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... |
170.94 |
1.0564 |
0.2818 |
201 |
1 |
170.94 |
2012-09-23 |
2. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
164.16 |
0.9997 |
0.2897 |
277 |
1 |
164.16 |
2012-09-23 |
3. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
159.98 |
1.0748 |
0.1720 |
129 |
1 |
159.98 |
2012-09-23 |
4. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
153.82 |
1.0245 |
0.1794 |
240 |
3 |
142.01 |
2012-10-06 |
5. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
151.47 |
1.0372 |
0.1452 |
131 |
1 |
151.47 |
2012-09-22 |
6. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
147.74 |
1.0421 |
0.1186 |
318 |
1 |
147.74 |
2012-09-22 |
7. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
145.43 |
1.0745 |
0.0611 |
213 |
1 |
145.43 |
2012-09-21 |
8. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
145.40 |
1.0831 |
0.0520 |
210 |
1 |
145.40 |
2012-09-21 |
9. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
145.01 |
1.0526 |
0.0837 |
314 |
1 |
145.01 |
2012-09-25 |
10. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
143.21 |
1.1048 |
0.0179 |
233 |
1 |
143.21 |
2012-10-02 |
11. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
141.94 |
1.0449 |
0.0653 |
253 |
2 |
134.51 |
2012-09-25 |
12. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
141.82 |
0.9769 |
0.1306 |
209 |
3 |
127.63 |
2012-10-06 |
13. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
141.59 |
1.0860 |
0.0255 |
288 |
1 |
141.59 |
2012-09-23 |
14. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
141.10 |
1.0432 |
0.0525 |
110 |
1 |
141.10 |
2012-09-25 |
15. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
140.91 |
1.0829 |
0.0166 |
129 |
1 |
140.91 |
2012-10-06 |
16. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
140.32 |
1.0091 |
0.0862 |
171 |
2 |
122.37 |
2012-09-26 |
17. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
139.91 |
1.0156 |
0.1027 |
255 |
1 |
139.91 |
2012-09-21 |
18. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
138.70 |
1.0022 |
0.0857 |
225 |
1 |
138.70 |
2012-10-02 |
19. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
138.25 |
0.9994 |
0.0836 |
259 |
1 |
138.25 |
2012-09-23 |
20. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
137.46 |
1.0820 |
-0.0060 |
237 |
1 |
137.46 |
2012-09-26 |
21. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
137.40 |
0.9380 |
0.1333 |
190 |
1 |
137.40 |
2012-10-02 |
22. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
137.16 |
1.0452 |
0.0297 |
261 |
1 |
137.16 |
2012-10-06 |
23. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
136.59 |
1.0246 |
0.0446 |
269 |
2 |
133.21 |
2012-10-02 |
24. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
136.22 |
1.0555 |
0.0080 |
256 |
2 |
136.01 |
2012-10-02 |
25. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
136.02 |
1.0469 |
0.0145 |
255 |
1 |
136.02 |
2012-09-26 |
26. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
135.87 |
1.0628 |
0.0048 |
379 |
1 |
135.87 |
2012-09-26 |
27. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
135.78 |
1.0918 |
-0.0241 |
315 |
1 |
135.78 |
2012-09-23 |
28. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
135.63 |
1.0598 |
0.0040 |
303 |
1 |
135.63 |
2012-09-23 |
29. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
135.41 |
1.0140 |
0.0478 |
276 |
1 |
135.41 |
2012-10-06 |
30. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
134.77 |
1.0292 |
0.0256 |
267 |
1 |
134.77 |
2012-10-02 |
31. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
134.72 |
0.8649 |
0.1869 |
196 |
1 |
134.72 |
2012-09-21 |
32. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
134.68 |
1.0229 |
0.0363 |
375 |
2 |
131.95 |
2012-10-02 |
33. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
134.55 |
1.0562 |
-0.0016 |
351 |
1 |
134.55 |
2012-09-25 |
34. |
Races are not won in the first corner; however, they are oft... |
133.99 |
1.0458 |
0.0286 |
326 |
2 |
129.05 |
2012-09-26 |
35. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
133.85 |
1.0018 |
0.0478 |
283 |
2 |
129.98 |
2012-09-23 |
36. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
133.71 |
1.0628 |
-0.0173 |
239 |
1 |
133.71 |
2012-09-25 |
37. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
133.68 |
0.9358 |
0.1182 |
360 |
1 |
133.68 |
2012-09-23 |
38. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
133.32 |
1.0380 |
0.0091 |
341 |
1 |
133.32 |
2012-10-02 |
39. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
132.85 |
1.0456 |
-0.0054 |
323 |
2 |
132.66 |
2012-10-02 |
40. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
