Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
Tengo thought about this for a moment, but there really wasn... |
189.82 |
1.0693 |
0.1665 |
155 |
1 |
189.82 |
2019-02-03 |
2. |
Place your two index fingers on the two keys on your keyboar... |
184.73 |
1.0895 |
0.1134 |
643 |
1 |
184.73 |
2019-02-03 |
3. |
For thousands of years, public speaking was conducted exclus... |
184.27 |
0.9956 |
0.2043 |
303 |
1 |
184.27 |
2019-02-03 |
4. |
He gave her a slight nod, and, after uttering a short greeti... |
177.76 |
1.0466 |
0.1117 |
278 |
1 |
177.76 |
2019-02-28 |
5. |
Of all animals in the world, the dolphin is the focus of spe... |
174.67 |
1.0366 |
0.1013 |
763 |
1 |
174.67 |
2019-02-03 |
6. |
Fear was ever in my heart for my friends in the Shire; but s... |
173.53 |
1.0513 |
0.0794 |
462 |
1 |
173.53 |
2019-02-03 |
7. |
One thing to keep in mind when racing an opponent during the... |
173.28 |
1.0854 |
0.0429 |
505 |
1 |
173.28 |
2019-02-07 |
8. |
They were too overjoyed to hear him speak to answer for a wh... |
172.50 |
1.0373 |
0.0859 |
335 |
1 |
172.50 |
2019-02-03 |
9. |
Frodo looked and saw, still at some distance, a hill of many... |
172.16 |
1.0712 |
0.0505 |
288 |
2 |
172.08 |
2019-02-28 |
10. |
Gandalf was shorter in stature than the other two; but his l... |
169.74 |
1.0947 |
0.0106 |
291 |
1 |
169.74 |
2019-02-03 |
11. |
She still had a lot of time until seven o'clock in the eveni... |
169.55 |
1.0543 |
0.0497 |
393 |
1 |
169.55 |
2019-02-28 |
12. |
I saw the sun blaze upon the new blue overalls as the man ap... |
169.06 |
1.0147 |
0.0861 |
395 |
1 |
169.06 |
2019-02-28 |
13. |
He paused for a moment at the top of the steps. On the oppos... |
168.70 |
1.0382 |
0.0603 |
337 |
1 |
168.70 |
2019-02-16 |
14. |
People listening to a speech at 8:30 on a Monday morning wil... |
168.30 |
0.9687 |
0.1272 |
99 |
2 |
129.27 |
2019-02-03 |
15. |
With a shamed frown, he opened his mouth. I saw a blue flash... |
168.00 |
1.0441 |
0.0496 |
351 |
2 |
156.46 |
2019-02-03 |
16. |
Reactions to this weird episode were a mixture of laughter (... |
167.66 |
0.9229 |
0.1700 |
119 |
1 |
167.66 |
2019-02-02 |
17. |
Occasionally in your speaking experience you may find that y... |
166.25 |
1.1120 |
-0.0295 |
286 |
1 |
166.25 |
2019-02-02 |
18. |
The Fruedian paradox 'The more you are innocent, the more yo... |
164.92 |
0.9930 |
0.0809 |
222 |
1 |
164.92 |
2019-02-03 |
19. |
She pressed herself against him and wound her limbs round hi... |
164.41 |
1.0587 |
0.0119 |
287 |
2 |
153.94 |
2019-02-03 |
20. |
Goldfish can live a fish bowl or aquarium, but the larger th... |
164.14 |
1.0012 |
0.0673 |
390 |
1 |
164.14 |
2019-02-28 |
21. |
Newton realized that, according to his theory of gravity, th... |
163.88 |
1.0298 |
0.0373 |
637 |
1 |
163.88 |
2019-02-03 |
22. |
Winston immediately paid over the four dollars and slid the ... |
163.61 |
1.0695 |
-0.0034 |
459 |
1 |
163.61 |
2019-02-02 |
23. |
In melodic writing, examples of the Neopolitan triad as thre... |
163.21 |
0.8963 |
0.1669 |
198 |
1 |
163.21 |
2019-02-03 |
24. |
When we combine quantum mechanics with general relativity, t... |
163.07 |
1.0759 |
-0.0141 |
508 |
1 |
163.07 |
2019-02-03 |
25. |
Despite these problems, and the fact that the particles in t... |
162.42 |
1.0107 |
0.0467 |
419 |
1 |
162.42 |
2019-02-03 |
26. |
No longer in a cape and coffin, today's vampire resides in m... |
160.67 |
1.0136 |
0.0326 |
144 |
1 |
160.67 |
2019-02-03 |
27. |
Tengo used the time until his next class to think through Us... |
160.14 |
0.9899 |
0.0529 |
383 |
1 |
160.14 |
2019-02-07 |
28. |
The story really began in the middle sixties, the period of ... |
159.41 |
0.9975 |
0.0411 |
597 |
1 |
159.41 |
2019-02-03 |
29. |
