| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
105.10 |
1.0398 |
0.2364 |
110 |
2 |
97.67 |
2009-05-04 |
| 2. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
98.68 |
1.0334 |
0.1674 |
131 |
3 |
92.47 |
2009-07-10 |
| 3. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
98.34 |
0.9731 |
0.2175 |
129 |
1 |
98.34 |
2009-07-21 |
| 4. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
98.31 |
1.0053 |
0.1954 |
232 |
4 |
84.84 |
2009-07-21 |
| 5. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
97.36 |
1.0025 |
0.1884 |
256 |
1 |
97.36 |
2009-05-05 |
| 6. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
94.91 |
1.0023 |
0.1565 |
211 |
3 |
82.64 |
2009-07-10 |
| 7. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
94.68 |
0.9886 |
0.1718 |
220 |
1 |
94.68 |
2009-05-07 |
| 8. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
93.09 |
0.9286 |
0.2086 |
194 |
2 |
87.77 |
2009-05-05 |
| 9. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
92.98 |
1.0292 |
0.1063 |
262 |
2 |
87.49 |
2009-05-22 |
| 10. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
92.90 |
1.0337 |
0.1016 |
214 |
1 |
92.90 |
2009-06-19 |
| 11. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
92.16 |
1.0444 |
0.0757 |
197 |
1 |
92.16 |
2009-06-23 |
| 12. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
91.99 |
0.9376 |
0.1924 |
367 |
3 |
78.67 |
2009-06-23 |
| 13. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
90.39 |
0.9540 |
0.1490 |
285 |
1 |
90.39 |
2009-06-11 |
| 14. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
90.20 |
0.9798 |
0.1170 |
199 |
2 |
80.67 |
2009-06-19 |
| 15. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
90.05 |
0.9965 |
0.1047 |
277 |
1 |
90.05 |
2009-05-02 |
| 16. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
89.99 |
0.9570 |
0.1446 |
287 |
1 |
89.99 |
2009-05-07 |
| 17. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
89.68 |
0.9768 |
0.1218 |
387 |
3 |
87.04 |
2009-06-19 |
| 18. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
89.68 |
1.0261 |
0.0680 |
273 |
1 |
89.68 |
2009-05-05 |
| 19. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
89.39 |
1.0168 |
0.0770 |
271 |
1 |
89.39 |
2009-06-11 |
| 20. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
89.13 |
0.9852 |
0.1043 |
264 |
1 |
89.13 |
2009-05-02 |
| 21. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
88.51 |
1.0516 |
0.0296 |
281 |
2 |
85.01 |
2009-05-05 |
| 22. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
87.16 |
1.0595 |
0.0079 |
379 |
2 |
86.56 |
2009-06-23 |
| 23. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
87.13 |
1.0454 |
0.0154 |
255 |
1 |
87.13 |
2009-05-07 |
| 24. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
86.69 |
0.9786 |
0.0800 |
235 |
1 |
86.69 |
2009-06-09 |
| 25. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
86.68 |
1.0417 |
0.0147 |
253 |
2 |
80.86 |
2009-06-19 |
| 26. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
86.57 |
1.0361 |
0.0225 |
269 |
2 |
77.68 |
2009-05-04 |
| 27. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
86.41 |
1.0487 |
0.0019 |
231 |
1 |
86.41 |
2009-07-21 |
| 28. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
85.92 |
1.0391 |
0.0165 |
358 |
2 |
83.84 |
2009-05-04 |
| 29. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
85.92 |
0.9964 |
0.0532 |
203 |
1 |
85.92 |
2009-05-22 |
| 30. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
85.47 |
1.0025 |
0.0424 |
336 |
2 |
84.80 |
2009-06-09 |
| 31. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
85.31 |
1.0214 |
0.0189 |
269 |
2 |
83.63 |
2009-07-10 |
| 32. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
84.91 |
1.0426 |
-0.0062 |
323 |
2 |
80.49 |
2009-06-23 |
| 33. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
84.57 |
1.0523 |
-0.0238 |
256 |
1 |
84.57 |
2009-06-23 |
| 34. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
84.17 |
0.9578 |
0.0696 |
281 |
1 |
84.17 |
2009-05-07 |
| 35. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
83.64 |
0.9723 |
0.0527 |
364 |
1 |
83.64 |
2009-06-05 |
| 36. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
83.33 |
1.0068 |
0.0140 |
358 |
1 |
83.33 |
2009-06-23 |
| 37. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
83.16 |
0.9965 |
0.0192 |
310 |
1 |
83.16 |
