| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
137.93 |
1.1198 |
0.0716 |
247 |
1 |
137.93 |
2010-03-10 |
| 2. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
123.64 |
1.1086 |
-0.0400 |
233 |
1 |
123.64 |
2010-12-10 |
| 3. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
133.46 |
1.0867 |
0.0624 |
171 |
1 |
133.46 |
2010-03-11 |
| 4. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
126.67 |
1.0800 |
0.0075 |
129 |
1 |
126.67 |
2010-03-31 |
| 5. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
102.38 |
1.0800 |
-0.1994 |
213 |
1 |
102.38 |
2010-03-24 |
| 6. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
132.58 |
1.0777 |
0.0661 |
226 |
2 |
125.69 |
2010-12-10 |
| 7. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
131.36 |
1.0736 |
0.0643 |
350 |
1 |
131.36 |
2010-03-10 |
| 8. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
131.31 |
1.0697 |
0.0745 |
341 |
1 |
131.31 |
2010-12-10 |
| 9. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
136.82 |
1.0654 |
0.1148 |
247 |
1 |
136.82 |
2010-03-11 |
| 10. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
116.03 |
1.0638 |
-0.0637 |
247 |
1 |
116.03 |
2010-03-10 |
| 11. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
135.01 |
1.0628 |
0.1062 |
363 |
1 |
135.01 |
2010-12-13 |
| 12. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
131.06 |
1.0607 |
0.0748 |
357 |
1 |
131.06 |
2010-03-11 |
| 13. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
134.65 |
1.0601 |
0.1006 |
256 |
2 |
129.88 |
2010-03-29 |
| 14. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
121.08 |
1.0582 |
-0.0153 |
180 |
1 |
121.08 |
2010-12-10 |
| 15. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
117.96 |
1.0576 |
-0.0416 |
231 |
1 |
117.96 |
2010-03-11 |
| 16. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
106.98 |
1.0557 |
-0.1311 |
289 |
1 |
106.98 |
2010-03-31 |
| 17. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
105.29 |
1.0543 |
-0.1489 |
182 |
1 |
105.29 |
2010-03-31 |
| 18. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
120.81 |
1.0543 |
-0.0084 |
360 |
1 |
120.81 |
2010-03-25 |
| 19. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
134.70 |
1.0529 |
0.1140 |
373 |
2 |
120.52 |
2010-03-31 |
| 20. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
106.88 |
1.0521 |
-0.1351 |
197 |
1 |
106.88 |
2010-03-31 |
| 21. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
106.53 |
1.0511 |
-0.1298 |
252 |
1 |
106.53 |
2010-03-31 |
| 22. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
99.03 |
1.0493 |
-0.1881 |
264 |
1 |
99.03 |
2010-03-29 |
| 23. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
132.36 |
1.0479 |
0.0945 |
205 |
1 |
132.36 |
2010-03-11 |
| 24. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
131.80 |
1.0427 |
0.0973 |
269 |
1 |
131.80 |
2010-03-29 |
| 25. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
104.64 |
1.0426 |
-0.1435 |
131 |
1 |
104.64 |
2010-03-29 |
| 26. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
114.33 |
1.0418 |
-0.0537 |
214 |
1 |
114.33 |
2010-12-10 |
| 27. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
143.00 |
1.0411 |
0.1971 |
341 |
2 |
123.86 |
2010-03-11 |
| 28. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
121.03 |
1.0404 |
0.0100 |
406 |
2 |
113.62 |
2010-12-10 |
| 29. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
115.19 |
1.0403 |
-0.0472 |
234 |
2 |
108.81 |
2010-03-25 |
| 30. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
97.17 |
1.0387 |
-0.1963 |
333 |
1 |
97.17 |
2010-03-10 |
| 31. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
103.49 |
1.0370 |
-0.1441 |
262 |
1 |
103.49 |
2010-03-10 |
| 32. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
127.48 |
1.0338 |
0.0731 |
277 |
2 |
119.21 |
2011-06-06 |
| 33. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
132.10 |
1.0288 |
0.1082 |
166 |
2 |
118.96 |
2010-12-10 |
| 34. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
72.03 |
1.0279 |
-0.4139 |
172 |
1 |
72.03 |
2010-03-10 |
| 35. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
104.26 |
1.0270 |
-0.1266 |
303 |
1 |
104.26 |
