| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
139.63 |
1.0711 |
0.1980 |
213 |
1 |
139.63 |
2011-11-07 |
| 2. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
132.85 |
1.0799 |
0.1284 |
243 |
1 |
132.85 |
2011-11-13 |
| 3. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
132.78 |
1.0445 |
0.1675 |
373 |
1 |
132.78 |
2011-11-07 |
| 4. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
132.73 |
1.0398 |
0.1604 |
110 |
1 |
132.73 |
2011-11-07 |
| 5. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
132.53 |
1.0829 |
0.1275 |
288 |
3 |
119.36 |
2011-12-26 |
| 6. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
130.31 |
1.0412 |
0.1467 |
225 |
2 |
122.77 |
2011-12-25 |
| 7. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
129.13 |
1.0016 |
0.1713 |
218 |
1 |
129.13 |
2011-11-07 |
| 8. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
128.95 |
0.9976 |
0.1983 |
174 |
1 |
128.95 |
2011-11-07 |
| 9. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
127.04 |
1.0390 |
0.1157 |
205 |
1 |
127.04 |
2011-11-07 |
| 10. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
125.60 |
1.0905 |
0.0865 |
210 |
1 |
125.60 |
2011-11-07 |
| 11. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
124.84 |
1.0596 |
0.0763 |
239 |
2 |
117.37 |
2011-12-26 |
| 12. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
123.24 |
1.0521 |
0.0663 |
171 |
1 |
123.24 |
2011-12-25 |
| 13. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
123.08 |
1.0883 |
0.0657 |
303 |
1 |
123.08 |
2011-11-07 |
| 14. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
122.80 |
1.0388 |
0.1120 |
243 |
1 |
122.80 |
2011-11-07 |
| 15. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
122.06 |
1.0004 |
0.1061 |
212 |
1 |
122.06 |
2011-11-13 |
| 16. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
121.77 |
0.9763 |
0.1331 |
289 |
1 |
121.77 |
2011-11-13 |
| 17. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
120.28 |
0.9965 |
0.1000 |
277 |
1 |
120.28 |
2011-11-07 |
| 18. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
118.02 |
1.0429 |
0.0308 |
259 |
1 |
118.02 |
2011-11-07 |
| 19. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
118.02 |
0.9699 |
0.1047 |
269 |
1 |
118.02 |
2011-11-07 |
| 20. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
117.71 |
1.0365 |
0.0660 |
162 |
1 |
117.71 |
2011-11-13 |
| 21. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
117.31 |
1.0261 |
0.0407 |
273 |
1 |
117.31 |
2011-12-26 |
| 22. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
117.31 |
1.0767 |
-0.0101 |
212 |
1 |
117.31 |
2011-12-26 |
| 23. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
117.08 |
0.9772 |
0.0859 |
217 |
1 |
117.08 |
2011-12-26 |
| 24. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
116.81 |
1.0547 |
0.0441 |
257 |
1 |
116.81 |
2011-11-13 |
| 25. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
116.46 |
1.0774 |
0.0126 |
304 |
1 |
116.46 |
2011-11-07 |
| 26. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
115.98 |
0.9731 |
0.0710 |
129 |
1 |
115.98 |
2011-11-07 |
| 27. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
115.61 |
0.9045 |
0.1486 |
235 |
1 |
115.61 |
2011-11-07 |
| 28. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
115.23 |
1.0719 |
0.0051 |
360 |
1 |
115.23 |
2011-12-25 |
| 29. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
114.12 |
1.0337 |
0.0048 |
214 |
1 |
114.12 |
2011-12-08 |
| 30. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
113.63 |
1.0595 |
-0.0226 |
379 |
1 |
113.63 |
2011-12-25 |
| 31. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
113.09 |
0.9795 |
0.0501 |
308 |
1 |
113.09 |
2011-11-07 |
| 32. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
112.75 |
0.9557 |
0.0770 |
331 |
1 |
112.75 |
2011-12-25 |
| 33. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
111.73 |
0.9994 |
0.0482 |
269 |
1 |
111.73 |
2011-12-25 |
| 34. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
111.56 |
0.9786 |
0.0365 |
235 |
2 |
101.73 |
2011-12-26 |
| 35. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
111.47 |
1.0567 |
-0.0413 |
303 |
1 |
111.47 |
