| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
137.41 |
0.9614 |
0.1777 |
292 |
1 |
137.41 |
2011-03-20 |
| 2. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
132.15 |
0.9651 |
0.1622 |
389 |
1 |
132.15 |
2011-04-03 |
| 3. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
132.05 |
1.0232 |
0.1134 |
350 |
2 |
128.87 |
2011-06-17 |
| 4. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
131.96 |
0.9364 |
0.1936 |
351 |
1 |
131.96 |
2011-03-20 |
| 5. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
131.68 |
0.9893 |
0.0984 |
323 |
1 |
131.68 |
2011-03-20 |
| 6. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
130.79 |
0.8961 |
0.1806 |
189 |
1 |
130.79 |
2011-03-19 |
| 7. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
129.24 |
0.8958 |
0.1764 |
322 |
1 |
129.24 |
2011-06-17 |
| 8. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
129.01 |
0.9675 |
0.1073 |
383 |
1 |
129.01 |
2011-06-25 |
| 9. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
128.94 |
0.9670 |
0.1401 |
307 |
1 |
128.94 |
2011-06-26 |
| 10. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
128.90 |
0.9566 |
0.1310 |
576 |
1 |
128.90 |
2011-06-27 |
| 11. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
128.87 |
0.8753 |
0.1982 |
427 |
1 |
128.87 |
2011-06-28 |
| 12. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
128.65 |
1.0619 |
0.0043 |
354 |
1 |
128.65 |
2011-06-11 |
| 13. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
128.63 |
1.0167 |
0.0526 |
378 |
2 |
126.82 |
2011-06-12 |
| 14. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
128.27 |
0.9636 |
0.0950 |
254 |
2 |
126.27 |
2011-07-04 |
| 15. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
127.94 |
0.9851 |
0.0739 |
317 |
1 |
127.94 |
2011-06-19 |
| 16. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
127.74 |
0.9898 |
0.1030 |
353 |
1 |
127.74 |
2011-08-07 |
| 17. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
127.59 |
0.9164 |
0.1425 |
305 |
1 |
127.59 |
2011-06-16 |
| 18. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
127.54 |
0.9884 |
0.0642 |
233 |
1 |
127.54 |
2011-06-17 |
| 19. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
127.23 |
0.9646 |
0.0847 |
264 |
1 |
127.23 |
2011-06-27 |
| 20. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
127.09 |
1.0095 |
0.0382 |
316 |
1 |
127.09 |
2011-06-18 |
| 21. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
126.96 |
1.0379 |
0.0446 |
245 |
1 |
126.96 |
2011-06-20 |
| 22. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
126.84 |
1.0596 |
-0.0148 |
239 |
1 |
126.84 |
2011-06-11 |
| 23. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
126.83 |
1.0644 |
0.0187 |
257 |
3 |
125.14 |
2011-07-29 |
| 24. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
126.80 |
1.0232 |
0.0592 |
236 |
1 |
126.80 |
2011-07-29 |
| 25. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
126.54 |
1.0263 |
0.0172 |
267 |
1 |
126.54 |
2011-06-11 |
| 26. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
126.47 |
0.9925 |
0.0883 |
247 |
1 |
126.47 |
2011-06-19 |
| 27. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
126.44 |
0.9879 |
0.0649 |
450 |
1 |
126.44 |
2011-07-23 |
| 28. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
126.27 |
0.9772 |
0.0619 |
217 |
1 |
126.27 |
2011-06-25 |
| 29. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
126.13 |
1.0261 |
0.0547 |
410 |
1 |
126.13 |
2011-06-12 |
| 30. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
126.06 |
0.8890 |
0.1479 |
199 |
1 |
126.06 |
2011-03-20 |
| 31. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
125.97 |
0.9731 |
0.0539 |
129 |
1 |
125.97 |
2011-06-25 |
| 32. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
125.95 |
1.1081 |
-0.0341 |
206 |
1 |
125.95 |
2011-06-19 |
| 33. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
125.79 |
0.9514 |
0.0874 |
237 |
1 |
125.79 |
2011-06-19 |
| 34. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
125.78 |
1.0516 |
-0.0141 |
281 |
1 |
125.78 |
2011-06-25 |
| 35. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
125.75 |
1.0169 |
0.0599 |
346 |
1 |
125.75 |
2011-06-16 |
| 36. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
125.64 |
1.0531 |
0.0222 |
272 |
1 |
125.64 |
2011-06-20 |
| 37. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
125.50 |
0.9866 |
0.0456 |
218 |
1 |
125.50 |
2011-06-11 |
