| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
96.07 |
1.0561 |
0.2144 |
227 |
1 |
96.07 |
2010-03-06 |
| 2. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
94.31 |
1.0667 |
0.1925 |
308 |
2 |
88.46 |
2010-03-06 |
| 3. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
92.96 |
1.0115 |
0.2142 |
189 |
1 |
92.96 |
2010-03-07 |
| 4. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
92.18 |
1.0576 |
0.1600 |
231 |
1 |
92.18 |
2010-03-06 |
| 5. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
91.34 |
1.0268 |
0.1759 |
179 |
1 |
91.34 |
2010-03-05 |
| 6. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
91.11 |
1.1093 |
0.0915 |
220 |
2 |
88.86 |
2010-03-05 |
| 7. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
89.96 |
1.0060 |
0.1863 |
260 |
2 |
82.98 |
2010-03-06 |
| 8. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
89.95 |
0.9745 |
0.2185 |
388 |
3 |
80.94 |
2010-03-05 |
| 9. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
89.22 |
1.0511 |
0.1318 |
252 |
2 |
84.26 |
2010-03-06 |
| 10. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
89.19 |
1.0291 |
0.1495 |
240 |
2 |
81.50 |
2010-03-06 |
| 11. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
88.96 |
1.0654 |
0.1097 |
247 |
1 |
88.96 |
2010-03-06 |
| 12. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
88.81 |
1.0800 |
0.0887 |
129 |
1 |
88.81 |
2010-03-06 |
| 13. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
88.37 |
1.0669 |
0.1057 |
379 |
1 |
88.37 |
2010-03-05 |
| 14. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
85.79 |
1.0845 |
0.0500 |
212 |
2 |
77.26 |
2010-04-17 |
| 15. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
85.24 |
1.0414 |
0.0859 |
234 |
1 |
85.24 |
2010-03-05 |
| 16. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
85.07 |
1.0615 |
0.0614 |
201 |
2 |
72.89 |
2010-03-05 |
| 17. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
84.94 |
1.0524 |
0.0699 |
177 |
1 |
84.94 |
2010-03-06 |
| 18. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
83.82 |
0.9909 |
0.1227 |
293 |
1 |
83.82 |
2010-03-06 |
| 19. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
83.74 |
1.0059 |
0.1032 |
283 |
1 |
83.74 |
2010-03-06 |
| 20. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
83.36 |
1.0288 |
0.0696 |
166 |
5 |
72.10 |
2010-04-17 |
| 21. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
82.47 |
1.0672 |
0.0228 |
239 |
1 |
82.47 |
2010-03-06 |
| 22. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
82.21 |
0.9991 |
0.0883 |
339 |
1 |
82.21 |
2010-03-06 |
| 23. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
82.00 |
1.0676 |
0.0222 |
456 |
2 |
80.81 |
2010-04-17 |
| 24. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
81.59 |
1.0743 |
0.0061 |
297 |
1 |
81.59 |
2010-03-06 |
| 25. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
81.13 |
1.0144 |
0.0718 |
356 |
1 |
81.13 |
2010-03-05 |
| 26. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
81.01 |
1.0509 |
0.0348 |
430 |
1 |
81.01 |
2010-03-05 |
| 27. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
80.54 |
1.0197 |
0.0442 |
204 |
2 |
78.18 |
2010-04-17 |
| 28. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
80.23 |
1.0543 |
0.0095 |
360 |
1 |
80.23 |
2010-03-05 |
| 29. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
80.18 |
1.0960 |
-0.0312 |
315 |
1 |
80.18 |
2010-04-17 |
| 30. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
79.99 |
0.9952 |
0.0655 |
220 |
1 |
79.99 |
2010-03-06 |
| 31. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
79.73 |
1.0800 |
-0.0282 |
213 |
1 |
79.73 |
2010-03-07 |
| 32. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
79.56 |
1.0095 |
0.0417 |
211 |
1 |
79.56 |
2010-03-06 |
| 33. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
79.49 |
0.9244 |
0.1325 |
225 |
1 |
79.49 |
2010-03-06 |
| 34. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
79.45 |
1.0057 |
0.0482 |
382 |
2 |
77.98 |
2010-03-05 |
| 35. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
79.42 |
1.0304 |
0.0176 |
256 |
1 |
79.42 |
2010-03-05 |
| 36. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
78.98 |
0.9842 |
0.0628 |
335 |
1 |
78.98 |
2010-03-05 |
| 37. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
78.29 |
1.0165 |
0.0185 |
316 |
2 |
75.20 |
2010-03-05 |
| 38. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
78.24 |
