| 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... |
116.88 |
1.0099 |
0.1978 |
207 |
2 |
110.92 |
2009-07-14 |
| 2. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
113.82 |
1.0799 |
0.0964 |
243 |
1 |
113.82 |
2009-04-11 |
| 3. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
113.02 |
1.0516 |
0.1166 |
281 |
1 |
113.02 |
2009-03-17 |
| 4. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
112.95 |
1.0714 |
0.0947 |
129 |
1 |
112.95 |
2009-01-29 |
| 5. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
112.68 |
1.1018 |
0.0626 |
220 |
1 |
112.68 |
2009-07-14 |
| 6. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
112.25 |
1.0218 |
0.1373 |
268 |
1 |
112.25 |
2009-04-11 |
| 7. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
112.25 |
0.9907 |
0.1693 |
211 |
2 |
100.36 |
2009-04-19 |
| 8. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
112.01 |
1.0668 |
0.0913 |
350 |
1 |
112.01 |
2009-01-29 |
| 9. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
110.08 |
1.0252 |
0.1115 |
176 |
1 |
110.08 |
2009-03-17 |
| 10. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
110.05 |
0.9866 |
0.1514 |
218 |
1 |
110.05 |
2010-07-10 |
| 11. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
109.86 |
1.0013 |
0.1346 |
273 |
2 |
102.49 |
2009-07-14 |
| 12. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
109.81 |
1.0441 |
0.0909 |
252 |
1 |
109.81 |
2009-01-29 |
| 13. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
109.78 |
1.0349 |
0.1003 |
234 |
2 |
104.43 |
2009-07-14 |
| 14. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
108.93 |
0.9772 |
0.1488 |
217 |
2 |
98.73 |
2010-07-10 |
| 15. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
108.59 |
0.9965 |
0.1251 |
168 |
1 |
108.59 |
2009-03-17 |
| 16. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
108.59 |
1.0261 |
0.0952 |
273 |
1 |
108.59 |
2009-07-14 |
| 17. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
107.90 |
0.9687 |
0.1482 |
371 |
1 |
107.90 |
2009-07-14 |
| 18. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
107.66 |
1.0426 |
0.0702 |
323 |
1 |
107.66 |
2009-04-19 |
| 19. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
106.93 |
1.0565 |
0.0483 |
247 |
1 |
106.93 |
2009-04-19 |
| 20. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
106.10 |
0.9614 |
0.1361 |
292 |
1 |
106.10 |
2009-04-19 |
| 21. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
105.63 |
1.0385 |
0.0520 |
230 |
1 |
105.63 |
2009-04-19 |
| 22. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
104.85 |
1.0352 |
0.0493 |
341 |
2 |
99.72 |
2010-07-10 |
| 23. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
104.78 |
1.0463 |
0.0354 |
182 |
1 |
104.78 |
2009-04-11 |
| 24. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
104.65 |
0.9676 |
0.1157 |
442 |
1 |
104.65 |
2009-07-14 |
| 25. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
104.29 |
0.9233 |
0.1547 |
168 |
1 |
104.29 |
2009-01-29 |
| 26. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
104.10 |
0.9731 |
0.1019 |
129 |
1 |
104.10 |
2009-01-29 |
| 27. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
104.03 |
1.0053 |
0.0694 |
232 |
1 |
104.03 |
2009-07-14 |
| 28. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
103.96 |
1.0993 |
-0.0258 |
265 |
1 |
103.96 |
2010-07-10 |
| 29. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
103.88 |
0.9601 |
0.1146 |
308 |
2 |
94.60 |
2009-07-14 |
| 30. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
103.69 |
1.0361 |
0.0357 |
269 |
1 |
103.69 |
2009-04-11 |
| 31. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
103.58 |
1.0167 |
0.0545 |
378 |
1 |
103.58 |
2009-07-14 |
| 32. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
102.56 |
0.9426 |
0.1187 |
317 |
1 |
102.56 |
2009-04-11 |
| 33. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
