Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
165.95 |
0.9206 |
0.7461 |
317 |
2 |
126.56 |
2009-03-08 |
2. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
123.10 |
1.0960 |
0.1399 |
315 |
3 |
117.33 |
2009-04-19 |
3. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
122.95 |
1.0873 |
0.1438 |
243 |
1 |
122.95 |
2009-04-20 |
4. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
121.66 |
1.0669 |
0.1548 |
379 |
2 |
110.55 |
2009-04-19 |
5. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
120.82 |
1.0654 |
0.1450 |
247 |
1 |
120.82 |
2009-04-19 |
6. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
119.36 |
1.1070 |
0.0904 |
265 |
1 |
119.36 |
2009-04-18 |
7. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
117.05 |
1.0639 |
0.1113 |
303 |
1 |
117.05 |
2009-04-19 |
8. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
116.80 |
1.0103 |
0.1592 |
209 |
1 |
116.80 |
2009-02-19 |
9. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
116.62 |
1.0800 |
0.0878 |
213 |
2 |
105.53 |
2009-04-19 |
10. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
115.50 |
1.0881 |
0.0685 |
210 |
3 |
111.73 |
2009-04-19 |
11. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
114.78 |
1.0197 |
0.1305 |
204 |
3 |
111.36 |
2009-04-19 |
12. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
114.47 |
1.0351 |
0.1138 |
276 |
1 |
114.47 |
2009-04-18 |
13. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
114.33 |
1.0615 |
0.0848 |
201 |
2 |
101.96 |
2009-04-18 |
14. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
113.83 |
1.0414 |
0.0991 |
234 |
1 |
113.83 |
2009-04-19 |
15. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
113.06 |
1.1086 |
0.0245 |
233 |
2 |
110.79 |
2009-04-18 |
16. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
112.38 |
1.0845 |
0.0420 |
212 |
1 |
112.38 |
2009-04-18 |
17. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
111.86 |
0.9842 |
0.1383 |
335 |
3 |
103.72 |
2009-04-19 |
18. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
111.82 |
1.0529 |
0.0706 |
373 |
1 |
111.82 |
2009-04-19 |
19. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
111.41 |
1.0638 |
0.0520 |
247 |
1 |
111.41 |
2009-01-24 |
20. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
111.00 |
1.0450 |
0.0703 |
358 |
2 |
109.65 |
2009-04-18 |
21. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
110.89 |
1.0079 |
0.1037 |
273 |
2 |
100.41 |
2009-04-19 |
22. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
110.83 |
1.0865 |
0.0251 |
237 |
2 |
108.93 |
2009-02-20 |
23. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
110.54 |
1.0370 |
0.0716 |
262 |
2 |
97.55 |
2009-04-18 |
24. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
110.51 |
1.0472 |
0.0576 |
149 |
1 |
110.51 |
2009-04-18 |
25. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
110.49 |
1.0682 |
0.0403 |
266 |
2 |
107.17 |
2009-04-18 |
26. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
110.28 |
1.0208 |
0.0845 |
231 |
2 |
105.03 |
2009-02-21 |
27. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
110.05 |
1.0543 |
0.0501 |
360 |
2 |
107.90 |
2009-04-18 |
28. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
110.04 |
1.0194 |
0.0821 |
224 |
1 |
110.04 |
2009-04-18 |
29. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
109.91 |
1.0521 |
0.0472 |
197 |
2 |
108.70 |
2009-04-19 |
30. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
109.31 |
1.0676 |
0.0301 |
456 |
1 |
109.31 |
2009-02-21 |
31. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
109.14 |
1.0777 |
0.0162 |
226 |
2 |
97.93 |
2009-04-18 |
32. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
108.73 |
1.0035 |
0.0868 |
310 |
3 |
102.73 |
2009-04-19 |
33. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
108.36 |
1.0267 |
0.0618 |
261 |
2 |
99.37 |
2009-02-19 |
34. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
107.64 |
0.9809 |
0.0968 |
209 |
3 |
103.82 |
2009-02-22 |
35. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
107.50 |
1.0042 |
0.0727 |
168 |
1 |
107.50 |
2009-04-18 |
36. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
