| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
156.97 |
1.0524 |
0.1939 |
177 |
2 |
143.89 |
2010-08-25 |
| 2. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
154.15 |
1.0697 |
0.1654 |
341 |
1 |
154.15 |
2010-08-25 |
| 3. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
153.72 |
1.0777 |
0.1425 |
226 |
2 |
140.43 |
2010-12-31 |
| 4. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
151.00 |
1.0543 |
0.1471 |
233 |
1 |
151.00 |
2010-08-25 |
| 5. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
150.95 |
0.9763 |
0.2233 |
143 |
2 |
139.79 |
2010-12-28 |
| 6. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
150.71 |
1.1093 |
0.0833 |
220 |
3 |
147.56 |
2011-01-08 |
| 7. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
150.04 |
1.0588 |
0.1342 |
281 |
4 |
133.10 |
2011-01-01 |
| 8. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
149.79 |
1.0845 |
0.1053 |
212 |
1 |
149.79 |
2010-08-25 |
| 9. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
149.68 |
1.0338 |
0.1615 |
277 |
1 |
149.68 |
2010-08-27 |
| 10. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
149.47 |
1.0582 |
0.1270 |
180 |
1 |
149.47 |
2010-12-27 |
| 11. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
144.82 |
1.0867 |
0.0601 |
171 |
1 |
144.82 |
2010-08-25 |
| 12. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
142.60 |
1.0287 |
0.1036 |
269 |
1 |
142.60 |
2011-01-08 |
| 13. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
141.47 |
1.0561 |
0.0664 |
227 |
1 |
141.47 |
2010-08-25 |
| 14. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
141.04 |
1.0600 |
0.0612 |
351 |
2 |
135.99 |
2010-08-25 |
| 15. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
140.03 |
1.0414 |
0.0706 |
234 |
3 |
136.56 |
2010-08-25 |
| 16. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
139.04 |
1.0461 |
0.0637 |
286 |
1 |
139.04 |
2010-08-27 |
| 17. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
138.60 |
1.0036 |
0.0988 |
277 |
1 |
138.60 |
2010-08-27 |
| 18. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
138.24 |
1.0464 |
0.0579 |
213 |
2 |
132.86 |
2011-01-07 |
| 19. |
He rode past me and kept on goin'. Never said nothin' goin' ... |
138.20 |
1.0461 |
0.0678 |
535 |
2 |
134.48 |
2010-12-31 |
| 20. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
137.75 |
0.9947 |
0.1097 |
346 |
2 |
131.66 |
2010-08-27 |
| 21. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
137.16 |
1.0466 |
0.0429 |
230 |
1 |
137.16 |
2010-08-27 |
| 22. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
136.51 |
1.0521 |
0.0270 |
197 |
1 |
136.51 |
2010-08-27 |
| 23. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
136.12 |
1.0800 |
-0.0054 |
129 |
1 |
136.12 |
2010-08-25 |
| 24. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
135.75 |
1.0638 |
0.0129 |
247 |
2 |
133.73 |
2010-08-25 |
| 25. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
135.60 |
1.0755 |
0.0026 |
243 |
2 |
134.87 |
2010-08-27 |
| 26. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
135.18 |
1.0403 |
0.0321 |
234 |
2 |
134.27 |
2010-08-27 |
| 27. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
134.90 |
1.1086 |
-0.0363 |
233 |
2 |
131.33 |
2011-01-08 |
| 28. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
134.62 |
0.9854 |
0.0855 |
174 |
1 |
134.62 |
2010-08-25 |
| 29. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
134.13 |
1.0035 |
0.0628 |
310 |
1 |
134.13 |
2010-12-31 |
| 30. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
133.85 |
1.0272 |
0.0342 |
226 |
1 |
133.85 |
2010-08-25 |
| 31. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
133.79 |
1.0178 |
0.0435 |
207 |
2 |
131.61 |
2010-08-27 |
| 32. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
133.05 |
0.9346 |
0.1196 |
211 |
1 |
133.05 |
2010-08-27 |
| 33. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
132.82 |
1.0501 |
0.0059 |
263 |
1 |
132.82 |
2010-12-31 |
| 34. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
132.69 |
1.0585 |
-0.0015 |
226 |
1 |
132.69 |
2010-08-25 |
| 35. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
132.68 |
0.9841 |
0.0814 |
325 |
1 |
132.68 |
2010-08-25 |
| 36. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
132.01 |
0.9736 |
0.0823 |
378 |
2 |
129.69 |
2010-08-25 |
| 37. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
131.42 |
1.0736 |
-0.0255 |
256 |
1 |
131.42 |
2010-08-25 |
