| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
91.67 |
1.0337 |
0.2168 |
214 |
3 |
86.05 |
2009-08-15 |
| 2. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
91.01 |
1.0296 |
0.2188 |
437 |
4 |
74.95 |
2009-08-15 |
| 3. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
90.54 |
1.0033 |
0.2255 |
189 |
2 |
82.87 |
2009-04-11 |
| 4. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
88.65 |
1.0613 |
0.1491 |
266 |
2 |
84.32 |
2009-04-11 |
| 5. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
87.99 |
1.0334 |
0.1605 |
131 |
2 |
73.89 |
2009-08-15 |
| 6. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
87.49 |
1.0203 |
0.1766 |
261 |
1 |
87.49 |
2009-04-06 |
| 7. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
87.26 |
1.0462 |
0.1380 |
184 |
1 |
87.26 |
2009-08-15 |
| 8. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
87.17 |
1.1018 |
0.0809 |
220 |
1 |
87.17 |
2009-04-11 |
| 9. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
86.96 |
1.0124 |
0.1714 |
204 |
1 |
86.96 |
2009-03-28 |
| 10. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
86.28 |
0.9532 |
0.2223 |
258 |
2 |
81.00 |
2009-08-15 |
| 11. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
85.59 |
1.0529 |
0.1143 |
351 |
2 |
75.31 |
2009-04-10 |
| 12. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
85.11 |
1.0398 |
0.1104 |
110 |
3 |
78.26 |
2009-08-15 |
| 13. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
85.10 |
0.9729 |
0.1878 |
255 |
2 |
76.48 |
2009-04-11 |
| 14. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
84.12 |
0.9769 |
0.1680 |
263 |
1 |
84.12 |
2009-04-06 |
| 15. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
84.04 |
1.0261 |
0.1179 |
273 |
3 |
73.02 |
2009-03-28 |
| 16. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
83.48 |
1.1114 |
0.0241 |
247 |
2 |
76.48 |
2009-04-11 |
| 17. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
83.48 |
1.0788 |
0.0538 |
171 |
1 |
83.48 |
2009-04-10 |
| 18. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
83.32 |
0.9965 |
0.1347 |
168 |
2 |
79.55 |
2009-04-06 |
| 19. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
82.72 |
0.8971 |
0.2359 |
266 |
1 |
82.72 |
2009-08-15 |
| 20. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
82.38 |
0.9710 |
0.1455 |
173 |
2 |
72.25 |
2009-04-10 |
| 21. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
82.36 |
1.0025 |
0.1211 |
336 |
1 |
82.36 |
2009-08-15 |
| 22. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
82.32 |
0.9202 |
0.2013 |
254 |
3 |
72.51 |
2009-08-15 |
| 23. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
82.09 |
0.9635 |
0.1609 |
389 |
2 |
69.03 |
2009-08-15 |
| 24. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
81.87 |
1.0787 |
0.0360 |
237 |
2 |
81.21 |
2009-04-11 |
| 25. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
81.80 |
1.0577 |
0.0538 |
247 |
1 |
81.80 |
2009-03-28 |
| 26. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
81.38 |
1.0062 |
0.1030 |
288 |
1 |
81.38 |
2009-03-25 |
| 27. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
81.09 |
0.9852 |
0.1203 |
264 |
1 |
81.09 |
2009-08-15 |
| 28. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
80.33 |
1.0477 |
0.0495 |
360 |
2 |
79.19 |
2009-08-15 |
| 29. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
79.83 |
0.9942 |
0.1025 |
483 |
1 |
79.83 |
2009-08-15 |
| 30. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
79.78 |
1.0796 |
0.0028 |
129 |
1 |
79.78 |
2009-04-10 |
| 31. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
79.73 |
1.0441 |
0.0439 |
252 |
1 |
79.73 |
2009-04-06 |
| 32. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
79.50 |
1.0352 |
0.0507 |
341 |
1 |
79.50 |
2009-04-10 |
| 33. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
78.37 |
1.0352 |
0.0356 |
341 |
