| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
154.05 |
0.8890 |
0.3226 |
199 |
1 |
154.05 |
2008-12-19 |
| 2. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
150.09 |
0.9372 |
0.2504 |
320 |
2 |
147.01 |
2008-12-19 |
| 3. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
147.48 |
1.0099 |
0.1500 |
207 |
1 |
147.48 |
2008-12-18 |
| 4. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
146.79 |
0.9614 |
0.1989 |
292 |
1 |
146.79 |
2008-12-19 |
| 5. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
146.24 |
0.9213 |
0.2321 |
295 |
3 |
136.45 |
2008-12-19 |
| 6. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
146.17 |
0.9289 |
0.2212 |
204 |
2 |
139.23 |
2008-12-18 |
| 7. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
145.77 |
0.9893 |
0.1600 |
323 |
1 |
145.77 |
2008-12-18 |
| 8. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
145.69 |
1.0419 |
0.1066 |
261 |
1 |
145.69 |
2008-12-18 |
| 9. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
145.24 |
0.9852 |
0.1600 |
264 |
3 |
121.39 |
2008-12-18 |
| 10. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
144.66 |
0.9351 |
0.1997 |
190 |
1 |
144.66 |
2008-12-18 |
| 11. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
144.65 |
1.0034 |
0.1353 |
302 |
1 |
144.65 |
2008-12-18 |
| 12. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
144.62 |
0.9468 |
0.1927 |
276 |
1 |
144.62 |
2008-12-19 |
| 13. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
144.62 |
0.9879 |
0.1608 |
450 |
1 |
144.62 |
2008-12-19 |
| 14. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
144.40 |
1.0391 |
0.1053 |
358 |
1 |
144.40 |
2008-12-19 |
| 15. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
144.17 |
0.9164 |
0.2248 |
305 |
1 |
144.17 |
2008-12-18 |
| 16. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
144.11 |
1.0331 |
0.1006 |
234 |
1 |
144.11 |
2008-12-18 |
| 17. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
143.99 |
0.9754 |
0.1657 |
362 |
1 |
143.99 |
2008-12-19 |
| 18. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
143.84 |
0.8878 |
0.2458 |
346 |
3 |
129.12 |
2008-12-18 |
| 19. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
143.40 |
0.9811 |
0.1519 |
272 |
1 |
143.40 |
2008-12-19 |
| 20. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
143.08 |
0.9997 |
0.1316 |
382 |
1 |
143.08 |
2008-12-19 |
| 21. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
142.64 |
0.9769 |
0.1452 |
263 |
3 |
140.24 |
2008-12-19 |
| 22. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
142.57 |
1.0068 |
0.1202 |
358 |
1 |
142.57 |
2008-12-18 |
| 23. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
142.29 |
0.9045 |
0.2172 |
235 |
1 |
142.29 |
2008-12-18 |
| 24. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
142.15 |
1.0004 |
0.1138 |
212 |
1 |
142.15 |
2008-12-19 |
| 25. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
142.13 |
0.9991 |
0.1216 |
225 |
1 |
142.13 |
2008-12-19 |
| 26. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
141.77 |
1.0613 |
0.0569 |
266 |
1 |
141.77 |
2008-12-19 |
| 27. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
141.75 |
1.0396 |
0.0703 |
149 |
2 |
130.06 |
2008-12-19 |
| 28. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
141.72 |
1.0201 |
0.0900 |
172 |
2 |
138.20 |
2008-12-19 |
| 29. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
141.58 |
0.9553 |
0.1677 |
430 |
1 |
141.58 |
2008-12-18 |
| 30. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
141.06 |
0.9964 |
0.1153 |
203 |
1 |
141.06 |
2008-12-19 |
| 31. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
141.03 |
0.9756 |
0.1345 |
229 |
1 |
141.03 |
2008-12-19 |
| 32. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