2011-11-07 |
| 36. |
This business is filled to the brim with unrealistic people ... |
110.70 |
1.0203 |
0.0203 |
400 |
1 |
110.70 |
2011-11-07 |
| 37. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
110.69 |
1.0669 |
-0.0269 |
286 |
1 |
110.69 |
2011-12-25 |
| 38. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
110.46 |
0.9986 |
0.0072 |
283 |
1 |
110.46 |
2011-11-07 |
| 39. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
110.03 |
0.9546 |
0.0781 |
198 |
2 |
104.96 |
2011-12-26 |
| 40. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
109.96 |
0.9844 |
0.0210 |
293 |
2 |
109.47 |
2011-11-07 |
| 41. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
109.88 |
1.0201 |
-0.0159 |
375 |
1 |
109.88 |
2011-11-07 |
| 42. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
109.34 |
1.0885 |
-0.0583 |
341 |
1 |
109.34 |
2011-12-25 |
| 43. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
109.13 |
1.0131 |
-0.0237 |
225 |
1 |
109.13 |
2011-12-25 |
| 44. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
108.74 |
1.0444 |
-0.0613 |
197 |
1 |
108.74 |
2011-11-07 |
| 45. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
108.55 |
0.9566 |
0.0534 |
576 |
1 |
108.55 |
2011-11-07 |
| 46. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
108.51 |
1.0125 |
0.0128 |
413 |
1 |
108.51 |
2011-11-07 |
| 47. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
108.07 |
0.9966 |
-0.0136 |
259 |
2 |
98.75 |
2011-12-25 |
| 48. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
107.80 |
1.0203 |
-0.0360 |
261 |
1 |
107.80 |
2011-11-13 |
| 49. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
107.37 |
1.0165 |
-0.0357 |
392 |
1 |
107.37 |
2011-11-07 |
| 50. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
107.33 |
1.0403 |
-0.0486 |
193 |
1 |
107.33 |
2011-12-25 |
| 51. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
107.23 |
0.9841 |
-0.0047 |
334 |
1 |
107.23 |
2011-11-07 |
| 52. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
107.16 |
1.0013 |
-0.0270 |
273 |
2 |
105.28 |
2011-12-25 |
| 53. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
106.68 |
1.0031 |
0.0010 |
304 |
1 |
106.68 |
2011-11-07 |
| 54. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
106.65 |
1.0679 |
-0.0772 |
177 |
1 |
106.65 |
2011-12-25 |
| 55. |
The idea of "Mr. Right" has been passed down over the genera... |
106.65 |
0.9671 |
0.0272 |
379 |
1 |
106.65 |
2011-12-26 |
| 56. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
106.62 |
1.0257 |
-0.0493 |
401 |
1 |
106.62 |
2011-11-07 |
| 57. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
106.51 |
1.0213 |
-0.0555 |
240 |
1 |
106.51 |
2011-12-25 |
| 58. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
106.47 |
0.8770 |
0.0948 |
300 |
2 |
102.18 |
2011-11-07 |
| 59. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
106.31 |
0.9567 |
0.0529 |
184 |
1 |
106.31 |
2011-11-07 |
| 60. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
106.29 |
1.0533 |
-0.0596 |
257 |
1 |
106.29 |
2011-12-25 |
| 61. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
105.68 |
1.0417 |
-0.0828 |
253 |
1 |
105.68 |
2011-11-13 |
| 62. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
105.62 |
0.9330 |
0.0343 |
360 |
1 |
105.62 |
2011-11-07 |
| 63. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
105.53 |
1.0296 |
-0.0633 |
437 |
1 |
105.53 |
2011-12-08 |
| 64. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
105.46 |
0.9649 |
-0.0066 |
193 |
1 |
105.46 |
2011-12-25 |
| 65. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
105.26 |
1.0060 |
-0.0532 |
171 |
1 |
105.26 |
2011-11-07 |
| 66. |
Many wines have more than 14 percent alcohol because the win... |
105.15 |
0.9739 |
0.0183 |
412 |
1 |
105.15 |
2011-11-07 |
| 67. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
105.03 |
0.9636 |
-0.0084 |
254 |
1 |
105.03 |
2011-11-07 |
| 68. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
104.61 |
1.0088 |
-0.0186 |
396 |
1 |
104.61 |
2011-11-07 |
| 69. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
104.01 |
1.0214 |
-0.0808 |
166 |
1 |
104.01 |
2011-12-26 |
