| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
124.31 |
1.0463 |
0.1737 |
182 |
1 |
124.31 |
2010-10-26 |
| 2. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
122.27 |
1.0944 |
0.1513 |
308 |
1 |
122.27 |
2010-10-30 |
| 3. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
115.96 |
1.0477 |
0.0937 |
360 |
1 |
115.96 |
2010-10-27 |
| 4. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
115.29 |
1.0679 |
0.0909 |
177 |
2 |
105.18 |
2010-10-27 |
| 5. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
114.11 |
0.9910 |
0.1320 |
295 |
2 |
104.74 |
2010-10-31 |
| 6. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
114.00 |
1.0138 |
0.1064 |
231 |
2 |
110.71 |
2010-10-31 |
| 7. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
113.52 |
1.0993 |
0.0161 |
265 |
1 |
113.52 |
2010-10-27 |
| 8. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
113.06 |
1.0398 |
0.0657 |
110 |
2 |
102.42 |
2010-10-31 |
| 9. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
112.08 |
1.0788 |
0.0197 |
171 |
2 |
110.51 |
2010-10-29 |
| 10. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
111.86 |
1.0403 |
0.1001 |
275 |
1 |
111.86 |
2010-10-31 |
| 11. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
111.82 |
0.9937 |
0.1236 |
429 |
1 |
111.82 |
2010-10-31 |
| 12. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
110.71 |
1.0941 |
0.0269 |
256 |
1 |
110.71 |
2010-10-31 |
| 13. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
110.65 |
1.1068 |
0.0162 |
393 |
2 |
109.86 |
2010-10-26 |
| 14. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
110.49 |
1.0441 |
0.0421 |
252 |
1 |
110.49 |
2010-10-31 |
| 15. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
110.48 |
1.0567 |
0.0301 |
303 |
1 |
110.48 |
2010-10-29 |
| 16. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
110.31 |
1.0218 |
0.0607 |
268 |
1 |
110.31 |
2010-10-26 |
| 17. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
110.20 |
1.1014 |
0.0198 |
273 |
1 |
110.20 |
2010-10-27 |
| 18. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
110.07 |
1.0389 |
0.0433 |
318 |
1 |
110.07 |
2010-10-30 |
| 19. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
109.62 |
1.0214 |
0.0559 |
269 |
1 |
109.62 |
2010-10-23 |
| 20. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
109.52 |
0.9567 |
0.1633 |
184 |
1 |
109.52 |
2010-10-31 |
| 21. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
109.47 |
1.0426 |
0.0338 |
323 |
1 |
109.47 |
2010-10-27 |
| 22. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
109.21 |
1.0462 |
0.0240 |
184 |
1 |
109.21 |
2010-10-30 |
| 23. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
109.07 |
0.9881 |
0.1203 |
424 |
1 |
109.07 |
2010-10-30 |
| 24. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
109.03 |
0.9769 |
0.0934 |
263 |
2 |
100.38 |
2010-10-31 |
| 25. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
108.99 |
1.0347 |
0.0553 |
550 |
1 |
108.99 |
2010-10-23 |
| 26. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
108.85 |
1.0630 |
0.0364 |
397 |
1 |
108.85 |
2010-10-29 |
| 27. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
108.59 |
1.0608 |
0.0413 |
258 |
1 |
108.59 |
2010-10-26 |
| 28. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
108.46 |
0.9632 |
0.1059 |
392 |
1 |
108.46 |
2010-10-23 |
| 29. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
107.86 |
0.9754 |
0.0876 |
362 |
2 |
94.40 |
2010-10-31 |
| 30. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
107.61 |
0.9411 |
0.1177 |
318 |
1 |
107.61 |
2010-10-23 |
| 31. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
107.20 |
1.0004 |
0.0506 |
212 |
1 |
107.20 |
2010-10-26 |
| 32. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
