| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
153.01 |
1.0412 |
0.2406 |
205 |
1 |
153.01 |
2012-03-31 |
| 2. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
152.31 |
1.0426 |
0.2255 |
131 |
1 |
152.31 |
2012-04-01 |
| 3. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
150.19 |
1.0341 |
0.2179 |
273 |
1 |
150.19 |
2012-03-31 |
| 4. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
149.27 |
0.9930 |
0.2593 |
350 |
1 |
149.27 |
2012-03-31 |
| 5. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
148.65 |
1.0791 |
0.1647 |
259 |
1 |
148.65 |
2012-03-31 |
| 6. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
148.35 |
1.0588 |
0.1784 |
281 |
2 |
135.45 |
2021-09-10 |
| 7. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
148.09 |
0.9974 |
0.2349 |
163 |
1 |
148.09 |
2013-03-28 |
| 8. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
147.69 |
1.0576 |
0.1725 |
231 |
2 |
143.40 |
2012-03-31 |
| 9. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
147.32 |
1.0287 |
0.1991 |
269 |
1 |
147.32 |
2012-03-31 |
| 10. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
146.94 |
1.0504 |
0.1768 |
225 |
1 |
146.94 |
2012-03-31 |
| 11. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
143.07 |
1.0234 |
0.1706 |
392 |
2 |
130.60 |
2012-03-31 |
| 12. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
141.73 |
1.0865 |
0.0951 |
237 |
1 |
141.73 |
2012-04-01 |
| 13. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
140.10 |
0.9801 |
0.1870 |
289 |
4 |
121.18 |
2012-04-03 |
| 14. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
139.77 |
1.0165 |
0.1482 |
316 |
1 |
139.77 |
2012-04-03 |
| 15. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
138.17 |
1.0144 |
0.1419 |
162 |
1 |
138.17 |
2012-03-31 |
| 16. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
137.96 |
1.0540 |
0.0933 |
184 |
1 |
137.96 |
2015-03-11 |
| 17. |
May your hands always be busy, may your feet always be swift... |
137.70 |
1.0218 |
0.1269 |
222 |
1 |
137.70 |
2015-04-09 |
| 18. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
137.24 |
1.0755 |
0.0719 |
243 |
2 |
132.53 |
2012-04-10 |
| 19. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
136.90 |
1.0106 |
0.1296 |
302 |
1 |
136.90 |
2009-01-20 |
| 20. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
136.69 |
1.0333 |
0.1039 |
176 |
2 |
127.07 |
2012-04-03 |
| 21. |
We may never know who killed Paige. But this isn't about you... |
136.63 |
1.0233 |
0.1073 |
447 |
1 |
136.63 |
2021-09-10 |
| 22. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
136.52 |
1.0509 |
0.0930 |
295 |
1 |
136.52 |
2012-03-31 |
| 23. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
136.07 |
1.0461 |
0.0884 |
318 |
2 |
124.09 |
2012-03-31 |
| 24. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
135.91 |
1.0403 |
0.0899 |
234 |
2 |
124.39 |
2012-04-03 |
| 25. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
135.80 |
1.0654 |
0.0640 |
247 |
1 |
135.80 |
2012-03-31 |
| 26. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
135.48 |
1.0272 |
0.1004 |
226 |
1 |
135.48 |
2013-03-28 |
| 27. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
133.84 |
1.0370 |
0.0784 |
262 |
1 |
133.84 |
2021-09-10 |
| 28. |
Middle management means that you got just enough responsibil... |
133.76 |
1.0568 |
0.0504 |
154 |
1 |
133.76 |
2021-09-10 |
| 29. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
133.02 |
1.0543 |
0.0518 |
182 |
1 |
133.02 |
2012-03-31 |
| 30. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
132.51 |
1.0338 |
0.0759 |
277 |
2 |
130.82 |
2012-04-03 |
| 31. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
131.80 |
1.0128 |
0.0880 |
369 |
2 |
127.01 |
2012-03-31 |
| 32. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
131.68 |
1.0131 |
0.0888 |
245 |
1 |
131.68 |
2012-04-03 |
| 33. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
131.66 |
0.9681 |
0.1309 |
392 |
1 |
131.66 |
2012-03-31 |
| 34. |
When another blames you or hates you, or people voice simila... |
131.05 |
1.0487 |
0.0324 |
268 |
1 |
