| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
144.05 |
1.0252 |
0.2239 |
176 |
1 |
144.05 |
2011-02-16 |
| 2. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
142.13 |
0.9946 |
0.2399 |
246 |
1 |
142.13 |
2011-02-16 |
| 3. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
135.62 |
1.0577 |
0.1180 |
247 |
2 |
127.96 |
2013-05-30 |
| 4. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
131.83 |
1.0521 |
0.0905 |
171 |
1 |
131.83 |
2012-12-14 |
| 5. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
131.75 |
1.0346 |
0.1521 |
244 |
2 |
113.75 |
2009-09-22 |
| 6. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
130.65 |
1.0358 |
0.1355 |
349 |
1 |
130.65 |
2011-02-16 |
| 7. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
130.23 |
1.1114 |
0.0178 |
247 |
1 |
130.23 |
2010-01-19 |
| 8. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
129.78 |
0.9612 |
0.1664 |
256 |
2 |
123.36 |
2011-04-12 |
| 9. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
128.50 |
1.0574 |
0.0879 |
205 |
1 |
128.50 |
2013-05-30 |
| 10. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
128.49 |
0.9691 |
0.1473 |
223 |
1 |
128.49 |
2009-09-22 |
| 11. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
127.95 |
1.0454 |
0.0642 |
255 |
1 |
127.95 |
2011-02-16 |
| 12. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
127.61 |
1.0487 |
0.0566 |
231 |
1 |
127.61 |
2009-09-20 |
| 13. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
127.59 |
0.9740 |
0.1320 |
209 |
1 |
127.59 |
2009-09-16 |
| 14. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
127.40 |
1.0528 |
0.0511 |
201 |
2 |
122.20 |
2009-09-18 |
| 15. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
126.88 |
0.9905 |
0.1149 |
377 |
1 |
126.88 |
2009-09-17 |
| 16. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
126.67 |
0.9632 |
0.1397 |
392 |
2 |
122.95 |
2009-09-20 |
| 17. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
126.16 |
1.0389 |
0.0573 |
340 |
1 |
126.16 |
2009-09-22 |
| 18. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
125.23 |
1.0385 |
0.0477 |
230 |
1 |
125.23 |
2009-09-22 |
| 19. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
125.11 |
1.0124 |
0.0722 |
204 |
3 |
116.88 |
2009-09-20 |
| 20. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
124.81 |
1.0213 |
0.0607 |
240 |
1 |
124.81 |
2009-09-20 |
| 21. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
124.26 |
1.0379 |
0.0778 |
245 |
1 |
124.26 |
2009-09-20 |
| 22. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
124.13 |
0.9636 |
0.1144 |
254 |
1 |
124.13 |
2009-09-16 |
| 23. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
124.13 |
1.0368 |
0.0401 |
276 |
1 |
124.13 |
2011-02-16 |
| 24. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
124.11 |
1.0316 |
0.0470 |
333 |
2 |
116.93 |
2011-02-16 |
| 25. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
123.66 |
0.9125 |
0.1617 |
308 |
1 |
123.66 |
2012-12-14 |
| 26. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
123.29 |
0.9776 |
0.0930 |
308 |
2 |
120.73 |
2009-09-20 |
| 27. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
122.89 |
1.0477 |
0.0199 |
360 |
1 |
122.89 |
2009-09-20 |
| 28. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
122.76 |
0.9965 |
0.0670 |
168 |
1 |
122.76 |
2009-09-22 |
| 29. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
121.40 |
1.0337 |
0.0185 |
214 |
1 |
121.40 |
2011-02-22 |
| 30. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
121.36 |
0.9005 |
0.1531 |
212 |
1 |
121.36 |
2009-09-22 |
| 31. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
121.35 |
1.0719 |
0.0093 |
360 |
1 |
121.35 |
2013-05-30 |
| 32. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
121.27 |
0.9578 |
0.0938 |
281 |
2 |
115.30 |
2010-01-19 |
| 33. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
120.57 |
1.0073 |
0.0425 |
369 |
1 |
120.57 |
2010-01-07 |
| 34. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
120.38 |
1.0486 |
-0.0038 |
289 |
1 |
120.38 |
2009-09-16 |
| 35. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
120.24 |
0.9798 |
0.0601 |
199 |
2 |
115.45 |
2009-09-18 |
| 36. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
120.11 |
0.9910 |
0.0522 |
295 |
1 |
120.11 |
2011-02-16 |
| 37. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
119.93 |
1.0201 |
0.0226 |
375 |
2 |
119.68 |
2009-09-20 |
| 38. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
119.67 |
1.0696 |
-0.0331 |
226 |
1 |
119.67 |
2009-09-16 |
| 39. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
119.57 |
1.0885 |
-0.0506 |
315 |
1 |
119.57 |
2009-09-20 |
| 40. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
119.18 |
1.0426 |
-0.0081 |
323 |
1 |
119.18 |
2009-09-20 |
| 41. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
