| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
67.79 |
1.1068 |
0.1174 |
393 |
1 |
67.79 |
2010-05-06 |
| 2. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
67.58 |
1.0768 |
0.1435 |
295 |
1 |
67.58 |
2010-04-24 |
| 3. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
66.52 |
0.9461 |
0.2152 |
276 |
1 |
66.52 |
2010-04-15 |
| 4. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
66.21 |
0.9684 |
0.1903 |
388 |
1 |
66.21 |
2010-05-11 |
| 5. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
66.05 |
1.0379 |
0.1502 |
245 |
1 |
66.05 |
2010-04-24 |
| 6. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
65.91 |
0.9729 |
0.1780 |
255 |
1 |
65.91 |
2010-04-08 |
| 7. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
65.85 |
1.0714 |
0.0694 |
129 |
1 |
65.85 |
2010-04-16 |
| 8. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
65.18 |
0.9897 |
0.1458 |
274 |
1 |
65.18 |
2010-04-25 |
| 9. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
65.13 |
1.0740 |
0.1013 |
264 |
1 |
65.13 |
2010-04-14 |
| 10. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
64.76 |
1.1016 |
0.0289 |
233 |
1 |
64.76 |
2010-05-01 |
| 11. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
64.59 |
1.0389 |
0.0902 |
318 |
1 |
64.59 |
2010-04-21 |
| 12. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
64.52 |
1.0799 |
0.0426 |
243 |
1 |
64.52 |
2010-05-14 |
| 13. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
63.54 |
1.0074 |
0.1034 |
242 |
1 |
63.54 |
2010-05-19 |
| 14. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
63.24 |
0.9161 |
0.1855 |
200 |
1 |
63.24 |
2010-05-10 |
| 15. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
62.90 |
1.0060 |
0.0869 |
171 |
1 |
62.90 |
2010-04-24 |
| 16. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
62.68 |
1.0684 |
0.0551 |
253 |
1 |
62.68 |
2010-08-16 |
| 17. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
62.56 |
1.0796 |
0.0072 |
129 |
1 |
62.56 |
2010-05-06 |
| 18. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
62.39 |
0.9632 |
0.1318 |
392 |
1 |
62.39 |
2010-05-08 |
| 19. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
61.80 |
1.0252 |
0.0465 |
176 |
1 |
61.80 |
2010-08-11 |
| 20. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
61.72 |
1.0534 |
0.0256 |
357 |
1 |
61.72 |
2010-04-10 |
| 21. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
61.70 |
0.9833 |
0.0947 |
355 |
1 |
61.70 |
2010-04-16 |
| 22. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
61.66 |
1.0131 |
0.0587 |
225 |
1 |
61.66 |
2010-04-27 |
| 23. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
61.57 |
1.0555 |
0.0200 |
363 |
1 |
61.57 |
2010-08-12 |
| 24. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
61.17 |
1.0029 |
0.0577 |
209 |
1 |
61.17 |
2010-05-10 |
| 25. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
61.13 |
0.9894 |
0.0813 |
323 |
2 |
58.20 |
2010-04-16 |
| 26. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
61.03 |
1.0053 |
0.0573 |
232 |
1 |
61.03 |
2010-04-23 |
| 27. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
60.98 |
0.9234 |
0.1457 |
346 |
1 |
60.98 |
2010-04-15 |
| 28. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
60.97 |
0.9841 |
0.0832 |
334 |
1 |
60.97 |
2010-04-14 |
| 29. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
60.90 |
1.0365 |
0.0557 |
162 |
1 |
60.90 |
2010-04-24 |
| 30. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
60.60 |
1.0167 |
0.0471 |
378 |
1 |
60.60 |
2010-04-30 |
| 31. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
60.41 |
0.9769 |
0.0746 |
263 |
2 |
55.45 |
2010-05-06 |
| 32. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
60.40 |
1.0485 |
0.0396 |
153 |
2 |
58.17 |
2010-05-08 |
| 33. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
60.40 |
1.0173 |
0.0803 |
268 |
1 |
60.40 |
2010-05-02 |
| 34. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
60.11 |
0.9910 |
0.0592 |
295 |
1 |
60.11 |
2010-05-18 |
| 35. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
