11-19 |
| 45. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
92.96 |
1.0483 |
-0.0469 |
227 |
1 |
92.96 |
2010-11-17 |
| 46. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
92.88 |
1.0390 |
-0.0392 |
205 |
1 |
92.88 |
2010-11-17 |
| 47. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
92.62 |
0.9768 |
0.0265 |
387 |
1 |
92.62 |
2010-11-18 |
| 48. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
92.29 |
0.9164 |
0.0855 |
305 |
1 |
92.29 |
2010-11-18 |
| 49. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
91.98 |
0.9893 |
0.0045 |
323 |
1 |
91.98 |
2010-11-17 |
| 50. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
91.90 |
0.9844 |
0.0132 |
293 |
1 |
91.90 |
2010-11-18 |
| 51. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
91.81 |
1.0719 |
-0.0525 |
360 |
1 |
91.81 |
2010-11-17 |
| 52. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
91.56 |
1.0124 |
-0.0257 |
204 |
1 |
91.56 |
2010-11-17 |
| 53. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
91.44 |
1.0068 |
-0.0157 |
358 |
1 |
91.44 |
2010-11-17 |
| 54. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
91.31 |
1.0565 |
-0.0727 |
247 |
1 |
91.31 |
2010-11-17 |
| 55. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
90.98 |
0.9894 |
-0.0022 |
323 |
2 |
84.06 |
2010-11-17 |
| 56. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
90.91 |
0.9776 |
0.0046 |
308 |
2 |
87.51 |
2010-11-20 |
| 57. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
90.76 |
0.9468 |
0.0331 |
276 |
1 |
90.76 |
2010-11-17 |
| 58. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
90.53 |
1.0993 |
-0.1236 |
265 |
1 |
90.53 |
2010-11-17 |
| 59. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
90.32 |
1.0399 |
-0.0592 |
294 |
1 |
90.32 |
2010-11-17 |
| 60. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
89.76 |
0.9212 |
0.0515 |
323 |
1 |
89.76 |
2010-11-21 |
| 61. |
Corn is what feeds the steer that becomes the steak. Corn fe... |
89.62 |
1.0008 |
0.0101 |
473 |
1 |
89.62 |
2010-11-17 |
| 62. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
89.53 |
1.0441 |
-0.0359 |
316 |
1 |
89.53 |
2010-11-20 |
| 63. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
88.78 |
1.0203 |
-0.0582 |
261 |
1 |
88.78 |
2010-11-17 |
| 64. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
88.38 |
1.0270 |
-0.0367 |
255 |
2 |
85.79 |
2010-11-17 |
| 65. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
88.35 |
1.0531 |
-0.0610 |
272 |
1 |
88.35 |
2010-11-17 |
| 66. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
88.18 |
0.9682 |
-0.0180 |
143 |
1 |
88.18 |
2010-11-20 |
| 67. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
87.73 |
0.9500 |
-0.0006 |
362 |
1 |
87.73 |
2010-11-20 |
| 68. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
87.51 |
0.9372 |
0.0116 |
320 |
1 |
87.51 |
2010-11-18 |
| 69. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
87.34 |
1.0063 |
-0.0630 |
371 |
1 |
87.34 |
2010-11-17 |
| 70. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
87.18 |
0.9668 |
0.0170 |
383 |
1 |
87.18 |
2010-11-20 |
| 71. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
86.79 |
0.9833 |
-0.0448 |
355 |
1 |
86.79 |
2010-11-17 |
| 72. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
86.37 |
1.0025 |
-0.0693 |
336 |
1 |
86.37 |
2010-11-20 |
| 73. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
86.34 |
0.9461 |
-0.0179 |
193 |
1 |
86.34 |
2010-11-17 |
| 74. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
86.33 |
0.9964 |
-0.0644 |
203 |
1 |
86.33 |
2010-11-17 |
| 75. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
86.32 |
1.0388 |
-0.0754 |
243 |
1 |
86.32 |
2010-11-17 |
| 76. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
