| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
105.42 |
1.0398 |
0.3408 |
110 |
4 |
85.18 |
2009-01-03 |
| 2. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
95.71 |
1.0337 |
0.2275 |
214 |
2 |
90.04 |
2008-11-19 |
| 3. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
95.49 |
1.0462 |
0.2066 |
184 |
2 |
95.43 |
2008-12-13 |
| 4. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
93.94 |
1.0368 |
0.2023 |
276 |
3 |
85.94 |
2009-01-03 |
| 5. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
93.20 |
1.0201 |
0.2015 |
172 |
1 |
93.20 |
2008-11-15 |
| 6. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
92.56 |
1.0711 |
0.1437 |
213 |
4 |
83.81 |
2008-12-13 |
| 7. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
90.70 |
1.0289 |
0.1706 |
276 |
2 |
84.15 |
2008-11-27 |
| 8. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
88.84 |
1.0797 |
0.0850 |
210 |
2 |
84.23 |
2008-11-15 |
| 9. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
88.69 |
0.9286 |
0.2387 |
194 |
1 |
88.69 |
2009-01-03 |
| 10. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
88.27 |
1.0714 |
0.0824 |
129 |
3 |
81.06 |
2009-01-03 |
| 11. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
87.06 |
1.0419 |
0.1047 |
261 |
1 |
87.06 |
2008-11-27 |
| 12. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
87.05 |
1.0292 |
0.1160 |
262 |
1 |
87.05 |
2009-01-03 |
| 13. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
87.01 |
0.9697 |
0.1764 |
249 |
3 |
80.21 |
2009-01-03 |
| 14. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
86.88 |
0.9786 |
0.1604 |
193 |
2 |
82.24 |
2008-11-27 |
| 15. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
86.86 |
1.0385 |
0.1036 |
230 |
2 |
81.39 |
2008-11-19 |
| 16. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
86.25 |
0.9805 |
0.1599 |
292 |
1 |
86.25 |
2008-11-18 |
| 17. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
86.00 |
1.0799 |
0.0489 |
243 |
1 |
86.00 |
2008-11-15 |
| 18. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
85.69 |
1.0349 |
0.0928 |
234 |
2 |
77.89 |
2009-01-03 |
| 19. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
85.17 |
1.0352 |
0.0888 |
341 |
2 |
80.41 |
2008-11-19 |
| 20. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
84.64 |
1.0417 |
0.0702 |
253 |
2 |
84.04 |
2008-11-19 |
| 21. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
84.34 |
0.9997 |
0.1143 |
382 |
1 |
84.34 |
2008-12-13 |
| 22. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
84.12 |
1.0296 |
0.0842 |
437 |
3 |
80.24 |
2009-01-03 |
| 23. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
83.62 |
1.0619 |
0.0425 |
354 |
1 |
83.62 |
2008-11-18 |
| 24. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
83.24 |
1.0555 |
0.0416 |
363 |
3 |
80.22 |
2008-11-19 |
| 25. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
82.81 |
0.9884 |
0.1008 |
233 |
3 |
78.23 |
2009-01-03 |
| 26. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
82.41 |
1.0829 |
0.0033 |
288 |
1 |
82.41 |
2008-11-15 |
| 27. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
82.39 |
1.0426 |
0.0411 |
323 |
1 |
82.39 |
2008-11-27 |
| 28. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
81.81 |
1.0788 |
-0.0077 |
171 |
1 |
81.81 |
2009-01-03 |
| 29. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
81.77 |
0.9734 |
0.1024 |
289 |
2 |
71.59 |
2008-11-27 |
| 30. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
80.92 |
1.0565 |
0.0057 |
247 |
4 |
77.78 |
2008-11-19 |
| 31. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
80.85 |
1.0498 |
0.0093 |
180 |
1 |
80.85 |
2008-11-15 |
| 32. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
80.76 |
1.0993 |
-0.0387 |
265 |
1 |
80.76 |
2008-11-15 |
| 33. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
80.67 |
0.9426 |
0.1220 |
317 |
2 |
79.86 |
2008-11-19 |
| 34. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
80.48 |
1.1114 |
-0.0551 |
247 |
1 |
80.48 |
2008-12-13 |
| 35. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
80.37 |
0.9687 |
0.0935 |
371 |
2 |
77.53 |
2009-01-03 |