At that moment, while he lay there on the grass with the dog... |
159.30 |
1.0807 |
-0.0434 |
353 |
1 |
159.30 |
2019-02-03 |
30. |
As I listened I had been so torn between humiliation and fas... |
157.60 |
1.0224 |
0.0038 |
462 |
1 |
157.60 |
2019-02-03 |
31. |
All sat silent for a while, until at length Boromir spoke. "... |
157.28 |
0.9553 |
0.0688 |
183 |
1 |
157.28 |
2019-02-03 |
32. |
It is probable that the general level of prices will not ris... |
156.95 |
1.0117 |
0.0103 |
327 |
1 |
156.95 |
2019-02-02 |
33. |
It must have been about a month before she disappeared. It w... |
155.72 |
1.0314 |
-0.0174 |
425 |
1 |
155.72 |
2019-02-03 |
34. |
Dr. Ottman was beloved by those who knew him and, remarkably... |
155.49 |
0.9743 |
0.0382 |
268 |
1 |
155.49 |
2019-02-03 |
35. |
An audience member's culture not only influences how he or s... |
155.39 |
0.9514 |
0.0604 |
198 |
1 |
155.39 |
2019-02-03 |
36. |
The fourth category is the strong nuclear force, which holds... |
154.73 |
1.0030 |
0.0050 |
320 |
1 |
154.73 |
2019-02-28 |
37. |
The voice from the telescreen was still pouring forth its ta... |
154.68 |
1.0413 |
-0.0341 |
365 |
1 |
154.68 |
2019-02-02 |
38. |
I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold ther... |
154.55 |
1.0475 |
-0.0411 |
185 |
1 |
154.55 |
2019-02-28 |
39. |
One of the weird consequences of the 2008 financial meltdown... |
154.50 |
0.9136 |
0.0931 |
308 |
1 |
154.50 |
2019-02-03 |
40. |
For example, if you see the medical use of stem cells as "im... |
154.47 |
0.9312 |
0.0746 |
331 |
2 |
152.60 |
2019-02-28 |
41. |
Six years had elapsed, passed in a dream but for one indelib... |
154.30 |
1.0099 |
-0.0052 |
171 |
1 |
154.30 |
2019-02-03 |
42. |
A brief summary of the theory of employment to be worked out... |
153.68 |
1.0176 |
-0.0169 |
484 |
1 |
153.68 |
2019-02-02 |
43. |
What, then, is this higher force whose authority can suspend... |
153.41 |
0.9457 |
0.0529 |
366 |
1 |
153.41 |
2019-02-03 |
44. |
Instead, as a result of Father's plea, Gabriel had been labe... |
153.32 |
0.9842 |
0.0141 |
473 |
1 |
153.32 |
2019-02-28 |
45. |
This is the easiest text in this tournament universe, if you... |
153.15 |
1.0197 |
-0.0225 |
133 |
1 |
153.15 |
2019-02-03 |
46. |
Like gold fall the leaves in the wind, long years numberless... |
152.75 |
1.0018 |
-0.0072 |
316 |
1 |
152.75 |
2019-02-28 |
47. |
My thoughts now became more active, and I longed to discover... |
152.24 |
0.9667 |
0.0246 |
294 |
1 |
152.24 |
2019-02-03 |
48. |
And the men with the cigarettes in their straight-lined mout... |
151.84 |
1.0189 |
-0.0302 |
245 |
1 |
151.84 |
2019-02-03 |
49. |
Nietzsche wrote, apropos of Hamlet: 'What must a person have... |
151.70 |
0.8646 |
0.1231 |
183 |
2 |
142.52 |
2019-02-28 |
50. |
Elevens. It seemed a short time ago that Jonas had undergone... |
151.66 |
1.0141 |
-0.0266 |
578 |
1 |
151.66 |
2019-02-03 |
51. |
Sounds confusing? It isn't, really. To see how subordination... |
151.54 |
0.9446 |
0.0422 |
267 |
1 |
151.54 |
2019-02-28 |
52. |
As the evening drew on, Frodo woke up again, and he found th... |
150.24 |
1.0377 |
-0.0586 |
196 |
1 |
150.24 |
2019-02-03 |
53. |
I conclude, therefore, that the commodity, in terms of which... |
150.14 |
1.0711 |
-0.0929 |
237 |
1 |
150.14 |
2019-02-03 |
54. |
The worldview of opponents of such legislation led to a very... |
149.76 |
0.9277 |
0.0475 |
277 |
1 |
149.76 |
2019-02-28 |
55. |
Cluttered speech has become a national epidemic. Whatever ha... |
149.37 |
0.8935 |
0.0797 |
435 |
2 |
144.57 |
2019-02-03 |
56. |
"Finding my way is not my strong suit. If you want a navigat... |
149.34 |
0.9174 |
0.0550 |
364 |
1 |
149.34 |
2019-02-03 |
57. |
An important attribute of the accomplished musician is the a... |
148.82 |
0.9950 |
