| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
92.11 |
0.9786 |
0.3045 |
193 |
1 |
92.11 |
2009-10-18 |
| 2. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
91.46 |
1.0396 |
0.2323 |
149 |
1 |
91.46 |
2009-10-18 |
| 3. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
90.37 |
0.9946 |
0.2689 |
246 |
1 |
90.37 |
2009-10-18 |
| 4. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
89.63 |
1.0666 |
0.1867 |
297 |
1 |
89.63 |
2009-10-18 |
| 5. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
88.44 |
1.0498 |
0.1818 |
180 |
1 |
88.44 |
2009-10-18 |
| 6. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
86.67 |
1.0060 |
0.2007 |
171 |
2 |
86.40 |
2009-10-17 |
| 7. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
85.91 |
0.9711 |
0.2284 |
176 |
1 |
85.91 |
2009-10-18 |
| 8. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
85.35 |
1.0389 |
0.1556 |
318 |
1 |
85.35 |
2009-10-18 |
| 9. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
84.70 |
0.9722 |
0.2135 |
283 |
1 |
84.70 |
2009-10-18 |
| 10. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
84.20 |
0.9795 |
0.1970 |
308 |
2 |
72.53 |
2009-10-18 |
| 11. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
83.57 |
1.0297 |
0.1367 |
249 |
1 |
83.57 |
2009-10-17 |
| 12. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
83.48 |
1.0907 |
0.0783 |
303 |
1 |
83.48 |
2009-10-17 |
| 13. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
83.14 |
0.9937 |
0.1925 |
429 |
1 |
83.14 |
2009-10-17 |
| 14. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
82.44 |
1.0124 |
0.1369 |
204 |
3 |
77.02 |
2009-10-18 |
| 15. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
82.05 |
0.9907 |
0.1538 |
211 |
3 |
79.62 |
2009-10-20 |
| 16. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
81.88 |
1.0340 |
0.1149 |
406 |
2 |
77.68 |
2009-10-17 |
| 17. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
81.80 |
1.0412 |
0.1008 |
225 |
1 |
81.80 |
2009-10-18 |
| 18. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
81.71 |
1.0534 |
0.0901 |
357 |
1 |
81.71 |
2009-10-17 |
| 19. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
81.59 |
1.0696 |
0.0666 |
226 |
1 |
81.59 |
2009-10-17 |
| 20. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
81.21 |
0.8700 |
0.2636 |
127 |
1 |
81.21 |
2009-10-17 |
| 21. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
80.88 |
0.9635 |
0.1715 |
389 |
2 |
74.42 |
2009-10-17 |
| 22. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
80.70 |
1.0214 |
0.1003 |
166 |
1 |
80.70 |
2009-10-17 |
| 23. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
80.27 |
1.0419 |
0.0791 |
261 |
2 |
78.17 |
2009-10-17 |
| 24. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
80.08 |
1.0352 |
0.0862 |
341 |
1 |
80.08 |
2009-10-20 |
| 25. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
79.75 |
0.9710 |
0.1362 |
173 |
1 |
79.75 |
2009-10-22 |
| 26. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
78.17 |
0.9852 |
0.1064 |
264 |
1 |
78.17 |
2009-10-18 |
| 27. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
78.01 |
1.0669 |
0.0545 |
286 |
1 |
78.01 |
2009-10-17 |
| 28. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
77.40 |
0.9723 |
0.1119 |
364 |
1 |
77.40 |
2009-10-17 |
| 29. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
77.39 |
0.9865 |
0.0949 |
276 |
1 |
77.39 |
2009-10-18 |
| 30. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
77.21 |
1.0944 |
0.0282 |
308 |
1 |
77.21 |
2009-10-22 |
| 31. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
76.98 |
1.0385 |
0.0342 |
230 |
3 |
72.54 |
2009-10-18 |
| 32. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
76.93 |
1.0138 |
0.0596 |
231 |
2 |
68.83 |
2009-10-19 |
| 33. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
76.89 |
0.9884 |
0.0841 |
233 |
1 |
76.89 |
2009-10-18 |
| 34. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
76.89 |
1.0788 |
-0.0111 |
171 |
2 |
65.66 |
2009-10-22 |
| 35. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
76.48 |
0.9943 |
0.0764 |
373 |
2 |
75.77 |
2009-10-22 |
| 36. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
76.18 |
1.0201 |
0.0363 |
172 |
1 |
76.18 |
2009-10-18 |
| 37. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
76.12 |
0.9863 |
0.0805 |
339 |
1 |
76.12 |
2009-10-18 |
| 38. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
75.92 |
1.0131 |
0.0426 |
225 |
2 |
71.78 |
2009-10-17 |