107.05 |
1.0033 |
0.0452 |
189 |
2 |
100.53 |
2010-10-31 |
| 33. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
106.89 |
1.0417 |
0.0075 |
253 |
1 |
106.89 |
2010-10-23 |
| 34. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
106.30 |
1.0412 |
0.0036 |
225 |
1 |
106.30 |
2010-10-23 |
| 35. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
106.12 |
1.0361 |
0.0069 |
269 |
1 |
106.12 |
2010-10-23 |
| 36. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
105.85 |
0.9583 |
0.1224 |
341 |
2 |
94.31 |
2010-10-30 |
| 37. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
105.63 |
1.0038 |
0.0652 |
237 |
2 |
98.76 |
2010-10-31 |
| 38. |
Many wines have more than 14 percent alcohol because the win... |
105.49 |
0.9739 |
0.0950 |
412 |
1 |
105.49 |
2010-10-27 |
| 39. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
105.26 |
0.9072 |
0.1261 |
237 |
1 |
105.26 |
2010-10-26 |
| 40. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
104.94 |
0.9731 |
0.0521 |
129 |
2 |
100.30 |
2010-10-31 |
| 41. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
104.87 |
0.9572 |
0.1138 |
376 |
2 |
98.53 |
2010-10-31 |
| 42. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
104.36 |
1.0320 |
0.0324 |
293 |
1 |
104.36 |
2010-10-31 |
| 43. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
104.26 |
1.0334 |
-0.0129 |
131 |
1 |
104.26 |
2010-10-31 |
| 44. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
103.61 |
0.9612 |
0.0573 |
256 |
1 |
103.61 |
2010-10-29 |
| 45. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
103.56 |
1.0358 |
0.0182 |
349 |
2 |
103.41 |
2010-10-31 |
| 46. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
103.45 |
1.0296 |
-0.0107 |
437 |
1 |
103.45 |
2010-10-23 |
| 47. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
103.40 |
0.9886 |
0.0278 |
220 |
1 |
103.40 |
2010-10-31 |
| 48. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
103.24 |
0.9866 |
0.0255 |
218 |
1 |
103.24 |
2010-10-23 |
| 49. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
103.10 |
0.9485 |
0.0647 |
236 |
1 |
103.10 |
2010-10-23 |
| 50. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
102.99 |
0.9905 |
0.0503 |
337 |
1 |
102.99 |
2010-10-31 |
| 51. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
102.89 |
0.8956 |
0.1173 |
322 |
1 |
102.89 |
2010-10-26 |
| 52. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
102.84 |
1.0124 |
-0.0037 |
204 |
1 |
102.84 |
2010-10-29 |
| 53. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
102.78 |
0.9084 |
0.1036 |
404 |
1 |
102.78 |
2010-10-31 |
| 54. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
101.78 |
1.0203 |
-0.0183 |
261 |
1 |
101.78 |
2010-10-27 |
| 55. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
101.78 |
1.0201 |
-0.0184 |
375 |
1 |
101.78 |
2010-10-29 |
| 56. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
101.69 |
0.9636 |
0.0357 |
254 |
1 |
101.69 |
2010-10-30 |
| 57. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
101.55 |
0.9814 |
0.0551 |
364 |
1 |
101.55 |
2010-10-23 |
| 58. |
Corn is what feeds the steer that becomes the steak. Corn fe... |
101.45 |
1.0008 |
0.0337 |
473 |
2 |
100.59 |
2010-10-30 |
| 59. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
101.43 |
0.9632 |
0.0707 |
345 |
1 |
101.43 |
2010-10-27 |
| 60. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
101.35 |
0.9676 |
0.0318 |
442 |
1 |
101.35 |
2010-10-29 |
| 61. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
101.34 |
1.0399 |
-0.0435 |
294 |
2 |
93.35 |
2010-10-26 |
| 62. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
101.13 |
1.0109 |
0.0139 |
400 |
1 |
101.13 |
2010-10-31 |