59.95 |
1.0577 |
-0.0157 |
247 |
1 |
59.95 |
2010-05-21 |
| 36. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
59.88 |
1.1081 |
-0.0292 |
206 |
1 |
59.88 |
2010-08-17 |
| 37. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
59.84 |
0.9572 |
0.0853 |
201 |
1 |
59.84 |
2010-05-09 |
| 38. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
59.77 |
1.0254 |
0.0577 |
217 |
3 |
56.04 |
2010-05-08 |
| 39. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
59.73 |
1.0630 |
0.0118 |
397 |
1 |
59.73 |
2010-05-13 |
| 40. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
59.68 |
0.9966 |
0.0435 |
259 |
1 |
59.68 |
2010-05-08 |
| 41. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
59.45 |
1.0441 |
0.0339 |
316 |
1 |
59.45 |
2010-04-15 |
| 42. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
59.42 |
0.9798 |
0.0506 |
199 |
1 |
59.42 |
2010-05-08 |
| 43. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
59.33 |
0.9559 |
0.0814 |
195 |
1 |
59.33 |
2010-05-01 |
| 44. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
59.32 |
1.0124 |
0.0196 |
204 |
1 |
59.32 |
2010-05-10 |
| 45. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
59.28 |
1.0565 |
-0.0254 |
247 |
1 |
59.28 |
2010-05-07 |
| 46. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
58.65 |
0.9726 |
0.0436 |
154 |
2 |
58.65 |
2010-05-18 |
| 47. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
58.64 |
0.9529 |
0.1101 |
269 |
1 |
58.64 |
2010-04-24 |
| 48. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
58.53 |
0.8961 |
0.1209 |
189 |
1 |
58.53 |
2010-08-30 |
| 49. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
58.53 |
0.9212 |
0.1025 |
323 |
1 |
58.53 |
2010-04-30 |
| 50. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
58.47 |
0.9938 |
0.0264 |
339 |
1 |
58.47 |
2010-04-08 |
| 51. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
58.35 |
1.0787 |
-0.0627 |
237 |
1 |
58.35 |
2010-05-19 |
| 52. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
58.34 |
0.9429 |
0.0755 |
287 |
3 |
53.79 |
2010-05-06 |
| 53. |
We might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been... |
58.19 |
0.9359 |
0.1180 |
353 |
1 |
58.19 |
2010-05-15 |
| 54. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
58.13 |
0.9820 |
0.0316 |
274 |
1 |
58.13 |
2010-05-01 |
| 55. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
58.01 |
0.8933 |
0.1244 |
363 |
1 |
58.01 |
2010-04-10 |
| 56. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
57.82 |
1.0385 |
-0.0324 |
230 |
1 |
57.82 |
2010-04-14 |
| 57. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
57.69 |
0.9758 |
0.0305 |
314 |
1 |
57.69 |
2010-05-15 |
| 58. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
57.41 |
1.0004 |
-0.0058 |
212 |
1 |
57.41 |
2010-04-24 |
| 59. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
57.37 |
1.0125 |
-0.0148 |
224 |
1 |
57.37 |
2010-04-17 |
| 60. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
57.35 |
0.9665 |
0.0824 |
326 |
1 |
57.35 |
2010-05-21 |
| 61. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
57.21 |
0.9851 |
0.0142 |
317 |
2 |
56.37 |
2010-08-11 |
| 62. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
57.19 |
1.0183 |
-0.0271 |
191 |
3 |
52.11 |
2010-05-08 |
| 63. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
57.01 |
0.9691 |
0.0240 |
223 |
2 |
56.17 |
2010-05-09 |
| 64. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
56.88 |
0.9740 |
0.0132 |
209 |
1 |
56.88 |
2010-05-07 |
| 65. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
56.84 |
0.9430 |
0.0403 |
211 |
1 |
56.84 |
2010-04-27 |
| 66. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
56.74 |
1.0506 |
-0.0330 |
277 |
1 |
56.74 |
2010-05-13 |
| 67. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
56.71 |
0.9795 |
0.0088 |
308 |
1 |
56.71 |
2010-04-30 |
| 68. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
56.67 |
0.9846 |
0.0019 |
281 |
1 |
56.67 |
2010-05-09 |
| 69. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
