Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
147.60 |
1.0099 |
0.2184 |
207 |
1 |
147.60 |
2010-07-22 |
2. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
144.93 |
1.0711 |
0.1325 |
213 |
2 |
124.13 |
2010-07-22 |
3. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
143.91 |
1.0696 |
0.1270 |
226 |
1 |
143.91 |
2010-07-22 |
4. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
141.22 |
1.0797 |
0.0921 |
210 |
1 |
141.22 |
2010-07-21 |
5. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
140.19 |
0.9780 |
0.1917 |
337 |
2 |
121.21 |
2010-07-21 |
6. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
139.80 |
1.0263 |
0.1383 |
267 |
2 |
109.45 |
2010-07-21 |
7. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
139.30 |
1.0441 |
0.1584 |
316 |
2 |
130.72 |
2010-07-22 |
8. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
139.21 |
1.0419 |
0.1186 |
261 |
1 |
139.21 |
2010-07-22 |
9. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
139.09 |
1.0477 |
0.1142 |
360 |
1 |
139.09 |
2010-07-22 |
10. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
138.07 |
1.0385 |
0.1106 |
230 |
1 |
138.07 |
2010-07-22 |
11. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
138.03 |
1.0941 |
0.0876 |
256 |
1 |
138.03 |
2010-07-22 |
12. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
138.00 |
1.0668 |
0.0860 |
350 |
1 |
138.00 |
2010-07-22 |
13. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
137.86 |
1.0577 |
0.0879 |
247 |
1 |
137.86 |
2010-07-21 |
14. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
137.17 |
1.0201 |
0.1236 |
303 |
1 |
137.17 |
2010-07-20 |
15. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
136.12 |
1.0417 |
0.0902 |
253 |
1 |
136.12 |
2010-07-20 |
16. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
135.43 |
1.1323 |
0.0300 |
341 |
1 |
135.43 |
2010-07-20 |
17. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
134.77 |
1.0993 |
0.0216 |
265 |
1 |
134.77 |
2010-07-21 |
18. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
133.88 |
1.1296 |
0.0150 |
252 |
1 |
133.88 |
2010-07-20 |
19. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
131.30 |
1.0567 |
0.0377 |
303 |
1 |
131.30 |
2010-07-22 |
20. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
130.31 |
1.0252 |
0.0537 |
176 |
2 |
122.21 |
2010-07-21 |
21. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
130.13 |
0.9790 |
0.1455 |
311 |
2 |
122.26 |
2010-07-22 |
22. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
130.13 |
1.0412 |
0.0421 |
225 |
2 |
129.07 |
2010-07-21 |
23. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
130.04 |
0.9699 |
0.1127 |
269 |
1 |
130.04 |
2010-07-20 |
24. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
129.58 |
1.0917 |
0.0111 |
243 |
1 |
129.58 |
2010-07-21 |
25. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
128.61 |
0.9798 |
0.0856 |
199 |
1 |
128.61 |
2010-07-20 |
26. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
128.42 |
1.0796 |
-0.0149 |
129 |
1 |
128.42 |
2010-07-22 |
27. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
128.07 |
0.9976 |
0.0892 |
174 |
1 |
128.07 |
2010-07-21 |
28. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
127.76 |
0.9894 |
0.0790 |
323 |
1 |
127.76 |
2010-07-22 |
29. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
127.73 |
1.0214 |
0.0369 |
166 |
1 |
127.73 |
2010-07-22 |
30. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
127.73 |
1.0125 |
0.0890 |
413 |
1 |
127.73 |
2010-07-22 |
31. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
127.68 |
0.9109 |
0.1550 |
401 |
1 |
127.68 |
2010-07-21 |
32. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
127.51 |
1.0487 |
0.0081 |
231 |
1 |
127.51 |
2010-07-20 |
33. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
126.92 |
0.9925 |
0.1011 |
247 |
1 |
126.92 |
2010-07-22 |
34. |
Three changes occur while the stacked disk structure equilib... |
126.21 |
0.9382 |
0.1378 |
440 |
1 |
126.21 |
2010-07-20 |
35. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
125.85 |
1.0662 |
0.0194 |
407 |
1 |
125.85 |
2010-07-22 |
36. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
