Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
155.46 |
1.0800 |
0.1880 |
213 |
1 |
155.46 |
2008-08-24 |
2. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
152.15 |
1.0529 |
0.1934 |
373 |
2 |
140.56 |
2008-08-26 |
3. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
149.16 |
1.0601 |
0.1559 |
256 |
3 |
139.53 |
2008-08-31 |
4. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
148.81 |
1.0682 |
0.1492 |
266 |
1 |
148.81 |
2008-08-23 |
5. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
148.15 |
1.0197 |
0.1894 |
204 |
3 |
123.53 |
2008-08-31 |
6. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
147.35 |
0.9948 |
0.2084 |
233 |
1 |
147.35 |
2008-08-23 |
7. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
146.68 |
0.9836 |
0.2153 |
289 |
1 |
146.68 |
2008-08-23 |
8. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
146.25 |
1.0865 |
0.1086 |
237 |
2 |
142.10 |
2008-08-24 |
9. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
146.03 |
0.9885 |
0.2051 |
355 |
1 |
146.03 |
2008-08-24 |
10. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
144.47 |
1.0576 |
0.1202 |
231 |
1 |
144.47 |
2008-08-23 |
11. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
141.46 |
1.0590 |
0.0958 |
250 |
1 |
141.46 |
2008-08-24 |
12. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
140.12 |
1.0628 |
0.0841 |
363 |
2 |
137.45 |
2008-08-24 |
13. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
138.64 |
0.9841 |
0.1471 |
263 |
1 |
138.64 |
2008-08-26 |
14. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
137.69 |
0.9917 |
0.1353 |
317 |
1 |
137.69 |
2008-08-23 |
15. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
137.63 |
0.9561 |
0.1700 |
362 |
2 |
115.10 |
2008-08-31 |
16. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
137.49 |
0.9957 |
0.1274 |
323 |
1 |
137.49 |
2008-08-23 |
17. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
135.41 |
0.9681 |
0.1437 |
392 |
1 |
135.41 |
2008-08-23 |
18. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
135.07 |
0.9927 |
0.1074 |
234 |
2 |
125.56 |
2008-08-26 |
19. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
134.73 |
0.9400 |
0.1632 |
434 |
1 |
134.73 |
2008-08-31 |
20. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
134.61 |
1.0462 |
0.0564 |
340 |
2 |
131.79 |
2008-08-31 |
21. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
133.59 |
1.0600 |
0.0316 |
351 |
1 |
133.59 |
2008-08-25 |
22. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
133.10 |
1.0106 |
0.0756 |
302 |
3 |
130.28 |
2008-08-31 |
23. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
133.06 |
1.0189 |
0.0674 |
290 |
1 |
133.06 |
2008-08-23 |
24. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
132.22 |
0.9915 |
0.0876 |
281 |
1 |
132.22 |
2008-08-23 |
25. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
132.16 |
0.9839 |
0.0954 |
308 |
1 |
132.16 |
2008-08-23 |
26. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
131.41 |
1.0334 |
0.0394 |
261 |
1 |
131.41 |
2008-08-23 |
27. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
130.59 |
1.0736 |
-0.0044 |
350 |
1 |
130.59 |
2008-08-23 |
28. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
129.24 |
1.0615 |
-0.0090 |
201 |
1 |
129.24 |
2008-08-23 |
29. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
128.09 |
0.9928 |
0.0527 |
293 |
1 |
128.09 |
2008-08-23 |
30. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
128.06 |
0.9745 |
0.0734 |
388 |
3 |
115.01 |
2008-08-23 |
31. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
127.45 |
0.9922 |
0.0492 |
264 |
1 |
127.45 |
2008-08-23 |
32. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
126.50 |
1.0079 |
0.0241 |
273 |
1 |
126.50 |
2008-08-23 |
33. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
124.95 |
0.9931 |
0.0317 |
339 |
1 |
124.95 |
2008-08-26 |
34. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
124.54 |
0.9468 |
0.0699 |
318 |
1 |
124.54 |
2008-08-23 |
35. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
124.50 |
1.0639 |
-0.0462 |
303 |
1 |
124.50 |
2008-08-23 |
36. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
124.50 |
1.0250 |
-0.0055 |
271 |
1 |
124.50 |
2008-08-23 |
37. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
124.16 |
1.0057 |
0.0110 |
382 |
2 |
116.69 |
2008-08-24 |
38. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
122.99 |
0.9866 |
0.0180 |
308 |
1 |
122.99 |
2008-08-23 |
39. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
122.67 |
0.9810 |
0.0256 |
362 |
1 |
122.67 |
2008-08-23 |
40. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
121.48 |
0.9756 |
0.0155 |
223 |
1 |
121.48 |
2008-08-23 |
41. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
121.21 |
0.9644 |
0.0283 |
398 |
2 |
115.93 |
2008-08-23 |
42. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
120.97 |
1.0404 |
-0.0479 |
406 |
1 |
120.97 |
2008-08-26 |
43. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
120.48 |
0.9594 |
0.0224 |
258 |
2 |
109.19 |
2008-08-24 |
44. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
120.37 |
0.9519 |
0.0347 |
323 |
1 |
120.37 |
2008-08-31 |
45. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
119.86 |
0.9931 |
-0.0185 |
218 |
1 |
119.86 |
2008-08-23 |
46. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
119.40 |
0.9678 |
0.0112 |
392 |
1 |
119.40 |
2008-08-31 |
47. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
119.15 |
0.9927 |
-0.0195 |
276 |
2 |
118.31 |
2008-08-23 |
48. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
119.12 |
1.0901 |
-0.1157 |
288 |
1 |
119.12 |
2008-08-23 |
49. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
119.07 |
0.8993 |
0.0755 |
366 |
2 |
104.68 |
2008-08-31 |
50. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
118.44 |
0.8830 |
0.0863 |
300 |
1 |
118.44 |
2008-08-31 |
51. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
117.85 |
0.9631 |
-0.0016 |
273 |
1 |
117.85 |
2008-08-23 |
52. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
117.78 |
0.9162 |
0.0464 |
401 |
2 |
116.62 |
2008-08-24 |
53. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
117.13 |
1.0403 |
-0.0860 |
234 |
1 |
117.13 |
2008-08-23 |
54. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
116.00 |
0.9981 |
-0.0522 |
211 |
1 |
116.00 |
2008-08-23 |
55. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
114.61 |
1.1093 |
-0.1796 |
220 |
1 |
114.61 |
2008-08-23 |
56. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
114.47 |
0.9451 |
-0.0030 |
419 |
1 |
114.47 |
2008-08-23 |
57. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
112.48 |
0.9636 |
-0.0472 |
281 |
2 |
104.25 |
2008-08-24 |
58. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
111.87 |
0.9597 |
-0.0467 |
251 |
2 |
102.71 |
2008-08-23 |
59. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
110.69 |
0.9402 |
-0.0390 |
310 |
1 |
110.69 |
2008-08-24 |
60. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
110.39 |
0.9980 |
-0.0951 |
295 |
1 |
110.39 |
2008-08-23 |
61. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
110.21 |
1.0094 |
-0.1101 |
256 |
1 |
110.21 |
2008-08-23 |
62. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
109.95 |
0.9332 |
-0.0361 |
267 |
1 |
109.95 |
2008-08-23 |
63. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
109.13 |
0.9434 |
-0.0486 |
367 |
2 |
97.78 |
2008-08-23 |
64. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
108.43 |
0.9359 |
-0.0506 |
355 |
1 |
108.43 |
2008-08-23 |
65. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
108.28 |
0.9135 |
-0.0214 |
393 |
1 |
108.28 |
2008-08-23 |
66. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
108.22 |
0.9713 |
-0.0899 |
193 |
1 |
108.22 |
2008-08-23 |
67. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
107.94 |
0.9011 |
-0.0174 |
322 |
1 |
107.94 |
2008-08-23 |
68. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
106.13 |
0.8986 |
-0.0346 |
205 |
1 |
106.13 |
2008-08-23 |
69. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
105.77 |
0.9101 |
-0.0435 |
351 |
2 |
105.48 |
2008-08-26 |
70. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
105.10 |
0.9884 |
-0.1287 |
267 |
1 |
105.10 |
2008-08-23 |
71. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
104.57 |
1.0881 |
-0.2391 |
210 |
1 |
104.57 |
2008-08-24 |
72. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
104.39 |
1.0016 |
-0.1518 |
217 |
2 |
97.60 |
2008-08-23 |
73. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
102.38 |
0.8437 |
-0.0095 |
268 |
1 |
102.38 |
2008-08-23 |
74. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
101.38 |
1.0181 |
-0.1901 |
276 |
1 |
101.38 |
2008-08-23 |
75. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
100.64 |
0.9265 |
-0.1070 |
254 |
1 |
100.64 |
2008-08-23 |
76. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
98.51 |
1.0028 |
-0.2008 |
259 |
1 |
98.51 |
2008-08-23 |
77. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
97.19 |
0.8887 |
-0.0826 |
464 |
1 |
97.19 |
2008-08-23 |
78. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
95.62 |
1.0125 |
-0.2347 |
232 |
1 |
95.62 |
2008-08-24 |
79. |
I don't want to go in there. He's a dangerous bastard. Taken... |
95.29 |
0.9353 |
-0.1517 |
174 |
1 |
95.29 |
2008-08-23 |
80. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
88.04 |
0.9780 |
-0.2671 |
173 |
1 |
88.04 |
2008-08-23 |
81. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
83.53 |
0.8172 |
-0.1415 |
204 |
1 |
83.53 |
2008-08-23 |
82. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
76.85 |
0.9909 |
-0.3612 |
293 |
1 |
76.85 |
2008-08-23 |