| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
162.15 |
1.0334 |
0.3116 |
131 |
2 |
139.91 |
2010-04-24 |
| 2. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
152.38 |
1.0263 |
0.2422 |
267 |
2 |
147.81 |
2010-04-23 |
| 3. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
147.80 |
0.9965 |
0.2348 |
277 |
1 |
147.80 |
2010-04-23 |
| 4. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
146.93 |
1.0463 |
0.1725 |
182 |
1 |
146.93 |
2010-04-22 |
| 5. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
142.64 |
1.0577 |
0.1261 |
247 |
2 |
128.69 |
2010-04-23 |
| 6. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
141.98 |
1.0523 |
0.1251 |
256 |
2 |
136.02 |
2010-04-23 |
| 7. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
140.37 |
1.0485 |
0.1544 |
153 |
1 |
140.37 |
2010-04-22 |
| 8. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
140.36 |
1.1162 |
0.0929 |
189 |
1 |
140.36 |
2010-04-22 |
| 9. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
138.37 |
1.0679 |
0.1038 |
177 |
1 |
138.37 |
2010-04-22 |
| 10. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
137.53 |
1.0696 |
0.0712 |
226 |
1 |
137.53 |
2010-04-24 |
| 11. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
137.51 |
1.0941 |
0.0812 |
256 |
1 |
137.51 |
2010-04-23 |
| 12. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
135.92 |
1.0068 |
0.1273 |
358 |
1 |
135.92 |
2010-04-24 |
| 13. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
135.83 |
1.0885 |
0.0448 |
315 |
2 |
127.52 |
2010-04-23 |
| 14. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
135.43 |
1.1068 |
0.0601 |
393 |
2 |
131.08 |
2010-04-23 |
| 15. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
134.49 |
1.0445 |
0.0751 |
373 |
3 |
126.96 |
2010-04-22 |
| 16. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
134.23 |
0.9769 |
0.1375 |
263 |
2 |
132.32 |
2010-04-24 |
| 17. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
134.12 |
1.0331 |
0.0803 |
234 |
2 |
129.71 |
2010-04-22 |
| 18. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
133.69 |
1.0796 |
0.0276 |
129 |
1 |
133.69 |
2010-04-23 |
| 19. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
133.56 |
1.0095 |
0.1003 |
316 |
1 |
133.56 |
2010-04-24 |
| 20. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
133.39 |
1.1018 |
0.0013 |
220 |
1 |
133.39 |
2010-06-25 |
| 21. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
133.27 |
1.0613 |
0.0481 |
266 |
1 |
133.27 |
2010-04-23 |
| 22. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
133.26 |
0.9965 |
0.1071 |
168 |
2 |
118.08 |
2010-04-24 |
| 23. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
132.44 |
1.0197 |
0.0789 |
226 |
1 |
132.44 |
2010-04-23 |
| 24. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
132.37 |
1.0214 |
0.0778 |
269 |
2 |
119.26 |
2010-04-22 |
| 25. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
132.24 |
1.0368 |
0.0639 |
276 |
1 |
132.24 |
2010-04-24 |
| 26. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
131.95 |
0.9339 |
0.1619 |
310 |
2 |
125.57 |
2010-04-23 |
| 27. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
131.92 |
1.0426 |
0.0538 |
323 |
1 |
131.92 |
2010-04-22 |
| 28. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
131.12 |
0.9946 |
0.0956 |
246 |
1 |
131.12 |
2010-04-23 |
| 29. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
130.22 |
1.0390 |
0.0400 |
205 |
1 |
130.22 |
2010-04-23 |
| 30. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
130.16 |
1.0289 |
0.0578 |
276 |
1 |
130.16 |
2010-04-22 |
| 31. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
129.08 |
0.9851 |
0.0903 |
317 |
2 |
121.94 |
2010-04-23 |
| 32. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
128.47 |
0.9997 |
0.0720 |
382 |
1 |
128.47 |
2010-04-24 |
| 33. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
128.21 |
1.0120 |
0.0531 |
290 |
2 |
121.72 |
2010-04-23 |
| 34. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
128.06 |
1.0264 |
0.0783 |
422 |
1 |
128.06 |
2010-04-23 |
| 35. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
128.01 |
1.0347 |
0.0549 |
550 |
2 |
126.05 |
2010-06-25 |
