| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
124.84 |
0.9685 |
0.4907 |
304 |
1 |
124.84 |
2009-02-28 |
| 2. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
104.91 |
1.0639 |
0.1616 |
303 |
1 |
104.91 |
2009-02-28 |
| 3. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
102.28 |
1.0669 |
0.1302 |
379 |
2 |
101.72 |
2010-01-11 |
| 4. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
102.14 |
1.0529 |
0.1419 |
373 |
1 |
102.14 |
2008-12-17 |
| 5. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
99.79 |
1.0039 |
0.1668 |
255 |
1 |
99.79 |
2009-11-29 |
| 6. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
99.34 |
1.0588 |
0.1004 |
281 |
2 |
88.87 |
2009-02-21 |
| 7. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
95.88 |
1.0461 |
0.0746 |
318 |
1 |
95.88 |
2008-12-17 |
| 8. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
95.21 |
1.0264 |
0.0799 |
191 |
1 |
95.21 |
2009-02-28 |
| 9. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
95.15 |
1.0960 |
0.0179 |
315 |
1 |
95.15 |
2008-12-17 |
| 10. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
95.12 |
1.0638 |
0.0438 |
247 |
2 |
93.90 |
2010-01-11 |
| 11. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
94.95 |
1.0481 |
0.0519 |
255 |
1 |
94.95 |
2008-12-17 |
| 12. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
94.34 |
0.9762 |
0.1241 |
249 |
1 |
94.34 |
2009-02-28 |
| 13. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
94.33 |
0.9981 |
0.1014 |
211 |
1 |
94.33 |
2008-12-17 |
| 14. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
93.75 |
1.0414 |
0.0513 |
234 |
1 |
93.75 |
2010-01-11 |
| 15. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
93.36 |
1.0672 |
0.0205 |
239 |
2 |
91.91 |
2009-11-29 |
| 16. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
93.25 |
1.0464 |
0.0464 |
294 |
2 |
86.42 |
2009-02-28 |
| 17. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
92.94 |
0.9632 |
0.1220 |
287 |
1 |
92.94 |
2010-01-11 |
| 18. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
91.82 |
1.0561 |
0.0128 |
227 |
1 |
91.82 |
2010-01-11 |
| 19. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
90.79 |
0.9736 |
0.0923 |
378 |
1 |
90.79 |
2010-01-11 |
| 20. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
90.75 |
0.8988 |
0.1588 |
193 |
1 |
90.75 |
2009-02-28 |
| 21. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
90.66 |
1.0227 |
0.0409 |
378 |
1 |
90.66 |
2009-02-28 |
| 22. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
90.47 |
1.0607 |
-0.0027 |
357 |
1 |
90.47 |
2008-12-17 |
| 23. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
90.00 |
1.0128 |
0.0437 |
369 |
1 |
90.00 |
2008-12-17 |
| 24. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
89.99 |
0.9541 |
0.0959 |
236 |
1 |
89.99 |
2010-01-11 |
| 25. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
89.87 |
0.9922 |
0.0564 |
264 |
1 |
89.87 |
2008-08-26 |
| 26. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
89.67 |
0.9346 |
0.1083 |
211 |
2 |
85.70 |
2009-04-25 |
| 27. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
89.48 |
1.0125 |
0.0260 |
171 |
1 |
89.48 |
2008-12-17 |
| 28. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
89.26 |
0.9644 |
0.0795 |
398 |
1 |
89.26 |
2008-12-17 |
| 29. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
89.21 |
0.9841 |
0.0677 |
325 |
1 |
89.21 |
2010-01-11 |
| 30. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
88.65 |
0.9980 |
0.0381 |
295 |
2 |
79.67 |
2009-02-28 |
| 31. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
88.50 |
1.0370 |
-0.0052 |
262 |
1 |
88.50 |
2009-02-28 |
| 32. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
88.48 |
0.9704 |
0.0614 |
254 |
1 |
88.48 |
2008-12-17 |
| 33. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
88.01 |
0.9931 |
0.0376 |
339 |
1 |
88.01 |
2008-12-17 |
| 34. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
87.83 |
0.9309 |
0.1033 |
376 |
1 |
87.83 |
2010-01-11 |
| 35. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
87.68 |
1.0628 |
-0.0385 |
363 |
1 |
87.68 |
2008-12-17 |
| 36. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
87.66 |
0.9162 |
0.1071 |
401 |
1 |
87.66 |
2009-02-28 |
| 37. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
87.30 |
1.0509 |
-0.0256 |
295 |
1 |
87.30 |
2009-11-29 |
| 38. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
87.21 |
1.0881 |
-0.0753 |
210 |
1 |
87.21 |
2009-04-25 |
| 39. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
87.00 |
0.9339 |
0.0863 |
317 |
2 |
84.99 |
2009-02-21 |