56.66 |
0.9965 |
-0.0085 |
277 |
2 |
56.52 |
2010-05-06 |
| 70. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
56.61 |
0.9426 |
0.0470 |
317 |
1 |
56.61 |
2010-08-13 |
| 71. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
56.20 |
0.9202 |
0.0584 |
254 |
1 |
56.20 |
2010-04-30 |
| 72. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
56.10 |
1.0567 |
-0.0786 |
303 |
1 |
56.10 |
2010-04-10 |
| 73. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
55.90 |
0.9792 |
0.0332 |
265 |
2 |
55.60 |
2010-08-12 |
| 74. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
55.83 |
0.9710 |
-0.0047 |
173 |
1 |
55.83 |
2010-05-13 |
| 75. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
55.64 |
0.8722 |
0.1001 |
285 |
2 |
53.88 |
2010-05-09 |
| 76. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
55.60 |
0.9922 |
0.0176 |
341 |
1 |
55.60 |
2010-04-30 |
| 77. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
55.60 |
0.8595 |
0.1110 |
242 |
3 |
54.94 |
2010-05-13 |
| 78. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
55.56 |
1.0025 |
-0.0346 |
256 |
1 |
55.56 |
2010-08-12 |
| 79. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
55.54 |
1.0516 |
-0.0844 |
281 |
1 |
55.54 |
2010-05-06 |
| 80. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
55.42 |
0.8442 |
0.1253 |
265 |
1 |
55.42 |
2010-05-06 |
| 81. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
55.25 |
0.9339 |
0.0271 |
310 |
1 |
55.25 |
2010-05-07 |
| 82. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
55.16 |
0.9128 |
0.0896 |
369 |
1 |
55.16 |
2010-04-08 |
| 83. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
55.15 |
0.9266 |
0.0343 |
267 |
1 |
55.15 |
2010-05-12 |
| 84. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
55.04 |
0.9614 |
0.0004 |
292 |
2 |
53.42 |
2010-08-12 |
| 85. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
54.95 |
1.0013 |
-0.0450 |
273 |
1 |
54.95 |
2010-05-06 |
| 86. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
54.80 |
1.0417 |
-0.0896 |
253 |
1 |
54.80 |
2010-05-21 |
| 87. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
54.72 |
0.8753 |
0.0871 |
427 |
1 |
54.72 |
2010-05-09 |
| 88. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
54.60 |
0.9723 |
-0.0175 |
364 |
1 |
54.60 |
2010-04-15 |
| 89. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
54.58 |
0.9863 |
-0.0312 |
339 |
1 |
54.58 |
2010-04-16 |
| 90. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
54.57 |
0.9811 |
-0.0279 |
272 |
1 |
54.57 |
2010-05-06 |
| 91. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
54.48 |
1.0090 |
-0.0163 |
282 |
1 |
54.48 |
2010-04-08 |
| 92. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
54.44 |
0.9907 |
-0.0441 |
211 |
1 |
54.44 |
2010-04-28 |
| 93. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
54.41 |
0.9157 |
0.0369 |
350 |
1 |
54.41 |
2010-08-16 |
| 94. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
54.37 |
0.9213 |
0.0262 |
295 |
1 |
54.37 |
2010-05-01 |
| 95. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
54.20 |
1.0596 |
-0.1177 |
239 |
1 |
54.20 |
2010-08-12 |
| 96. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
53.99 |
0.9964 |
-0.0560 |
203 |
1 |
53.99 |
2010-04-30 |
| 97. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
53.93 |
0.9756 |
-0.0377 |
229 |
1 |
53.93 |
2010-05-10 |
| 98. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
53.88 |
1.0666 |
-0.1282 |
297 |
1 |
53.88 |
2010-08-16 |
| 99. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
53.61 |
0.9148 |
0.0202 |
317 |
1 |
53.61 |
2010-05-09 |
| 100. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
53.56 |
1.0595 |
-0.1243 |
379 |
1 |
53.56 |
2010-04-08 |
| 101. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
53.43 |
0.9485 |
-0.0164 |
236 |
1 |
53.43 |
2010-05-15 |
| 102. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
53.28 |
0.9698 |
-0.0092 |
397 |
1 |
53.28 |
2010-08-13 |
| 103. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