1 |
78.37 |
2009-04-11 |
| 34. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
78.35 |
1.0567 |
0.0114 |
303 |
1 |
78.35 |
2009-04-06 |
| 35. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
77.99 |
1.0417 |
0.0183 |
253 |
1 |
77.99 |
2009-04-10 |
| 36. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
77.92 |
0.9811 |
0.0831 |
272 |
1 |
77.92 |
2009-04-11 |
| 37. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
77.46 |
1.0218 |
0.0305 |
268 |
2 |
76.26 |
2009-04-11 |
| 38. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
77.41 |
0.9429 |
0.1129 |
287 |
1 |
77.41 |
2009-04-10 |
| 39. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
77.24 |
1.0767 |
-0.0268 |
212 |
1 |
77.24 |
2009-08-15 |
| 40. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
77.19 |
1.0349 |
0.0159 |
234 |
2 |
71.77 |
2009-04-11 |
| 41. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
77.16 |
1.0165 |
0.0384 |
392 |
1 |
77.16 |
2009-04-11 |
| 42. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
77.02 |
0.9233 |
0.1175 |
168 |
2 |
65.95 |
2009-08-15 |
| 43. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
76.86 |
1.0696 |
-0.0262 |
226 |
2 |
76.03 |
2009-04-10 |
| 44. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
76.80 |
1.0125 |
0.0313 |
224 |
3 |
72.16 |
2009-04-06 |
| 45. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
76.69 |
0.9514 |
0.0935 |
237 |
1 |
76.69 |
2009-08-15 |
| 46. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
76.52 |
1.0595 |
-0.0148 |
379 |
1 |
76.52 |
2009-08-15 |
| 47. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
76.34 |
1.0528 |
-0.0181 |
201 |
2 |
70.84 |
2009-04-11 |
| 48. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
76.19 |
1.0498 |
-0.0169 |
180 |
1 |
76.19 |
2009-04-10 |
| 49. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
76.07 |
1.0797 |
-0.0493 |
210 |
2 |
73.08 |
2009-04-06 |
| 50. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
75.94 |
0.9936 |
0.0403 |
311 |
2 |
67.62 |
2009-08-15 |
| 51. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
75.84 |
0.9841 |
0.0525 |
334 |
1 |
75.84 |
2009-06-07 |
| 52. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
75.62 |
1.0257 |
0.0105 |
401 |
2 |
73.50 |
2009-04-10 |
| 53. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
75.40 |
1.0183 |
0.0029 |
191 |
1 |
75.40 |
2009-04-06 |
| 54. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
74.90 |
1.0131 |
0.0029 |
225 |
1 |
74.90 |
2009-04-06 |
| 55. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
74.89 |
0.9464 |
0.0784 |
323 |
1 |
74.89 |
2009-04-11 |
| 56. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
74.86 |
0.9865 |
0.0339 |
276 |
2 |
71.91 |
2009-04-10 |
| 57. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
74.65 |
1.0263 |
-0.0107 |
267 |
1 |
74.65 |
2009-04-11 |
| 58. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
74.64 |
1.0201 |
-0.0106 |
172 |
1 |
74.64 |
2009-03-25 |
| 59. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
74.56 |
0.9798 |
0.0297 |
199 |
3 |
66.43 |
2009-04-06 |
| 60. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
74.13 |
1.0168 |
-0.0061 |
271 |
1 |
74.13 |
2009-04-10 |
| 61. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
74.02 |
0.9684 |
0.0420 |
388 |
1 |
74.02 |
2009-04-10 |
| 62. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
73.94 |
0.8919 |
0.1130 |
205 |
2 |
66.05 |
2009-04-11 |
| 63. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
73.69 |
0.9734 |
0.0295 |
289 |
1 |
73.69 |
2009-03-28 |
| 64. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
73.53 |
0.8947 |
0.1112 |
366 |
1 |
73.53 |
2009-03-25 |
| 65. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
73.42 |
0.9339 |
0.0641 |
310 |
2 |
68.80 |
2009-04-11 |
| 66. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
