| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
36.25 |
0.9731 |
0.2240 |
129 |
2 |
34.32 |
2010-08-07 |
| 2. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
36.04 |
0.8788 |
0.3204 |
134 |
3 |
33.47 |
2010-08-07 |
| 3. |
This country is hard on people. Hard and crazy. Got the devi... |
35.89 |
0.9028 |
0.2931 |
111 |
1 |
35.89 |
2010-05-28 |
| 4. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
34.74 |
1.0214 |
0.1355 |
269 |
3 |
32.11 |
2010-08-07 |
| 5. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
34.45 |
0.9325 |
0.2096 |
156 |
1 |
34.45 |
2010-08-07 |
| 6. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
34.08 |
0.8660 |
0.2705 |
193 |
2 |
32.95 |
2010-08-07 |
| 7. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
33.96 |
0.9729 |
0.1597 |
255 |
1 |
33.96 |
2010-07-31 |
| 8. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
33.79 |
1.0131 |
0.1095 |
225 |
2 |
32.45 |
2010-05-19 |
| 9. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
33.28 |
1.0767 |
0.0305 |
212 |
2 |
32.73 |
2010-05-28 |
| 10. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
33.24 |
1.0417 |
0.0637 |
253 |
2 |
31.23 |
2010-05-19 |
| 11. |
By the early 1990s the first Internet language (HTTP) was wr... |
33.02 |
0.7104 |
0.3932 |
131 |
2 |
32.99 |
2010-08-07 |
| 12. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
32.99 |
1.0463 |
0.0487 |
182 |
2 |
32.34 |
2010-08-07 |
| 13. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
32.87 |
0.8422 |
0.2550 |
164 |
1 |
32.87 |
2010-05-08 |
| 14. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
32.65 |
0.9233 |
0.1567 |
168 |
2 |
30.53 |
2010-08-07 |
| 15. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
32.62 |
0.9068 |
0.1788 |
225 |
1 |
32.62 |
2010-09-06 |
| 16. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
32.54 |
0.9966 |
0.0873 |
259 |
2 |
28.61 |
2010-08-07 |
| 17. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
32.45 |
1.0365 |
0.0749 |
162 |
2 |
30.76 |
2010-11-23 |
| 18. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
32.44 |
0.9691 |
0.1113 |
223 |
2 |
31.93 |
2010-07-09 |
| 19. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
32.44 |
0.8145 |
0.2692 |
115 |
3 |
29.75 |
2011-05-10 |
| 20. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
32.43 |
1.0679 |
0.0331 |
177 |
2 |
32.09 |
2010-05-20 |
| 21. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
32.38 |
0.9724 |
0.1103 |
237 |
2 |
32.00 |
2010-09-06 |
| 22. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
32.31 |
1.0320 |
0.0817 |
293 |
1 |
32.31 |
2010-05-19 |
| 23. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
32.25 |
0.8190 |
0.2627 |
135 |
1 |
32.25 |
2010-05-18 |
| 24. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
32.02 |
1.0506 |
0.0450 |
277 |
1 |
32.02 |
2010-08-07 |
| 25. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
32.01 |
0.8533 |
0.2146 |
232 |
1 |
32.01 |
2011-05-10 |
| 26. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
31.92 |
0.9171 |
0.1471 |
165 |
3 |
30.39 |
2010-07-31 |
| 27. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
31.91 |
0.9289 |
0.1320 |
204 |
2 |
27.64 |
2010-08-07 |
| 28. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
31.83 |
0.9263 |
0.1376 |
188 |
3 |
28.38 |
2010-08-07 |
| 29. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
31.67 |
0.9307 |
0.1325 |
246 |
1 |
31.67 |
2010-11-23 |
| 30. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
31.40 |
1.0596 |
-0.0159 |
239 |
1 |
31.40 |
2010-05-17 |
| 31. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
31.38 |
0.9540 |
0.0894 |
285 |
1 |
31.38 |
2010-08-07 |
| 32. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
31.37 |
1.0521 |
-0.0121 |
171 |
2 |
26.38 |
2010-05-18 |
| 33. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
31.24 |
0.8975 |
0.1436 |
268 |
2 |
29.55 |
2010-11-19 |
| 34. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
31.20 |
0.9567 |
0.1248 |
184 |
1 |
31.20 |
2010-05-18 |
| 35. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
