| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
177.16 |
1.0845 |
0.2329 |
212 |
1 |
177.16 |
2009-01-18 |
| 2. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
170.56 |
1.0557 |
0.2146 |
289 |
2 |
168.07 |
2009-01-18 |
| 3. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
168.28 |
1.1086 |
0.1439 |
233 |
1 |
168.28 |
2009-01-18 |
| 4. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
165.07 |
0.9829 |
0.2445 |
229 |
2 |
160.08 |
2009-01-19 |
| 5. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
163.13 |
0.9980 |
0.2178 |
295 |
3 |
145.74 |
2009-01-19 |
| 6. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
162.51 |
1.0288 |
0.1754 |
166 |
1 |
162.51 |
2009-01-18 |
| 7. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
159.17 |
1.0042 |
0.1760 |
168 |
1 |
159.17 |
2009-01-19 |
| 8. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
158.90 |
1.0777 |
0.1022 |
226 |
2 |
158.88 |
2009-01-18 |
| 9. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
155.42 |
1.0736 |
0.0863 |
256 |
1 |
155.42 |
2009-10-07 |
| 10. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
154.09 |
1.0600 |
0.0863 |
351 |
1 |
154.09 |
2009-01-18 |
| 11. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
153.49 |
1.0279 |
0.1079 |
172 |
1 |
153.49 |
2009-01-18 |
| 12. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
152.54 |
1.0287 |
0.1046 |
269 |
2 |
149.32 |
2009-01-19 |
| 13. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
152.17 |
1.0479 |
0.0821 |
205 |
1 |
152.17 |
2010-07-31 |
| 14. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
149.96 |
1.0511 |
0.0658 |
252 |
1 |
149.96 |
2009-01-18 |
| 15. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
148.78 |
0.9519 |
0.1583 |
323 |
2 |
143.08 |
2009-01-19 |
| 16. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
148.37 |
1.0450 |
0.0635 |
358 |
1 |
148.37 |
2009-10-07 |
| 17. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
147.76 |
0.9357 |
0.1608 |
204 |
2 |
139.88 |
2010-07-31 |
| 18. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
147.56 |
1.0582 |
0.0359 |
180 |
1 |
147.56 |
2009-01-18 |
| 19. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
147.56 |
1.0736 |
0.0262 |
350 |
1 |
147.56 |
2009-01-18 |
| 20. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
147.53 |
1.0607 |
0.0390 |
357 |
1 |
147.53 |
2009-01-19 |
| 21. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
146.86 |
0.9869 |
0.1014 |
193 |
1 |
146.86 |
2009-01-18 |
| 22. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
146.25 |
0.9680 |
0.1195 |
256 |
1 |
146.25 |
2009-01-18 |
| 23. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
146.21 |
1.0414 |
0.0448 |
234 |
1 |
146.21 |
2009-01-19 |
| 24. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
146.20 |
0.9880 |
0.0948 |
199 |
2 |
138.33 |
2009-10-07 |
| 25. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
145.23 |
1.0676 |
0.0167 |
456 |
1 |
145.23 |
2009-01-18 |
| 26. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
145.20 |
1.0372 |
0.0419 |
249 |
2 |
138.95 |
2009-01-18 |
| 27. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
144.81 |
1.0411 |
0.0373 |
341 |
1 |
144.81 |
2009-10-07 |
| 28. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
144.37 |
1.0362 |
0.0434 |
437 |
2 |
140.48 |
2009-01-18 |
| 29. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
144.35 |
1.0035 |
0.0703 |
310 |
1 |
144.35 |
2009-01-18 |
| 30. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
144.19 |
1.0387 |
0.0375 |
333 |
1 |
144.19 |
2009-01-18 |
| 31. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
143.48 |
1.0036 |
0.0641 |
277 |
2 |
139.73 |
2009-10-07 |
| 32. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
143.37 |
0.9719 |
0.1011 |
383 |
1 |
143.37 |
2009-01-19 |
| 33. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
143.16 |
1.0250 |
0.0422 |
271 |
