| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
104.28 |
1.0686 |
0.4748 |
354 |
2 |
87.33 |
2012-08-25 |
| 2. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
88.29 |
0.8856 |
0.4247 |
369 |
2 |
75.89 |
2012-08-25 |
| 3. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
85.69 |
0.9113 |
0.3593 |
318 |
1 |
85.69 |
2012-08-25 |
| 4. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
90.96 |
1.0253 |
0.3200 |
337 |
2 |
80.52 |
2012-08-25 |
| 5. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
89.16 |
0.9650 |
0.3533 |
347 |
2 |
76.35 |
2012-08-25 |
| 6. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
90.00 |
1.0086 |
0.3152 |
218 |
2 |
81.19 |
2012-08-25 |
| 7. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
68.44 |
1.0128 |
0.0024 |
369 |
1 |
68.44 |
2011-02-24 |
| 8. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
63.74 |
0.9561 |
-0.0140 |
291 |
1 |
63.74 |
2011-02-24 |
| 9. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
60.66 |
0.9824 |
-0.0763 |
352 |
1 |
60.66 |
2011-02-24 |
| 10. |
I believe in love, and I know that you do too. And I believe... |
80.94 |
1.0465 |
0.1390 |
183 |
2 |
78.92 |
2011-02-24 |
| 11. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
67.87 |
0.8572 |
0.1411 |
232 |
1 |
67.87 |
2011-02-24 |
| 12. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
85.61 |
0.9836 |
0.2711 |
123 |
1 |
85.61 |
2011-02-24 |
| 13. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
68.73 |
0.9070 |
0.1009 |
192 |
1 |
68.73 |
2011-02-24 |
| 14. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
66.67 |
1.0403 |
-0.0598 |
234 |
1 |
66.67 |
2011-02-24 |
| 15. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
58.54 |
0.8787 |
-0.0189 |
443 |
2 |
57.71 |
2011-02-23 |
| 16. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
59.11 |
0.9519 |
-0.0779 |
323 |
1 |
59.11 |
2011-02-23 |
| 17. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
60.75 |
0.9922 |
-0.0972 |
264 |
1 |
60.75 |
2011-02-23 |
| 18. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
67.86 |
1.0016 |
-0.0034 |
217 |
1 |
67.86 |
2011-02-23 |
| 19. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
54.52 |
0.9012 |
-0.0956 |
322 |
1 |
54.52 |
2011-02-23 |
| 20. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
80.92 |
1.0698 |
0.1305 |
303 |
1 |
80.92 |
2011-02-23 |
| 21. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
67.44 |
0.9981 |
-0.0054 |
211 |
1 |
67.44 |
2011-02-23 |
| 22. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
78.14 |
1.1086 |
0.0440 |
233 |
2 |
76.76 |
2011-02-23 |
| 23. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
65.00 |
0.9517 |
0.0044 |
276 |
3 |
57.25 |
2011-02-23 |
| 24. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
60.76 |
0.9299 |
-0.0437 |
168 |
1 |
60.76 |
2011-02-23 |
| 25. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
69.59 |
0.9603 |
0.0707 |
430 |
2 |
69.27 |
2011-02-23 |
| 26. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
70.00 |
1.0873 |
-0.0587 |
243 |
1 |
70.00 |
2011-02-23 |
| 27. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
78.79 |
1.1070 |
0.0538 |
265 |
2 |
76.91 |
2011-02-23 |
| 28. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
66.15 |
1.0094 |
-0.0348 |
256 |
1 |
66.15 |
2011-02-23 |
| 29. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
77.77 |
1.0227 |
0.1301 |
378 |
3 |
68.75 |
2011-02-23 |
| 30. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
79.06 |
1.0197 |
0.1444 |
204 |
1 |
79.06 |
2011-02-23 |
| 31. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
59.59 |
0.9932 |
-0.1084 |
281 |
1 |
59.59 |
2011-02-23 |
| 32. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
65.81 |
1.0372 |
-0.0682 |
249 |
2 |
59.94 |
2011-02-23 |
| 33. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
56.63 |
0.9980 |
-0.1625 |
295 |
1 |
56.63 |
2011-02-23 |
| 34. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
58.90 |
1.0139 |
-0.1339 |
349 |
1 |
58.90 |
2011-02-23 |
| 35. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