2009-06-19 |
| 38. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
83.15 |
1.0441 |
-0.0273 |
252 |
1 |
83.15 |
2009-06-23 |
| 39. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
83.03 |
1.0555 |
-0.0403 |
363 |
1 |
83.03 |
2009-06-23 |
| 40. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
82.89 |
1.0004 |
0.0056 |
212 |
2 |
81.96 |
2009-05-07 |
| 41. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
82.55 |
1.0567 |
-0.0482 |
303 |
2 |
81.64 |
2009-05-05 |
| 42. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
82.43 |
0.9045 |
0.1022 |
235 |
1 |
82.43 |
2009-05-02 |
| 43. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
82.42 |
0.9942 |
0.0209 |
483 |
1 |
82.42 |
2009-05-07 |
| 44. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
82.15 |
0.9965 |
0.0016 |
168 |
2 |
76.30 |
2009-05-07 |
| 45. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
82.11 |
0.9411 |
0.0621 |
318 |
1 |
82.11 |
2009-05-05 |
| 46. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
81.77 |
1.0297 |
-0.0327 |
249 |
1 |
81.77 |
2009-05-02 |
| 47. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
81.67 |
1.0131 |
-0.0200 |
225 |
2 |
81.43 |
2009-05-22 |
| 48. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
81.11 |
1.0483 |
-0.0612 |
227 |
1 |
81.11 |
2009-05-05 |
| 49. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
81.00 |
0.9084 |
0.0821 |
300 |
2 |
79.66 |
2009-05-06 |
| 50. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
80.98 |
1.1114 |
-0.1256 |
247 |
1 |
80.98 |
2009-06-23 |
| 51. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
80.87 |
0.9811 |
0.0087 |
272 |
2 |
79.72 |
2009-05-07 |
| 52. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
80.86 |
1.0073 |
-0.0123 |
369 |
1 |
80.86 |
2009-05-05 |
| 53. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
80.57 |
0.8958 |
0.0922 |
322 |
2 |
77.33 |
2009-05-22 |
| 54. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
80.49 |
1.0389 |
-0.0548 |
318 |
1 |
80.49 |
2009-05-05 |
| 55. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
80.49 |
0.9278 |
0.0573 |
295 |
1 |
80.49 |
2009-07-21 |
| 56. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
80.22 |
0.9233 |
0.0475 |
168 |
1 |
80.22 |
2009-06-23 |
| 57. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
80.16 |
1.0316 |
-0.0495 |
333 |
1 |
80.16 |
2009-06-23 |
| 58. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
80.00 |
0.9636 |
0.0126 |
254 |
2 |
76.49 |
2009-06-19 |
| 59. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
78.95 |
1.0197 |
-0.0592 |
226 |
1 |
78.95 |
2009-05-05 |
| 60. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
78.88 |
0.9351 |
0.0219 |
190 |
1 |
78.88 |
2009-06-19 |
| 61. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
78.77 |
0.8916 |
0.0698 |
216 |
3 |
73.07 |
2009-06-19 |
| 62. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
78.34 |
0.9593 |
0.0012 |
398 |
1 |
78.34 |
2009-05-04 |
| 63. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
78.33 |
0.9863 |
-0.0262 |
339 |
1 |
78.33 |
2009-07-21 |
| 64. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
78.20 |
0.9293 |
0.0256 |
355 |
1 |
78.20 |
2009-05-06 |
| 65. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
78.06 |
1.0033 |
-0.0577 |
189 |
2 |
73.61 |
2009-05-05 |
| 66. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
78.01 |
1.0063 |
-0.0542 |
371 |
1 |
78.01 |
2009-07-21 |
| 67. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
77.91 |
0.8947 |
0.0607 |
366 |
1 |
77.91 |
2009-06-19 |
| 68. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
77.85 |
0.9786 |
-0.0340 |
193 |
2 |
70.59 |
2009-05-07 |
| 69. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
77.51 |
1.0496 |
-0.1048 |
314 |
1 |
77.51 |
2009-05-04 |
| 70. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
77.43 |
0.8770 |
0.0708 |
300 |
1 |
77.43 |
2009-05-02 |
| 71. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
77.39 |
1.0109 |
-0.0660 |
276 |
1 |
77.39 |
2009-05-22 |
| 72. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
77.21 |
0.9398 |
0.0113 |
419 |
1 |
77.21 |
2009-05-05 |
| 73. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
77.13 |
0.9500 |
-0.0070 |
362 |
2 |
74.43 |
2009-05-02 |
| 74. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
