| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
151.01 |
1.0740 |
0.1892 |
264 |
2 |
139.01 |
2012-09-08 |
| 2. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
149.67 |
1.0788 |
0.1295 |
171 |
2 |
136.99 |
2012-09-08 |
| 3. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
149.37 |
1.1114 |
0.0974 |
247 |
1 |
149.37 |
2012-09-08 |
| 4. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
145.63 |
1.0063 |
0.1749 |
371 |
1 |
145.63 |
2012-09-08 |
| 5. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
141.81 |
1.1068 |
0.0830 |
393 |
1 |
141.81 |
2012-09-09 |
| 6. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
141.03 |
1.0483 |
0.0918 |
227 |
1 |
141.03 |
2012-09-09 |
| 7. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
140.96 |
1.0669 |
0.1079 |
286 |
1 |
140.96 |
2012-09-09 |
| 8. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
139.56 |
1.0496 |
0.0808 |
314 |
1 |
139.56 |
2012-09-08 |
| 9. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
139.54 |
1.0719 |
0.0866 |
360 |
1 |
139.54 |
2012-09-08 |
| 10. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
138.34 |
0.9351 |
0.1805 |
190 |
2 |
122.25 |
2012-09-09 |
| 11. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
137.93 |
0.9734 |
0.1440 |
289 |
1 |
137.93 |
2012-09-09 |
| 12. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
137.41 |
1.0944 |
0.0639 |
308 |
1 |
137.41 |
2012-09-09 |
| 13. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
137.35 |
1.0486 |
0.0652 |
289 |
1 |
137.35 |
2012-09-09 |
| 14. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
137.13 |
1.0201 |
0.0843 |
172 |
1 |
137.13 |
2012-09-08 |
| 15. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
136.70 |
1.0619 |
0.0493 |
354 |
1 |
136.70 |
2012-09-08 |
| 16. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
136.41 |
1.0257 |
0.0860 |
401 |
1 |
136.41 |
2012-09-09 |
| 17. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
135.88 |
0.9553 |
0.1528 |
430 |
2 |
126.16 |
2012-09-09 |
| 18. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
135.47 |
1.0389 |
0.0610 |
340 |
1 |
135.47 |
2012-09-08 |
| 19. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
134.63 |
1.0352 |
0.0586 |
341 |
1 |
134.63 |
2012-09-09 |
| 20. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
134.14 |
1.0829 |
0.0052 |
288 |
1 |
134.14 |
2012-09-09 |
| 21. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
133.93 |
1.0462 |
0.0326 |
184 |
1 |
133.93 |
2012-09-08 |
| 22. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
133.89 |
1.0523 |
0.0280 |
256 |
1 |
133.89 |
2012-09-09 |
| 23. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
132.59 |
1.0368 |
0.0380 |
276 |
1 |
132.59 |
2012-09-09 |
| 24. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
132.58 |
0.9485 |
0.1278 |
291 |
1 |
132.58 |
2012-09-09 |
| 25. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
132.40 |
1.0270 |
0.0814 |
255 |
2 |
124.75 |
2012-09-08 |
| 26. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
132.36 |
0.9965 |
0.0759 |
310 |
2 |
122.53 |
2012-09-09 |
| 27. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
131.56 |
1.0218 |
0.0408 |
268 |
2 |
128.88 |
2012-09-09 |
| 28. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
130.92 |
1.0320 |
0.0656 |
293 |
1 |
130.92 |
2012-09-08 |
| 29. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
130.89 |
1.0034 |
0.0551 |
302 |
1 |
130.89 |
2012-09-09 |
| 30. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
130.80 |
1.0613 |
-0.0011 |
266 |
1 |
130.80 |
2012-09-09 |
| 31. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
130.78 |
1.0429 |
0.0148 |
259 |
2 |
121.73 |
2012-09-08 |
| 32. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
130.64 |
0.9936 |
0.0845 |
227 |
2 |
125.92 |
2012-09-08 |
| 33. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
130.23 |
0.9005 |
0.1526 |
212 |
2 |
127.99 |
2012-09-09 |
| 34. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
130.09 |
1.0167 |
0.0435 |
378 |
1 |
130.09 |
2012-09-08 |
| 35. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
129.54 |
