| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
146.14 |
1.1093 |
0.0749 |
220 |
2 |
140.06 |
2010-04-10 |
| 2. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
145.67 |
1.0291 |
0.1547 |
240 |
2 |
143.38 |
2010-04-10 |
| 3. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
141.61 |
1.1086 |
0.0445 |
233 |
1 |
141.61 |
2010-04-01 |
| 4. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
140.92 |
1.0103 |
0.1311 |
209 |
1 |
140.92 |
2010-04-01 |
| 5. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
140.19 |
1.0392 |
0.1069 |
258 |
1 |
140.19 |
2010-08-15 |
| 6. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
139.95 |
1.0601 |
0.0758 |
256 |
1 |
139.95 |
2010-04-16 |
| 7. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
139.29 |
1.0509 |
0.0969 |
430 |
2 |
129.49 |
2010-03-25 |
| 8. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
139.28 |
1.0351 |
0.1024 |
276 |
3 |
128.88 |
2010-04-16 |
| 9. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
138.91 |
1.0672 |
0.0622 |
239 |
2 |
137.36 |
2010-04-01 |
| 10. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
138.89 |
1.0881 |
0.0384 |
210 |
1 |
138.89 |
2010-04-10 |
| 11. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
138.49 |
1.0628 |
0.0664 |
363 |
3 |
133.09 |
2010-04-09 |
| 12. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
138.35 |
0.9762 |
0.1498 |
249 |
2 |
128.17 |
2010-04-01 |
| 13. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
138.34 |
1.0495 |
0.0759 |
323 |
1 |
138.34 |
2010-03-25 |
| 14. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
138.19 |
1.0873 |
0.0344 |
243 |
1 |
138.19 |
2010-04-09 |
| 15. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
137.09 |
1.0464 |
0.0743 |
294 |
1 |
137.09 |
2010-04-03 |
| 16. |
Right, I am going to tell you how this works. You're going i... |
135.91 |
1.0444 |
0.0749 |
487 |
3 |
130.43 |
2010-04-01 |
| 17. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
134.93 |
1.0372 |
0.0604 |
249 |
2 |
127.99 |
2010-03-25 |
| 18. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
134.36 |
0.9833 |
0.1125 |
387 |
2 |
130.00 |
2010-04-09 |
| 19. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
134.23 |
1.0462 |
0.0491 |
340 |
2 |
129.33 |
2010-04-10 |
| 20. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
133.18 |
1.0461 |
0.0398 |
318 |
1 |
133.18 |
2010-03-25 |
| 21. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
132.64 |
1.0736 |
0.0083 |
350 |
1 |
132.64 |
2010-08-15 |
| 22. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
131.70 |
1.0509 |
0.0282 |
295 |
1 |
131.70 |
2010-03-25 |
| 23. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
131.55 |
1.0279 |
0.0368 |
172 |
2 |
122.12 |
2010-03-25 |
| 24. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
131.29 |
1.0686 |
0.0032 |
354 |
1 |
131.29 |
2010-03-25 |
| 25. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
131.29 |
0.9909 |
0.0819 |
293 |
2 |
121.77 |
2010-04-10 |
| 26. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
131.08 |
1.0561 |
0.0085 |
227 |
1 |
131.08 |
2010-03-25 |
| 27. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
130.92 |
0.9842 |
0.0832 |
335 |
2 |
129.68 |
2010-03-25 |
| 28. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
130.87 |
1.0529 |
0.0145 |
373 |
2 |
129.13 |
2010-03-25 |
| 29. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
130.80 |
1.0883 |
-0.0177 |
189 |
2 |
126.76 |
2010-08-15 |
| 30. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
130.80 |
1.0404 |
0.0287 |
406 |
2 |
128.72 |
2010-04-10 |
| 31. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
130.68 |
1.0341 |
0.0286 |
273 |
3 |
125.05 |
2010-03-26 |
| 32. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
130.49 |
1.0759 |
-0.0086 |
273 |
1 |
130.49 |
2010-08-15 |
| 33. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
130.48 |
1.0432 |
0.0190 |
276 |
1 |
130.48 |
2010-03-26 |
| 34. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
130.30 |
1.0128 |
0.0541 |
369 |
1 |
130.30 |
2010-04-01 |
| 35. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
