| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
178.11 |
1.0836 |
0.2197 |
206 |
1 |
178.11 |
2011-05-25 |
| 2. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
169.52 |
1.0372 |
0.1993 |
249 |
2 |
165.80 |
2011-05-25 |
| 3. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
167.70 |
1.0189 |
0.2041 |
290 |
2 |
160.44 |
2012-03-07 |
| 4. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
166.43 |
0.9374 |
0.2796 |
232 |
1 |
166.43 |
2011-05-25 |
| 5. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
165.94 |
1.1095 |
0.1035 |
252 |
1 |
165.94 |
2011-05-25 |
| 6. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
165.10 |
0.9952 |
0.2117 |
220 |
1 |
165.10 |
2011-05-25 |
| 7. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
164.96 |
0.9543 |
0.2560 |
265 |
1 |
164.96 |
2011-05-25 |
| 8. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
164.89 |
0.9673 |
0.2379 |
292 |
3 |
157.66 |
2011-05-25 |
| 9. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
164.04 |
1.0540 |
0.1378 |
184 |
1 |
164.04 |
2011-05-25 |
| 10. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
163.01 |
1.0755 |
0.1143 |
243 |
2 |
148.80 |
2012-03-07 |
| 11. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
159.43 |
0.9841 |
0.1772 |
263 |
2 |
152.69 |
2011-05-25 |
| 12. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
158.88 |
0.9933 |
0.1730 |
450 |
1 |
158.88 |
2011-05-25 |
| 13. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
158.50 |
1.0387 |
0.1216 |
333 |
1 |
158.50 |
2011-05-25 |
| 14. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
158.10 |
1.0736 |
0.0836 |
256 |
1 |
158.10 |
2012-03-07 |
| 15. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
157.83 |
0.9873 |
0.1744 |
396 |
1 |
157.83 |
2011-05-25 |
| 16. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
157.63 |
0.9704 |
0.1793 |
254 |
1 |
157.63 |
2011-05-25 |
| 17. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
157.57 |
1.0057 |
0.1465 |
382 |
1 |
157.57 |
2011-05-25 |
| 18. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
156.99 |
1.0960 |
0.0532 |
315 |
1 |
156.99 |
2011-05-25 |
| 19. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
156.81 |
0.9737 |
0.1727 |
237 |
3 |
130.91 |
2012-03-07 |
| 20. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
155.46 |
1.0669 |
0.0701 |
379 |
1 |
155.46 |
2011-05-25 |
| 21. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
154.76 |
0.9583 |
0.1709 |
237 |
1 |
154.76 |
2011-05-25 |
| 22. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
154.59 |
1.0472 |
0.0740 |
149 |
2 |
143.90 |
2011-05-25 |
| 23. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
154.07 |
0.9332 |
0.1904 |
267 |
1 |
154.07 |
2011-05-25 |
| 24. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
153.41 |
1.0698 |
0.0559 |
303 |
1 |
153.41 |
2012-03-07 |
| 25. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
152.48 |
1.0561 |
0.0540 |
227 |
2 |
144.04 |
2012-03-07 |
| 26. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
150.75 |
1.0287 |
0.0695 |
269 |
1 |
150.75 |
2011-05-25 |
| 27. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
150.61 |
1.0901 |
0.0102 |
288 |
1 |
150.61 |
2011-05-25 |
| 28. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
150.54 |
1.0743 |
0.0246 |
297 |
1 |
150.54 |
2011-05-25 |
| 29. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
150.42 |
1.0111 |
0.0980 |
452 |
1 |
150.42 |
2011-05-25 |
| 30. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
150.28 |
1.0461 |
0.0545 |
286 |
1 |
150.28 |
2011-05-25 |
| 31. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
150.12 |
0.9574 |
0.1405 |
354 |
2 |
132.71 |
2012-03-07 |
| 32. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
150.00 |
0.9145 |
0.1828 |
404 |
1 |
150.00 |
2011-05-25 |
| 33. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
149.57 |
1.0538 |
0.0491 |
367 |
1 |
149.57 |
2011-05-25 |
| 34. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
149.45 |
0.9918 |
0.1051 |
400 |
1 |
149.45 |
2011-05-25 |
| 35. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
149.30 |
1.0529 |
0.0384 |
373 |
1 |
149.30 |
2012-03-07 |
| 36. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
147.41 |
1.0125 |
0.0574 |
171 |
1 |
147.41 |
2011-05-25 |
| 37. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
145.10 |
0.9841 |
0.0705 |
217 |
1 |
145.10 |
2011-05-25 |
| 38. |
A total of twenty-five friends were headed from San Francisc... |
143.91 |
0.9046 |
0.1574 |
448 |
1 |
143.91 |
2011-05-25 |
| 39. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
143.91 |
0.9135 |
0.1444 |
393 |
1 |
143.91 |
2011-05-25 |
