| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
154.94 |
1.0487 |
0.3751 |
231 |
2 |
138.21 |
2009-03-12 |
| 2. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
135.92 |
1.0483 |
0.2006 |
227 |
2 |
122.96 |
2009-03-12 |
| 3. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
135.52 |
1.0515 |
0.1947 |
250 |
1 |
135.52 |
2009-02-10 |
| 4. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
133.56 |
1.0577 |
0.1687 |
247 |
2 |
132.30 |
2009-03-12 |
| 5. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
132.57 |
0.9776 |
0.2433 |
308 |
1 |
132.57 |
2009-02-10 |
| 6. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
132.02 |
1.0787 |
0.1356 |
237 |
3 |
122.35 |
2009-02-14 |
| 7. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
131.16 |
1.0331 |
0.1723 |
234 |
1 |
131.16 |
2009-02-17 |
| 8. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
130.83 |
1.0567 |
0.1484 |
303 |
1 |
130.83 |
2009-03-12 |
| 9. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
130.27 |
0.9653 |
0.2423 |
394 |
1 |
130.27 |
2009-02-14 |
| 10. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
129.74 |
0.9763 |
0.2175 |
289 |
3 |
116.34 |
2009-03-12 |
| 11. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
128.94 |
1.0361 |
0.1518 |
269 |
1 |
128.94 |
2009-02-06 |
| 12. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
128.79 |
1.0498 |
0.1309 |
180 |
2 |
128.38 |
2009-03-12 |
| 13. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
127.01 |
1.0417 |
0.1247 |
253 |
1 |
127.01 |
2009-02-06 |
| 14. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
126.89 |
1.0565 |
0.1087 |
247 |
1 |
126.89 |
2009-02-10 |
| 15. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
126.72 |
1.0696 |
0.0931 |
226 |
1 |
126.72 |
2009-03-12 |
| 16. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
126.09 |
1.0445 |
0.1168 |
373 |
1 |
126.09 |
2009-02-10 |
| 17. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
125.51 |
1.0016 |
0.1488 |
218 |
1 |
125.51 |
2009-03-12 |
| 18. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
123.80 |
1.0203 |
0.1222 |
261 |
1 |
123.80 |
2009-02-10 |
| 19. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
123.60 |
0.9540 |
0.1814 |
285 |
1 |
123.60 |
2009-02-06 |
| 20. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
123.45 |
1.0829 |
0.0544 |
288 |
1 |
123.45 |
2009-02-10 |
| 21. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
122.37 |
1.1114 |
0.0117 |
247 |
1 |
122.37 |
2009-03-12 |
| 22. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
122.30 |
1.1018 |
0.0169 |
220 |
2 |
115.35 |
2009-02-17 |
| 23. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
121.91 |
1.0201 |
0.1054 |
375 |
2 |
117.65 |
2009-02-17 |
| 24. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
121.20 |
1.0528 |
0.0571 |
201 |
1 |
121.20 |
2009-03-12 |
| 25. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
119.18 |
0.9754 |
0.1268 |
362 |
1 |
119.18 |
2009-02-06 |
| 26. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
118.97 |
0.9593 |
0.1395 |
398 |
2 |
109.61 |
2009-03-12 |
| 27. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
118.64 |
1.0462 |
0.0388 |
184 |
1 |
118.64 |
2009-03-12 |
| 28. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
117.00 |
1.0261 |
0.0478 |
273 |
1 |
117.00 |
2009-03-12 |
| 29. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
116.44 |
0.9734 |
0.0969 |
289 |
1 |
116.44 |
2009-02-06 |
| 30. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
116.31 |
1.0429 |
0.0251 |
259 |
1 |
116.31 |
2009-02-10 |
| 31. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
115.90 |
1.0120 |
0.0528 |
290 |
1 |
115.90 |
2009-02-14 |
| 32. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
115.89 |
1.0521 |
0.0086 |
171 |
1 |
115.89 |
2009-02-10 |
| 33. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
115.61 |
0.9942 |
0.0775 |
483 |
1 |
115.61 |
2009-02-17 |
| 34. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
115.53 |
0.9964 |
0.0658 |
203 |
2 |
101.89 |
2009-02-10 |
| 35. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
114.95 |
1.0391 |
0.0237 |
358 |
3 |
107.82 |
2009-03-10 |
| 36. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
114.82 |
1.0352 |
0.0234 |
341 |
1 |
114.82 |
2009-02-07 |