0.9693 |
0.1010 |
360 |
2 |
121.64 |
2012-09-09 |
| 36. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
129.51 |
1.0292 |
0.0182 |
262 |
2 |
126.15 |
2012-09-09 |
| 37. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
129.30 |
1.0441 |
0.0442 |
316 |
1 |
129.30 |
2012-09-08 |
| 38. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
129.01 |
1.0211 |
0.0542 |
213 |
2 |
125.11 |
2012-09-09 |
| 39. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
128.70 |
1.0365 |
0.0355 |
162 |
1 |
128.70 |
2012-09-09 |
| 40. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
128.70 |
0.9852 |
0.0572 |
264 |
1 |
128.70 |
2012-09-09 |
| 41. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
128.43 |
0.8775 |
0.1659 |
443 |
3 |
119.16 |
2012-09-08 |
| 42. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
128.40 |
0.9593 |
0.0850 |
398 |
2 |
118.15 |
2012-09-09 |
| 43. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
127.81 |
0.9697 |
0.0653 |
249 |
1 |
127.81 |
2012-09-09 |
| 44. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
127.02 |
1.0487 |
-0.0254 |
231 |
1 |
127.02 |
2012-09-08 |
| 45. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
126.96 |
1.0177 |
0.0483 |
392 |
2 |
118.00 |
2012-09-09 |
| 46. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
126.76 |
1.0120 |
0.0134 |
290 |
2 |
118.87 |
2012-09-08 |
| 47. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
126.67 |
1.0334 |
-0.0145 |
131 |
1 |
126.67 |
2012-09-08 |
| 48. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
126.54 |
0.9756 |
0.0474 |
229 |
1 |
126.54 |
2012-09-08 |
| 49. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
126.44 |
1.0109 |
0.0455 |
400 |
2 |
121.53 |
2012-09-09 |
| 50. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
126.43 |
0.8722 |
0.1541 |
285 |
3 |
119.46 |
2012-09-09 |
| 51. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
126.38 |
0.9946 |
0.0282 |
246 |
1 |
126.38 |
2012-09-09 |
| 52. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
126.12 |
1.0214 |
-0.0022 |
269 |
1 |
126.12 |
2012-09-09 |
| 53. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
125.96 |
1.0396 |
-0.0272 |
149 |
1 |
125.96 |
2012-09-08 |
| 54. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
125.66 |
1.0261 |
-0.0109 |
273 |
1 |
125.66 |
2012-09-09 |
| 55. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
125.63 |
1.0389 |
-0.0203 |
318 |
1 |
125.63 |
2012-09-08 |
| 56. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
125.25 |
1.0725 |
-0.0329 |
233 |
1 |
125.25 |
2012-09-09 |
| 57. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
124.63 |
1.0577 |
-0.0525 |
247 |
1 |
124.63 |
2012-09-08 |
| 58. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
124.50 |
1.1022 |
-0.0595 |
259 |
1 |
124.50 |
2012-09-08 |
| 59. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
124.40 |
1.0521 |
-0.0501 |
171 |
2 |
118.94 |
2012-09-08 |
| 60. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
124.17 |
1.0352 |
-0.0277 |
341 |
1 |
124.17 |
2012-09-08 |
| 61. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
123.39 |
1.0297 |
-0.0324 |
249 |
1 |
123.39 |
2012-09-09 |
| 62. |
Right, I am going to tell you how this works. You're going i... |
123.13 |
1.0482 |
-0.0281 |
487 |
1 |
123.13 |
2012-09-09 |
| 63. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
123.02 |
0.9966 |
-0.0017 |
259 |
2 |
115.76 |
2012-09-09 |
| 64. |
Corn is what feeds the steer that becomes the steak. Corn fe... |
123.02 |
1.0008 |
0.0377 |
473 |
1 |
123.02 |
2012-09-09 |
| 65. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
123.00 |
1.0417 |
-0.0489 |
253 |
1 |
123.00 |
2012-09-08 |
| 66. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
122.95 |
1.0201 |
-0.0212 |
375 |
1 |
122.95 |
2012-09-09 |
| 67. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
122.88 |
1.0125 |
-0.0205 |
224 |
1 |
122.88 |
2012-09-08 |
| 68. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
122.65 |
0.8553 |
0.1321 |
174 |
1 |
122.65 |
2012-09-08 |
| 69. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
121.83 |
1.0941 |
