| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
116.75 |
1.0483 |
0.2760 |
227 |
2 |
107.95 |
2011-01-16 |
| 2. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
111.59 |
0.9976 |
0.2909 |
174 |
3 |
94.94 |
2011-02-09 |
| 3. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
109.88 |
1.0711 |
0.1724 |
213 |
1 |
109.88 |
2011-06-09 |
| 4. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
108.66 |
1.0993 |
0.1331 |
265 |
3 |
98.81 |
2011-02-09 |
| 5. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
108.38 |
1.0565 |
0.1722 |
247 |
4 |
92.49 |
2011-02-09 |
| 6. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
107.39 |
1.0398 |
0.1696 |
110 |
1 |
107.39 |
2010-08-03 |
| 7. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
107.14 |
1.0829 |
0.1357 |
288 |
1 |
107.14 |
2011-01-16 |
| 8. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
106.57 |
1.0232 |
0.2229 |
236 |
1 |
106.57 |
2011-01-16 |
| 9. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
105.85 |
1.0788 |
0.1179 |
171 |
1 |
105.85 |
2010-08-03 |
| 10. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
102.99 |
0.9966 |
0.1723 |
259 |
1 |
102.99 |
2010-08-03 |
| 11. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
102.71 |
1.0095 |
0.1555 |
316 |
1 |
102.71 |
2012-02-27 |
| 12. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
102.11 |
1.0496 |
0.1090 |
314 |
2 |
91.28 |
2011-02-09 |
| 13. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
100.39 |
1.0767 |
0.0606 |
212 |
1 |
100.39 |
2011-06-09 |
| 14. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
100.33 |
1.0263 |
0.1117 |
267 |
1 |
100.33 |
2011-01-16 |
| 15. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
99.80 |
1.0025 |
0.1311 |
336 |
1 |
99.80 |
2011-01-16 |
| 16. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
99.63 |
1.0214 |
0.1042 |
166 |
1 |
99.63 |
2010-11-22 |
| 17. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
99.58 |
1.0254 |
0.1457 |
217 |
1 |
99.58 |
2010-11-22 |
| 18. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
99.18 |
0.9758 |
0.1507 |
314 |
1 |
99.18 |
2012-02-27 |
| 19. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
98.62 |
1.0529 |
0.0664 |
351 |
1 |
98.62 |
2010-08-02 |
| 20. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
98.52 |
1.0173 |
0.1450 |
268 |
1 |
98.52 |
2011-02-09 |
| 21. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
98.44 |
1.0667 |
0.0892 |
406 |
1 |
98.44 |
2012-02-27 |
| 22. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
98.44 |
1.0168 |
0.1018 |
271 |
1 |
98.44 |
2012-02-27 |
| 23. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
98.10 |
1.0073 |
0.1142 |
369 |
1 |
98.10 |
2011-01-16 |
| 24. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
98.05 |
0.9699 |
0.1421 |
269 |
1 |
98.05 |
2011-01-16 |
| 25. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
98.01 |
1.0214 |
0.0892 |
269 |
1 |
98.01 |
2011-01-16 |
| 26. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
97.67 |
1.0763 |
0.0736 |
367 |
1 |
97.67 |
2011-01-16 |
| 27. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
97.61 |
1.1296 |
0.0071 |
252 |
1 |
97.61 |
2011-02-09 |
| 28. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
96.76 |
1.0314 |
0.1057 |
452 |
2 |
93.48 |
2011-01-16 |
| 29. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
96.55 |
0.9884 |
0.1064 |
233 |
2 |
94.84 |
2010-11-22 |
| 30. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
96.23 |
1.1018 |
-0.0165 |
220 |
2 |
90.76 |
2009-06-15 |
| 31. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
96.22 |
1.0426 |
0.0485 |
323 |
2 |
86.56 |
2010-11-22 |
| 32. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
96.18 |
1.0619 |
0.0330 |
354 |
3 |
91.24 |
2011-02-09 |
| 33. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