| 36. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
80.17 |
1.0214 |
0.0317 |
269 |
1 |
80.17 |
2008-12-13 |
| 37. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
80.10 |
1.0252 |
0.0222 |
176 |
2 |
78.52 |
2008-11-15 |
| 38. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
80.03 |
1.0441 |
0.0104 |
252 |
1 |
80.03 |
2008-11-19 |
| 39. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
79.81 |
1.0257 |
0.0307 |
401 |
2 |
70.66 |
2008-11-15 |
| 40. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
79.69 |
0.9723 |
0.0798 |
364 |
2 |
79.45 |
2008-11-15 |
| 41. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
79.66 |
0.9886 |
0.0619 |
220 |
2 |
70.03 |
2008-11-27 |
| 42. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
79.49 |
0.9597 |
0.0902 |
347 |
1 |
79.49 |
2008-12-13 |
| 43. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
79.45 |
0.9429 |
0.1036 |
287 |
2 |
73.40 |
2009-01-03 |
| 44. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
79.31 |
1.0297 |
0.0125 |
249 |
2 |
69.27 |
2008-11-15 |
| 45. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
79.08 |
0.9351 |
0.0997 |
190 |
3 |
69.02 |
2009-01-03 |
| 46. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
78.97 |
1.0340 |
0.0101 |
406 |
2 |
72.97 |
2008-11-27 |
| 47. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
78.92 |
1.0429 |
-0.0061 |
259 |
1 |
78.92 |
2009-01-03 |
| 48. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
78.82 |
0.9109 |
0.1286 |
401 |
3 |
70.81 |
2008-11-15 |
| 49. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
78.45 |
1.0120 |
0.0191 |
290 |
1 |
78.45 |
2008-11-15 |
| 50. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
78.34 |
1.0444 |
-0.0205 |
197 |
2 |
75.88 |
2008-11-27 |
| 51. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
78.22 |
1.0025 |
0.0263 |
256 |
2 |
76.45 |
2008-11-19 |
| 52. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
78.10 |
0.9965 |
0.0260 |
168 |
2 |
75.49 |
2008-11-15 |
| 53. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
77.87 |
0.9910 |
0.0351 |
295 |
1 |
77.87 |
2008-11-15 |
| 54. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
77.86 |
0.9724 |
0.0553 |
237 |
1 |
77.86 |
2008-11-15 |
| 55. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
77.68 |
1.0486 |
-0.0261 |
289 |
1 |
77.68 |
2009-01-03 |
| 56. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
77.46 |
1.0352 |
-0.0134 |
341 |
3 |
74.44 |
2008-12-13 |
| 57. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
77.37 |
1.0095 |
0.0069 |
316 |
2 |
61.14 |
2009-01-03 |
| 58. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
77.35 |
0.9798 |
0.0318 |
199 |
2 |
76.20 |
2008-12-13 |
| 59. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
77.09 |
1.0331 |
-0.0215 |
234 |
1 |
77.09 |
2008-11-15 |
| 60. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
77.02 |
1.0060 |
0.0022 |
171 |
2 |
75.51 |
2008-11-18 |
| 61. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
76.95 |
0.9852 |
0.0271 |
264 |
3 |
71.22 |
2008-11-19 |
| 62. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
76.88 |
1.0138 |
-0.0032 |
231 |
1 |
76.88 |
2008-11-15 |
| 63. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
76.83 |
1.0025 |
0.0088 |
336 |
1 |
76.83 |
2008-11-15 |
| 64. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
76.71 |
0.9946 |
0.0140 |
246 |
4 |
73.07 |
2008-12-13 |
| 65. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
75.65 |
0.9567 |
0.0377 |
273 |
3 |
72.50 |
2008-11-27 |
| 66. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
75.61 |
1.0053 |
-0.0132 |
232 |
2 |
74.09 |
2008-11-15 |
| 67. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
75.61 |
1.0073 |
-0.0052 |
369 |
3 |
70.59 |
2008-11-27 |
| 68. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
75.25 |
1.0016 |
-0.0169 |
218 |
2 |
74.14 |
2009-01-03 |
| 69. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
75.15 |
1.1018 |
-0.1202 |
220 |
1 |
75.15 |
2008-11-19 |
| 70. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
75.07 |
0.8826 |
0.1057 |
296 |
1 |
75.07 |