131.05 |
2021-03-23 |
| 35. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
131.04 |
1.0960 |
-0.0029 |
315 |
1 |
131.04 |
2012-04-14 |
| 36. |
Races are not won in the first corner; however, they are oft... |
130.65 |
1.0346 |
0.0601 |
326 |
2 |
120.73 |
2012-04-01 |
| 37. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
130.37 |
1.0501 |
0.0395 |
263 |
1 |
130.37 |
2011-03-09 |
| 38. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
130.03 |
1.0181 |
0.0657 |
276 |
2 |
119.31 |
2012-03-31 |
| 39. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
129.62 |
1.0640 |
0.0225 |
210 |
2 |
129.14 |
2012-03-31 |
| 40. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
129.30 |
0.9162 |
0.1609 |
401 |
1 |
129.30 |
2012-03-31 |
| 41. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
128.77 |
0.9787 |
0.0957 |
364 |
1 |
128.77 |
2012-03-31 |
| 42. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
128.69 |
1.0777 |
-0.0064 |
226 |
1 |
128.69 |
2011-03-09 |
| 43. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
128.52 |
1.0387 |
0.0338 |
333 |
2 |
122.41 |
2012-03-31 |
| 44. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
128.34 |
1.0057 |
0.0649 |
382 |
1 |
128.34 |
2012-03-31 |
| 45. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
127.47 |
0.9737 |
0.0929 |
237 |
2 |
120.47 |
2012-03-31 |
| 46. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
127.32 |
1.0060 |
0.0540 |
225 |
1 |
127.32 |
2012-04-01 |
| 47. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
127.04 |
1.0521 |
0.0026 |
197 |
1 |
127.04 |
2011-03-09 |
| 48. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
125.51 |
1.0074 |
0.0484 |
410 |
2 |
119.44 |
2012-04-01 |
| 49. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
125.39 |
1.0873 |
-0.0451 |
243 |
1 |
125.39 |
2011-03-09 |
| 50. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
124.96 |
0.9706 |
0.0784 |
353 |
1 |
124.96 |
2011-03-09 |
| 51. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
124.96 |
1.0682 |
-0.0273 |
266 |
1 |
124.96 |
2011-03-09 |
| 52. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
124.94 |
1.0585 |
-0.0135 |
226 |
1 |
124.94 |
2012-08-14 |
| 53. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
124.37 |
1.0590 |
-0.0237 |
250 |
1 |
124.37 |
2011-03-09 |
| 54. |
We might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been... |
124.27 |
0.9157 |
0.1279 |
353 |
2 |
121.49 |
2012-04-01 |
| 55. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
123.25 |
0.9866 |
0.0401 |
308 |
2 |
117.88 |
2012-04-03 |
| 56. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
122.89 |
1.0638 |
-0.0419 |
247 |
1 |
122.89 |
2008-12-30 |
| 57. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
122.08 |
1.0063 |
0.0164 |
293 |
1 |
122.08 |
2012-03-31 |
| 58. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
121.75 |
0.9597 |
0.0548 |
251 |
1 |
121.75 |
2015-04-09 |
| 59. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
121.01 |
0.9957 |
0.0137 |
323 |
1 |
121.01 |
2011-03-09 |
| 60. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
120.76 |
1.0033 |
0.0020 |
203 |
1 |
120.76 |
2010-05-07 |
| 61. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
120.24 |
0.9841 |
0.0162 |
263 |
1 |
120.24 |
2012-04-03 |
| 62. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
120.23 |
1.0404 |
-0.0375 |
406 |
1 |
120.23 |
2012-04-01 |
| 63. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
120.02 |
1.0615 |
-0.0627 |
201 |
1 |
120.02 |
2012-03-31 |
| 64. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
119.95 |
0.9606 |
0.0432 |
203 |
2 |
117.66 |
2012-04-01 |
| 65. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
119.77 |
0.9817 |
0.0215 |
304 |
1 |
119.77 |
2012-03-31 |
| 66. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
119.60 |
0.9698 |
0.0274 |
389 |
1 |
119.60 |
2012-03-31 |
| 67. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
119.22 |
1.0495 |
-0.0566 |
323 |
1 |
119.22 |
2008-12-30 |
| 68. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
118.71 |
1.0125 |
