| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
97.80 |
1.0528 |
0.1626 |
201 |
2 |
85.95 |
2008-10-02 |
| 2. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
97.35 |
1.0516 |
0.1627 |
281 |
1 |
97.35 |
2008-10-05 |
| 3. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
97.06 |
1.0201 |
0.1950 |
375 |
1 |
97.06 |
2008-10-06 |
| 4. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
95.60 |
1.0203 |
0.1758 |
261 |
3 |
93.63 |
2008-10-06 |
| 5. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
93.72 |
1.0555 |
0.1149 |
363 |
1 |
93.72 |
2010-07-17 |
| 6. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
93.34 |
1.0316 |
0.1364 |
333 |
1 |
93.34 |
2010-07-18 |
| 7. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
93.12 |
1.0165 |
0.1488 |
392 |
2 |
87.84 |
2008-10-05 |
| 8. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
92.27 |
1.0613 |
0.0944 |
456 |
1 |
92.27 |
2008-10-31 |
| 9. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
91.44 |
0.9852 |
0.1553 |
264 |
2 |
85.58 |
2010-07-18 |
| 10. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
91.34 |
1.0993 |
0.0375 |
265 |
2 |
87.99 |
2010-07-17 |
| 11. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
90.90 |
0.9866 |
0.1431 |
218 |
1 |
90.90 |
2010-07-17 |
| 12. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
90.68 |
1.0060 |
0.1199 |
171 |
1 |
90.68 |
2008-10-05 |
| 13. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
90.42 |
1.0529 |
0.0743 |
351 |
1 |
90.42 |
2010-07-18 |
| 14. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
89.38 |
1.0016 |
0.1080 |
218 |
1 |
89.38 |
2008-10-06 |
| 15. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
89.14 |
0.9527 |
0.1584 |
251 |
2 |
86.53 |
2008-10-05 |
| 16. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
88.89 |
1.0487 |
0.0543 |
231 |
3 |
85.07 |
2008-10-03 |
| 17. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
88.74 |
0.9540 |
0.1504 |
285 |
1 |
88.74 |
2008-10-02 |
| 18. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
88.64 |
1.0390 |
0.0621 |
205 |
1 |
88.64 |
2008-10-02 |
| 19. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
88.37 |
1.0154 |
0.1359 |
351 |
1 |
88.37 |
2010-07-17 |
| 20. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
88.36 |
1.0719 |
0.0571 |
360 |
1 |
88.36 |
2010-07-18 |
| 21. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
87.43 |
1.0711 |
0.0134 |
213 |
2 |
86.81 |
2008-10-03 |
| 22. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
86.92 |
1.0340 |
0.0544 |
406 |
1 |
86.92 |
2010-07-18 |
| 23. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
86.73 |
0.9893 |
0.0916 |
323 |
1 |
86.73 |
2010-07-17 |
| 24. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
86.33 |
0.9908 |
0.1309 |
342 |
1 |
86.33 |
2010-07-17 |
| 25. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
86.29 |
1.1068 |
0.0088 |
393 |
1 |
86.29 |
2010-07-18 |
| 26. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
86.25 |
1.0885 |
0.0212 |
341 |
1 |
86.25 |
2010-07-18 |
| 27. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
85.50 |
0.9468 |
0.1180 |
276 |
1 |
85.50 |
2008-10-03 |
| 28. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
85.35 |
1.0483 |
0.0121 |
227 |
1 |
85.35 |
2008-10-02 |
| 29. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
84.93 |
1.0288 |
0.0614 |
300 |
1 |
84.93 |
2010-07-18 |
| 30. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
84.58 |
1.0398 |
0.0034 |
110 |
1 |
84.58 |
2008-10-02 |
| 31. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
84.55 |
1.0289 |
0.0288 |
276 |
1 |
84.55 |
2008-10-03 |
| 32. |
I believe in love, and I know that you do too. And I believe... |
84.24 |
1.0384 |
0.0014 |
183 |
1 |
84.24 |
2010-07-17 |
| 33. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
84.13 |
0.9785 |
0.0727 |
335 |
1 |
84.13 |
2008-10-02 |
| 34. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
83.56 |
1.0385 |
0.0005 |
230 |
1 |
83.56 |
2010-07-18 |
