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Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
146.68 |
1.0667 |
0.1503 |
308 |
2 |
140.89 |
2010-02-25 |
2. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
145.97 |
1.0736 |
0.1314 |
256 |
1 |
145.97 |
2010-02-24 |
3. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
143.82 |
1.0165 |
0.1655 |
316 |
2 |
135.45 |
2010-03-10 |
4. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
142.30 |
0.9991 |
0.1704 |
339 |
1 |
142.30 |
2010-02-24 |
5. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
142.29 |
1.0883 |
0.0888 |
189 |
1 |
142.29 |
2010-02-24 |
6. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
140.75 |
0.9434 |
0.2189 |
367 |
3 |
133.39 |
2010-02-25 |
7. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
140.57 |
1.0743 |
0.0833 |
297 |
2 |
132.84 |
2010-02-25 |
8. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
138.28 |
1.1086 |
0.0288 |
233 |
1 |
138.28 |
2010-03-10 |
9. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
137.53 |
0.9763 |
0.1548 |
143 |
1 |
137.53 |
2010-02-23 |
10. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
136.09 |
1.0341 |
0.0843 |
273 |
1 |
136.09 |
2010-02-25 |
11. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
135.92 |
1.0059 |
0.1132 |
283 |
3 |
132.76 |
2010-02-25 |
12. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
135.83 |
0.9583 |
0.1592 |
237 |
2 |
130.39 |
2010-03-10 |
13. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
135.82 |
1.0197 |
0.0953 |
204 |
1 |
135.82 |
2010-03-10 |
14. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
135.18 |
1.0351 |
0.0806 |
276 |
1 |
135.18 |
2010-02-24 |
15. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
134.98 |
1.0777 |
0.0303 |
226 |
3 |
121.03 |
2010-03-10 |
16. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
134.49 |
1.0600 |
0.0464 |
351 |
1 |
134.49 |
2010-02-24 |
17. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
134.15 |
1.0301 |
0.0717 |
268 |
3 |
124.97 |
2010-02-25 |
18. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
133.99 |
1.0881 |
0.0100 |
210 |
1 |
133.99 |
2010-02-25 |
19. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
133.92 |
0.9930 |
0.1172 |
350 |
2 |
122.59 |
2010-03-10 |
20. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
133.42 |
0.9604 |
0.1344 |
285 |
2 |
130.78 |
2010-02-23 |
21. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
132.93 |
1.0487 |
0.0419 |
253 |
1 |
132.93 |
2010-02-24 |
22. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
132.75 |
0.9807 |
0.0991 |
129 |
1 |
132.75 |
2010-02-24 |
23. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
132.62 |
0.9424 |
0.1513 |
320 |
1 |
132.62 |
2010-03-10 |
24. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
131.53 |
1.0333 |
0.0430 |
176 |
2 |
118.93 |
2010-02-24 |
25. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
130.66 |
0.9145 |
0.1629 |
404 |
2 |
118.04 |
2010-02-25 |
26. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
130.47 |
1.0857 |
-0.0003 |
393 |
1 |
130.47 |
2010-02-24 |
27. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
130.43 |
1.0006 |
0.0719 |
311 |
2 |
120.22 |
2010-03-10 |
28. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
130.24 |
0.9915 |
0.0779 |
281 |
1 |
130.24 |
2010-02-24 |
29. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
129.87 |
1.0529 |
0.0177 |
373 |
2 |
126.05 |
2010-02-25 |
30. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
129.85 |
1.0079 |
0.0586 |
273 |
2 |
125.50 |
2010-02-25 |
31. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
129.58 |
1.0669 |
0.0017 |
379 |
1 |
129.58 |
2010-02-23 |
32. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
129.55 |
0.9857 |
0.0851 |
268 |
1 |
129.55 |
2010-03-10 |
33. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
129.53 |
1.0462 |
0.0218 |
340 |
1 |
129.53 |
2010-02-24 |
34. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
129.33 |
0.9928 |
0.0698 |