| 36. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
127.95 |
1.0545 |
0.0499 |
416 |
1 |
127.95 |
2010-04-23 |
| 37. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
127.81 |
1.0183 |
0.0386 |
191 |
2 |
126.63 |
2010-04-22 |
| 38. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
127.69 |
1.0389 |
0.0243 |
318 |
2 |
124.66 |
2010-04-22 |
| 39. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
127.11 |
1.0385 |
0.0163 |
230 |
2 |
118.81 |
2010-04-22 |
| 40. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
126.90 |
0.9936 |
0.0610 |
311 |
2 |
118.09 |
2010-04-22 |
| 41. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
126.14 |
1.0714 |
-0.0318 |
129 |
2 |
124.38 |
2010-04-23 |
| 42. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
125.05 |
1.0270 |
0.0483 |
255 |
1 |
125.05 |
2010-04-23 |
| 43. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
123.88 |
1.0232 |
0.0521 |
350 |
2 |
114.55 |
2010-04-23 |
| 44. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
123.72 |
1.0799 |
-0.0555 |
243 |
1 |
123.72 |
2010-04-23 |
| 45. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
123.68 |
0.9619 |
0.0711 |
393 |
1 |
123.68 |
2010-04-23 |
| 46. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
123.53 |
0.9966 |
0.0293 |
259 |
1 |
123.53 |
2010-04-23 |
| 47. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
122.79 |
1.0666 |
-0.0462 |
297 |
1 |
122.79 |
2010-04-23 |
| 48. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
122.66 |
0.9897 |
0.0272 |
274 |
2 |
117.87 |
2010-04-23 |
| 49. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
122.60 |
1.0004 |
0.0122 |
212 |
1 |
122.60 |
2010-04-22 |
| 50. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
122.45 |
0.9532 |
0.0629 |
258 |
1 |
122.45 |
2010-04-22 |
| 51. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
122.28 |
0.9910 |
0.0269 |
295 |
1 |
122.28 |
2010-06-25 |
| 52. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
122.27 |
1.0328 |
0.0212 |
356 |
1 |
122.27 |
2010-04-23 |
| 53. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
122.12 |
0.9865 |
0.0292 |
276 |
2 |
119.22 |
2010-04-24 |
| 54. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
121.97 |
1.0349 |
-0.0222 |
234 |
1 |
121.97 |
2010-04-23 |
| 55. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
121.88 |
1.0419 |
-0.0293 |
261 |
1 |
121.88 |
2010-04-22 |
| 56. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
121.45 |
1.0025 |
0.0064 |
256 |
1 |
121.45 |
2010-04-22 |
| 57. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
121.41 |
1.0292 |
-0.0218 |
262 |
1 |
121.41 |
2010-04-22 |
| 58. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
121.30 |
0.9731 |
0.0221 |
129 |
2 |
107.96 |
2010-04-22 |
| 59. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
121.29 |
0.9500 |
0.0599 |
362 |
1 |
121.29 |
2010-04-22 |
| 60. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
121.23 |
1.0613 |
-0.0492 |
456 |
1 |
121.23 |
2010-04-23 |
| 61. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
121.11 |
0.8878 |
0.1181 |
346 |
1 |
121.11 |
2010-04-24 |
| 62. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
121.10 |
1.0534 |
-0.0451 |
357 |
1 |
121.10 |
2010-04-22 |
| 63. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
120.77 |
1.0391 |
-0.0297 |
358 |
1 |
120.77 |
2010-04-24 |
| 64. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
120.46 |
0.9811 |
0.0223 |
272 |
1 |
120.46 |
2010-04-23 |
| 65. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
120.43 |
0.9795 |
0.0209 |
308 |
1 |
120.43 |
2010-04-23 |
| 66. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
120.37 |
1.0013 |
-0.0023 |
273 |
1 |
120.37 |
2010-04-22 |
| 67. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
119.81 |
1.0379 |
-0.0078 |
245 |
1 |
119.81 |
2010-04-22 |
| 68. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
119.54 |
1.1014 |
-0.0707 |
273 |
1 |
119.54 |
2010-04-22 |
| 69. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
118.79 |
1.0340 |
-0.0422 |
406 |
3 |
114.35 |
2010-04-22 |
| 70. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
118.51 |
1.0099 |
-0.0285 |
207 |
1 |
118.51 |
2010-04-23 |