53.22 |
0.9916 |
-0.0223 |
282 |
1 |
53.22 |
2010-04-14 |
| 104. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
53.00 |
0.9886 |
-0.0633 |
220 |
1 |
53.00 |
2010-04-16 |
| 105. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
52.65 |
0.9572 |
0.0025 |
376 |
1 |
52.65 |
2010-04-24 |
| 106. |
Dropping through sky, through the glass of the roof, through... |
52.63 |
0.9688 |
-0.0527 |
217 |
1 |
52.63 |
2010-08-12 |
| 107. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
52.22 |
1.0346 |
-0.0836 |
244 |
1 |
52.22 |
2010-05-01 |
| 108. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
51.96 |
0.9649 |
-0.0616 |
193 |
1 |
51.96 |
2010-05-06 |
| 109. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
51.60 |
0.9852 |
-0.0868 |
264 |
1 |
51.60 |
2010-08-16 |
| 110. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
51.36 |
1.0150 |
-0.0721 |
325 |
1 |
51.36 |
2010-05-18 |
| 111. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
51.32 |
0.9583 |
-0.0215 |
341 |
2 |
49.77 |
2010-05-06 |
| 112. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
51.32 |
1.0337 |
-0.1412 |
214 |
1 |
51.32 |
2010-04-23 |
| 113. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
51.16 |
0.8770 |
0.0165 |
300 |
1 |
51.16 |
2010-08-12 |
| 114. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
51.15 |
0.8971 |
-0.0017 |
266 |
1 |
51.15 |
2010-08-12 |
| 115. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
50.92 |
0.9908 |
-0.0588 |
342 |
1 |
50.92 |
2010-05-09 |
| 116. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
50.87 |
1.0696 |
-0.1879 |
226 |
1 |
50.87 |
2010-08-16 |
| 117. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
50.81 |
1.0201 |
-0.1320 |
375 |
1 |
50.81 |
2010-04-19 |
| 118. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
50.61 |
0.9084 |
-0.0260 |
300 |
1 |
50.61 |
2010-05-02 |
| 119. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
50.53 |
0.8573 |
0.0255 |
270 |
1 |
50.53 |
2010-05-18 |
| 120. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
50.44 |
0.9109 |
-0.0307 |
401 |
1 |
50.44 |
2010-04-22 |
| 121. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
50.39 |
0.9164 |
-0.0349 |
305 |
1 |
50.39 |
2010-04-17 |
| 122. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
50.25 |
0.9865 |
-0.1111 |
276 |
1 |
50.25 |
2010-05-06 |
| 123. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
50.23 |
0.9089 |
-0.0311 |
342 |
1 |
50.23 |
2010-04-16 |
| 124. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
49.82 |
0.8105 |
0.0519 |
204 |
1 |
49.82 |
2010-05-10 |
| 125. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
49.54 |
0.8533 |
0.0095 |
232 |
1 |
49.54 |
2010-08-17 |
| 126. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
49.52 |
0.8852 |
-0.0217 |
201 |
1 |
49.52 |
2010-06-20 |
| 127. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
49.43 |
0.9772 |
-0.1209 |
217 |
1 |
49.43 |
2010-05-07 |
| 128. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
49.42 |
0.9632 |
-0.0613 |
345 |
1 |
49.42 |
2010-08-12 |
| 129. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
49.11 |
0.9855 |
-0.0981 |
258 |
1 |
49.11 |
2010-08-11 |
| 130. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
49.10 |
1.0031 |
-0.1156 |
304 |
1 |
49.10 |
2010-04-14 |
| 131. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
48.78 |
0.9941 |
-0.1482 |
217 |
1 |
48.78 |
2010-04-30 |
| 132. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
48.68 |
0.9532 |
-0.1080 |
258 |
1 |
48.68 |
2010-08-11 |
| 133. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
47.97 |
0.9045 |
-0.0702 |
235 |
1 |
47.97 |
2010-04-28 |
| 134. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
46.99 |
0.8553 |
-0.0437 |
174 |
1 |
46.99 |
2010-04-15 |
| 135. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
46.82 |
0.9364 |
-0.0826 |
351 |
1 |
46.82 |
2010-05-21 |
| 136. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
46.08 |
0.9286 |
-0.1290 |
194 |
1 |
46.08 |
2010-04-10 |