| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
145.85 |
0.9731 |
0.2713 |
129 |
4 |
113.85 |
2010-10-07 |
| 2. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
139.30 |
1.0719 |
0.1556 |
360 |
2 |
123.72 |
2010-10-27 |
| 3. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
139.00 |
1.0621 |
0.1546 |
263 |
1 |
139.00 |
2010-09-28 |
| 4. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
138.47 |
1.0666 |
0.1262 |
297 |
1 |
138.47 |
2010-10-20 |
| 5. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
138.23 |
1.0441 |
0.1480 |
252 |
2 |
129.86 |
2010-10-20 |
| 6. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
136.79 |
1.0788 |
0.0936 |
171 |
4 |
122.19 |
2010-10-20 |
| 7. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
136.31 |
1.0863 |
0.1224 |
210 |
1 |
136.31 |
2010-10-27 |
| 8. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
136.20 |
1.0619 |
0.1146 |
354 |
2 |
132.91 |
2010-10-06 |
| 9. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
136.19 |
1.0390 |
0.1300 |
205 |
2 |
127.39 |
2010-10-06 |
| 10. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
136.03 |
1.0124 |
0.1566 |
204 |
3 |
129.40 |
2010-10-21 |
| 11. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
135.73 |
1.0334 |
0.1289 |
131 |
2 |
114.18 |
2010-09-26 |
| 12. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
133.08 |
1.0796 |
0.0613 |
129 |
1 |
133.08 |
2010-09-27 |
| 13. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
132.79 |
1.0201 |
0.1163 |
172 |
1 |
132.79 |
2010-10-20 |
| 14. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
132.44 |
1.0099 |
0.1274 |
207 |
1 |
132.44 |
2010-10-20 |
| 15. |
The milk and cheese and yogurt, which once came from dairy c... |
131.01 |
0.9310 |
0.1928 |
188 |
1 |
131.01 |
2010-10-20 |
| 16. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
130.92 |
1.0053 |
0.1196 |
232 |
1 |
130.92 |
2010-10-06 |
| 17. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
130.30 |
1.0486 |
0.0737 |
289 |
1 |
130.30 |
2010-10-06 |
| 18. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
130.11 |
1.0391 |
0.0869 |
358 |
1 |
130.11 |
2010-10-27 |
| 19. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
130.09 |
1.1014 |
0.0561 |
273 |
1 |
130.09 |
2010-10-06 |
| 20. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
129.46 |
1.0521 |
0.0573 |
171 |
1 |
129.46 |
2010-09-27 |
| 21. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
129.03 |
1.1081 |
0.0370 |
206 |
1 |
129.03 |
2010-09-27 |
| 22. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
128.59 |
0.9786 |
0.1275 |
235 |
2 |
117.92 |
2010-10-06 |
| 23. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
128.50 |
0.8910 |
0.2166 |
150 |
1 |
128.50 |
2010-10-20 |
| 24. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
127.53 |
0.9964 |
0.1011 |
203 |
1 |
127.53 |
2010-10-20 |
| 25. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
127.19 |
1.0095 |
0.0839 |
316 |
2 |
122.68 |
2010-10-21 |
| 26. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
126.99 |
1.0444 |
0.0417 |
197 |
1 |
126.99 |
2010-09-26 |
| 27. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
126.85 |
1.0138 |
0.0773 |
231 |
1 |
126.85 |
2010-09-28 |
| 28. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
126.46 |
0.9865 |
0.1027 |
276 |
1 |
126.46 |
2010-10-27 |
| 29. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
126.36 |
1.0426 |
0.0439 |
323 |
2 |
120.63 |
2010-10-06 |
| 30. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
126.00 |
0.9905 |
0.1014 |
377 |
1 |
126.00 |
2010-10-06 |
| 31. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
125.23 |
1.0263 |
0.0503 |
267 |
1 |
125.23 |
2010-10-06 |
| 32. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
125.18 |
1.0516 |
0.0250 |
281 |
2 |
121.51 |
2010-09-27 |
| 33. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
125.11 |
1.0567 |
0.0203 |
303 |
1 |
125.11 |
2010-10-20 |
| 34. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
125.08 |
1.0885 |
-0.0091 |
315 |
1 |
125.08 |
2010-10-27 |
