| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
166.48 |
1.0615 |
0.3038 |
201 |
1 |
166.48 |
2008-12-24 |
| 2. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
154.41 |
1.0426 |
0.2222 |
131 |
4 |
133.09 |
2009-02-27 |
| 3. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
152.84 |
1.0777 |
0.1758 |
226 |
1 |
152.84 |
2008-12-26 |
| 4. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
150.59 |
1.1093 |
0.1223 |
220 |
1 |
150.59 |
2008-12-24 |
| 5. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
149.77 |
1.0279 |
0.1969 |
172 |
2 |
132.59 |
2008-12-26 |
| 6. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
149.16 |
1.0057 |
0.2223 |
382 |
2 |
132.06 |
2008-12-24 |
| 7. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
148.14 |
1.0881 |
0.1249 |
210 |
2 |
134.91 |
2008-12-26 |
| 8. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
147.11 |
0.9644 |
0.2471 |
398 |
2 |
131.46 |
2009-02-27 |
| 9. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
147.04 |
1.0877 |
0.1166 |
129 |
1 |
147.04 |
2008-12-26 |
| 10. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
146.69 |
1.0873 |
0.1147 |
243 |
2 |
140.38 |
2008-12-26 |
| 11. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
146.24 |
1.0800 |
0.1142 |
129 |
2 |
132.27 |
2008-12-26 |
| 12. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
144.80 |
0.9763 |
0.2125 |
143 |
1 |
144.80 |
2008-12-24 |
| 13. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
144.46 |
0.9852 |
0.2006 |
235 |
1 |
144.46 |
2009-03-09 |
| 14. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
143.71 |
1.0333 |
0.1419 |
176 |
2 |
132.71 |
2008-12-26 |
| 15. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
143.15 |
0.9841 |
0.1900 |
263 |
1 |
143.15 |
2008-12-25 |
| 16. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
136.59 |
1.0529 |
0.0711 |
373 |
1 |
136.59 |
2008-12-23 |
| 17. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
135.82 |
1.0867 |
0.0241 |
171 |
1 |
135.82 |
2008-12-24 |
| 18. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
135.28 |
0.9884 |
0.1246 |
267 |
2 |
123.73 |
2009-02-27 |
| 19. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
134.28 |
1.0639 |
0.0397 |
303 |
5 |
124.05 |
2009-02-26 |
| 20. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
129.79 |
1.0582 |
0.0040 |
180 |
1 |
129.79 |
2008-12-26 |
| 21. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
128.89 |
1.0576 |
-0.0025 |
231 |
1 |
128.89 |
2008-12-24 |
| 22. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
128.87 |
1.0033 |
0.0545 |
203 |
2 |
121.20 |
2008-12-24 |
| 23. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
128.12 |
1.0095 |
0.0407 |
211 |
2 |
126.98 |
2008-12-26 |
| 24. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
127.64 |
1.0561 |
-0.0102 |
227 |
1 |
127.64 |
2008-12-25 |
| 25. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
127.41 |
0.9849 |
0.0619 |
337 |
2 |
124.69 |
2008-12-24 |
| 26. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
127.09 |
1.0498 |
-0.0055 |
261 |
1 |
127.09 |
2008-12-26 |
| 27. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
127.00 |
1.0607 |
-0.0155 |
357 |
3 |
119.07 |
2009-02-27 |
| 28. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
126.60 |
1.0601 |
-0.0240 |
256 |
1 |
126.60 |
2008-12-26 |
| 29. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
126.45 |
1.0736 |
-0.0333 |
350 |
1 |
126.45 |
2008-12-26 |
| 30. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
125.59 |
1.0287 |
0.0011 |
269 |
1 |
125.59 |
2008-12-26 |
| 31. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
125.53 |
0.9922 |
0.0385 |
264 |
4 |
119.85 |
2008-12-26 |
| 32. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
125.07 |
0.9931 |
0.0377 |
339 |
1 |
125.07 |
2008-12-25 |
| 33. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
124.89 |
1.0181 |
0.0082 |
276 |
1 |
124.89 |
2008-12-26 |
| 34. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
124.50 |
0.9829 |
0.0380 |
229 |
2 |
117.45 |
2008-12-26 |
| 35. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