76.98 |
1.0028 |
0.1311 |
259 |
1 |
76.98 |
2011-02-23 |
| 36. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
66.60 |
0.9719 |
0.0165 |
383 |
1 |
66.60 |
2011-02-23 |
| 37. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
68.18 |
1.0479 |
-0.0449 |
205 |
1 |
68.18 |
2011-02-23 |
| 38. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
63.09 |
1.0067 |
-0.0639 |
422 |
1 |
63.09 |
2011-02-23 |
| 39. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
57.94 |
0.9284 |
-0.0719 |
346 |
1 |
57.94 |
2011-02-23 |
| 40. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
65.31 |
0.9660 |
0.0031 |
258 |
2 |
64.01 |
2011-02-23 |
| 41. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
55.81 |
0.9377 |
-0.1088 |
198 |
1 |
55.81 |
2011-02-23 |
| 42. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
64.32 |
0.8474 |
0.1004 |
265 |
1 |
64.32 |
2011-02-23 |
| 43. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
75.30 |
1.0264 |
0.0795 |
191 |
2 |
70.08 |
2011-02-23 |
| 44. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
64.89 |
1.0090 |
-0.0476 |
300 |
1 |
64.89 |
2011-02-23 |
| 45. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
69.07 |
1.0557 |
-0.0367 |
289 |
1 |
69.07 |
2011-02-23 |
| 46. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
64.02 |
1.0010 |
-0.0542 |
213 |
3 |
62.29 |
2011-02-23 |
| 47. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
67.57 |
0.9787 |
0.0202 |
364 |
2 |
66.72 |
2011-02-21 |
| 48. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
61.98 |
0.9844 |
-0.0596 |
351 |
1 |
61.98 |
2011-02-21 |
| 49. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
74.16 |
0.9598 |
0.1356 |
209 |
4 |
64.97 |
2011-02-21 |
| 50. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
63.57 |
1.0267 |
-0.0874 |
261 |
1 |
63.57 |
2011-02-21 |
| 51. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
64.28 |
0.9561 |
-0.0019 |
364 |
1 |
64.28 |
2011-02-21 |
| 52. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
71.90 |
1.0069 |
0.0561 |
242 |
3 |
69.78 |
2011-02-14 |
| 53. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
58.11 |
0.8901 |
-0.0355 |
273 |
2 |
56.23 |
2011-02-14 |
| 54. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
60.87 |
0.9829 |
-0.0874 |
229 |
1 |
60.87 |
2011-02-14 |
| 55. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
67.51 |
0.9119 |
0.0870 |
396 |
2 |
65.45 |
2011-02-14 |
| 56. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
51.05 |
0.9957 |
-0.2411 |
323 |
1 |
51.05 |
2010-12-23 |
| 57. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
57.71 |
0.9704 |
-0.1210 |
254 |
1 |
57.71 |
2010-12-20 |
| 58. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
64.25 |
0.9482 |
0.0037 |
476 |
1 |
64.25 |
2010-12-19 |
| 59. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
76.63 |
1.0777 |
0.0500 |
226 |
2 |
75.52 |
2010-12-19 |
| 60. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
61.17 |
0.9027 |
-0.0055 |
189 |
2 |
60.41 |
2010-12-18 |
| 61. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
70.14 |
0.9434 |
0.0947 |
367 |
2 |
64.26 |
2010-12-18 |
| 62. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
71.92 |
1.0135 |
0.0498 |
358 |
1 |
71.92 |
2010-12-18 |
| 63. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
81.84 |
1.0399 |
0.1721 |
257 |
2 |
75.64 |
2010-12-18 |
| 64. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
73.09 |
0.9866 |
0.0912 |
308 |
2 |
67.88 |
2010-12-18 |
| 65. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
56.78 |
0.9068 |
-0.0731 |
212 |
1 |
56.78 |
2010-12-18 |
| 66. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
80.47 |
1.0877 |
0.0957 |
129 |
1 |
80.47 |
2010-12-18 |
| 67. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
85.04 |
1.0845 |
0.1689 |
212 |
1 |
85.04 |
2010-12-18 |
| 68. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
75.13 |
1.0524 |
0.0533 |
177 |
1 |
75.13 |
2010-12-18 |
| 69. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
80.92 |
1.0543 |
0.1400 |
233 |
1 |
80.92 |
2010-12-18 |