106.82 |
1.0506 |
0.0204 |
259 |
3 |
104.90 |
2009-02-20 |
37. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
106.77 |
0.9885 |
0.0816 |
355 |
3 |
101.00 |
2009-02-28 |
38. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
106.73 |
1.0028 |
0.0667 |
259 |
3 |
98.79 |
2009-02-19 |
39. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
106.73 |
1.0543 |
0.0138 |
182 |
1 |
106.73 |
2009-02-20 |
40. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
106.54 |
1.0060 |
0.0621 |
225 |
2 |
101.76 |
2009-04-18 |
41. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
106.43 |
1.0461 |
0.0217 |
318 |
1 |
106.43 |
2009-02-20 |
42. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
105.87 |
1.0101 |
0.0528 |
336 |
1 |
105.87 |
2009-02-20 |
43. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
105.84 |
1.0498 |
0.0107 |
261 |
1 |
105.84 |
2009-01-24 |
44. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
105.58 |
0.9704 |
0.0887 |
254 |
1 |
105.58 |
2009-04-19 |
45. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
105.55 |
1.0672 |
-0.0092 |
239 |
1 |
105.55 |
2009-02-20 |
46. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
104.92 |
1.0332 |
0.0185 |
267 |
3 |
99.97 |
2009-02-20 |
47. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
104.75 |
0.9745 |
0.0763 |
388 |
2 |
102.17 |
2009-04-19 |
48. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
104.71 |
1.0301 |
0.0195 |
268 |
2 |
103.75 |
2009-04-18 |
49. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
104.37 |
1.0362 |
0.0127 |
437 |
3 |
96.35 |
2009-02-21 |
50. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
104.37 |
1.0617 |
-0.0148 |
171 |
1 |
104.37 |
2009-04-19 |
51. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
104.15 |
1.0130 |
0.0318 |
288 |
2 |
94.75 |
2009-04-18 |
52. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
103.86 |
0.9583 |
0.0832 |
237 |
2 |
87.96 |
2009-04-19 |
53. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
103.29 |
1.0487 |
-0.0141 |
253 |
1 |
103.29 |
2009-02-20 |
54. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
103.11 |
0.9839 |
0.0498 |
308 |
2 |
96.58 |
2009-02-22 |
55. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
102.38 |
1.0601 |
-0.0344 |
256 |
2 |
98.20 |
2009-02-20 |
56. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
102.38 |
1.0279 |
-0.0036 |
172 |
1 |
102.38 |
2009-02-21 |
57. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
102.10 |
1.0320 |
-0.0061 |
401 |
1 |
102.10 |
2009-02-20 |
58. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
101.77 |
1.0582 |
-0.0394 |
180 |
1 |
101.77 |
2009-04-19 |
59. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
101.75 |
0.9709 |
0.0482 |
264 |
1 |
101.75 |
2009-02-21 |
60. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
101.72 |
1.1093 |
-0.0924 |
220 |
2 |
99.47 |
2009-01-24 |
61. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
101.69 |
1.0576 |
-0.0387 |
231 |
1 |
101.69 |
2009-04-18 |
62. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
101.03 |
0.9740 |
0.0398 |
371 |
1 |
101.03 |
2009-02-19 |
63. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
100.94 |
1.0264 |
-0.0159 |
191 |
2 |
99.24 |
2009-02-20 |
64. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
100.92 |
1.0094 |
0.0022 |
256 |
1 |
100.92 |
2009-04-18 |
65. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
100.88 |
0.9762 |
0.0358 |
249 |
1 |
100.88 |
2009-02-19 |
66. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
100.39 |
0.9765 |
0.0295 |
269 |
1 |
100.39 |
2009-04-19 |
67. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
100.23 |
0.9948 |
0.0086 |
233 |
2 |
93.44 |
2009-02-22 |
68. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
99.87 |
0.9864 |
0.0159 |
292 |
1 |
99.87 |
2009-01-24 |
69. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
99.75 |
1.0106 |
-0.0110 |
302 |
1 |
99.75 |
2009-04-19 |
70. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
99.50 |
1.0466 |
-0.0488 |
230 |
1 |
99.50 |
2009-04-18 |
71. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
99.22 |
0.9636 |
0.0292 |
281 |
1 |
99.22 |