124.49 |
1.0557 |
-0.0328 |
289 |
1 |
124.49 |
2008-12-26 |
| 36. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
124.32 |
1.0291 |
-0.0110 |
240 |
1 |
124.32 |
2008-12-26 |
| 37. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
123.95 |
1.0481 |
-0.0386 |
255 |
2 |
119.46 |
2008-12-26 |
| 38. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
123.81 |
1.0506 |
-0.0350 |
259 |
1 |
123.81 |
2008-12-26 |
| 39. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
122.90 |
0.8986 |
0.1103 |
216 |
2 |
119.93 |
2008-12-26 |
| 40. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
121.75 |
1.0414 |
-0.0432 |
234 |
1 |
121.75 |
2008-12-24 |
| 41. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
121.51 |
0.9890 |
0.0120 |
272 |
1 |
121.51 |
2008-12-23 |
| 42. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
121.37 |
0.9948 |
-0.0001 |
233 |
2 |
116.88 |
2008-12-26 |
| 43. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
120.86 |
1.0472 |
-0.0616 |
149 |
2 |
118.53 |
2008-12-25 |
| 44. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
120.59 |
0.9807 |
-0.0026 |
129 |
2 |
115.85 |
2008-12-25 |
| 45. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
120.12 |
1.0320 |
-0.0405 |
401 |
1 |
120.12 |
2008-12-24 |
| 46. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
119.56 |
0.9027 |
0.0748 |
189 |
1 |
119.56 |
2008-12-26 |
| 47. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
118.91 |
0.8964 |
0.0763 |
199 |
1 |
118.91 |
2008-12-24 |
| 48. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
118.67 |
0.9809 |
-0.0111 |
209 |
1 |
118.67 |
2008-12-24 |
| 49. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
118.64 |
0.9352 |
0.0369 |
194 |
2 |
117.96 |
2008-12-26 |
| 50. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
118.44 |
0.9632 |
0.0094 |
287 |
1 |
118.44 |
2009-02-27 |
| 51. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
118.21 |
1.0411 |
-0.0698 |
341 |
1 |
118.21 |
2008-12-24 |
| 52. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
118.04 |
0.9704 |
-0.0022 |
254 |
2 |
118.03 |
2009-02-27 |
| 53. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
117.95 |
1.0351 |
-0.0636 |
276 |
1 |
117.95 |
2008-12-24 |
| 54. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
117.87 |
0.9538 |
0.0129 |
276 |
1 |
117.87 |
2008-12-26 |
| 55. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
117.87 |
0.9011 |
0.0690 |
322 |
1 |
117.87 |
2008-12-23 |
| 56. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
117.84 |
0.9603 |
0.0117 |
430 |
1 |
117.84 |
2008-12-25 |
| 57. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
117.56 |
0.9780 |
-0.0196 |
173 |
2 |
116.11 |
2009-03-09 |
| 58. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
117.55 |
1.0132 |
-0.0481 |
371 |
1 |
117.55 |
2008-12-23 |
| 59. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
117.53 |
1.0341 |
-0.0705 |
273 |
2 |
116.06 |
2008-12-26 |
| 60. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
117.44 |
0.8830 |
0.0828 |
300 |
3 |
115.25 |
2008-12-26 |
| 61. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
117.24 |
1.0462 |
-0.0816 |
340 |
2 |
116.93 |
2008-12-25 |
| 62. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
117.21 |
1.0543 |
-0.0904 |
360 |
1 |
117.21 |
2008-12-25 |
| 63. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
117.18 |
1.0450 |
-0.0785 |
358 |
1 |
117.18 |
2008-12-26 |
| 64. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
116.95 |
1.0016 |
-0.0438 |
217 |
2 |
116.08 |
2008-12-26 |
| 65. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
116.90 |
1.0079 |
-0.0498 |
273 |
3 |
114.98 |
2008-12-26 |
| 66. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
116.89 |
0.7923 |
0.1671 |
316 |
3 |
108.07 |
2008-12-26 |
| 67. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
116.81 |
1.0461 |
-0.0856 |
318 |
1 |
116.81 |
2008-12-26 |
| 68. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
116.77 |
0.9143 |
0.0445 |
300 |
1 |
116.77 |
2008-12-26 |
| 69. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
