| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
151.22 |
1.1215 |
0.2661 |
200 |
4 |
123.36 |
2011-09-12 |
| 2. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
149.26 |
0.9740 |
0.3677 |
209 |
2 |
127.96 |
2011-09-12 |
| 3. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
147.98 |
1.0863 |
0.2825 |
210 |
1 |
147.98 |
2013-07-04 |
| 4. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
147.48 |
1.0555 |
0.3043 |
323 |
1 |
147.48 |
2013-07-04 |
| 5. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
140.53 |
1.1081 |
0.1927 |
206 |
2 |
138.85 |
2010-11-22 |
| 6. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
139.58 |
1.0696 |
0.1848 |
226 |
1 |
139.58 |
2012-05-06 |
| 7. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
137.76 |
1.0289 |
0.2168 |
276 |
1 |
137.76 |
2012-05-13 |
| 8. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
137.03 |
0.9851 |
0.2520 |
317 |
1 |
137.03 |
2011-09-12 |
| 9. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
135.37 |
1.0403 |
0.1939 |
193 |
2 |
114.72 |
2011-07-01 |
| 10. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
133.66 |
1.0547 |
0.1839 |
257 |
1 |
133.66 |
2011-09-12 |
| 11. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
133.49 |
1.0389 |
0.1652 |
318 |
1 |
133.49 |
2013-05-12 |
| 12. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
132.65 |
1.0213 |
0.1703 |
240 |
1 |
132.65 |
2012-05-06 |
| 13. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
130.98 |
0.9857 |
0.1926 |
293 |
1 |
130.98 |
2012-05-13 |
| 14. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
129.94 |
0.9852 |
0.1851 |
264 |
1 |
129.94 |
2012-10-29 |
| 15. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
129.19 |
1.0340 |
0.1344 |
406 |
3 |
113.02 |
2011-09-25 |
| 16. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
128.62 |
1.0177 |
0.1786 |
392 |
3 |
118.83 |
2011-03-22 |
| 17. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
128.28 |
1.0125 |
0.1400 |
224 |
2 |
124.76 |
2012-10-29 |
| 18. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
128.24 |
0.9612 |
0.1937 |
256 |
2 |
117.62 |
2011-09-12 |
| 19. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
127.80 |
1.0534 |
0.0997 |
357 |
2 |
117.01 |
2012-10-29 |
| 20. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
125.97 |
1.0496 |
0.0835 |
314 |
1 |
125.97 |
2010-11-05 |
| 21. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
125.54 |
1.0483 |
0.0784 |
227 |
2 |
125.34 |
2012-05-06 |
| 22. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
124.90 |
1.0412 |
0.0823 |
225 |
1 |
124.90 |
2013-05-12 |
| 23. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
124.70 |
0.9772 |
0.1418 |
217 |
1 |
124.70 |
2011-07-01 |
| 24. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
124.11 |
1.0797 |
0.0317 |
210 |
1 |
124.11 |
2010-10-22 |
| 25. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
122.72 |
1.0669 |
0.0703 |
213 |
1 |
122.72 |
2010-10-22 |
| 26. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
122.70 |
1.0004 |
0.0976 |
212 |
1 |
122.70 |
2011-01-14 |
| 27. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
122.34 |
1.0385 |
0.0605 |
230 |
1 |
122.34 |
2010-11-26 |
| 28. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
122.19 |
0.9597 |
0.1437 |
347 |
2 |
113.64 |
2013-05-12 |
| 29. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
122.18 |
1.0349 |
0.0634 |
234 |
3 |
108.36 |
2012-05-06 |
| 30. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
121.70 |
1.0343 |
0.0978 |
242 |
2 |
108.07 |
2011-03-22 |
| 31. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
121.23 |
1.0498 |
0.0360 |
180 |
1 |
121.23 |
2011-09-12 |
| 32. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
121.17 |
1.0292 |
0.0595 |
262 |
1 |
121.17 |
2010-11-22 |
| 33. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
121.07 |
1.1323 |
-0.0092 |
341 |
1 |
121.07 |
2010-10-22 |
