| 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... |
93.18 |
1.0845 |
0.1871 |
212 |
1 |
93.18 |
2009-06-10 |
| 2. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
91.26 |
0.9765 |
0.2691 |
269 |
1 |
91.26 |
2009-06-08 |
| 3. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
89.82 |
0.9917 |
0.2369 |
317 |
1 |
89.82 |
2009-06-11 |
| 4. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
88.48 |
1.0588 |
0.1495 |
281 |
1 |
88.48 |
2009-06-12 |
| 5. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
87.86 |
1.0125 |
0.1856 |
232 |
2 |
83.27 |
2009-06-10 |
| 6. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
87.35 |
0.9841 |
0.2052 |
217 |
1 |
87.35 |
2009-06-10 |
| 7. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
87.21 |
1.0590 |
0.1306 |
250 |
2 |
78.40 |
2009-06-10 |
| 8. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
86.97 |
1.0561 |
0.1294 |
227 |
1 |
86.97 |
2009-06-11 |
| 9. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
85.35 |
1.1093 |
0.0503 |
220 |
1 |
85.35 |
2009-06-04 |
| 10. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
85.19 |
0.8656 |
0.2986 |
242 |
1 |
85.19 |
2009-06-10 |
| 11. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
84.54 |
0.9880 |
0.1619 |
199 |
2 |
79.25 |
2009-06-11 |
| 12. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
84.33 |
1.0165 |
0.1339 |
316 |
1 |
84.33 |
2009-06-11 |
| 13. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
84.18 |
1.0543 |
0.0915 |
182 |
1 |
84.18 |
2009-06-12 |
| 14. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
81.73 |
1.0628 |
0.0547 |
363 |
1 |
81.73 |
2009-06-12 |
| 15. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
81.72 |
1.0006 |
0.1148 |
311 |
1 |
81.72 |
2009-06-05 |
| 16. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
81.69 |
0.9841 |
0.1293 |
263 |
1 |
81.69 |
2009-06-04 |
| 17. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
81.58 |
1.0466 |
0.0665 |
230 |
1 |
81.58 |
2009-06-12 |
| 18. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
81.39 |
0.9931 |
0.1138 |
218 |
1 |
81.39 |
2009-06-12 |
| 19. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
81.32 |
0.9011 |
0.2120 |
322 |
1 |
81.32 |
2009-06-10 |
| 20. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
81.30 |
1.0495 |
0.0596 |
323 |
1 |
81.30 |
2009-06-12 |
| 21. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
80.86 |
0.9726 |
0.1362 |
396 |
1 |
80.86 |
2009-06-10 |
| 22. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
80.69 |
1.0411 |
0.0619 |
341 |
1 |
80.69 |
2009-06-04 |
| 23. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
80.57 |
0.9915 |
0.1072 |
281 |
2 |
79.24 |
2009-06-10 |
| 24. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
80.57 |
1.0403 |
0.0576 |
234 |
1 |
80.57 |
2009-06-05 |
| 25. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
80.05 |
1.0800 |
0.0096 |
213 |
1 |
80.05 |
2009-06-09 |
| 26. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
79.94 |
0.9807 |
0.0986 |
129 |
1 |
79.94 |
2009-06-10 |
| 27. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
79.73 |
1.0576 |
0.0277 |
231 |
2 |
77.75 |
2009-06-12 |
| 28. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
79.37 |
1.0333 |
0.0447 |
176 |
1 |
79.37 |
2009-06-08 |
| 29. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
79.28 |
0.9604 |
0.1194 |
285 |
2 |
77.47 |
2009-06-11 |
| 30. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
78.89 |
1.0227 |
0.0599 |
378 |
1 |
78.89 |
2009-06-04 |
| 31. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
78.86 |
0.8964 |
0.1768 |
199 |
2 |
76.10 |
2009-06-11 |
| 32. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
78.58 |
1.0265 |
0.0495 |
375 |
3 |
76.67 |
2009-06-05 |
| 33. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
78.28 |
0.9931 |
0.0796 |
339 |
1 |
78.28 |
2009-06-02 |
| 34. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
78.18 |
0.9260 |
0.1438 |
348 |
1 |
78.18 |
2009-06-05 |