31.18 |
0.9365 |
0.1033 |
248 |
1 |
31.18 |
2010-08-07 |
| 36. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
31.15 |
1.0403 |
0.0371 |
275 |
1 |
31.15 |
2010-11-23 |
| 37. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
31.11 |
0.9028 |
0.1332 |
155 |
1 |
31.11 |
2010-05-06 |
| 38. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
31.07 |
1.0343 |
0.0377 |
242 |
1 |
31.07 |
2011-05-10 |
| 39. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
31.07 |
0.9820 |
0.0531 |
274 |
1 |
31.07 |
2010-07-09 |
| 40. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
30.96 |
0.7934 |
0.2372 |
134 |
1 |
30.96 |
2010-05-17 |
| 41. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
30.96 |
0.8915 |
0.1390 |
188 |
2 |
30.94 |
2010-05-28 |
| 42. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
30.79 |
0.9019 |
0.1289 |
204 |
2 |
29.61 |
2010-05-18 |
| 43. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
30.78 |
0.9221 |
0.1016 |
244 |
1 |
30.78 |
2010-05-18 |
| 44. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
30.75 |
0.8791 |
0.1444 |
190 |
1 |
30.75 |
2010-05-17 |
| 45. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
30.74 |
0.9316 |
0.0983 |
287 |
1 |
30.74 |
2010-07-17 |
| 46. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
30.67 |
0.8700 |
0.1510 |
127 |
2 |
29.16 |
2010-05-28 |
| 47. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
30.61 |
1.0251 |
-0.0081 |
261 |
2 |
30.01 |
2011-05-10 |
| 48. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
30.57 |
0.8951 |
0.1250 |
193 |
1 |
30.57 |
2010-05-28 |
| 49. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
30.49 |
0.9976 |
0.0375 |
174 |
3 |
28.95 |
2011-05-10 |
| 50. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
30.46 |
0.8899 |
0.1355 |
293 |
1 |
30.46 |
2010-08-07 |
| 51. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
30.40 |
0.9212 |
0.0951 |
231 |
1 |
30.40 |
2010-05-20 |
| 52. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
30.36 |
0.8793 |
0.1333 |
157 |
2 |
30.15 |
2010-11-23 |
| 53. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
30.34 |
0.9128 |
0.1388 |
369 |
1 |
30.34 |
2010-09-06 |
| 54. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
30.33 |
0.7389 |
0.2727 |
145 |
1 |
30.33 |
2010-05-17 |
| 55. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
30.30 |
0.9844 |
0.0289 |
293 |
1 |
30.30 |
2010-08-07 |
| 56. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
30.29 |
1.0214 |
-0.0184 |
166 |
1 |
30.29 |
2010-05-08 |
| 57. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
30.23 |
1.0254 |
0.0220 |
217 |
1 |
30.23 |
2010-08-07 |
| 58. |
I leave you with photographs, pictures of trickery, and stai... |
30.22 |
0.9016 |
0.1125 |
192 |
1 |
30.22 |
2010-08-07 |
| 59. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
30.15 |
1.0173 |
0.0307 |
268 |
1 |
30.15 |
2010-05-20 |
| 60. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
30.14 |
1.0403 |
-0.0219 |
193 |
1 |
30.14 |
2010-08-07 |
| 61. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
29.99 |
0.9597 |
0.0427 |
347 |
1 |
29.99 |
2010-05-17 |
| 62. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
29.98 |
1.0004 |
-0.0083 |
212 |
2 |
29.21 |
2010-09-06 |
| 63. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
29.96 |
0.8821 |
0.1151 |
176 |
1 |
29.96 |
2010-05-08 |
| 64. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
29.90 |
0.8792 |
0.1256 |
296 |
1 |
29.90 |
2010-07-31 |
| 65. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
29.87 |
1.0132 |
-0.0274 |
143 |
1 |
29.87 |
2010-05-08 |
| 66. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
29.83 |
0.9572 |
0.0349 |
201 |
1 |
29.83 |
2010-07-31 |
| 67. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
29.79 |
0.8105 |
0.1767 |
204 |
1 |
29.79 |
2010-05-28 |
| 68. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
29.76 |
0.8785 |
0.1082 |
172 |
1 |
29.76 |
2010-11-19 |
| 69. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
29.75 |
1.0218 |
-0.0345 |
268 |
1 |
29.75 |