-0.0772 |
256 |
1 |
121.83 |
2012-09-09 |
| 70. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
121.65 |
0.9910 |
-0.0048 |
295 |
2 |
107.97 |
2012-09-09 |
| 71. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
121.60 |
0.9074 |
0.0830 |
396 |
1 |
121.60 |
2012-09-09 |
| 72. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
121.58 |
1.0068 |
-0.0198 |
358 |
1 |
121.58 |
2012-09-08 |
| 73. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
121.00 |
0.9866 |
-0.0114 |
218 |
1 |
121.00 |
2012-09-09 |
| 74. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
120.95 |
1.0062 |
-0.0277 |
288 |
1 |
120.95 |
2012-09-08 |
| 75. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
120.77 |
0.9723 |
0.0085 |
364 |
1 |
120.77 |
2012-09-08 |
| 76. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
120.62 |
1.0016 |
-0.0304 |
218 |
1 |
120.62 |
2012-09-09 |
| 77. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
120.56 |
0.9622 |
0.0195 |
392 |
1 |
120.56 |
2012-09-09 |
| 78. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
120.02 |
0.9922 |
0.0198 |
341 |
1 |
120.02 |
2012-09-08 |
| 79. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
119.53 |
1.0165 |
-0.0457 |
392 |
1 |
119.53 |
2012-09-09 |
| 80. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
119.23 |
0.9176 |
0.0856 |
365 |
1 |
119.23 |
2012-09-09 |
| 81. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
118.91 |
1.0138 |
-0.0524 |
231 |
1 |
118.91 |
2012-09-09 |
| 82. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
118.86 |
0.9881 |
0.0138 |
424 |
2 |
115.75 |
2012-09-09 |
| 83. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
118.80 |
0.9841 |
-0.0194 |
334 |
1 |
118.80 |
2012-09-08 |
| 84. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
118.37 |
1.0454 |
-0.0917 |
255 |
1 |
118.37 |
2012-09-09 |
| 85. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
118.08 |
0.9371 |
0.0568 |
318 |
1 |
118.08 |
2012-09-09 |
| 86. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
117.95 |
0.9886 |
-0.0322 |
220 |
1 |
117.95 |
2012-09-08 |
| 87. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
117.50 |
1.0252 |
-0.0815 |
176 |
1 |
117.50 |
2012-09-09 |
| 88. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
117.42 |
1.0168 |
-0.0658 |
271 |
1 |
117.42 |
2012-09-09 |
| 89. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
117.39 |
0.9678 |
0.0162 |
445 |
1 |
117.39 |
2012-09-09 |
| 90. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
116.39 |
1.0403 |
-0.0593 |
275 |
1 |
116.39 |
2012-09-08 |
| 91. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
116.31 |
1.0117 |
-0.0264 |
297 |
1 |
116.31 |
2012-09-09 |
| 92. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
116.28 |
1.1018 |
-0.1680 |
220 |
1 |
116.28 |
2012-09-08 |
| 93. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
116.04 |
0.9632 |
-0.0185 |
392 |
1 |
116.04 |
2012-09-09 |
| 94. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
116.02 |
0.9846 |
-0.0476 |
281 |
1 |
116.02 |
2012-09-08 |
| 95. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
115.97 |
0.9772 |
-0.0430 |
217 |
1 |
115.97 |
2012-09-08 |
| 96. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
115.82 |
1.0774 |
-0.1115 |
304 |
1 |
115.82 |
2012-09-09 |
| 97. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
115.77 |
0.9820 |
-0.0431 |
267 |
1 |
115.77 |
2012-09-09 |
| 98. |
You came close, but you never made it, and if you were gonna... |
115.62 |
0.9126 |
0.0140 |
96 |
1 |
115.62 |
2012-09-08 |
| 99. |
Don't practice too much at first, or you're likely to develo... |
115.47 |
1.0141 |
-0.0404 |
381 |
1 |
115.47 |
2012-09-09 |
| 100. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
115.28 |
1.0083 |
-0.0321 |
273 |
1 |
115.28 |
2012-09-09 |
| 101. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
115.26 |
0.9632 |
0.0110 |
345 |
1 |
115.26 |
2012-09-09 |
| 102. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
115.12 |
1.0099 |
-0.0821 |
207 |
1 |
115.12 |
2012-09-09 |
| 103. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
114.77 |
1.0203 |
-0.0890 |