101.89 |
0.9865 |
0.0670 |
276 |
1 |
101.89 |
2009-02-27 |
| 34. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
100.88 |
0.9398 |
0.1041 |
419 |
1 |
100.88 |
2009-03-17 |
| 35. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
100.80 |
0.9330 |
0.1091 |
360 |
1 |
100.80 |
2009-04-19 |
| 36. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
100.69 |
1.0498 |
-0.0110 |
180 |
1 |
100.69 |
2009-07-14 |
| 37. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
100.41 |
1.0630 |
-0.0029 |
397 |
1 |
100.41 |
2012-05-28 |
| 38. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
100.05 |
0.9527 |
0.0808 |
251 |
1 |
100.05 |
2009-04-19 |
| 39. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
99.99 |
1.0095 |
0.0234 |
316 |
1 |
99.99 |
2009-07-14 |
| 40. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
99.86 |
0.9763 |
0.0549 |
289 |
1 |
99.86 |
2009-07-14 |
| 41. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
99.72 |
1.0025 |
0.0277 |
256 |
2 |
97.70 |
2009-07-14 |
| 42. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
99.56 |
0.9213 |
0.1083 |
295 |
1 |
99.56 |
2012-05-28 |
| 43. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
99.45 |
0.9289 |
0.0986 |
204 |
1 |
99.45 |
2009-04-19 |
| 44. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
99.33 |
0.9684 |
0.0585 |
388 |
1 |
99.33 |
2009-01-29 |
| 45. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
98.98 |
0.9365 |
0.0869 |
248 |
1 |
98.98 |
2009-04-11 |
| 46. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
98.92 |
0.9430 |
0.0785 |
211 |
1 |
98.92 |
2010-07-10 |
| 47. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
98.65 |
0.9376 |
0.0826 |
367 |
2 |
93.46 |
2010-07-10 |
| 48. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
98.23 |
1.0417 |
-0.0271 |
253 |
1 |
98.23 |
2009-01-29 |
| 49. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
98.16 |
1.0125 |
0.0015 |
224 |
1 |
98.16 |
2009-07-14 |
| 50. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
98.12 |
1.0917 |
-0.0550 |
243 |
1 |
98.12 |
2010-07-10 |
| 51. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
98.11 |
1.0073 |
0.0075 |
369 |
1 |
98.11 |
2009-03-17 |
| 52. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
97.56 |
0.9532 |
0.0552 |
258 |
1 |
97.56 |
2009-07-14 |
| 53. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
97.44 |
0.9212 |
0.0863 |
323 |
1 |
97.44 |
2009-03-17 |
| 54. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
97.25 |
0.9464 |
0.0595 |
323 |
1 |
97.25 |
2009-07-14 |
| 55. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
96.98 |
1.1162 |
-0.0797 |
189 |
1 |
96.98 |
2012-05-28 |
| 56. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
96.59 |
0.8941 |
0.1057 |
216 |
1 |
96.59 |
2009-01-29 |
| 57. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
96.38 |
0.8958 |
0.1013 |
322 |
2 |
92.07 |
2009-07-14 |
| 58. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
96.15 |
1.0419 |
-0.0498 |
261 |
1 |
96.15 |
2010-07-10 |
| 59. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
95.89 |
1.0577 |
-0.0681 |
247 |
1 |
95.89 |
2009-01-29 |
| 60. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
95.83 |
1.0165 |
-0.0268 |
392 |
2 |
92.91 |
2009-07-14 |
| 61. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
95.50 |
0.8919 |
0.0946 |
205 |
1 |
95.50 |
2010-07-10 |
| 62. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
95.46 |
0.9964 |
-0.0105 |
203 |
1 |
95.46 |
2009-02-27 |
| 63. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
95.44 |
1.0445 |
-0.0603 |
373 |
1 |
95.44 |
2010-07-10 |
| 64. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
95.27 |
1.0063 |
-0.0224 |
371 |
1 |
95.27 |
2009-01-29 |
| 65. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
94.47 |
0.8878 |
0.0889 |
346 |
1 |
94.47 |
2009-07-14 |
