Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
112.44 |
1.0901 |
0.1561 |
288 |
1 |
112.44 |
2009-03-06 |
2. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
108.87 |
1.0543 |
0.1469 |
182 |
1 |
108.87 |
2009-03-10 |
3. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
107.63 |
1.0472 |
0.1372 |
149 |
2 |
100.56 |
2009-03-10 |
4. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
107.09 |
1.1070 |
0.0766 |
265 |
1 |
107.09 |
2009-03-06 |
5. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
106.74 |
1.0865 |
0.0941 |
237 |
3 |
101.34 |
2009-03-30 |
6. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
104.57 |
0.9807 |
0.1644 |
129 |
2 |
90.37 |
2009-03-10 |
7. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
104.06 |
1.0498 |
0.1024 |
261 |
2 |
99.34 |
2009-03-07 |
8. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
101.41 |
1.0279 |
0.0880 |
172 |
1 |
101.41 |
2009-03-10 |
9. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
101.00 |
1.0845 |
0.0314 |
212 |
1 |
101.00 |
2009-03-20 |
10. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
100.37 |
1.0638 |
0.0442 |
247 |
1 |
100.37 |
2009-03-07 |
11. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
100.22 |
1.0576 |
0.0479 |
231 |
4 |
92.58 |
2009-03-10 |
12. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
99.78 |
1.0370 |
0.0662 |
262 |
1 |
99.78 |
2009-03-10 |
13. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
99.76 |
1.0128 |
0.0972 |
369 |
2 |
98.24 |
2009-03-20 |
14. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
99.54 |
0.9762 |
0.1246 |
249 |
1 |
99.54 |
2009-03-10 |
15. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
99.41 |
0.9809 |
0.1145 |
209 |
1 |
99.41 |
2009-03-10 |
16. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
99.30 |
1.0094 |
0.0888 |
256 |
1 |
99.30 |
2009-03-10 |
17. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
99.12 |
1.0234 |
0.0768 |
392 |
1 |
99.12 |
2009-03-10 |
18. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
98.67 |
1.0567 |
0.0341 |
314 |
2 |
92.97 |
2009-05-23 |
19. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
98.64 |
1.0095 |
0.0798 |
211 |
1 |
98.64 |
2009-03-10 |
20. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
98.42 |
0.9839 |
0.1042 |
308 |
2 |
94.90 |
2009-05-23 |
21. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
98.40 |
0.9931 |
0.0911 |
218 |
4 |
93.24 |
2009-03-20 |
22. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
98.21 |
1.0427 |
0.0442 |
269 |
1 |
98.21 |
2009-03-20 |
23. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
98.02 |
1.0135 |
0.0737 |
358 |
2 |
96.67 |
2009-03-10 |
24. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
97.36 |
1.0601 |
0.0132 |
256 |
1 |
97.36 |
2009-05-23 |
25. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
97.19 |
1.0189 |
0.0551 |
290 |
2 |
96.81 |
2009-03-30 |
26. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
97.00 |
0.9352 |
0.1362 |
194 |
2 |
93.90 |
2009-05-23 |
27. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
96.69 |
0.9974 |
0.0678 |
163 |
2 |
93.11 |
2009-03-10 |
28. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
96.68 |
1.0800 |
-0.0139 |
213 |
1 |
96.68 |
2009-03-10 |
29. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
96.53 |
1.0334 |
0.0333 |
261 |
1 |
96.53 |
2009-03-10 |
30. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
96.27 |
1.0006 |
0.0638 |
311 |
1 |
96.27 |
2009-03-20 |
31. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
96.23 |
0.9963 |
0.0652 |
274 |
2 |
90.78 |
2009-03-07 |
32. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
96.21 |
1.0333 |
0.0253 |
176 |
2 |
94.37 |
2009-05-23 |
33. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
95.77 |
0.9957 |