2008-11-27 |
| 71. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
74.82 |
0.9776 |
0.0062 |
308 |
1 |
74.82 |
2008-11-15 |
| 72. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
74.80 |
1.0263 |
-0.0438 |
267 |
1 |
74.80 |
2009-01-03 |
| 73. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
74.72 |
0.9831 |
0.0072 |
469 |
1 |
74.72 |
2008-11-15 |
| 74. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
74.62 |
0.8770 |
0.1071 |
300 |
1 |
74.62 |
2008-11-15 |
| 75. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
74.59 |
0.9164 |
0.0689 |
305 |
3 |
72.65 |
2008-11-27 |
| 76. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
74.57 |
1.0167 |
-0.0296 |
378 |
1 |
74.57 |
2009-01-03 |
| 77. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
74.47 |
1.0516 |
-0.0731 |
281 |
1 |
74.47 |
2008-11-06 |
| 78. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
74.35 |
1.0613 |
-0.0831 |
266 |
2 |
72.20 |
2008-11-18 |
| 79. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
74.33 |
1.0004 |
-0.0294 |
212 |
1 |
74.33 |
2009-01-03 |
| 80. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
73.17 |
1.0445 |
-0.0820 |
373 |
1 |
73.17 |
2009-01-03 |
| 81. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
73.04 |
0.9005 |
0.0579 |
212 |
1 |
73.04 |
2008-11-19 |
| 82. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
72.79 |
0.9293 |
0.0280 |
355 |
1 |
72.79 |
2008-11-18 |
| 83. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
72.70 |
0.9289 |
0.0241 |
204 |
2 |
67.91 |
2008-11-18 |
| 84. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
72.69 |
0.9893 |
-0.0340 |
323 |
1 |
72.69 |
2008-11-15 |
| 85. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
72.58 |
1.0013 |
-0.0485 |
273 |
1 |
72.58 |
2008-11-15 |
| 86. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
72.18 |
0.8947 |
0.0586 |
366 |
3 |
68.74 |
2009-01-03 |
| 87. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
72.12 |
1.0201 |
-0.0685 |
375 |
1 |
72.12 |
2008-11-27 |
| 88. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
72.07 |
0.8996 |
0.0419 |
192 |
3 |
69.08 |
2008-12-13 |
| 89. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
72.06 |
1.0109 |
-0.0633 |
276 |
1 |
72.06 |
2008-11-15 |
| 90. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
72.01 |
0.9684 |
-0.0195 |
388 |
1 |
72.01 |
2008-11-15 |
| 91. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
71.69 |
0.9986 |
-0.0561 |
283 |
1 |
71.69 |
2008-11-15 |
| 92. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
71.67 |
0.9905 |
-0.0411 |
377 |
1 |
71.67 |
2008-11-15 |
| 93. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
71.53 |
1.0213 |
-0.0847 |
240 |
1 |
71.53 |
2008-11-18 |
| 94. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
71.40 |
0.9672 |
-0.0227 |
396 |
1 |
71.40 |
2009-01-03 |
| 95. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
71.11 |
1.0197 |
-0.0884 |
226 |
1 |
71.11 |
2008-11-15 |
| 96. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
70.81 |
0.9372 |
-0.0030 |
320 |
2 |
68.35 |
2009-01-03 |
| 97. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
70.49 |
0.8878 |
0.0379 |
346 |
1 |
70.49 |
2008-11-18 |
| 98. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
69.84 |
0.9213 |
-0.0035 |
295 |
1 |
69.84 |
2008-12-13 |
| 99. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
69.71 |
0.9844 |
-0.0641 |
293 |
1 |
69.71 |
2008-11-15 |
| 100. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
69.49 |
0.9866 |
-0.0777 |
218 |
2 |
68.69 |
2008-11-18 |
| 101. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
69.41 |
0.9532 |
-0.0430 |
258 |
1 |
69.41 |
2008-11-15 |
| 102. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
69.30 |
0.9731 |
-0.0755 |
129 |
1 |
69.30 |
2008-11-27 |
| 103. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
69.26 |
0.8956 |
0.0185 |
322 |
1 |
69.26 |
2008-11-15 |
| 104. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
68.97 |
1.0033 |
-0.1043 |
189 |
1 |
68.97 |
2009-01-03 |
| 105. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
68.70 |