125.78 |
0.9964 |
0.0510 |
203 |
1 |
125.78 |
2010-07-20 |
37. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
125.53 |
1.0343 |
0.0483 |
242 |
1 |
125.53 |
2010-07-21 |
38. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
125.02 |
0.9893 |
0.0517 |
323 |
1 |
125.02 |
2010-07-21 |
39. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
124.98 |
1.0485 |
0.0267 |
153 |
1 |
124.98 |
2010-07-22 |
40. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
124.95 |
0.9342 |
0.1096 |
434 |
1 |
124.95 |
2010-07-21 |
41. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
124.58 |
1.0131 |
0.0202 |
225 |
1 |
124.58 |
2010-07-21 |
42. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
124.29 |
0.9991 |
0.0361 |
225 |
2 |
120.97 |
2010-07-22 |
43. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
123.88 |
0.9899 |
0.0367 |
163 |
1 |
123.88 |
2010-07-22 |
44. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
123.28 |
0.8878 |
0.1382 |
346 |
1 |
123.28 |
2010-07-22 |
45. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
122.89 |
1.0095 |
0.0123 |
316 |
1 |
122.89 |
2010-07-22 |
46. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
121.72 |
1.0679 |
-0.0346 |
177 |
2 |
106.52 |
2010-07-21 |
47. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
121.56 |
0.9965 |
0.0155 |
310 |
1 |
121.56 |
2010-07-20 |
48. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
121.24 |
1.0677 |
-0.0283 |
284 |
1 |
121.24 |
2010-07-22 |
49. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
121.12 |
0.9904 |
0.0582 |
203 |
1 |
121.12 |
2010-07-21 |
50. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
121.10 |
0.9740 |
0.0297 |
209 |
1 |
121.10 |
2010-07-21 |
51. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
120.85 |
1.0529 |
-0.0473 |
351 |
1 |
120.85 |
2010-07-21 |
52. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
120.52 |
0.9614 |
0.0445 |
292 |
1 |
120.52 |
2010-07-21 |
53. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
120.19 |
0.9710 |
0.0226 |
173 |
2 |
120.03 |
2010-07-21 |
54. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
119.69 |
1.0788 |
-0.0885 |
171 |
1 |
119.69 |
2010-07-20 |
55. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
119.66 |
0.9636 |
0.0320 |
254 |
1 |
119.66 |
2010-07-20 |
56. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
119.48 |
0.9873 |
0.0042 |
155 |
1 |
119.48 |
2010-07-20 |
57. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
119.38 |
1.0288 |
-0.0034 |
300 |
1 |
119.38 |
2010-07-21 |
58. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
119.27 |
0.9676 |
0.0331 |
442 |
1 |
119.27 |
2010-07-20 |
59. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
116.77 |
0.9540 |
0.0155 |
285 |
1 |
116.77 |
2010-07-20 |
60. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
116.26 |
1.0254 |
-0.0176 |
217 |
2 |
109.49 |
2010-07-21 |
61. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
115.88 |
0.9125 |
0.0531 |
308 |
1 |
115.88 |
2010-07-22 |
62. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
115.28 |
0.9994 |
-0.0100 |
269 |
1 |
115.28 |
2010-07-20 |
63. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
114.79 |
0.9289 |
0.0234 |
204 |
1 |
114.79 |
2010-07-22 |
64. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
114.74 |
0.9865 |
-0.0312 |
276 |
1 |
114.74 |
2010-07-21 |
65. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
114.73 |
1.0165 |
-0.0585 |
392 |
1 |
114.73 |
2010-07-21 |
66. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
114.71 |
1.0444 |
-0.0970 |
197 |
1 |
114.71 |
2010-07-21 |
67. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
114.47 |
0.9148 |
0.0385 |
317 |
1 |
114.47 |
2010-07-22 |
68. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
113.82 |
0.9546 |
0.0232 |
198 |
1 |
113.82 |
2010-07-21 |
69. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
113.74 |
0.9866 |
-0.0445 |
218 |
1 |
113.74 |
2010-07-20 |
70. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
113.73 |
1.0173 |
-0.0274 |
268 |
1 |
113.73 |
2010-07-21 |
71. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
112.69 |
1.0352 |
-0.0952 |
