| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
166.96 |
1.0419 |
0.1418 |
261 |
1 |
166.96 |
2008-12-22 |
| 2. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
165.13 |
1.0523 |
0.1140 |
256 |
2 |
164.05 |
2008-12-22 |
| 3. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
164.48 |
1.0577 |
0.1047 |
247 |
1 |
164.48 |
2008-12-22 |
| 4. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
160.15 |
1.0477 |
0.0896 |
360 |
1 |
160.15 |
2008-12-22 |
| 5. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
159.90 |
0.9682 |
0.1630 |
143 |
1 |
159.90 |
2008-12-22 |
| 6. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
159.88 |
1.0483 |
0.0816 |
227 |
2 |
153.18 |
2008-12-22 |
| 7. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
157.40 |
1.0334 |
0.0753 |
131 |
2 |
151.81 |
2008-12-22 |
| 8. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
156.75 |
1.0396 |
0.0637 |
149 |
1 |
156.75 |
2008-12-22 |
| 9. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
156.12 |
1.0004 |
0.0995 |
212 |
1 |
156.12 |
2008-12-22 |
| 10. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
154.26 |
1.0567 |
0.0366 |
303 |
2 |
150.55 |
2008-12-22 |
| 11. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
153.99 |
0.9289 |
0.1595 |
204 |
1 |
153.99 |
2008-12-22 |
| 12. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
153.97 |
0.9866 |
0.1003 |
218 |
1 |
153.97 |
2008-12-22 |
| 13. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
153.44 |
1.0486 |
0.0390 |
289 |
1 |
153.44 |
2008-12-22 |
| 14. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
153.39 |
0.9772 |
0.1057 |
217 |
1 |
153.39 |
2008-12-22 |
| 15. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
152.31 |
1.0555 |
0.0246 |
363 |
1 |
152.31 |
2008-12-22 |
| 16. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
151.90 |
1.0398 |
0.0254 |
110 |
2 |
151.15 |
2008-12-22 |
| 17. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
151.77 |
0.9514 |
0.1237 |
237 |
2 |
142.07 |
2008-12-22 |
| 18. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
149.77 |
1.0029 |
0.0512 |
209 |
1 |
149.77 |
2008-12-22 |
| 19. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
149.27 |
0.9168 |
0.1414 |
240 |
1 |
149.27 |
2008-12-22 |
| 20. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
148.53 |
1.0068 |
0.0481 |
358 |
2 |
141.73 |
2008-12-22 |
| 21. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
148.20 |
0.9697 |
0.0797 |
249 |
2 |
145.88 |
2008-12-22 |
| 22. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
147.77 |
0.9865 |
0.0607 |
276 |
1 |
147.77 |
2008-12-22 |
| 23. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
147.22 |
1.0296 |
0.0190 |
437 |
1 |
147.22 |
2008-12-22 |
| 24. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
147.11 |
0.9740 |
0.0633 |
209 |
2 |
143.65 |
2008-12-22 |
| 25. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
147.01 |
0.9966 |
0.0435 |
259 |
1 |
147.01 |
2008-12-22 |
| 26. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
146.92 |
1.0389 |
0.0028 |
318 |
1 |
146.92 |
2008-12-22 |
| 27. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
146.83 |
1.0429 |
-0.0049 |
259 |
1 |
146.83 |
2008-12-22 |
| 28. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
146.81 |
1.0516 |
-0.0127 |
281 |
1 |
146.81 |
2008-12-22 |
| 29. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
146.29 |
1.0385 |
-0.0048 |
230 |
1 |
146.29 |
2008-12-22 |
| 30. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
145.65 |
0.9769 |
0.0519 |
263 |
1 |
145.65 |
2008-12-22 |
| 31. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
145.26 |
1.0399 |
-0.0065 |
294 |
1 |
145.26 |
2008-12-22 |
| 32. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
145.23 |
0.8933 |
0.1410 |
363 |
1 |
145.23 |
2008-12-22 |
| 33. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
144.30 |
1.0613 |
-0.0391 |
266 |
1 |
144.30 |
2008-12-22 |
| 34. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
143.79 |
1.0297 |
-0.0133 |
249 |
1 |
143.79 |
2008-12-22 |
| 35. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
143.66 |
0.9780 |
0.0397 |
337 |
3 |
140.59 |
2008-12-22 |
| 36. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
142.93 |
0.9513 |
0.0640 |
354 |
2 |
140.23 |
2008-12-22 |
| 37. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
141.82 |
1.0714 |
-0.0768 |
129 |
1 |
141.82 |
2008-12-22 |
| 38. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
141.62 |
1.0426 |
-0.0412 |
323 |
1 |
141.62 |
2008-12-22 |
| 39. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
141.47 |
1.0796 |
-0.0834 |
129 |
1 |
141.47 |
2008-12-22 |
| 40. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
141.10 |
1.0352 |
-0.0338 |
341 |
2 |
89.39 |
2008-12-24 |