| 39. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
75.42 |
1.0063 |
0.0466 |
371 |
2 |
69.02 |
2009-10-18 |
| 40. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
75.37 |
0.9068 |
0.1480 |
269 |
1 |
75.37 |
2009-10-18 |
| 41. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
75.28 |
1.0150 |
0.0845 |
325 |
1 |
75.28 |
2009-10-19 |
| 42. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
75.21 |
1.0567 |
-0.0066 |
303 |
1 |
75.21 |
2009-10-17 |
| 43. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
74.80 |
0.9330 |
0.1173 |
360 |
1 |
74.80 |
2009-10-17 |
| 44. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
74.08 |
0.8731 |
0.1675 |
199 |
1 |
74.08 |
2009-10-18 |
| 45. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
73.94 |
1.0885 |
-0.0536 |
315 |
1 |
73.94 |
2009-10-17 |
| 46. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
73.94 |
1.0201 |
0.0155 |
375 |
1 |
73.94 |
2009-10-17 |
| 47. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
73.75 |
1.0462 |
-0.0234 |
184 |
1 |
73.75 |
2009-10-17 |
| 48. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
73.48 |
0.9614 |
0.0667 |
292 |
2 |
64.38 |
2009-10-20 |
| 49. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
73.45 |
0.9833 |
0.0430 |
355 |
1 |
73.45 |
2009-10-17 |
| 50. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
73.36 |
0.9612 |
0.0622 |
256 |
1 |
73.36 |
2009-10-17 |
| 51. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
73.33 |
0.9731 |
0.0374 |
129 |
1 |
73.33 |
2009-10-22 |
| 52. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
73.26 |
0.9942 |
0.0366 |
483 |
1 |
73.26 |
2009-10-19 |
| 53. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
72.93 |
0.9365 |
0.0822 |
248 |
1 |
72.93 |
2009-10-18 |
| 54. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
72.83 |
1.0034 |
0.0110 |
302 |
1 |
72.83 |
2009-10-17 |
| 55. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
72.50 |
0.9897 |
0.0192 |
274 |
2 |
70.96 |
2009-10-22 |
| 56. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
72.28 |
0.8947 |
0.1183 |
366 |
1 |
72.28 |
2009-10-17 |
| 57. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
71.88 |
0.9485 |
0.0564 |
291 |
2 |
69.76 |
2009-10-20 |
| 58. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
71.66 |
0.9500 |
0.0516 |
362 |
1 |
71.66 |
2009-10-17 |
| 59. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
71.58 |
0.9266 |
0.0717 |
267 |
1 |
71.58 |
2009-10-18 |
| 60. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
71.47 |
1.0454 |
-0.0524 |
255 |
1 |
71.47 |
2009-10-17 |
| 61. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
70.68 |
1.0352 |
-0.0471 |
341 |
1 |
70.68 |
2009-10-17 |
| 62. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
70.51 |
1.0483 |
-0.0682 |
227 |
1 |
70.51 |
2009-10-17 |
| 63. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
70.36 |
1.0795 |
-0.0680 |
226 |
1 |
70.36 |
2009-10-17 |
| 64. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
70.09 |
0.8826 |
0.0960 |
296 |
2 |
62.30 |
2009-10-20 |
| 65. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
69.95 |
0.8533 |
0.1230 |
232 |
1 |
69.95 |
2009-10-18 |
| 66. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
69.83 |
0.8961 |
0.0740 |
189 |
2 |
68.59 |
2009-10-22 |
| 67. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
69.68 |
1.0523 |
-0.0852 |
256 |
1 |
69.68 |
2009-10-22 |
| 68. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
69.50 |
0.9546 |
0.0456 |
198 |
1 |
69.50 |
2009-10-17 |
| 69. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
68.68 |
1.0023 |
-0.0469 |
211 |
1 |
68.68 |
2009-10-20 |
| 70. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
68.56 |
1.0463 |
-0.0953 |
182 |
1 |
68.56 |
2009-10-17 |
| 71. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
68.20 |
1.0289 |
-0.0740 |
276 |
3 |
67.39 |
2009-10-22 |
| 72. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
68.02 |
0.9851 |
-0.0349 |
317 |
1 |
68.02 |
2009-10-17 |
| 73. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
67.28 |
1.0399 |
-0.0972 |
294 |
1 |
67.28 |
2009-10-17 |
| 74. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
66.38 |
0.9540 |
-0.0310 |
285 |
2 |
62.61 |
2009-10-17 |
| 75. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
66.29 |
0.9286 |
-0.0061 |
194 |
2 |
63.59 |
2009-10-17 |
| 76. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
66.07 |
0.9212 |
0.0025 |