| 35. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
83.28 |
0.9612 |
0.0761 |
256 |
1 |
83.28 |
2008-10-03 |
| 36. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
83.26 |
0.9756 |
0.0601 |
229 |
1 |
83.26 |
2008-10-06 |
| 37. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
83.09 |
0.9364 |
0.1386 |
351 |
1 |
83.09 |
2010-07-18 |
| 38. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
83.00 |
0.9342 |
0.1031 |
434 |
3 |
77.34 |
2010-07-18 |
| 39. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
82.85 |
0.9365 |
0.0968 |
248 |
2 |
81.12 |
2010-07-17 |
| 40. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
82.77 |
0.9430 |
0.0806 |
211 |
1 |
82.77 |
2008-10-02 |
| 41. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
82.72 |
0.9553 |
0.0821 |
430 |
1 |
82.72 |
2008-10-02 |
| 42. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
82.71 |
0.9907 |
0.0378 |
211 |
1 |
82.71 |
2008-10-02 |
| 43. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
82.62 |
1.0666 |
-0.0375 |
297 |
2 |
79.97 |
2008-10-06 |
| 44. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
82.61 |
0.9234 |
0.1108 |
346 |
3 |
78.40 |
2008-10-03 |
| 45. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
82.59 |
1.0441 |
0.0258 |
316 |
1 |
82.59 |
2010-07-17 |
| 46. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
82.25 |
0.9910 |
0.0352 |
295 |
1 |
82.25 |
2010-07-18 |
| 47. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
81.94 |
0.9843 |
0.0311 |
234 |
1 |
81.94 |
2008-10-05 |
| 48. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
81.54 |
1.0257 |
-0.0039 |
401 |
1 |
81.54 |
2008-10-06 |
| 49. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
81.43 |
1.0053 |
0.0067 |
232 |
2 |
78.35 |
2008-10-02 |
| 50. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
81.35 |
0.9632 |
0.0562 |
392 |
1 |
81.35 |
2008-10-02 |
| 51. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
81.35 |
1.0669 |
-0.0210 |
213 |
1 |
81.35 |
2010-07-18 |
| 52. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
81.35 |
0.9831 |
0.0379 |
469 |
2 |
79.43 |
2008-10-06 |
| 53. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
81.29 |
0.9293 |
0.0837 |
355 |
1 |
81.29 |
2010-07-18 |
| 54. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
81.15 |
0.9578 |
0.0521 |
281 |
1 |
81.15 |
2008-10-06 |
| 55. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
81.10 |
1.0349 |
-0.0258 |
234 |
2 |
80.08 |
2010-07-18 |
| 56. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
80.89 |
0.9795 |
0.0277 |
308 |
1 |
80.89 |
2008-10-02 |
| 57. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
80.65 |
0.9857 |
0.0174 |
293 |
1 |
80.65 |
2008-10-02 |
| 58. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
80.28 |
0.9881 |
0.0519 |
424 |
1 |
80.28 |
2010-07-18 |
| 59. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
80.04 |
0.9464 |
0.0551 |
323 |
1 |
80.04 |
2008-10-02 |
| 60. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
79.98 |
1.0462 |
-0.0566 |
184 |
1 |
79.98 |
2008-10-02 |
| 61. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
79.87 |
0.9684 |
0.0286 |
388 |
2 |
76.73 |
2008-10-06 |
| 62. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
79.87 |
1.0034 |
-0.0106 |
302 |
2 |
77.44 |
2008-10-31 |
| 63. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
79.74 |
0.9942 |
0.0073 |
483 |
1 |
79.74 |
2008-10-02 |
| 64. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
79.69 |
1.0515 |
-0.0614 |
250 |
1 |
79.69 |
2008-10-02 |
| 65. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
79.64 |
0.9504 |
0.0356 |
263 |
1 |
79.64 |
2010-07-18 |
| 66. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
79.56 |
0.8958 |
0.0992 |
322 |
2 |
75.10 |
2008-10-06 |
| 67. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
79.53 |
1.0613 |
-0.0704 |
266 |
1 |
79.53 |
2010-07-18 |
| 68. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
79.40 |
0.9863 |
0.0065 |
339 |
2 |
75.43 |
2010-07-18 |
| 69. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
