| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
89.58 |
1.0365 |
0.2921 |
162 |
1 |
89.58 |
2012-09-26 |
| 2. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
87.75 |
1.0251 |
0.2452 |
261 |
1 |
87.75 |
2012-09-27 |
| 3. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
87.03 |
1.0183 |
0.2381 |
191 |
1 |
87.03 |
2012-09-14 |
| 4. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
87.00 |
0.9897 |
0.2692 |
274 |
1 |
87.00 |
2012-09-24 |
| 5. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
85.87 |
1.0214 |
0.2181 |
166 |
2 |
83.69 |
2012-09-27 |
| 6. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
85.08 |
1.0684 |
0.1948 |
253 |
1 |
85.08 |
2012-09-26 |
| 7. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
84.89 |
0.9653 |
0.2736 |
394 |
1 |
84.89 |
2012-09-26 |
| 8. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
84.84 |
1.1162 |
0.1548 |
189 |
1 |
84.84 |
2012-09-26 |
| 9. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
84.32 |
1.0799 |
0.1383 |
243 |
1 |
84.32 |
2012-09-20 |
| 10. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
83.72 |
1.0666 |
0.1470 |
297 |
1 |
83.72 |
2012-09-25 |
| 11. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
83.37 |
1.0264 |
0.2221 |
422 |
1 |
83.37 |
2012-09-25 |
| 12. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
81.95 |
1.0399 |
0.1529 |
294 |
1 |
81.95 |
2012-09-20 |
| 13. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
81.84 |
1.0077 |
0.2190 |
250 |
1 |
81.84 |
2012-09-18 |
| 14. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
81.48 |
1.0795 |
0.1314 |
226 |
1 |
81.48 |
2012-09-21 |
| 15. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
81.06 |
1.0767 |
0.0954 |
212 |
2 |
74.46 |
2012-09-28 |
| 16. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
79.59 |
1.0352 |
0.1210 |
341 |
1 |
79.59 |
2012-09-30 |
| 17. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
78.61 |
1.0340 |
0.1097 |
406 |
2 |
74.10 |
2011-12-13 |
| 18. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
78.48 |
0.9846 |
0.1503 |
281 |
1 |
78.48 |
2012-10-10 |
| 19. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
78.41 |
1.1215 |
0.0379 |
200 |
1 |
78.41 |
2012-10-10 |
| 20. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
78.38 |
0.9946 |
0.1405 |
246 |
1 |
78.38 |
2012-09-27 |
| 21. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
78.31 |
0.9213 |
0.2134 |
295 |
1 |
78.31 |
2012-09-20 |
| 22. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
77.83 |
0.9893 |
0.1377 |
323 |
1 |
77.83 |
2011-12-14 |
| 23. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
77.76 |
1.0316 |
0.0985 |
333 |
2 |
74.24 |
2012-10-10 |
| 24. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
77.70 |
0.9168 |
0.2099 |
240 |
1 |
77.70 |
2012-09-28 |
| 25. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
76.77 |
1.0012 |
0.1130 |
260 |
3 |
72.66 |
2012-10-10 |
| 26. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
76.42 |
1.0768 |
0.0692 |
295 |
1 |
76.42 |
2011-12-16 |
| 27. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
75.58 |
1.0574 |
0.0646 |
205 |
1 |
75.58 |
2012-09-25 |
| 28. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
75.57 |
0.9567 |
0.1375 |
273 |
1 |
75.57 |
2012-10-08 |
| 29. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
75.44 |
0.9540 |
0.1360 |
285 |
2 |
70.27 |
2012-10-10 |
| 30. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
75.13 |
1.0388 |
0.0804 |
243 |
1 |
75.13 |
2012-09-28 |
| 31. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
73.91 |
0.9614 |
0.1115 |
292 |
1 |
73.91 |
2012-10-10 |
| 32. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
73.44 |
1.0531 |
0.0478 |
272 |
1 |
73.44 |
2012-09-30 |
| 33. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
73.40 |
1.0203 |
0.0452 |
261 |
1 |
73.40 |
2012-09-14 |
| 34. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
73.39 |
0.9371 |
0.1640 |
318 |
2 |
73.23 |
2012-09-23 |
| 35. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
73.10 |
1.0038 |
0.0841 |
237 |
2 |
69.33 |
2013-01-14 |
| 36. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
72.82 |
1.0189 |
0.0378 |
337 |
1 |
72.82 |
2011-12-13 |
| 37. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
72.61 |
0.8878 |
0.1626 |
346 |
1 |
72.61 |
2012-09-19 |
