| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
132.50 |
1.0441 |
0.2381 |
252 |
1 |
132.50 |
2010-08-09 |
| 2. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
130.05 |
1.0444 |
0.2100 |
197 |
1 |
130.05 |
2010-08-09 |
| 3. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
126.97 |
1.0621 |
0.1886 |
263 |
1 |
126.97 |
2010-08-09 |
| 4. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
125.19 |
1.1296 |
0.1130 |
252 |
2 |
115.16 |
2010-08-09 |
| 5. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
124.09 |
1.0993 |
0.1000 |
265 |
3 |
122.50 |
2008-09-23 |
| 6. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
122.86 |
1.0555 |
0.1337 |
363 |
2 |
115.18 |
2008-08-29 |
| 7. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
121.48 |
1.0125 |
0.1600 |
224 |
1 |
121.48 |
2010-08-09 |
| 8. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
120.36 |
1.0943 |
0.1024 |
206 |
1 |
120.36 |
2010-08-09 |
| 9. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
120.23 |
1.0168 |
0.1455 |
271 |
4 |
107.68 |
2010-08-09 |
| 10. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
119.78 |
1.0131 |
0.1425 |
225 |
1 |
119.78 |
2010-08-09 |
| 11. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
119.29 |
1.0534 |
0.1003 |
357 |
4 |
106.51 |
2008-09-25 |
| 12. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
118.09 |
0.9734 |
0.1676 |
289 |
2 |
113.05 |
2010-08-09 |
| 13. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
116.92 |
1.0214 |
0.1062 |
166 |
1 |
116.92 |
2010-08-09 |
| 14. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
116.71 |
1.0487 |
0.0767 |
231 |
2 |
110.61 |
2008-09-23 |
| 15. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
116.63 |
1.0445 |
0.0833 |
373 |
3 |
105.79 |
2008-11-18 |
| 16. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
116.25 |
0.9430 |
0.1782 |
211 |
3 |
99.35 |
2008-09-16 |
| 17. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
116.21 |
1.0109 |
0.1124 |
276 |
1 |
116.21 |
2010-08-09 |
| 18. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
115.23 |
1.0829 |
0.0311 |
288 |
1 |
115.23 |
2008-08-29 |
| 19. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
115.20 |
1.0613 |
0.0524 |
266 |
3 |
105.28 |
2008-08-29 |
| 20. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
115.17 |
0.9820 |
0.1327 |
267 |
2 |
103.20 |
2010-08-09 |
| 21. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
115.17 |
1.1018 |
0.0076 |
220 |
3 |
105.82 |
2010-08-09 |
| 22. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
114.06 |
1.0619 |
0.0409 |
354 |
2 |
102.50 |
2008-09-16 |
| 23. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
113.17 |
0.9941 |
0.0977 |
217 |
2 |
106.16 |
2008-09-16 |
| 24. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
112.53 |
1.0165 |
0.0719 |
392 |
1 |
112.53 |
2010-08-09 |
| 25. |
Right, I am going to tell you how this works. You're going i... |
112.51 |
1.0482 |
0.0558 |
487 |
1 |
112.51 |
2010-08-09 |
| 26. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
112.36 |
0.9682 |
0.1162 |
143 |
1 |
112.36 |
2010-08-09 |
| 27. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
112.35 |
1.0668 |
0.0191 |
350 |
1 |
112.35 |
2010-08-09 |
| 28. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
112.23 |
0.9846 |
0.0991 |
281 |
1 |
112.23 |
2008-08-29 |
| 29. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
111.85 |
1.0203 |
0.0627 |
261 |
2 |
103.14 |
2010-08-20 |
| 30. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
111.79 |
1.0201 |
0.0609 |
303 |
2 |
109.87 |
2008-08-29 |
| 31. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
111.71 |
1.0343 |
0.0851 |
242 |
1 |
111.71 |
2010-08-09 |
| 32. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
111.39 |
0.9997 |
0.0786 |
382 |
3 |
104.53 |
2008-08-29 |
| 33. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
111.37 |
1.0141 |
0.0942 |
304 |
1 |
111.37 |
2010-08-09 |
| 34. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
111.36 |
1.0528 |
0.0208 |
201 |
4 |
105.77 |
2008-08-29 |
| 35. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