140.55 |
1.0062 |
0.1014 |
288 |
1 |
140.55 |
2008-12-19 |
| 33. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
140.43 |
0.9820 |
0.1274 |
267 |
1 |
140.43 |
2008-12-19 |
| 34. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
140.20 |
0.9691 |
0.1352 |
223 |
2 |
129.44 |
2008-12-19 |
| 35. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
140.13 |
0.9863 |
0.1223 |
339 |
1 |
140.13 |
2008-12-19 |
| 36. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
140.09 |
1.0213 |
0.0794 |
240 |
3 |
120.93 |
2008-12-17 |
| 37. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
139.93 |
0.9682 |
0.1325 |
143 |
2 |
135.43 |
2008-12-19 |
| 38. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
139.86 |
0.9772 |
0.1214 |
217 |
2 |
138.82 |
2008-12-19 |
| 39. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
139.77 |
0.9567 |
0.1444 |
273 |
1 |
139.77 |
2008-12-18 |
| 40. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
138.96 |
1.0029 |
0.0856 |
209 |
1 |
138.96 |
2008-12-19 |
| 41. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
138.80 |
0.8981 |
0.2001 |
393 |
1 |
138.80 |
2008-12-18 |
| 42. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
138.30 |
1.0477 |
0.0443 |
360 |
2 |
116.80 |
2008-12-17 |
| 43. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
138.30 |
0.9275 |
0.1588 |
211 |
2 |
127.37 |
2008-12-19 |
| 44. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
138.04 |
0.9540 |
0.1318 |
285 |
1 |
138.04 |
2008-12-19 |
| 45. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
137.63 |
0.9965 |
0.0881 |
310 |
1 |
137.63 |
2008-12-19 |
| 46. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
137.22 |
1.1114 |
-0.0331 |
247 |
2 |
135.98 |
2008-12-18 |
| 47. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
137.14 |
0.9866 |
0.0901 |
218 |
2 |
120.25 |
2008-12-17 |
| 48. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
136.38 |
0.9795 |
0.0948 |
308 |
1 |
136.38 |
2008-12-17 |
| 49. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
136.26 |
1.0337 |
0.0391 |
214 |
1 |
136.26 |
2008-12-18 |
| 50. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
135.43 |
0.9513 |
0.1192 |
354 |
2 |
120.61 |
2008-12-18 |
| 51. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
135.32 |
0.9857 |
0.0792 |
293 |
2 |
116.58 |
2008-12-17 |
| 52. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
135.12 |
0.9786 |
0.0805 |
193 |
1 |
135.12 |
2008-12-18 |
| 53. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
135.09 |
1.0829 |
-0.0174 |
288 |
1 |
135.09 |
2008-12-19 |
| 54. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
134.87 |
1.0417 |
0.0181 |
253 |
1 |
134.87 |
2008-12-17 |
| 55. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
134.70 |
1.1018 |
-0.0473 |
220 |
1 |
134.70 |
2008-12-18 |
| 56. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
134.54 |
0.9805 |
0.0837 |
292 |
1 |
134.54 |
2008-12-18 |
| 57. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
133.99 |
0.9965 |
0.0540 |
168 |
1 |
133.99 |
2008-12-19 |
| 58. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
133.41 |
1.0016 |
0.0444 |
218 |
1 |
133.41 |
2008-12-17 |
| 59. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
131.02 |
0.9087 |
0.1336 |
393 |
1 |
131.02 |
2008-12-19 |
| 60. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
130.38 |
0.8105 |
0.2117 |
204 |
1 |
130.38 |
2008-12-18 |
| 61. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
130.07 |
1.0340 |
-0.0048 |
406 |
2 |
95.96 |
2008-12-17 |
| 62. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
130.03 |
1.0165 |
0.0111 |
392 |
2 |
128.19 |
2008-12-18 |
| 63. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
129.96 |
1.0025 |
0.0205 |
