| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
156.59 |
1.0341 |
0.1834 |
273 |
1 |
156.59 |
2009-04-16 |
| 2. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
155.54 |
1.0638 |
0.1441 |
247 |
2 |
152.66 |
2009-04-15 |
| 3. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
152.34 |
1.0845 |
0.0993 |
212 |
1 |
152.34 |
2009-04-14 |
| 4. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
151.49 |
1.0561 |
0.1202 |
227 |
1 |
151.49 |
2009-04-19 |
| 5. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
149.82 |
1.0060 |
0.1599 |
225 |
1 |
149.82 |
2009-04-14 |
| 6. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
148.89 |
0.9963 |
0.1592 |
274 |
1 |
148.89 |
2009-04-16 |
| 7. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
146.70 |
1.0877 |
0.0497 |
129 |
1 |
146.70 |
2009-04-16 |
| 8. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
145.98 |
1.0461 |
0.0913 |
318 |
1 |
145.98 |
2009-04-16 |
| 9. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
145.69 |
1.0800 |
0.0500 |
213 |
3 |
136.12 |
2009-04-15 |
| 10. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
144.56 |
0.9519 |
0.1761 |
323 |
2 |
141.38 |
2009-04-16 |
| 11. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
144.49 |
0.9650 |
0.1612 |
347 |
1 |
144.49 |
2009-04-14 |
| 12. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
144.41 |
1.0334 |
0.0889 |
261 |
1 |
144.41 |
2009-04-15 |
| 13. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
143.71 |
1.0576 |
0.0570 |
231 |
1 |
143.71 |
2009-04-14 |
| 14. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
143.53 |
1.0450 |
0.0763 |
358 |
2 |
142.96 |
2009-04-14 |
| 15. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
143.20 |
1.0370 |
0.0762 |
262 |
2 |
129.24 |
2009-04-15 |
| 16. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
143.18 |
1.0495 |
0.0633 |
323 |
1 |
143.18 |
2009-04-16 |
| 17. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
143.15 |
0.9704 |
0.1426 |
254 |
1 |
143.15 |
2009-04-16 |
| 18. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
143.09 |
1.0018 |
0.1111 |
246 |
1 |
143.09 |
2009-04-14 |
| 19. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
139.96 |
0.9909 |
0.1018 |
293 |
1 |
139.96 |
2009-04-14 |
| 20. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
139.59 |
0.9980 |
0.0894 |
295 |
2 |
127.62 |
2009-04-16 |
| 21. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
139.44 |
1.0125 |
0.0700 |
232 |
2 |
137.74 |
2009-04-14 |
| 22. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
139.20 |
1.0059 |
0.0774 |
283 |
1 |
139.20 |
2009-04-19 |
| 23. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
139.14 |
0.9503 |
0.1247 |
211 |
1 |
139.14 |
2009-04-15 |
| 24. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
138.59 |
0.9299 |
0.1391 |
168 |
2 |
134.71 |
2009-04-15 |
| 25. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
137.32 |
0.9839 |
0.0833 |
308 |
1 |
137.32 |
2009-04-14 |
| 26. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
136.80 |
0.9594 |
0.1022 |
258 |
1 |
136.80 |
2009-04-14 |
| 27. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
136.31 |
1.0529 |
0.0092 |
373 |
2 |
131.17 |
2009-04-14 |
| 28. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
136.16 |
0.9243 |
0.1362 |
240 |
1 |
136.16 |
2009-04-15 |
| 29. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
135.55 |
1.0654 |
-0.0143 |
247 |
2 |
129.98 |
2009-04-15 |
| 30. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
135.48 |
0.9884 |
0.0672 |
267 |
2 |
116.31 |
2009-04-16 |
| 31. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
133.78 |
1.0479 |
-0.0097 |
205 |
1 |
133.78 |
2009-04-15 |
| 32. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
133.39 |
1.0865 |
-0.0500 |
237 |
2 |
132.68 |
2009-04-15 |
| 33. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
133.31 |
0.9359 |
0.1009 |
355 |
2 |
121.67 |
2009-04-14 |
| 34. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
133.10 |
1.0617 |
-0.0291 |
171 |
1 |
133.10 |
2009-04-15 |
| 35. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
132.52 |
1.0362 |
0.0000 |
437 |
1 |
132.52 |
2009-04-14 |
| 36. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
132.24 |
1.0669 |
-0.0360 |
379 |
1 |
132.24 |
2009-04-14 |
| 37. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
132.17 |
0.9809 |
0.0424 |
209 |
1 |
132.17 |
2009-04-14 |
| 38. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
131.25 |
0.9271 |
0.0925 |
295 |
1 |
131.25 |
2009-04-14 |
| 39. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
131.15 |
1.0466 |
-0.0278 |
230 |
2 |
125.28 |
2009-04-15 |
| 40. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
130.96 |
1.0287 |
-0.0121 |
269 |
1 |
130.96 |
2009-04-14 |
| 41. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
130.73 |
1.0628 |
-0.0449 |
363 |
1 |
130.73 |
2009-04-14 |
| 42. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
130.57 |
1.0165 |
-0.0026 |
316 |
2 |
98.63 |
2009-04-20 |
| 43. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
129.76 |
1.0427 |
-0.0335 |
269 |
1 |
129.76 |
2009-04-14 |
| 44. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
129.68 |
0.9756 |
0.0314 |
223 |
2 |
115.32 |
2009-04-15 |
| 45. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
128.56 |
0.9833 |