| 38. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
72.10 |
1.0390 |
0.0003 |
205 |
2 |
69.33 |
2013-01-21 |
| 39. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
71.73 |
1.0201 |
0.0181 |
303 |
1 |
71.73 |
2012-09-27 |
| 40. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
71.69 |
0.9884 |
0.0483 |
233 |
1 |
71.69 |
2012-10-08 |
| 41. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
71.53 |
1.0454 |
-0.0138 |
255 |
1 |
71.53 |
2012-12-03 |
| 42. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
71.35 |
1.0240 |
0.0051 |
256 |
1 |
71.35 |
2012-09-30 |
| 43. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
71.12 |
0.9365 |
0.0938 |
248 |
2 |
67.38 |
2012-09-28 |
| 44. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
70.95 |
1.0154 |
0.0606 |
351 |
1 |
70.95 |
2012-09-27 |
| 45. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
70.82 |
1.0025 |
0.0229 |
336 |
1 |
70.82 |
2012-09-16 |
| 46. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
70.63 |
0.9635 |
0.0639 |
389 |
1 |
70.63 |
2012-09-28 |
| 47. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
70.58 |
1.0725 |
-0.0260 |
233 |
2 |
69.33 |
2013-01-18 |
| 48. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
70.48 |
1.0719 |
-0.0248 |
360 |
1 |
70.48 |
2012-12-13 |
| 49. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
70.26 |
1.0696 |
-0.0569 |
226 |
1 |
70.26 |
2010-05-27 |
| 50. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
70.20 |
1.0023 |
0.0109 |
211 |
1 |
70.20 |
2012-09-26 |
| 51. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
69.86 |
0.9756 |
0.0333 |
229 |
1 |
69.86 |
2012-09-25 |
| 52. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
69.68 |
0.8553 |
0.1474 |
174 |
2 |
62.38 |
2012-09-30 |
| 53. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
69.41 |
0.9795 |
0.0245 |
308 |
1 |
69.41 |
2012-09-27 |
| 54. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
68.91 |
1.0169 |
0.0181 |
346 |
1 |
68.91 |
2012-09-14 |
| 55. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
68.78 |
1.0109 |
-0.0159 |
276 |
1 |
68.78 |
2013-01-14 |
| 56. |
How do I live without the ones I love? Time still turns the ... |
68.78 |
1.0381 |
-0.0545 |
170 |
1 |
68.78 |
2012-11-11 |
| 57. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
68.25 |
0.9157 |
0.0757 |
350 |
2 |
67.43 |
2012-09-26 |
| 58. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
68.19 |
1.0368 |
-0.0503 |
276 |
3 |
63.92 |
2012-12-05 |
| 59. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
67.63 |
1.0214 |
-0.0013 |
281 |
1 |
67.63 |
2012-09-23 |
| 60. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
67.61 |
0.9514 |
0.0262 |
237 |
1 |
67.61 |
2012-12-06 |
| 61. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
67.39 |
1.0016 |
-0.0322 |
218 |
1 |
67.39 |
2012-12-03 |
| 62. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
67.06 |
0.9376 |
0.0371 |
367 |
1 |
67.06 |
2013-01-12 |
| 63. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
66.95 |
1.0029 |
-0.0418 |
209 |
1 |
66.95 |
2012-10-10 |
| 64. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
66.75 |
1.0462 |
-0.0874 |
184 |
1 |
66.75 |
2013-01-18 |
| 65. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
66.67 |
0.9572 |
0.0494 |
376 |
1 |
66.67 |
2012-09-26 |
| 66. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
66.39 |
1.0595 |
-0.0975 |
379 |
1 |
66.39 |
2010-05-27 |
| 67. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
66.39 |
0.8770 |
0.0857 |
300 |
1 |
66.39 |
2010-05-27 |
| 68. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
66.15 |
0.9125 |
0.0453 |
308 |
1 |
66.15 |
2011-12-14 |
| 69. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
66.15 |
1.0331 |
-0.0794 |
234 |
1 |
66.15 |
2010-05-15 |
| 70. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
65.83 |
0.9670 |
0.0264 |
307 |
1 |
65.83 |
2010-05-27 |
| 71. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
65.62 |
0.9500 |
0.0002 |
362 |
1 |
65.62 |
2010-05-20 |
| 72. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
65.09 |
0.9570 |
-0.0148 |
287 |
1 |
65.09 |
2012-09-28 |
| 73. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
64.99 |
0.9776 |
-0.0383 |
308 |
1 |
64.99 |
2014-05-05 |
| 74. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
64.25 |
0.9916 |
