| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
174.75 |
1.0270 |
0.4253 |
303 |
2 |
142.21 |
2010-05-21 |
| 2. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
173.31 |
1.0960 |
0.3477 |
315 |
1 |
173.31 |
2010-05-21 |
| 3. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
172.24 |
1.0267 |
0.4071 |
261 |
2 |
143.00 |
2010-05-25 |
| 4. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
168.19 |
0.9434 |
0.4580 |
367 |
2 |
167.06 |
2010-05-21 |
| 5. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
168.03 |
0.9787 |
0.4203 |
364 |
1 |
168.03 |
2009-07-27 |
| 6. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
167.42 |
0.9884 |
0.4046 |
267 |
1 |
167.42 |
2010-05-21 |
| 7. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
167.32 |
1.0404 |
0.3542 |
406 |
2 |
135.13 |
2010-05-21 |
| 8. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
166.77 |
1.0035 |
0.3822 |
310 |
3 |
121.72 |
2009-07-27 |
| 9. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
165.02 |
0.8624 |
0.5034 |
174 |
1 |
165.02 |
2010-05-21 |
| 10. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
164.62 |
1.0873 |
0.2768 |
243 |
3 |
133.12 |
2009-07-27 |
| 11. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
163.66 |
1.0067 |
0.3661 |
422 |
1 |
163.66 |
2010-05-21 |
| 12. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
163.24 |
0.9736 |
0.3891 |
378 |
1 |
163.24 |
2009-07-27 |
| 13. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
163.15 |
0.9952 |
0.3621 |
220 |
1 |
163.15 |
2010-05-21 |
| 14. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
162.32 |
1.0130 |
0.3351 |
288 |
1 |
162.32 |
2010-05-21 |
| 15. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
161.24 |
0.9631 |
0.3753 |
273 |
1 |
161.24 |
2010-05-21 |
| 16. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
159.59 |
0.9957 |
0.3335 |
323 |
1 |
159.59 |
2009-07-27 |
| 17. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
159.31 |
1.0743 |
0.2496 |
297 |
1 |
159.31 |
2010-05-21 |
| 18. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
159.16 |
0.9678 |
0.3581 |
392 |
1 |
159.16 |
2010-05-21 |
| 19. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
157.59 |
0.9145 |
0.3975 |
404 |
1 |
157.59 |
2009-07-27 |
| 20. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
157.19 |
0.9935 |
0.3139 |
217 |
1 |
157.19 |
2010-05-25 |
| 21. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
157.09 |
0.8993 |
0.4078 |
366 |
1 |
157.09 |
2010-05-25 |
| 22. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
155.88 |
1.0194 |
0.2727 |
224 |
2 |
130.46 |
2010-05-21 |
| 23. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
154.74 |
0.9996 |
0.2926 |
483 |
2 |
126.82 |
2010-05-25 |
| 24. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
154.52 |
0.9676 |
0.3204 |
247 |
1 |
154.52 |
2010-05-21 |
| 25. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
154.03 |
1.0867 |
0.1877 |
171 |
1 |
154.03 |
2009-07-27 |
| 26. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
148.94 |
1.0601 |
0.1730 |
256 |
1 |
148.94 |
2010-05-21 |
| 27. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
148.83 |
0.9762 |
0.2592 |
249 |
3 |
113.55 |
2010-05-21 |
| 28. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
148.60 |
1.0103 |
0.2175 |
209 |
2 |
148.38 |
2010-05-21 |
| 29. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
148.23 |
1.0106 |
0.2188 |
302 |
3 |
112.03 |
2010-05-21 |
| 30. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
147.83 |
0.9583 |
0.2693 |
237 |
1 |
147.83 |
2009-07-27 |
| 31. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
147.24 |
0.9500 |
0.2739 |
287 |
1 |
147.24 |
2009-07-27 |
| 32. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
145.94 |
1.0521 |
0.1536 |
197 |
2 |
125.29 |
2009-07-27 |
| 33. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
144.81 |
1.0865 |
0.1152 |
237 |
2 |
124.73 |
2009-07-27 |
| 34. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
144.57 |
1.0426 |
0.1533 |
131 |
1 |
144.57 |
2009-07-27 |
| 35. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
143.30 |
1.0333 |
0.1509 |
176 |
1 |
143.30 |
2009-07-27 |
| 36. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
141.38 |
0.9636 |
0.2083 |
281 |
1 |
141.38 |
2009-07-27 |
| 37. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
141.16 |
0.9541 |
0.2179 |
236 |
3 |
109.84 |
2010-05-21 |
| 38. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
140.55 |
1.0881 |
0.0743 |
210 |
2 |
122.51 |
2009-07-27 |
| 39. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
138.76 |
1.0845 |
0.0658 |
212 |
2 |
121.09 |
2009-07-27 |
| 40. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
138.39 |
1.0042 |
0.1403 |
168 |
1 |
138.39 |
2009-07-27 |
| 41. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
137.16 |
1.0334 |
0.1041 |
261 |
2 |
118.01 |
2009-07-27 |
| 42. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
135.56 |
1.1086 |
0.0165 |
233 |
1 |
135.56 |
2009-07-27 |
| 43. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
132.61 |
1.0639 |