| 35. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
77.71 |
0.9980 |
0.0645 |
295 |
1 |
77.71 |
2009-06-11 |
| 36. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
77.69 |
1.0125 |
0.0427 |
171 |
1 |
77.69 |
2009-06-02 |
| 37. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
76.82 |
0.9650 |
0.0858 |
347 |
1 |
76.82 |
2009-06-02 |
| 38. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
76.56 |
1.0777 |
-0.0352 |
226 |
2 |
74.43 |
2009-06-02 |
| 39. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
75.78 |
1.0199 |
0.0102 |
225 |
1 |
75.78 |
2009-06-09 |
| 40. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
75.74 |
0.9271 |
0.1058 |
295 |
1 |
75.74 |
2009-06-05 |
| 41. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
75.04 |
0.9884 |
0.0378 |
267 |
2 |
74.79 |
2009-06-12 |
| 42. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
74.79 |
1.0135 |
0.0101 |
358 |
1 |
74.79 |
2009-06-10 |
| 43. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
74.57 |
1.0267 |
-0.0064 |
261 |
1 |
74.57 |
2009-06-05 |
| 44. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
74.44 |
0.9957 |
0.0238 |
323 |
1 |
74.44 |
2009-06-11 |
| 45. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
74.35 |
1.0607 |
-0.0437 |
357 |
1 |
74.35 |
2009-06-02 |
| 46. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
74.21 |
1.0479 |
-0.0372 |
205 |
1 |
74.21 |
2009-06-10 |
| 47. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
73.89 |
0.9927 |
0.0171 |
262 |
1 |
73.89 |
2009-06-10 |
| 48. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
73.65 |
1.0418 |
-0.0364 |
214 |
1 |
73.65 |
2009-06-05 |
| 49. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
73.43 |
0.9012 |
0.1039 |
322 |
1 |
73.43 |
2009-06-10 |
| 50. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
73.41 |
0.9468 |
0.0543 |
318 |
1 |
73.41 |
2009-06-02 |
| 51. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
73.33 |
1.0676 |
-0.0628 |
456 |
1 |
73.33 |
2009-06-08 |
| 52. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
73.26 |
1.0960 |
-0.0926 |
315 |
1 |
73.26 |
2009-06-02 |
| 53. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
72.88 |
1.0654 |
-0.0738 |
247 |
2 |
71.50 |
2009-06-08 |
| 54. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
72.77 |
1.0639 |
-0.0703 |
303 |
1 |
72.77 |
2009-06-08 |
| 55. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
72.66 |
1.0060 |
-0.0143 |
225 |
1 |
72.66 |
2009-06-10 |
| 56. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
72.49 |
0.9869 |
-0.0018 |
193 |
1 |
72.49 |
2009-06-10 |
| 57. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
72.37 |
0.9719 |
0.0224 |
383 |
2 |
71.74 |
2009-06-12 |
| 58. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
72.29 |
0.9948 |
-0.0099 |
233 |
1 |
72.29 |
2009-06-05 |
| 59. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
72.16 |
1.0686 |
-0.0808 |
354 |
1 |
72.16 |
2009-06-05 |
| 60. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
72.06 |
0.9380 |
0.0433 |
284 |
1 |
72.06 |
2009-06-12 |
| 61. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
71.34 |
1.0130 |
-0.0400 |
288 |
1 |
71.34 |
2009-06-05 |
| 62. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
70.81 |
1.0419 |
-0.0732 |
341 |
1 |
70.81 |
2009-06-04 |
| 63. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
70.74 |
0.9698 |
-0.0001 |
389 |
1 |
70.74 |
2009-06-02 |
| 64. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
70.44 |
0.9228 |
0.0423 |
305 |
1 |
70.44 |
2009-06-12 |
| 65. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
70.21 |
0.9339 |
0.0293 |
317 |
1 |
70.21 |
2009-06-02 |
| 66. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
70.15 |
1.0194 |
-0.0649 |
224 |
1 |
70.15 |
2009-06-10 |
| 67. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
69.78 |
0.9352 |
0.0152 |
194 |
1 |
69.78 |
2009-06-08 |
| 68. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
69.68 |
0.9561 |
-0.0044 |
362 |
1 |
69.68 |
2009-06-08 |