95.51 |
1.0203 |
0.0667 |
261 |
2 |
86.23 |
2011-01-16 |
| 34. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
94.93 |
1.0714 |
-0.0035 |
129 |
3 |
88.72 |
2012-02-27 |
| 35. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
94.92 |
1.1215 |
-0.0209 |
200 |
1 |
94.92 |
2010-11-22 |
| 36. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
94.56 |
0.9820 |
0.0935 |
267 |
1 |
94.56 |
2010-11-22 |
| 37. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
94.39 |
1.0252 |
0.0392 |
176 |
1 |
94.39 |
2010-11-22 |
| 38. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
94.37 |
1.0725 |
0.0236 |
233 |
1 |
94.37 |
2010-08-03 |
| 39. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
94.27 |
1.1114 |
-0.0448 |
247 |
1 |
94.27 |
2009-06-15 |
| 40. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
93.78 |
0.8878 |
0.1757 |
346 |
1 |
93.78 |
2011-01-16 |
| 41. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
93.75 |
0.9045 |
0.1593 |
235 |
1 |
93.75 |
2011-02-09 |
| 42. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
93.33 |
1.0025 |
0.0558 |
256 |
1 |
93.33 |
2011-02-09 |
| 43. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
93.18 |
0.9946 |
0.0622 |
246 |
1 |
93.18 |
2010-11-22 |
| 44. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
92.90 |
0.9899 |
0.0590 |
163 |
3 |
86.61 |
2010-11-22 |
| 45. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
92.76 |
0.9293 |
0.1235 |
355 |
1 |
92.76 |
2011-02-09 |
| 46. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
92.61 |
1.0441 |
0.0077 |
252 |
1 |
92.61 |
2011-02-09 |
| 47. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
91.92 |
1.1014 |
-0.0213 |
273 |
1 |
91.92 |
2011-01-16 |
| 48. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
91.69 |
1.0740 |
0.0039 |
264 |
1 |
91.69 |
2011-02-09 |
| 49. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
91.25 |
0.9893 |
0.0455 |
323 |
1 |
91.25 |
2010-08-02 |
| 50. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
90.66 |
0.9905 |
0.0688 |
337 |
1 |
90.66 |
2011-02-09 |
| 51. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
90.58 |
0.9673 |
0.0990 |
232 |
1 |
90.58 |
2010-08-02 |
| 52. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
90.01 |
1.0774 |
-0.0277 |
304 |
2 |
89.34 |
2011-01-16 |
| 53. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
89.84 |
1.0141 |
0.0408 |
304 |
1 |
89.84 |
2010-08-03 |
| 54. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
89.61 |
1.0316 |
-0.0119 |
333 |
2 |
79.20 |
2010-11-22 |
| 55. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
89.49 |
1.1081 |
-0.0593 |
206 |
1 |
89.49 |
2011-02-09 |
| 56. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
89.19 |
1.0296 |
-0.0121 |
437 |
1 |
89.19 |
2012-02-27 |
| 57. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
89.17 |
0.9275 |
0.0801 |
211 |
1 |
89.17 |
2011-02-09 |
| 58. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
89.03 |
0.9485 |
0.0624 |
236 |
1 |
89.03 |
2010-08-03 |
| 59. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
88.88 |
1.0787 |
-0.0726 |
237 |
1 |
88.88 |
2010-11-22 |
| 60. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
88.43 |
1.0528 |
-0.0556 |
201 |
2 |
80.60 |
2011-02-09 |
| 61. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
88.20 |
1.0515 |
-0.0538 |
250 |
1 |
88.20 |
2010-11-22 |
| 62. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
88.12 |
1.0167 |
-0.0110 |
378 |
1 |
88.12 |
2010-08-03 |
| 63. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
87.69 |
0.8852 |
0.1109 |
201 |
2 |
83.27 |
2009-06-15 |
| 64. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
87.67 |
1.0337 |
-0.0407 |
214 |
1 |
87.67 |
2011-01-16 |
| 65. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
87.65 |
0.9731 |
0.0077 |
129 |