-0.0271 |
171 |
2 |
111.91 |
2011-03-09 |
| 69. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
118.67 |
0.9011 |
0.0880 |
322 |
1 |
118.67 |
2012-03-31 |
| 70. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
117.87 |
0.8666 |
0.1137 |
206 |
2 |
116.32 |
2012-04-03 |
| 71. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
117.87 |
1.0178 |
-0.0359 |
207 |
1 |
117.87 |
2012-04-03 |
| 72. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
117.81 |
0.9561 |
0.0260 |
362 |
1 |
117.81 |
2012-03-31 |
| 73. |
However, let us leave aside the philosophical, social, and e... |
117.46 |
0.9524 |
0.0351 |
410 |
2 |
117.44 |
2012-03-31 |
| 74. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
117.33 |
1.0877 |
-0.1132 |
129 |
1 |
117.33 |
2011-03-09 |
| 75. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
117.09 |
0.9836 |
-0.0077 |
289 |
1 |
117.09 |
2012-03-31 |
| 76. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
116.72 |
0.9494 |
0.0300 |
397 |
1 |
116.72 |
2012-04-03 |
| 77. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
116.64 |
0.9598 |
0.0154 |
209 |
1 |
116.64 |
2012-04-01 |
| 78. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
116.48 |
0.9889 |
-0.0109 |
429 |
1 |
116.48 |
2012-04-10 |
| 79. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
116.45 |
1.0372 |
-0.0686 |
249 |
1 |
116.45 |
2011-03-09 |
| 80. |
This business is filled to the brim with unrealistic people ... |
115.85 |
1.0052 |
-0.0334 |
400 |
1 |
115.85 |
2012-03-31 |
| 81. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
115.75 |
0.9636 |
-0.0018 |
281 |
1 |
115.75 |
2012-06-27 |
| 82. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
115.42 |
1.0676 |
-0.1050 |
456 |
1 |
115.42 |
2008-12-30 |
| 83. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
115.07 |
0.9933 |
-0.0321 |
450 |
1 |
115.07 |
2012-03-31 |
| 84. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
114.97 |
1.0506 |
-0.0937 |
259 |
2 |
111.51 |
2012-04-03 |
| 85. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
114.83 |
1.0192 |
-0.0571 |
243 |
1 |
114.83 |
2015-04-09 |
| 86. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
114.71 |
0.9884 |
-0.0323 |
267 |
1 |
114.71 |
2012-03-31 |
| 87. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
114.51 |
0.9206 |
0.0331 |
317 |
1 |
114.51 |
2011-03-09 |
| 88. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
113.86 |
0.9673 |
-0.0178 |
393 |
1 |
113.86 |
2011-03-09 |
| 89. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
113.34 |
1.0419 |
-0.0964 |
341 |
1 |
113.34 |
2011-03-09 |
| 90. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
113.24 |
0.8787 |
0.0651 |
443 |
1 |
113.24 |
2010-05-07 |
| 91. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
113.10 |
0.9909 |
-0.0474 |
334 |
3 |
109.63 |
2012-04-03 |
| 92. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
112.64 |
0.9807 |
-0.0491 |
129 |
1 |
112.64 |
2011-03-09 |
| 93. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
112.63 |
1.0672 |
-0.1306 |
239 |
1 |
112.63 |
2012-04-03 |
| 94. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
112.60 |
1.0059 |
-0.0678 |
283 |
1 |
112.60 |
2009-01-20 |
| 95. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
112.30 |
0.9649 |
-0.0239 |
360 |
1 |
112.30 |
2012-03-31 |
| 96. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
112.21 |
1.0132 |
-0.0787 |
371 |
1 |
112.21 |
2009-03-12 |
| 97. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
112.07 |
1.0194 |
-0.0885 |
224 |
2 |
103.03 |
2012-04-03 |
| 98. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
111.89 |
1.0111 |
-0.0720 |
452 |
1 |
111.89 |
2012-04-01 |
| 99. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
111.70 |
1.0481 |
-0.1261 |
255 |
1 |
111.70 |
2008-12-30 |
| 100. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
111.56 |
0.9329 |
0.0057 |
345 |
2 |
101.18 |
2012-03-31 |
| 101. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
111.44 |
1.0332 |
-0.1057 |
267 |
2 |
110.63 |
2011-03-09 |
| 102. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