261 |
1 |
114.77 |
2012-09-09 |
| 104. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
114.31 |
0.9572 |
0.0100 |
376 |
1 |
114.31 |
2012-09-09 |
| 105. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
114.31 |
1.0441 |
-0.1185 |
252 |
1 |
114.31 |
2012-09-09 |
| 106. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
114.25 |
1.0214 |
-0.1032 |
166 |
1 |
114.25 |
2012-09-09 |
| 107. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
113.58 |
1.0201 |
-0.1016 |
303 |
1 |
113.58 |
2012-09-09 |
| 108. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
113.40 |
0.9597 |
-0.0390 |
347 |
1 |
113.40 |
2012-09-09 |
| 109. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
113.37 |
1.0477 |
-0.1289 |
360 |
1 |
113.37 |
2012-09-09 |
| 110. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
112.66 |
0.9897 |
-0.0814 |
274 |
1 |
112.66 |
2012-09-08 |
| 111. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
112.44 |
0.9023 |
0.0493 |
231 |
1 |
112.44 |
2012-09-08 |
| 112. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
112.35 |
0.9763 |
-0.0688 |
289 |
1 |
112.35 |
2012-09-08 |
| 113. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
111.88 |
0.9941 |
-0.0923 |
217 |
1 |
111.88 |
2012-09-08 |
| 114. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
110.24 |
1.0213 |
-0.1338 |
240 |
1 |
110.24 |
2012-09-09 |
| 115. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
110.15 |
0.8852 |
0.0069 |
201 |
1 |
110.15 |
2012-09-09 |
| 116. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
109.87 |
0.9879 |
-0.0915 |
450 |
1 |
109.87 |
2012-09-08 |
| 117. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
109.73 |
0.8602 |
0.0242 |
206 |
1 |
109.73 |
2012-09-09 |
| 118. |
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the ju... |
108.98 |
1.0459 |
-0.1343 |
200 |
1 |
108.98 |
2012-09-09 |
| 119. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
108.67 |
1.0399 |
-0.1568 |
294 |
1 |
108.67 |
2012-09-08 |
| 120. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
108.58 |
0.9785 |
-0.0982 |
335 |
1 |
108.58 |
2012-09-09 |
| 121. |
Three changes occur while the stacked disk structure equilib... |
108.39 |
0.9382 |
-0.0375 |
440 |
1 |
108.39 |
2012-09-08 |
| 122. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
107.75 |
0.9698 |
-0.0666 |
397 |
1 |
107.75 |
2012-09-08 |
| 123. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
106.92 |
1.0358 |
-0.1307 |
349 |
1 |
106.92 |
2012-09-09 |
| 124. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
106.40 |
0.9128 |
-0.0120 |
369 |
1 |
106.40 |
2012-09-09 |
| 125. |
I often see racers, particularly at the back of the pack in ... |
106.03 |
1.0004 |
-0.1209 |
469 |
1 |
106.03 |
2012-09-09 |
| 126. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
105.50 |
0.9072 |
-0.0570 |
237 |
1 |
105.50 |
2012-09-09 |
| 127. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
104.86 |
0.9976 |
-0.1308 |
174 |
1 |
104.86 |
2012-09-09 |
| 128. |
We might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been... |
103.79 |
0.9359 |
-0.0585 |
353 |
1 |
103.79 |
2012-09-09 |
| 129. |
Pulp: 1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. 2. A magaz... |
103.43 |
0.9155 |
-0.0313 |
168 |
1 |
103.43 |
2012-09-09 |
| 130. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
102.12 |
1.0095 |
-0.1864 |
316 |
1 |
102.12 |
2012-09-08 |
| 131. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
98.08 |
0.9279 |
-0.1303 |
317 |
1 |
98.08 |
2012-09-09 |
| 132. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
97.63 |
0.9601 |
-0.1680 |
308 |
1 |
97.63 |
2012-09-09 |
| 133. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
96.90 |
1.0173 |
-0.1917 |
268 |
1 |
96.90 |
2012-09-09 |
| 134. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
96.56 |
1.0533 |
-0.2481 |
257 |
1 |
96.56 |
2012-09-09 |
| 135. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
96.06 |
0.9342 |
-0.1562 |
434 |
1 |
96.06 |
2012-09-09 |
| 136. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
92.91 |
0.8770 |
-0.1251 |
300 |
1 |
92.91 |
2012-09-09 |