| 35. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
124.48 |
1.0083 |
0.1067 |
273 |
1 |
124.48 |
2012-07-10 |
| 36. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
123.95 |
0.9855 |
0.1141 |
258 |
2 |
119.02 |
2010-12-12 |
| 37. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
123.81 |
1.0763 |
0.0302 |
367 |
1 |
123.81 |
2010-10-06 |
| 38. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
123.78 |
1.0062 |
0.0586 |
288 |
1 |
123.78 |
2010-09-28 |
| 39. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
122.99 |
1.0630 |
0.0281 |
397 |
1 |
122.99 |
2010-10-06 |
| 40. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
122.80 |
0.9196 |
0.1383 |
148 |
2 |
114.62 |
2010-10-20 |
| 41. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
122.64 |
1.0213 |
0.0303 |
240 |
1 |
122.64 |
2010-09-26 |
| 42. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
122.36 |
1.0388 |
0.0452 |
243 |
1 |
122.36 |
2010-10-07 |
| 43. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
122.32 |
1.0120 |
0.0393 |
290 |
1 |
122.32 |
2010-09-28 |
| 44. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
122.32 |
0.8852 |
0.1690 |
201 |
1 |
122.32 |
2010-10-20 |
| 45. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
121.58 |
1.0029 |
0.0363 |
209 |
1 |
121.58 |
2010-10-27 |
| 46. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
120.98 |
1.0829 |
-0.0410 |
288 |
2 |
120.56 |
2010-10-06 |
| 47. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
120.38 |
1.0714 |
-0.0451 |
129 |
2 |
118.11 |
2010-10-21 |
| 48. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
120.28 |
1.0201 |
0.0146 |
303 |
1 |
120.28 |
2010-10-06 |
| 49. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
120.15 |
0.9997 |
0.0371 |
382 |
1 |
120.15 |
2010-10-06 |
| 50. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
120.04 |
1.0251 |
0.0049 |
261 |
2 |
116.30 |
2010-10-07 |
| 51. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
119.30 |
1.0060 |
0.0151 |
171 |
1 |
119.30 |
2010-10-27 |
| 52. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
118.77 |
1.0677 |
-0.0161 |
284 |
1 |
118.77 |
2010-10-06 |
| 53. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
118.24 |
0.9857 |
0.0298 |
293 |
1 |
118.24 |
2010-10-20 |
| 54. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
117.99 |
1.1215 |
-0.0831 |
200 |
2 |
110.46 |
2010-10-06 |
| 55. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
117.96 |
1.0644 |
-0.0142 |
257 |
1 |
117.96 |
2010-10-06 |
| 56. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
117.94 |
0.9763 |
0.0371 |
289 |
1 |
117.94 |
2010-09-28 |
| 57. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
117.43 |
1.0767 |
-0.0694 |
212 |
1 |
117.43 |
2010-09-27 |
| 58. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
116.38 |
0.9342 |
0.0696 |
434 |
1 |
116.38 |
2010-10-20 |
| 59. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
116.19 |
0.9532 |
0.0442 |
258 |
1 |
116.19 |
2010-10-20 |
| 60. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
116.05 |
0.9946 |
0.0027 |
246 |
2 |
112.17 |
2010-09-27 |
| 61. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
115.89 |
1.0211 |
0.0057 |
213 |
1 |
115.89 |
2010-09-26 |
| 62. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
115.43 |
1.0797 |
-0.0932 |
210 |
2 |
110.21 |
2010-10-06 |
| 63. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
115.35 |
0.8787 |
0.1174 |
202 |
1 |
115.35 |
2010-10-20 |
| 64. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
115.30 |
1.0189 |
-0.0247 |
337 |
1 |
115.30 |
2010-10-27 |
| 65. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
115.26 |
0.9966 |
-0.0066 |
259 |
1 |
115.26 |
2010-10-20 |
| 66. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
115.21 |
1.0385 |
-0.0501 |
230 |
1 |
115.21 |
2010-10-07 |
| 67. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
115.08 |
1.0004 |
-0.0175 |
212 |
1 |
115.08 |
2010-10-06 |
| 68. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
114.89 |
0.9567 |
0.0729 |
184 |
2 |
109.91 |
2010-10-07 |
| 69. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