0.0629 |
323 |
1 |
95.77 |
2009-03-06 |
34. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
95.74 |
1.0042 |
0.0505 |
168 |
3 |
92.26 |
2009-03-30 |
35. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
95.52 |
1.0016 |
0.0529 |
217 |
2 |
83.54 |
2009-03-07 |
36. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
95.47 |
1.0873 |
-0.0348 |
243 |
1 |
95.47 |
2009-03-06 |
37. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
95.27 |
1.0461 |
0.0094 |
318 |
2 |
94.53 |
2009-05-23 |
38. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
95.25 |
1.0960 |
-0.0388 |
315 |
2 |
93.96 |
2009-03-10 |
39. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
95.04 |
0.9332 |
0.1189 |
295 |
3 |
86.53 |
2009-05-23 |
40. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
94.82 |
0.9680 |
0.0804 |
256 |
1 |
94.82 |
2009-03-07 |
41. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
94.74 |
1.0018 |
0.0459 |
246 |
1 |
94.74 |
2009-03-20 |
42. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
94.64 |
0.9952 |
0.0535 |
220 |
4 |
93.29 |
2009-05-23 |
43. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
93.78 |
0.9864 |
0.0541 |
292 |
1 |
93.78 |
2009-03-06 |
44. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
93.65 |
0.9594 |
0.0741 |
258 |
2 |
86.99 |
2009-03-30 |
45. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
93.62 |
1.0607 |
-0.0230 |
357 |
2 |
91.84 |
2009-03-10 |
46. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
93.58 |
0.9745 |
0.0621 |
388 |
1 |
93.58 |
2009-03-07 |
47. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
93.55 |
0.9632 |
0.0721 |
287 |
1 |
93.55 |
2009-03-10 |
48. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
93.49 |
0.9359 |
0.0983 |
355 |
2 |
93.34 |
2009-05-23 |
49. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
93.42 |
1.0288 |
-0.0008 |
166 |
1 |
93.42 |
2009-03-10 |
50. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
93.39 |
0.9332 |
0.0992 |
267 |
1 |
93.39 |
2009-03-10 |
51. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
93.28 |
0.9228 |
0.1128 |
305 |
1 |
93.28 |
2009-03-10 |
52. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
93.01 |
1.0253 |
0.0058 |
337 |
1 |
93.01 |
2009-03-10 |
53. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
92.61 |
0.9265 |
0.0961 |
254 |
2 |
88.47 |
2009-03-10 |
54. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
92.42 |
1.0086 |
0.0087 |
218 |
1 |
92.42 |
2009-03-07 |
55. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
92.40 |
0.9400 |
0.0840 |
434 |
1 |
92.40 |
2009-05-23 |
56. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
92.10 |
1.0332 |
-0.0158 |
267 |
2 |
90.65 |
2009-03-20 |
57. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
92.05 |
0.9597 |
0.0580 |
251 |
1 |
92.05 |
2009-03-20 |
58. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
91.94 |
1.0125 |
0.0022 |
232 |
1 |
91.94 |
2009-03-06 |
59. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
91.79 |
0.9833 |
0.0337 |
387 |
2 |
91.28 |
2009-03-07 |
60. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
91.71 |
0.9890 |
0.0286 |
272 |
1 |
91.71 |
2009-03-07 |
61. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
91.59 |
1.0250 |
-0.0098 |
271 |
1 |
91.59 |
2009-03-07 |
62. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
91.31 |
1.0320 |
-0.0168 |
401 |
1 |
91.31 |
2009-03-06 |
63. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
90.67 |
1.0036 |
-0.0005 |
277 |
1 |
90.67 |
2009-03-07 |
64. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
90.52 |
0.9836 |
0.0169 |
289 |
3 |
85.99 |
2009-03-20 |
65. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
90.09 |
0.9538 |
0.0417 |
276 |
1 |
90.09 |
2009-03-10 |
66. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