2010-03-10 |
| 36. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
136.55 |
1.0253 |
0.1581 |
337 |
1 |
136.55 |
2010-03-11 |
| 37. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
136.36 |
1.0227 |
0.1621 |
378 |
1 |
136.36 |
2010-03-11 |
| 38. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
95.69 |
1.0197 |
-0.1962 |
204 |
1 |
95.69 |
2010-03-29 |
| 39. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
117.77 |
1.0139 |
0.0163 |
349 |
1 |
117.77 |
2010-12-14 |
| 40. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
124.79 |
1.0130 |
0.0653 |
288 |
1 |
124.79 |
2010-03-10 |
| 41. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
136.45 |
1.0125 |
0.1621 |
171 |
1 |
136.45 |
2011-07-15 |
| 42. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
130.35 |
1.0124 |
0.1194 |
275 |
1 |
130.35 |
2010-12-14 |
| 43. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
122.23 |
1.0111 |
0.0570 |
452 |
1 |
122.23 |
2010-03-11 |
| 44. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
100.23 |
1.0095 |
-0.1461 |
211 |
1 |
100.23 |
2010-03-31 |
| 45. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
124.18 |
1.0086 |
0.0600 |
218 |
1 |
124.18 |
2010-03-29 |
| 46. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
117.62 |
1.0082 |
0.0027 |
212 |
2 |
117.02 |
2010-12-10 |
| 47. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
82.10 |
1.0060 |
-0.2981 |
225 |
1 |
82.10 |
2010-03-10 |
| 48. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
118.76 |
1.0039 |
0.0281 |
255 |
1 |
118.76 |
2010-03-11 |
| 49. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
117.44 |
1.0033 |
0.0113 |
203 |
1 |
117.44 |
2010-12-10 |
| 50. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
125.50 |
1.0018 |
0.0829 |
246 |
1 |
125.50 |
2010-03-11 |
| 51. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
126.46 |
1.0016 |
0.0895 |
217 |
1 |
126.46 |
2010-12-10 |
| 52. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
114.17 |
1.0010 |
-0.0112 |
213 |
1 |
114.17 |
2010-12-10 |
| 53. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
128.81 |
0.9952 |
0.1203 |
220 |
1 |
128.81 |
2010-03-11 |
| 54. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
119.95 |
0.9949 |
0.0516 |
304 |
1 |
119.95 |
2010-03-11 |
| 55. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
111.85 |
0.9948 |
-0.0302 |
233 |
1 |
111.85 |
2010-03-10 |
| 56. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
35.29 |
0.9927 |
-0.6903 |
262 |
1 |
35.29 |
2010-03-10 |
| 57. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
123.44 |
0.9915 |
0.0741 |
281 |
1 |
123.44 |
2010-12-10 |
| 58. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
113.53 |
0.9909 |
-0.0067 |
334 |
1 |
113.53 |
2010-03-11 |
| 59. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
123.59 |
0.9889 |
0.0921 |
429 |
1 |
123.59 |
2010-03-11 |
| 60. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
109.10 |
0.9880 |
-0.0504 |
199 |
2 |
103.32 |
2010-12-10 |
| 61. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
116.91 |
0.9852 |
0.0239 |
235 |
1 |
116.91 |
2010-03-31 |
| 62. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
116.84 |
0.9851 |
0.0289 |
237 |
1 |
116.84 |
2011-07-15 |
| 63. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
117.66 |
0.9842 |
0.0342 |
335 |
2 |
115.41 |
2010-03-25 |
| 64. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
131.62 |
0.9841 |
0.1518 |
263 |
1 |
131.62 |
2010-03-11 |
| 65. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
107.49 |
0.9841 |
-0.0595 |
217 |
1 |
107.49 |
2010-03-25 |
| 66. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
130.80 |
0.9839 |
0.1463 |
308 |
1 |
130.80 |
2010-03-31 |
| 67. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
112.66 |
0.9833 |
-0.0081 |
387 |
1 |
112.66 |
2010-03-29 |
| 68. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
104.13 |
0.9827 |
-0.0831 |
314 |
1 |
104.13 |
2010-03-10 |
| 69. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
123.58 |
0.9763 |
0.0909 |
143 |
2 |
120.55 |
2010-03-11 |
| 70. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
108.06 |
0.9756 |