| 41. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
140.83 |
0.8890 |
0.1038 |
199 |
1 |
140.83 |
2008-12-22 |
| 42. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
140.78 |
0.9776 |
0.0186 |
308 |
1 |
140.78 |
2008-12-22 |
| 43. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
140.75 |
1.0496 |
-0.0545 |
314 |
1 |
140.75 |
2008-12-22 |
| 44. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
139.76 |
0.9411 |
0.0484 |
318 |
1 |
139.76 |
2008-12-22 |
| 45. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
139.76 |
0.9936 |
-0.0052 |
311 |
1 |
139.76 |
2008-12-22 |
| 46. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
139.44 |
0.9351 |
0.0458 |
190 |
1 |
139.44 |
2008-12-22 |
| 47. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
139.30 |
0.9763 |
0.0086 |
289 |
1 |
139.30 |
2008-12-22 |
| 48. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
139.19 |
1.0167 |
-0.0253 |
378 |
1 |
139.19 |
2008-12-22 |
| 49. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
138.92 |
1.0131 |
-0.0343 |
225 |
1 |
138.92 |
2008-12-22 |
| 50. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
138.44 |
0.9275 |
0.0485 |
211 |
1 |
138.44 |
2008-12-22 |
| 51. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
137.85 |
0.9622 |
0.0192 |
392 |
1 |
137.85 |
2008-12-22 |
| 52. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
137.82 |
0.8996 |
0.0697 |
192 |
1 |
137.82 |
2008-12-22 |
| 53. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
137.76 |
0.9426 |
0.0349 |
317 |
1 |
137.76 |
2008-12-22 |
| 54. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
137.72 |
0.9897 |
-0.0179 |
274 |
3 |
134.43 |
2008-12-22 |
| 55. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
136.84 |
0.9672 |
0.0071 |
396 |
1 |
136.84 |
2008-12-22 |
| 56. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
135.86 |
0.9619 |
0.0041 |
393 |
1 |
135.86 |
2008-12-22 |
| 57. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
135.07 |
0.9734 |
-0.0186 |
289 |
2 |
134.56 |
2008-12-22 |
| 58. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
134.80 |
0.9894 |
-0.0318 |
323 |
1 |
134.80 |
2008-12-22 |
| 59. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
134.80 |
0.9279 |
0.0318 |
317 |
1 |
134.80 |
2008-12-22 |
| 60. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
134.53 |
0.9635 |
-0.0068 |
389 |
2 |
133.74 |
2008-12-22 |
| 61. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
133.57 |
0.9785 |
-0.0309 |
335 |
1 |
133.57 |
2008-12-22 |
| 62. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
133.28 |
0.8595 |
0.0846 |
242 |
1 |
133.28 |
2008-12-22 |
| 63. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
133.16 |
0.9213 |
0.0206 |
295 |
1 |
133.16 |
2008-12-22 |
| 64. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
132.98 |
0.9833 |
-0.0416 |
355 |
1 |
132.98 |
2008-12-22 |
| 65. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
132.36 |
0.9309 |
0.0029 |
284 |
1 |
132.36 |
2008-12-22 |
| 66. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
132.03 |
0.8919 |
0.0397 |
205 |
1 |
132.03 |
2008-12-22 |
| 67. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
131.17 |
0.9646 |
-0.0383 |
264 |
1 |
131.17 |
2008-12-22 |
| 68. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
130.13 |
0.8947 |
0.0299 |
366 |
1 |
130.13 |
2008-12-22 |
| 69. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
129.64 |
0.9087 |
0.0182 |
393 |
1 |
129.64 |
2008-12-22 |
| 70. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
129.42 |
1.0124 |
-0.1002 |
204 |
1 |
129.42 |
2008-12-22 |
| 71. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
128.63 |
1.0214 |
-0.1178 |
166 |
1 |
128.63 |
2008-12-22 |
| 72. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
128.18 |
0.9109 |
-0.0026 |
401 |
1 |
128.18 |
2008-12-22 |
| 73. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
127.98 |
0.9365 |
-0.0308 |
248 |
1 |
127.98 |
2008-12-22 |
| 74. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
127.34 |
0.9286 |
-0.0299 |
194 |
1 |
127.34 |
2008-12-22 |
| 75. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
125.94 |
0.9084 |
-0.0169 |
300 |
1 |
125.94 |
2008-12-22 |
| 76. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
124.89 |
0.8916 |
-0.0091 |
216 |
1 |
124.89 |
2008-12-22 |
| 77. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
118.85 |
0.9045 |
-0.0653 |
235 |
1 |
118.85 |
2008-12-22 |
| 78. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
117.21 |
0.7876 |
0.0421 |
316 |
1 |
117.21 |
2008-12-22 |
| 79. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
33.55 |
1.0462 |
-0.8248 |
184 |
1 |
33.55 |
2008-12-24 |
| 80. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
31.68 |
1.0711 |
-0.8621 |
213 |
1 |
31.68 |
2008-12-24 |