114.75 |
1.0555 |
-0.0679 |
363 |
1 |
114.75 |
2010-09-28 |
| 70. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
114.35 |
0.9871 |
0.0178 |
227 |
1 |
114.35 |
2010-10-27 |
| 71. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
114.17 |
0.9841 |
0.0008 |
334 |
1 |
114.17 |
2010-10-07 |
| 72. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
113.93 |
1.0252 |
-0.0527 |
176 |
1 |
113.93 |
2010-09-28 |
| 73. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
113.92 |
0.9831 |
0.0038 |
469 |
1 |
113.92 |
2010-09-26 |
| 74. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
113.65 |
0.9833 |
-0.0051 |
355 |
1 |
113.65 |
2010-10-06 |
| 75. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
113.44 |
1.0684 |
-0.0639 |
253 |
1 |
113.44 |
2010-10-20 |
| 76. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
113.36 |
1.0257 |
-0.0452 |
401 |
1 |
113.36 |
2010-10-21 |
| 77. |
The label doesn't mention that that rib-eye steak came from ... |
113.31 |
0.7731 |
0.2025 |
145 |
1 |
113.31 |
2010-10-20 |
| 78. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
113.21 |
0.9873 |
-0.0173 |
155 |
1 |
113.21 |
2010-10-20 |
| 79. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
112.93 |
1.0608 |
-0.0572 |
258 |
1 |
112.93 |
2010-09-28 |
| 80. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
112.85 |
0.9212 |
0.0517 |
323 |
2 |
108.25 |
2010-10-06 |
| 81. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
112.83 |
0.8975 |
0.0724 |
268 |
1 |
112.83 |
2010-10-20 |
| 82. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
112.76 |
0.9740 |
-0.0093 |
209 |
1 |
112.76 |
2010-10-06 |
| 83. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
112.57 |
0.9684 |
0.0015 |
388 |
1 |
112.57 |
2010-09-28 |
| 84. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
112.45 |
0.9289 |
0.0349 |
204 |
1 |
112.45 |
2010-12-12 |
| 85. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
112.16 |
0.9293 |
0.0351 |
355 |
1 |
112.16 |
2010-10-21 |
| 86. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
111.48 |
1.0254 |
-0.0269 |
217 |
1 |
111.48 |
2010-10-06 |
| 87. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
111.22 |
0.9376 |
0.0532 |
360 |
1 |
111.22 |
2010-10-27 |
| 88. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
110.92 |
0.9109 |
0.0445 |
401 |
1 |
110.92 |
2010-10-06 |
| 89. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
110.64 |
0.8961 |
0.0509 |
189 |
1 |
110.64 |
2010-10-06 |
| 90. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
110.60 |
0.9879 |
-0.0292 |
450 |
1 |
110.60 |
2010-10-06 |
| 91. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
110.22 |
0.8919 |
0.0531 |
205 |
1 |
110.22 |
2010-10-07 |
| 92. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
110.17 |
1.0169 |
-0.0320 |
346 |
1 |
110.17 |
2010-09-28 |
| 93. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
110.04 |
1.0150 |
-0.0209 |
325 |
1 |
110.04 |
2010-10-20 |
| 94. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
109.38 |
0.9795 |
-0.0401 |
308 |
1 |
109.38 |
2010-10-07 |
| 95. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
109.29 |
1.0768 |
-0.0981 |
295 |
1 |
109.29 |
2010-10-27 |
| 96. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
109.02 |
1.0077 |
-0.0301 |
250 |
1 |
109.02 |
2010-10-07 |
| 97. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
108.98 |
1.0023 |
-0.0683 |
211 |
1 |
108.98 |
2010-09-26 |
| 98. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
108.69 |
1.0264 |
-0.0529 |
422 |
1 |
108.69 |
2010-10-07 |
| 99. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
108.42 |
0.9640 |
-0.0037 |
334 |
1 |
108.42 |
2010-10-06 |
| 100. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
108.31 |
1.0577 |
-0.1311 |
247 |
1 |
108.31 |
2010-10-06 |
| 101. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
108.17 |
1.0429 |
-0.1154 |
259 |
1 |
108.17 |
2010-09-27 |
| 102. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
107.70 |
0.9693 |
-0.0231 |
360 |
1 |
107.70 |
2010-10-06 |