0.0181 |
387 |
1 |
128.56 |
2009-04-14 |
| 46. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
127.36 |
0.9265 |
0.0620 |
254 |
1 |
127.36 |
2009-04-14 |
| 47. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
127.27 |
0.9827 |
0.0071 |
314 |
2 |
125.91 |
2009-04-15 |
| 48. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
126.47 |
0.9952 |
-0.0102 |
220 |
1 |
126.47 |
2009-04-14 |
| 49. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
126.42 |
0.9680 |
0.0143 |
256 |
1 |
126.42 |
2009-04-14 |
| 50. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
125.54 |
0.9762 |
-0.0009 |
249 |
1 |
125.54 |
2009-04-14 |
| 51. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
125.32 |
1.0006 |
-0.0270 |
311 |
1 |
125.32 |
2009-04-16 |
| 52. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
125.19 |
1.0194 |
-0.0489 |
224 |
1 |
125.19 |
2009-04-14 |
| 53. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
125.02 |
1.0881 |
-0.1207 |
210 |
1 |
125.02 |
2009-04-15 |
| 54. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
124.48 |
0.9829 |
-0.0165 |
229 |
2 |
123.66 |
2009-04-16 |
| 55. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
124.22 |
1.0130 |
-0.0479 |
288 |
1 |
124.22 |
2009-04-14 |
| 56. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
124.01 |
1.0607 |
-0.0945 |
357 |
1 |
124.01 |
2009-04-14 |
| 57. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
123.95 |
0.9927 |
-0.0331 |
234 |
1 |
123.95 |
2009-04-15 |
| 58. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
123.94 |
1.0487 |
-0.0881 |
253 |
2 |
120.49 |
2009-04-14 |
| 59. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
123.87 |
1.0082 |
-0.0509 |
212 |
1 |
123.87 |
2009-04-14 |
| 60. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
123.53 |
0.8964 |
0.0603 |
199 |
2 |
121.08 |
2009-04-16 |
| 61. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
122.82 |
1.0481 |
-0.1017 |
255 |
1 |
122.82 |
2009-04-15 |
| 62. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
122.52 |
0.9849 |
-0.0320 |
337 |
1 |
122.52 |
2009-04-15 |
| 63. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
121.91 |
1.0288 |
-0.0865 |
166 |
1 |
121.91 |
2009-04-14 |
| 64. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
121.90 |
0.8437 |
0.1025 |
268 |
1 |
121.90 |
2009-04-14 |
| 65. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
121.34 |
1.0320 |
-0.0835 |
401 |
1 |
121.34 |
2009-04-14 |
| 66. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
120.91 |
1.0115 |
-0.0776 |
189 |
2 |
112.89 |
2009-04-19 |
| 67. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
120.31 |
0.9957 |
-0.0614 |
323 |
1 |
120.31 |
2009-04-14 |
| 68. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
120.25 |
0.9709 |
-0.0382 |
264 |
1 |
120.25 |
2009-04-14 |
| 69. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
119.94 |
1.0178 |
-0.0879 |
207 |
1 |
119.94 |
2009-04-19 |
| 70. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
119.84 |
0.9780 |
-0.0534 |
173 |
1 |
119.84 |
2009-04-14 |
| 71. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
119.67 |
0.9631 |
-0.0342 |
273 |
1 |
119.67 |
2009-04-14 |
| 72. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
119.52 |
0.9541 |
-0.0252 |
236 |
1 |
119.52 |
2009-04-14 |
| 73. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
117.59 |
0.9145 |
0.0022 |
404 |
1 |
117.59 |
2009-04-14 |
| 74. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
116.90 |
0.9726 |
-0.0596 |
396 |
1 |
116.90 |
2009-04-14 |
| 75. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
116.52 |
0.9101 |
-0.0014 |
351 |
1 |
116.52 |
2009-04-14 |
| 76. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
114.06 |
0.9869 |
-0.1049 |
193 |
2 |
113.93 |
2009-04-15 |
| 77. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
110.75 |
0.9380 |
-0.0798 |
284 |
1 |
110.75 |
2009-04-14 |
| 78. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
110.32 |
0.8666 |
-0.0128 |
206 |
1 |
110.32 |
2009-04-14 |
| 79. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
109.86 |
0.9719 |
-0.1120 |
383 |
1 |
109.86 |
2009-04-14 |
| 80. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
109.79 |
0.9422 |
-0.0951 |
190 |
1 |
109.79 |
2009-04-14 |
| 81. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
109.37 |
0.9027 |
-0.0573 |
189 |
1 |
109.37 |
2009-04-14 |
| 82. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
108.54 |
0.9765 |
-0.1348 |
269 |
1 |
108.54 |
2009-04-14 |
| 83. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
105.88 |
0.9852 |
-0.1642 |
235 |
1 |
105.88 |
2009-04-14 |
| 84. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
103.69 |
0.9136 |
-0.1058 |
348 |
1 |
103.69 |
2009-04-14 |
| 85. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
101.59 |
1.0250 |
-0.2340 |
271 |
1 |
101.59 |
2009-04-16 |
| 86. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
93.56 |
0.8913 |
-0.1645 |
201 |
1 |
93.56 |
2009-04-14 |
| 87. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
93.17 |
0.9332 |
-0.2109 |
267 |
1 |
93.17 |
2009-04-14 |
| 88. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
86.20 |
0.9890 |
-0.3173 |
272 |
1 |
86.20 |
2009-04-14 |
| 89. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
74.77 |
0.8656 |
-0.2860 |
242 |
1 |
74.77 |
2009-04-14 |