129.93 |
0.9719 |
0.0924 |
383 |
2 |
125.46 |
2010-04-16 |
| 36. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
129.75 |
1.0676 |
-0.0074 |
456 |
2 |
119.61 |
2010-04-01 |
| 37. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
127.82 |
1.0082 |
0.0267 |
212 |
1 |
127.82 |
2010-03-25 |
| 38. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
127.15 |
1.0667 |
-0.0219 |
308 |
1 |
127.15 |
2010-04-10 |
| 39. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
127.01 |
1.0004 |
0.0354 |
373 |
1 |
127.01 |
2010-03-25 |
| 40. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
126.95 |
0.9885 |
0.0509 |
469 |
2 |
121.59 |
2010-04-16 |
| 41. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
126.65 |
0.9933 |
0.0444 |
450 |
2 |
125.18 |
2010-04-16 |
| 42. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
126.53 |
0.9682 |
0.0715 |
341 |
3 |
122.66 |
2010-04-10 |
| 43. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
126.14 |
1.0590 |
-0.0340 |
250 |
2 |
121.79 |
2010-03-25 |
| 44. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
126.06 |
0.9597 |
0.0659 |
251 |
1 |
126.06 |
2010-03-25 |
| 45. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
125.80 |
1.0511 |
-0.0260 |
252 |
1 |
125.80 |
2010-03-27 |
| 46. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
125.73 |
1.0332 |
-0.0111 |
267 |
3 |
118.90 |
2010-04-01 |
| 47. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
125.52 |
1.0557 |
-0.0335 |
289 |
1 |
125.52 |
2010-04-01 |
| 48. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
125.46 |
0.9974 |
0.0192 |
163 |
1 |
125.46 |
2010-04-16 |
| 49. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
125.23 |
1.0094 |
0.0094 |
256 |
1 |
125.23 |
2010-04-10 |
| 50. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
124.66 |
1.0144 |
0.0007 |
162 |
1 |
124.66 |
2010-04-03 |
| 51. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
124.57 |
1.0504 |
-0.0352 |
225 |
1 |
124.57 |
2010-03-25 |
| 52. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
124.22 |
0.9836 |
0.0269 |
289 |
1 |
124.22 |
2010-03-25 |
| 53. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
124.04 |
0.9930 |
0.0249 |
350 |
1 |
124.04 |
2010-03-25 |
| 54. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
123.72 |
1.0479 |
-0.0432 |
205 |
1 |
123.72 |
2010-04-03 |
| 55. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
123.19 |
0.9598 |
0.0444 |
209 |
1 |
123.19 |
2010-04-01 |
| 56. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
122.97 |
0.9609 |
0.0441 |
331 |
1 |
122.97 |
2010-03-25 |
| 57. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
122.56 |
1.0682 |
-0.0703 |
266 |
2 |
119.26 |
2010-04-10 |
| 58. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
122.35 |
0.9873 |
0.0183 |
396 |
1 |
122.35 |
2010-04-03 |
| 59. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
122.17 |
0.9980 |
-0.0022 |
295 |
2 |
118.15 |
2010-04-10 |
| 60. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
122.15 |
1.0506 |
-0.0576 |
259 |
1 |
122.15 |
2010-08-15 |
| 61. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
122.12 |
0.9636 |
0.0282 |
281 |
1 |
122.12 |
2010-10-20 |
| 62. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
122.08 |
1.0095 |
-0.0180 |
211 |
2 |
117.62 |
2010-04-16 |
| 63. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
122.00 |
1.0427 |
-0.0496 |
269 |
1 |
122.00 |
2010-03-25 |
| 64. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
121.98 |
0.9480 |
0.0453 |
297 |
2 |
117.23 |
2010-03-25 |
| 65. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
121.83 |
1.0877 |
-0.1003 |
129 |
1 |
121.83 |
2010-04-03 |
| 66. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
121.62 |
1.0867 |
-0.1020 |
171 |
1 |
121.62 |
2010-03-25 |
| 67. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
121.40 |
1.0189 |
-0.0322 |
290 |
1 |
121.40 |
2010-03-25 |
| 68. |
Finally, gentlemen, there are people with an hereditary anim... |
121.18 |
0.9346 |
0.0617 |
471 |
1 |
121.18 |
2010-10-22 |
| 69. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
121.11 |
1.0036 |
-0.0177 |
277 |
2 |