90.06 |
1.0628 |
-0.0655 |
363 |
2 |
88.70 |
2009-03-10 |
67. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
89.96 |
0.9678 |
0.0307 |
392 |
2 |
89.41 |
2009-03-20 |
68. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
89.85 |
0.9357 |
0.0551 |
204 |
1 |
89.85 |
2009-03-10 |
69. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
89.81 |
0.9841 |
0.0069 |
263 |
1 |
89.81 |
2009-03-10 |
70. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
89.68 |
1.0291 |
-0.0401 |
240 |
1 |
89.68 |
2009-03-10 |
71. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
89.59 |
1.0639 |
-0.0727 |
303 |
1 |
89.59 |
2009-03-10 |
72. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
89.36 |
1.0676 |
-0.0755 |
456 |
1 |
89.36 |
2009-03-07 |
73. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
89.21 |
1.0130 |
-0.0270 |
288 |
1 |
89.21 |
2009-03-07 |
74. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
89.06 |
0.9101 |
0.0780 |
351 |
3 |
85.57 |
2009-03-20 |
75. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
88.99 |
1.0590 |
-0.0767 |
250 |
2 |
86.91 |
2009-03-20 |
76. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
88.87 |
0.9885 |
0.0003 |
469 |
1 |
88.87 |
2009-03-06 |
77. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
88.81 |
0.9703 |
0.0177 |
394 |
3 |
82.47 |
2009-03-10 |
78. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
88.79 |
0.9561 |
0.0267 |
362 |
1 |
88.79 |
2009-03-20 |
79. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
88.63 |
0.9644 |
0.0181 |
398 |
1 |
88.63 |
2009-03-06 |
80. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
88.54 |
1.0736 |
-0.0926 |
350 |
1 |
88.54 |
2009-03-07 |
81. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
88.43 |
0.9922 |
-0.0144 |
264 |
1 |
88.43 |
2009-03-06 |
82. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
87.69 |
0.9027 |
0.0628 |
189 |
3 |
84.68 |
2009-03-07 |
83. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
87.23 |
0.9162 |
0.0489 |
401 |
1 |
87.23 |
2009-03-30 |
84. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
87.01 |
0.9673 |
-0.0020 |
393 |
2 |
85.49 |
2009-03-15 |
85. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
86.92 |
0.9392 |
0.0273 |
360 |
1 |
86.92 |
2009-03-10 |
86. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
86.91 |
1.0529 |
-0.0900 |
373 |
1 |
86.91 |
2009-03-07 |
87. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
86.57 |
1.0057 |
-0.0463 |
382 |
1 |
86.57 |
2009-03-20 |
88. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
86.55 |
1.0165 |
-0.0610 |
316 |
1 |
86.55 |
2009-03-07 |
89. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
86.25 |
0.9719 |
-0.0117 |
383 |
1 |
86.25 |
2009-03-10 |
90. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
86.19 |
0.9183 |
0.0349 |
308 |
2 |
81.48 |
2009-03-07 |
91. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
86.17 |
0.9713 |
-0.0206 |
193 |
1 |
86.17 |
2009-03-07 |
92. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
85.56 |
0.9917 |
-0.0443 |
317 |
1 |
85.56 |
2009-03-07 |
93. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
85.54 |
0.9631 |
-0.0185 |
273 |
1 |
85.54 |
2009-03-06 |
94. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
85.20 |
0.9574 |
-0.0129 |
354 |
1 |
85.20 |
2009-03-06 |
95. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
84.92 |
1.0682 |
-0.1289 |
266 |
1 |
84.92 |
2009-03-07 |
96. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
84.63 |
0.9346 |
-0.0026 |
211 |
1 |
84.63 |
2009-03-06 |
97. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
84.53 |
0.9143 |
0.0205 |
300 |
1 |
84.53 |
2009-03-15 |
98. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
84.36 |
0.9636 |
-0.0331 |
281 |
2 |