73.40 |
1.0331 |
-0.0361 |
234 |
2 |
65.93 |
2009-03-28 |
| 67. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
73.31 |
1.0829 |
-0.0834 |
288 |
1 |
73.31 |
2009-03-22 |
| 68. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
72.97 |
1.0454 |
-0.0558 |
255 |
1 |
72.97 |
2009-04-10 |
| 69. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
72.43 |
0.9699 |
0.0153 |
269 |
1 |
72.43 |
2009-04-06 |
| 70. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
72.42 |
0.9884 |
-0.0035 |
233 |
1 |
72.42 |
2009-04-11 |
| 71. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
72.14 |
1.0068 |
-0.0217 |
358 |
1 |
72.14 |
2009-03-28 |
| 72. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
71.93 |
1.0213 |
-0.0456 |
240 |
1 |
71.93 |
2009-04-11 |
| 73. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
71.50 |
1.0419 |
-0.0689 |
261 |
1 |
71.50 |
2009-04-10 |
| 74. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
71.27 |
1.0004 |
-0.0367 |
212 |
1 |
71.27 |
2009-03-25 |
| 75. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
71.25 |
0.9430 |
0.0193 |
211 |
1 |
71.25 |
2009-04-11 |
| 76. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
70.71 |
1.0095 |
-0.0485 |
316 |
1 |
70.71 |
2009-04-11 |
| 77. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
70.43 |
0.9966 |
-0.0390 |
259 |
4 |
64.28 |
2009-04-10 |
| 78. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
70.41 |
0.9687 |
-0.0060 |
371 |
1 |
70.41 |
2009-04-10 |
| 79. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
70.08 |
0.9675 |
-0.0046 |
383 |
1 |
70.08 |
2009-04-10 |
| 80. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
69.78 |
0.9266 |
0.0228 |
267 |
3 |
64.90 |
2009-09-27 |
| 81. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
69.58 |
1.0396 |
-0.1003 |
149 |
2 |
65.92 |
2009-03-28 |
| 82. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
69.54 |
1.0099 |
-0.0668 |
207 |
1 |
69.54 |
2009-04-06 |
| 83. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
69.00 |
0.9851 |
-0.0444 |
317 |
2 |
65.55 |
2009-03-25 |
| 84. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
68.87 |
1.0023 |
-0.0675 |
211 |
1 |
68.87 |
2009-03-25 |
| 85. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
68.84 |
0.9226 |
0.0200 |
348 |
2 |
67.30 |
2009-03-28 |
| 86. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
67.96 |
0.9894 |
-0.0608 |
323 |
1 |
67.96 |
2009-04-06 |
| 87. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
67.82 |
0.9279 |
0.0009 |
317 |
1 |
67.82 |
2009-04-10 |
| 88. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
67.64 |
0.9614 |
-0.0386 |
292 |
1 |
67.64 |
2009-03-25 |
| 89. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
67.60 |
1.0361 |
-0.1159 |
269 |
1 |
67.60 |
2009-03-28 |
| 90. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
67.56 |
0.9513 |
-0.0288 |
354 |
1 |
67.56 |
2008-09-20 |
| 91. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
67.39 |
1.0463 |
-0.1346 |
182 |
1 |
67.39 |
2009-03-25 |
| 92. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
67.02 |
0.8722 |
0.0419 |
285 |
1 |
67.02 |
2009-03-28 |
| 93. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
66.11 |
0.9342 |
-0.0320 |
434 |
1 |
66.11 |
2009-03-25 |
| 94. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
66.02 |
0.9527 |
-0.0554 |
251 |
1 |
66.02 |
2009-03-22 |
| 95. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
65.98 |
1.0389 |
-0.1396 |
340 |
1 |
65.98 |
2009-04-06 |
| 96. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
65.78 |
0.9045 |
-0.0101 |
235 |
1 |
65.78 |
2009-04-06 |
| 97. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
65.64 |
0.9500 |
-0.0556 |
362 |
1 |
65.64 |
2009-03-28 |
| 98. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
65.50 |
0.9857 |
-0.0964 |
293 |
1 |