| 38. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
125.43 |
0.9485 |
0.0886 |
236 |
3 |
121.87 |
2011-06-19 |
| 39. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
125.26 |
1.0088 |
0.0640 |
396 |
1 |
125.26 |
2011-06-17 |
| 40. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
125.15 |
0.9426 |
0.0938 |
317 |
1 |
125.15 |
2011-06-20 |
| 41. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
125.11 |
1.0388 |
0.0256 |
243 |
1 |
125.11 |
2011-06-19 |
| 42. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
125.04 |
1.0389 |
-0.0045 |
340 |
1 |
125.04 |
2011-08-07 |
| 43. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
125.01 |
1.0714 |
-0.0489 |
129 |
2 |
111.46 |
2011-03-20 |
| 44. |
However, let us leave aside the philosophical, social, and e... |
124.93 |
0.9569 |
0.1023 |
410 |
1 |
124.93 |
2011-06-17 |
| 45. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
124.84 |
0.9665 |
0.1133 |
326 |
2 |
123.85 |
2011-06-20 |
| 46. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
124.81 |
0.9769 |
0.0514 |
263 |
1 |
124.81 |
2011-06-12 |
| 47. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
124.65 |
0.9942 |
0.0435 |
483 |
1 |
124.65 |
2011-06-16 |
| 48. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
124.60 |
0.9805 |
0.0526 |
292 |
1 |
124.60 |
2011-06-17 |
| 49. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
124.60 |
1.0083 |
0.0643 |
273 |
1 |
124.60 |
2011-06-26 |
| 50. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
124.53 |
1.0498 |
-0.0272 |
180 |
3 |
112.40 |
2011-06-19 |
| 51. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
124.47 |
0.9693 |
0.0796 |
360 |
1 |
124.47 |
2011-07-04 |
| 52. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
124.32 |
1.0314 |
0.0340 |
452 |
1 |
124.32 |
2011-06-11 |
| 53. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
124.17 |
1.0109 |
0.0146 |
276 |
2 |
112.26 |
2011-07-26 |
| 54. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
123.70 |
1.0264 |
0.0347 |
422 |
1 |
123.70 |
2011-07-21 |
| 55. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
123.68 |
0.8770 |
0.1471 |
300 |
1 |
123.68 |
2011-06-27 |
| 56. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
123.62 |
0.9865 |
0.0350 |
276 |
1 |
123.62 |
2011-06-11 |
| 57. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
123.55 |
0.9509 |
0.1070 |
225 |
1 |
123.55 |
2011-07-04 |
| 58. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
123.42 |
1.0993 |
-0.0828 |
265 |
1 |
123.42 |
2011-07-26 |
| 59. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
123.14 |
0.9681 |
0.0564 |
378 |
1 |
123.14 |
2011-06-16 |
| 60. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
122.85 |
0.9966 |
0.0165 |
259 |
1 |
122.85 |
2011-06-25 |
| 61. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
122.30 |
1.0016 |
0.0028 |
218 |
1 |
122.30 |
2011-06-11 |
| 62. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
122.17 |
1.0203 |
-0.0088 |
261 |
1 |
122.17 |
2011-06-11 |
| 63. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
122.13 |
1.0662 |
-0.0203 |
407 |
1 |
122.13 |
2011-03-20 |
| 64. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
121.86 |
1.1215 |
-0.0922 |
200 |
1 |
121.86 |
2011-03-19 |
| 65. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
121.69 |
1.0252 |
-0.0278 |
176 |
3 |
113.09 |
2011-06-16 |
| 66. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
121.41 |
0.9734 |
0.0284 |
289 |
1 |
121.41 |
2011-06-11 |
| 67. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
121.24 |
1.0885 |
-0.0531 |
341 |
1 |
121.24 |
2011-06-12 |
| 68. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
120.91 |
1.0521 |
-0.0601 |
171 |
2 |
120.05 |
2011-03-01 |
| 69. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
120.77 |
0.9557 |
0.0474 |
331 |
1 |
120.77 |
2011-06-11 |
| 70. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
120.16 |
1.0031 |
0.0213 |
304 |
1 |
120.16 |
2011-06-11 |
| 71. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
120.02 |
0.9871 |
0.0390 |
209 |
1 |
120.02 |
2011-06-16 |
| 72. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
119.97 |
1.0213 |
-0.0346 |
240 |
1 |
119.97 |
2011-06-16 |
| 73. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
119.61 |
1.0669 |
-0.0467 |
213 |
1 |
119.61 |
2011-06-10 |
| 74. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
119.29 |
0.9635 |
0.0266 |
389 |
1 |
119.29 |
2011-06-11 |