| 63. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
100.98 |
1.0125 |
0.0128 |
413 |
1 |
100.98 |
2010-10-26 |
| 64. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
100.94 |
1.0396 |
-0.0524 |
149 |
1 |
100.94 |
2010-10-23 |
| 65. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
100.59 |
1.0768 |
-0.0499 |
295 |
1 |
100.59 |
2010-10-31 |
| 66. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
100.36 |
0.9884 |
-0.0038 |
233 |
1 |
100.36 |
2010-10-27 |
| 67. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
100.35 |
1.0621 |
-0.0540 |
263 |
1 |
100.35 |
2010-10-31 |
| 68. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
100.28 |
0.9527 |
0.0321 |
251 |
1 |
100.28 |
2010-10-30 |
| 69. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
99.86 |
1.1018 |
-0.1248 |
220 |
1 |
99.86 |
2010-10-27 |
| 70. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
99.17 |
1.0498 |
-0.0791 |
180 |
2 |
96.23 |
2010-10-26 |
| 71. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
99.14 |
1.0375 |
-0.0165 |
200 |
1 |
99.14 |
2010-10-31 |
| 72. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
99.01 |
1.0561 |
-0.0656 |
430 |
1 |
99.01 |
2010-10-29 |
| 73. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
98.70 |
0.9651 |
0.0371 |
389 |
1 |
98.70 |
2010-10-29 |
| 74. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
98.57 |
0.9831 |
-0.0112 |
469 |
1 |
98.57 |
2010-10-26 |
| 75. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
98.54 |
0.9698 |
0.0286 |
397 |
1 |
98.54 |
2010-10-30 |
| 76. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
98.34 |
0.9879 |
-0.0182 |
450 |
1 |
98.34 |
2010-10-26 |
| 77. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
98.12 |
0.9964 |
-0.0333 |
203 |
2 |
94.90 |
2010-10-31 |
| 78. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
98.07 |
0.8961 |
0.0666 |
189 |
1 |
98.07 |
2010-10-29 |
| 79. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
98.02 |
1.0725 |
-0.0819 |
233 |
1 |
98.02 |
2010-10-26 |
| 80. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
97.91 |
1.0083 |
-0.0033 |
273 |
1 |
97.91 |
2010-10-23 |
| 81. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
97.66 |
1.0201 |
-0.0645 |
172 |
1 |
97.66 |
2010-10-23 |
| 82. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
97.41 |
0.9023 |
0.0984 |
231 |
1 |
97.41 |
2010-10-31 |
| 83. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
97.33 |
0.9570 |
-0.0009 |
287 |
1 |
97.33 |
2010-10-31 |
| 84. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
96.53 |
1.0214 |
-0.0324 |
281 |
1 |
96.53 |
2010-10-23 |
| 85. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
96.49 |
0.9364 |
0.0486 |
351 |
1 |
96.49 |
2010-10-27 |
| 86. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
96.42 |
0.9635 |
-0.0152 |
389 |
1 |
96.42 |
2010-10-29 |
| 87. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
96.32 |
0.9212 |
0.0254 |
323 |
1 |
96.32 |
2010-10-23 |
| 88. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
96.26 |
0.9681 |
-0.0196 |
378 |
1 |
96.26 |
2010-10-27 |
| 89. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
96.24 |
0.9233 |
0.0181 |
168 |
1 |
96.24 |
2010-10-27 |
| 90. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
95.98 |
1.0284 |
-0.0437 |
282 |
3 |
89.41 |
2010-10-31 |
| 91. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
95.52 |
0.9897 |
-0.0531 |
274 |
1 |
95.52 |
2010-10-29 |
| 92. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
95.28 |
0.9234 |
0.0143 |
346 |
1 |
95.28 |
2010-10-27 |
| 93. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
94.78 |
0.9553 |
-0.0212 |
430 |
1 |
94.78 |
2010-10-26 |
| 94. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
94.38 |
0.9665 |
0.0080 |