| 34. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
120.74 |
1.0399 |
0.0516 |
294 |
1 |
120.74 |
2012-10-29 |
| 35. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
120.45 |
1.0441 |
0.0408 |
252 |
1 |
120.45 |
2013-07-04 |
| 36. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
120.20 |
1.0767 |
0.0024 |
212 |
1 |
120.20 |
2011-01-14 |
| 37. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
120.16 |
0.9684 |
0.1150 |
388 |
1 |
120.16 |
2010-10-24 |
| 38. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
120.06 |
0.9893 |
0.0907 |
323 |
1 |
120.06 |
2010-10-22 |
| 39. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
119.84 |
0.9601 |
0.1227 |
308 |
1 |
119.84 |
2010-10-22 |
| 40. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
119.71 |
0.9614 |
0.1186 |
292 |
2 |
118.58 |
2013-07-04 |
| 41. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
119.11 |
1.0314 |
0.0792 |
452 |
2 |
110.95 |
2012-10-29 |
| 42. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
118.99 |
1.0885 |
0.0168 |
341 |
1 |
118.99 |
2010-10-24 |
| 43. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
118.97 |
0.9049 |
0.1707 |
351 |
1 |
118.97 |
2012-10-29 |
| 44. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
118.78 |
0.9986 |
0.0704 |
283 |
3 |
102.71 |
2011-03-22 |
| 45. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
117.93 |
1.0201 |
0.0445 |
375 |
1 |
117.93 |
2010-11-24 |
| 46. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
117.69 |
1.0016 |
0.0521 |
218 |
1 |
117.69 |
2012-10-29 |
| 47. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
117.69 |
1.0454 |
0.0098 |
255 |
3 |
109.38 |
2010-10-24 |
| 48. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
116.88 |
0.9798 |
0.0657 |
199 |
2 |
103.51 |
2012-10-29 |
| 49. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
116.53 |
0.9084 |
0.1433 |
404 |
1 |
116.53 |
2010-10-23 |
| 50. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
116.50 |
1.0531 |
0.0327 |
272 |
1 |
116.50 |
2010-11-22 |
| 51. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
116.38 |
0.9372 |
0.1138 |
320 |
1 |
116.38 |
2010-10-22 |
| 52. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
116.29 |
1.0254 |
0.0609 |
217 |
2 |
94.12 |
2011-09-12 |
| 53. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
115.16 |
1.0565 |
-0.0240 |
247 |
1 |
115.16 |
2010-10-22 |
| 54. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
115.08 |
1.0669 |
0.0001 |
286 |
2 |
105.14 |
2010-11-24 |
| 55. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
114.13 |
1.1068 |
-0.0403 |
393 |
1 |
114.13 |
2012-10-29 |
| 56. |
We often believe the more we practice a skill or technique -... |
113.67 |
0.9907 |
0.0655 |
397 |
1 |
113.67 |
2012-05-13 |
| 57. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
113.65 |
0.9376 |
0.0895 |
367 |
1 |
113.65 |
2012-10-29 |
| 58. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
113.53 |
0.9936 |
0.0472 |
227 |
3 |
107.59 |
2012-10-29 |
| 59. |
He rode past me and kept on goin'. Never said nothin' goin' ... |
113.00 |
1.0502 |
-0.0077 |
535 |
1 |
113.00 |
2010-11-05 |
| 60. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
112.84 |
0.9898 |
0.0626 |
353 |
1 |
112.84 |
2010-10-22 |
| 61. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
112.76 |
0.9831 |
0.0383 |
469 |
1 |
112.76 |
2010-10-24 |
| 62. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
112.60 |
1.0388 |
0.0051 |
243 |
1 |
112.60 |
2012-10-29 |
| 63. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
111.66 |
1.0334 |
-0.0364 |
131 |
1 |
111.66 |
2010-10-24 |
| 64. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
111.59 |
1.0083 |
0.0391 |
273 |
1 |
111.59 |
2010-10-24 |
| 65. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
109.58 |
0.9894 |
-0.0003 |
323 |
1 |
109.58 |
2013-05-12 |
| 66. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
108.14 |