86.23 |
0.9886 |
-0.0553 |
220 |
1 |
86.23 |
2010-11-19 |
| 77. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
85.93 |
1.0214 |
-0.0514 |
281 |
1 |
85.93 |
2010-11-17 |
| 78. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
85.84 |
1.1081 |
-0.1470 |
206 |
1 |
85.84 |
2010-11-17 |
| 79. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
85.68 |
0.9855 |
-0.0274 |
258 |
1 |
85.68 |
2010-11-17 |
| 80. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
85.28 |
0.9088 |
0.0168 |
348 |
1 |
85.28 |
2010-11-18 |
| 81. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
84.94 |
1.0033 |
-0.0933 |
189 |
1 |
84.94 |
2010-11-17 |
| 82. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
84.60 |
0.9342 |
-0.0178 |
434 |
1 |
84.60 |
2010-11-17 |
| 83. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
84.50 |
0.9532 |
-0.0427 |
258 |
1 |
84.50 |
2010-11-20 |
| 84. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
84.04 |
0.9339 |
-0.0286 |
310 |
1 |
84.04 |
2010-11-18 |
| 85. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
83.97 |
0.9635 |
-0.0521 |
389 |
2 |
82.45 |
2010-11-20 |
| 86. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
83.44 |
0.9074 |
-0.0007 |
396 |
1 |
83.44 |
2010-11-19 |
| 87. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
82.64 |
0.9866 |
-0.0988 |
218 |
1 |
82.64 |
2010-11-17 |
| 88. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
82.62 |
0.9991 |
-0.1073 |
225 |
1 |
82.62 |
2010-11-19 |
| 89. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
82.17 |
0.9871 |
-0.0786 |
227 |
1 |
82.17 |
2010-11-17 |
| 90. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
82.06 |
0.9925 |
-0.0707 |
247 |
1 |
82.06 |
2010-11-19 |
| 91. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
81.91 |
0.9631 |
-0.0283 |
345 |
1 |
81.91 |
2010-11-18 |
| 92. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
81.85 |
0.9675 |
-0.0752 |
383 |
1 |
81.85 |
2010-11-17 |
| 93. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
81.33 |
0.9651 |
-0.0521 |
389 |
1 |
81.33 |
2010-11-17 |
| 94. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
81.10 |
0.9597 |
-0.0810 |
347 |
1 |
81.10 |
2010-11-19 |
| 95. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
80.64 |
0.9899 |
-0.1250 |
163 |
1 |
80.64 |
2010-11-20 |
| 96. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
79.71 |
1.0264 |
-0.1269 |
422 |
1 |
79.71 |
2010-11-20 |
| 97. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
79.49 |
0.9632 |
-0.0998 |
392 |
1 |
79.49 |
2010-11-17 |
| 98. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
77.74 |
1.0375 |
-0.1536 |
200 |
1 |
77.74 |
2010-11-17 |
| 99. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
77.68 |
0.9678 |
-0.0959 |
445 |
1 |
77.68 |
2010-11-18 |
| 100. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
77.61 |
0.8916 |
-0.0549 |
216 |
1 |
77.61 |
2010-11-18 |
| 101. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
75.91 |
0.9785 |
-0.1575 |
335 |
1 |
75.91 |
2010-11-17 |
| 102. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
75.91 |
0.9128 |
-0.0535 |
369 |
2 |
66.97 |
2010-11-17 |
| 103. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
73.82 |
0.8670 |
-0.0666 |
318 |
1 |
73.82 |
2010-11-17 |
| 104. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
72.43 |
0.9865 |
-0.2056 |
276 |
1 |
72.43 |
2010-11-17 |
| 105. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
71.80 |
0.9769 |
-0.2061 |
263 |
1 |
71.80 |
2010-11-17 |
| 106. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
70.48 |
1.0365 |
-0.2482 |
162 |
1 |
70.48 |
2010-11-20 |
| 107. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
66.96 |
0.9064 |
-0.1773 |
399 |
1 |
66.96 |
2010-11-17 |