| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
154.74 |
1.0736 |
0.1847 |
256 |
1 |
154.74 |
2010-04-14 |
| 2. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
150.04 |
1.0881 |
0.1240 |
210 |
1 |
150.04 |
2010-04-14 |
| 3. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
145.33 |
1.0845 |
0.0920 |
212 |
1 |
145.33 |
2010-04-15 |
| 4. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
141.89 |
1.0461 |
0.1057 |
318 |
1 |
141.89 |
2010-04-14 |
| 5. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
140.15 |
1.0132 |
0.1228 |
371 |
2 |
125.79 |
2010-04-16 |
| 6. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
140.10 |
0.9807 |
0.1427 |
129 |
1 |
140.10 |
2010-04-14 |
| 7. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
139.26 |
1.0265 |
0.1054 |
375 |
1 |
139.26 |
2010-04-14 |
| 8. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
138.43 |
1.0264 |
0.0908 |
191 |
1 |
138.43 |
2010-04-14 |
| 9. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
137.65 |
0.9384 |
0.1742 |
296 |
1 |
137.65 |
2010-04-13 |
| 10. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
136.85 |
1.0270 |
0.0821 |
303 |
1 |
136.85 |
2010-04-15 |
| 11. |
Right, I am going to tell you how this works. You're going i... |
135.08 |
1.0444 |
0.0629 |
487 |
1 |
135.08 |
2010-04-15 |
| 12. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
134.88 |
1.0287 |
0.0627 |
269 |
1 |
134.88 |
2010-04-14 |
| 13. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
133.70 |
0.9538 |
0.1289 |
276 |
1 |
133.70 |
2010-04-14 |
| 14. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
133.18 |
0.9650 |
0.1164 |
347 |
2 |
129.44 |
2010-04-14 |
| 15. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
133.13 |
1.0493 |
0.0358 |
264 |
1 |
133.13 |
2010-04-15 |
| 16. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
132.99 |
1.0672 |
0.0087 |
239 |
1 |
132.99 |
2010-04-14 |
| 17. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
132.88 |
0.9817 |
0.0999 |
304 |
1 |
132.88 |
2010-04-14 |
| 18. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
132.79 |
0.9681 |
0.1130 |
392 |
1 |
132.79 |
2010-04-16 |
| 19. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
132.29 |
0.9183 |
0.1497 |
252 |
1 |
132.29 |
2010-04-14 |
| 20. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
132.06 |
0.9637 |
0.1179 |
342 |
1 |
132.06 |
2010-04-14 |
| 21. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
131.86 |
1.0561 |
0.0099 |
227 |
1 |
131.86 |
2010-04-14 |
| 22. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
131.33 |
0.9745 |
0.0912 |
388 |
1 |
131.33 |
2010-04-15 |
| 23. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
131.24 |
1.0060 |
0.0583 |
260 |
1 |
131.24 |
2010-04-14 |
| 24. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
130.57 |
1.0524 |
0.0031 |
177 |
1 |
130.57 |
2010-04-14 |
| 25. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
130.45 |
1.0777 |
-0.0234 |
226 |
1 |
130.45 |
2010-04-16 |
| 26. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
130.07 |
0.9680 |
0.0854 |
256 |
1 |
130.07 |
2010-04-14 |
| 27. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
129.59 |
0.9918 |
0.0647 |
400 |
1 |
129.59 |
2010-04-14 |
| 28. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
129.42 |
1.0060 |
0.0487 |
244 |
1 |
129.42 |
2010-04-14 |
| 29. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
128.96 |
1.0585 |
-0.0114 |
226 |
1 |
128.96 |
2010-04-14 |
| 30. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
127.37 |
1.0676 |
-0.0317 |
456 |
1 |
127.37 |
2010-04-14 |
| 31. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
126.36 |
1.0638 |
-0.0427 |
247 |
1 |
126.36 |
2010-04-15 |
| 32. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
125.69 |
0.9985 |
0.0314 |
392 |
1 |
125.69 |
2010-04-14 |
| 33. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
125.25 |
1.0567 |
-0.0429 |
314 |
1 |
125.25 |
2010-04-14 |
| 34. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
125.12 |
1.0144 |
0.0116 |
356 |
1 |
125.12 |
2010-04-15 |
| 35. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
124.47 |
0.8666 |
0.1386 |
206 |
1 |
124.47 |
2010-04-14 |
| 36. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
124.42 |
0.9479 |
0.0611 |
317 |
1 |
124.42 |
2010-04-14 |
| 37. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
123.92 |
1.0192 |
-0.0107 |
243 |
1 |
123.92 |
2010-04-14 |
| 38. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
123.71 |
1.0291 |
-0.0297 |
240 |
1 |
123.71 |
2010-04-14 |
| 39. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
123.29 |