0.9681 |
0.0117 |
378 |
1 |
108.14 |
2010-10-22 |
| 67. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
107.33 |
1.0917 |
-0.1041 |
243 |
1 |
107.33 |
2010-11-22 |
| 68. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
107.21 |
0.9088 |
0.0595 |
348 |
1 |
107.21 |
2010-11-05 |
| 69. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
107.12 |
1.0555 |
-0.0918 |
363 |
1 |
107.12 |
2010-10-22 |
| 70. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
106.93 |
0.9097 |
0.0927 |
464 |
3 |
98.91 |
2012-10-29 |
| 71. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
106.25 |
1.0740 |
-0.0815 |
264 |
1 |
106.25 |
2010-11-24 |
| 72. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
106.10 |
1.0506 |
-0.0691 |
277 |
2 |
102.33 |
2010-11-26 |
| 73. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
105.82 |
1.0361 |
-0.0848 |
269 |
1 |
105.82 |
2011-07-01 |
| 74. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
105.68 |
0.8852 |
0.0664 |
201 |
1 |
105.68 |
2010-10-22 |
| 75. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
105.23 |
1.0023 |
-0.0594 |
211 |
1 |
105.23 |
2010-10-22 |
| 76. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
105.18 |
1.0138 |
-0.0698 |
231 |
1 |
105.18 |
2010-11-24 |
| 77. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
104.86 |
1.0073 |
-0.0574 |
369 |
1 |
104.86 |
2010-11-26 |
| 78. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
103.94 |
0.9910 |
-0.0556 |
295 |
1 |
103.94 |
2011-07-01 |
| 79. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
103.73 |
0.8878 |
0.0433 |
346 |
1 |
103.73 |
2011-06-16 |
| 80. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
103.72 |
1.0774 |
-0.1168 |
304 |
1 |
103.72 |
2010-11-22 |
| 81. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
103.71 |
1.0232 |
-0.0462 |
350 |
1 |
103.71 |
2010-11-26 |
| 82. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
103.29 |
0.9886 |
-0.0588 |
220 |
1 |
103.29 |
2010-10-23 |
| 83. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
103.27 |
0.9916 |
-0.0218 |
282 |
1 |
103.27 |
2010-11-24 |
| 84. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
102.71 |
0.9811 |
-0.0563 |
272 |
2 |
100.48 |
2010-11-26 |
| 85. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
102.51 |
1.0264 |
-0.0659 |
422 |
1 |
102.51 |
2011-09-12 |
| 86. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
102.47 |
0.9966 |
-0.0772 |
259 |
1 |
102.47 |
2013-07-04 |
| 87. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
102.27 |
0.8722 |
0.0490 |
285 |
1 |
102.27 |
2012-05-06 |
| 88. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
101.72 |
1.0799 |
-0.1708 |
243 |
1 |
101.72 |
2010-11-05 |
| 89. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
101.68 |
0.9912 |
-0.0516 |
237 |
1 |
101.68 |
2011-03-22 |
| 90. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
101.66 |
1.0725 |
-0.1343 |
233 |
1 |
101.66 |
2011-07-01 |
| 91. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
101.57 |
0.9635 |
-0.0459 |
389 |
2 |
96.68 |
2012-10-29 |
| 92. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
101.50 |
1.0270 |
-0.0801 |
255 |
1 |
101.50 |
2010-10-23 |
| 93. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
101.38 |
0.9805 |
-0.0659 |
292 |
1 |
101.38 |
2011-03-22 |
| 94. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
101.04 |
0.8919 |
0.0136 |
205 |
1 |
101.04 |
2010-10-24 |
| 95. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
100.99 |
0.9293 |
-0.0216 |
355 |
1 |
100.99 |
2010-10-23 |
| 96. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
100.74 |
1.0389 |
-0.1325 |
340 |
1 |
100.74 |
2010-10-23 |
| 97. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
100.60 |
0.9464 |
-0.0382 |
323 |
1 |
100.60 |
2012-10-29 |
| 98. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
100.54 |
0.9286 |
-0.0273 |
194 |
1 |
100.54 |
2010-10-22 |