111.11 |
0.9763 |
0.0972 |
289 |
2 |
101.88 |
2008-09-26 |
| 36. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
110.88 |
1.0063 |
0.0649 |
371 |
1 |
110.88 |
2008-08-29 |
| 37. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
110.55 |
0.9601 |
0.1100 |
308 |
1 |
110.55 |
2010-08-09 |
| 38. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
110.53 |
0.9843 |
0.0811 |
234 |
1 |
110.53 |
2008-08-29 |
| 39. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
110.45 |
1.0189 |
0.0499 |
337 |
1 |
110.45 |
2010-08-09 |
| 40. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
108.73 |
1.0124 |
0.0363 |
204 |
3 |
96.06 |
2008-09-30 |
| 41. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
108.56 |
1.0797 |
-0.0345 |
210 |
2 |
99.70 |
2008-08-29 |
| 42. |
Do you know why they call him Franky "Four Fingers" Doug? Be... |
108.56 |
0.8786 |
0.1861 |
214 |
1 |
108.56 |
2008-08-29 |
| 43. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
108.26 |
1.0419 |
0.0018 |
261 |
2 |
103.74 |
2010-08-09 |
| 44. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
108.05 |
1.0340 |
0.0119 |
406 |
3 |
100.43 |
2010-08-09 |
| 45. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
107.32 |
1.0567 |
-0.0194 |
303 |
2 |
100.95 |
2008-09-23 |
| 46. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
107.14 |
1.0486 |
-0.0138 |
289 |
3 |
103.15 |
2008-08-29 |
| 47. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
106.36 |
0.9857 |
0.0414 |
293 |
2 |
105.01 |
2008-08-29 |
| 48. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
106.14 |
1.0429 |
-0.0189 |
259 |
1 |
106.14 |
2010-08-09 |
| 49. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
105.95 |
0.9597 |
0.0658 |
347 |
3 |
100.30 |
2008-08-29 |
| 50. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
105.67 |
0.9772 |
0.0423 |
217 |
3 |
101.85 |
2010-08-09 |
| 51. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
105.66 |
1.0391 |
-0.0158 |
358 |
3 |
101.49 |
2008-09-30 |
| 52. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
105.58 |
0.9805 |
0.0410 |
292 |
1 |
105.58 |
2010-08-09 |
| 53. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
105.43 |
0.9863 |
0.0337 |
339 |
2 |
102.06 |
2008-11-18 |
| 54. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
105.30 |
0.9866 |
0.0281 |
218 |
2 |
96.24 |
2008-09-26 |
| 55. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
104.92 |
1.0441 |
0.0078 |
316 |
1 |
104.92 |
2010-08-09 |
| 56. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
104.86 |
1.0684 |
-0.0261 |
253 |
1 |
104.86 |
2010-08-09 |
| 57. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
104.30 |
0.9792 |
0.0654 |
265 |
1 |
104.30 |
2010-08-09 |
| 58. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
104.04 |
1.0352 |
-0.0299 |
341 |
2 |
99.73 |
2008-08-29 |
| 59. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
103.83 |
1.0515 |
-0.0504 |
250 |
1 |
103.83 |
2008-08-29 |
| 60. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
103.64 |
0.9109 |
0.0914 |
401 |
2 |
99.56 |
2008-09-23 |
| 61. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
103.61 |
1.0120 |
-0.0115 |
290 |
2 |
101.45 |
2008-09-23 |
| 62. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
103.38 |
0.9202 |
0.0783 |
254 |
2 |
96.62 |
2008-08-29 |
| 63. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
103.23 |
0.9672 |
0.0323 |
396 |
1 |
103.23 |
2008-08-29 |
| 64. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
102.97 |
1.0389 |
-0.0439 |
340 |
3 |
99.26 |
2008-09-23 |
| 65. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
102.91 |
0.9769 |
0.0153 |
263 |
2 |
102.15 |
2008-09-25 |
| 66. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
102.74 |
1.0462 |
-0.0576 |
184 |
1 |
102.74 |
2008-08-29 |
| 67. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
102.66 |
0.9635 |
0.0293 |
389 |
2 |
96.48 |
2008-11-18 |
| 68. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
102.49 |
0.9756 |
0.0131 |
229 |
3 |
100.97 |
2008-11-18 |
| 69. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
