| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
165.91 |
1.0767 |
0.1712 |
212 |
1 |
165.91 |
2009-08-14 |
| 2. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
165.86 |
1.0334 |
0.2098 |
131 |
3 |
159.02 |
2009-07-25 |
| 3. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
164.27 |
0.9997 |
0.2418 |
382 |
1 |
164.27 |
2009-08-14 |
| 4. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
162.47 |
0.9820 |
0.2450 |
267 |
1 |
162.47 |
2009-08-15 |
| 5. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
160.92 |
1.0799 |
0.1283 |
243 |
2 |
159.53 |
2009-08-14 |
| 6. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
160.76 |
1.0201 |
0.1843 |
172 |
1 |
160.76 |
2009-08-14 |
| 7. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
160.07 |
0.9910 |
0.2168 |
295 |
1 |
160.07 |
2009-08-14 |
| 8. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
159.96 |
1.0398 |
0.1542 |
110 |
1 |
159.96 |
2009-07-24 |
| 9. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
159.36 |
0.9991 |
0.2018 |
225 |
2 |
123.11 |
2009-08-14 |
| 10. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
157.46 |
1.0463 |
0.1348 |
182 |
1 |
157.46 |
2009-08-14 |
| 11. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
156.43 |
0.9289 |
0.2467 |
204 |
1 |
156.43 |
2009-08-14 |
| 12. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
155.71 |
1.0444 |
0.1215 |
197 |
2 |
134.48 |
2009-08-14 |
| 13. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
155.06 |
0.9676 |
0.2082 |
442 |
1 |
155.06 |
2009-08-14 |
| 14. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
154.02 |
0.8553 |
0.2993 |
174 |
2 |
127.16 |
2009-08-14 |
| 15. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
153.82 |
1.0203 |
0.1411 |
261 |
1 |
153.82 |
2009-08-14 |
| 16. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
153.19 |
1.1114 |
0.0390 |
247 |
2 |
148.99 |
2009-07-27 |
| 17. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
153.09 |
0.9049 |
0.2532 |
351 |
1 |
153.09 |
2009-08-15 |
| 18. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
152.45 |
0.9514 |
0.1965 |
237 |
2 |
138.86 |
2009-08-14 |
| 19. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
151.60 |
1.0213 |
0.1168 |
240 |
1 |
151.60 |
2009-08-14 |
| 20. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
151.46 |
0.9786 |
0.1563 |
193 |
4 |
121.01 |
2009-08-14 |
| 21. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
150.36 |
1.0797 |
0.0466 |
210 |
1 |
150.36 |
2009-05-08 |
| 22. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
150.11 |
1.0696 |
0.0568 |
226 |
1 |
150.11 |
2009-07-25 |
| 23. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
149.48 |
0.9109 |
0.2172 |
401 |
1 |
149.48 |
2009-08-14 |
| 24. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
146.99 |
1.0252 |
0.0743 |
176 |
2 |
134.03 |
2009-07-27 |
| 25. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
146.96 |
1.0619 |
0.0478 |
354 |
1 |
146.96 |
2009-06-04 |
| 26. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
146.75 |
0.9846 |
0.1180 |
281 |
1 |
146.75 |
2009-08-14 |
| 27. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
145.96 |
1.0197 |
0.0757 |
226 |
2 |
145.02 |
2009-08-14 |
| 28. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
145.00 |
0.9309 |
0.1580 |
284 |
1 |
145.00 |
2009-08-14 |
| 29. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
141.50 |
1.0596 |
0.0023 |
239 |
1 |
141.50 |
2009-04-29 |
| 30. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
141.29 |
0.9897 |
0.0705 |
274 |
2 |
129.31 |
2009-05-08 |
| 31. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
141.12 |
1.0486 |
0.0136 |
289 |
1 |
141.12 |
2009-04-28 |
| 32. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
140.84 |
1.0109 |
0.0489 |
276 |
1 |
140.84 |
2009-07-25 |
| 33. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
139.82 |
1.0183 |
0.0277 |
191 |
1 |
139.82 |
2009-04-26 |
| 34. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
139.06 |
1.0168 |
0.0306 |
271 |
1 |
139.06 |
2009-08-14 |
| 35. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
138.51 |
1.0297 |
0.0104 |
249 |
1 |
138.51 |
2009-04-26 |
| 36. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
137.87 |
1.0788 |
-0.0479 |
171 |
1 |
137.87 |
2009-05-08 |
| 37. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
137.41 |
0.9699 |
0.0624 |
269 |
1 |
137.41 |
2009-07-27 |
| 38. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
136.68 |
1.0487 |
-0.0262 |
231 |
1 |
136.68 |
2009-07-25 |
| 39. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
136.48 |
1.0214 |
0.0032 |
269 |
2 |
132.66 |
2009-04-26 |
| 40. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
136.15 |
0.9597 |
0.0679 |
347 |
1 |
136.15 |
2009-04-26 |
| 41. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
133.42 |
1.0124 |
-0.0122 |
204 |
1 |
133.42 |
2009-04-29 |
| 42. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
133.25 |
0.9756 |
0.0245 |
229 |
1 |
133.25 |
2009-04-26 |
| 43. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
132.52 |
0.9697 |
0.0262 |
249 |
2 |
116.07 |
2009-05-08 |
| 44. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
132.23 |
1.1018 |
-0.1149 |
220 |
1 |
132.23 |
2009-04-29 |
| 45. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
132.18 |
1.0296 |
-0.0298 |
437 |
1 |
132.18 |
2009-04-28 |
| 46. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
131.78 |
0.9710 |