| 70. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
68.50 |
0.9269 |
0.0903 |
269 |
1 |
68.50 |
2010-12-18 |
| 71. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
79.83 |
0.9631 |
0.2137 |
273 |
2 |
70.81 |
2010-12-18 |
| 72. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
65.52 |
0.9928 |
-0.0283 |
293 |
4 |
61.53 |
2010-12-18 |
| 73. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
71.10 |
1.0628 |
-0.0129 |
363 |
1 |
71.10 |
2010-12-18 |
| 74. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
79.83 |
1.0301 |
0.1459 |
268 |
1 |
79.83 |
2010-12-18 |
| 75. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
73.65 |
0.9947 |
0.1007 |
346 |
1 |
73.65 |
2010-12-18 |
| 76. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
69.75 |
1.0131 |
0.0182 |
245 |
1 |
69.75 |
2010-12-18 |
| 77. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
75.29 |
1.0561 |
0.0520 |
227 |
1 |
75.29 |
2010-12-18 |
| 78. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
57.66 |
0.8328 |
0.0194 |
343 |
1 |
57.66 |
2010-12-18 |
| 79. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
66.61 |
0.8624 |
0.1142 |
174 |
1 |
66.61 |
2010-12-18 |
| 80. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
70.26 |
0.9206 |
0.1153 |
317 |
1 |
70.26 |
2010-12-18 |
| 81. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
71.36 |
1.1062 |
-0.0525 |
200 |
1 |
71.36 |
2010-12-18 |
| 82. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
62.43 |
0.9854 |
-0.0648 |
174 |
1 |
62.43 |
2010-12-18 |
| 83. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
63.11 |
0.9980 |
-0.0594 |
341 |
1 |
63.11 |
2010-12-17 |
| 84. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
61.83 |
1.0387 |
-0.1241 |
333 |
1 |
61.83 |
2010-12-17 |
| 85. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
66.46 |
1.0125 |
-0.0383 |
171 |
2 |
64.07 |
2010-12-17 |
| 86. |
We might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been... |
56.87 |
0.9157 |
-0.0662 |
353 |
1 |
56.87 |
2010-12-17 |
| 87. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
67.66 |
1.0585 |
-0.0588 |
226 |
1 |
67.66 |
2010-12-17 |
| 88. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
62.40 |
0.9810 |
-0.0571 |
362 |
2 |
61.44 |
2010-12-17 |
| 89. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
57.47 |
1.0411 |
-0.1935 |
341 |
1 |
57.47 |
2010-12-17 |
| 90. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
58.30 |
0.9841 |
-0.1276 |
263 |
1 |
58.30 |
2010-12-17 |
| 91. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
66.59 |
0.9987 |
-0.0133 |
236 |
1 |
66.59 |
2010-12-17 |
| 92. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
72.87 |
1.0672 |
0.0057 |
239 |
1 |
72.87 |
2010-12-17 |
| 93. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
68.31 |
0.9403 |
0.0749 |
307 |
2 |
67.34 |
2010-12-17 |
| 94. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
62.67 |
0.9727 |
-0.0431 |
442 |
1 |
62.67 |
2010-12-17 |
| 95. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
65.14 |
0.9657 |
0.0052 |
424 |
1 |
65.14 |
2010-12-17 |
| 96. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
71.38 |
0.9680 |
0.0841 |
256 |
1 |
71.38 |
2010-12-17 |
| 97. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
62.33 |
1.0074 |
-0.0756 |
410 |
1 |
62.33 |
2010-12-17 |
| 98. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
62.37 |
0.9726 |
-0.0490 |
396 |
1 |
62.37 |
2010-12-17 |
| 99. |
Danger is a topic you're often asked about as a sprinter. Th... |
62.51 |
0.9591 |
-0.0240 |
428 |
1 |
62.51 |
2010-12-17 |
| 100. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
75.61 |
1.0753 |
0.0463 |
206 |
1 |
75.61 |
2010-12-17 |
| 101. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
66.05 |
1.0412 |
-0.0632 |
205 |
1 |
66.05 |
2010-12-17 |
| 102. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
62.60 |
0.9761 |
-0.0497 |
227 |
1 |
62.60 |
2010-12-17 |
| 103. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
55.26 |
0.9909 |
-0.1733 |
293 |
1 |
55.26 |
2010-12-17 |
