| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
157.46 |
1.0873 |
0.1833 |
243 |
2 |
143.51 |
2011-11-25 |
| 2. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
154.63 |
1.0698 |
0.1877 |
303 |
1 |
154.63 |
2011-11-25 |
| 3. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
153.58 |
1.0617 |
0.1784 |
171 |
1 |
153.58 |
2011-11-25 |
| 4. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
151.74 |
1.0471 |
0.1922 |
406 |
1 |
151.74 |
2011-11-25 |
| 5. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
150.78 |
1.0131 |
0.2096 |
245 |
1 |
150.78 |
2011-11-25 |
| 6. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
150.68 |
1.0865 |
0.1318 |
237 |
2 |
150.62 |
2011-11-25 |
| 7. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
148.57 |
1.0588 |
0.1426 |
281 |
1 |
148.57 |
2011-11-25 |
| 8. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
148.05 |
1.0881 |
0.1051 |
210 |
1 |
148.05 |
2011-11-25 |
| 9. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
146.98 |
1.0616 |
0.1337 |
304 |
1 |
146.98 |
2011-11-25 |
| 10. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
146.22 |
1.0351 |
0.1510 |
276 |
2 |
117.27 |
2012-02-28 |
| 11. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
144.79 |
1.0601 |
0.1073 |
256 |
1 |
144.79 |
2011-11-25 |
| 12. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
140.77 |
1.0315 |
0.1059 |
193 |
1 |
140.77 |
2011-11-25 |
| 13. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
140.69 |
1.0562 |
0.0863 |
360 |
1 |
140.69 |
2011-11-25 |
| 14. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
140.25 |
1.0567 |
0.0767 |
314 |
1 |
140.25 |
2011-11-25 |
| 15. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
138.88 |
1.0501 |
0.0732 |
263 |
1 |
138.88 |
2011-11-25 |
| 16. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
137.75 |
1.0333 |
0.0750 |
176 |
1 |
137.75 |
2011-11-25 |
| 17. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
137.28 |
1.0524 |
0.0553 |
177 |
1 |
137.28 |
2011-11-25 |
| 18. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
137.06 |
1.0697 |
0.0475 |
341 |
2 |
135.96 |
2011-11-25 |
| 19. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
135.59 |
1.0320 |
0.0698 |
401 |
1 |
135.59 |
2011-11-25 |
| 20. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
134.88 |
1.0755 |
0.0151 |
243 |
1 |
134.88 |
2011-11-25 |
| 21. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
134.74 |
1.0403 |
0.0469 |
234 |
2 |
120.87 |
2011-11-25 |
| 22. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
133.99 |
1.0060 |
0.0775 |
225 |
1 |
133.99 |
2011-11-25 |
| 23. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
133.93 |
1.0736 |
0.0113 |
350 |
1 |
133.93 |
2011-11-25 |
| 24. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
133.49 |
1.0857 |
0.0055 |
393 |
1 |
133.49 |
2011-11-25 |
| 25. |
Right, I am going to tell you how this works. You're going i... |
133.36 |
1.0444 |
0.0465 |
487 |
1 |
133.36 |
2011-11-25 |
| 26. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
132.89 |
1.0036 |
0.0713 |
277 |
1 |
132.89 |
2011-11-25 |
| 27. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
132.82 |
0.9736 |
0.1068 |
378 |
1 |
132.82 |
2011-11-25 |
| 28. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
132.82 |
1.1070 |
-0.0348 |
265 |
1 |
132.82 |
2011-11-25 |
| 29. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
132.18 |
1.0199 |
0.0444 |
225 |
1 |
132.18 |
2011-11-25 |
| 30. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
131.09 |
1.0511 |
0.0099 |
252 |
1 |
131.09 |
2011-11-25 |
| 31. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
129.53 |
1.0387 |
0.0121 |
333 |
1 |
129.53 |
2011-11-25 |
| 32. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
129.44 |
0.9756 |
0.0695 |
223 |
1 |