256 |
1 |
129.96 |
2008-12-17 |
| 64. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
129.74 |
1.0799 |
-0.0622 |
243 |
1 |
129.74 |
2008-12-17 |
| 65. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
128.80 |
0.9763 |
0.0371 |
289 |
2 |
122.75 |
2008-12-18 |
| 66. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
128.49 |
0.9597 |
0.0558 |
347 |
1 |
128.49 |
2008-12-17 |
| 67. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
128.47 |
0.8961 |
0.1118 |
189 |
1 |
128.47 |
2008-12-17 |
| 68. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
127.89 |
1.0352 |
-0.0255 |
341 |
1 |
127.89 |
2008-12-17 |
| 69. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
127.83 |
0.8553 |
0.1458 |
174 |
1 |
127.83 |
2008-12-19 |
| 70. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
127.07 |
0.9844 |
0.0205 |
293 |
2 |
118.52 |
2008-12-18 |
| 71. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
126.67 |
1.0389 |
-0.0403 |
318 |
1 |
126.67 |
2008-12-17 |
| 72. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
126.37 |
1.0297 |
-0.0364 |
249 |
1 |
126.37 |
2008-12-17 |
| 73. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
125.84 |
0.9109 |
0.0820 |
401 |
1 |
125.84 |
2008-12-17 |
| 74. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
125.42 |
1.0214 |
-0.0399 |
166 |
2 |
124.16 |
2008-12-18 |
| 75. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
125.22 |
1.0445 |
-0.0583 |
373 |
2 |
110.50 |
2008-12-17 |
| 76. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
125.01 |
0.9365 |
0.0486 |
248 |
1 |
125.01 |
2008-12-17 |
| 77. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
124.38 |
0.8947 |
0.0889 |
366 |
1 |
124.38 |
2008-12-17 |
| 78. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
124.19 |
0.7876 |
0.1921 |
316 |
2 |
116.07 |
2008-12-17 |
| 79. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
122.70 |
1.0023 |
-0.0389 |
211 |
1 |
122.70 |
2008-12-17 |
| 80. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
122.11 |
0.9841 |
-0.0197 |
334 |
1 |
122.11 |
2008-12-17 |
| 81. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
121.98 |
0.8933 |
0.0726 |
363 |
2 |
104.71 |
2008-12-17 |
| 82. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
121.41 |
1.0389 |
-0.0815 |
340 |
1 |
121.41 |
2008-12-17 |
| 83. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
121.37 |
1.0619 |
-0.1036 |
354 |
1 |
121.37 |
2008-12-17 |
| 84. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
120.83 |
0.9527 |
-0.0024 |
251 |
1 |
120.83 |
2008-12-19 |
| 85. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
119.62 |
1.0257 |
-0.0786 |
401 |
1 |
119.62 |
2008-12-17 |
| 86. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
118.84 |
0.9049 |
0.0350 |
351 |
1 |
118.84 |
2008-12-17 |
| 87. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
118.70 |
1.0203 |
-0.0835 |
261 |
2 |
115.88 |
2008-12-17 |
| 88. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
118.43 |
0.8916 |
0.0399 |
216 |
1 |
118.43 |
2008-12-16 |
| 89. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
118.43 |
0.9612 |
-0.0300 |
256 |
2 |
108.81 |
2008-12-17 |
| 90. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
118.26 |
0.9072 |
0.0210 |
237 |
1 |
118.26 |
2008-12-17 |
| 91. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
116.69 |
1.0668 |
-0.1470 |
350 |
1 |
116.69 |
2008-12-17 |
| 92. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
116.66 |
0.9074 |
0.0162 |
396 |
1 |
116.66 |
2008-12-17 |
| 93. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
116.32 |
0.9266 |
-0.0121 |
267 |
1 |
116.32 |
2008-12-17 |
| 94. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
116.19 |
1.0251 |
-0.1139 |
261 |
1 |
116.19 |