| 38. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
131.35 |
1.0101 |
0.0352 |
336 |
1 |
131.35 |
2010-12-28 |
| 39. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
131.10 |
0.9949 |
0.0570 |
304 |
1 |
131.10 |
2010-12-31 |
| 40. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
130.56 |
1.0461 |
-0.0067 |
318 |
1 |
130.56 |
2010-08-25 |
| 41. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
130.13 |
1.0060 |
0.0285 |
225 |
2 |
125.62 |
2010-12-28 |
| 42. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
129.85 |
1.0590 |
-0.0286 |
250 |
1 |
129.85 |
2010-08-25 |
| 43. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
128.68 |
0.9836 |
0.0387 |
289 |
2 |
113.93 |
2010-12-31 |
| 44. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
128.31 |
0.9833 |
0.0383 |
387 |
1 |
128.31 |
2010-12-31 |
| 45. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
127.25 |
1.0543 |
-0.0469 |
182 |
2 |
120.51 |
2010-12-31 |
| 46. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
126.51 |
1.0115 |
-0.0119 |
189 |
2 |
125.37 |
2010-12-28 |
| 47. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
126.49 |
0.9243 |
0.0825 |
240 |
1 |
126.49 |
2010-08-25 |
| 48. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
125.98 |
1.0208 |
-0.0203 |
231 |
2 |
116.49 |
2011-01-01 |
| 49. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
125.95 |
0.9400 |
0.0629 |
434 |
2 |
122.30 |
2010-08-27 |
| 50. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
125.73 |
1.0479 |
-0.0509 |
205 |
1 |
125.73 |
2010-08-27 |
| 51. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
125.71 |
1.0315 |
-0.0336 |
193 |
2 |
119.88 |
2011-01-01 |
| 52. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
125.14 |
1.0028 |
-0.0100 |
259 |
1 |
125.14 |
2010-08-25 |
| 53. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
125.08 |
1.0270 |
-0.0330 |
303 |
1 |
125.08 |
2010-08-27 |
| 54. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
124.78 |
1.0165 |
-0.0263 |
316 |
1 |
124.78 |
2010-12-31 |
| 55. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
124.31 |
0.9762 |
0.0110 |
249 |
1 |
124.31 |
2011-01-08 |
| 56. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
124.02 |
1.0267 |
-0.0387 |
261 |
1 |
124.02 |
2010-08-27 |
| 57. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
123.54 |
0.9284 |
0.0564 |
346 |
1 |
123.54 |
2010-12-27 |
| 58. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
123.49 |
1.0253 |
-0.0416 |
337 |
1 |
123.49 |
2010-08-25 |
| 59. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
123.25 |
1.0135 |
-0.0314 |
358 |
1 |
123.25 |
2010-08-25 |
| 60. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
121.92 |
1.0288 |
-0.0654 |
166 |
2 |
121.51 |
2010-12-31 |
| 61. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
121.68 |
1.0399 |
-0.0688 |
257 |
1 |
121.68 |
2010-08-25 |
| 62. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
121.52 |
0.9271 |
0.0374 |
295 |
1 |
121.52 |
2010-12-28 |
| 63. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
121.31 |
1.1198 |
-0.1575 |
247 |
1 |
121.31 |
2010-08-25 |
| 64. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
121.12 |
1.0640 |
-0.0965 |
210 |
1 |
121.12 |
2010-08-27 |
| 65. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
121.04 |
1.0192 |
-0.0528 |
243 |
1 |
121.04 |
2011-01-08 |
| 66. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
120.75 |
1.0125 |
-0.0552 |
232 |
1 |
120.75 |
2010-08-25 |
| 67. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
120.60 |
1.0018 |
-0.0439 |
246 |
1 |
120.60 |
2010-08-25 |
| 68. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
120.41 |
0.9926 |
-0.0253 |
413 |
2 |
112.36 |
2011-01-20 |
| 69. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
120.35 |
0.9359 |
0.0204 |
355 |
1 |
120.35 |
2010-08-27 |
| 70. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
119.98 |
1.0538 |
-0.0889 |
367 |
1 |
119.98 |
2010-08-27 |
| 71. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
119.60 |
0.9915 |
-0.0428 |
281 |
1 |
119.60 |
2010-08-25 |
| 72. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
119.36 |
0.8986 |
0.0497 |
216 |
1 |
119.36 |
2010-10-03 |
| 73. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
119.31 |
0.9719 |
-0.0174 |
383 |
1 |
119.31 |
2010-12-27 |
| 74. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
119.30 |
1.1062 |
-0.1570 |
200 |
1 |
119.30 |
2010-08-27 |