120.60 |
2010-08-15 |
| 70. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
121.06 |
1.0450 |
-0.0552 |
358 |
1 |
121.06 |
2010-03-27 |
| 71. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
120.87 |
0.9359 |
0.0478 |
355 |
1 |
120.87 |
2010-03-27 |
| 72. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
120.84 |
0.9244 |
0.0635 |
225 |
1 |
120.84 |
2010-04-16 |
| 73. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
120.31 |
1.0063 |
-0.0230 |
293 |
1 |
120.31 |
2010-03-25 |
| 74. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
120.15 |
0.9604 |
0.0146 |
285 |
1 |
120.15 |
2010-04-16 |
| 75. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
120.03 |
1.0387 |
-0.0584 |
333 |
1 |
120.03 |
2010-03-25 |
| 76. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
119.97 |
1.0059 |
-0.0291 |
283 |
1 |
119.97 |
2010-04-10 |
| 77. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
119.85 |
1.0125 |
-0.0428 |
171 |
1 |
119.85 |
2010-04-05 |
| 78. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
119.27 |
0.9658 |
0.0078 |
308 |
2 |
115.70 |
2010-08-15 |
| 79. |
The idea of "Mr. Right" has been passed down over the genera... |
119.20 |
0.9630 |
0.0197 |
379 |
3 |
115.15 |
2010-08-15 |
| 80. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
118.89 |
1.0227 |
-0.0498 |
378 |
1 |
118.89 |
2010-03-25 |
| 81. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
118.54 |
0.9183 |
0.0422 |
252 |
1 |
118.54 |
2010-03-25 |
| 82. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
118.50 |
1.0178 |
-0.0559 |
207 |
1 |
118.50 |
2010-03-25 |
| 83. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
118.47 |
0.9649 |
0.0087 |
360 |
1 |
118.47 |
2010-04-16 |
| 84. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
118.45 |
1.0576 |
-0.0972 |
231 |
1 |
118.45 |
2010-04-10 |
| 85. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
118.43 |
1.0411 |
-0.0763 |
341 |
1 |
118.43 |
2010-03-25 |
| 86. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
118.12 |
0.9817 |
-0.0158 |
304 |
1 |
118.12 |
2010-04-10 |
| 87. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
117.80 |
0.9957 |
-0.0380 |
323 |
1 |
117.80 |
2010-03-25 |
| 88. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
117.73 |
1.0086 |
-0.0556 |
218 |
1 |
117.73 |
2010-03-25 |
| 89. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
117.08 |
1.0028 |
-0.0519 |
259 |
1 |
117.08 |
2010-03-25 |
| 90. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
116.99 |
0.8830 |
0.0707 |
300 |
1 |
116.99 |
2010-04-10 |
| 91. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
116.52 |
0.9852 |
-0.0384 |
235 |
1 |
116.52 |
2010-03-25 |
| 92. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
116.36 |
0.9703 |
-0.0176 |
394 |
1 |
116.36 |
2010-04-10 |
| 93. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
116.21 |
1.0800 |
-0.1381 |
213 |
1 |
116.21 |
2010-03-25 |
| 94. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
116.15 |
1.0144 |
-0.0571 |
356 |
1 |
116.15 |
2010-03-27 |
| 95. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
115.62 |
1.0288 |
-0.0935 |
166 |
1 |
115.62 |
2010-04-01 |
| 96. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
115.39 |
1.0287 |
-0.0917 |
269 |
2 |
113.24 |
2010-03-25 |
| 97. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
115.37 |
1.0521 |
-0.1197 |
197 |
1 |
115.37 |
2010-03-27 |
| 98. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
115.02 |
0.9957 |
-0.0566 |
323 |
1 |
115.02 |
2010-03-27 |
| 99. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
114.95 |
1.0338 |
-0.0940 |
277 |
1 |
114.95 |
2010-03-25 |
| 100. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
114.71 |
0.9966 |
-0.0568 |
377 |
1 |
114.71 |
2010-03-25 |
| 101. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
114.67 |
0.9650 |
-0.0301 |
347 |
1 |
114.67 |
2010-03-25 |
| 102. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
114.60 |
1.0250 |
-0.0904 |
271 |
1 |
114.60 |
2010-03-25 |
| 103. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
114.54 |
1.0585 |
-0.1245 |
226 |
1 |
114.54 |
2010-04-03 |