2 |
127.56 |
2009-01-19 |
| 34. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
142.61 |
0.9787 |
0.0848 |
364 |
1 |
142.61 |
2009-10-07 |
| 35. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
142.54 |
0.9873 |
0.0711 |
274 |
1 |
142.54 |
2009-10-07 |
| 36. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
142.30 |
1.0333 |
0.0194 |
176 |
1 |
142.30 |
2009-01-18 |
| 37. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
142.23 |
0.9996 |
0.0652 |
483 |
2 |
141.63 |
2009-10-07 |
| 38. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
140.82 |
1.0427 |
0.0050 |
269 |
1 |
140.82 |
2009-01-18 |
| 39. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
140.21 |
0.9885 |
0.0538 |
355 |
2 |
139.18 |
2009-10-07 |
| 40. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
139.63 |
1.0128 |
0.0319 |
369 |
1 |
139.63 |
2009-01-18 |
| 41. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
139.50 |
1.0086 |
0.0240 |
218 |
1 |
139.50 |
2009-01-18 |
| 42. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
139.39 |
0.9841 |
0.0487 |
217 |
1 |
139.39 |
2009-01-18 |
| 43. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
139.33 |
0.9801 |
0.0552 |
289 |
1 |
139.33 |
2009-01-19 |
| 44. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
138.87 |
1.0865 |
-0.0545 |
237 |
1 |
138.87 |
2009-01-18 |
| 45. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
137.84 |
0.9434 |
0.0856 |
367 |
1 |
137.84 |
2009-01-19 |
| 46. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
137.70 |
1.0094 |
0.0141 |
256 |
1 |
137.70 |
2009-01-19 |
| 47. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
137.57 |
0.8474 |
0.1756 |
265 |
1 |
137.57 |
2009-01-18 |
| 48. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
137.48 |
0.9108 |
0.1109 |
235 |
1 |
137.48 |
2009-01-18 |
| 49. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
137.19 |
0.9604 |
0.0571 |
285 |
1 |
137.19 |
2009-01-19 |
| 50. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
137.17 |
0.9915 |
0.0271 |
281 |
1 |
137.17 |
2009-01-18 |
| 51. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
137.02 |
1.0351 |
-0.0128 |
276 |
1 |
137.02 |
2009-01-18 |
| 52. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
136.83 |
0.9957 |
0.0252 |
323 |
1 |
136.83 |
2009-01-18 |
| 53. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
136.81 |
1.0576 |
-0.0436 |
231 |
1 |
136.81 |
2009-01-18 |
| 54. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
136.71 |
1.0466 |
-0.0310 |
230 |
3 |
123.72 |
2010-07-31 |
| 55. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
135.76 |
0.9162 |
0.0939 |
401 |
1 |
135.76 |
2009-01-19 |
| 56. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
135.64 |
1.0194 |
-0.0135 |
224 |
1 |
135.64 |
2009-01-19 |
| 57. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
135.15 |
1.0800 |
-0.0785 |
213 |
2 |
132.63 |
2009-10-07 |
| 58. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
134.95 |
1.0481 |
-0.0529 |
255 |
2 |
131.38 |
2010-07-31 |
| 59. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
134.84 |
0.9836 |
0.0186 |
289 |
3 |
126.43 |
2009-10-07 |
| 60. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
134.52 |
0.9673 |
0.0363 |
393 |
1 |
134.52 |
2009-01-18 |
| 61. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
134.32 |
1.0165 |
-0.0191 |
316 |
1 |
134.32 |
2009-01-19 |
| 62. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
134.19 |
0.9866 |
0.0110 |
308 |
2 |
132.85 |
2009-01-19 |
| 63. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
134.07 |
0.9810 |
0.0203 |
362 |
3 |
131.56 |
2009-01-18 |
| 64. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
133.23 |
0.9228 |
0.0717 |
305 |
2 |
123.80 |
2009-01-18 |
| 65. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
132.79 |
0.9709 |
0.0145 |
264 |
1 |
132.79 |
2009-01-18 |
| 66. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