341 |
1 |
112.69 |
2010-07-20 |
72. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
112.62 |
0.9936 |
-0.0372 |
227 |
1 |
112.62 |
2010-07-20 |
73. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
112.36 |
0.8958 |
0.0430 |
322 |
1 |
112.36 |
2010-07-22 |
74. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
112.06 |
1.0213 |
-0.0929 |
240 |
1 |
112.06 |
2010-07-20 |
75. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
111.76 |
1.0740 |
-0.1066 |
264 |
1 |
111.76 |
2010-07-20 |
76. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
110.71 |
1.0292 |
-0.1103 |
262 |
1 |
110.71 |
2010-07-20 |
77. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
109.93 |
0.9426 |
-0.0258 |
317 |
1 |
109.93 |
2010-07-22 |
78. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
109.31 |
0.9411 |
-0.0319 |
318 |
1 |
109.31 |
2010-07-22 |
79. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
108.60 |
1.0375 |
-0.0890 |
200 |
1 |
108.60 |
2010-07-21 |
80. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
108.15 |
0.9074 |
-0.0022 |
396 |
1 |
108.15 |
2010-07-20 |
81. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
108.02 |
1.0060 |
-0.1131 |
171 |
1 |
108.02 |
2010-07-21 |
82. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
108.01 |
1.0232 |
-0.0798 |
350 |
1 |
108.01 |
2010-07-20 |
83. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
107.65 |
0.9005 |
-0.0075 |
212 |
1 |
107.65 |
2010-07-22 |
84. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
107.16 |
0.9898 |
-0.0619 |
353 |
1 |
107.16 |
2010-07-21 |
85. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
106.70 |
1.0088 |
-0.0837 |
396 |
1 |
106.70 |
2010-07-20 |
86. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
105.78 |
0.9064 |
-0.0185 |
399 |
1 |
105.78 |
2010-07-21 |
87. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
105.04 |
0.9513 |
-0.0750 |
354 |
1 |
105.04 |
2010-07-20 |
88. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
104.93 |
0.9570 |
-0.0838 |
287 |
1 |
104.93 |
2010-07-20 |
89. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
104.40 |
1.0023 |
-0.1371 |
211 |
1 |
104.40 |
2010-07-21 |
90. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
103.76 |
0.9709 |
-0.0682 |
397 |
1 |
103.76 |
2010-07-22 |
91. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
103.43 |
0.9275 |
-0.0719 |
211 |
1 |
103.43 |
2010-07-21 |
92. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
102.18 |
0.9097 |
-0.0198 |
464 |
1 |
102.18 |
2010-07-21 |
93. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
101.11 |
0.8553 |
-0.0211 |
174 |
2 |
100.61 |
2010-07-22 |
94. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
99.36 |
0.9734 |
-0.1491 |
289 |
1 |
99.36 |
2010-07-21 |
95. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
98.58 |
0.9844 |
-0.1616 |
293 |
1 |
98.58 |
2010-07-20 |
96. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
96.99 |
0.8890 |
-0.0880 |
199 |
2 |
92.70 |
2010-07-20 |
97. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
96.80 |
0.8753 |
-0.0631 |
427 |
1 |
96.80 |
2010-07-22 |
98. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
96.49 |
1.0388 |
-0.2068 |
243 |
1 |
96.49 |
2010-07-21 |
99. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
95.99 |
0.9430 |
-0.1541 |
211 |
1 |
95.99 |
2010-07-22 |
100. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
93.92 |
1.0463 |
-0.2722 |
182 |
1 |
93.92 |
2010-07-22 |
101. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
93.17 |
0.8981 |
-0.1211 |
393 |
1 |
93.17 |
2010-07-20 |
102. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
93.11 |
0.8467 |
-0.0506 |
343 |
2 |
93.11 |
2010-07-20 |
103. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
91.77 |
0.8961 |
-0.1389 |
189 |
2 |
87.56 |
2010-07-21 |
104. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
90.09 |
0.9509 |
-0.1661 |
225 |
1 |
90.09 |
2010-07-22 |
105. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
89.99 |
1.0334 |
-0.2943 |
131 |
1 |
89.99 |
2010-07-21 |
106. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
84.97 |
0.9635 |
-0.2548 |
389 |
1 |
84.97 |
2010-07-21 |