131.91 |
1.1201 |
-0.0702 |
252 |
2 |
130.59 |
2012-10-02 |
41. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
131.74 |
0.9977 |
0.0346 |
246 |
2 |
129.81 |
2012-09-25 |
42. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
131.65 |
0.9604 |
0.0704 |
281 |
1 |
131.65 |
2012-09-26 |
43. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
131.56 |
0.9847 |
0.0487 |
267 |
1 |
131.56 |
2012-09-25 |
44. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
131.48 |
0.9649 |
0.0714 |
392 |
2 |
126.86 |
2012-09-25 |
45. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
131.32 |
1.0473 |
-0.0171 |
252 |
1 |
131.32 |
2012-09-22 |
46. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
131.03 |
1.0396 |
-0.0127 |
276 |
2 |
129.26 |
2012-10-02 |
47. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
130.95 |
0.9951 |
0.0575 |
282 |
1 |
130.95 |
2012-09-23 |
48. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
130.93 |
0.9437 |
0.0824 |
318 |
1 |
130.93 |
2012-10-02 |
49. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
130.42 |
1.1020 |
-0.0563 |
189 |
2 |
128.36 |
2012-09-25 |
50. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
130.23 |
1.0233 |
0.0003 |
261 |
1 |
130.23 |
2012-09-23 |
51. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
129.46 |
1.0133 |
-0.0020 |
207 |
1 |
129.46 |
2012-09-25 |
52. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
128.90 |
1.0848 |
-0.0551 |
206 |
1 |
128.90 |
2012-09-22 |
53. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
128.76 |
1.0548 |
-0.0480 |
250 |
1 |
128.76 |
2012-09-22 |
54. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
128.73 |
1.0532 |
-0.0494 |
180 |
2 |
125.04 |
2012-10-02 |
55. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
128.67 |
1.0419 |
-0.0354 |
230 |
1 |
128.67 |
2012-09-25 |
56. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
128.57 |
0.9817 |
0.0203 |
193 |
1 |
128.57 |
2012-10-02 |
57. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
127.29 |
1.0620 |
-0.0418 |
264 |
1 |
127.29 |
2012-09-26 |
58. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
127.29 |
1.0662 |
-0.0406 |
367 |
1 |
127.29 |
2012-09-25 |
59. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
127.03 |
1.0265 |
-0.0086 |
275 |
1 |
127.03 |
2012-09-25 |
60. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
126.46 |
0.8879 |
0.1046 |
201 |
1 |
126.46 |
2012-09-23 |
61. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
126.35 |
1.0323 |
-0.0161 |
316 |
2 |
122.47 |
2012-09-26 |
62. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
126.14 |
0.9520 |
0.0388 |
291 |
1 |
126.14 |
2012-09-23 |
63. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
125.86 |
1.0193 |
-0.0138 |
300 |
1 |
125.86 |
2012-09-22 |
64. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
125.77 |
0.9931 |
-0.0129 |
163 |
1 |
125.77 |
2012-09-26 |
65. |
If you want to drive a race car well, whether to win an Indy... |
125.27 |
1.0253 |
-0.0248 |
405 |
2 |
120.56 |
2012-10-02 |
66. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
124.02 |
0.9881 |
-0.0145 |
317 |
2 |
120.61 |
2012-10-02 |
67. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
123.48 |
1.0202 |
-0.0513 |
271 |
1 |
123.48 |
2012-09-26 |
68. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
123.46 |
1.0609 |
-0.0979 |
247 |
2 |
120.76 |
2012-10-02 |
69. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
123.11 |
1.1138 |
-0.1368 |
200 |
1 |
123.11 |
2012-10-06 |
70. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
122.64 |
1.0024 |
-0.0387 |
382 |
1 |
122.64 |
2012-09-25 |
71. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
122.24 |
1.0506 |
-0.0915 |
360 |
1 |
122.24 |
2012-10-06 |
72. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
121.77 |
0.9817 |
-0.0289 |
235 |
1 |
121.77 |
2012-09-22 |
73. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
121.59 |
1.0479 |
-0.0776 |
257 |
3 |
116.93 |
2012-10-02 |
74. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
121.42 |
1.0702 |
-0.1006 |
304 |
1 |
121.42 |
2012-09-26 |
75. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
121.35 |
0.9750 |
-0.0212 |
364 |
1 |
121.35 |
2012-09-26 |
76. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
121.17 |
1.0184 |
-0.0411 |
410 |
1 |
121.17 |
2012-09-25 |
77. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
121.17 |
1.0100 |
-0.0536 |
369 |
1 |
121.17 |
2012-09-23 |
78. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
121.06 |
0.9994 |
-0.0254 |
396 |
1 |
121.06 |
2012-09-26 |
79. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