118.46 |
0.8826 |
0.1471 |
296 |
1 |
118.46 |
2011-02-16 |
| 42. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
118.26 |
1.0099 |
0.0154 |
207 |
1 |
118.26 |
2009-09-17 |
| 43. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
117.64 |
0.9814 |
0.0783 |
364 |
2 |
115.09 |
2009-09-20 |
| 44. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
117.63 |
0.9833 |
0.0384 |
355 |
1 |
117.63 |
2011-04-05 |
| 45. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
117.60 |
0.8956 |
0.1269 |
322 |
1 |
117.60 |
2009-09-22 |
| 46. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
117.47 |
1.0483 |
-0.0311 |
227 |
1 |
117.47 |
2009-09-16 |
| 47. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
117.12 |
1.0331 |
-0.0194 |
234 |
2 |
112.97 |
2011-02-16 |
| 48. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
117.05 |
0.9904 |
0.0669 |
203 |
1 |
117.05 |
2011-02-16 |
| 49. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
116.83 |
0.9089 |
0.1060 |
342 |
1 |
116.83 |
2009-09-20 |
| 50. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
116.64 |
0.9785 |
0.0352 |
335 |
1 |
116.64 |
2009-09-17 |
| 51. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
116.61 |
1.1068 |
-0.0599 |
393 |
1 |
116.61 |
2010-01-19 |
| 52. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
116.48 |
0.9084 |
0.1045 |
404 |
1 |
116.48 |
2009-09-18 |
| 53. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
116.23 |
0.9570 |
0.0519 |
287 |
1 |
116.23 |
2009-09-17 |
| 54. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
116.09 |
1.0441 |
0.0018 |
316 |
1 |
116.09 |
2009-09-18 |
| 55. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
115.95 |
0.9675 |
0.0427 |
383 |
2 |
107.14 |
2009-09-22 |
| 56. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
115.92 |
0.9557 |
0.0535 |
331 |
1 |
115.92 |
2009-09-20 |
| 57. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
115.79 |
1.0668 |
-0.0620 |
350 |
1 |
115.79 |
2009-09-22 |
| 58. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
115.70 |
1.0340 |
-0.0281 |
406 |
1 |
115.70 |
2010-01-19 |
| 59. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
115.55 |
1.0917 |
-0.0623 |
243 |
1 |
115.55 |
2012-12-14 |
| 60. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
115.54 |
1.0328 |
0.0029 |
356 |
2 |
110.15 |
2009-09-16 |
| 61. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
115.42 |
1.0352 |
-0.0327 |
341 |
1 |
115.42 |
2010-01-19 |
| 62. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
115.18 |
0.8753 |
0.1287 |
427 |
1 |
115.18 |
2009-09-18 |
| 63. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
114.95 |
1.0296 |
-0.0299 |
437 |
1 |
114.95 |
2009-09-18 |
| 64. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
114.39 |
1.0768 |
-0.0456 |
295 |
1 |
114.39 |
2009-09-20 |
| 65. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
113.86 |
1.0168 |
-0.0294 |
271 |
1 |
113.86 |
2009-09-22 |
| 66. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
112.89 |
1.0441 |
-0.0650 |
252 |
1 |
112.89 |
2009-09-22 |
| 67. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
112.68 |
0.9986 |
-0.0212 |
283 |
1 |
112.68 |
2009-09-22 |
| 68. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
112.48 |
1.0767 |
-0.1029 |
212 |
1 |
112.48 |
2011-02-16 |
| 69. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
112.43 |
0.9852 |
-0.0103 |
264 |
1 |
112.43 |
2009-09-17 |
| 70. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
112.00 |
1.0608 |
-0.0548 |
258 |
1 |
112.00 |
2011-02-22 |
| 71. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
111.91 |
0.8770 |
0.0952 |
300 |
1 |
111.91 |
2010-01-19 |
| 72. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
111.72 |
1.0016 |
-0.0348 |
218 |
1 |
111.72 |
2011-02-16 |
| 73. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
111.33 |
1.0177 |
-0.0187 |
392 |
1 |
111.33 |
2009-09-20 |
| 74. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
111.03 |
0.9966 |
-0.0340 |
259 |
1 |
111.03 |
2010-01-19 |
| 75. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
110.69 |
0.9965 |
-0.0370 |
310 |
1 |
110.69 |
2009-09-20 |
| 76. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
110.36 |
0.9866 |
-0.0319 |
218 |
1 |
110.36 |
2009-09-20 |
| 77. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
110.09 |
0.9127 |
0.0399 |
252 |
1 |
110.09 |
2009-09-17 |
| 78. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
109.88 |
1.0669 |
-0.0809 |
286 |
1 |
109.88 |
2011-02-16 |
| 79. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
109.57 |
0.9865 |
-0.0362 |
276 |
1 |
109.57 |
2009-09-17 |
| 80. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
109.41 |
0.9964 |
-0.0482 |
203 |
1 |
109.41 |
2012-12-14 |
