| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
90.08 |
1.0943 |
0.1366 |
206 |
1 |
90.08 |
2011-11-28 |
| 2. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
88.21 |
1.0725 |
0.1262 |
233 |
1 |
88.21 |
2011-11-25 |
| 3. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
88.20 |
1.0972 |
0.1053 |
251 |
1 |
88.20 |
2011-11-28 |
| 4. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
88.13 |
1.0567 |
0.1164 |
303 |
2 |
84.60 |
2011-12-15 |
| 5. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
88.05 |
1.0033 |
0.1609 |
189 |
1 |
88.05 |
2011-12-09 |
| 6. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
87.01 |
0.9851 |
0.1746 |
317 |
4 |
77.33 |
2011-11-28 |
| 7. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
86.70 |
1.0263 |
0.1254 |
267 |
1 |
86.70 |
2011-11-28 |
| 8. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
86.39 |
1.0774 |
0.1006 |
304 |
1 |
86.39 |
2011-11-28 |
| 9. |
There are perhaps twenty regular posters on the forum, and s... |
86.36 |
1.0709 |
0.1158 |
392 |
1 |
86.36 |
2011-12-09 |
| 10. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
85.74 |
0.9795 |
0.1610 |
308 |
1 |
85.74 |
2011-12-09 |
| 11. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
85.15 |
1.0740 |
0.0964 |
264 |
1 |
85.15 |
2011-12-15 |
| 12. |
This business is filled to the brim with unrealistic people ... |
84.65 |
1.0203 |
0.1385 |
400 |
1 |
84.65 |
2011-12-15 |
| 13. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
84.28 |
1.0232 |
0.1430 |
350 |
1 |
84.28 |
2011-11-28 |
| 14. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
83.26 |
1.0375 |
0.1149 |
200 |
1 |
83.26 |
2011-11-28 |
| 15. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
83.22 |
1.0352 |
0.0733 |
341 |
1 |
83.22 |
2011-11-25 |
| 16. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
82.17 |
1.1022 |
0.0246 |
259 |
1 |
82.17 |
2011-12-15 |
| 17. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
82.09 |
1.0177 |
0.1115 |
392 |
1 |
82.09 |
2011-12-15 |
| 18. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
82.06 |
1.0574 |
0.0612 |
205 |
1 |
82.06 |
2012-01-26 |
| 19. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
81.87 |
1.0331 |
0.0525 |
234 |
1 |
81.87 |
2011-11-28 |
| 20. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
81.75 |
1.0796 |
0.0012 |
129 |
2 |
76.82 |
2011-12-15 |
| 21. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
81.69 |
1.0608 |
0.0578 |
258 |
1 |
81.69 |
2011-12-15 |
| 22. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
81.24 |
1.0667 |
0.0519 |
406 |
1 |
81.24 |
2011-11-26 |
| 23. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
80.96 |
1.0352 |
0.0438 |
341 |
1 |
80.96 |
2011-12-05 |
| 24. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
80.46 |
1.0595 |
0.0120 |
379 |
1 |
80.46 |
2011-12-02 |
| 25. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
80.44 |
1.0596 |
0.0066 |
239 |
1 |
80.44 |
2011-11-25 |
| 26. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
80.40 |
0.9640 |
0.1340 |
334 |
1 |
80.40 |
2011-12-05 |
| 27. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
80.22 |
1.0797 |
-0.0194 |
210 |
1 |
80.22 |
2011-11-24 |
| 28. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
79.85 |
1.0719 |
0.0167 |
360 |
1 |
79.85 |
2011-11-27 |
| 29. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
79.76 |
0.9726 |
0.0799 |
154 |
1 |
79.76 |
2011-11-25 |
| 30. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
79.64 |
1.0004 |
0.0513 |
212 |
1 |
79.64 |
2011-11-25 |
| 31. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
79.50 |
1.0150 |
0.0901 |
325 |
1 |
79.50 |
2011-11-25 |
| 32. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
79.24 |
1.0088 |
0.0824 |
396 |
1 |
79.24 |
2011-12-15 |
| 33. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
79.23 |
1.0534 |
0.0015 |
357 |
1 |
79.23 |
2011-11-25 |
| 34. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
79.13 |
1.0555 |
-0.0029 |
363 |
1 |
79.13 |
2011-11-25 |
| 35. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