0.9809 |
0.0620 |
250 |
1 |
78.24 |
2010-03-05 |
| 39. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
78.21 |
1.0287 |
0.0050 |
269 |
2 |
75.86 |
2010-03-07 |
| 40. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
78.05 |
1.0529 |
-0.0180 |
373 |
1 |
78.05 |
2010-04-17 |
| 41. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
77.53 |
1.0264 |
-0.0049 |
191 |
1 |
77.53 |
2010-03-06 |
| 42. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
77.38 |
0.9704 |
0.0530 |
254 |
2 |
69.85 |
2010-03-05 |
| 43. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
77.35 |
0.9258 |
0.1021 |
184 |
1 |
77.35 |
2010-03-06 |
| 44. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
77.33 |
0.9583 |
0.0650 |
237 |
1 |
77.33 |
2010-03-05 |
| 45. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
77.20 |
1.0265 |
-0.0016 |
375 |
2 |
73.53 |
2010-03-06 |
| 46. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
76.45 |
0.9703 |
0.0472 |
394 |
1 |
76.45 |
2010-03-07 |
| 47. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
76.41 |
0.9561 |
0.0563 |
362 |
1 |
76.41 |
2010-03-05 |
| 48. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
76.26 |
0.9927 |
0.0166 |
276 |
2 |
75.36 |
2010-04-17 |
| 49. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
76.17 |
1.0419 |
-0.0314 |
341 |
1 |
76.17 |
2010-03-05 |
| 50. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
76.10 |
1.0464 |
-0.0350 |
294 |
1 |
76.10 |
2010-03-05 |
| 51. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
76.03 |
0.9974 |
0.0043 |
163 |
2 |
68.89 |
2010-04-17 |
| 52. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
75.82 |
0.9915 |
0.0105 |
281 |
3 |
71.68 |
2010-04-17 |
| 53. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
75.80 |
0.9404 |
0.0716 |
383 |
2 |
74.25 |
2010-03-06 |
| 54. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
75.52 |
0.9817 |
0.0225 |
304 |
1 |
75.52 |
2010-04-17 |
| 55. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
75.52 |
0.9029 |
0.0986 |
393 |
1 |
75.52 |
2010-03-06 |
| 56. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
75.35 |
0.9698 |
0.0317 |
389 |
2 |
72.81 |
2010-04-17 |
| 57. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
75.34 |
1.0060 |
-0.0028 |
244 |
1 |
75.34 |
2010-03-06 |
| 58. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
75.07 |
1.0567 |
-0.0643 |
314 |
1 |
75.07 |
2010-03-05 |
| 59. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
74.91 |
1.0600 |
-0.0690 |
351 |
1 |
74.91 |
2010-04-17 |
| 60. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
74.64 |
0.9346 |
0.0497 |
211 |
1 |
74.64 |
2010-03-06 |
| 61. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
74.63 |
1.0188 |
-0.0225 |
316 |
1 |
74.63 |
2010-03-05 |
| 62. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
74.44 |
0.8666 |
0.1151 |
206 |
2 |
70.00 |
2010-03-06 |
| 63. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
74.28 |
1.0427 |
-0.0596 |
269 |
1 |
74.28 |
2010-03-05 |
| 64. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
73.85 |
0.9762 |
0.0003 |
249 |
1 |
73.85 |
2010-04-17 |
| 65. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
73.74 |
0.9228 |
0.0566 |
305 |
1 |
73.74 |
2010-03-06 |
| 66. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
73.34 |
0.9183 |
0.0483 |
252 |
2 |
71.95 |
2010-04-17 |
| 67. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
73.30 |
1.0004 |
-0.0283 |
373 |
2 |
58.32 |
2010-03-05 |
| 68. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
72.96 |
0.9594 |
0.0037 |
258 |
1 |
72.96 |
2010-03-05 |
| 69. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
72.92 |
1.0404 |
-0.0715 |
406 |
1 |
72.92 |
2010-04-17 |
| 70. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
72.72 |
0.9836 |
-0.0218 |
289 |
1 |
72.72 |
2010-03-05 |
| 71. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
72.17 |
0.9839 |
-0.0299 |
308 |
1 |
72.17 |
2010-03-05 |
| 72. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
71.75 |
0.9885 |
-0.0397 |
355 |
1 |
71.75 |
2010-03-05 |
| 73. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
71.14 |
0.9392 |
0.0073 |
360 |
1 |
71.14 |
2010-03-05 |
| 74. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
71.02 |
0.9885 |
-0.0429 |
469 |
1 |
71.02 |
2010-04-17 |
| 75. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
70.69 |
0.9517 |
-0.0182 |
276 |
1 |
70.69 |