79.39 |
1.0403 |
-0.0122 |
275 |
1 |
79.39 |
2010-07-18 |
| 70. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
79.33 |
1.0788 |
-0.0969 |
171 |
2 |
78.42 |
2008-10-05 |
| 71. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
79.11 |
1.0167 |
-0.0252 |
378 |
2 |
74.85 |
2008-10-05 |
| 72. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
78.99 |
0.9905 |
0.0005 |
377 |
2 |
78.18 |
2009-01-27 |
| 73. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
78.75 |
0.9879 |
0.0010 |
450 |
1 |
78.75 |
2010-07-18 |
| 74. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
78.56 |
1.0168 |
-0.0376 |
271 |
2 |
76.42 |
2010-07-18 |
| 75. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
78.37 |
0.9798 |
-0.0101 |
199 |
1 |
78.37 |
2010-07-18 |
| 76. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
78.30 |
0.9372 |
0.0413 |
320 |
1 |
78.30 |
2008-10-02 |
| 77. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
78.29 |
0.9614 |
0.0160 |
292 |
1 |
78.29 |
2008-10-02 |
| 78. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
78.22 |
0.8826 |
0.0923 |
296 |
1 |
78.22 |
2008-10-05 |
| 79. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
78.03 |
0.9966 |
-0.0261 |
259 |
1 |
78.03 |
2008-10-02 |
| 80. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
78.02 |
0.9811 |
-0.0074 |
272 |
1 |
78.02 |
2010-07-18 |
| 81. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
77.83 |
1.0787 |
-0.1114 |
237 |
1 |
77.83 |
2008-10-02 |
| 82. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
77.51 |
0.9583 |
0.0499 |
341 |
1 |
77.51 |
2010-07-18 |
| 83. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
77.27 |
1.0375 |
-0.0300 |
200 |
1 |
77.27 |
2010-07-17 |
| 84. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
77.17 |
0.8553 |
0.0998 |
174 |
1 |
77.17 |
2008-10-05 |
| 85. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
77.16 |
1.0296 |
-0.0631 |
437 |
1 |
77.16 |
2008-10-02 |
| 86. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
77.11 |
0.9769 |
-0.0195 |
263 |
1 |
77.11 |
2008-10-02 |
| 87. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
77.04 |
0.9672 |
-0.0021 |
396 |
1 |
77.04 |
2010-07-17 |
| 88. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
76.99 |
0.8914 |
0.0674 |
366 |
1 |
76.99 |
2010-07-18 |
| 89. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
76.92 |
0.8916 |
0.0658 |
216 |
1 |
76.92 |
2010-07-18 |
| 90. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
76.77 |
1.0004 |
-0.0513 |
212 |
1 |
76.77 |
2010-07-17 |
| 91. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
76.71 |
0.9572 |
0.0403 |
376 |
1 |
76.71 |
2010-07-18 |
| 92. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
76.49 |
0.9045 |
0.0475 |
235 |
1 |
76.49 |
2008-10-05 |
| 93. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
76.34 |
0.8933 |
0.0629 |
363 |
1 |
76.34 |
2008-10-02 |
| 94. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
76.27 |
0.9072 |
0.0400 |
237 |
1 |
76.27 |
2008-10-02 |
| 95. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
76.22 |
0.9087 |
0.0503 |
393 |
1 |
76.22 |
2010-07-17 |
| 96. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
76.01 |
0.9088 |
0.0420 |
348 |
1 |
76.01 |
2010-07-18 |
| 97. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
75.98 |
0.9763 |
-0.0316 |
289 |
1 |
75.98 |
2008-10-01 |
| 98. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
75.98 |
0.9398 |
0.0147 |
419 |
1 |
75.98 |
2008-10-02 |
| 99. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
75.84 |
0.9532 |
-0.0110 |
258 |
1 |
75.84 |
2008-10-02 |
| 100. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
75.46 |
1.0486 |
-0.1091 |
289 |
1 |
75.46 |
2008-10-02 |
| 101. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
75.41 |
1.0197 |
-0.0845 |
226 |
1 |
75.41 |
2008-10-02 |
| 102. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
75.41 |
0.9351 |
-0.0025 |
190 |
1 |
75.41 |
2010-07-18 |
| 103. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