102.34 |
1.0025 |
-0.0141 |
336 |
1 |
102.34 |
2010-08-09 |
| 70. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
102.34 |
0.9376 |
0.0530 |
367 |
2 |
99.95 |
2008-08-29 |
| 71. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
101.99 |
1.0013 |
-0.0171 |
273 |
1 |
101.99 |
2008-09-23 |
| 72. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
101.61 |
1.0197 |
-0.0407 |
226 |
1 |
101.61 |
2008-08-29 |
| 73. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
101.32 |
1.0034 |
-0.0262 |
302 |
1 |
101.32 |
2008-09-25 |
| 74. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
100.88 |
0.9768 |
-0.0015 |
387 |
2 |
99.21 |
2008-08-29 |
| 75. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
100.88 |
0.9084 |
0.0677 |
404 |
2 |
93.86 |
2008-09-25 |
| 76. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
100.61 |
1.0320 |
-0.0219 |
293 |
1 |
100.61 |
2010-08-09 |
| 77. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
100.56 |
0.9168 |
0.0539 |
240 |
3 |
92.71 |
2008-08-29 |
| 78. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
100.55 |
1.0496 |
-0.0800 |
314 |
1 |
100.55 |
2008-09-23 |
| 79. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
100.51 |
1.0412 |
-0.0709 |
225 |
1 |
100.51 |
2010-08-09 |
| 80. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
100.39 |
0.9049 |
0.0666 |
351 |
1 |
100.39 |
2008-08-29 |
| 81. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
100.27 |
0.9213 |
0.0472 |
295 |
2 |
99.46 |
2008-09-23 |
| 82. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
100.02 |
1.0403 |
-0.0568 |
193 |
1 |
100.02 |
2010-08-09 |
| 83. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
100.00 |
0.9865 |
-0.0210 |
276 |
2 |
98.33 |
2010-08-09 |
| 84. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
99.97 |
0.8947 |
0.0740 |
366 |
3 |
93.57 |
2008-09-26 |
| 85. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
99.91 |
1.0595 |
-0.0946 |
379 |
1 |
99.91 |
2008-08-29 |
| 86. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. The work was generall... |
99.84 |
0.9746 |
0.0092 |
405 |
1 |
99.84 |
2010-08-09 |
| 87. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
99.72 |
0.9936 |
-0.0312 |
311 |
1 |
99.72 |
2008-08-29 |
| 88. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
99.49 |
0.9411 |
0.0202 |
318 |
2 |
89.64 |
2008-09-26 |
| 89. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
99.41 |
1.0385 |
-0.0802 |
230 |
1 |
99.41 |
2008-11-18 |
| 90. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
98.94 |
0.9710 |
-0.0195 |
173 |
3 |
95.41 |
2008-09-23 |
| 91. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
98.76 |
0.9567 |
-0.0036 |
273 |
1 |
98.76 |
2008-08-29 |
| 92. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
98.30 |
0.9965 |
-0.0482 |
310 |
2 |
97.49 |
2008-09-25 |
| 93. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
97.62 |
0.9212 |
0.0218 |
323 |
2 |
95.71 |
2008-09-25 |
| 94. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
97.45 |
0.9164 |
0.0258 |
305 |
1 |
97.45 |
2008-08-29 |
| 95. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
97.42 |
0.9087 |
0.0368 |
393 |
2 |
97.14 |
2008-09-23 |
| 96. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
97.19 |
0.8890 |
0.0472 |
199 |
1 |
97.19 |
2008-09-23 |
| 97. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
97.10 |
1.0613 |
-0.1225 |
456 |
1 |
97.10 |
2008-08-29 |
| 98. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
96.91 |
0.8826 |
0.0542 |
296 |
1 |
96.91 |
2008-08-29 |
| 99. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
96.17 |
0.9532 |
-0.0261 |
258 |
2 |
93.51 |
2008-08-29 |
| 100. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
95.99 |
0.9513 |
-0.0234 |
354 |
2 |
87.51 |
2008-09-16 |
| 101. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
95.95 |
1.0025 |
-0.0772 |
256 |
1 |
95.95 |
2008-09-23 |
| 102. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
95.77 |
0.9942 |
-0.0674 |
483 |
1 |
95.77 |
2008-08-29 |
| 103. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
95.23 |
0.9578 |