116.68 |
1.0265 |
-0.0656 |
375 |
1 |
116.68 |
2008-12-24 |
| 70. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
116.61 |
0.9299 |
0.0185 |
168 |
1 |
116.61 |
2008-12-26 |
| 71. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
116.44 |
0.9604 |
-0.0074 |
285 |
1 |
116.44 |
2008-12-24 |
| 72. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
116.44 |
0.9424 |
0.0152 |
320 |
2 |
114.33 |
2009-02-27 |
| 73. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
116.36 |
0.9745 |
-0.0178 |
388 |
3 |
110.06 |
2008-12-26 |
| 74. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
116.30 |
1.0060 |
-0.0511 |
225 |
2 |
114.16 |
2008-12-24 |
| 75. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
116.29 |
1.0227 |
-0.0628 |
378 |
2 |
115.05 |
2008-12-25 |
| 76. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
116.26 |
1.0199 |
-0.0700 |
225 |
2 |
114.54 |
2008-12-26 |
| 77. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
116.23 |
1.0189 |
-0.0660 |
290 |
1 |
116.23 |
2008-12-24 |
| 78. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
116.09 |
1.1070 |
-0.1558 |
265 |
1 |
116.09 |
2008-12-25 |
| 79. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
115.97 |
0.9101 |
0.0448 |
351 |
2 |
114.32 |
2008-12-26 |
| 80. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
115.77 |
0.9673 |
-0.0139 |
393 |
1 |
115.77 |
2008-12-24 |
| 81. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
115.77 |
1.0669 |
-0.1144 |
379 |
1 |
115.77 |
2008-12-23 |
| 82. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
115.74 |
0.9503 |
-0.0075 |
211 |
3 |
114.85 |
2008-12-25 |
| 83. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
115.64 |
0.9864 |
-0.0342 |
292 |
1 |
115.64 |
2008-12-24 |
| 84. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
115.50 |
0.9271 |
0.0198 |
295 |
2 |
115.01 |
2008-12-24 |
| 85. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
115.47 |
1.0638 |
-0.1188 |
247 |
1 |
115.47 |
2008-12-26 |
| 86. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
115.45 |
0.9434 |
0.0078 |
367 |
1 |
115.45 |
2008-12-25 |
| 87. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
115.41 |
0.8778 |
0.0704 |
285 |
2 |
114.56 |
2008-12-26 |
| 88. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
115.35 |
0.9740 |
-0.0245 |
371 |
1 |
115.35 |
2009-02-27 |
| 89. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
115.35 |
0.9574 |
-0.0081 |
354 |
2 |
114.06 |
2008-12-26 |
| 90. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
115.34 |
0.9681 |
-0.0168 |
392 |
2 |
114.37 |
2008-12-26 |
| 91. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
115.25 |
1.0267 |
-0.0783 |
261 |
1 |
115.25 |
2008-12-24 |
| 92. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
115.15 |
0.9866 |
-0.0418 |
308 |
2 |
115.04 |
2008-12-26 |
| 93. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
115.13 |
0.8437 |
0.1000 |
268 |
1 |
115.13 |
2008-12-26 |
| 94. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
115.11 |
0.8880 |
0.0562 |
296 |
1 |
115.11 |
2008-12-26 |
| 95. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
115.10 |
0.8986 |
0.0439 |
205 |
2 |
114.33 |
2008-12-24 |
| 96. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
115.09 |
0.9183 |
0.0265 |
308 |
2 |
113.87 |
2008-12-26 |
| 97. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
115.07 |
0.9880 |
-0.0486 |
199 |
1 |
115.07 |
2008-12-24 |
| 98. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
115.01 |
0.9727 |
-0.0230 |
442 |
2 |
110.38 |
2008-12-25 |
| 99. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
115.00 |
0.9425 |
0.0014 |
248 |
1 |
115.00 |
2008-12-24 |
| 100. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
114.73 |
0.9114 |
0.0369 |
399 |
1 |
114.73 |
2008-12-26 |
| 101. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
114.70 |
0.9243 |
0.0187 |
240 |
1 |
114.70 |
2008-12-24 |
| 102. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
114.66 |
1.0540 |
-0.1184 |
184 |
1 |
114.66 |
2008-12-24 |
| 103. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