-0.0208 |
282 |
1 |
64.25 |
2012-11-24 |
| 75. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
63.63 |
1.0389 |
-0.1174 |
340 |
1 |
63.63 |
2012-11-24 |
| 76. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
62.73 |
0.9991 |
-0.0926 |
225 |
1 |
62.73 |
2012-12-05 |
| 77. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
61.99 |
0.9045 |
-0.0089 |
235 |
1 |
61.99 |
2010-05-27 |
| 78. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
61.48 |
0.9899 |
-0.1073 |
163 |
1 |
61.48 |
2014-05-05 |
| 79. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
60.91 |
0.9376 |
-0.0228 |
360 |
1 |
60.91 |
2012-11-24 |
| 80. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
60.50 |
0.9023 |
0.0139 |
231 |
1 |
60.50 |
2012-09-16 |
| 81. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
60.38 |
0.8722 |
0.0024 |
285 |
1 |
60.38 |
2011-12-16 |
| 82. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
60.07 |
1.0289 |
-0.1576 |
276 |
1 |
60.07 |
2013-01-19 |
| 83. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
59.89 |
1.0284 |
-0.1209 |
282 |
1 |
59.89 |
2012-12-06 |
| 84. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
59.62 |
0.9734 |
-0.1130 |
289 |
1 |
59.62 |
2010-05-27 |
| 85. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
59.48 |
1.0261 |
-0.1282 |
410 |
1 |
59.48 |
2012-11-12 |
| 86. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
59.45 |
1.0320 |
-0.1370 |
293 |
1 |
59.45 |
2012-11-24 |
| 87. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
59.17 |
1.0379 |
-0.1495 |
245 |
1 |
59.17 |
2010-05-27 |
| 88. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
58.48 |
1.0534 |
-0.2073 |
357 |
1 |
58.48 |
2013-01-14 |
| 89. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
58.29 |
0.9976 |
-0.1365 |
174 |
1 |
58.29 |
2012-09-19 |
| 90. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
58.19 |
0.9709 |
-0.0903 |
397 |
1 |
58.19 |
2010-05-17 |
| 91. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
57.80 |
1.0515 |
-0.2199 |
250 |
1 |
57.80 |
2012-11-11 |
| 92. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
57.54 |
0.9430 |
-0.1204 |
211 |
1 |
57.54 |
2010-05-20 |
| 93. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
57.17 |
0.9398 |
-0.1059 |
419 |
1 |
57.17 |
2012-12-13 |
| 94. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
56.99 |
1.0172 |
-0.1604 |
341 |
1 |
56.99 |
2012-12-13 |
| 95. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
56.81 |
0.8775 |
-0.0554 |
443 |
1 |
56.81 |
2010-05-27 |
| 96. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
56.47 |
0.9857 |
-0.1726 |
293 |
1 |
56.47 |
2013-01-18 |
| 97. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
55.74 |
0.9687 |
-0.1604 |
371 |
1 |
55.74 |
2012-11-24 |
| 98. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
55.65 |
1.0485 |
-0.2120 |
153 |
1 |
55.65 |
2010-05-27 |
| 99. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
55.40 |
0.9673 |
-0.1297 |
232 |
1 |
55.40 |
2012-12-05 |
| 100. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
54.74 |
0.8105 |
-0.0263 |
204 |
3 |
48.42 |
2012-12-03 |
| 101. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
53.89 |
0.8787 |
-0.0977 |
202 |
1 |
53.89 |
2011-12-16 |
| 102. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
52.08 |
1.0403 |
-0.2506 |
275 |
1 |
52.08 |
2012-09-16 |
| 103. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
51.89 |
0.9681 |
-0.2128 |
378 |
1 |
51.89 |
2013-01-26 |
| 104. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
51.25 |
0.9330 |
-0.1886 |
360 |
1 |
51.25 |
2012-12-05 |
| 105. |
We were all in our late twenties or early-to-middle thirties... |
50.91 |
0.8867 |
-0.1490 |
241 |
1 |
50.91 |
2010-05-27 |
| 106. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
49.84 |
0.9786 |
-0.2621 |
235 |
1 |
49.84 |
2010-05-15 |
| 107. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
49.52 |
0.8602 |
-0.1498 |
206 |
1 |
49.52 |
2013-01-22 |
| 108. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
47.73 |
0.9649 |
-0.2797 |
193 |
1 |
47.73 |
2010-06-04 |
| 109. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
47.31 |
1.0644 |
-0.3480 |
257 |
1 |
47.31 |
2012-11-13 |
| 110. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
46.95 |
0.9731 |
-0.3111 |
129 |
1 |
46.95 |
2012-11-12 |