65.50 |
2009-04-06 |
| 99. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
65.32 |
0.8852 |
0.0047 |
201 |
1 |
65.32 |
2009-03-28 |
| 100. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
65.23 |
0.9168 |
-0.0290 |
240 |
1 |
65.23 |
2009-04-10 |
| 101. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
65.15 |
0.8770 |
0.0116 |
300 |
1 |
65.15 |
2009-04-06 |
| 102. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
64.97 |
1.0053 |
-0.1243 |
232 |
1 |
64.97 |
2009-03-28 |
| 103. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
64.64 |
1.0013 |
-0.1238 |
273 |
1 |
64.64 |
2009-04-10 |
| 104. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
64.25 |
0.9570 |
-0.0823 |
287 |
1 |
64.25 |
2009-03-25 |
| 105. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
64.05 |
0.9572 |
-0.0880 |
201 |
1 |
64.05 |
2009-04-06 |
| 106. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
63.76 |
0.9398 |
-0.0642 |
419 |
2 |
61.66 |
2009-03-25 |
| 107. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
63.68 |
1.0167 |
-0.1447 |
378 |
1 |
63.68 |
2008-09-20 |
| 108. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
63.28 |
1.0523 |
-0.1969 |
256 |
2 |
62.59 |
2008-09-02 |
| 109. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
63.15 |
0.9820 |
-0.1213 |
267 |
1 |
63.15 |
2009-08-15 |
| 110. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
63.03 |
0.9723 |
-0.1124 |
364 |
1 |
63.03 |
2008-09-20 |
| 111. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
62.87 |
0.9965 |
-0.1419 |
277 |
1 |
62.87 |
2009-03-25 |
| 112. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
62.83 |
0.9125 |
-0.0572 |
308 |
1 |
62.83 |
2009-03-25 |
| 113. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
62.51 |
0.9234 |
-0.0690 |
346 |
1 |
62.51 |
2009-04-06 |
| 114. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
62.50 |
0.9619 |
-0.1078 |
393 |
1 |
62.50 |
2008-08-27 |
| 115. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
62.37 |
1.0297 |
-0.1838 |
249 |
1 |
62.37 |
2009-04-11 |
| 116. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
62.31 |
0.8975 |
-0.0507 |
268 |
1 |
62.31 |
2009-04-06 |
| 117. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
61.91 |
0.9213 |
-0.0800 |
295 |
2 |
61.71 |
2009-03-22 |
| 118. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
60.30 |
0.9893 |
-0.1706 |
323 |
1 |
60.30 |
2008-08-27 |
| 119. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
60.06 |
0.8935 |
-0.0685 |
328 |
1 |
60.06 |
2009-03-28 |
| 120. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
59.17 |
0.9756 |
-0.1739 |
229 |
2 |
57.75 |
2008-09-02 |
| 121. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
59.12 |
0.9772 |
-0.1784 |
217 |
1 |
59.12 |
2008-08-26 |
| 122. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
57.32 |
0.9084 |
-0.1291 |
300 |
1 |
57.32 |
2009-04-10 |
| 123. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
57.12 |
0.8916 |
-0.1166 |
216 |
1 |
57.12 |
2009-03-28 |
| 124. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
56.20 |
0.9653 |
-0.1950 |
394 |
1 |
56.20 |
2009-04-06 |
| 125. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
55.63 |
0.9293 |
-0.1743 |
355 |
1 |
55.63 |
2008-08-26 |
| 126. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
55.00 |
0.9212 |
-0.1724 |
323 |
1 |
55.00 |
2009-03-25 |
| 127. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
54.63 |
0.9844 |
-0.2392 |
293 |
1 |
54.63 |
2008-08-27 |
| 128. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
54.51 |
0.9148 |
-0.1747 |
317 |
1 |
54.51 |
2008-09-20 |
| 129. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
53.48 |
0.8961 |
-0.1750 |
189 |
1 |
53.48 |
2009-04-06 |
| 130. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
47.65 |
0.8878 |
-0.2439 |
346 |
1 |
47.65 |
2008-09-02 |