| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
179.75 |
1.0540 |
0.2398 |
184 |
1 |
179.75 |
2010-11-15 |
| 2. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
172.07 |
1.0529 |
0.1928 |
373 |
2 |
165.65 |
2010-11-15 |
| 3. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
170.11 |
1.0736 |
0.1593 |
256 |
1 |
170.11 |
2010-11-15 |
| 4. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
162.54 |
1.0607 |
0.1160 |
357 |
2 |
150.99 |
2010-11-15 |
| 5. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
160.62 |
1.0654 |
0.0921 |
247 |
2 |
151.04 |
2010-11-15 |
| 6. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
158.69 |
1.0755 |
0.0710 |
243 |
1 |
158.69 |
2010-11-15 |
| 7. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
158.64 |
1.0697 |
0.0853 |
341 |
2 |
149.43 |
2010-11-15 |
| 8. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
158.59 |
0.9885 |
0.1568 |
355 |
1 |
158.59 |
2010-11-15 |
| 9. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
156.13 |
1.0432 |
0.0848 |
276 |
1 |
156.13 |
2010-11-14 |
| 10. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
156.02 |
1.0538 |
0.0851 |
367 |
1 |
156.02 |
2010-11-15 |
| 11. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
155.94 |
1.0069 |
0.1224 |
242 |
1 |
155.94 |
2010-11-14 |
| 12. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
153.09 |
1.0543 |
0.0533 |
360 |
1 |
153.09 |
2010-11-15 |
| 13. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
150.63 |
1.0466 |
0.0404 |
230 |
1 |
150.63 |
2010-11-14 |
| 14. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
149.82 |
1.0492 |
0.0375 |
284 |
1 |
149.82 |
2010-11-15 |
| 15. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
149.77 |
1.0509 |
0.0378 |
295 |
1 |
149.77 |
2010-11-15 |
| 16. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
149.67 |
1.0090 |
0.0771 |
300 |
1 |
149.67 |
2010-11-15 |
| 17. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
149.07 |
1.0302 |
0.0601 |
550 |
1 |
149.07 |
2010-11-14 |
| 18. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
147.60 |
0.9980 |
0.0766 |
341 |
1 |
147.60 |
2010-11-15 |
| 19. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
146.68 |
1.0165 |
0.0414 |
316 |
1 |
146.68 |
2010-11-14 |
| 20. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
146.11 |
1.0189 |
0.0351 |
290 |
1 |
146.11 |
2010-11-14 |
| 21. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
146.03 |
0.9561 |
0.1012 |
291 |
1 |
146.03 |
2010-11-15 |
| 22. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
145.93 |
1.0125 |
0.0359 |
171 |
1 |
145.93 |
2010-11-15 |
| 23. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
144.66 |
0.9948 |
0.0482 |
233 |
2 |
132.60 |
2010-11-15 |
| 24. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
144.40 |
0.9809 |
0.0691 |
250 |
1 |
144.40 |
2010-11-15 |
| 25. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
144.27 |
0.9987 |
0.0469 |
236 |
1 |
144.27 |
2010-11-15 |
| 26. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
144.09 |
0.9909 |
0.0529 |
334 |
1 |
144.09 |
2010-11-15 |
| 27. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
143.71 |
1.0472 |
0.0007 |
397 |
1 |
143.71 |
2010-11-15 |
| 28. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
142.99 |
0.9909 |
0.0457 |
293 |
2 |
142.47 |
2010-11-15 |
| 29. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
142.76 |
1.0128 |
0.0243 |
369 |
1 |
142.76 |
2010-11-15 |
| 30. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
142.41 |
0.9801 |
0.0558 |
282 |
1 |
142.41 |
2010-11-14 |
| 31. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
142.39 |
1.1062 |
-0.0766 |
200 |
1 |
142.39 |
2010-11-14 |
| 32. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
142.05 |
1.0464 |
-0.0163 |
294 |
1 |
142.05 |
2010-11-14 |
| 33. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
142.01 |
0.9966 |
0.0354 |
377 |
1 |
142.01 |
2010-11-15 |
| 34. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
140.84 |
1.0672 |
-0.0521 |
239 |
1 |
140.84 |
2010-11-15 |
| 35. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
140.79 |
1.0743 |
-0.0572 |
297 |
1 |
140.79 |
2010-11-14 |
| 36. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
140.22 |
1.0350 |
-0.0087 |
416 |
1 |
140.22 |
2010-11-15 |
| 37. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
139.92 |
1.0338 |
-0.0188 |
277 |
1 |
139.92 |
2010-11-14 |
| 38. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
139.91 |
1.0270 |
-0.0168 |
303 |
1 |
139.91 |
2010-11-15 |
| 39. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
139.90 |
1.0427 |
-0.0323 |
269 |
1 |
139.90 |
2010-11-15 |
| 40. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
139.14 |
0.9985 |
0.0178 |
392 |
1 |
139.14 |
2010-11-14 |
| 41. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
138.45 |
1.0640 |
-0.0592 |
210 |
1 |
138.45 |
2010-11-16 |
| 42. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
138.03 |
0.9682 |
0.0381 |
341 |
1 |
138.03 |
2010-11-14 |
| 43. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
137.94 |
0.9332 |
0.0621 |
267 |
1 |
137.94 |
2010-11-15 |
| 44. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
137.64 |
1.0504 |
-0.0554 |
225 |
1 |
137.64 |
2010-11-15 |
| 45. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
137.40 |
0.9915 |
-0.0010 |
281 |
1 |
137.40 |
2010-11-15 |
| 46. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
136.97 |
0.9787 |
0.0129 |
364 |
1 |
136.97 |
2010-11-14 |
| 47. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