293 |
2 |
127.45 |
2010-02-25 |
35. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
128.49 |
1.0479 |
0.0068 |
205 |
1 |
128.49 |
2010-02-23 |
36. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
128.47 |
1.0106 |
0.0448 |
302 |
1 |
128.47 |
2010-02-25 |
37. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
128.45 |
1.0672 |
-0.0126 |
239 |
1 |
128.45 |
2010-02-25 |
38. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
128.10 |
0.9931 |
0.0645 |
339 |
2 |
121.15 |
2010-02-25 |
39. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
127.83 |
1.0362 |
0.0211 |
437 |
2 |
125.94 |
2010-02-25 |
40. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
127.75 |
0.9833 |
0.0698 |
387 |
1 |
127.75 |
2010-02-24 |
41. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
127.58 |
0.9839 |
0.0649 |
308 |
1 |
127.58 |
2010-02-25 |
42. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
127.54 |
0.9740 |
0.0779 |
371 |
1 |
127.54 |
2010-03-10 |
43. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
127.46 |
1.0411 |
0.0085 |
341 |
1 |
127.46 |
2010-02-23 |
44. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
127.33 |
0.9719 |
0.0819 |
383 |
1 |
127.33 |
2010-02-24 |
45. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
126.93 |
0.9762 |
0.0670 |
249 |
2 |
123.93 |
2010-02-25 |
46. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
126.90 |
1.0540 |
-0.0157 |
184 |
1 |
126.90 |
2010-02-23 |
47. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
126.61 |
0.9517 |
0.0874 |
276 |
1 |
126.61 |
2010-03-10 |
48. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
126.48 |
1.0060 |
0.0346 |
225 |
1 |
126.48 |
2010-03-10 |
49. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
126.46 |
1.0617 |
-0.0245 |
171 |
1 |
126.46 |
2010-03-10 |
50. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
125.85 |
0.9885 |
0.0463 |
355 |
2 |
124.32 |
2010-03-10 |
51. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
125.41 |
1.0067 |
0.0380 |
422 |
1 |
125.41 |
2010-02-25 |
52. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
125.38 |
1.0567 |
-0.0263 |
314 |
1 |
125.38 |
2010-02-25 |
53. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
125.11 |
0.9927 |
0.0363 |
276 |
1 |
125.11 |
2010-02-24 |
54. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
124.87 |
1.0111 |
0.0275 |
452 |
1 |
124.87 |
2010-02-24 |
55. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
124.10 |
1.0509 |
-0.0237 |
295 |
1 |
124.10 |
2010-02-24 |
56. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
123.88 |
1.0131 |
0.0084 |
245 |
1 |
123.88 |
2010-02-23 |
57. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
123.70 |
0.9644 |
0.0555 |
398 |
1 |
123.70 |
2010-02-24 |
58. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
123.57 |
0.9243 |
0.0938 |
240 |
4 |
113.69 |
2010-03-10 |
59. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
123.54 |
1.0115 |
-0.0014 |
189 |
1 |
123.54 |
2010-02-25 |
60. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
123.53 |
1.0524 |
-0.0393 |
177 |
1 |
123.53 |
2010-02-25 |
61. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
123.51 |
1.0042 |
0.0073 |
168 |
1 |
123.51 |
2010-02-25 |
62. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
123.37 |
0.9543 |
0.0666 |
265 |
2 |
115.69 |
2010-03-10 |
63. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
123.24 |
0.8718 |
0.1444 |
318 |
1 |
123.24 |
2010-03-10 |
64. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
122.99 |
0.9820 |
0.0371 |
297 |
1 |
122.99 |
2010-02-24 |
65. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
122.84 |
1.0270 |
-0.0165 |
303 |
1 |
122.84 |
2010-03-10 |
66. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
122.15 |
0.9494 |
0.0677 |
397 |
2 |
113.30 |
2010-03-10 |
67. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
121.77 |
0.8437 |
0.1568 |
268 |
2 |
120.58 |
2010-02-25 |
68. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
121.65 |
1.0504 |
-0.0486 |
225 |
