| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
109.26 |
0.8887 |
0.0072 |
464 |
1 |
109.26 |
2008-09-12 |
| 2. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
139.82 |
1.0676 |
0.0674 |
456 |
1 |
139.82 |
2012-03-23 |
| 3. |
A total of twenty-five friends were headed from San Francisc... |
106.74 |
0.9046 |
-0.0302 |
448 |
1 |
106.74 |
2012-03-07 |
| 4. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
118.97 |
0.9727 |
-0.0051 |
442 |
1 |
118.97 |
2012-03-16 |
| 5. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
125.89 |
1.0362 |
-0.0127 |
437 |
1 |
125.89 |
2012-03-19 |
| 6. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
145.63 |
0.9889 |
0.2020 |
429 |
3 |
129.35 |
2012-04-13 |
| 7. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
122.09 |
1.0404 |
-0.0492 |
406 |
1 |
122.09 |
2008-09-12 |
| 8. |
If you want to drive a race car well, whether to win an Indy... |
120.83 |
1.0228 |
-0.0336 |
405 |
1 |
120.83 |
2012-03-16 |
| 9. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
104.00 |
0.9145 |
-0.0718 |
404 |
1 |
104.00 |
2008-09-11 |
| 10. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
133.48 |
1.0320 |
0.0529 |
401 |
1 |
133.48 |
2012-03-16 |
| 11. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
122.45 |
0.9726 |
0.0218 |
396 |
2 |
121.71 |
2012-03-16 |
| 12. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
125.11 |
0.9703 |
0.0471 |
394 |
1 |
125.11 |
2008-09-12 |
| 13. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
132.39 |
1.0234 |
0.0507 |
392 |
1 |
132.39 |
2008-09-11 |
| 14. |
There are perhaps twenty regular posters on the forum, and s... |
129.07 |
1.0520 |
0.0034 |
392 |
1 |
129.07 |
2012-03-16 |
| 15. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
119.54 |
0.9678 |
0.0021 |
392 |
1 |
119.54 |
2009-12-21 |
| 16. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
120.07 |
0.9698 |
0.0051 |
389 |
1 |
120.07 |
2012-03-23 |
| 17. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
131.01 |
1.0669 |
-0.0049 |
379 |
1 |
131.01 |
2010-07-09 |
| 18. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
131.81 |
0.9736 |
0.0988 |
378 |
1 |
131.81 |
2012-02-28 |
| 19. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
112.75 |
1.0529 |
-0.1399 |
373 |
1 |
112.75 |
2008-09-12 |
| 20. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
124.65 |
1.0543 |
-0.0449 |
360 |
1 |
124.65 |
2012-02-28 |
| 21. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
135.37 |
1.0562 |
0.0433 |
360 |
1 |
135.37 |
2012-03-16 |
| 22. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
117.70 |
0.9885 |
-0.0378 |
355 |
1 |
117.70 |
2008-09-12 |
| 23. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
105.05 |
0.9359 |
-0.0874 |
355 |
1 |
105.05 |
2012-03-23 |
| 24. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
119.10 |
0.9574 |
0.0078 |
354 |
1 |
119.10 |
2008-09-12 |
| 25. |
We might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been... |
120.00 |
0.9157 |
0.0662 |
353 |
1 |
120.00 |
2009-12-21 |
| 26. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
120.12 |
1.0600 |
-0.0894 |
351 |
1 |
120.12 |
2008-09-12 |
| 27. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
109.07 |
0.9101 |
-0.0257 |
351 |
1 |
109.07 |
2008-09-12 |
| 28. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
130.02 |
0.9403 |
0.1232 |
345 |
1 |
130.02 |
2012-02-28 |
| 29. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
126.08 |
1.0697 |
-0.0416 |
341 |
1 |
126.08 |
2012-03-19 |
| 30. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
118.80 |
1.0411 |
-0.0797 |
341 |
1 |
118.80 |
2008-09-12 |
| 31. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
131.62 |
1.0253 |
0.0415 |
337 |
1 |
131.62 |
2010-07-09 |
| 32. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