0.8961 |
0.0026 |
189 |
1 |
68.70 |
2008-11-06 |
| 106. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
68.58 |
0.9278 |
-0.0246 |
295 |
4 |
65.77 |
2008-11-19 |
| 107. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
68.30 |
0.8553 |
0.0363 |
174 |
1 |
68.30 |
2008-11-15 |
| 108. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
68.27 |
0.9636 |
-0.0674 |
254 |
1 |
68.27 |
2008-11-15 |
| 109. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
68.07 |
0.9468 |
-0.0536 |
276 |
1 |
68.07 |
2008-11-15 |
| 110. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
66.95 |
0.9234 |
-0.0392 |
346 |
1 |
66.95 |
2008-11-19 |
| 111. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
66.90 |
0.9398 |
-0.0524 |
419 |
1 |
66.90 |
2008-11-15 |
| 112. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
66.26 |
0.9570 |
-0.0857 |
287 |
1 |
66.26 |
2008-11-15 |
| 113. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
66.13 |
0.9851 |
-0.1151 |
317 |
2 |
65.50 |
2008-11-27 |
| 114. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
66.00 |
0.9601 |
-0.0893 |
308 |
1 |
66.00 |
2008-11-15 |
| 115. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
65.59 |
0.9411 |
-0.0796 |
318 |
1 |
65.59 |
2008-11-16 |
| 116. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
65.52 |
0.9309 |
-0.0731 |
284 |
1 |
65.52 |
2008-11-15 |
| 117. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
65.32 |
0.9846 |
-0.1286 |
281 |
1 |
65.32 |
2008-11-06 |
| 118. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
64.23 |
0.9646 |
-0.1230 |
264 |
1 |
64.23 |
2008-11-06 |
| 119. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
64.09 |
0.9740 |
-0.1374 |
209 |
1 |
64.09 |
2008-11-15 |
| 120. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
64.05 |
0.9820 |
-0.1391 |
267 |
1 |
64.05 |
2008-11-15 |
| 121. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
64.05 |
1.0399 |
-0.1946 |
294 |
1 |
64.05 |
2008-11-06 |
| 122. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
64.01 |
0.8382 |
0.0019 |
268 |
3 |
61.59 |
2008-11-15 |
| 123. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
63.92 |
0.9168 |
-0.0771 |
240 |
2 |
59.73 |
2008-11-18 |
| 124. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
63.28 |
0.9212 |
-0.0880 |
323 |
1 |
63.28 |
2008-11-15 |
| 125. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
63.05 |
0.9754 |
-0.1425 |
362 |
1 |
63.05 |
2008-11-15 |
| 126. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
62.80 |
0.9676 |
-0.1358 |
442 |
1 |
62.80 |
2008-11-06 |
| 127. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
62.73 |
0.9514 |
-0.1285 |
237 |
1 |
62.73 |
2008-11-15 |
| 128. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
62.63 |
0.9795 |
-0.1583 |
308 |
1 |
62.63 |
2008-11-15 |
| 129. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
62.42 |
0.9619 |
-0.1383 |
393 |
1 |
62.42 |
2008-11-15 |
| 130. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
62.06 |
0.9072 |
-0.0953 |
237 |
1 |
62.06 |
2008-11-19 |
| 131. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
61.71 |
0.9964 |
-0.1873 |
203 |
1 |
61.71 |
2008-11-15 |
| 132. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
61.47 |
0.9843 |
-0.1835 |
234 |
1 |
61.47 |
2008-11-06 |
| 133. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
61.28 |
1.0168 |
-0.2121 |
271 |
1 |
61.28 |
2008-11-06 |
| 134. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
60.44 |
0.9339 |
-0.1433 |
310 |
1 |
60.44 |
2008-11-15 |
| 135. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
60.33 |
0.9811 |
-0.1878 |
272 |
1 |
60.33 |
2008-11-18 |
| 136. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
59.23 |
0.9097 |
-0.0922 |
464 |
1 |
59.23 |
2008-11-06 |
| 137. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
59.21 |
0.8753 |
-0.0904 |
427 |
1 |
59.21 |
2008-11-15 |
| 138. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
57.11 |
0.7876 |
-0.0373 |
316 |
2 |
56.72 |
2008-11-06 |
| 139. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
56.63 |
0.8722 |
-0.1280 |
285 |
1 |
56.63 |
2008-11-15 |