81.55 |
2009-03-10 |
99. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
84.32 |
0.9709 |
-0.0407 |
264 |
1 |
84.32 |
2009-03-20 |
100. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
84.27 |
0.9736 |
-0.0356 |
378 |
2 |
81.84 |
2009-05-23 |
101. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
84.21 |
0.9927 |
-0.0657 |
234 |
2 |
83.54 |
2009-03-07 |
102. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
83.88 |
0.9145 |
0.0156 |
404 |
1 |
83.88 |
2009-03-06 |
103. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
83.40 |
1.0181 |
-0.0955 |
276 |
1 |
83.40 |
2009-03-06 |
104. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
83.31 |
1.1093 |
-0.1946 |
220 |
1 |
83.31 |
2009-03-07 |
105. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
83.28 |
0.9884 |
-0.0660 |
267 |
1 |
83.28 |
2009-03-10 |
106. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
83.22 |
0.9801 |
-0.0611 |
289 |
1 |
83.22 |
2009-03-07 |
107. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
82.95 |
0.9339 |
-0.0118 |
317 |
1 |
82.95 |
2009-03-07 |
108. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
82.75 |
1.0877 |
-0.1771 |
129 |
1 |
82.75 |
2009-03-06 |
109. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
82.24 |
0.9519 |
-0.0396 |
323 |
1 |
82.24 |
2009-03-06 |
110. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
81.74 |
1.0362 |
-0.1271 |
437 |
1 |
81.74 |
2009-03-06 |
111. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
81.50 |
0.8778 |
0.0241 |
285 |
1 |
81.50 |
2009-03-07 |
112. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
80.48 |
0.9128 |
-0.0268 |
237 |
1 |
80.48 |
2009-03-07 |
113. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
80.01 |
0.9451 |
-0.0536 |
419 |
1 |
80.01 |
2009-03-07 |
114. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
79.22 |
0.9763 |
-0.1020 |
143 |
1 |
79.22 |
2009-03-20 |
115. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
78.42 |
0.9880 |
-0.1263 |
199 |
1 |
78.42 |
2009-03-06 |
116. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
77.79 |
0.9842 |
-0.1231 |
335 |
1 |
77.79 |
2009-03-07 |
117. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
77.69 |
0.8656 |
-0.0066 |
242 |
1 |
77.69 |
2009-03-07 |
118. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
77.62 |
0.8794 |
-0.0158 |
427 |
1 |
77.62 |
2009-03-07 |
119. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
77.53 |
0.9271 |
-0.0686 |
323 |
1 |
77.53 |
2009-03-07 |
120. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
77.08 |
1.0654 |
-0.2169 |
247 |
1 |
77.08 |
2009-03-07 |
121. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
76.90 |
0.8887 |
-0.0258 |
464 |
1 |
76.90 |
2009-03-07 |
122. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
76.37 |
0.9070 |
-0.0687 |
192 |
1 |
76.37 |
2009-03-07 |
123. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
75.55 |
0.9603 |
-0.1208 |
430 |
1 |
75.55 |
2009-03-10 |
124. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
74.45 |
0.9541 |
-0.1318 |
236 |
1 |
74.45 |
2009-03-07 |
125. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
74.15 |
0.9425 |
-0.1234 |
248 |
1 |
74.15 |
2009-03-07 |
126. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
73.05 |
0.9756 |
-0.1701 |
223 |
1 |
73.05 |
2009-03-07 |
127. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
72.95 |
1.0060 |
-0.2002 |
225 |
1 |
72.95 |
2009-03-20 |
128. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
70.53 |
0.9243 |
-0.1441 |
240 |
1 |
70.53 |
2009-03-07 |
129. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
68.23 |
0.7923 |
-0.0391 |
316 |
1 |
68.23 |
2009-03-20 |
130. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
60.85 |
0.8624 |
-0.1966 |
174 |
1 |
60.85 |
2009-03-10 |