| 37. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
114.78 |
0.9865 |
0.0697 |
276 |
1 |
114.78 |
2009-02-10 |
| 38. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
114.65 |
1.0613 |
-0.0065 |
266 |
2 |
105.93 |
2009-03-10 |
| 39. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
114.49 |
0.9811 |
0.0740 |
272 |
3 |
99.35 |
2009-02-10 |
| 40. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
114.35 |
1.0201 |
0.0314 |
303 |
1 |
114.35 |
2009-03-12 |
| 41. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
114.34 |
0.9941 |
0.0545 |
217 |
1 |
114.34 |
2009-02-06 |
| 42. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
114.13 |
0.9213 |
0.1283 |
295 |
2 |
110.38 |
2009-02-17 |
| 43. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
112.56 |
0.9740 |
0.0564 |
209 |
1 |
112.56 |
2009-03-12 |
| 44. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
112.53 |
0.9833 |
0.0525 |
355 |
1 |
112.53 |
2009-02-10 |
| 45. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
112.26 |
1.0788 |
-0.0527 |
171 |
1 |
112.26 |
2009-02-10 |
| 46. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
111.77 |
1.0168 |
0.0117 |
271 |
1 |
111.77 |
2009-03-12 |
| 47. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
110.88 |
0.9635 |
0.0608 |
389 |
1 |
110.88 |
2009-03-12 |
| 48. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
110.84 |
0.9309 |
0.0857 |
284 |
1 |
110.84 |
2009-02-10 |
| 49. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
110.50 |
0.9005 |
0.1133 |
212 |
1 |
110.50 |
2009-02-14 |
| 50. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
109.60 |
0.8947 |
0.1171 |
366 |
2 |
104.80 |
2009-03-12 |
| 51. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
109.40 |
1.0251 |
-0.0222 |
261 |
1 |
109.40 |
2009-02-10 |
| 52. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
108.40 |
0.9109 |
0.0875 |
401 |
2 |
108.33 |
2009-03-12 |
| 53. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
108.33 |
0.9893 |
0.0059 |
323 |
2 |
98.98 |
2009-03-12 |
| 54. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
107.94 |
0.9841 |
0.0112 |
334 |
1 |
107.94 |
2009-03-12 |
| 55. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
107.14 |
0.9234 |
0.0661 |
346 |
1 |
107.14 |
2009-02-06 |
| 56. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
106.28 |
0.9691 |
0.0064 |
223 |
1 |
106.28 |
2009-02-10 |
| 57. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
106.23 |
0.9852 |
-0.0093 |
264 |
1 |
106.23 |
2009-02-10 |
| 58. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
105.80 |
0.9684 |
0.0059 |
388 |
1 |
105.80 |
2009-02-06 |
| 59. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
105.71 |
0.9997 |
-0.0254 |
382 |
1 |
105.71 |
2009-02-10 |
| 60. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
105.63 |
0.9045 |
0.0658 |
235 |
1 |
105.63 |
2009-02-14 |
| 61. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
105.50 |
0.9567 |
0.0119 |
273 |
2 |
104.05 |
2009-03-12 |
| 62. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
104.98 |
0.9758 |
-0.0111 |
314 |
1 |
104.98 |
2009-03-12 |
| 63. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
104.92 |
0.9769 |
-0.0156 |
263 |
1 |
104.92 |
2009-02-10 |
| 64. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
103.86 |
0.9532 |
-0.0010 |
258 |
1 |
103.86 |
2009-02-10 |
| 65. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
103.33 |
0.9936 |
-0.0453 |
311 |
2 |
100.87 |
2009-02-10 |
| 66. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
102.48 |
0.9886 |
-0.0454 |
220 |
1 |
102.48 |
2009-02-17 |
| 67. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
102.31 |
1.0463 |
-0.1118 |
182 |
1 |
102.31 |
2009-02-10 |
| 68. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
101.66 |
0.9376 |
0.0009 |
367 |
1 |
101.66 |
2009-03-12 |
| 69. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
100.79 |
0.9049 |
0.0255 |
351 |
1 |
100.79 |
2009-02-10 |
| 70. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
100.28 |
1.0109 |
-0.0899 |
276 |
1 |
100.28 |
2009-02-06 |
| 71. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
100.21 |
0.9411 |
-0.0207 |
318 |
1 |
100.21 |
2009-02-10 |
| 72. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
100.21 |
0.9084 |
0.0153 |
404 |
2 |