120.23 |
0.9641 |
-0.0200 |
292 |
1 |
120.23 |
2012-09-23 |
80. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
119.70 |
1.0371 |
-0.1006 |
214 |
2 |
119.49 |
2012-10-06 |
81. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
119.21 |
0.9871 |
-0.0501 |
334 |
1 |
119.21 |
2012-09-22 |
82. |
Ultimately, this is not about solving your problems. It's ab... |
118.33 |
1.0510 |
-0.1041 |
260 |
1 |
118.33 |
2012-10-06 |
83. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
118.01 |
1.0301 |
-0.0863 |
239 |
1 |
118.01 |
2012-09-22 |
84. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
117.68 |
1.0067 |
-0.0923 |
189 |
1 |
117.68 |
2012-10-02 |
85. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
117.57 |
0.9801 |
-0.0636 |
217 |
1 |
117.57 |
2012-09-25 |
86. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
116.99 |
1.0799 |
-0.1665 |
212 |
1 |
116.99 |
2012-09-25 |
87. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
116.86 |
0.9677 |
-0.0455 |
394 |
1 |
116.86 |
2012-09-26 |
88. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
116.85 |
1.1050 |
-0.1971 |
220 |
1 |
116.85 |
2012-09-26 |
89. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
116.20 |
1.0791 |
-0.1500 |
303 |
1 |
116.20 |
2012-10-02 |
90. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
116.13 |
1.1026 |
-0.1956 |
265 |
1 |
116.13 |
2012-10-02 |
91. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
116.12 |
0.9764 |
-0.0463 |
258 |
1 |
116.12 |
2012-09-26 |
92. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
116.10 |
0.9881 |
-0.0795 |
264 |
2 |
111.72 |
2012-09-25 |
93. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
115.97 |
1.0415 |
-0.1106 |
272 |
1 |
115.97 |
2012-09-23 |
94. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
115.69 |
1.0249 |
-0.1048 |
162 |
2 |
111.88 |
2012-10-02 |
95. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
115.53 |
1.0046 |
-0.1055 |
218 |
1 |
115.53 |
2012-10-06 |
96. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
115.16 |
0.9827 |
-0.0664 |
237 |
1 |
115.16 |
2012-10-06 |
97. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
114.63 |
0.9672 |
-0.0717 |
264 |
1 |
114.63 |
2012-09-25 |
98. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
113.78 |
1.0253 |
-0.1376 |
268 |
1 |
113.78 |
2012-09-25 |
99. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
113.02 |
0.9858 |
-0.1006 |
355 |
1 |
113.02 |
2012-09-25 |
100. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
112.96 |
1.0210 |
-0.1123 |
244 |
1 |
112.96 |
2012-09-23 |
101. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
112.43 |
0.9893 |
-0.1057 |
339 |
1 |
112.43 |
2012-10-02 |
102. |
This business is filled to the brim with unrealistic people ... |
112.28 |
1.0138 |
-0.1116 |
400 |
1 |
112.28 |
2012-09-22 |
103. |
How do I live without the ones I love? Time still turns the ... |
112.08 |
1.0420 |
-0.1755 |
170 |
1 |
112.08 |
2012-09-25 |
104. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
111.54 |
0.9816 |
-0.0951 |
227 |
1 |
111.54 |
2012-09-25 |
105. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
111.35 |
1.0037 |
-0.1388 |
212 |
1 |
111.35 |
2012-09-25 |
106. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
111.24 |
0.9938 |
-0.1250 |
211 |
1 |
111.24 |
2012-09-25 |
107. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
110.79 |
0.8945 |
-0.0278 |
216 |
1 |
110.79 |
2012-10-06 |
108. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
109.98 |
1.0639 |
-0.1801 |
295 |
1 |
109.98 |
2012-10-02 |
109. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
108.66 |
1.0086 |
-0.1357 |
341 |
1 |
108.66 |
2012-10-06 |
110. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
107.15 |
1.0151 |
-0.1782 |
290 |
1 |
107.15 |
2012-09-25 |
111. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
106.79 |
0.9811 |
-0.1437 |
335 |
1 |
106.79 |
2012-10-02 |
112. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
106.05 |
1.0059 |
-0.1755 |
336 |
1 |
106.05 |
2012-10-02 |
113. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
105.67 |
1.0547 |
-0.2294 |
281 |
1 |
105.67 |
2012-10-02 |
114. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
105.60 |
1.0059 |
-0.1872 |
209 |
1 |
105.60 |
2012-09-22 |
115. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
102.96 |
1.0596 |
-0.2465 |
177 |
1 |
102.96 |
2012-09-25 |
116. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
102.38 |
0.9966 |
-0.1702 |
297 |
1 |
102.38 |
2012-09-26 |
117. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
51.43 |
0.9315 |
-0.5360 |
194 |
1 |
51.43 |
2012-09-25 |