-0.0252 |
280 |
1 |
148.82 |
2019-02-03 |
58. |
In some other respects the foregoing theory is moderately co... |
148.55 |
1.0236 |
-0.0563 |
496 |
1 |
148.55 |
2019-02-03 |
59. |
We thus enter the domain of obscenity: when a credit is acco... |
147.86 |
0.9241 |
0.0393 |
179 |
1 |
147.86 |
2019-02-02 |
60. |
He took up his glass and sniffed at it. The stuff grew not l... |
147.18 |
1.0228 |
-0.0644 |
554 |
1 |
147.18 |
2019-02-03 |
61. |
A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine fo... |
144.83 |
0.9914 |
-0.0483 |
739 |
1 |
144.83 |
2019-02-02 |
62. |
Appropriateness also depends on the audience. If you keep th... |
144.51 |
0.9441 |
-0.0031 |
437 |
1 |
144.51 |
2019-02-28 |
63. |
Down the sloping lawn below me the male students moved towar... |
143.84 |
1.0086 |
-0.0720 |
397 |
1 |
143.84 |
2019-02-28 |
64. |
As a curiosity, it is worth noting that the 'Gangnam Style' ... |
143.03 |
0.9147 |
0.0166 |
556 |
1 |
143.03 |
2019-02-03 |
65. |
Soon after sunrise, Sarah awoke, stiff and sore and hungry. ... |
142.60 |
1.0175 |
-0.0890 |
675 |
1 |
142.60 |
2019-02-03 |
66. |
Concerns about free expression and ethics are not a new cons... |
142.46 |
0.9351 |
-0.0071 |
240 |
1 |
142.46 |
2019-02-03 |
67. |
It is so easy to forget that you are truly alive, or at leas... |
142.35 |
1.1119 |
-0.1853 |
174 |
1 |
142.35 |
2019-02-03 |
68. |
They peered out. Before them was a cavernous hall. It was lo... |
141.75 |
0.9944 |
-0.0714 |
692 |
1 |
141.75 |
2019-02-28 |
69. |
These are two distinct propositions combined in this passage... |
141.53 |
0.9604 |
-0.0388 |
466 |
1 |
141.53 |
2019-02-03 |
70. |
But not yams, I had no problem concerning them and I would e... |
141.00 |
1.0011 |
-0.0830 |
414 |
1 |
141.00 |
2019-02-03 |
71. |
"You're looking peaked yourself." When Jake didn't answer, h... |
140.51 |
0.9093 |
0.0056 |
390 |
1 |
140.51 |
2019-02-03 |
72. |
Tengo stared at Ushikawa, saying nothing. Ushikawa narrowed ... |
140.23 |
0.8753 |
0.0378 |
261 |
1 |
140.23 |
2019-02-28 |
73. |
Listeners' worldviews can also affect how they they respond ... |
140.21 |
0.9383 |
-0.0247 |
381 |
1 |
140.21 |
2019-02-03 |
74. |
Three Vulcans, including T'Mir (great-grandmother of T'Pol) ... |
140.09 |
0.8929 |
0.0193 |
362 |
1 |
140.09 |
2019-02-03 |
75. |
Does this mean that we should simply abandon the topic (and ... |
138.69 |
0.9558 |
-0.0528 |
199 |
1 |
138.69 |
2019-02-03 |
76. |
Thank you all for entering this tournament. We hope these qu... |
135.83 |
1.0072 |
-0.1227 |
399 |
1 |
135.83 |
2019-02-02 |
77. |
On one wall a woman smiled and drank orange juice simultaneo... |
135.26 |
0.9791 |
-0.0986 |
402 |
1 |
135.26 |
2019-02-03 |
78. |
His daughter attended him with the greatest tenderness, but ... |
133.96 |
1.0289 |
-0.1566 |
419 |
1 |
133.96 |
2019-02-03 |
79. |
Black holes are one of only a fairly small number of cases i... |
133.92 |
1.0033 |
-0.1303 |
425 |
1 |
133.92 |
2019-02-03 |
80. |
Even before Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt an... |
133.38 |
0.9084 |
-0.0399 |
359 |
1 |
133.38 |
2019-02-28 |
81. |
At the corner I turned into a drugstore and took a seat at t... |
126.61 |
0.9967 |
-0.1725 |
488 |
1 |
126.61 |
2019-02-03 |
82. |
When you normally collect an item that Link holds up, the ga... |
125.94 |
0.8797 |
-0.0596 |
614 |
1 |
125.94 |
2019-02-28 |
83. |
"You heard from Tamaru that the safe house guard dog died, d... |
125.74 |
0.7828 |
0.0365 |
187 |
1 |
125.74 |
2019-02-03 |
84. |
The Great Ring shall go now to be an heirloom of the North K... |
123.18 |
0.9827 |
-0.1806 |
221 |
1 |
123.18 |
2019-02-03 |
85. |
If Professor Pigou were to deny the possibility of involunta... |
121.00 |
0.9815 |
-0.1936 |
209 |
1 |
121.00 |
2019-02-03 |