1 |
121.65 |
2010-02-25 |
69. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
121.40 |
1.0969 |
-0.0974 |
303 |
1 |
121.40 |
2010-02-23 |
70. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
121.17 |
0.9541 |
0.0424 |
236 |
1 |
121.17 |
2010-03-10 |
71. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
121.05 |
0.9658 |
0.0329 |
308 |
1 |
121.05 |
2010-02-25 |
72. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
120.91 |
1.0585 |
-0.0623 |
226 |
1 |
120.91 |
2010-02-25 |
73. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
120.33 |
1.0302 |
-0.0265 |
550 |
1 |
120.33 |
2010-02-25 |
74. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
120.23 |
0.9980 |
-0.0075 |
295 |
1 |
120.23 |
2010-02-25 |
75. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
120.04 |
1.0234 |
-0.0328 |
392 |
1 |
120.04 |
2010-02-24 |
76. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
120.01 |
1.0267 |
-0.0374 |
261 |
2 |
117.80 |
2010-02-25 |
77. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
119.83 |
0.9451 |
0.0478 |
419 |
1 |
119.83 |
2010-02-25 |
78. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
119.81 |
0.9503 |
0.0277 |
211 |
2 |
115.38 |
2010-02-25 |
79. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
119.14 |
0.9935 |
-0.0125 |
217 |
1 |
119.14 |
2010-02-25 |
80. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
119.10 |
1.0464 |
-0.0626 |
294 |
1 |
119.10 |
2010-03-03 |
81. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
118.94 |
0.9827 |
-0.0044 |
314 |
1 |
118.94 |
2010-02-25 |
82. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
118.93 |
0.9012 |
0.0796 |
322 |
3 |
112.67 |
2010-02-25 |
83. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
118.10 |
0.9598 |
0.0129 |
209 |
1 |
118.10 |
2010-02-23 |
84. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
118.05 |
1.0035 |
-0.0329 |
310 |
1 |
118.05 |
2010-03-10 |
85. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
118.05 |
0.9609 |
0.0140 |
331 |
2 |
117.53 |
2010-02-25 |
86. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
117.98 |
0.9996 |
-0.0227 |
483 |
1 |
117.98 |
2010-02-23 |
87. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
117.97 |
1.0291 |
-0.0617 |
240 |
1 |
117.97 |
2010-02-25 |
88. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
117.83 |
0.9359 |
0.0334 |
355 |
1 |
117.83 |
2010-03-03 |
89. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. The work was generall... |
117.70 |
0.9692 |
0.0145 |
405 |
2 |
110.00 |
2010-02-25 |
90. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
117.63 |
0.9981 |
-0.0322 |
211 |
1 |
117.63 |
2010-02-23 |
91. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
117.40 |
1.0350 |
-0.0557 |
416 |
1 |
117.40 |
2010-03-10 |
92. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
117.26 |
1.0265 |
-0.0593 |
375 |
1 |
117.26 |
2010-02-23 |
93. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
117.20 |
1.0461 |
-0.0808 |
318 |
1 |
117.20 |
2010-02-25 |
94. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
116.38 |
0.9468 |
0.0092 |
318 |
1 |
116.38 |
2010-02-25 |
95. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
115.95 |
1.0057 |
-0.0500 |
382 |
1 |
115.95 |
2010-03-10 |
96. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
115.51 |
0.9183 |
0.0316 |
308 |
1 |
115.51 |
2010-02-24 |
97. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
115.37 |
1.0432 |
-0.0950 |
276 |
1 |
115.37 |
2010-02-25 |
98. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
115.32 |
0.8901 |
0.0563 |
273 |
2 |
115.24 |
2010-03-03 |
99. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
114.91 |
0.9673 |
-0.0190 |
393 |
1 |
114.91 |
2010-02-23 |
100. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
114.60 |
0.9948 |
-0.0541 |
233 |
1 |
114.60 |
2010-02-24 |
101. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
114.36 |
0.9330 |
0.0180 |
341 |
1 |
114.36 |
2010-03-10 |
102. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