114.64 |
1.0272 |
-0.0889 |
226 |
1 |
114.64 |
2008-12-24 |
| 104. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
114.63 |
0.9957 |
-0.0515 |
323 |
1 |
114.63 |
2008-12-24 |
| 105. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
114.63 |
0.9332 |
0.0084 |
295 |
1 |
114.63 |
2008-12-24 |
| 106. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
114.52 |
0.9957 |
-0.0565 |
323 |
1 |
114.52 |
2008-12-26 |
| 107. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
114.52 |
1.1198 |
-0.1813 |
247 |
1 |
114.52 |
2008-12-25 |
| 108. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
114.50 |
0.9927 |
-0.0569 |
234 |
1 |
114.50 |
2008-12-24 |
| 109. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
114.49 |
1.0654 |
-0.1289 |
247 |
2 |
114.00 |
2008-12-25 |
| 110. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
114.40 |
0.9519 |
-0.0096 |
323 |
2 |
114.22 |
2008-12-26 |
| 111. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
114.34 |
1.0059 |
-0.0671 |
283 |
1 |
114.34 |
2008-12-24 |
| 112. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
114.34 |
0.9380 |
-0.0016 |
284 |
1 |
114.34 |
2008-12-26 |
| 113. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
114.15 |
1.0362 |
-0.0938 |
437 |
1 |
114.15 |
2008-12-24 |
| 114. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
114.14 |
1.0332 |
-0.0973 |
267 |
1 |
114.14 |
2008-12-26 |
| 115. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
113.84 |
1.0464 |
-0.1078 |
294 |
1 |
113.84 |
2008-12-24 |
| 116. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
113.74 |
0.9271 |
0.0080 |
323 |
2 |
112.43 |
2008-12-24 |
| 117. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
113.73 |
1.0676 |
-0.1301 |
456 |
1 |
113.73 |
2008-12-25 |
| 118. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
113.63 |
0.9909 |
-0.0546 |
293 |
1 |
113.63 |
2008-12-24 |
| 119. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
113.45 |
0.9827 |
-0.0514 |
314 |
1 |
113.45 |
2008-12-24 |
| 120. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
113.44 |
0.9402 |
-0.0117 |
310 |
1 |
113.44 |
2008-12-26 |
| 121. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
113.42 |
1.0960 |
-0.1618 |
315 |
2 |
107.08 |
2008-12-24 |
| 122. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
113.18 |
1.0476 |
-0.1288 |
110 |
2 |
112.67 |
2009-02-27 |
| 123. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
113.00 |
0.9833 |
-0.0541 |
387 |
1 |
113.00 |
2008-12-26 |
| 124. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
112.92 |
0.9594 |
-0.0349 |
258 |
1 |
112.92 |
2008-12-24 |
| 125. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
112.91 |
0.9135 |
0.0211 |
393 |
1 |
112.91 |
2008-12-26 |
| 126. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
112.64 |
0.9609 |
-0.0324 |
331 |
1 |
112.64 |
2008-12-24 |
| 127. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
111.42 |
0.8794 |
0.0408 |
427 |
1 |
111.42 |
2008-12-26 |
| 128. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
110.99 |
1.0125 |
-0.1039 |
232 |
1 |
110.99 |
2008-12-26 |
| 129. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
110.55 |
0.9119 |
-0.0010 |
396 |
1 |
110.55 |
2008-12-26 |
| 130. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
109.52 |
1.0418 |
-0.1431 |
214 |
1 |
109.52 |
2008-12-24 |
| 131. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
108.40 |
0.9284 |
-0.0360 |
346 |
1 |
108.40 |
2008-12-26 |
| 132. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
107.60 |
0.9392 |
-0.0511 |
360 |
1 |
107.60 |
2009-02-27 |
| 133. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
107.25 |
0.9762 |
-0.0969 |
249 |
1 |
107.25 |
2009-02-27 |
| 134. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
104.71 |
0.9839 |
-0.1258 |
308 |
1 |
104.71 |
2008-12-24 |
| 135. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
103.67 |
1.0165 |
-0.1674 |
316 |
1 |
103.67 |
2008-12-25 |
| 136. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
103.26 |
0.9162 |
-0.0687 |
401 |
1 |
103.26 |
2008-12-26 |