1 |
87.65 |
2011-02-09 |
| 66. |
Corn is what feeds the steer that becomes the steak. Corn fe... |
87.57 |
1.0008 |
0.0346 |
473 |
1 |
87.57 |
2011-02-09 |
| 67. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
87.36 |
1.0292 |
-0.0404 |
262 |
1 |
87.36 |
2010-08-02 |
| 68. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
87.30 |
1.0463 |
-0.0615 |
182 |
1 |
87.30 |
2009-07-06 |
| 69. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
87.14 |
1.0257 |
-0.0317 |
401 |
1 |
87.14 |
2010-11-22 |
| 70. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
87.07 |
0.9894 |
0.0017 |
323 |
1 |
87.07 |
2011-01-16 |
| 71. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
87.05 |
0.9619 |
0.0300 |
393 |
3 |
75.51 |
2011-02-09 |
| 72. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
86.56 |
1.0444 |
-0.0703 |
197 |
1 |
86.56 |
2009-02-25 |
| 73. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
86.49 |
0.9740 |
0.0020 |
209 |
2 |
78.12 |
2011-02-09 |
| 74. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
86.36 |
1.0060 |
-0.0322 |
171 |
1 |
86.36 |
2009-05-20 |
| 75. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
86.26 |
0.9464 |
0.0362 |
323 |
2 |
83.93 |
2011-02-09 |
| 76. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
86.13 |
1.0034 |
-0.0291 |
302 |
2 |
70.09 |
2010-11-22 |
| 77. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
86.08 |
1.0029 |
-0.0339 |
209 |
1 |
86.08 |
2010-11-22 |
| 78. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
85.80 |
0.9754 |
0.0029 |
362 |
1 |
85.80 |
2011-02-09 |
| 79. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
85.61 |
0.9653 |
0.0130 |
394 |
1 |
85.61 |
2011-02-09 |
| 80. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
85.35 |
0.8961 |
0.0673 |
189 |
1 |
85.35 |
2010-08-03 |
| 81. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
85.13 |
1.0441 |
-0.0383 |
316 |
1 |
85.13 |
2011-02-09 |
| 82. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
85.06 |
0.9088 |
0.0600 |
348 |
1 |
85.06 |
2010-08-02 |
| 83. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
84.49 |
1.0297 |
-0.0738 |
249 |
1 |
84.49 |
2009-06-15 |
| 84. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
84.49 |
0.9665 |
0.0397 |
326 |
1 |
84.49 |
2011-02-09 |
| 85. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
83.96 |
1.0289 |
-0.0734 |
276 |
1 |
83.96 |
2009-06-15 |
| 86. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
83.81 |
0.9881 |
0.0016 |
424 |
1 |
83.81 |
2010-11-22 |
| 87. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
83.71 |
1.0596 |
-0.1136 |
239 |
1 |
83.71 |
2009-02-25 |
| 88. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
83.59 |
1.0150 |
-0.0192 |
325 |
1 |
83.59 |
2010-11-22 |
| 89. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
83.50 |
1.0016 |
-0.0605 |
218 |
1 |
83.50 |
2011-01-16 |
| 90. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
83.02 |
0.9509 |
0.0277 |
225 |
1 |
83.02 |
2011-02-09 |
| 91. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
82.49 |
1.0138 |
-0.0800 |
231 |
1 |
82.49 |
2009-05-17 |
| 92. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
82.44 |
1.0340 |
-0.0950 |
406 |
1 |
82.44 |
2009-05-17 |
| 93. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
81.91 |
1.0396 |
-0.1194 |
149 |
1 |
81.91 |
2009-05-17 |
| 94. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
81.63 |
0.9709 |
-0.0056 |
397 |
1 |
81.63 |
2010-08-02 |
| 95. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
81.55 |
1.0189 |
-0.0923 |
337 |
1 |
81.55 |
2010-11-22 |
| 96. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
81.50 |
0.9905 |
-0.0600 |
377 |
2 |
78.18 |
2009-07-06 |
| 97. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
81.47 |
0.9461 |
-0.0276 |
193 |
1 |
81.47 |
2010-08-03 |