121.17 |
0.9957 |
-0.0171 |
323 |
1 |
121.17 |
2008-09-12 |
| 33. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
113.59 |
0.9468 |
-0.0298 |
318 |
1 |
113.59 |
2008-09-12 |
| 34. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
127.72 |
0.9917 |
0.0425 |
317 |
1 |
127.72 |
2009-02-23 |
| 35. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
120.17 |
1.0165 |
-0.0466 |
316 |
1 |
120.17 |
2009-02-23 |
| 36. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
105.47 |
0.9839 |
-0.1329 |
308 |
2 |
101.89 |
2008-09-12 |
| 37. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
111.35 |
0.9866 |
-0.0872 |
308 |
1 |
111.35 |
2008-09-11 |
| 38. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
114.77 |
0.9228 |
0.0085 |
305 |
1 |
114.77 |
2008-09-12 |
| 39. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
122.67 |
1.0106 |
-0.0206 |
302 |
2 |
121.62 |
2010-07-09 |
| 40. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
108.84 |
0.9143 |
-0.0347 |
300 |
1 |
108.84 |
2008-09-11 |
| 41. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
126.38 |
1.0743 |
-0.0520 |
297 |
1 |
126.38 |
2008-09-12 |
| 42. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
128.32 |
0.9909 |
0.0506 |
293 |
1 |
128.32 |
2012-04-13 |
| 43. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
127.42 |
1.0189 |
0.0101 |
290 |
1 |
127.42 |
2008-09-12 |
| 44. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
134.21 |
0.9836 |
0.1013 |
289 |
1 |
134.21 |
2012-04-13 |
| 45. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
117.97 |
0.9801 |
-0.0276 |
289 |
2 |
115.63 |
2009-02-23 |
| 46. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
114.91 |
0.9632 |
-0.0341 |
287 |
1 |
114.91 |
2010-07-09 |
| 47. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
111.92 |
1.0059 |
-0.1011 |
283 |
1 |
111.92 |
2008-09-12 |
| 48. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
132.61 |
0.8847 |
0.1849 |
282 |
1 |
132.61 |
2008-09-12 |
| 49. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
126.36 |
0.9801 |
0.0491 |
282 |
2 |
121.24 |
2012-03-16 |
| 50. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
101.96 |
1.0432 |
-0.2199 |
276 |
1 |
101.96 |
2008-09-12 |
| 51. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
128.10 |
0.9927 |
0.0431 |
276 |
1 |
128.10 |
2008-09-12 |
| 52. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
137.75 |
1.0079 |
0.1047 |
273 |
3 |
130.26 |
2012-03-16 |
| 53. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
121.11 |
0.9631 |
0.0147 |
273 |
1 |
121.11 |
2008-09-12 |
| 54. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
131.84 |
1.0759 |
-0.0047 |
273 |
1 |
131.84 |
2012-02-28 |
| 55. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
103.33 |
0.9084 |
-0.0731 |
271 |
1 |
103.33 |
2008-09-11 |
| 56. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
120.66 |
1.0250 |
-0.0474 |
271 |
1 |
120.66 |
2008-09-12 |
| 57. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
115.05 |
1.0427 |
-0.1127 |
269 |
1 |
115.05 |
2012-03-16 |
| 58. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
130.06 |
0.9765 |
0.0739 |
269 |
1 |
130.06 |
2012-04-13 |
| 59. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
107.82 |
0.9884 |
-0.1156 |
267 |
1 |
107.82 |
2012-03-16 |
| 60. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
119.05 |
1.0501 |
-0.0878 |
263 |
1 |
119.05 |
2012-03-16 |
| 61. |
Ultimately, this is not about solving your problems. It's ab... |
129.36 |
1.0390 |
0.0116 |
260 |
1 |
129.36 |
2012-02-28 |
| 62. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
137.29 |
1.0791 |
0.0361 |
259 |
1 |
137.29 |
2012-03-16 |
| 63. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
112.62 |
0.9594 |
-0.0519 |
258 |
1 |
112.62 |
2012-03-16 |