| 103. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
107.17 |
0.9578 |
-0.0381 |
281 |
1 |
107.17 |
2010-10-06 |
| 104. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
107.14 |
0.9866 |
-0.0704 |
218 |
1 |
107.14 |
2010-10-21 |
| 105. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
106.57 |
0.9567 |
-0.0420 |
273 |
1 |
106.57 |
2010-10-27 |
| 106. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
105.72 |
0.9275 |
-0.0233 |
211 |
1 |
105.72 |
2010-10-06 |
| 107. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
104.32 |
0.9886 |
-0.0908 |
220 |
1 |
104.32 |
2010-10-06 |
| 108. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
104.05 |
0.9088 |
-0.0106 |
348 |
1 |
104.05 |
2010-10-06 |
| 109. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
103.55 |
0.9910 |
-0.1005 |
295 |
1 |
103.55 |
2010-10-06 |
| 110. |
However, let us leave aside the philosophical, social, and e... |
103.52 |
0.9569 |
-0.0416 |
410 |
1 |
103.52 |
2010-10-06 |
| 111. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
102.46 |
0.9991 |
-0.1194 |
225 |
2 |
97.15 |
2010-10-06 |
| 112. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
102.25 |
0.9710 |
-0.1002 |
173 |
1 |
102.25 |
2010-09-27 |
| 113. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
102.22 |
0.9668 |
-0.0471 |
383 |
1 |
102.22 |
2010-10-06 |
| 114. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
100.40 |
1.0396 |
-0.1856 |
149 |
1 |
100.40 |
2010-10-06 |
| 115. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
100.11 |
1.0013 |
-0.1435 |
273 |
1 |
100.11 |
2010-10-20 |
| 116. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
99.72 |
0.9632 |
-0.1015 |
392 |
1 |
99.72 |
2010-09-28 |
| 117. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
99.65 |
1.0379 |
-0.1483 |
245 |
1 |
99.65 |
2010-09-28 |
| 118. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
98.47 |
1.0498 |
-0.2102 |
180 |
1 |
98.47 |
2010-10-07 |
| 119. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
97.94 |
1.0172 |
-0.1423 |
341 |
1 |
97.94 |
2010-10-06 |
| 120. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
97.65 |
1.0109 |
-0.1728 |
276 |
1 |
97.65 |
2010-09-26 |
| 121. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
97.02 |
0.8916 |
-0.0595 |
216 |
1 |
97.02 |
2010-09-26 |
| 122. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
96.16 |
0.9072 |
-0.0846 |
237 |
1 |
96.16 |
2010-10-06 |
| 123. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
95.46 |
0.9339 |
-0.1172 |
310 |
1 |
95.46 |
2010-10-20 |
| 124. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
95.42 |
1.0232 |
-0.1697 |
236 |
1 |
95.42 |
2010-09-26 |
| 125. |
Many wines have more than 14 percent alcohol because the win... |
94.23 |
0.9739 |
-0.1306 |
412 |
1 |
94.23 |
2010-09-26 |
| 126. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
93.31 |
0.8105 |
-0.0153 |
204 |
1 |
93.31 |
2010-10-27 |
| 127. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
92.61 |
0.9941 |
-0.2031 |
217 |
1 |
92.61 |
2010-10-06 |
| 128. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
92.45 |
0.8553 |
-0.0684 |
174 |
1 |
92.45 |
2010-10-06 |
| 129. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
91.75 |
0.9527 |
-0.1669 |
251 |
1 |
91.75 |
2010-10-20 |
| 130. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
90.79 |
0.8595 |
-0.0802 |
242 |
1 |
90.79 |
2010-10-06 |
| 131. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
90.29 |
0.8602 |
-0.0892 |
206 |
1 |
90.29 |
2010-10-06 |
| 132. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
90.06 |
0.9023 |
-0.0883 |
231 |
1 |
90.06 |
2010-09-26 |
| 133. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
87.52 |
0.9673 |
-0.1789 |
232 |
1 |
87.52 |
2010-09-28 |
| 134. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
86.50 |
0.8709 |
-0.1228 |
202 |
1 |
86.50 |
2010-10-20 |
| 135. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
85.06 |
0.9965 |
-0.2736 |
168 |
1 |
85.06 |
2010-09-28 |
| 136. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
83.44 |
0.8890 |
-0.1790 |
199 |
1 |
83.44 |
2010-09-26 |