2010-03-05 |
| 76. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
70.38 |
0.9357 |
-0.0073 |
204 |
2 |
70.34 |
2010-03-06 |
| 77. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
70.11 |
0.8936 |
0.0320 |
346 |
1 |
70.11 |
2010-04-17 |
| 78. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
69.69 |
1.0521 |
-0.1364 |
197 |
1 |
69.69 |
2010-03-05 |
| 79. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
69.42 |
0.9027 |
0.0115 |
189 |
2 |
64.78 |
2010-03-05 |
| 80. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
69.40 |
1.0192 |
-0.0966 |
243 |
1 |
69.40 |
2010-03-05 |
| 81. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
69.30 |
0.9833 |
-0.0648 |
387 |
2 |
68.26 |
2010-03-05 |
| 82. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
69.24 |
0.9206 |
-0.0047 |
317 |
1 |
69.24 |
2010-04-17 |
| 83. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
69.01 |
1.0540 |
-0.1467 |
184 |
1 |
69.01 |
2010-03-06 |
| 84. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
68.82 |
0.8964 |
0.0104 |
199 |
1 |
68.82 |
2010-04-17 |
| 85. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
68.67 |
1.0617 |
-0.1560 |
171 |
2 |
68.52 |
2010-03-05 |
| 86. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
68.65 |
0.9434 |
-0.0318 |
367 |
1 |
68.65 |
2010-03-05 |
| 87. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
68.46 |
0.9603 |
-0.0502 |
430 |
1 |
68.46 |
2010-04-17 |
| 88. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
67.92 |
1.0585 |
-0.1579 |
226 |
1 |
67.92 |
2010-03-05 |
| 89. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
67.83 |
0.8656 |
0.0320 |
242 |
1 |
67.83 |
2010-03-05 |
| 90. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
67.78 |
0.9114 |
-0.0083 |
399 |
3 |
66.83 |
2010-03-05 |
| 91. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
67.74 |
1.0877 |
-0.1959 |
129 |
1 |
67.74 |
2010-03-06 |
| 92. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
67.10 |
0.9726 |
-0.0808 |
396 |
1 |
67.10 |
2010-04-17 |
| 93. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
67.04 |
0.9402 |
-0.0562 |
310 |
1 |
67.04 |
2010-03-06 |
| 94. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
67.02 |
0.9543 |
-0.0617 |
265 |
1 |
67.02 |
2010-04-17 |
| 95. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
66.94 |
0.9480 |
-0.0620 |
297 |
1 |
66.94 |
2010-03-05 |
| 96. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
66.90 |
0.9284 |
-0.0406 |
346 |
1 |
66.90 |
2010-03-05 |
| 97. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
66.83 |
0.8913 |
-0.0066 |
201 |
1 |
66.83 |
2010-03-05 |
| 98. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
66.47 |
0.9309 |
-0.0426 |
376 |
1 |
66.47 |
2010-03-05 |
| 99. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
66.40 |
0.9930 |
-0.1066 |
350 |
1 |
66.40 |
2010-03-05 |
| 100. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
64.87 |
1.0103 |
-0.1588 |
209 |
1 |
64.87 |
2010-04-17 |
| 101. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
64.71 |
0.9740 |
-0.1157 |
371 |
1 |
64.71 |
2010-04-17 |
| 102. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
64.08 |
0.9709 |
-0.1256 |
264 |
1 |
64.08 |
2010-03-05 |
| 103. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
64.04 |
0.8794 |
-0.0269 |
427 |
1 |
64.04 |
2010-03-05 |
| 104. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
64.03 |
1.0582 |
-0.2154 |
180 |
1 |
64.03 |
2010-03-06 |
| 105. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
63.65 |
1.0418 |
-0.2003 |
214 |
1 |
63.65 |
2010-03-05 |
| 106. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
62.58 |
0.9849 |
-0.1572 |
337 |
1 |
62.58 |
2010-03-05 |
| 107. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
62.04 |
0.9143 |
-0.0939 |
300 |
1 |
62.04 |
2010-03-05 |
| 108. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
58.03 |
0.9377 |
-0.1641 |
198 |
1 |
58.03 |
2010-03-07 |
| 109. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
57.23 |
1.0035 |
-0.2474 |
310 |
1 |
57.23 |
2010-03-05 |
| 110. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
56.72 |
0.9271 |
-0.1790 |
295 |
1 |
56.72 |
2010-03-05 |
| 111. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
54.47 |
0.9503 |
-0.2381 |
211 |
1 |
54.47 |
2010-03-05 |
| 112. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
53.48 |
0.8437 |
-0.1388 |
268 |
1 |
53.48 |
2010-03-05 |