129.44 |
2011-11-25 |
| 33. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
129.31 |
0.9680 |
0.0769 |
256 |
1 |
129.31 |
2011-11-25 |
| 34. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
129.12 |
0.9594 |
0.0820 |
258 |
2 |
118.91 |
2011-11-25 |
| 35. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
129.04 |
1.0791 |
-0.0312 |
259 |
1 |
129.04 |
2012-02-28 |
| 36. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
129.01 |
0.9809 |
0.0575 |
209 |
2 |
119.66 |
2011-11-25 |
| 37. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
128.60 |
0.9765 |
0.0618 |
269 |
1 |
128.60 |
2011-11-25 |
| 38. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
128.57 |
1.0399 |
0.0038 |
257 |
2 |
124.26 |
2011-11-25 |
| 39. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
128.25 |
1.0960 |
-0.0557 |
315 |
1 |
128.25 |
2011-11-25 |
| 40. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
128.06 |
0.9889 |
0.0589 |
429 |
1 |
128.06 |
2011-11-25 |
| 41. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
127.83 |
0.9631 |
0.0691 |
273 |
1 |
127.83 |
2011-11-25 |
| 42. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
127.75 |
1.0253 |
0.0098 |
337 |
1 |
127.75 |
2011-11-25 |
| 43. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
127.61 |
0.9561 |
0.0765 |
362 |
1 |
127.61 |
2011-11-25 |
| 44. |
I often see racers, particularly at the back of the pack in ... |
127.50 |
0.9960 |
0.0463 |
469 |
1 |
127.50 |
2011-11-25 |
| 45. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
127.21 |
1.0408 |
-0.0057 |
257 |
1 |
127.21 |
2011-11-25 |
| 46. |
The idea of "Mr. Right" has been passed down over the genera... |
127.09 |
0.9630 |
0.0771 |
379 |
1 |
127.09 |
2011-11-25 |
| 47. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
126.79 |
1.0272 |
-0.0050 |
226 |
1 |
126.79 |
2011-11-25 |
| 48. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
126.06 |
1.0615 |
-0.0461 |
201 |
1 |
126.06 |
2011-11-25 |
| 49. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
125.66 |
1.0877 |
-0.0760 |
129 |
1 |
125.66 |
2011-11-25 |
| 50. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
125.43 |
1.0867 |
-0.0779 |
171 |
2 |
112.96 |
2011-11-25 |
| 51. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
125.41 |
0.9673 |
0.0480 |
292 |
3 |
114.97 |
2011-11-25 |
| 52. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
125.35 |
0.9644 |
0.0513 |
398 |
2 |
116.21 |
2011-11-25 |
| 53. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
125.22 |
0.9713 |
0.0388 |
193 |
1 |
125.22 |
2011-11-25 |
| 54. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
125.10 |
0.9583 |
0.0528 |
237 |
1 |
125.10 |
2011-11-25 |
| 55. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
124.52 |
0.9917 |
0.0162 |
317 |
2 |
122.00 |
2011-11-25 |
| 56. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
124.23 |
0.9918 |
0.0188 |
400 |
1 |
124.23 |
2011-11-25 |
| 57. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
124.13 |
0.9884 |
0.0168 |
267 |
1 |
124.13 |
2011-11-25 |
| 58. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
123.93 |
0.9403 |
0.0694 |
307 |
1 |
123.93 |
2011-11-25 |
| 59. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
123.60 |
0.8936 |
0.1037 |
346 |
1 |
123.60 |
2011-11-25 |
| 60. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
123.07 |
0.9949 |
0.0096 |
304 |
1 |
123.07 |
2011-11-25 |
| 61. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
122.68 |
0.9749 |
0.0251 |
337 |
2 |
119.05 |
2011-11-25 |
| 62. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
122.61 |
0.9740 |
0.0196 |
371 |
2 |
120.69 |
2011-11-25 |
| 63. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
122.52 |
1.0165 |
-0.0277 |
316 |
1 |
122.52 |
2011-11-25 |
| 64. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