132.45 |
0.9673 |
0.0191 |
292 |
1 |
132.45 |
2009-01-18 |
| 67. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
132.21 |
1.0291 |
-0.0488 |
240 |
1 |
132.21 |
2009-10-07 |
| 68. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
132.15 |
0.9966 |
-0.0075 |
377 |
1 |
132.15 |
2009-10-07 |
| 69. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
131.80 |
1.0461 |
-0.0646 |
318 |
1 |
131.80 |
2009-01-18 |
| 70. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
131.69 |
1.0461 |
-0.0628 |
286 |
1 |
131.69 |
2010-07-31 |
| 71. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
131.65 |
0.9603 |
0.0234 |
430 |
1 |
131.65 |
2009-01-18 |
| 72. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
131.48 |
0.9678 |
0.0134 |
392 |
1 |
131.48 |
2009-01-19 |
| 73. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
131.40 |
0.9952 |
-0.0165 |
220 |
1 |
131.40 |
2009-01-19 |
| 74. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
131.35 |
1.0487 |
-0.0749 |
253 |
1 |
131.35 |
2009-01-18 |
| 75. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
131.30 |
1.0301 |
-0.0558 |
268 |
1 |
131.30 |
2009-01-19 |
| 76. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
130.52 |
1.0028 |
-0.0342 |
259 |
1 |
130.52 |
2009-01-19 |
| 77. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
129.97 |
0.9637 |
0.0140 |
342 |
1 |
129.97 |
2010-07-31 |
| 78. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
128.71 |
0.9206 |
0.0361 |
317 |
3 |
122.22 |
2009-10-13 |
| 79. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
128.40 |
0.9704 |
-0.0165 |
254 |
1 |
128.40 |
2010-07-31 |
| 80. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
128.24 |
1.0615 |
-0.1118 |
201 |
1 |
128.24 |
2009-01-19 |
| 81. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
127.97 |
0.9054 |
0.0473 |
204 |
1 |
127.97 |
2009-01-18 |
| 82. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
127.64 |
1.0543 |
-0.1094 |
182 |
1 |
127.64 |
2010-07-31 |
| 83. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
127.13 |
1.0302 |
-0.0716 |
550 |
2 |
122.80 |
2010-07-31 |
| 84. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
126.70 |
0.9864 |
-0.0414 |
292 |
1 |
126.70 |
2009-01-18 |
| 85. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
126.66 |
0.8666 |
0.0718 |
206 |
3 |
114.01 |
2009-10-07 |
| 86. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
126.51 |
0.9359 |
0.0046 |
355 |
1 |
126.51 |
2009-10-07 |
| 87. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
126.43 |
1.0759 |
-0.1311 |
273 |
1 |
126.43 |
2009-10-07 |
| 88. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
126.34 |
1.0419 |
-0.1003 |
341 |
1 |
126.34 |
2010-07-31 |
| 89. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
126.21 |
0.8830 |
0.0570 |
300 |
3 |
109.79 |
2010-07-31 |
| 90. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
126.12 |
0.9698 |
-0.0280 |
389 |
1 |
126.12 |
2009-01-18 |
| 91. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
126.11 |
0.9012 |
0.0391 |
322 |
1 |
126.11 |
2009-01-19 |
| 92. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
125.80 |
0.8794 |
0.0617 |
427 |
1 |
125.80 |
2009-01-18 |
| 93. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
125.56 |
0.9922 |
-0.0589 |
264 |
1 |
125.56 |
2009-01-19 |
| 94. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
125.37 |
0.9650 |
-0.0311 |
347 |
1 |
125.37 |
2009-01-18 |
| 95. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
124.86 |
1.0059 |
-0.0773 |
283 |
1 |
124.86 |
2009-01-19 |
| 96. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
124.50 |
1.0472 |
-0.1288 |
149 |
1 |
124.50 |
2009-01-18 |
| 97. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
124.24 |
0.9658 |
-0.0393 |
308 |
1 |
124.24 |
2009-10-07 |
| 98. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
123.77 |
1.0095 |
-0.0916 |
211 |
1 |