| 99. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
100.15 |
0.9941 |
-0.0976 |
217 |
1 |
100.15 |
2010-10-22 |
| 100. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
98.32 |
0.9649 |
-0.0836 |
193 |
1 |
98.32 |
2010-11-22 |
| 101. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
98.05 |
0.9763 |
-0.0973 |
289 |
1 |
98.05 |
2011-09-12 |
| 102. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
97.76 |
1.0666 |
-0.1892 |
297 |
1 |
97.76 |
2010-11-22 |
| 103. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
96.94 |
0.9786 |
-0.1142 |
193 |
1 |
96.94 |
2010-11-26 |
| 104. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
96.23 |
0.9965 |
-0.1381 |
168 |
1 |
96.23 |
2010-10-24 |
| 105. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
96.21 |
0.9233 |
-0.0687 |
168 |
1 |
96.21 |
2011-09-12 |
| 106. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
93.84 |
0.9504 |
-0.1147 |
263 |
1 |
93.84 |
2010-11-26 |
| 107. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
92.85 |
0.9084 |
-0.0743 |
300 |
1 |
92.85 |
2010-10-24 |
| 108. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
92.79 |
0.9709 |
-0.0980 |
397 |
1 |
92.79 |
2011-03-22 |
| 109. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
92.73 |
0.9309 |
-0.1015 |
284 |
1 |
92.73 |
2010-11-05 |
| 110. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
92.38 |
0.9769 |
-0.1508 |
263 |
1 |
92.38 |
2010-10-23 |
| 111. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
92.37 |
1.0203 |
-0.1891 |
261 |
1 |
92.37 |
2010-11-24 |
| 112. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
91.55 |
0.9365 |
-0.1145 |
248 |
1 |
91.55 |
2010-11-24 |
| 113. |
Many wines have more than 14 percent alcohol because the win... |
90.03 |
0.9739 |
-0.1313 |
412 |
1 |
90.03 |
2010-10-22 |
| 114. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
89.83 |
1.0515 |
-0.2487 |
250 |
1 |
89.83 |
2010-11-22 |
| 115. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
89.25 |
0.9631 |
-0.1123 |
345 |
1 |
89.25 |
2010-11-22 |
| 116. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
88.74 |
0.9566 |
-0.1388 |
576 |
1 |
88.74 |
2010-11-24 |
| 117. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
87.79 |
1.0574 |
-0.2432 |
205 |
1 |
87.79 |
2011-09-12 |
| 118. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
87.76 |
0.9109 |
-0.1220 |
401 |
1 |
87.76 |
2011-09-12 |
| 119. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
86.10 |
1.0375 |
-0.2208 |
200 |
1 |
86.10 |
2010-11-22 |
| 120. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
85.99 |
0.9731 |
-0.2158 |
129 |
1 |
85.99 |
2010-10-23 |
| 121. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
85.73 |
0.9622 |
-0.1882 |
392 |
1 |
85.73 |
2010-10-22 |
| 122. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
85.73 |
0.9429 |
-0.1739 |
287 |
1 |
85.73 |
2010-11-26 |
| 123. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
85.51 |
0.9430 |
-0.1848 |
211 |
1 |
85.51 |
2010-11-22 |
| 124. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
85.51 |
0.9833 |
-0.2161 |
355 |
1 |
85.51 |
2010-11-24 |
| 125. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
83.47 |
0.9925 |
-0.2089 |
247 |
1 |
83.47 |
2010-10-22 |
| 126. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
83.16 |
0.9676 |
-0.2152 |
442 |
1 |
83.16 |
2010-11-22 |
| 127. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
82.80 |
0.9023 |
-0.1185 |
231 |
1 |
82.80 |
2010-11-24 |
| 128. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
82.35 |
0.8553 |
-0.1236 |
174 |
1 |
82.35 |
2010-10-22 |
| 129. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
79.05 |
0.9164 |
-0.2046 |
305 |
1 |
79.05 |
2010-10-23 |
| 130. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
72.22 |
0.8602 |
-0.2177 |
206 |
1 |
72.22 |
2010-11-05 |
| 131. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
69.00 |
1.0201 |
-0.4114 |
172 |
1 |
69.00 |
2010-10-24 |