-0.0401 |
281 |
3 |
92.12 |
2008-09-26 |
| 104. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
95.20 |
0.9754 |
-0.0541 |
362 |
1 |
95.20 |
2008-09-23 |
| 105. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
95.09 |
1.0368 |
-0.1202 |
276 |
2 |
93.40 |
2008-09-23 |
| 106. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
94.92 |
0.9351 |
-0.0226 |
190 |
3 |
89.90 |
2008-09-25 |
| 107. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
94.49 |
0.9266 |
-0.0152 |
267 |
3 |
88.58 |
2008-09-26 |
| 108. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
94.39 |
0.8996 |
0.0080 |
192 |
1 |
94.39 |
2008-08-29 |
| 109. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
94.31 |
0.9986 |
-0.0888 |
283 |
1 |
94.31 |
2008-09-16 |
| 110. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
94.15 |
0.9966 |
-0.0887 |
259 |
2 |
93.67 |
2008-08-29 |
| 111. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
93.84 |
0.9684 |
-0.0622 |
388 |
2 |
90.94 |
2008-08-29 |
| 112. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
93.66 |
0.9500 |
-0.0452 |
362 |
1 |
93.66 |
2008-08-29 |
| 113. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
93.06 |
0.9785 |
-0.0793 |
335 |
1 |
93.06 |
2008-09-16 |
| 114. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
92.33 |
0.9646 |
-0.0748 |
264 |
1 |
92.33 |
2008-11-18 |
| 115. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
91.55 |
0.9279 |
-0.0423 |
317 |
2 |
87.23 |
2008-09-26 |
| 116. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
90.69 |
0.9910 |
-0.1158 |
295 |
1 |
90.69 |
2008-08-29 |
| 117. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
90.16 |
0.9723 |
-0.1014 |
364 |
2 |
89.94 |
2008-09-26 |
| 118. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
89.94 |
0.9072 |
-0.0411 |
237 |
2 |
88.75 |
2008-11-18 |
| 119. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
89.12 |
0.9965 |
-0.1395 |
168 |
1 |
89.12 |
2008-11-18 |
| 120. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
88.43 |
0.8919 |
-0.0400 |
205 |
1 |
88.43 |
2008-08-29 |
| 121. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
88.29 |
0.9398 |
-0.0838 |
419 |
1 |
88.29 |
2008-11-06 |
| 122. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
87.91 |
0.8852 |
-0.0374 |
201 |
3 |
87.11 |
2010-08-09 |
| 123. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
85.82 |
0.9612 |
-0.1338 |
256 |
1 |
85.82 |
2008-09-26 |
| 124. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
85.62 |
0.9691 |
-0.1436 |
223 |
1 |
85.62 |
2008-08-29 |
| 125. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
85.51 |
0.9619 |
-0.1353 |
393 |
1 |
85.51 |
2008-08-29 |
| 126. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
85.49 |
0.9293 |
-0.1048 |
355 |
2 |
84.01 |
2008-08-29 |
| 127. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
85.06 |
0.9084 |
-0.0879 |
300 |
3 |
78.19 |
2008-08-29 |
| 128. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
84.67 |
0.9464 |
-0.1288 |
323 |
1 |
84.67 |
2008-08-29 |
| 129. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
84.58 |
0.8770 |
-0.0605 |
300 |
2 |
84.10 |
2008-09-25 |
| 130. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
83.51 |
0.8961 |
-0.0921 |
189 |
1 |
83.51 |
2010-08-09 |
| 131. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
82.86 |
0.8958 |
-0.0956 |
322 |
1 |
82.86 |
2008-08-29 |
| 132. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
82.57 |
0.9622 |
-0.1645 |
392 |
1 |
82.57 |
2008-08-29 |
| 133. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
82.46 |
0.9991 |
-0.2054 |
225 |
1 |
82.46 |
2008-08-29 |
| 134. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
81.18 |
0.8722 |
-0.0887 |
285 |
1 |
81.18 |
2010-08-09 |
| 135. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
76.33 |
0.9097 |
-0.1378 |
464 |
1 |
76.33 |
2008-08-29 |
| 136. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
75.10 |
0.9125 |
-0.1895 |
308 |
1 |
75.10 |
2008-09-25 |
| 137. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
73.22 |
0.8595 |
-0.1547 |
242 |
1 |
73.22 |
2008-08-29 |