2009-04-18 |
72. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
98.92 |
1.0743 |
-0.0830 |
297 |
1 |
98.92 |
2009-02-18 |
73. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
98.84 |
1.0540 |
-0.0654 |
184 |
5 |
89.61 |
2009-02-22 |
74. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
98.60 |
0.9519 |
0.0372 |
323 |
3 |
93.39 |
2009-04-18 |
75. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
98.40 |
0.8830 |
0.1044 |
300 |
1 |
98.40 |
2009-02-20 |
76. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
98.35 |
0.9928 |
-0.0066 |
293 |
3 |
94.15 |
2009-04-18 |
77. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
98.06 |
0.9380 |
0.0440 |
284 |
2 |
87.46 |
2009-02-21 |
78. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
97.55 |
1.0600 |
-0.0818 |
351 |
2 |
93.95 |
2009-02-19 |
79. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
97.52 |
0.9422 |
0.0327 |
190 |
2 |
90.99 |
2009-04-18 |
80. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
97.36 |
0.9931 |
-0.0151 |
339 |
1 |
97.36 |
2009-04-19 |
81. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
96.94 |
1.0628 |
-0.0895 |
363 |
1 |
96.94 |
2009-02-10 |
82. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
96.78 |
1.0178 |
-0.0474 |
207 |
1 |
96.78 |
2009-01-24 |
83. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
96.37 |
1.0476 |
-0.0867 |
110 |
1 |
96.37 |
2009-02-10 |
84. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
96.37 |
0.9068 |
0.0591 |
212 |
1 |
96.37 |
2009-02-21 |
85. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
96.37 |
0.9736 |
-0.0053 |
378 |
2 |
90.77 |
2009-04-18 |
86. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
96.13 |
1.0403 |
-0.0787 |
234 |
1 |
96.13 |
2009-02-28 |
87. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
95.92 |
1.0567 |
-0.0957 |
314 |
2 |
93.63 |
2009-02-10 |
88. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
95.54 |
1.0334 |
-0.0757 |
261 |
1 |
95.54 |
2009-04-18 |
89. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
95.39 |
0.9885 |
-0.0297 |
469 |
2 |
93.08 |
2009-02-20 |
90. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
95.35 |
0.9909 |
-0.0339 |
334 |
2 |
90.45 |
2009-02-19 |
91. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
95.12 |
1.0481 |
-0.1002 |
255 |
1 |
95.12 |
2009-02-19 |
92. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
94.75 |
0.9957 |
-0.0443 |
323 |
1 |
94.75 |
2009-02-19 |
93. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
94.39 |
0.8666 |
0.0785 |
206 |
1 |
94.39 |
2009-02-20 |
94. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
94.34 |
0.9500 |
-0.0038 |
287 |
2 |
88.88 |
2009-02-19 |
95. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
94.28 |
1.0227 |
-0.0755 |
378 |
1 |
94.28 |
2009-02-18 |
96. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
94.27 |
0.9631 |
-0.0185 |
273 |
1 |
94.27 |
2009-02-21 |
97. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
94.08 |
0.9974 |
-0.0565 |
163 |
1 |
94.08 |
2009-04-18 |
98. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
93.92 |
1.0495 |
-0.1077 |
323 |
1 |
93.92 |
2009-01-24 |
99. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
93.50 |
0.9673 |
-0.0287 |
393 |
1 |
93.50 |
2009-04-18 |
100. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
93.44 |
1.0006 |
-0.0639 |
311 |
1 |
93.44 |
2009-02-19 |
101. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
93.35 |
0.9713 |
-0.0366 |
193 |
1 |
93.35 |
2009-02-11 |
102. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
93.30 |
0.9357 |
-0.0016 |
204 |
1 |
93.30 |
2009-04-18 |
103. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
93.22 |
1.0165 |
-0.0821 |
316 |
1 |
93.22 |
2009-01-24 |
104. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
93.14 |
0.9604 |
-0.0276 |
285 |
3 |
84.87 |
2009-02-20 |
105. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
92.96 |
0.9833 |
-0.0503 |
387 |
1 |
92.96 |
2009-02-20 |
106. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
92.74 |
1.0418 |
-0.1124 |
214 |
1 |
92.74 |
2009-02-22 |
107. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
91.81 |