79.05 |
0.9925 |
0.0943 |
247 |
1 |
79.05 |
2011-12-05 |
| 36. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
78.91 |
1.0379 |
0.0448 |
245 |
1 |
78.91 |
2011-11-25 |
| 37. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
78.85 |
1.0337 |
0.0128 |
214 |
1 |
78.85 |
2012-01-26 |
| 38. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
78.60 |
1.0214 |
0.0172 |
166 |
1 |
78.60 |
2011-11-25 |
| 39. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
78.48 |
0.9005 |
0.1405 |
212 |
2 |
76.38 |
2011-11-25 |
| 40. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
78.37 |
1.0296 |
0.0178 |
437 |
1 |
78.37 |
2011-11-26 |
| 41. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
78.22 |
0.9636 |
0.0748 |
254 |
1 |
78.22 |
2011-12-05 |
| 42. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
78.18 |
1.0165 |
0.0258 |
392 |
1 |
78.18 |
2011-11-26 |
| 43. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
77.14 |
1.0555 |
-0.0011 |
323 |
1 |
77.14 |
2011-11-26 |
| 44. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
77.11 |
0.9857 |
0.0371 |
293 |
1 |
77.11 |
2011-11-24 |
| 45. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
76.99 |
1.0389 |
-0.0143 |
340 |
1 |
76.99 |
2011-11-27 |
| 46. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
76.92 |
1.0613 |
-0.0344 |
456 |
1 |
76.92 |
2012-01-16 |
| 47. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
76.87 |
0.9176 |
0.1419 |
365 |
2 |
72.25 |
2011-12-09 |
| 48. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
76.84 |
0.9965 |
0.0191 |
168 |
1 |
76.84 |
2011-12-05 |
| 49. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
76.83 |
0.8845 |
0.1356 |
273 |
1 |
76.83 |
2011-11-25 |
| 50. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
76.64 |
0.9899 |
0.0227 |
163 |
2 |
74.15 |
2011-11-26 |
| 51. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
76.51 |
0.9351 |
0.0753 |
190 |
1 |
76.51 |
2011-11-24 |
| 52. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
75.92 |
1.0506 |
-0.0140 |
277 |
1 |
75.92 |
2011-11-27 |
| 53. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
75.88 |
0.8958 |
0.1165 |
322 |
1 |
75.88 |
2011-12-05 |
| 54. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
75.84 |
0.9780 |
0.0297 |
337 |
2 |
72.95 |
2011-12-15 |
| 55. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
75.62 |
0.8947 |
0.1144 |
366 |
1 |
75.62 |
2011-11-28 |
| 56. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
75.44 |
1.0125 |
0.0271 |
413 |
1 |
75.44 |
2011-11-26 |
| 57. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
75.06 |
1.0031 |
0.0265 |
304 |
1 |
75.06 |
2011-12-15 |
| 58. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
75.04 |
0.9964 |
-0.0004 |
203 |
1 |
75.04 |
2011-11-25 |
| 59. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
75.02 |
0.9863 |
0.0138 |
339 |
1 |
75.02 |
2011-11-24 |
| 60. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
74.94 |
1.0905 |
-0.0641 |
210 |
1 |
74.94 |
2011-11-26 |
| 61. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
74.92 |
1.0012 |
-0.0042 |
260 |
1 |
74.92 |
2011-12-15 |
| 62. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
74.80 |
1.0368 |
-0.0432 |
276 |
1 |
74.80 |
2011-12-15 |
| 63. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
74.70 |
0.9710 |
0.0141 |
173 |
1 |
74.70 |
2011-12-05 |
| 64. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
74.50 |
0.9905 |
0.0299 |
337 |
2 |
69.97 |
2011-12-15 |
| 65. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
74.35 |
0.9855 |
0.0348 |
258 |
1 |
74.35 |
2011-11-26 |
| 66. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
74.32 |
1.0284 |
0.0011 |
282 |
1 |
74.32 |
2011-11-24 |
| 67. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
74.25 |
0.9865 |
0.0002 |
276 |
1 |
74.25 |
2011-11-24 |
| 68. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
74.06 |
0.9986 |
-0.0151 |
283 |
2 |
73.03 |
2011-11-25 |
| 69. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
74.02 |
0.9430 |
0.0416 |
297 |
1 |
74.02 |
2011-12-15 |