114.07 |
1.0086 |
-0.0760 |
218 |
1 |
114.07 |
2010-02-25 |
103. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
113.54 |
1.0095 |
-0.0783 |
211 |
2 |
80.95 |
2010-03-10 |
104. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
113.36 |
0.9332 |
-0.0022 |
267 |
1 |
113.36 |
2010-02-25 |
105. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
113.12 |
0.9931 |
-0.0675 |
218 |
1 |
113.12 |
2010-02-23 |
106. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
113.07 |
0.8913 |
0.0394 |
201 |
1 |
113.07 |
2010-02-24 |
107. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
112.96 |
0.9404 |
-0.0031 |
383 |
1 |
112.96 |
2010-02-23 |
108. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
112.68 |
0.9380 |
-0.0140 |
284 |
1 |
112.68 |
2010-03-10 |
109. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
112.66 |
1.0135 |
-0.0847 |
358 |
1 |
112.66 |
2010-02-25 |
110. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
112.61 |
1.0082 |
-0.0883 |
212 |
1 |
112.61 |
2010-02-25 |
111. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
112.59 |
1.0094 |
-0.0847 |
256 |
1 |
112.59 |
2010-02-24 |
112. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
112.16 |
1.0800 |
-0.1618 |
213 |
1 |
112.16 |
2010-02-25 |
113. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
112.07 |
0.8993 |
0.0244 |
366 |
1 |
112.07 |
2010-02-25 |
114. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
111.17 |
1.0188 |
-0.0963 |
316 |
1 |
111.17 |
2010-02-25 |
115. |
Finally, gentlemen, there are people with an hereditary anim... |
110.21 |
0.9346 |
-0.0182 |
471 |
1 |
110.21 |
2010-03-10 |
116. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
110.15 |
0.9329 |
-0.0139 |
345 |
1 |
110.15 |
2010-02-25 |
117. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
109.65 |
0.9927 |
-0.0955 |
234 |
1 |
109.65 |
2010-02-25 |
118. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
109.41 |
0.9909 |
-0.0882 |
334 |
1 |
109.41 |
2010-03-10 |
119. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
108.89 |
0.9377 |
-0.0359 |
198 |
1 |
108.89 |
2010-02-23 |
120. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
107.88 |
0.9736 |
-0.0807 |
378 |
1 |
107.88 |
2010-02-25 |
121. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
107.78 |
0.8830 |
0.0046 |
300 |
1 |
107.78 |
2010-03-10 |
122. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
107.56 |
0.9574 |
-0.0710 |
354 |
1 |
107.56 |
2010-02-24 |
123. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
107.00 |
1.0279 |
-0.1547 |
172 |
1 |
107.00 |
2010-02-25 |
124. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
106.59 |
1.0867 |
-0.2159 |
171 |
1 |
106.59 |
2010-02-25 |
125. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
105.96 |
0.9810 |
-0.1061 |
362 |
1 |
105.96 |
2010-02-25 |
126. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
105.42 |
0.9206 |
-0.0544 |
317 |
1 |
105.42 |
2010-02-24 |
127. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
104.71 |
0.9123 |
-0.0434 |
351 |
1 |
104.71 |
2010-03-03 |
128. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
104.69 |
0.9299 |
-0.0788 |
168 |
2 |
98.92 |
2010-02-24 |
129. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
104.27 |
0.8656 |
-0.0079 |
242 |
1 |
104.27 |
2010-02-25 |
130. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
97.63 |
1.0018 |
-0.2002 |
246 |
1 |
97.63 |
2010-03-03 |
131. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
93.93 |
0.9128 |
-0.1455 |
237 |
1 |
93.93 |
2010-03-10 |
132. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
91.57 |
0.9890 |
-0.2341 |
272 |
1 |
91.57 |
2010-02-25 |
133. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
88.04 |
1.0414 |
-0.3209 |
234 |
1 |
88.04 |
2010-02-25 |
134. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
84.65 |
0.9849 |
-0.2900 |
337 |
1 |
84.65 |
2010-02-25 |
135. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
36.55 |
0.9637 |
-0.6555 |
342 |
1 |
36.55 |
2010-02-23 |