1.0095 |
-0.0912 |
211 |
1 |
91.81 |
2009-02-19 |
108. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
91.76 |
1.0462 |
-0.1252 |
340 |
1 |
91.76 |
2009-02-19 |
109. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
90.58 |
0.9756 |
-0.0675 |
223 |
1 |
90.58 |
2009-02-22 |
110. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
90.52 |
0.8986 |
0.0090 |
216 |
1 |
90.52 |
2009-02-20 |
111. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
90.47 |
0.9538 |
-0.0476 |
276 |
1 |
90.47 |
2009-02-10 |
112. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
90.15 |
1.0135 |
-0.1083 |
358 |
1 |
90.15 |
2009-02-18 |
113. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
89.98 |
0.9101 |
-0.0074 |
351 |
3 |
87.00 |
2009-02-18 |
114. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
89.88 |
1.0265 |
-0.1242 |
375 |
1 |
89.88 |
2009-02-10 |
115. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
89.35 |
0.9243 |
-0.0280 |
240 |
2 |
84.30 |
2009-02-19 |
116. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
88.87 |
0.9966 |
-0.1030 |
377 |
1 |
88.87 |
2009-02-20 |
117. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
88.70 |
1.0426 |
-0.1552 |
131 |
1 |
88.70 |
2009-02-19 |
118. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
88.68 |
0.9346 |
-0.0471 |
211 |
2 |
84.20 |
2009-02-19 |
119. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
88.45 |
0.9136 |
-0.0261 |
348 |
1 |
88.45 |
2009-02-21 |
120. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
87.59 |
0.9603 |
-0.0805 |
430 |
1 |
87.59 |
2009-02-20 |
121. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
87.07 |
0.9012 |
-0.0278 |
322 |
1 |
87.07 |
2009-04-18 |
122. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
86.66 |
1.0059 |
-0.1369 |
283 |
1 |
86.66 |
2009-02-08 |
123. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
86.46 |
0.9265 |
-0.0602 |
254 |
1 |
86.46 |
2009-01-24 |
124. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
86.45 |
0.9810 |
-0.1130 |
362 |
1 |
86.45 |
2009-02-21 |
125. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
85.79 |
0.9829 |
-0.1235 |
229 |
2 |
82.66 |
2009-02-11 |
126. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
85.18 |
0.9644 |
-0.1104 |
398 |
1 |
85.18 |
2009-02-10 |
127. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
85.12 |
0.8986 |
-0.0462 |
205 |
2 |
82.28 |
2009-02-08 |
128. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
84.89 |
1.0607 |
-0.2092 |
357 |
1 |
84.89 |
2009-02-10 |
129. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
84.70 |
1.0128 |
-0.1620 |
369 |
1 |
84.70 |
2009-02-10 |
130. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
83.25 |
0.9841 |
-0.1509 |
217 |
1 |
83.25 |
2009-02-10 |
131. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
83.12 |
1.0086 |
-0.1777 |
218 |
1 |
83.12 |
2009-02-10 |
132. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
82.87 |
0.9632 |
-0.1330 |
287 |
1 |
82.87 |
2009-01-24 |
133. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
82.69 |
0.9852 |
-0.1571 |
235 |
1 |
82.69 |
2009-02-10 |
134. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
82.41 |
0.9681 |
-0.1408 |
392 |
1 |
82.41 |
2009-02-19 |
135. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
82.30 |
0.8778 |
-0.0526 |
285 |
1 |
82.30 |
2009-02-10 |
136. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
80.80 |
0.9726 |
-0.1617 |
396 |
1 |
80.80 |
2009-02-18 |
137. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
79.19 |
0.9827 |
-0.1892 |
314 |
1 |
79.19 |
2009-02-10 |
138. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
78.20 |
0.8624 |
-0.0809 |
174 |
1 |
78.20 |
2009-02-19 |
139. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
74.42 |
0.9780 |
-0.2358 |
173 |
1 |
74.42 |
2009-02-10 |
140. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
74.32 |
0.9931 |
-0.2513 |
218 |
1 |
74.32 |
2009-02-09 |
141. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
73.86 |
0.9070 |
-0.1697 |
192 |
1 |
73.86 |
2009-02-10 |
142. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
53.16 |
0.8964 |
-0.3660 |
199 |
1 |
53.16 |
2009-02-10 |