2011-05-10 |
| 70. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
29.74 |
0.9612 |
0.0289 |
256 |
1 |
29.74 |
2011-05-10 |
| 71. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
29.71 |
0.8559 |
0.1339 |
191 |
2 |
29.54 |
2010-04-29 |
| 72. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
29.70 |
1.0197 |
-0.0340 |
226 |
1 |
29.70 |
2010-05-20 |
| 73. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
29.69 |
1.0516 |
-0.0637 |
281 |
2 |
29.23 |
2010-08-07 |
| 74. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
29.61 |
0.8275 |
0.1579 |
142 |
1 |
29.61 |
2010-05-08 |
| 75. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
29.58 |
0.7890 |
0.1968 |
230 |
1 |
29.58 |
2010-07-17 |
| 76. |
At the very end of these food chains (which is to say, at th... |
29.57 |
0.8202 |
0.1617 |
178 |
1 |
29.57 |
2011-05-10 |
| 77. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
29.54 |
0.7839 |
0.2050 |
257 |
1 |
29.54 |
2010-05-06 |
| 78. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
29.38 |
1.0379 |
-0.0254 |
245 |
1 |
29.38 |
2010-05-18 |
| 79. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
29.35 |
1.0799 |
-0.1067 |
243 |
1 |
29.35 |
2010-05-06 |
| 80. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
29.31 |
0.9084 |
0.0688 |
300 |
1 |
29.31 |
2010-05-28 |
| 81. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
29.30 |
0.9772 |
-0.0056 |
217 |
1 |
29.30 |
2010-05-17 |
| 82. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
29.22 |
0.9871 |
0.0214 |
209 |
1 |
29.22 |
2010-08-07 |
| 83. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
29.12 |
0.9351 |
0.0284 |
190 |
1 |
29.12 |
2010-08-07 |
| 84. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
29.02 |
0.9758 |
-0.0095 |
314 |
1 |
29.02 |
2010-05-06 |
| 85. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
29.00 |
0.9461 |
0.0189 |
276 |
1 |
29.00 |
2011-05-10 |
| 86. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
28.95 |
1.0183 |
-0.0605 |
191 |
2 |
27.28 |
2010-05-08 |
| 87. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
28.92 |
0.8914 |
0.0717 |
366 |
1 |
28.92 |
2010-09-06 |
| 88. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
28.92 |
0.9866 |
-0.0279 |
218 |
1 |
28.92 |
2010-04-29 |
| 89. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
28.92 |
1.0565 |
-0.0970 |
247 |
2 |
27.67 |
2010-04-29 |
| 90. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
28.91 |
0.8811 |
0.0858 |
239 |
1 |
28.91 |
2010-07-17 |
| 91. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
28.88 |
1.0485 |
-0.0529 |
153 |
1 |
28.88 |
2010-08-07 |
| 92. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
28.82 |
0.8731 |
0.0932 |
199 |
1 |
28.82 |
2010-08-07 |
| 93. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
28.81 |
0.8360 |
0.1219 |
170 |
1 |
28.81 |
2010-05-06 |
| 94. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
28.81 |
0.8810 |
0.0786 |
282 |
1 |
28.81 |
2010-05-19 |
| 95. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
28.75 |
1.0669 |
-0.0773 |
213 |
1 |
28.75 |
2010-07-31 |
| 96. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
28.71 |
0.8077 |
0.1460 |
167 |
1 |
28.71 |
2011-05-10 |
| 97. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
28.67 |
0.9773 |
-0.0310 |
123 |
1 |
28.67 |
2010-07-31 |
| 98. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
28.66 |
0.9633 |
-0.0072 |
304 |
2 |
27.73 |
2010-07-31 |
| 99. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
28.58 |
0.8619 |
0.0874 |
119 |
1 |
28.58 |
2010-05-18 |
| 100. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
28.53 |
0.9763 |
-0.0275 |
289 |
1 |
28.53 |
2010-07-31 |
| 101. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
28.49 |
0.9726 |
-0.0309 |
154 |
1 |
28.49 |
2010-05-18 |
| 102. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
28.39 |
0.8289 |
0.1232 |
304 |
1 |
28.39 |
2010-08-07 |
| 103. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
28.31 |
0.8809 |
0.0588 |
127 |
2 |
27.62 |
2010-04-26 |