| 69. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
69.67 |
1.0016 |
-0.0532 |
217 |
1 |
69.67 |
2009-06-05 |
| 70. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
69.50 |
0.9852 |
-0.0381 |
235 |
1 |
69.50 |
2009-06-08 |
| 71. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
69.47 |
1.0181 |
-0.0695 |
276 |
2 |
68.50 |
2009-06-08 |
| 72. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
69.40 |
0.9128 |
0.0307 |
237 |
1 |
69.40 |
2009-06-08 |
| 73. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
69.36 |
1.0529 |
-0.1046 |
373 |
1 |
69.36 |
2009-06-11 |
| 74. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
69.33 |
0.8172 |
0.1238 |
204 |
1 |
69.33 |
2009-06-10 |
| 75. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
69.13 |
0.9243 |
0.0204 |
240 |
1 |
69.13 |
2009-06-02 |
| 76. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
69.02 |
0.9678 |
-0.0224 |
392 |
1 |
69.02 |
2009-06-12 |
| 77. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
68.57 |
1.0291 |
-0.0963 |
240 |
1 |
68.57 |
2009-06-12 |
| 78. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
67.44 |
1.0270 |
-0.1070 |
303 |
1 |
67.44 |
2009-06-05 |
| 79. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
67.33 |
0.9713 |
-0.0548 |
193 |
1 |
67.33 |
2009-06-12 |
| 80. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
67.25 |
1.0567 |
-0.1402 |
314 |
1 |
67.25 |
2009-06-04 |
| 81. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
67.22 |
1.0511 |
-0.1329 |
252 |
1 |
67.22 |
2009-06-04 |
| 82. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
66.99 |
0.9933 |
-0.0727 |
450 |
1 |
66.99 |
2009-06-02 |
| 83. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
66.37 |
0.9909 |
-0.0816 |
293 |
1 |
66.37 |
2009-06-11 |
| 84. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
65.86 |
0.9680 |
-0.0702 |
256 |
1 |
65.86 |
2009-06-10 |
| 85. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
63.99 |
0.9114 |
-0.0319 |
399 |
2 |
60.43 |
2009-06-04 |
| 86. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
63.81 |
1.0362 |
-0.1603 |
437 |
1 |
63.81 |
2009-06-08 |
| 87. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
63.75 |
1.0867 |
-0.2224 |
171 |
1 |
63.75 |
2009-06-09 |
| 88. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
63.35 |
0.9145 |
-0.0477 |
404 |
1 |
63.35 |
2009-06-04 |
| 89. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
63.34 |
0.9621 |
-0.0966 |
212 |
1 |
63.34 |
2009-06-04 |
| 90. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
62.75 |
0.9631 |
-0.1086 |
273 |
2 |
60.12 |
2009-06-05 |
| 91. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
62.64 |
0.9597 |
-0.1060 |
251 |
1 |
62.64 |
2009-06-10 |
| 92. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
62.05 |
0.9400 |
-0.0920 |
434 |
1 |
62.05 |
2009-06-02 |
| 93. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
61.84 |
0.9541 |
-0.1110 |
236 |
1 |
61.84 |
2009-06-02 |
| 94. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
61.73 |
0.9346 |
-0.0965 |
211 |
1 |
61.73 |
2009-06-02 |
| 95. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
61.36 |
0.9183 |
-0.0815 |
308 |
1 |
61.36 |
2009-06-04 |
| 96. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
59.40 |
0.9332 |
-0.1228 |
295 |
1 |
59.40 |
2009-06-02 |
| 97. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
59.10 |
0.9583 |
-0.1529 |
237 |
1 |
59.10 |
2009-06-02 |
| 98. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
57.80 |
0.8437 |
-0.0573 |
268 |
1 |
57.80 |
2009-06-02 |
| 99. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
54.71 |
1.0601 |
-0.3186 |
256 |
1 |
54.71 |
2009-06-02 |
| 100. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
44.78 |
1.0095 |
-0.4025 |
211 |
1 |
44.78 |
2009-06-08 |
| 101. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
31.62 |
1.0287 |
-0.6020 |
269 |
1 |
31.62 |
2009-06-04 |
| 102. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
30.15 |
0.9010 |
-0.4909 |
266 |
1 |
30.15 |
2009-06-05 |