0.0129 |
173 |
1 |
131.78 |
2009-07-25 |
| 47. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
130.75 |
1.0429 |
-0.0621 |
259 |
1 |
130.75 |
2009-06-04 |
| 48. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
130.53 |
0.9798 |
-0.0046 |
199 |
1 |
130.53 |
2009-04-28 |
| 49. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
128.04 |
0.9851 |
-0.0208 |
317 |
1 |
128.04 |
2009-04-28 |
| 50. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
127.71 |
0.9649 |
-0.0065 |
193 |
1 |
127.71 |
2009-04-26 |
| 51. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
127.62 |
0.9234 |
0.0403 |
346 |
2 |
114.84 |
2009-05-08 |
| 52. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
126.83 |
1.0613 |
-0.1079 |
266 |
1 |
126.83 |
2009-04-26 |
| 53. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
126.77 |
1.1016 |
-0.1498 |
233 |
1 |
126.77 |
2009-04-26 |
| 54. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
126.01 |
1.0023 |
-0.0580 |
211 |
1 |
126.01 |
2009-04-28 |
| 55. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
126.00 |
0.9578 |
-0.0116 |
281 |
1 |
126.00 |
2009-04-26 |
| 56. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
125.67 |
0.9811 |
-0.0346 |
272 |
1 |
125.67 |
2009-08-14 |
| 57. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
121.81 |
0.9865 |
-0.0710 |
276 |
1 |
121.81 |
2009-04-28 |
| 58. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
121.51 |
0.9646 |
-0.0534 |
264 |
1 |
121.51 |
2009-04-26 |
| 59. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
120.98 |
0.9148 |
-0.0052 |
317 |
1 |
120.98 |
2009-04-26 |
| 60. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
120.90 |
0.9532 |
-0.0472 |
258 |
1 |
120.90 |
2009-04-28 |
| 61. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
120.67 |
0.9682 |
-0.0640 |
143 |
2 |
117.49 |
2009-05-08 |
| 62. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
120.59 |
0.9426 |
-0.0345 |
317 |
1 |
120.59 |
2009-04-28 |
| 63. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
118.32 |
0.9293 |
-0.0403 |
355 |
2 |
116.87 |
2009-04-28 |
| 64. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
117.96 |
1.0289 |
-0.1394 |
276 |
1 |
117.96 |
2009-05-08 |
| 65. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
117.74 |
0.9213 |
-0.0373 |
295 |
1 |
117.74 |
2009-04-28 |
| 66. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
117.23 |
1.0352 |
-0.1524 |
341 |
1 |
117.23 |
2009-04-28 |
| 67. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
116.97 |
0.9758 |
-0.0976 |
314 |
1 |
116.97 |
2009-04-28 |
| 68. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
116.49 |
0.9635 |
-0.0838 |
389 |
1 |
116.49 |
2009-04-26 |
| 69. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
115.75 |
1.0389 |
-0.1689 |
318 |
1 |
115.75 |
2009-07-25 |
| 70. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
114.77 |
0.8958 |
-0.0301 |
322 |
1 |
114.77 |
2009-04-29 |
| 71. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
114.16 |
0.9805 |
-0.1198 |
292 |
1 |
114.16 |
2009-04-29 |
| 72. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
113.66 |
1.0441 |
-0.1906 |
252 |
1 |
113.66 |
2009-05-08 |
| 73. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
110.52 |
0.9553 |
-0.1198 |
430 |
1 |
110.52 |
2009-04-28 |
| 74. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
109.84 |
0.9168 |
-0.0921 |
240 |
2 |
106.45 |
2009-05-08 |
| 75. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
109.77 |
0.9339 |
-0.1128 |
310 |
1 |
109.77 |
2009-05-08 |
| 76. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
109.65 |
1.0565 |
-0.2377 |
247 |
1 |
109.65 |
2009-04-29 |
| 77. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
109.55 |
1.0714 |
-0.2596 |
129 |
1 |
109.55 |
2009-08-14 |
| 78. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
109.13 |
1.0337 |
-0.2167 |
214 |
1 |
109.13 |
2009-04-28 |
| 79. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
108.11 |
0.9769 |
-0.1687 |
263 |
1 |
108.11 |
2009-05-08 |
| 80. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
106.90 |
1.0528 |
-0.2568 |
201 |
1 |
106.90 |
2009-05-08 |
| 81. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
105.44 |
0.8826 |
-0.0913 |
296 |
1 |
105.44 |
2009-04-26 |
| 82. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
105.37 |
0.9776 |
-0.1881 |
308 |
1 |
105.37 |
2009-04-29 |
| 83. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
105.34 |
1.0138 |
-0.2253 |
231 |
1 |
105.34 |
2009-04-26 |
| 84. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
104.73 |
0.8916 |
-0.1068 |
216 |
1 |
104.73 |
2009-04-29 |
| 85. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
104.71 |
0.9863 |
-0.1978 |
339 |
1 |
104.71 |
2009-05-08 |
| 86. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
104.39 |
0.9653 |
-0.1752 |
394 |
1 |
104.39 |
2009-05-08 |
| 87. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
103.22 |
0.9723 |
-0.1954 |
364 |
1 |
103.22 |
2009-04-28 |
| 88. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
100.79 |
1.0073 |
-0.2449 |
369 |
1 |
100.79 |
2009-04-29 |
| 89. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
99.35 |
1.0516 |
-0.3090 |
281 |
1 |
99.35 |
2009-04-26 |
| 90. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
93.24 |
1.0062 |
-0.3096 |
288 |
1 |
93.24 |
2009-05-08 |
| 91. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
88.42 |
0.9691 |
-0.3096 |
223 |
1 |
88.42 |
2009-05-08 |