| 71. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
118.47 |
1.0063 |
-0.0220 |
371 |
1 |
118.47 |
2010-04-22 |
| 72. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
118.24 |
0.9937 |
0.0130 |
429 |
2 |
116.55 |
2010-04-24 |
| 73. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
118.19 |
0.9279 |
0.0602 |
317 |
2 |
116.88 |
2010-04-23 |
| 74. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
118.13 |
0.9723 |
0.0125 |
364 |
1 |
118.13 |
2010-04-23 |
| 75. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
117.70 |
0.9942 |
-0.0080 |
483 |
1 |
117.70 |
2010-04-24 |
| 76. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
117.31 |
1.0343 |
-0.0227 |
242 |
1 |
117.31 |
2010-04-22 |
| 77. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
116.91 |
0.9365 |
0.0357 |
248 |
1 |
116.91 |
2010-04-22 |
| 78. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
116.71 |
0.9905 |
-0.0136 |
377 |
2 |
115.88 |
2010-04-24 |
| 79. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
116.26 |
0.9941 |
-0.0312 |
217 |
2 |
112.00 |
2010-04-23 |
| 80. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
115.90 |
0.9758 |
-0.0128 |
314 |
2 |
109.93 |
2010-04-24 |
| 81. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
115.67 |
0.8947 |
0.0706 |
366 |
2 |
112.48 |
2010-04-23 |
| 82. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
115.64 |
0.9833 |
-0.0216 |
355 |
1 |
115.64 |
2010-04-22 |
| 83. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
115.32 |
1.0141 |
-0.0204 |
304 |
1 |
115.32 |
2010-04-22 |
| 84. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
115.10 |
0.9893 |
-0.0336 |
323 |
1 |
115.10 |
2010-04-22 |
| 85. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
114.88 |
0.9846 |
-0.0320 |
281 |
1 |
114.88 |
2010-04-22 |
| 86. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
114.87 |
0.9866 |
-0.0367 |
218 |
1 |
114.87 |
2010-06-25 |
| 87. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
114.77 |
0.9005 |
0.0508 |
212 |
2 |
110.58 |
2010-04-22 |
| 88. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
114.71 |
1.0109 |
-0.0578 |
276 |
1 |
114.71 |
2010-04-22 |
| 89. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
114.55 |
0.9665 |
0.0337 |
326 |
2 |
105.54 |
2010-04-23 |
| 90. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
114.38 |
0.8916 |
0.0582 |
216 |
1 |
114.38 |
2010-04-22 |
| 91. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
114.22 |
0.9964 |
-0.0481 |
203 |
1 |
114.22 |
2010-04-23 |
| 92. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
113.64 |
0.9567 |
-0.0136 |
273 |
1 |
113.64 |
2010-04-22 |
| 93. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
113.42 |
0.9814 |
-0.0006 |
364 |
1 |
113.42 |
2010-04-24 |
| 94. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
112.58 |
1.0124 |
-0.0804 |
204 |
1 |
112.58 |
2010-04-22 |
| 95. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
112.35 |
0.9844 |
-0.0472 |
293 |
1 |
112.35 |
2010-04-22 |
| 96. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. The work was generall... |
112.33 |
0.9746 |
-0.0139 |
405 |
1 |
112.33 |
2010-04-24 |
| 97. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
112.22 |
0.9894 |
-0.0537 |
323 |
1 |
112.22 |
2010-04-22 |
| 98. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
111.49 |
0.9786 |
-0.0586 |
193 |
1 |
111.49 |
2010-04-24 |
| 99. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
110.97 |
0.9309 |
-0.0120 |
284 |
1 |
110.97 |
2010-04-24 |
| 100. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
110.81 |
0.8553 |
0.0591 |
174 |
1 |
110.81 |
2010-04-23 |
| 101. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
110.70 |
0.9632 |
-0.0383 |
392 |
1 |
110.70 |
2010-04-23 |
| 102. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
110.56 |
1.0029 |
-0.0919 |
209 |
1 |
110.56 |
2010-06-25 |
| 103. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
110.50 |
1.0787 |
-0.1631 |
237 |
1 |
110.50 |
2010-04-22 |
| 104. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
110.23 |
0.9546 |
-0.0087 |
198 |
1 |
110.23 |
2010-06-25 |
| 105. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