| 64. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
132.03 |
1.0408 |
0.0337 |
257 |
1 |
132.03 |
2012-03-16 |
| 65. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
127.16 |
1.0601 |
-0.0358 |
256 |
1 |
127.16 |
2008-09-12 |
| 66. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
121.03 |
1.0487 |
-0.0732 |
253 |
1 |
121.03 |
2009-02-23 |
| 67. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
143.92 |
1.0511 |
0.1145 |
252 |
2 |
136.01 |
2012-04-13 |
| 68. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
123.05 |
1.0590 |
-0.0660 |
250 |
3 |
116.05 |
2008-09-12 |
| 69. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
120.82 |
1.0638 |
-0.0898 |
247 |
1 |
120.82 |
2009-02-23 |
| 70. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
132.71 |
1.0192 |
0.0587 |
243 |
1 |
132.71 |
2012-04-13 |
| 71. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
117.12 |
1.0403 |
-0.0961 |
234 |
2 |
116.91 |
2008-09-12 |
| 72. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
136.86 |
1.1086 |
-0.0018 |
233 |
1 |
136.86 |
2012-03-23 |
| 73. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
106.93 |
0.9829 |
-0.1205 |
229 |
1 |
106.93 |
2008-09-12 |
| 74. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
144.12 |
1.0561 |
0.1074 |
227 |
1 |
144.12 |
2012-03-16 |
| 75. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
128.50 |
0.9756 |
0.0621 |
223 |
1 |
128.50 |
2009-12-21 |
| 76. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
115.85 |
0.9952 |
-0.0572 |
220 |
1 |
115.85 |
2012-03-16 |
| 77. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
116.48 |
1.0464 |
-0.1000 |
213 |
1 |
116.48 |
2012-03-16 |
| 78. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
137.49 |
1.0800 |
0.0286 |
213 |
1 |
137.49 |
2008-09-12 |
| 79. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
127.88 |
1.0881 |
-0.0586 |
210 |
1 |
127.88 |
2008-09-12 |
| 80. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
133.84 |
1.0178 |
0.0623 |
207 |
1 |
133.84 |
2012-03-16 |
| 81. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
114.50 |
0.8666 |
0.0555 |
206 |
1 |
114.50 |
2012-02-28 |
| 82. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
108.20 |
0.8986 |
-0.0269 |
205 |
1 |
108.20 |
2008-09-12 |
| 83. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
104.82 |
0.9606 |
-0.1106 |
203 |
1 |
104.82 |
2012-03-16 |
| 84. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
138.37 |
1.0615 |
0.0541 |
201 |
1 |
138.37 |
2008-09-12 |
| 85. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
120.47 |
0.8964 |
0.0738 |
199 |
1 |
120.47 |
2008-09-12 |
| 86. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
138.33 |
1.0315 |
0.0863 |
193 |
1 |
138.33 |
2012-03-16 |
| 87. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
107.18 |
0.9258 |
-0.0561 |
184 |
1 |
107.18 |
2010-07-09 |
| 88. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
129.22 |
1.0540 |
-0.0147 |
184 |
1 |
129.22 |
2008-09-12 |
| 89. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
103.55 |
1.0582 |
-0.2257 |
180 |
1 |
103.55 |
2009-02-23 |
| 90. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
141.37 |
0.9854 |
0.1589 |
174 |
2 |
136.55 |
2012-03-23 |
| 91. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
142.55 |
0.9299 |
0.2143 |
168 |
1 |
142.55 |
2012-04-13 |
| 92. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
97.06 |
1.0288 |
-0.2507 |
166 |
1 |
97.06 |
2008-09-12 |
| 93. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
138.96 |
1.0472 |
0.0699 |
149 |
1 |
138.96 |
2012-09-26 |
| 94. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
131.43 |
1.0426 |
0.0156 |
131 |
1 |
131.43 |
2012-03-19 |
| 95. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
134.08 |
1.0877 |
-0.0073 |
129 |
1 |
134.08 |
2012-03-16 |