122.49 |
0.9952 |
-0.0035 |
220 |
1 |
122.49 |
2011-11-25 |
| 65. |
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the ju... |
122.02 |
1.0230 |
-0.0359 |
200 |
1 |
122.02 |
2011-11-25 |
| 66. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
121.60 |
1.0279 |
-0.0515 |
172 |
1 |
121.60 |
2011-11-25 |
| 67. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
121.45 |
0.9339 |
0.0528 |
317 |
2 |
115.58 |
2011-11-25 |
| 68. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
121.45 |
0.9068 |
0.0722 |
212 |
1 |
121.45 |
2011-11-25 |
| 69. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
121.18 |
1.0481 |
-0.0771 |
255 |
1 |
121.18 |
2011-11-25 |
| 70. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
121.07 |
1.1095 |
-0.1294 |
252 |
1 |
121.07 |
2011-11-25 |
| 71. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
120.66 |
0.8787 |
0.0939 |
443 |
1 |
120.66 |
2011-11-25 |
| 72. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
120.59 |
0.9258 |
0.0527 |
184 |
2 |
109.04 |
2011-11-25 |
| 73. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
120.50 |
0.9922 |
-0.0184 |
264 |
1 |
120.50 |
2011-11-25 |
| 74. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
120.45 |
0.9271 |
0.0453 |
295 |
1 |
120.45 |
2011-11-25 |
| 75. |
Races are not won in the first corner; however, they are oft... |
120.23 |
1.0346 |
-0.0544 |
326 |
1 |
120.23 |
2011-11-25 |
| 76. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
120.15 |
0.8974 |
0.0848 |
365 |
2 |
115.93 |
2011-11-25 |
| 77. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
120.10 |
0.9709 |
-0.0023 |
264 |
1 |
120.10 |
2011-11-25 |
| 78. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
119.87 |
1.0250 |
-0.0540 |
271 |
1 |
119.87 |
2011-11-25 |
| 79. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
119.83 |
0.9402 |
0.0256 |
310 |
1 |
119.83 |
2011-11-25 |
| 80. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
119.75 |
0.9931 |
-0.0299 |
218 |
1 |
119.75 |
2011-11-25 |
| 81. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
119.37 |
0.9833 |
-0.0169 |
387 |
1 |
119.37 |
2011-11-26 |
| 82. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
119.35 |
1.0543 |
-0.0882 |
360 |
1 |
119.35 |
2011-11-25 |
| 83. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
118.67 |
0.9636 |
-0.0067 |
281 |
1 |
118.67 |
2011-11-25 |
| 84. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
118.39 |
0.9650 |
-0.0063 |
347 |
1 |
118.39 |
2011-11-25 |
| 85. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
118.16 |
0.9957 |
-0.0375 |
323 |
1 |
118.16 |
2011-11-25 |
| 86. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
117.87 |
0.9864 |
-0.0308 |
292 |
2 |
116.61 |
2011-11-25 |
| 87. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
117.62 |
0.9523 |
0.0091 |
576 |
1 |
117.62 |
2011-11-25 |
| 88. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
117.24 |
1.0404 |
-0.0888 |
406 |
1 |
117.24 |
2011-11-25 |
| 89. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
116.61 |
0.8437 |
0.0972 |
268 |
2 |
104.61 |
2011-11-25 |
| 90. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
116.19 |
0.9989 |
-0.0537 |
282 |
1 |
116.19 |
2011-11-25 |
| 91. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
116.08 |
0.8955 |
0.0517 |
436 |
1 |
116.08 |
2011-11-25 |
| 92. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
115.95 |
1.0006 |
-0.0644 |
311 |
1 |
115.95 |
2011-11-25 |
| 93. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
115.88 |
1.0208 |
-0.0853 |
231 |
1 |
115.88 |
2011-11-25 |
| 94. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
115.53 |
0.9425 |
-0.0090 |
248 |
1 |
115.53 |
2011-11-25 |
| 95. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
115.34 |
0.9726 |
-0.0362 |
396 |