| 104. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
56.96 |
0.9604 |
-0.1243 |
285 |
1 |
56.96 |
2010-12-17 |
| 105. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
60.88 |
1.0511 |
-0.1529 |
252 |
1 |
60.88 |
2010-12-17 |
| 106. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
60.05 |
1.0472 |
-0.1525 |
397 |
1 |
60.05 |
2010-12-17 |
| 107. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
64.64 |
1.0111 |
-0.0468 |
452 |
1 |
64.64 |
2010-12-17 |
| 108. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
53.41 |
0.9143 |
-0.1277 |
300 |
1 |
53.41 |
2010-12-17 |
| 109. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
56.38 |
0.9762 |
-0.1466 |
249 |
1 |
56.38 |
2010-12-17 |
| 110. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
58.20 |
1.0082 |
-0.1566 |
212 |
1 |
58.20 |
2010-12-17 |
| 111. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
54.60 |
0.9574 |
-0.1510 |
354 |
1 |
54.60 |
2010-12-17 |
| 112. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
78.82 |
1.0755 |
0.0874 |
243 |
1 |
78.82 |
2010-12-17 |
| 113. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
65.31 |
1.0106 |
-0.0496 |
302 |
1 |
65.31 |
2010-12-17 |
| 114. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
74.20 |
1.0427 |
0.0520 |
269 |
1 |
74.20 |
2010-12-17 |
| 115. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
63.56 |
1.0057 |
-0.0667 |
382 |
1 |
63.56 |
2010-12-17 |
| 116. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
70.61 |
1.0103 |
0.0246 |
209 |
2 |
69.36 |
2010-12-17 |
| 117. |
A total of twenty-five friends were headed from San Francisc... |
60.06 |
0.9046 |
-0.0075 |
448 |
1 |
60.06 |
2010-12-17 |
| 118. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
72.17 |
1.0567 |
0.0067 |
314 |
1 |
72.17 |
2010-12-17 |
| 119. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
63.60 |
0.9736 |
-0.0298 |
378 |
1 |
63.60 |
2010-12-17 |
| 120. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
71.63 |
1.0616 |
0.0010 |
304 |
1 |
71.63 |
2010-12-17 |
| 121. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
65.04 |
0.9422 |
0.0107 |
190 |
1 |
65.04 |
2010-12-17 |
| 122. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
69.86 |
1.0969 |
-0.0652 |
303 |
1 |
69.86 |
2010-12-17 |
| 123. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
61.28 |
0.9927 |
-0.0937 |
234 |
1 |
61.28 |
2010-12-17 |
| 124. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
67.84 |
0.9927 |
0.0074 |
276 |
1 |
67.84 |
2010-12-17 |
| 125. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
81.45 |
1.0095 |
0.1904 |
211 |
2 |
73.22 |
2010-12-17 |
| 126. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
61.07 |
0.9011 |
0.0013 |
322 |
1 |
61.07 |
2010-12-17 |
| 127. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
66.69 |
1.0509 |
-0.0609 |
295 |
1 |
66.69 |
2010-12-17 |
| 128. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
61.52 |
1.0736 |
-0.1652 |
350 |
1 |
61.52 |
2010-12-17 |
| 129. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
57.25 |
0.9359 |
-0.0927 |
355 |
1 |
57.25 |
2010-12-17 |
| 130. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
56.49 |
0.9538 |
-0.1227 |
276 |
1 |
56.49 |
2010-12-17 |
| 131. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
63.14 |
0.7852 |
0.1386 |
154 |
2 |
58.91 |
2010-12-17 |
| 132. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
52.42 |
0.8391 |
-0.0622 |
294 |
1 |
52.42 |
2010-12-17 |
| 133. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
65.22 |
1.0617 |
-0.1029 |
171 |
1 |
65.22 |
2010-12-17 |
| 134. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
47.56 |
0.9332 |
-0.2329 |
295 |
1 |
47.56 |
2010-12-17 |
| 135. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
64.63 |
0.9468 |
0.0049 |
318 |
1 |
64.63 |
2010-12-17 |
| 136. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
72.29 |
1.0270 |
0.0391 |
303 |
1 |
72.29 |
2010-12-17 |
| 137. |
And in the dream I knew that he was goin' on ahead and that ... |
68.71 |
0.9635 |
0.0533 |
220 |
1 |
68.71 |
2010-12-17 |