Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
138.28 |
1.0225 |
0.2102 |
152 |
1 |
138.28 |
2010-07-12 |
2. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
136.32 |
1.0426 |
0.1762 |
131 |
1 |
136.32 |
2010-07-21 |
3. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
131.03 |
1.1093 |
0.0602 |
220 |
1 |
131.03 |
2010-07-12 |
4. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
129.79 |
1.0462 |
0.1208 |
340 |
1 |
129.79 |
2010-07-12 |
5. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
129.52 |
1.0615 |
0.0970 |
201 |
1 |
129.52 |
2010-07-15 |
6. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
129.30 |
1.0125 |
0.1456 |
232 |
1 |
129.30 |
2010-07-21 |
7. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
127.59 |
1.0676 |
0.0811 |
456 |
1 |
127.59 |
2010-08-02 |
8. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
127.55 |
1.0777 |
0.0640 |
226 |
1 |
127.55 |
2010-07-20 |
9. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
123.94 |
1.0753 |
0.0428 |
206 |
1 |
123.94 |
2010-08-09 |
10. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
123.02 |
1.0521 |
0.0452 |
197 |
2 |
112.61 |
2010-08-02 |
11. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
122.45 |
1.0079 |
0.0889 |
273 |
1 |
122.45 |
2010-07-20 |
12. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
121.92 |
1.0743 |
0.0198 |
297 |
2 |
121.22 |
2010-08-02 |
13. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
121.74 |
1.0387 |
0.0569 |
333 |
1 |
121.74 |
2010-07-12 |
14. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
121.59 |
1.0585 |
0.0343 |
226 |
1 |
121.59 |
2010-08-09 |
15. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
121.52 |
1.0399 |
0.0544 |
257 |
1 |
121.52 |
2010-08-02 |
16. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
121.33 |
1.0495 |
0.0377 |
323 |
1 |
121.33 |
2010-08-01 |
17. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
120.93 |
1.0511 |
0.0348 |
252 |
1 |
120.93 |
2010-07-12 |
18. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
120.89 |
0.9980 |
0.0949 |
341 |
2 |
120.51 |
2010-07-21 |
19. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
120.50 |
1.0601 |
0.0169 |
256 |
1 |
120.50 |
2010-08-09 |
20. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
120.26 |
0.9854 |
0.0939 |
174 |
1 |
120.26 |
2010-08-01 |
21. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
119.81 |
1.0881 |
-0.0180 |
210 |
2 |
115.89 |
2010-07-20 |
22. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
119.52 |
1.0538 |
0.0299 |
367 |
2 |
115.86 |
2010-08-02 |
23. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
119.11 |
0.9680 |
0.0998 |
256 |
1 |
119.11 |
2010-08-02 |
24. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
117.62 |
0.9981 |
0.0552 |
211 |
1 |
117.62 |
2010-07-20 |
25. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
117.51 |
0.9673 |
0.0899 |
393 |
1 |
117.51 |
2010-08-09 |
26. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
117.12 |
1.0487 |
-0.0012 |
253 |
1 |
117.12 |
2010-07-21 |
27. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
116.42 |
1.0582 |
-0.0179 |
180 |
1 |
116.42 |
2010-08-09 |
28. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
116.31 |
1.0130 |
0.0295 |
288 |
1 |
116.31 |
2010-07-12 |
29. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
116.12 |
1.0498 |
-0.0079 |
261 |
1 |
116.12 |
2010-07-21 |
30. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
115.62 |
1.0800 |
-0.0508 |
129 |
1 |
115.62 |
2010-08-02 |
31. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
115.58 |
1.0540 |
-0.0231 |
184 |
1 |
115.58 |
2010-07-12 |
32. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
115.32 |
1.0128 |
0.0275 |
369 |
2 |
112.70 |
2010-07-21 |
33. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
115.02 |
1.0476 |
-0.0262 |
110 |
1 |
115.02 |
2010-08-15 |
34. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
114.89 |
0.9609 |
0.0735 |
331 |
1 |
114.89 |
2010-07-20 |
35. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
114.26 |
1.0567 |
-0.0330 |
314 |
1 |
114.26 |
2010-08-15 |
36. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
113.90 |
1.0199 |
-0.0030 |
225 |
1 |
113.90 |
2010-08-01 |
37. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
113.89 |
1.0543 |
-0.0314 |
360 |
1 |
113.89 |
2010-07-12 |
38. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
113.46 |
1.0132 |
0.0041 |
371 |
1 |
113.46 |
2010-07-12 |
39. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
112.26 |
1.0628 |
-0.0549 |
363 |
2 |
110.85 |
2010-08-02 |
40. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
111.92 |
1.0086 |
-0.0100 |
218 |
2 |
111.37 |
2010-08-09 |
41. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
111.81 |
1.0250 |
-0.0202 |
271 |
1 |
111.81 |
2010-07-12 |
42. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
111.49 |
1.0501 |
-0.0504 |
263 |
1 |
111.49 |
2010-07-12 |
43. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
111.04 |
0.9827 |
0.0131 |
314 |
1 |
111.04 |
2010-07-20 |
44. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
110.99 |
1.0106 |
-0.0171 |
302 |
1 |
110.99 |
2010-07-12 |
45. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
108.75 |
1.0189 |
-0.0452 |
290 |
1 |
108.75 |
2010-07-13 |
46. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
107.94 |
1.0063 |
-0.0344 |
293 |
1 |
107.94 |
2010-07-21 |
47. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
107.81 |
0.9963 |
-0.0329 |
274 |
1 |
107.81 |
2010-07-21 |
48. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
106.06 |
0.9817 |
-0.0263 |
304 |
1 |
106.06 |
2010-07-12 |
49. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
105.87 |
0.9851 |
-0.0319 |
237 |
1 |
105.87 |
2010-07-12 |
50. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
105.40 |
0.9849 |
-0.0396 |
337 |
1 |
105.40 |
2010-07-21 |
51. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
104.94 |
0.9649 |
-0.0147 |
360 |
1 |
104.94 |
2010-08-02 |
52. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
104.72 |
0.9012 |
0.0402 |
322 |
1 |
104.72 |
2010-07-12 |
53. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
103.99 |
1.0039 |
-0.0663 |
255 |
1 |
103.99 |
2010-07-12 |
54. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
103.72 |
1.0026 |
-0.0693 |
200 |
1 |
103.72 |
2010-07-20 |
55. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
103.37 |
1.0524 |
-0.1285 |
177 |
1 |
103.37 |
2010-07-20 |
56. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
102.70 |
0.9957 |
-0.0720 |
323 |
1 |
102.70 |
2010-08-15 |
57. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
102.69 |
1.0557 |
-0.1349 |
289 |
1 |
102.69 |
2010-07-12 |
58. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
101.90 |
1.0411 |
-0.1268 |
341 |
2 |
98.13 |
2010-07-12 |
59. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
101.53 |
0.9271 |
-0.0183 |
295 |
1 |
101.53 |
2010-08-02 |
60. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
101.21 |
1.0350 |
-0.1142 |
416 |
1 |
101.21 |
2010-07-13 |
61. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
99.94 |
0.9852 |
-0.0910 |
235 |
1 |
99.94 |
2010-07-12 |
62. |
We might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been... |
99.67 |
0.9157 |
-0.0107 |
353 |
1 |
99.67 |
2010-07-12 |
63. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
99.11 |
0.9143 |
-0.0259 |
300 |
1 |
99.11 |
2010-07-22 |
64. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
98.95 |
0.9258 |
-0.0353 |
184 |
1 |
98.95 |
2010-07-12 |
65. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
98.88 |
0.9922 |
-0.1063 |
264 |
1 |
98.88 |
2010-07-13 |
66. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
98.62 |
0.9583 |
-0.0749 |
237 |
1 |
98.62 |
2010-07-13 |
67. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
98.25 |
0.9807 |
-0.1127 |
129 |
1 |
98.25 |
2010-07-12 |
68. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
97.94 |
1.0018 |
-0.1247 |
246 |
1 |
97.94 |
2010-07-12 |
69. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
97.80 |
0.9980 |
-0.1202 |
295 |
1 |
97.80 |
2010-07-12 |
70. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
97.16 |
1.0265 |
-0.1530 |
375 |
1 |
97.16 |
2010-08-02 |
71. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
97.03 |
1.0461 |
-0.1727 |
286 |
1 |
97.03 |
2010-07-12 |
72. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
96.07 |
1.0481 |
-0.1958 |
255 |
1 |
96.07 |
2010-07-13 |
73. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
94.76 |
1.0144 |
-0.1652 |
162 |
1 |
94.76 |
2010-07-13 |
74. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
92.04 |
1.0419 |
-0.2152 |
341 |
1 |
92.04 |
2010-07-12 |
75. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
88.96 |
1.0333 |
-0.2425 |
176 |
1 |
88.96 |
2010-07-12 |
76. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
87.06 |
0.9011 |
-0.1192 |
322 |
1 |
87.06 |
2010-07-12 |
77. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
83.81 |
0.9359 |
-0.1858 |
355 |
1 |
83.81 |
2010-07-21 |
78. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
82.31 |
0.9194 |
-0.1730 |
360 |
1 |
82.31 |
2010-07-12 |