76.96 |
0.8890 |
0.0461 |
199 |
1 |
76.96 |
2009-05-04 |
| 75. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
76.95 |
0.9986 |
-0.0594 |
283 |
1 |
76.95 |
2009-05-05 |
| 76. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
76.93 |
0.9279 |
0.0170 |
317 |
2 |
73.76 |
2009-07-21 |
| 77. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
76.77 |
1.0788 |
-0.1480 |
171 |
2 |
73.15 |
2009-05-22 |
| 78. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
76.60 |
0.9865 |
-0.0511 |
276 |
1 |
76.60 |
2009-05-22 |
| 79. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
76.30 |
1.0390 |
-0.1122 |
205 |
1 |
76.30 |
2009-06-19 |
| 80. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
76.25 |
0.9168 |
0.0145 |
240 |
2 |
75.18 |
2009-06-23 |
| 81. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
76.20 |
0.8553 |
0.0689 |
174 |
1 |
76.20 |
2009-05-22 |
| 82. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
76.18 |
0.8753 |
0.0630 |
427 |
2 |
70.96 |
2009-05-05 |
| 83. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
76.13 |
0.9675 |
-0.0295 |
383 |
1 |
76.13 |
2009-06-11 |
| 84. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
76.05 |
1.0060 |
-0.0832 |
171 |
1 |
76.05 |
2009-06-05 |
| 85. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
75.95 |
1.0368 |
-0.1096 |
276 |
1 |
75.95 |
2009-06-19 |
| 86. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
75.47 |
0.9653 |
-0.0367 |
394 |
1 |
75.47 |
2009-05-22 |
| 87. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
74.26 |
1.0218 |
-0.1193 |
268 |
1 |
74.26 |
2009-05-04 |
| 88. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
74.19 |
0.9619 |
-0.0522 |
393 |
2 |
73.88 |
2009-07-21 |
| 89. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
74.08 |
1.0120 |
-0.1097 |
290 |
1 |
74.08 |
2009-05-22 |
| 90. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
74.03 |
0.9464 |
-0.0388 |
323 |
1 |
74.03 |
2009-05-05 |
| 91. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
73.93 |
0.9372 |
-0.0319 |
320 |
1 |
73.93 |
2009-06-23 |
| 92. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
73.36 |
0.8919 |
0.0006 |
205 |
2 |
69.17 |
2009-05-06 |
| 93. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
73.24 |
0.9532 |
-0.0618 |
258 |
1 |
73.24 |
2009-05-04 |
| 94. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
73.17 |
0.9846 |
-0.0938 |
281 |
1 |
73.17 |
2009-05-04 |
| 95. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
72.46 |
0.9843 |
-0.1062 |
234 |
1 |
72.46 |
2009-07-10 |
| 96. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
72.33 |
0.9905 |
-0.1012 |
377 |
1 |
72.33 |
2009-05-02 |
| 97. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
72.30 |
1.0385 |
-0.1592 |
230 |
1 |
72.30 |
2009-06-11 |
| 98. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
72.10 |
0.8826 |
-0.0026 |
296 |
1 |
72.10 |
2009-06-23 |
| 99. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
71.27 |
0.9074 |
-0.0325 |
396 |
1 |
71.27 |
2009-06-09 |
| 100. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
70.82 |
0.9893 |
-0.1264 |
323 |
1 |
70.82 |
2009-05-05 |
| 101. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
70.66 |
0.9097 |
-0.0073 |
464 |
2 |
70.00 |
2009-06-11 |
| 102. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
70.48 |
0.9430 |
-0.0917 |
211 |
1 |
70.48 |
2009-05-22 |
| 103. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
70.37 |
0.9785 |
-0.1180 |
335 |
1 |
70.37 |
2009-06-05 |
| 104. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
70.09 |
0.9202 |
-0.0671 |
254 |
1 |
70.09 |
2009-05-22 |
| 105. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
70.05 |
0.9601 |
-0.1021 |
308 |
1 |
70.05 |
2009-05-03 |
| 106. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
67.85 |
1.0349 |
-0.2095 |
234 |
1 |
67.85 |
2009-06-11 |
| 107. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
65.50 |
0.9468 |
-0.1503 |
276 |
1 |
65.50 |
2009-05-04 |
| 108. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
65.19 |
0.9622 |
-0.1626 |
392 |
1 |
65.19 |
2009-06-05 |
| 109. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
63.68 |
0.9289 |
-0.1567 |
204 |
1 |
63.68 |
2009-05-03 |
| 110. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
62.15 |
1.0796 |
-0.3288 |
129 |
1 |
62.15 |
2009-06-19 |