2008-12-17 |
| 95. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
116.14 |
0.9278 |
-0.0121 |
295 |
1 |
116.14 |
2008-12-17 |
| 96. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
114.99 |
0.9697 |
-0.0657 |
249 |
1 |
114.99 |
2008-12-17 |
| 97. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
114.73 |
1.0565 |
-0.1574 |
247 |
1 |
114.73 |
2008-12-17 |
| 98. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
114.00 |
0.9125 |
-0.0148 |
308 |
2 |
104.32 |
2008-12-17 |
| 99. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
113.92 |
0.9532 |
-0.0592 |
258 |
1 |
113.92 |
2008-12-17 |
| 100. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
113.69 |
0.9672 |
-0.0673 |
396 |
1 |
113.69 |
2008-12-17 |
| 101. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
109.50 |
1.0109 |
-0.1501 |
276 |
1 |
109.50 |
2008-12-16 |
| 102. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
108.84 |
0.8996 |
-0.0503 |
192 |
1 |
108.84 |
2008-12-19 |
| 103. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
108.17 |
0.9865 |
-0.1360 |
276 |
2 |
102.18 |
2008-12-15 |
| 104. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
106.66 |
1.0498 |
-0.2172 |
180 |
2 |
102.05 |
2008-12-17 |
| 105. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
106.59 |
0.9942 |
-0.1486 |
483 |
1 |
106.59 |
2008-12-17 |
| 106. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
106.50 |
0.9168 |
-0.0794 |
240 |
1 |
106.50 |
2008-12-16 |
| 107. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
105.42 |
0.8956 |
-0.0635 |
322 |
1 |
105.42 |
2008-12-16 |
| 108. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
104.63 |
0.9884 |
-0.1680 |
233 |
1 |
104.63 |
2008-12-16 |
| 109. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
99.32 |
1.0788 |
-0.3055 |
171 |
1 |
99.32 |
2008-12-17 |
| 110. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
98.54 |
0.9293 |
-0.1558 |
355 |
1 |
98.54 |
2008-12-15 |
| 111. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
98.06 |
0.9897 |
-0.2232 |
274 |
1 |
98.06 |
2008-12-15 |
| 112. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
98.04 |
0.9601 |
-0.1867 |
308 |
1 |
98.04 |
2008-12-15 |
| 113. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
96.93 |
0.8382 |
-0.0779 |
268 |
1 |
96.93 |
2008-12-15 |
| 114. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
95.66 |
0.9426 |
-0.1898 |
317 |
1 |
95.66 |
2008-12-15 |
| 115. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
94.78 |
1.0261 |
-0.2853 |
273 |
1 |
94.78 |
2008-12-15 |
| 116. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
94.14 |
0.9907 |
-0.2547 |
211 |
1 |
94.14 |
2008-12-15 |
| 117. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
93.59 |
1.0441 |
-0.3094 |
252 |
1 |
93.59 |
2008-12-15 |
| 118. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
93.54 |
1.0131 |
-0.2842 |
225 |
1 |
93.54 |
2008-12-15 |
| 119. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
93.31 |
1.0390 |
-0.3118 |
205 |
1 |
93.31 |
2008-12-15 |
| 120. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
92.36 |
0.9731 |
-0.2622 |
129 |
1 |
92.36 |
2008-12-15 |
| 121. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
91.01 |
1.0398 |
-0.3377 |
110 |
1 |
91.01 |
2008-12-19 |
| 122. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
80.86 |
1.0214 |
-0.3914 |
269 |
1 |
80.86 |
2008-12-16 |
| 123. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
78.81 |
0.9286 |
-0.3142 |
194 |
1 |
78.81 |
2008-12-15 |
| 124. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
51.28 |
1.0714 |
-0.6844 |
129 |
1 |
51.28 |
2008-12-15 |
| 125. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
40.33 |
0.9724 |
-0.6602 |
237 |
1 |
40.33 |
2008-12-16 |