110.18 |
0.9299 |
-0.0169 |
168 |
1 |
110.18 |
2008-09-04 |
| 103. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
110.02 |
0.9762 |
-0.0599 |
249 |
1 |
110.02 |
2011-03-09 |
| 104. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
109.63 |
0.9029 |
0.0104 |
393 |
1 |
109.63 |
2012-03-31 |
| 105. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
108.58 |
0.9330 |
-0.0201 |
341 |
1 |
108.58 |
2012-04-03 |
| 106. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
108.18 |
0.9947 |
-0.0871 |
346 |
1 |
108.18 |
2011-03-09 |
| 107. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
107.22 |
0.9745 |
-0.0816 |
388 |
2 |
105.11 |
2011-03-09 |
| 108. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
106.37 |
0.8993 |
-0.0123 |
366 |
1 |
106.37 |
2012-03-31 |
| 109. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
105.55 |
0.8721 |
0.0131 |
231 |
1 |
105.55 |
2015-04-09 |
| 110. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
105.19 |
1.0115 |
-0.1386 |
189 |
1 |
105.19 |
2012-03-31 |
| 111. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
105.14 |
0.8437 |
0.0311 |
268 |
1 |
105.14 |
2009-01-20 |
| 112. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
104.89 |
0.8913 |
-0.0185 |
201 |
1 |
104.89 |
2012-04-01 |
| 113. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
104.87 |
1.0567 |
-0.1848 |
314 |
1 |
104.87 |
2011-03-09 |
| 114. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
103.49 |
0.9963 |
-0.1364 |
274 |
1 |
103.49 |
2009-03-08 |
| 115. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
103.29 |
0.9500 |
-0.0900 |
287 |
1 |
103.29 |
2012-03-31 |
| 116. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
102.76 |
1.0419 |
-0.1809 |
323 |
1 |
102.76 |
2012-03-31 |
| 117. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
102.73 |
0.8856 |
-0.0244 |
369 |
1 |
102.73 |
2012-04-01 |
| 118. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
102.70 |
0.9594 |
-0.1063 |
258 |
1 |
102.70 |
2008-09-04 |
| 119. |
So don't be afraid; your heart is in me, and it's racing so ... |
102.42 |
0.9897 |
-0.1396 |
150 |
1 |
102.42 |
2015-04-09 |
| 120. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
101.92 |
0.8880 |
-0.0396 |
296 |
1 |
101.92 |
2009-01-20 |
| 121. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
101.25 |
0.9632 |
-0.1206 |
287 |
1 |
101.25 |
2012-03-31 |
| 122. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
100.46 |
1.0035 |
-0.1677 |
310 |
1 |
100.46 |
2012-04-03 |
| 123. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
100.15 |
0.8328 |
0.0045 |
343 |
1 |
100.15 |
2012-03-31 |
| 124. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
99.55 |
0.9844 |
-0.1472 |
351 |
1 |
99.55 |
2011-03-09 |
| 125. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
99.47 |
0.9380 |
-0.1119 |
284 |
1 |
99.47 |
2011-03-09 |
| 126. |
Buddhism addresses two major types of meditation. Vipassana ... |
97.89 |
0.8992 |
-0.0765 |
320 |
1 |
97.89 |
2012-03-31 |
| 127. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
97.16 |
0.9332 |
-0.1249 |
295 |
1 |
97.16 |
2012-03-31 |
| 128. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
96.63 |
0.8624 |
-0.0609 |
174 |
1 |
96.63 |
2008-12-30 |
| 129. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
96.14 |
0.9284 |
-0.1281 |
346 |
1 |
96.14 |
2011-03-09 |
| 130. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
95.04 |
0.9424 |
-0.1507 |
320 |
1 |
95.04 |
2008-12-09 |
| 131. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
94.24 |
0.9352 |
-0.1531 |
194 |
1 |
94.24 |
2009-01-20 |
| 132. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
91.57 |
0.9143 |
-0.1524 |
300 |
1 |
91.57 |
2011-03-09 |
| 133. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
88.34 |
1.1093 |
-0.3790 |
220 |
1 |
88.34 |
2009-03-08 |
| 134. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
87.21 |
0.9957 |
-0.2709 |
323 |
1 |
87.21 |
2008-12-30 |
| 135. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
61.58 |
1.0476 |
-0.5428 |
110 |
1 |
61.58 |
2012-04-01 |