| 40. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
143.72 |
1.0267 |
0.0241 |
261 |
1 |
143.72 |
2011-05-25 |
| 41. |
I often see racers, particularly at the back of the pack in ... |
143.63 |
0.9960 |
0.0633 |
469 |
1 |
143.63 |
2012-03-07 |
| 42. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
143.56 |
1.0018 |
0.0451 |
246 |
1 |
143.56 |
2012-03-07 |
| 43. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
143.40 |
0.9817 |
0.0691 |
304 |
1 |
143.40 |
2012-03-07 |
| 44. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
143.37 |
0.9403 |
0.1136 |
307 |
1 |
143.37 |
2011-05-25 |
| 45. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
143.25 |
1.0791 |
-0.0295 |
259 |
1 |
143.25 |
2012-03-07 |
| 46. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
141.51 |
0.9926 |
0.0501 |
413 |
1 |
141.51 |
2011-05-25 |
| 47. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
141.37 |
0.9749 |
0.0647 |
337 |
1 |
141.37 |
2012-03-07 |
| 48. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
140.15 |
0.9338 |
0.0977 |
326 |
1 |
140.15 |
2011-05-25 |
| 49. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
139.83 |
1.0883 |
-0.0627 |
189 |
1 |
139.83 |
2011-05-25 |
| 50. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
139.44 |
1.0006 |
0.0158 |
311 |
1 |
139.44 |
2011-05-25 |
| 51. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
139.23 |
1.0412 |
-0.0214 |
205 |
2 |
128.69 |
2012-03-07 |
| 52. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
139.11 |
0.9727 |
0.0479 |
442 |
1 |
139.11 |
2011-05-25 |
| 53. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
138.76 |
1.0128 |
0.0054 |
369 |
1 |
138.76 |
2011-05-25 |
| 54. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
138.72 |
0.9987 |
0.0168 |
236 |
2 |
134.84 |
2011-05-25 |
| 55. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
138.60 |
0.9849 |
0.0265 |
337 |
1 |
138.60 |
2012-10-14 |
| 56. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
137.94 |
0.9332 |
0.0736 |
295 |
1 |
137.94 |
2011-05-25 |
| 57. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
137.70 |
0.9801 |
0.0317 |
282 |
1 |
137.70 |
2012-03-07 |
| 58. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
137.52 |
1.0333 |
-0.0361 |
176 |
1 |
137.52 |
2011-05-25 |
| 59. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
137.41 |
0.9824 |
0.0321 |
352 |
2 |
134.64 |
2011-05-25 |
| 60. |
Danger is a topic you're often asked about as a sprinter. Th... |
136.83 |
0.9591 |
0.0527 |
428 |
1 |
136.83 |
2012-03-07 |
| 61. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
136.05 |
0.9935 |
0.0002 |
217 |
1 |
136.05 |
2011-05-25 |
| 62. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
135.07 |
1.0543 |
-0.0733 |
182 |
1 |
135.07 |
2012-03-07 |
| 63. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
135.03 |
0.9377 |
0.0540 |
198 |
1 |
135.03 |
2012-03-07 |
| 64. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
134.27 |
1.0302 |
-0.0376 |
550 |
1 |
134.27 |
2012-03-07 |
| 65. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
132.38 |
0.9357 |
0.0267 |
204 |
1 |
132.38 |
2012-03-07 |
| 66. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
132.24 |
0.9434 |
0.0247 |
367 |
2 |
127.26 |
2012-03-07 |
| 67. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
132.06 |
1.0800 |
-0.1207 |
213 |
1 |
132.06 |
2012-03-07 |
| 68. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
131.61 |
1.0130 |
-0.0540 |
288 |
1 |
131.61 |
2012-10-14 |
| 69. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
131.25 |
0.9932 |
-0.0293 |
281 |
1 |
131.25 |
2011-05-25 |
| 70. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
131.24 |
1.0873 |
-0.1341 |
243 |
1 |
131.24 |
2012-03-07 |
| 71. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
131.04 |
0.8887 |
0.0800 |
464 |
1 |
131.04 |
2011-05-25 |
| 72. |
We might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been... |
130.97 |
0.9157 |
0.0511 |
353 |
1 |
130.97 |
2011-05-25 |
| 73. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
130.73 |
1.0362 |
-0.0774 |
437 |
1 |
130.73 |
2011-05-25 |
| 74. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
130.62 |
1.0227 |
-0.0649 |
378 |
1 |
130.62 |
2012-03-07 |
| 75. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
129.44 |
0.9682 |
-0.0148 |
341 |
1 |
129.44 |
2011-05-25 |
| 76. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
129.22 |
1.0144 |
-0.0719 |
162 |
1 |
129.22 |
2012-03-07 |
| 77. |
This business is filled to the brim with unrealistic people ... |
128.72 |
1.0052 |
-0.0561 |
400 |
1 |
128.72 |
2012-03-07 |
| 78. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
128.57 |
1.0414 |
-0.1057 |
234 |