| 40. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
86.71 |
1.1093 |
-0.1041 |
220 |
1 |
86.71 |
2009-02-21 |
| 41. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
86.43 |
1.0333 |
-0.0306 |
176 |
2 |
81.01 |
2009-04-25 |
| 42. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
86.29 |
0.9027 |
0.0997 |
189 |
1 |
86.29 |
2008-12-17 |
| 43. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
86.03 |
1.0267 |
-0.0206 |
261 |
2 |
85.03 |
2010-01-11 |
| 44. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
85.96 |
0.9424 |
0.0623 |
320 |
2 |
78.45 |
2008-12-17 |
| 45. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
84.83 |
0.9927 |
-0.0070 |
234 |
1 |
84.83 |
2008-12-17 |
| 46. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
84.63 |
0.9068 |
0.0779 |
212 |
1 |
84.63 |
2008-12-17 |
| 47. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
84.50 |
1.0115 |
-0.0317 |
189 |
1 |
84.50 |
2009-02-28 |
| 48. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
84.37 |
0.9801 |
0.0115 |
282 |
1 |
84.37 |
2009-11-29 |
| 49. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
84.25 |
0.9928 |
-0.0113 |
293 |
1 |
84.25 |
2009-02-28 |
| 50. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
83.85 |
0.9909 |
-0.0095 |
334 |
1 |
83.85 |
2008-12-17 |
| 51. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
83.83 |
1.0472 |
-0.0764 |
149 |
2 |
73.76 |
2009-11-29 |
| 52. |
I don't want to go in there. He's a dangerous bastard. Taken... |
82.84 |
0.9353 |
0.0378 |
174 |
1 |
82.84 |
2008-08-26 |
| 53. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
82.57 |
0.9740 |
-0.0083 |
371 |
1 |
82.57 |
2010-01-11 |
| 54. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
82.47 |
1.0272 |
-0.0683 |
226 |
1 |
82.47 |
2008-12-17 |
| 55. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
82.22 |
0.9833 |
-0.0226 |
387 |
1 |
82.22 |
2010-01-11 |
| 56. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
81.25 |
0.9603 |
-0.0078 |
430 |
1 |
81.25 |
2008-12-17 |
| 57. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
81.11 |
1.0028 |
-0.0586 |
259 |
1 |
81.11 |
2009-02-21 |
| 58. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
79.93 |
0.9709 |
-0.0408 |
264 |
1 |
79.93 |
2009-02-28 |
| 59. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
79.89 |
0.9299 |
-0.0073 |
168 |
1 |
79.89 |
2008-08-26 |
| 60. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
79.08 |
0.8718 |
0.0531 |
318 |
1 |
79.08 |
2010-01-11 |
| 61. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
78.79 |
1.0404 |
-0.1172 |
406 |
1 |
78.79 |
2009-03-01 |
| 62. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
78.33 |
1.0234 |
-0.1067 |
392 |
1 |
78.33 |
2008-12-17 |
| 63. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
77.53 |
1.0654 |
-0.1648 |
247 |
1 |
77.53 |
2008-12-17 |
| 64. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
77.16 |
0.9631 |
-0.0647 |
273 |
2 |
76.82 |
2009-02-20 |
| 65. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
77.08 |
0.9392 |
-0.0350 |
360 |
1 |
77.08 |
2008-12-17 |
| 66. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
75.73 |
1.0462 |
-0.1610 |
340 |
1 |
75.73 |
2009-04-25 |
| 67. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
73.54 |
0.9425 |
-0.0853 |
248 |
1 |
73.54 |
2008-12-17 |
| 68. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
73.17 |
0.9271 |
-0.0754 |
295 |
1 |
73.17 |
2008-12-17 |
| 69. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
71.85 |
0.8986 |
-0.0612 |
216 |
1 |
71.85 |
2008-12-17 |
| 70. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
71.50 |
0.9621 |
-0.1325 |
201 |
1 |
71.50 |
2009-02-28 |
| 71. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
71.07 |
0.9583 |
-0.1304 |
237 |
1 |
71.07 |
2009-02-28 |
| 72. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
70.76 |
1.0617 |
-0.2398 |
171 |
1 |
70.76 |
2009-02-28 |
| 73. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
70.47 |
0.9703 |
-0.1432 |
394 |
1 |
70.47 |
2008-12-17 |
| 74. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
70.06 |
0.8778 |
-0.0604 |
285 |
1 |
70.06 |
2008-12-17 |
| 75. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
68.11 |
0.8993 |
-0.1036 |
366 |
1 |
68.11 |
2009-02-28 |
| 76. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
56.68 |
0.9841 |
-0.3270 |
263 |
1 |
56.68 |
2008-12-17 |
| 77. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
55.00 |
1.0103 |
-0.3770 |
209 |
1 |
55.00 |
2009-02-28 |
| 78. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
47.05 |
0.8603 |
-0.3147 |
270 |
1 |
47.05 |
2009-04-24 |