| 70. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
73.96 |
0.9723 |
0.0135 |
364 |
1 |
73.96 |
2011-12-02 |
| 71. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
73.65 |
0.9567 |
0.0209 |
273 |
2 |
67.83 |
2011-11-26 |
| 72. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
73.62 |
0.9871 |
0.0261 |
209 |
2 |
68.75 |
2011-12-15 |
| 73. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
73.43 |
1.0767 |
-0.1047 |
212 |
1 |
73.43 |
2012-01-26 |
| 74. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
73.41 |
0.9943 |
-0.0171 |
373 |
1 |
73.41 |
2011-11-25 |
| 75. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
73.40 |
1.0172 |
-0.0081 |
341 |
1 |
73.40 |
2011-11-25 |
| 76. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
73.36 |
1.0577 |
-0.0879 |
247 |
1 |
73.36 |
2011-11-25 |
| 77. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
73.27 |
0.9734 |
-0.0010 |
289 |
1 |
73.27 |
2011-11-26 |
| 78. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
73.26 |
0.9769 |
-0.0066 |
263 |
1 |
73.26 |
2011-11-25 |
| 79. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
73.07 |
0.9811 |
-0.0088 |
272 |
1 |
73.07 |
2011-11-26 |
| 80. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
72.82 |
1.0203 |
-0.0507 |
261 |
1 |
72.82 |
2011-11-24 |
| 81. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
72.80 |
0.9286 |
0.0361 |
194 |
1 |
72.80 |
2011-11-25 |
| 82. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
72.69 |
1.0388 |
-0.0427 |
243 |
1 |
72.69 |
2011-11-25 |
| 83. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
72.41 |
0.9709 |
0.0311 |
397 |
1 |
72.41 |
2011-11-26 |
| 84. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
72.35 |
1.0053 |
-0.0473 |
232 |
1 |
72.35 |
2011-11-24 |
| 85. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
72.29 |
0.9339 |
0.0236 |
310 |
1 |
72.29 |
2011-11-25 |
| 86. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
72.11 |
1.0340 |
-0.0720 |
406 |
1 |
72.11 |
2011-12-05 |
| 87. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
72.07 |
1.1162 |
-0.1190 |
189 |
1 |
72.07 |
2011-11-26 |
| 88. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
71.91 |
0.9910 |
-0.0350 |
295 |
1 |
71.91 |
2011-11-25 |
| 89. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
71.89 |
1.0365 |
-0.0533 |
162 |
2 |
71.57 |
2011-11-26 |
| 90. |
Ultimately, this is not about solving your problems. It's ab... |
71.83 |
1.0604 |
-0.0744 |
260 |
1 |
71.83 |
2011-11-25 |
| 91. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
71.81 |
1.0099 |
-0.0605 |
207 |
1 |
71.81 |
2011-11-25 |
| 92. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
71.54 |
0.9084 |
0.0443 |
404 |
1 |
71.54 |
2011-11-26 |
| 93. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
71.46 |
1.0264 |
-0.0384 |
422 |
2 |
67.80 |
2011-11-25 |
| 94. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
71.45 |
1.0885 |
-0.1058 |
341 |
1 |
71.45 |
2011-12-05 |
| 95. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
71.17 |
0.9601 |
-0.0113 |
308 |
1 |
71.17 |
2011-11-27 |
| 96. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
71.02 |
0.9646 |
-0.0235 |
264 |
1 |
71.02 |
2011-11-26 |
| 97. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
70.95 |
0.9991 |
-0.0574 |
225 |
2 |
68.71 |
2011-11-26 |
| 98. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
70.90 |
1.0029 |
-0.0691 |
209 |
1 |
70.90 |
2011-11-25 |
| 99. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
70.55 |
0.9148 |
0.0224 |
317 |
1 |
70.55 |
2011-11-25 |
| 100. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
70.46 |
1.0168 |
-0.0804 |
271 |
1 |
70.46 |
2011-11-24 |
| 101. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
70.41 |
0.9631 |
0.0219 |
345 |
1 |
70.41 |
2011-11-26 |
| 102. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
70.41 |
0.9786 |
-0.0453 |
235 |
1 |
70.41 |
2011-12-09 |
| 103. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
70.27 |
1.0445 |
-0.1114 |
373 |
1 |
70.27 |
2011-11-24 |
| 104. |