| 81. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
109.05 |
0.9532 |
-0.0084 |
258 |
1 |
109.05 |
2009-09-17 |
| 82. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
108.49 |
0.9768 |
-0.0347 |
387 |
1 |
108.49 |
2009-09-16 |
| 83. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
108.32 |
0.9398 |
0.0043 |
419 |
1 |
108.32 |
2011-02-16 |
| 84. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
108.32 |
1.0361 |
-0.0969 |
269 |
1 |
108.32 |
2009-09-16 |
| 85. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
108.16 |
1.0062 |
-0.0681 |
288 |
1 |
108.16 |
2013-05-30 |
| 86. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
107.58 |
0.9233 |
0.0059 |
168 |
1 |
107.58 |
2009-09-22 |
| 87. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
106.36 |
0.9886 |
-0.0662 |
220 |
1 |
106.36 |
2009-09-16 |
| 88. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
106.28 |
0.8660 |
0.0564 |
193 |
1 |
106.28 |
2009-09-16 |
| 89. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
105.80 |
0.9857 |
-0.0688 |
293 |
1 |
105.80 |
2011-02-16 |
| 90. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
104.86 |
0.9527 |
-0.0441 |
251 |
1 |
104.86 |
2009-09-17 |
| 91. |
Danger is a topic you're often asked about as a sprinter. Th... |
104.63 |
0.9801 |
-0.0368 |
428 |
1 |
104.63 |
2011-02-22 |
| 92. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
104.62 |
0.9583 |
-0.0112 |
341 |
1 |
104.62 |
2009-09-20 |
| 93. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
104.25 |
0.9684 |
-0.0639 |
388 |
1 |
104.25 |
2009-09-22 |
| 94. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
103.79 |
1.0297 |
-0.1314 |
249 |
1 |
103.79 |
2009-09-17 |
| 95. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
103.62 |
1.1323 |
-0.2030 |
341 |
1 |
103.62 |
2011-02-16 |
| 96. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
103.10 |
0.9699 |
-0.0769 |
269 |
1 |
103.10 |
2009-09-20 |
| 97. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
102.91 |
0.9351 |
-0.0465 |
190 |
1 |
102.91 |
2010-01-19 |
| 98. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
102.72 |
1.0797 |
-0.1932 |
210 |
1 |
102.72 |
2009-09-16 |
| 99. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
102.39 |
1.0029 |
-0.1185 |
209 |
1 |
102.39 |
2009-09-16 |
| 100. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
102.29 |
1.0088 |
-0.0870 |
396 |
2 |
100.55 |
2009-09-16 |
| 101. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
102.14 |
0.9278 |
-0.0411 |
295 |
1 |
102.14 |
2009-09-17 |
| 102. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
102.04 |
0.9376 |
-0.0510 |
367 |
1 |
102.04 |
2009-09-17 |
| 103. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
101.90 |
0.9763 |
-0.0935 |
289 |
1 |
101.90 |
2009-09-18 |
| 104. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
101.87 |
0.9097 |
0.0104 |
464 |
1 |
101.87 |
2009-09-22 |
| 105. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
101.56 |
1.0090 |
-0.0861 |
282 |
1 |
101.56 |
2011-02-22 |
| 106. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
101.19 |
0.9907 |
-0.1154 |
211 |
1 |
101.19 |
2009-09-17 |
| 107. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
101.17 |
1.0619 |
-0.1850 |
354 |
1 |
101.17 |
2009-09-16 |
| 108. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
101.00 |
0.9567 |
-0.0384 |
184 |
1 |
101.00 |
2010-01-07 |
| 109. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
100.98 |
0.9513 |
-0.0748 |
354 |
1 |
100.98 |
2011-02-22 |
| 110. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
100.39 |
0.9072 |
-0.0386 |
237 |
1 |
100.39 |
2009-09-16 |
| 111. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
100.34 |
0.8916 |
-0.0223 |
216 |
3 |
97.40 |
2009-09-20 |
| 112. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
98.39 |
0.9897 |
-0.1388 |
274 |
1 |
98.39 |
2009-09-16 |
| 113. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
97.09 |
0.8105 |
0.0283 |
204 |
1 |
97.09 |
2009-09-20 |
| 114. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
96.95 |
0.9786 |
-0.1412 |
193 |
1 |
96.95 |
2009-09-20 |
| 115. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
96.69 |
0.9871 |
-0.1115 |
209 |
1 |
96.69 |
2011-02-16 |
| 116. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
96.47 |
1.0034 |
-0.1691 |
302 |
1 |
96.47 |
2009-09-18 |
| 117. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
95.74 |
0.9176 |
-0.0538 |
365 |
1 |
95.74 |
2012-12-14 |
| 118. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
94.65 |
0.9820 |
-0.1611 |
267 |
1 |
94.65 |
2010-01-19 |
| 119. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
93.57 |
1.0060 |
-0.1989 |
171 |
1 |
93.57 |
2009-09-17 |
| 120. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
91.95 |
1.0796 |
-0.2878 |
129 |
1 |
91.95 |
2009-09-16 |