0.9594 |
0.0369 |
258 |
1 |
123.29 |
2010-04-14 |
| 40. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
123.28 |
1.0498 |
-0.0506 |
261 |
1 |
123.28 |
2010-04-14 |
| 41. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
123.13 |
0.9854 |
0.0127 |
174 |
1 |
123.13 |
2010-04-14 |
| 42. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
122.83 |
0.9543 |
0.0468 |
265 |
1 |
122.83 |
2010-04-14 |
| 43. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
120.95 |
0.9561 |
0.0303 |
364 |
1 |
120.95 |
2010-04-16 |
| 44. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
120.82 |
0.9801 |
-0.0024 |
289 |
2 |
117.82 |
2010-04-14 |
| 45. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
120.08 |
0.8986 |
0.0739 |
216 |
1 |
120.08 |
2010-04-15 |
| 46. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
120.06 |
0.9885 |
-0.0100 |
469 |
1 |
120.06 |
2010-04-16 |
| 47. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
120.00 |
1.0036 |
-0.0313 |
277 |
1 |
120.00 |
2010-04-14 |
| 48. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
119.62 |
1.0301 |
-0.0632 |
268 |
1 |
119.62 |
2010-04-14 |
| 49. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
119.40 |
0.9844 |
-0.0059 |
351 |
1 |
119.40 |
2010-04-14 |
| 50. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
118.29 |
0.9119 |
0.0498 |
396 |
1 |
118.29 |
2010-04-14 |
| 51. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
118.27 |
0.9915 |
-0.0352 |
281 |
1 |
118.27 |
2010-04-14 |
| 52. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
117.77 |
0.9709 |
-0.0191 |
264 |
1 |
117.77 |
2010-04-14 |
| 53. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
117.33 |
0.8986 |
0.0559 |
363 |
1 |
117.33 |
2010-04-14 |
| 54. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
117.08 |
0.9228 |
0.0292 |
305 |
1 |
117.08 |
2010-04-14 |
| 55. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
116.58 |
0.9468 |
-0.0036 |
318 |
1 |
116.58 |
2010-04-14 |
| 56. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
115.72 |
1.0181 |
-0.0804 |
276 |
1 |
115.72 |
2010-04-14 |
| 57. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
113.33 |
1.0042 |
-0.0910 |
168 |
1 |
113.33 |
2010-04-16 |
| 58. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
113.18 |
0.9841 |
-0.0700 |
263 |
1 |
113.18 |
2010-04-14 |
| 59. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
112.00 |
0.9989 |
-0.0857 |
282 |
1 |
112.00 |
2010-04-14 |
| 60. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
111.98 |
0.9330 |
-0.0153 |
341 |
1 |
111.98 |
2010-04-16 |
| 61. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
111.78 |
1.0543 |
-0.1533 |
182 |
1 |
111.78 |
2010-04-16 |
| 62. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
111.11 |
1.0079 |
-0.1100 |
273 |
1 |
111.11 |
2010-04-14 |
| 63. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
110.45 |
0.8856 |
0.0155 |
369 |
1 |
110.45 |
2010-04-14 |
| 64. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
110.07 |
0.9829 |
-0.0932 |
229 |
1 |
110.07 |
2010-04-16 |
| 65. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
109.54 |
0.9269 |
-0.0329 |
269 |
1 |
109.54 |
2010-04-14 |
| 66. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
108.51 |
1.0427 |
-0.1641 |
269 |
1 |
108.51 |
2010-04-14 |
| 67. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
108.44 |
0.9329 |
-0.0414 |
345 |
1 |
108.44 |
2010-04-14 |
| 68. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
107.74 |
0.9583 |
-0.0864 |
237 |
1 |
107.74 |
2010-04-14 |
| 69. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
107.36 |
1.0686 |
-0.1967 |
354 |
1 |
107.36 |
2010-04-14 |
| 70. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
106.68 |
1.0131 |
-0.1469 |
245 |
1 |
106.68 |
2010-04-14 |
| 71. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
105.86 |
0.9244 |
-0.0631 |
225 |
1 |
105.86 |
2010-04-14 |
| 72. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
104.55 |
0.8986 |
-0.0549 |
205 |
1 |
104.55 |
2010-04-16 |
| 73. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
103.67 |
0.9029 |
-0.0619 |
393 |
1 |
103.67 |
2010-04-16 |
| 74. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
101.01 |
0.8656 |
-0.0478 |
242 |
1 |
101.01 |
2010-04-14 |
| 75. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
97.42 |
0.9561 |
-0.1671 |
362 |
1 |
97.42 |
2010-04-15 |
| 76. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
97.13 |
0.9682 |
-0.1728 |
341 |
1 |
97.13 |
2010-04-14 |
| 77. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
89.23 |
1.0125 |
-0.2934 |
232 |
1 |
89.23 |
2010-04-14 |