1 |
115.34 |
2011-11-25 |
| 96. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
113.37 |
0.9352 |
-0.0211 |
194 |
1 |
113.37 |
2011-11-25 |
| 97. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
113.31 |
0.9451 |
-0.0225 |
419 |
1 |
113.31 |
2011-11-25 |
| 98. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
113.22 |
0.8964 |
0.0147 |
199 |
1 |
113.22 |
2011-11-25 |
| 99. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
113.12 |
0.9265 |
-0.0144 |
254 |
1 |
113.12 |
2011-11-25 |
| 100. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
112.95 |
0.9869 |
-0.0787 |
193 |
1 |
112.95 |
2011-11-25 |
| 101. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
112.93 |
0.9909 |
-0.0754 |
334 |
1 |
112.93 |
2011-11-25 |
| 102. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
112.75 |
0.9114 |
0.0063 |
399 |
1 |
112.75 |
2011-11-25 |
| 103. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
111.78 |
0.9503 |
-0.0547 |
211 |
1 |
111.78 |
2011-11-25 |
| 104. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
111.19 |
0.9228 |
-0.0208 |
305 |
1 |
111.19 |
2011-11-25 |
| 105. |
However, let us leave aside the philosophical, social, and e... |
110.71 |
0.9524 |
-0.0431 |
410 |
1 |
110.71 |
2011-11-25 |
| 106. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
110.13 |
0.9011 |
-0.0090 |
322 |
1 |
110.13 |
2011-11-25 |
| 107. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
108.63 |
1.0267 |
-0.1469 |
261 |
1 |
108.63 |
2011-11-25 |
| 108. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
108.43 |
0.9206 |
-0.0450 |
317 |
1 |
108.43 |
2011-11-25 |
| 109. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
108.37 |
0.9135 |
-0.0301 |
393 |
1 |
108.37 |
2011-11-25 |
| 110. |
Finally, gentlemen, there are people with an hereditary anim... |
108.26 |
0.9346 |
-0.0501 |
471 |
1 |
108.26 |
2011-11-25 |
| 111. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
106.95 |
1.0144 |
-0.1503 |
162 |
1 |
106.95 |
2012-02-28 |
| 112. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
106.01 |
0.8172 |
0.0339 |
204 |
1 |
106.01 |
2011-11-25 |
| 113. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
105.98 |
0.9338 |
-0.0687 |
326 |
1 |
105.98 |
2011-11-25 |
| 114. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
105.82 |
0.9119 |
-0.0537 |
396 |
1 |
105.82 |
2011-11-25 |
| 115. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
105.71 |
1.0419 |
-0.1858 |
341 |
1 |
105.71 |
2011-11-25 |
| 116. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
105.45 |
0.9108 |
-0.0600 |
235 |
1 |
105.45 |
2011-11-25 |
| 117. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
104.13 |
1.0197 |
-0.1814 |
204 |
1 |
104.13 |
2011-11-25 |
| 118. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
103.70 |
0.9604 |
-0.1259 |
285 |
1 |
103.70 |
2011-11-25 |
| 119. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
102.28 |
0.9804 |
-0.1551 |
227 |
1 |
102.28 |
2012-02-28 |
| 120. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
101.56 |
0.9330 |
-0.1021 |
341 |
1 |
101.56 |
2011-11-25 |
| 121. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
99.16 |
0.9357 |
-0.1382 |
204 |
1 |
99.16 |
2011-11-25 |
| 122. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
97.64 |
0.9269 |
-0.1316 |
269 |
1 |
97.64 |
2011-11-25 |
| 123. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
97.53 |
0.9422 |
-0.1608 |
190 |
1 |
97.53 |
2011-11-25 |
| 124. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
97.22 |
0.8328 |
-0.0452 |
343 |
1 |
97.22 |
2011-11-25 |
| 125. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
95.53 |
0.9706 |
-0.1887 |
353 |
1 |
95.53 |
2012-02-28 |
| 126. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
89.16 |
0.9536 |
-0.2266 |
311 |
1 |
89.16 |
2011-11-25 |