75.12 |
0.9567 |
-0.0225 |
273 |
1 |
75.12 |
2010-07-18 |
| 104. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
75.04 |
0.9309 |
0.0006 |
284 |
1 |
75.04 |
2008-10-06 |
| 105. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
75.02 |
0.9768 |
-0.0411 |
387 |
1 |
75.02 |
2010-07-17 |
| 106. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
75.02 |
0.9899 |
-0.0615 |
163 |
1 |
75.02 |
2008-10-05 |
| 107. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
74.58 |
0.9693 |
-0.0203 |
360 |
1 |
74.58 |
2010-07-17 |
| 108. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
74.47 |
0.8961 |
0.0267 |
189 |
1 |
74.47 |
2008-10-06 |
| 109. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
74.46 |
0.8919 |
0.0325 |
205 |
1 |
74.46 |
2008-10-06 |
| 110. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
73.99 |
0.8775 |
0.0462 |
443 |
1 |
73.99 |
2010-07-17 |
| 111. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
73.45 |
0.8947 |
0.0235 |
366 |
1 |
73.45 |
2008-10-02 |
| 112. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
73.24 |
1.0131 |
-0.1063 |
225 |
1 |
73.24 |
2008-10-06 |
| 113. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
72.38 |
0.9622 |
-0.0560 |
392 |
1 |
72.38 |
2008-10-02 |
| 114. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
71.73 |
0.9754 |
-0.0777 |
362 |
1 |
71.73 |
2008-10-02 |
| 115. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
71.05 |
0.9597 |
-0.0725 |
347 |
1 |
71.05 |
2008-10-02 |
| 116. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
70.82 |
0.9084 |
-0.0264 |
300 |
2 |
66.91 |
2008-10-06 |
| 117. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
70.21 |
0.9097 |
0.0044 |
464 |
1 |
70.21 |
2008-10-06 |
| 118. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
70.12 |
0.9509 |
-0.0412 |
225 |
1 |
70.12 |
2010-07-18 |
| 119. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
69.52 |
0.7876 |
0.0788 |
316 |
1 |
69.52 |
2008-10-02 |
| 120. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
69.14 |
0.9653 |
-0.0980 |
394 |
1 |
69.14 |
2008-10-02 |
| 121. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
68.83 |
0.9286 |
-0.0745 |
194 |
1 |
68.83 |
2010-07-18 |
| 122. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
68.81 |
0.8890 |
-0.0378 |
199 |
1 |
68.81 |
2010-07-18 |
| 123. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
68.73 |
0.8722 |
-0.0155 |
285 |
1 |
68.73 |
2010-07-18 |
| 124. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
68.49 |
0.9740 |
-0.1273 |
209 |
1 |
68.49 |
2010-07-17 |
| 125. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
68.47 |
0.9898 |
-0.1017 |
353 |
1 |
68.47 |
2010-07-18 |
| 126. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
68.24 |
0.8382 |
0.0099 |
268 |
1 |
68.24 |
2008-10-06 |
| 127. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
66.63 |
1.0389 |
-0.2099 |
318 |
1 |
66.63 |
2008-10-06 |
| 128. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
65.95 |
0.9632 |
-0.1021 |
345 |
1 |
65.95 |
2010-07-17 |
| 129. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
65.79 |
0.9772 |
-0.1640 |
217 |
1 |
65.79 |
2010-07-18 |
| 130. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
65.63 |
1.0062 |
-0.1915 |
288 |
1 |
65.63 |
2010-07-18 |
| 131. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
64.11 |
0.8595 |
-0.0621 |
242 |
1 |
64.11 |
2010-07-18 |
| 132. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
63.05 |
1.0331 |
-0.2531 |
234 |
1 |
63.05 |
2008-10-02 |
| 133. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
62.36 |
0.8105 |
-0.0413 |
204 |
1 |
62.36 |
2008-10-02 |
| 134. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
61.63 |
0.9426 |
-0.1752 |
317 |
1 |
61.63 |
2008-10-06 |
| 135. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
61.48 |
0.8852 |
-0.1207 |
201 |
1 |
61.48 |
2008-10-06 |
| 136. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
61.15 |
0.9820 |
-0.2210 |
267 |
1 |
61.15 |
2008-10-06 |