| 66. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
94.46 |
0.9049 |
0.0723 |
351 |
1 |
94.46 |
2009-07-14 |
| 67. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
94.11 |
0.8722 |
0.1009 |
285 |
1 |
94.11 |
2009-03-17 |
| 68. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
93.93 |
0.9820 |
-0.0115 |
267 |
1 |
93.93 |
2010-07-10 |
| 69. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
93.49 |
1.0232 |
-0.0207 |
350 |
1 |
93.49 |
2010-07-10 |
| 70. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
92.95 |
0.9005 |
0.0599 |
212 |
4 |
85.18 |
2010-07-10 |
| 71. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
92.89 |
0.8933 |
0.0675 |
363 |
1 |
92.89 |
2009-07-14 |
| 72. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
92.86 |
1.0060 |
-0.0468 |
171 |
1 |
92.86 |
2009-04-19 |
| 73. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
92.06 |
0.9351 |
0.0152 |
190 |
1 |
92.06 |
2010-07-10 |
| 74. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
91.66 |
0.9339 |
0.0131 |
310 |
1 |
91.66 |
2009-07-14 |
| 75. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
91.22 |
0.9769 |
-0.0354 |
263 |
1 |
91.22 |
2009-01-29 |
| 76. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
90.92 |
0.9168 |
0.0213 |
240 |
3 |
89.29 |
2009-07-14 |
| 77. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
90.39 |
1.0109 |
-0.0780 |
276 |
1 |
90.39 |
2009-02-27 |
| 78. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
88.53 |
0.9084 |
0.0064 |
300 |
1 |
88.53 |
2009-04-19 |
| 79. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
88.41 |
0.9754 |
-0.0615 |
362 |
1 |
88.41 |
2009-01-29 |
| 80. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
88.28 |
1.0863 |
-0.1459 |
210 |
1 |
88.28 |
2010-07-10 |
| 81. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
87.54 |
0.9202 |
-0.0161 |
254 |
1 |
87.54 |
2010-07-10 |
| 82. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
86.85 |
1.0398 |
-0.1444 |
110 |
1 |
86.85 |
2010-07-10 |
| 83. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
86.84 |
1.0486 |
-0.1526 |
289 |
1 |
86.84 |
2010-07-10 |
| 84. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
86.62 |
1.0203 |
-0.1258 |
261 |
1 |
86.62 |
2009-02-27 |
| 85. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
86.33 |
0.9125 |
-0.0205 |
308 |
1 |
86.33 |
2009-01-29 |
| 86. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
85.56 |
1.0068 |
-0.1237 |
358 |
1 |
85.56 |
2009-01-29 |
| 87. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
85.48 |
1.0004 |
-0.1192 |
212 |
1 |
85.48 |
2009-02-27 |
| 88. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
83.75 |
1.0213 |
-0.1581 |
240 |
1 |
83.75 |
2009-07-14 |
| 89. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
83.58 |
0.9863 |
-0.1239 |
339 |
1 |
83.58 |
2009-01-29 |
| 90. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
82.71 |
0.9843 |
-0.1325 |
234 |
1 |
82.71 |
2009-02-27 |
| 91. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
82.68 |
1.0214 |
-0.1689 |
166 |
1 |
82.68 |
2009-04-19 |
| 92. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
77.69 |
0.9795 |
-0.1786 |
308 |
1 |
77.69 |
2009-01-29 |
| 93. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
77.58 |
0.9899 |
-0.1906 |
163 |
1 |
77.58 |
2009-04-11 |
| 94. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
77.54 |
0.9649 |
-0.1649 |
193 |
1 |
77.54 |
2010-07-10 |
| 95. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
77.20 |
0.9072 |
-0.1099 |
237 |
2 |
72.22 |
2009-07-14 |
| 96. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
76.54 |
0.9485 |
-0.1581 |
236 |
1 |
76.54 |
2009-02-27 |
| 97. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
75.40 |
0.8956 |
-0.1170 |
322 |
1 |
75.40 |
2010-07-10 |
| 98. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
73.72 |
0.9841 |
-0.2242 |
334 |
1 |
73.72 |
2010-07-10 |