Buddhism addresses two major types of meditation. Vipassana ... |
70.12 |
0.9312 |
0.0492 |
320 |
2 |
67.63 |
2011-11-28 |
| 105. |
We often believe the more we practice a skill or technique -... |
70.01 |
0.9907 |
-0.0278 |
397 |
1 |
70.01 |
2011-11-25 |
| 106. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
69.88 |
0.9879 |
-0.0523 |
450 |
1 |
69.88 |
2011-11-25 |
| 107. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
69.78 |
0.8367 |
0.0983 |
294 |
1 |
69.78 |
2012-01-26 |
| 108. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
69.76 |
0.9675 |
-0.0330 |
383 |
1 |
69.76 |
2011-11-25 |
| 109. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
69.70 |
0.8878 |
0.0361 |
346 |
1 |
69.70 |
2011-11-25 |
| 110. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
69.68 |
1.0132 |
-0.0980 |
143 |
1 |
69.68 |
2011-11-25 |
| 111. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
69.65 |
1.0399 |
-0.1109 |
294 |
1 |
69.65 |
2011-11-25 |
| 112. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
69.13 |
0.9461 |
-0.0337 |
193 |
1 |
69.13 |
2011-11-25 |
| 113. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
69.07 |
0.8919 |
0.0226 |
205 |
1 |
69.07 |
2011-11-24 |
| 114. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
68.85 |
1.0189 |
-0.1032 |
337 |
1 |
68.85 |
2011-12-05 |
| 115. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
68.77 |
0.9109 |
0.0040 |
401 |
1 |
68.77 |
2011-11-25 |
| 116. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
68.50 |
0.9168 |
-0.0072 |
240 |
2 |
63.36 |
2011-12-15 |
| 117. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
68.41 |
0.9805 |
-0.0689 |
292 |
1 |
68.41 |
2011-11-25 |
| 118. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
68.38 |
0.9072 |
-0.0029 |
237 |
2 |
67.90 |
2011-11-26 |
| 119. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
67.82 |
0.9164 |
-0.0122 |
305 |
1 |
67.82 |
2011-11-25 |
| 120. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
67.44 |
0.8981 |
0.0004 |
393 |
1 |
67.44 |
2011-11-25 |
| 121. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
67.35 |
0.9275 |
-0.0380 |
211 |
1 |
67.35 |
2011-11-26 |
| 122. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
67.27 |
1.0261 |
-0.0949 |
410 |
1 |
67.27 |
2011-11-24 |
| 123. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
66.55 |
0.9614 |
-0.0762 |
292 |
1 |
66.55 |
2011-11-25 |
| 124. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
65.95 |
0.9678 |
-0.0587 |
445 |
1 |
65.95 |
2011-12-05 |
| 125. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
65.93 |
1.0403 |
-0.1269 |
275 |
1 |
65.93 |
2011-11-25 |
| 126. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
65.58 |
0.9023 |
0.0096 |
231 |
1 |
65.58 |
2011-11-26 |
| 127. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
65.41 |
0.9529 |
-0.0458 |
269 |
1 |
65.41 |
2011-11-26 |
| 128. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
65.20 |
0.9176 |
-0.0201 |
267 |
1 |
65.20 |
2011-11-26 |
| 129. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
64.85 |
1.0131 |
-0.1580 |
225 |
1 |
64.85 |
2011-11-25 |
| 130. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
64.49 |
0.9084 |
-0.0524 |
300 |
1 |
64.49 |
2011-11-25 |
| 131. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
64.38 |
0.9820 |
-0.1262 |
267 |
1 |
64.38 |
2011-11-25 |
| 132. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
61.68 |
0.9430 |
-0.1338 |
211 |
1 |
61.68 |
2011-11-25 |
| 133. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
61.31 |
1.0334 |
-0.2286 |
131 |
1 |
61.31 |
2011-12-05 |
| 134. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
59.22 |
0.8105 |
-0.0319 |
204 |
1 |
59.22 |
2011-11-25 |
| 135. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
55.98 |
0.9500 |
-0.2082 |
362 |
1 |
55.98 |
2012-01-16 |
| 136. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
53.41 |
0.9833 |
-0.2765 |
355 |
1 |
53.41 |
2011-11-24 |
| 137. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
49.01 |
1.0090 |
-0.3194 |
282 |
1 |
49.01 |
2011-11-24 |