| 75. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
119.05 |
0.9839 |
-0.0389 |
308 |
3 |
115.52 |
2010-12-27 |
| 76. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
118.64 |
1.0372 |
-0.0957 |
249 |
1 |
118.64 |
2010-08-25 |
| 77. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
118.58 |
0.9737 |
-0.0295 |
237 |
1 |
118.58 |
2010-12-31 |
| 78. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
118.31 |
0.9632 |
-0.0227 |
287 |
1 |
118.31 |
2010-08-25 |
| 79. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
118.23 |
1.0476 |
-0.1183 |
110 |
1 |
118.23 |
2010-08-27 |
| 80. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
117.81 |
0.9989 |
-0.0565 |
282 |
1 |
117.81 |
2010-08-27 |
| 81. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
117.62 |
0.9228 |
0.0155 |
305 |
1 |
117.62 |
2010-08-25 |
| 82. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
116.91 |
0.8955 |
0.0426 |
436 |
1 |
116.91 |
2010-12-31 |
| 83. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
116.76 |
0.9842 |
-0.0551 |
335 |
1 |
116.76 |
2010-12-31 |
| 84. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
116.69 |
0.9931 |
-0.0623 |
339 |
1 |
116.69 |
2010-12-31 |
| 85. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
116.22 |
1.0265 |
-0.1002 |
375 |
1 |
116.22 |
2010-08-25 |
| 86. |
Right, I am going to tell you how this works. You're going i... |
116.21 |
1.0444 |
-0.1087 |
487 |
1 |
116.21 |
2011-01-08 |
| 87. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
116.02 |
1.0901 |
-0.1671 |
288 |
1 |
116.02 |
2010-08-25 |
| 88. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
114.37 |
1.0419 |
-0.1310 |
341 |
1 |
114.37 |
2010-08-25 |
| 89. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
114.12 |
1.0132 |
-0.1068 |
371 |
1 |
114.12 |
2010-12-31 |
| 90. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
113.88 |
0.9309 |
-0.0169 |
376 |
2 |
112.35 |
2010-12-31 |
| 91. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
113.41 |
1.0686 |
-0.1649 |
354 |
1 |
113.41 |
2010-12-31 |
| 92. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
113.38 |
0.9963 |
-0.0988 |
274 |
1 |
113.38 |
2010-08-25 |
| 93. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
113.17 |
1.0016 |
-0.1050 |
217 |
2 |
111.69 |
2010-08-27 |
| 94. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
112.97 |
1.0567 |
-0.1604 |
314 |
1 |
112.97 |
2011-01-08 |
| 95. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
112.96 |
0.9143 |
-0.0168 |
300 |
1 |
112.96 |
2010-12-31 |
| 96. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
112.94 |
0.9948 |
-0.0995 |
233 |
1 |
112.94 |
2010-08-25 |
| 97. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
112.81 |
0.9918 |
-0.0894 |
400 |
1 |
112.81 |
2010-12-28 |
| 98. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
112.62 |
1.0759 |
-0.1765 |
273 |
1 |
112.62 |
2010-08-25 |
| 99. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
111.07 |
0.9841 |
-0.1060 |
217 |
1 |
111.07 |
2010-09-05 |
| 100. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
110.78 |
0.9402 |
-0.0630 |
310 |
1 |
110.78 |
2011-01-08 |
| 101. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
110.14 |
0.9536 |
-0.0711 |
311 |
1 |
110.14 |
2010-12-27 |
| 102. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
106.57 |
0.9884 |
-0.1404 |
267 |
1 |
106.57 |
2011-01-08 |
| 103. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
106.04 |
0.9403 |
-0.0864 |
345 |
1 |
106.04 |
2011-01-08 |
| 104. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
102.99 |
0.9765 |
-0.1603 |
269 |
1 |
102.99 |
2010-12-31 |
| 105. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
102.68 |
1.0334 |
-0.2196 |
261 |
1 |
102.68 |
2010-12-31 |
| 106. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
102.29 |
0.9680 |
-0.1566 |
256 |
1 |
102.29 |
2010-08-25 |
| 107. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
99.48 |
0.9869 |
-0.2017 |
193 |
1 |
99.48 |
2010-12-31 |
| 108. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
98.64 |
0.9649 |
-0.1725 |
360 |
1 |
98.64 |
2010-12-31 |
| 109. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
93.59 |
0.7923 |
-0.0500 |
316 |
1 |
93.59 |
2010-08-25 |
| 110. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
88.11 |
1.0197 |
-0.3236 |
204 |
1 |
88.11 |
2010-08-25 |
| 111. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
87.42 |
1.0283 |
-0.3293 |
272 |
1 |
87.42 |
2010-08-25 |