0.0373 |
303 |
3 |
116.99 |
2009-07-27 |
| 44. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
132.50 |
1.0464 |
0.0578 |
294 |
2 |
114.60 |
2009-07-27 |
| 45. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
131.50 |
1.0320 |
0.0648 |
401 |
1 |
131.50 |
2009-07-27 |
| 46. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
131.10 |
0.9852 |
0.1017 |
235 |
2 |
116.67 |
2009-07-27 |
| 47. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
130.50 |
1.0476 |
0.0255 |
110 |
2 |
112.09 |
2009-07-27 |
| 48. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
125.21 |
1.0669 |
-0.0253 |
379 |
2 |
110.82 |
2009-07-27 |
| 49. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
123.90 |
1.0736 |
-0.0436 |
350 |
2 |
115.45 |
2009-07-27 |
| 50. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
121.43 |
1.0432 |
-0.0358 |
276 |
2 |
109.55 |
2009-07-27 |
| 51. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
116.27 |
1.0060 |
-0.0415 |
225 |
2 |
105.17 |
2009-07-26 |
| 52. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
114.38 |
1.0672 |
-0.1204 |
239 |
2 |
108.14 |
2009-07-25 |
| 53. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
113.85 |
1.0877 |
-0.1475 |
129 |
2 |
108.33 |
2009-07-25 |
| 54. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
113.23 |
1.0301 |
-0.0930 |
268 |
1 |
113.23 |
2009-07-25 |
| 55. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
112.93 |
1.0654 |
-0.1320 |
247 |
1 |
112.93 |
2009-07-25 |
| 56. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
111.68 |
1.1070 |
-0.1826 |
265 |
3 |
110.69 |
2009-07-25 |
| 57. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
110.49 |
1.0487 |
-0.1353 |
253 |
1 |
110.49 |
2009-07-25 |
| 58. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
110.30 |
1.0576 |
-0.1464 |
231 |
2 |
103.38 |
2009-07-25 |
| 59. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
109.59 |
0.9704 |
-0.0623 |
254 |
2 |
103.54 |
2009-07-27 |
| 60. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
109.15 |
1.0095 |
-0.1065 |
211 |
3 |
101.07 |
2009-07-25 |
| 61. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
108.48 |
0.9880 |
-0.0934 |
199 |
2 |
102.75 |
2009-07-25 |
| 62. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
108.00 |
1.0472 |
-0.1587 |
149 |
1 |
108.00 |
2009-07-25 |
| 63. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
107.77 |
1.0543 |
-0.1647 |
182 |
3 |
98.07 |
2009-07-26 |
| 64. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
107.03 |
1.0498 |
-0.1619 |
261 |
2 |
103.05 |
2009-07-27 |
| 65. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
106.88 |
0.9763 |
-0.0914 |
143 |
1 |
106.88 |
2009-07-24 |
| 66. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
106.55 |
1.0086 |
-0.1302 |
218 |
1 |
106.55 |
2009-07-26 |
| 67. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
106.44 |
0.8913 |
-0.0080 |
201 |
1 |
106.44 |
2009-07-25 |
| 68. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
106.40 |
1.0479 |
-0.1681 |
205 |
2 |
94.58 |
2009-07-25 |
| 69. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
105.73 |
1.0414 |
-0.1664 |
234 |
1 |
105.73 |
2009-07-24 |
| 70. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
105.69 |
0.9673 |
-0.0879 |
393 |
1 |
105.69 |
2009-07-27 |
| 71. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
105.51 |
0.9332 |
-0.0578 |
295 |
1 |
105.51 |
2009-07-24 |
| 72. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
105.34 |
1.0588 |
-0.1861 |
281 |
3 |
101.64 |
2009-07-25 |
| 73. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
104.97 |
1.0197 |
-0.1520 |
204 |
4 |
102.44 |
2009-07-25 |
| 74. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
104.80 |
1.0059 |
-0.1366 |
283 |
1 |
104.80 |
2009-07-25 |
| 75. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
104.69 |
1.1093 |
-0.2477 |
220 |
1 |
104.69 |
2009-07-25 |
| 76. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
104.51 |
0.9980 |
-0.1301 |
295 |
1 |
104.51 |
2009-07-24 |
| 77. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
103.44 |
1.0617 |
-0.2069 |
171 |
2 |
100.86 |
2009-07-25 |
| 78. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
102.75 |
0.9114 |
-0.0529 |
399 |
2 |
97.32 |
2009-07-27 |
| 79. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
102.38 |
0.9713 |
-0.1248 |
193 |
1 |
102.38 |
2009-07-26 |
| 80. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
102.10 |
0.9809 |
-0.1392 |
209 |
1 |
102.10 |
2009-07-25 |
| 81. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
102.05 |
0.9271 |
-0.0823 |
295 |
1 |
102.05 |
2009-07-25 |
| 82. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
102.01 |
1.0332 |
-0.1890 |
267 |
1 |
102.01 |
2009-07-24 |
| 83. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
101.90 |
1.0094 |
-0.1654 |
256 |
1 |
101.90 |
2009-07-24 |
| 84. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
101.47 |
0.9703 |
-0.1234 |
394 |
1 |
101.47 |
2009-07-26 |
| 85. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
101.09 |
1.0028 |
-0.1668 |
259 |
1 |
101.09 |
2009-07-25 |