| 70. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
103.58 |
1.0109 |
-0.0360 |
400 |
1 |
103.58 |
2011-12-25 |
| 71. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
103.20 |
0.8553 |
0.0782 |
174 |
1 |
103.20 |
2011-11-07 |
| 72. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
103.05 |
0.9857 |
-0.0495 |
293 |
1 |
103.05 |
2011-11-07 |
| 73. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
102.93 |
0.9820 |
-0.0433 |
267 |
1 |
102.93 |
2011-12-25 |
| 74. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
102.76 |
0.9640 |
-0.0003 |
334 |
1 |
102.76 |
2011-12-25 |
| 75. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
102.31 |
1.0263 |
-0.0964 |
267 |
1 |
102.31 |
2011-12-25 |
| 76. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
102.22 |
0.9514 |
-0.0216 |
237 |
1 |
102.22 |
2011-12-25 |
| 77. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
101.46 |
0.9527 |
-0.0303 |
251 |
1 |
101.46 |
2011-11-07 |
| 78. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
101.10 |
1.0083 |
-0.0448 |
273 |
1 |
101.10 |
2011-11-07 |
| 79. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
100.92 |
0.9776 |
-0.0599 |
308 |
1 |
100.92 |
2011-12-25 |
| 80. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
100.71 |
1.0463 |
-0.1351 |
182 |
1 |
100.71 |
2011-12-25 |
| 81. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
100.64 |
0.9429 |
-0.0268 |
287 |
1 |
100.64 |
2011-11-07 |
| 82. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
100.07 |
1.0124 |
-0.1050 |
204 |
2 |
100.02 |
2011-12-25 |
| 83. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
99.90 |
0.9632 |
-0.0130 |
345 |
1 |
99.90 |
2011-11-07 |
| 84. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
99.64 |
1.0787 |
-0.1743 |
237 |
1 |
99.64 |
2011-11-07 |
| 85. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
99.43 |
0.9570 |
-0.0517 |
287 |
1 |
99.43 |
2011-12-25 |
| 86. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
98.86 |
0.9084 |
-0.0081 |
300 |
2 |
92.70 |
2011-12-25 |
| 87. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
98.67 |
0.9938 |
-0.0960 |
339 |
1 |
98.67 |
2011-12-25 |
| 88. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
98.47 |
1.0972 |
-0.1726 |
251 |
1 |
98.47 |
2011-12-25 |
| 89. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
97.83 |
0.9468 |
-0.0583 |
276 |
1 |
97.83 |
2011-12-25 |
| 90. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
97.17 |
0.9740 |
-0.0950 |
209 |
1 |
97.17 |
2011-11-07 |
| 91. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
96.49 |
0.9125 |
-0.0341 |
308 |
1 |
96.49 |
2011-12-26 |
| 92. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
96.23 |
0.9087 |
-0.0239 |
393 |
1 |
96.23 |
2011-12-25 |
| 93. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
95.68 |
0.9675 |
-0.0889 |
383 |
1 |
95.68 |
2011-12-26 |
| 94. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
95.22 |
0.9653 |
-0.0922 |
394 |
1 |
95.22 |
2011-11-07 |
| 95. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
93.52 |
0.8961 |
-0.0501 |
189 |
1 |
93.52 |
2011-12-25 |
| 96. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
93.30 |
1.0154 |
-0.1183 |
351 |
1 |
93.30 |
2011-12-25 |
| 97. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
92.99 |
0.9148 |
-0.0688 |
317 |
1 |
92.99 |
2011-12-25 |
| 98. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
92.37 |
0.9578 |
-0.1195 |
281 |
1 |
92.37 |
2011-12-25 |
| 99. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
92.37 |
0.8958 |
-0.0525 |
322 |
1 |
92.37 |
2011-12-25 |
| 100. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
90.99 |
1.0725 |
-0.2206 |
233 |
1 |
90.99 |
2011-12-25 |
| 101. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
89.48 |
0.8105 |
-0.0028 |
204 |
1 |
89.48 |
2011-12-26 |
| 102. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
84.14 |
0.9212 |
-0.1553 |
323 |
1 |
84.14 |
2011-12-26 |
| 103. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
81.78 |
1.0197 |
-0.2814 |
226 |
1 |
81.78 |
2011-12-25 |
| 104. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
79.64 |
1.0316 |
-0.3065 |
333 |
1 |
79.64 |
2011-12-25 |