123.77 |
2009-01-18 |
| 99. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
123.61 |
0.9727 |
-0.0479 |
442 |
1 |
123.61 |
2009-10-07 |
| 100. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
122.93 |
0.9114 |
0.0091 |
399 |
1 |
122.93 |
2009-01-18 |
| 101. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
122.91 |
1.0638 |
-0.1530 |
247 |
1 |
122.91 |
2009-10-07 |
| 102. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
122.87 |
1.0504 |
-0.1360 |
225 |
1 |
122.87 |
2010-07-31 |
| 103. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
121.84 |
1.0082 |
-0.1084 |
212 |
1 |
121.84 |
2010-07-31 |
| 104. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
121.51 |
0.9841 |
-0.0833 |
263 |
1 |
121.51 |
2009-01-18 |
| 105. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
121.49 |
1.0682 |
-0.1649 |
266 |
1 |
121.49 |
2009-01-18 |
| 106. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
121.44 |
1.0404 |
-0.1336 |
406 |
1 |
121.44 |
2009-01-19 |
| 107. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
121.29 |
0.9119 |
-0.0069 |
396 |
2 |
114.94 |
2009-10-07 |
| 108. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
120.75 |
0.9561 |
-0.0578 |
362 |
1 |
120.75 |
2009-10-07 |
| 109. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
120.69 |
0.9931 |
-0.1008 |
218 |
1 |
120.69 |
2009-10-07 |
| 110. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
120.54 |
1.0265 |
-0.1277 |
375 |
1 |
120.54 |
2010-07-31 |
| 111. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
120.07 |
0.9299 |
-0.0467 |
168 |
1 |
120.07 |
2009-01-18 |
| 112. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
119.70 |
0.9756 |
-0.0875 |
223 |
1 |
119.70 |
2009-01-18 |
| 113. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
118.82 |
1.0800 |
-0.2047 |
129 |
1 |
118.82 |
2009-10-07 |
| 114. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
118.69 |
1.0079 |
-0.1276 |
273 |
1 |
118.69 |
2010-07-31 |
| 115. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
118.15 |
0.9703 |
-0.0864 |
394 |
1 |
118.15 |
2009-01-18 |
| 116. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
117.46 |
1.0016 |
-0.1311 |
217 |
1 |
117.46 |
2009-01-19 |
| 117. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
117.25 |
0.8986 |
-0.0298 |
205 |
1 |
117.25 |
2009-01-19 |
| 118. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
116.79 |
1.0197 |
-0.1544 |
204 |
1 |
116.79 |
2010-07-31 |
| 119. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
116.63 |
0.9451 |
-0.0713 |
419 |
1 |
116.63 |
2009-01-18 |
| 120. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
115.26 |
1.0464 |
-0.1858 |
294 |
1 |
115.26 |
2010-07-31 |
| 121. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
114.62 |
1.0189 |
-0.1686 |
290 |
1 |
114.62 |
2010-07-31 |
| 122. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
113.78 |
0.9928 |
-0.1488 |
293 |
1 |
113.78 |
2010-07-31 |
| 123. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
112.81 |
0.9594 |
-0.1239 |
258 |
1 |
112.81 |
2009-01-18 |
| 124. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
112.55 |
1.0010 |
-0.1617 |
213 |
1 |
112.55 |
2009-10-07 |
| 125. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
111.73 |
0.9745 |
-0.1432 |
388 |
1 |
111.73 |
2010-07-31 |
| 126. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
109.58 |
0.9927 |
-0.1789 |
276 |
1 |
109.58 |
2009-01-18 |
| 127. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
108.36 |
0.9123 |
-0.0990 |
351 |
1 |
108.36 |
2010-07-31 |
| 128. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
107.82 |
1.0476 |
-0.2570 |
110 |
1 |
107.82 |
2009-01-18 |
| 129. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
105.66 |
0.9425 |
-0.1579 |
248 |
1 |
105.66 |
2009-01-18 |
| 130. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
104.02 |
0.9841 |
-0.2011 |
325 |
1 |
104.02 |
2009-10-07 |