| 104. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
114.49 |
0.9135 |
0.0261 |
393 |
1 |
114.49 |
2010-03-27 |
| 105. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
114.44 |
0.9704 |
-0.0400 |
254 |
1 |
114.44 |
2010-03-25 |
| 106. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
114.14 |
0.9644 |
-0.0334 |
398 |
1 |
114.14 |
2010-03-25 |
| 107. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
114.09 |
0.9284 |
0.0028 |
346 |
2 |
113.97 |
2010-04-01 |
| 108. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
113.93 |
0.9631 |
-0.0374 |
273 |
1 |
113.93 |
2010-03-25 |
| 109. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
113.85 |
0.9561 |
-0.0273 |
291 |
2 |
110.95 |
2010-04-01 |
| 110. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
113.34 |
1.0543 |
-0.1306 |
360 |
1 |
113.34 |
2010-03-25 |
| 111. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
113.25 |
0.9713 |
-0.0521 |
193 |
1 |
113.25 |
2010-03-25 |
| 112. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
112.98 |
0.9339 |
-0.0097 |
317 |
1 |
112.98 |
2010-04-01 |
| 113. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
112.50 |
0.9500 |
-0.0338 |
287 |
2 |
111.29 |
2010-03-26 |
| 114. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
112.43 |
0.9643 |
-0.0418 |
282 |
1 |
112.43 |
2010-04-16 |
| 115. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
112.21 |
0.9680 |
-0.0558 |
256 |
1 |
112.21 |
2010-04-01 |
| 116. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
112.19 |
0.9515 |
-0.0295 |
334 |
1 |
112.19 |
2010-03-25 |
| 117. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
112.05 |
0.9927 |
-0.0852 |
234 |
1 |
112.05 |
2010-03-25 |
| 118. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
112.05 |
0.9810 |
-0.0652 |
362 |
1 |
112.05 |
2010-03-25 |
| 119. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
111.76 |
0.9123 |
0.0054 |
351 |
1 |
111.76 |
2010-03-25 |
| 120. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
111.62 |
1.0403 |
-0.1347 |
234 |
1 |
111.62 |
2010-03-27 |
| 121. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
111.42 |
0.9745 |
-0.0668 |
388 |
1 |
111.42 |
2010-03-27 |
| 122. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
111.17 |
1.0498 |
-0.1450 |
261 |
2 |
108.78 |
2010-03-25 |
| 123. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
111.15 |
0.9027 |
-0.0028 |
189 |
1 |
111.15 |
2010-03-27 |
| 124. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
111.13 |
1.0800 |
-0.1837 |
129 |
1 |
111.13 |
2010-03-25 |
| 125. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
111.05 |
1.0333 |
-0.1358 |
176 |
1 |
111.05 |
2010-03-25 |
| 126. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
110.85 |
1.0736 |
-0.1686 |
256 |
1 |
110.85 |
2010-03-25 |
| 127. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
110.42 |
1.0199 |
-0.1262 |
225 |
1 |
110.42 |
2010-04-16 |
| 128. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
110.24 |
1.0016 |
-0.1072 |
217 |
1 |
110.24 |
2010-03-25 |
| 129. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
110.21 |
1.0476 |
-0.1613 |
110 |
1 |
110.21 |
2010-03-25 |
| 130. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
109.76 |
0.9330 |
-0.0292 |
341 |
1 |
109.76 |
2010-03-25 |
| 131. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
109.70 |
0.9162 |
-0.0234 |
401 |
1 |
109.70 |
2010-03-27 |
| 132. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
109.18 |
0.9949 |
-0.0972 |
304 |
1 |
109.18 |
2010-03-27 |
| 133. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
108.97 |
1.0060 |
-0.1197 |
225 |
1 |
108.97 |
2010-04-01 |
| 134. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
108.48 |
1.0165 |
-0.1357 |
316 |
1 |
108.48 |
2010-03-25 |
| 135. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
107.06 |
0.9265 |
-0.0576 |
254 |
1 |
107.06 |
2010-04-01 |
| 136. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
102.97 |
0.8880 |
-0.0514 |
296 |
1 |
102.97 |
2010-04-01 |
| 137. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
102.21 |
0.9012 |
-0.0674 |
322 |
1 |
102.21 |
2010-04-01 |