110.21 |
0.9841 |
-0.0659 |
334 |
1 |
110.21 |
2010-04-23 |
| 106. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
109.45 |
0.9202 |
-0.0129 |
254 |
3 |
100.75 |
2010-04-24 |
| 107. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
108.74 |
0.9567 |
-0.0124 |
184 |
2 |
106.94 |
2010-04-24 |
| 108. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
108.64 |
0.9756 |
-0.0757 |
229 |
1 |
108.64 |
2010-04-23 |
| 109. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
108.56 |
0.9907 |
-0.0918 |
211 |
1 |
108.56 |
2010-04-22 |
| 110. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
108.19 |
0.9109 |
-0.0109 |
401 |
1 |
108.19 |
2010-04-23 |
| 111. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
107.69 |
0.8961 |
-0.0063 |
189 |
1 |
107.69 |
2010-04-23 |
| 112. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
107.53 |
1.0053 |
-0.1154 |
232 |
1 |
107.53 |
2010-04-24 |
| 113. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
107.40 |
0.9430 |
-0.0595 |
211 |
1 |
107.40 |
2010-04-22 |
| 114. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
107.36 |
1.0201 |
-0.1257 |
375 |
1 |
107.36 |
2010-04-22 |
| 115. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
106.60 |
0.8996 |
-0.0210 |
192 |
1 |
106.60 |
2010-04-22 |
| 116. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
106.52 |
0.8382 |
0.0457 |
268 |
2 |
106.13 |
2010-04-23 |
| 117. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
106.47 |
1.0417 |
-0.1612 |
253 |
1 |
106.47 |
2010-04-22 |
| 118. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
106.03 |
1.0669 |
-0.1553 |
286 |
1 |
106.03 |
2010-04-22 |
| 119. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
105.75 |
0.9426 |
-0.0626 |
317 |
2 |
103.84 |
2010-04-23 |
| 120. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
105.42 |
0.9168 |
-0.0414 |
240 |
1 |
105.42 |
2010-04-22 |
| 121. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
105.36 |
0.9672 |
-0.0871 |
396 |
1 |
105.36 |
2010-04-22 |
| 122. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
104.95 |
0.9557 |
-0.0792 |
331 |
1 |
104.95 |
2010-04-22 |
| 123. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
104.85 |
0.9676 |
-0.0900 |
442 |
2 |
103.64 |
2010-04-24 |
| 124. |
Finally, gentlemen, there are people with an hereditary anim... |
104.69 |
0.9383 |
-0.0491 |
471 |
2 |
104.00 |
2010-04-24 |
| 125. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
104.22 |
0.9125 |
-0.0467 |
308 |
1 |
104.22 |
2010-04-23 |
| 126. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
103.24 |
0.9734 |
-0.1179 |
289 |
1 |
103.24 |
2010-04-22 |
| 127. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
101.06 |
0.9120 |
-0.0414 |
436 |
1 |
101.06 |
2010-06-25 |
| 128. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
99.79 |
0.9540 |
-0.1291 |
285 |
1 |
99.79 |
2010-04-24 |
| 129. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
99.62 |
0.8775 |
-0.0486 |
443 |
1 |
99.62 |
2010-06-25 |
| 130. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
97.79 |
0.9709 |
-0.1200 |
397 |
1 |
97.79 |
2010-04-23 |
| 131. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
97.26 |
1.0173 |
-0.1676 |
268 |
1 |
97.26 |
2010-04-22 |
| 132. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
97.10 |
1.0498 |
-0.2505 |
180 |
1 |
97.10 |
2010-04-22 |
| 133. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
96.64 |
0.9653 |
-0.1568 |
394 |
1 |
96.64 |
2010-06-25 |
| 134. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
96.54 |
0.9670 |
-0.1255 |
307 |
1 |
96.54 |
2010-04-22 |
| 135. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
94.77 |
0.9635 |
-0.1736 |
389 |
1 |
94.77 |
2010-04-22 |
| 136. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
92.19 |
0.9233 |
-0.1688 |
168 |
1 |
92.19 |
2010-04-22 |
| 137. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
89.52 |
0.8105 |
-0.0745 |
204 |
1 |
89.52 |
2010-04-22 |
| 138. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
86.18 |
0.8826 |
-0.1690 |
296 |
1 |
86.18 |
2010-04-22 |
| 139. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
82.19 |
1.0168 |
-0.3367 |
271 |
1 |
82.19 |
2010-04-22 |