| 104. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
28.27 |
0.8971 |
0.0487 |
266 |
2 |
25.15 |
2010-07-09 |
| 105. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
28.22 |
0.8852 |
0.0556 |
201 |
1 |
28.22 |
2010-05-08 |
| 106. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
28.20 |
0.9636 |
-0.0259 |
254 |
1 |
28.20 |
2010-07-09 |
| 107. |
Jay earned himself a promotion to lieutenant on the strength... |
28.19 |
0.8122 |
0.1282 |
181 |
1 |
28.19 |
2010-05-28 |
| 108. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
28.13 |
0.9309 |
0.0029 |
284 |
1 |
28.13 |
2010-05-20 |
| 109. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
28.06 |
1.0120 |
-0.0795 |
290 |
1 |
28.06 |
2010-05-17 |
| 110. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
27.92 |
0.9936 |
-0.0451 |
227 |
1 |
27.92 |
2010-07-31 |
| 111. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
27.80 |
0.7850 |
0.1361 |
154 |
1 |
27.80 |
2010-05-18 |
| 112. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
27.79 |
0.8602 |
0.0615 |
206 |
1 |
27.79 |
2010-08-07 |
| 113. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
27.43 |
1.0033 |
-0.0979 |
189 |
2 |
26.87 |
2010-05-06 |
| 114. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
27.43 |
0.9697 |
-0.0575 |
249 |
1 |
27.43 |
2010-05-20 |
| 115. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
27.41 |
0.8573 |
0.0578 |
270 |
1 |
27.41 |
2010-05-06 |
| 116. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
27.27 |
0.8629 |
0.0488 |
299 |
1 |
27.27 |
2010-11-19 |
| 117. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
27.07 |
0.8153 |
0.0894 |
200 |
1 |
27.07 |
2010-07-17 |
| 118. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
27.00 |
0.7805 |
0.1131 |
154 |
1 |
27.00 |
2010-11-23 |
| 119. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
26.88 |
0.9485 |
-0.0526 |
291 |
1 |
26.88 |
2010-05-17 |
| 120. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
26.78 |
0.9212 |
-0.0280 |
323 |
1 |
26.78 |
2010-05-08 |
| 121. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
26.35 |
1.0090 |
-0.0896 |
282 |
1 |
26.35 |
2010-08-07 |
| 122. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
26.01 |
0.9164 |
-0.0477 |
305 |
1 |
26.01 |
2010-11-19 |
| 123. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
26.00 |
0.8878 |
-0.0243 |
346 |
1 |
26.00 |
2010-05-20 |
| 124. |
For all its apparent strength, the Aztec Empire had vulnerab... |
25.86 |
0.7988 |
0.0693 |
219 |
1 |
25.86 |
2010-07-31 |
| 125. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
25.82 |
0.7801 |
0.0743 |
116 |
1 |
25.82 |
2010-05-06 |
| 126. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
25.70 |
0.8353 |
0.0260 |
283 |
1 |
25.70 |
2010-07-09 |
| 127. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
25.64 |
0.8936 |
-0.0433 |
127 |
1 |
25.64 |
2010-05-18 |
| 128. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
25.36 |
1.0261 |
-0.1857 |
273 |
1 |
25.36 |
2010-05-17 |
| 129. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
25.23 |
0.9514 |
-0.1133 |
237 |
1 |
25.23 |
2010-07-31 |
| 130. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
25.13 |
1.0263 |
-0.1923 |
267 |
1 |
25.13 |
2010-04-29 |
| 131. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
25.00 |
0.8142 |
0.0109 |
187 |
1 |
25.00 |
2010-05-06 |
| 132. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
24.40 |
1.0337 |
-0.2246 |
214 |
1 |
24.40 |
2010-04-29 |
| 133. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
24.20 |
0.8070 |
-0.0063 |
167 |
1 |
24.20 |
2010-04-25 |
| 134. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
24.17 |
1.0099 |
-0.2105 |
207 |
2 |
23.14 |
2010-07-17 |
| 135. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
23.04 |
0.9710 |
-0.2133 |
173 |
1 |
23.04 |
2010-05-06 |
| 136. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
23.00 |
0.9128 |
-0.1445 |
133 |
1 |
23.00 |
2010-05-06 |
| 137. |
The label doesn't mention that that rib-eye steak came from ... |
22.92 |
0.7731 |
-0.0111 |
145 |
1 |
22.92 |
2010-08-07 |