326 |
1 |
94.38 |
2010-10-31 |
| 95. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
94.26 |
0.9846 |
-0.0602 |
281 |
1 |
94.26 |
2010-10-23 |
| 96. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
93.92 |
0.8595 |
0.0631 |
242 |
1 |
93.92 |
2010-10-26 |
| 97. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
93.85 |
0.9509 |
0.0084 |
225 |
1 |
93.85 |
2010-10-27 |
| 98. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
93.81 |
0.9852 |
-0.0647 |
264 |
1 |
93.81 |
2010-10-26 |
| 99. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
93.74 |
1.0565 |
-0.1386 |
247 |
1 |
93.74 |
2010-10-31 |
| 100. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
93.64 |
1.0863 |
-0.1317 |
210 |
1 |
93.64 |
2010-10-27 |
| 101. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
93.42 |
0.9339 |
-0.0179 |
310 |
1 |
93.42 |
2010-10-30 |
| 102. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
93.30 |
1.0165 |
-0.0998 |
392 |
1 |
93.30 |
2010-10-30 |
| 103. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
92.93 |
0.9005 |
0.0118 |
212 |
1 |
92.93 |
2010-10-23 |
| 104. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
92.30 |
1.0389 |
-0.1324 |
340 |
1 |
92.30 |
2010-10-26 |
| 105. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
92.21 |
0.8916 |
0.0134 |
216 |
1 |
92.21 |
2010-10-27 |
| 106. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
91.89 |
0.9776 |
-0.0756 |
308 |
1 |
91.89 |
2010-10-31 |
| 107. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
91.77 |
0.9513 |
-0.0490 |
354 |
1 |
91.77 |
2010-10-29 |
| 108. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
91.76 |
0.9500 |
-0.0481 |
362 |
1 |
91.76 |
2010-10-27 |
| 109. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
91.65 |
0.9376 |
-0.0357 |
367 |
1 |
91.65 |
2010-10-29 |
| 110. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
91.55 |
1.0053 |
-0.1079 |
232 |
1 |
91.55 |
2010-10-26 |
| 111. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
91.51 |
0.9127 |
-0.0168 |
252 |
1 |
91.51 |
2010-10-23 |
| 112. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
90.97 |
0.9045 |
-0.0121 |
235 |
1 |
90.97 |
2010-10-31 |
| 113. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
90.18 |
0.8770 |
0.0094 |
300 |
1 |
90.18 |
2010-10-23 |
| 114. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
90.17 |
0.9631 |
-0.0320 |
345 |
1 |
90.17 |
2010-10-31 |
| 115. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
90.16 |
0.9871 |
-0.0788 |
227 |
1 |
90.16 |
2010-10-23 |
| 116. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
89.81 |
0.9566 |
-0.0589 |
576 |
1 |
89.81 |
2010-10-30 |
| 117. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
89.51 |
1.0531 |
-0.1383 |
272 |
1 |
89.51 |
2010-10-27 |
| 118. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
88.03 |
0.9894 |
-0.1239 |
323 |
1 |
88.03 |
2010-10-26 |
| 119. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
87.98 |
0.9330 |
-0.0667 |
360 |
2 |
87.56 |
2010-10-29 |
| 120. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
87.38 |
0.9673 |
-0.0694 |
232 |
2 |
85.81 |
2010-10-31 |
| 121. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
86.34 |
0.9843 |
-0.1402 |
234 |
1 |
86.34 |
2010-10-26 |
| 122. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
84.01 |
0.9125 |
-0.0883 |
308 |
1 |
84.01 |
2010-10-29 |
| 123. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
83.85 |
0.9697 |
-0.1470 |
249 |
1 |
83.85 |
2010-10-26 |
| 124. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
81.93 |
0.9904 |
-0.1459 |
203 |
1 |
81.93 |
2010-10-31 |
| 125. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
78.08 |
0.9678 |
-0.1741 |
445 |
1 |
78.08 |
2010-10-23 |