94.92 |
2009-03-10 |
| 73. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
100.05 |
0.9084 |
0.0115 |
300 |
2 |
97.58 |
2009-02-10 |
| 74. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
99.85 |
0.9866 |
-0.0741 |
218 |
1 |
99.85 |
2009-02-10 |
| 75. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
99.75 |
1.0885 |
-0.1699 |
315 |
1 |
99.75 |
2009-02-10 |
| 76. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
98.85 |
0.9429 |
-0.0347 |
287 |
2 |
93.85 |
2009-02-06 |
| 77. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
98.74 |
1.0454 |
-0.1432 |
255 |
1 |
98.74 |
2009-02-10 |
| 78. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
97.29 |
0.9570 |
-0.0629 |
287 |
1 |
97.29 |
2009-02-06 |
| 79. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
97.28 |
1.0125 |
-0.1225 |
224 |
1 |
97.28 |
2009-03-10 |
| 80. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
96.55 |
0.9965 |
-0.1107 |
310 |
1 |
96.55 |
2009-03-12 |
| 81. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
95.68 |
0.9212 |
-0.0405 |
323 |
1 |
95.68 |
2009-03-12 |
| 82. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
95.41 |
0.9557 |
-0.0745 |
331 |
1 |
95.41 |
2009-03-12 |
| 83. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
94.84 |
1.0201 |
-0.1573 |
172 |
1 |
94.84 |
2009-02-06 |
| 84. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
94.78 |
1.1016 |
-0.2325 |
233 |
1 |
94.78 |
2009-02-10 |
| 85. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
94.18 |
0.8961 |
-0.0360 |
189 |
1 |
94.18 |
2009-02-10 |
| 86. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
93.87 |
0.8981 |
-0.0329 |
393 |
1 |
93.87 |
2009-02-10 |
| 87. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
93.84 |
0.9087 |
-0.0377 |
393 |
1 |
93.84 |
2009-03-12 |
| 88. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
93.29 |
0.9351 |
-0.0854 |
190 |
1 |
93.29 |
2009-02-10 |
| 89. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
91.57 |
1.0063 |
-0.1667 |
371 |
1 |
91.57 |
2009-02-10 |
| 90. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
91.14 |
0.9168 |
-0.0803 |
240 |
1 |
91.14 |
2009-02-10 |
| 91. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
90.74 |
0.9597 |
-0.1242 |
347 |
2 |
90.63 |
2009-03-12 |
| 92. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
90.54 |
0.9786 |
-0.1495 |
235 |
1 |
90.54 |
2009-02-10 |
| 93. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
90.49 |
0.9910 |
-0.1600 |
295 |
1 |
90.49 |
2009-02-10 |
| 94. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
90.33 |
0.8919 |
-0.0660 |
205 |
1 |
90.33 |
2009-03-12 |
| 95. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
90.17 |
1.0068 |
-0.1774 |
358 |
1 |
90.17 |
2009-03-12 |
| 96. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
90.08 |
0.8890 |
-0.0673 |
199 |
1 |
90.08 |
2009-02-10 |
| 97. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
89.17 |
0.8788 |
-0.0655 |
134 |
1 |
89.17 |
2009-02-06 |
| 98. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
88.81 |
0.9088 |
-0.0901 |
348 |
1 |
88.81 |
2009-02-10 |
| 99. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
87.76 |
1.0138 |
-0.2105 |
231 |
1 |
87.76 |
2009-02-10 |
| 100. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
83.35 |
1.0711 |
-0.3135 |
213 |
1 |
83.35 |
2009-02-10 |
| 101. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
82.09 |
0.9097 |
-0.1171 |
464 |
1 |
82.09 |
2009-03-12 |
| 102. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
81.77 |
0.8722 |
-0.1213 |
285 |
1 |
81.77 |
2009-02-10 |
| 103. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
80.61 |
0.9330 |
-0.1892 |
360 |
1 |
80.61 |
2009-02-10 |
| 104. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
78.17 |
0.7876 |
-0.0705 |
316 |
1 |
78.17 |
2009-02-10 |
| 105. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
77.37 |
0.9768 |
-0.2672 |
387 |
1 |
77.37 |
2009-02-10 |
| 106. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
76.17 |
0.8852 |
-0.1872 |
201 |
1 |
76.17 |
2009-02-10 |
| 107. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
72.25 |
0.9894 |
-0.3256 |
323 |
1 |
72.25 |
2009-02-10 |
| 108. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
66.26 |
0.8553 |
-0.2567 |
174 |
1 |
66.26 |
2009-03-10 |