135.83 |
1.0010 |
-0.0171 |
213 |
1 |
135.83 |
2010-11-16 |
| 48. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
135.73 |
0.8964 |
0.0799 |
199 |
1 |
135.73 |
2010-11-15 |
| 49. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
135.61 |
1.0178 |
-0.0411 |
207 |
1 |
135.61 |
2010-11-14 |
| 50. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
135.20 |
0.8880 |
0.0875 |
296 |
2 |
134.72 |
2010-11-15 |
| 51. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
135.10 |
0.8778 |
0.0987 |
285 |
2 |
127.74 |
2010-11-15 |
| 52. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
134.84 |
0.9931 |
-0.0158 |
339 |
1 |
134.84 |
2010-11-15 |
| 53. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
134.60 |
1.0067 |
-0.0220 |
422 |
1 |
134.60 |
2010-11-15 |
| 54. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
133.42 |
0.9681 |
0.0000 |
392 |
1 |
133.42 |
2010-11-14 |
| 55. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
133.30 |
0.9706 |
0.0027 |
353 |
1 |
133.30 |
2010-11-14 |
| 56. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
133.10 |
1.0135 |
-0.0500 |
358 |
1 |
133.10 |
2010-11-15 |
| 57. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
132.62 |
0.9963 |
-0.0420 |
274 |
1 |
132.62 |
2010-11-15 |
| 58. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
132.42 |
0.9339 |
0.0271 |
317 |
1 |
132.42 |
2010-11-15 |
| 59. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
131.52 |
0.9873 |
-0.0281 |
396 |
1 |
131.52 |
2010-11-14 |
| 60. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
131.47 |
0.9637 |
-0.0033 |
342 |
1 |
131.47 |
2010-11-14 |
| 61. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
130.71 |
0.9703 |
-0.0209 |
394 |
1 |
130.71 |
2010-11-15 |
| 62. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
130.56 |
0.9468 |
-0.0053 |
318 |
1 |
130.56 |
2010-11-14 |
| 63. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
130.26 |
0.9183 |
0.0221 |
308 |
1 |
130.26 |
2010-11-14 |
| 64. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
130.25 |
1.0362 |
-0.0904 |
437 |
1 |
130.25 |
2010-11-14 |
| 65. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
129.23 |
1.0095 |
-0.0788 |
211 |
1 |
129.23 |
2010-11-15 |
| 66. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
129.07 |
0.9598 |
-0.0267 |
209 |
1 |
129.07 |
2010-11-14 |
| 67. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
128.66 |
0.9404 |
-0.0030 |
383 |
1 |
128.66 |
2010-11-14 |
| 68. |
The idea of "Mr. Right" has been passed down over the genera... |
128.45 |
0.9630 |
-0.0232 |
379 |
1 |
128.45 |
2010-11-14 |
| 69. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
128.34 |
1.0487 |
-0.1253 |
253 |
1 |
128.34 |
2010-11-15 |
| 70. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
128.15 |
0.9917 |
-0.0654 |
317 |
1 |
128.15 |
2010-11-14 |
| 71. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
128.02 |
1.0063 |
-0.0781 |
293 |
1 |
128.02 |
2010-11-15 |
| 72. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
127.83 |
0.9644 |
-0.0394 |
398 |
1 |
127.83 |
2010-11-15 |
| 73. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
127.55 |
0.9309 |
-0.0009 |
376 |
1 |
127.55 |
2010-11-15 |
| 74. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
127.35 |
0.9425 |
-0.0234 |
248 |
1 |
127.35 |
2010-11-14 |
| 75. |
Many wines have more than 14 percent alcohol because the win... |
126.93 |
0.9545 |
-0.0294 |
412 |
1 |
126.93 |
2010-11-15 |
| 76. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
126.75 |
0.9842 |
-0.0680 |
335 |
1 |
126.75 |
2010-11-14 |
| 77. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
126.64 |
0.9927 |
-0.0789 |
276 |
1 |
126.64 |
2010-11-14 |
| 78. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
126.61 |
0.9801 |
-0.0674 |
289 |
2 |
125.78 |
2010-11-15 |
| 79. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
126.34 |
0.9561 |
-0.0376 |
364 |
1 |
126.34 |
2010-11-14 |
| 80. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
125.31 |
0.9844 |
-0.0687 |
351 |
1 |
125.31 |
2010-11-15 |
| 81. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
123.60 |
0.9357 |
-0.0467 |
204 |
1 |
123.60 |
2010-11-14 |
| 82. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
123.39 |
1.0115 |
-0.1270 |
189 |
1 |
123.39 |
2010-11-14 |
| 83. |
We might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been... |
122.69 |
0.9157 |
-0.0185 |
353 |
1 |
122.69 |
2010-11-14 |
| 84. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
122.02 |
0.9632 |
-0.0823 |
287 |
1 |
122.02 |
2010-11-15 |
| 85. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
121.96 |
0.9704 |
-0.0911 |
254 |
1 |
121.96 |
2010-11-15 |
| 86. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
121.60 |
1.0877 |
-0.2144 |
129 |
1 |
121.60 |
2010-11-14 |
| 87. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
121.41 |
0.9957 |
-0.1164 |
323 |
1 |
121.41 |
2010-11-15 |
| 88. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
121.24 |
0.9841 |
-0.0987 |
325 |
1 |
121.24 |
2010-11-15 |
| 89. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
118.34 |
0.8993 |
-0.0435 |
366 |
1 |
118.34 |
2010-11-15 |
| 90. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
116.51 |
1.0131 |
-0.1700 |
245 |
1 |
116.51 |
2010-11-15 |
| 91. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
113.67 |
0.8955 |
-0.0664 |
436 |
1 |
113.67 |
2010-11-14 |
| 92. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
100.99 |
0.9709 |
-0.2452 |
264 |
1 |
100.99 |
2010-11-14 |