1 |
128.57 |
2012-03-07 |
| 79. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
127.62 |
1.0194 |
-0.0918 |
224 |
1 |
127.62 |
2012-03-07 |
| 80. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
126.32 |
1.0144 |
-0.0813 |
356 |
1 |
126.32 |
2012-03-07 |
| 81. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
126.30 |
1.0616 |
-0.1347 |
304 |
2 |
123.98 |
2012-03-07 |
| 82. |
If you want to drive a race car well, whether to win an Indy... |
125.81 |
1.0228 |
-0.0933 |
405 |
1 |
125.81 |
2012-03-07 |
| 83. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
125.52 |
1.0521 |
-0.1434 |
197 |
2 |
123.58 |
2012-03-07 |
| 84. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
125.05 |
1.0450 |
-0.1289 |
358 |
1 |
125.05 |
2012-03-07 |
| 85. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
124.54 |
0.9330 |
-0.0142 |
341 |
1 |
124.54 |
2012-03-07 |
| 86. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
124.23 |
0.8787 |
0.0242 |
443 |
1 |
124.23 |
2011-05-25 |
| 87. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
123.98 |
1.0270 |
-0.1234 |
303 |
1 |
123.98 |
2012-03-07 |
| 88. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
122.42 |
0.8984 |
0.0010 |
267 |
1 |
122.42 |
2012-03-07 |
| 89. |
However, let us leave aside the philosophical, social, and e... |
122.31 |
0.9524 |
-0.0460 |
410 |
1 |
122.31 |
2011-05-25 |
| 90. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
120.70 |
0.9523 |
-0.0618 |
576 |
1 |
120.70 |
2012-03-07 |
| 91. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
120.44 |
0.9820 |
-0.0966 |
297 |
1 |
120.44 |
2011-05-25 |
| 92. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
120.42 |
1.0404 |
-0.1586 |
406 |
1 |
120.42 |
2012-03-07 |
| 93. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
120.25 |
1.0567 |
-0.1814 |
314 |
1 |
120.25 |
2012-03-07 |
| 94. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
120.01 |
0.9609 |
-0.0822 |
331 |
1 |
120.01 |
2011-05-25 |
| 95. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
119.48 |
1.0264 |
-0.1606 |
191 |
1 |
119.48 |
2012-03-07 |
| 96. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
118.20 |
1.0010 |
-0.1365 |
213 |
2 |
117.65 |
2012-03-07 |
| 97. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
117.98 |
0.8624 |
-0.0081 |
174 |
1 |
117.98 |
2012-03-07 |
| 98. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
117.93 |
0.9541 |
-0.0949 |
236 |
1 |
117.93 |
2011-05-25 |
| 99. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
117.75 |
0.9598 |
-0.1003 |
209 |
1 |
117.75 |
2011-05-25 |
| 100. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
117.26 |
1.0495 |
-0.1963 |
323 |
1 |
117.26 |
2012-03-07 |
| 101. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
115.41 |
0.8880 |
-0.0478 |
296 |
1 |
115.41 |
2011-05-25 |
| 102. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
115.08 |
0.9536 |
-0.1074 |
311 |
1 |
115.08 |
2012-03-07 |
| 103. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
114.56 |
1.0060 |
-0.1714 |
225 |
1 |
114.56 |
2012-03-07 |
| 104. |
While it may hold true that the final few seconds of a bike ... |
114.08 |
0.8375 |
-0.0019 |
224 |
1 |
114.08 |
2011-05-24 |
| 105. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
112.57 |
0.8172 |
-0.0022 |
204 |
1 |
112.57 |
2011-05-25 |
| 106. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
112.05 |
1.0419 |
-0.2233 |
341 |
1 |
112.05 |
2012-03-07 |
| 107. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
111.04 |
1.0165 |
-0.2092 |
316 |
1 |
111.04 |
2012-03-07 |
| 108. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
110.10 |
0.9869 |
-0.1893 |
193 |
1 |
110.10 |
2011-05-25 |
| 109. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. The work was generall... |
109.07 |
0.9692 |
-0.1593 |
405 |
1 |
109.07 |
2012-03-07 |
| 110. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
108.50 |
0.9114 |
-0.1144 |
399 |
1 |
108.50 |
2012-03-07 |
| 111. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
107.94 |
0.7923 |
-0.0063 |
316 |
1 |
107.94 |
2011-05-25 |
| 112. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
107.57 |
1.0279 |
-0.2510 |
172 |
1 |
107.57 |
2012-03-07 |
| 113. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
104.74 |
1.0125 |
-0.2521 |
232 |
1 |
104.74 |
2012-03-07 |
| 114. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
97.14 |
0.9068 |
-0.2025 |
212 |
1 |
97.14 |
2012-03-07 |
| 115. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
95.32 |
0.9889 |
-0.2829 |
429 |
1 |
95.32 |
2012-03-07 |
| 116. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
85.41 |
0.9807 |
-0.3722 |
129 |
1 |
85.41 |
2012-03-07 |