-0.0435 |
223 |
1 |
108.06 |
2010-03-11 |
| 71. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
116.68 |
0.9726 |
0.0403 |
396 |
1 |
116.68 |
2010-03-12 |
| 72. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
115.90 |
0.9704 |
0.0305 |
254 |
1 |
115.90 |
2010-03-10 |
| 73. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. The work was generall... |
99.20 |
0.9692 |
-0.0971 |
405 |
1 |
99.20 |
2010-12-13 |
| 74. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
129.14 |
0.9680 |
0.1481 |
256 |
1 |
129.14 |
2010-12-10 |
| 75. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
109.91 |
0.9658 |
-0.0132 |
308 |
2 |
109.42 |
2010-03-25 |
| 76. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
109.90 |
0.9643 |
-0.0069 |
282 |
1 |
109.90 |
2010-03-31 |
| 77. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
133.25 |
0.9636 |
0.1867 |
281 |
1 |
133.25 |
2010-12-14 |
| 78. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
116.23 |
0.9632 |
0.0418 |
287 |
1 |
116.23 |
2010-03-31 |
| 79. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
127.89 |
0.9598 |
0.1475 |
209 |
1 |
127.89 |
2010-12-10 |
| 80. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
121.90 |
0.9541 |
0.0996 |
236 |
2 |
121.41 |
2010-12-10 |
| 81. |
However, let us leave aside the philosophical, social, and e... |
103.98 |
0.9524 |
-0.0393 |
410 |
1 |
103.98 |
2010-12-10 |
| 82. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
106.25 |
0.9500 |
-0.0312 |
287 |
1 |
106.25 |
2010-03-10 |
| 83. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
123.27 |
0.9479 |
0.1188 |
317 |
2 |
114.99 |
2010-03-30 |
| 84. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
116.39 |
0.9403 |
0.0736 |
307 |
1 |
116.39 |
2010-03-11 |
| 85. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
95.57 |
0.9400 |
-0.1131 |
434 |
1 |
95.57 |
2010-03-10 |
| 86. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
106.71 |
0.9394 |
-0.0198 |
195 |
1 |
106.71 |
2010-03-10 |
| 87. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
116.24 |
0.9392 |
0.0708 |
360 |
1 |
116.24 |
2010-03-11 |
| 88. |
Finally, gentlemen, there are people with an hereditary anim... |
115.85 |
0.9346 |
0.0767 |
471 |
1 |
115.85 |
2011-06-06 |
| 89. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
125.00 |
0.9338 |
0.1561 |
326 |
1 |
125.00 |
2010-12-10 |
| 90. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
100.27 |
0.9332 |
-0.0667 |
295 |
1 |
100.27 |
2010-03-29 |
| 91. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
106.03 |
0.9330 |
-0.0061 |
341 |
1 |
106.03 |
2010-12-10 |
| 92. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
100.67 |
0.9286 |
-0.0582 |
177 |
1 |
100.67 |
2010-03-10 |
| 93. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
111.41 |
0.9228 |
0.0436 |
305 |
1 |
111.41 |
2010-03-11 |
| 94. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
106.80 |
0.9145 |
0.0109 |
404 |
2 |
104.38 |
2010-12-10 |
| 95. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
88.23 |
0.9119 |
-0.1471 |
396 |
1 |
88.23 |
2010-03-11 |
| 96. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
104.23 |
0.9114 |
-0.0044 |
399 |
2 |
98.55 |
2010-03-25 |
| 97. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
83.44 |
0.9070 |
-0.1929 |
192 |
1 |
83.44 |
2010-03-10 |
| 98. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
102.73 |
0.9027 |
-0.0197 |
189 |
2 |
98.07 |
2010-12-10 |
| 99. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
119.80 |
0.9011 |
0.1369 |
322 |
1 |
119.80 |
2010-03-11 |
| 100. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
113.44 |
0.8966 |
0.0823 |
366 |
1 |
113.44 |
2010-03-25 |
| 101. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
123.49 |
0.8936 |
0.1722 |
346 |
1 |
123.49 |
2010-03-10 |
| 102. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
97.77 |
0.8880 |
-0.0445 |
296 |
1 |
97.77 |
2010-03-11 |
| 103. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
79.93 |
0.8666 |
-0.1807 |
206 |
1 |
79.93 |
2010-03-10 |
| 104. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
87.65 |
0.7923 |
-0.0362 |
316 |
1 |
87.65 |
2010-03-12 |