| 98. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
81.15 |
0.9937 |
-0.0500 |
429 |
1 |
81.15 |
2010-11-22 |
| 99. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
79.93 |
0.9216 |
0.0219 |
255 |
1 |
79.93 |
2011-02-09 |
| 100. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
79.81 |
1.0399 |
-0.1313 |
294 |
1 |
79.81 |
2009-05-20 |
| 101. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
79.70 |
0.9109 |
-0.0063 |
401 |
1 |
79.70 |
2010-08-02 |
| 102. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
79.15 |
0.9693 |
-0.0522 |
360 |
1 |
79.15 |
2010-11-22 |
| 103. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
78.75 |
1.0062 |
-0.1152 |
288 |
1 |
78.75 |
2010-11-22 |
| 104. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
78.69 |
1.0669 |
-0.1437 |
213 |
1 |
78.69 |
2010-11-22 |
| 105. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
77.65 |
1.0487 |
-0.1753 |
231 |
1 |
77.65 |
2009-07-06 |
| 106. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
77.59 |
0.9814 |
-0.0640 |
364 |
1 |
77.59 |
2010-11-22 |
| 107. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
77.49 |
0.9879 |
-0.1024 |
450 |
1 |
77.49 |
2010-08-02 |
| 108. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
77.14 |
0.9681 |
-0.0871 |
378 |
1 |
77.14 |
2009-02-25 |
| 109. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
76.63 |
0.9632 |
-0.0541 |
345 |
1 |
76.63 |
2010-11-22 |
| 110. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
75.72 |
0.9125 |
-0.0543 |
308 |
1 |
75.72 |
2009-05-20 |
| 111. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
75.36 |
0.9233 |
-0.0793 |
168 |
1 |
75.36 |
2010-08-03 |
| 112. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
74.99 |
1.0197 |
-0.1748 |
226 |
1 |
74.99 |
2010-11-22 |
| 113. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
74.99 |
1.0666 |
-0.2184 |
297 |
2 |
74.48 |
2009-05-17 |
| 114. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
74.83 |
1.0261 |
-0.1406 |
410 |
1 |
74.83 |
2010-11-22 |
| 115. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
73.76 |
0.9514 |
-0.1174 |
237 |
1 |
73.76 |
2009-06-15 |
| 116. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
72.49 |
0.9234 |
-0.0988 |
346 |
1 |
72.49 |
2009-05-17 |
| 117. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
72.03 |
0.8722 |
-0.0553 |
285 |
1 |
72.03 |
2010-08-02 |
| 118. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
71.81 |
0.9213 |
-0.1093 |
295 |
1 |
71.81 |
2009-06-15 |
| 119. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
68.02 |
0.9811 |
-0.2104 |
272 |
1 |
68.02 |
2010-08-02 |
| 120. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
67.39 |
0.9635 |
-0.1972 |
389 |
1 |
67.39 |
2010-11-22 |
| 121. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
66.47 |
0.9164 |
-0.1612 |
305 |
1 |
66.47 |
2010-08-02 |
| 122. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
66.06 |
0.9691 |
-0.2242 |
223 |
1 |
66.06 |
2009-05-20 |
| 123. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
65.98 |
0.9527 |
-0.2082 |
251 |
1 |
65.98 |
2009-05-17 |
| 124. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
65.59 |
0.8996 |
-0.1652 |
192 |
2 |
65.19 |
2009-06-15 |
| 125. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
63.89 |
0.9532 |
-0.2339 |
258 |
2 |
63.20 |
2010-08-02 |
| 126. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
61.58 |
0.9148 |
-0.2194 |
317 |
1 |
61.58 |
2009-05-20 |
| 127. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
48.64 |
0.9734 |
-0.4283 |
289 |
1 |
48.64 |
2010-08-02 |
| 128. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
37.52 |
1.0595 |
-0.6389 |
379 |
1 |
37.52 |
2010-08-02 |
| 129. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
34.46 |
0.8826 |
-0.4985 |
296 |
1 |
34.46 |
2009-02-25 |