323 |
2 |
65.91 |
2009-10-17 |
| 77. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
65.83 |
0.9513 |
-0.0305 |
354 |
1 |
65.83 |
2009-10-20 |
| 78. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
65.74 |
0.9339 |
-0.0196 |
310 |
1 |
65.74 |
2009-10-17 |
| 79. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
65.65 |
0.9687 |
-0.0495 |
371 |
1 |
65.65 |
2009-10-17 |
| 80. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
65.21 |
0.9593 |
-0.0463 |
398 |
2 |
62.11 |
2009-10-17 |
| 81. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
64.95 |
0.9922 |
-0.0465 |
341 |
2 |
63.25 |
2009-10-17 |
| 82. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
64.02 |
0.9049 |
-0.0080 |
351 |
1 |
64.02 |
2009-10-17 |
| 83. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
63.84 |
0.9309 |
-0.0439 |
284 |
1 |
63.84 |
2009-10-17 |
| 84. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
63.79 |
0.9279 |
-0.0332 |
317 |
1 |
63.79 |
2009-10-17 |
| 85. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
63.26 |
1.0167 |
-0.1292 |
378 |
1 |
63.26 |
2009-10-17 |
| 86. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
62.44 |
0.9684 |
-0.0966 |
388 |
1 |
62.44 |
2009-10-17 |
| 87. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
61.96 |
0.9986 |
-0.1356 |
283 |
1 |
61.96 |
2009-10-17 |
| 88. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
61.93 |
0.8956 |
-0.0291 |
322 |
2 |
60.16 |
2009-10-22 |
| 89. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
61.80 |
0.9340 |
-0.0741 |
296 |
1 |
61.80 |
2009-10-17 |
| 90. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
61.68 |
0.9798 |
-0.1271 |
199 |
2 |
55.10 |
2009-10-20 |
| 91. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
61.32 |
0.9811 |
-0.1251 |
272 |
1 |
61.32 |
2009-10-17 |
| 92. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
60.93 |
1.0197 |
-0.1748 |
226 |
1 |
60.93 |
2009-10-17 |
| 93. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
60.34 |
1.0515 |
-0.2139 |
250 |
1 |
60.34 |
2009-10-17 |
| 94. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
60.00 |
0.9275 |
-0.0961 |
211 |
1 |
60.00 |
2009-10-22 |
| 95. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
59.85 |
1.0168 |
-0.1829 |
271 |
2 |
59.09 |
2009-10-17 |
| 96. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
59.64 |
1.0201 |
-0.1901 |
303 |
1 |
59.64 |
2009-10-17 |
| 97. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
59.61 |
0.9820 |
-0.1526 |
274 |
1 |
59.61 |
2009-10-17 |
| 98. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
59.19 |
0.9233 |
-0.1084 |
168 |
1 |
59.19 |
2009-10-19 |
| 99. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
59.14 |
0.9756 |
-0.1544 |
229 |
1 |
59.14 |
2009-10-22 |
| 100. |
We might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been... |
58.28 |
0.9359 |
-0.0860 |
353 |
1 |
58.28 |
2009-10-22 |
| 101. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
58.23 |
0.9857 |
-0.1770 |
293 |
1 |
58.23 |
2009-10-22 |
| 102. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
57.70 |
1.0331 |
-0.2331 |
234 |
1 |
57.70 |
2009-10-22 |
| 103. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
56.86 |
0.9430 |
-0.1600 |
211 |
1 |
56.86 |
2009-10-18 |
| 104. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
56.29 |
1.0343 |
-0.2146 |
242 |
1 |
56.29 |
2009-10-17 |
| 105. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
56.09 |
0.8722 |
-0.0899 |
285 |
1 |
56.09 |
2009-10-18 |
| 106. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
55.41 |
0.9234 |
-0.1482 |
346 |
1 |
55.41 |
2009-10-17 |
| 107. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
54.65 |
0.9966 |
-0.2381 |
259 |
1 |
54.65 |
2009-10-17 |
| 108. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
52.80 |
0.8105 |
-0.0818 |
204 |
2 |
49.95 |
2009-10-17 |
| 109. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
50.85 |
0.9886 |
-0.2807 |
220 |
1 |
50.85 |
2009-10-17 |
| 110. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
48.76 |
0.9084 |
-0.2307 |
300 |
1 |
48.76 |
2009-10-17 |
| 111. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
47.80 |
0.9289 |
-0.2689 |
204 |
2 |
46.56 |
2009-10-17 |
| 112. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
47.72 |
0.9570 |
-0.2941 |
287 |
1 |
47.72 |
2009-10-17 |
| 113. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
45.96 |
0.9527 |
-0.3165 |
251 |
1 |
45.96 |
2009-10-17 |