| 75. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
119.07 |
1.0368 |
-0.0539 |
276 |
1 |
119.07 |
2011-06-12 |
| 76. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
118.70 |
0.9820 |
0.0003 |
267 |
1 |
118.70 |
2011-06-11 |
| 77. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
118.65 |
1.0211 |
-0.0117 |
213 |
1 |
118.65 |
2011-06-11 |
| 78. |
Many wines have more than 14 percent alcohol because the win... |
118.50 |
0.9739 |
0.0395 |
412 |
1 |
118.50 |
2011-06-12 |
| 79. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
118.43 |
0.9168 |
0.0619 |
240 |
1 |
118.43 |
2011-06-11 |
| 80. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
118.20 |
1.0349 |
-0.0610 |
234 |
1 |
118.20 |
2011-06-08 |
| 81. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
118.20 |
1.0595 |
-0.0821 |
379 |
1 |
118.20 |
2011-03-20 |
| 82. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
117.23 |
1.0390 |
-0.0756 |
205 |
1 |
117.23 |
2011-03-19 |
| 83. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
116.85 |
1.0669 |
-0.0710 |
286 |
1 |
116.85 |
2011-06-25 |
| 84. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
116.84 |
0.9965 |
-0.0376 |
168 |
1 |
116.84 |
2011-06-17 |
| 85. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
116.79 |
1.0787 |
-0.1172 |
237 |
1 |
116.79 |
2011-06-19 |
| 86. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
116.52 |
1.0885 |
-0.1243 |
315 |
2 |
109.33 |
2011-03-17 |
| 87. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
116.04 |
1.0218 |
-0.0679 |
268 |
1 |
116.04 |
2011-03-26 |
| 88. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
115.19 |
1.1018 |
-0.1590 |
220 |
3 |
105.25 |
2011-03-19 |
| 89. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
114.67 |
1.0565 |
-0.1142 |
247 |
1 |
114.67 |
2011-06-25 |
| 90. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
114.13 |
1.0679 |
-0.1068 |
177 |
1 |
114.13 |
2011-06-16 |
| 91. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
113.25 |
1.0797 |
-0.1517 |
210 |
2 |
113.07 |
2011-06-17 |
| 92. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
112.57 |
1.0183 |
-0.0961 |
191 |
1 |
112.57 |
2011-06-17 |
| 93. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
109.71 |
1.0788 |
-0.1808 |
171 |
2 |
104.34 |
2011-06-17 |
| 94. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
108.48 |
1.0711 |
-0.1830 |
213 |
1 |
108.48 |
2011-01-17 |
| 95. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
107.67 |
1.0352 |
-0.1449 |
341 |
1 |
107.67 |
2011-01-18 |
| 96. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
105.91 |
1.0696 |
-0.2007 |
226 |
1 |
105.91 |
2011-01-22 |
| 97. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
104.61 |
1.0445 |
-0.1819 |
373 |
1 |
104.61 |
2011-02-20 |
| 98. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
104.07 |
1.0462 |
-0.1954 |
184 |
2 |
103.21 |
2011-03-01 |
| 99. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
103.68 |
1.0398 |
-0.1975 |
110 |
1 |
103.68 |
2011-01-06 |
| 100. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
103.28 |
1.0062 |
-0.1564 |
288 |
1 |
103.28 |
2011-01-05 |
| 101. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
101.96 |
1.0577 |
-0.2223 |
247 |
1 |
101.96 |
2011-02-23 |
| 102. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
99.80 |
1.0261 |
-0.2072 |
273 |
1 |
99.80 |
2011-01-16 |
| 103. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
99.39 |
1.0528 |
-0.2399 |
201 |
1 |
99.39 |
2011-01-17 |
| 104. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
96.81 |
1.0168 |
-0.2188 |
271 |
1 |
96.81 |
2011-01-16 |
| 105. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
96.47 |
1.0361 |
-0.2418 |
269 |
1 |
96.47 |
2011-06-26 |
| 106. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
96.42 |
1.0574 |
-0.2363 |
205 |
1 |
96.42 |
2011-01-17 |
| 107. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
95.11 |
1.0429 |
-0.2624 |
259 |
2 |
94.30 |
2011-01-16 |
| 108. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
93.23 |
0.9263 |
-0.1572 |
188 |
1 |
93.23 |
2010-12-26 |
| 109. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
89.72 |
1.0534 |
-0.3139 |
357 |
2 |
88.71 |
2010-12-26 |
| 110. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
88.35 |
1.0506 |
-0.2964 |
277 |
1 |
88.35 |
2011-06-25 |
| 111. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
83.30 |
1.0124 |
-0.3318 |
204 |
1 |
83.30 |
2011-06-21 |