| 86. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
101.08 |
1.0582 |
-0.2242 |
180 |
1 |
101.08 |
2009-07-25 |
| 87. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
100.84 |
0.9422 |
-0.1122 |
190 |
1 |
100.84 |
2009-07-25 |
| 88. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
100.38 |
0.9727 |
-0.1348 |
442 |
1 |
100.38 |
2009-07-24 |
| 89. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
100.11 |
1.0466 |
-0.2180 |
230 |
1 |
100.11 |
2009-07-25 |
| 90. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
100.09 |
1.0567 |
-0.2282 |
314 |
1 |
100.09 |
2009-07-24 |
| 91. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
99.06 |
0.9839 |
-0.1639 |
308 |
1 |
99.06 |
2009-07-25 |
| 92. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
98.67 |
0.9011 |
-0.0809 |
322 |
1 |
98.67 |
2009-07-25 |
| 93. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
98.65 |
1.0351 |
-0.2144 |
276 |
1 |
98.65 |
2009-07-25 |
| 94. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
98.23 |
1.0264 |
-0.2173 |
191 |
3 |
95.92 |
2009-07-26 |
| 95. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
97.90 |
1.0181 |
-0.2063 |
276 |
1 |
97.90 |
2009-07-25 |
| 96. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
97.77 |
1.0411 |
-0.2299 |
341 |
1 |
97.77 |
2009-07-25 |
| 97. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
97.65 |
0.9243 |
-0.1138 |
240 |
1 |
97.65 |
2009-07-25 |
| 98. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
97.07 |
1.0561 |
-0.2544 |
227 |
1 |
97.07 |
2009-07-25 |
| 99. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
96.87 |
1.0427 |
-0.2399 |
269 |
1 |
96.87 |
2009-07-25 |
| 100. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
96.86 |
1.0481 |
-0.2539 |
255 |
1 |
96.86 |
2009-07-25 |
| 101. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
96.85 |
0.9119 |
-0.1058 |
396 |
1 |
96.85 |
2009-07-24 |
| 102. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
96.05 |
1.0287 |
-0.2347 |
269 |
1 |
96.05 |
2009-07-24 |
| 103. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
95.79 |
0.9468 |
-0.1541 |
318 |
2 |
92.98 |
2009-07-25 |
| 104. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
95.63 |
0.9698 |
-0.1732 |
389 |
1 |
95.63 |
2009-07-25 |
| 105. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
94.92 |
0.9503 |
-0.1713 |
211 |
1 |
94.92 |
2009-07-25 |
| 106. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
94.45 |
0.9966 |
-0.2076 |
377 |
1 |
94.45 |
2009-07-25 |
| 107. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
94.27 |
1.0082 |
-0.2330 |
212 |
2 |
93.04 |
2009-07-25 |
| 108. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
94.14 |
1.0557 |
-0.2753 |
289 |
1 |
94.14 |
2009-07-25 |
| 109. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
93.90 |
0.9780 |
-0.2070 |
173 |
2 |
93.32 |
2009-07-26 |
| 110. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
93.68 |
1.0199 |
-0.2484 |
225 |
1 |
93.68 |
2009-07-25 |
| 111. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
93.56 |
1.0253 |
-0.2480 |
337 |
1 |
93.56 |
2009-07-25 |
| 112. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
93.00 |
1.0178 |
-0.2498 |
207 |
1 |
93.00 |
2009-07-25 |
| 113. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
92.78 |
1.0006 |
-0.2328 |
311 |
1 |
92.78 |
2009-07-26 |
| 114. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
92.71 |
0.8964 |
-0.1321 |
199 |
1 |
92.71 |
2009-07-25 |
| 115. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
92.47 |
0.9680 |
-0.2027 |
256 |
2 |
86.58 |
2009-07-26 |
| 116. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
92.17 |
1.0418 |
-0.2783 |
214 |
1 |
92.17 |
2009-07-25 |
| 117. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
91.82 |
0.9726 |
-0.2076 |
396 |
1 |
91.82 |
2009-07-25 |
| 118. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
91.45 |
0.9332 |
-0.1765 |
267 |
1 |
91.45 |
2009-07-26 |
| 119. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
91.35 |
1.0208 |
-0.2650 |
231 |
1 |
91.35 |
2009-07-25 |
| 120. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
91.22 |
0.9931 |
-0.2422 |
218 |
1 |
91.22 |
2009-07-27 |
| 121. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
90.57 |
1.0189 |
-0.2701 |
290 |
1 |
90.57 |
2009-07-25 |
| 122. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
90.49 |
0.9909 |
-0.2376 |
293 |
1 |
90.49 |
2009-07-26 |
| 123. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
90.27 |
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Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
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In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
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Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
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Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
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Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
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