| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
168.41 |
1.0711 |
0.4070 |
213 |
1 |
168.41 |
2018-08-14 |
| 2. |
If you're committed enough, you can make any story work. I o... |
167.24 |
0.9851 |
0.4819 |
144 |
1 |
167.24 |
2018-08-14 |
| 3. |
It's the same thing your whole life: "Clean up your room. St... |
162.30 |
0.8530 |
0.5326 |
217 |
1 |
162.30 |
2018-08-14 |
| 4. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
152.46 |
0.9855 |
0.3890 |
258 |
1 |
152.46 |
2012-07-24 |
| 5. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
152.37 |
1.0201 |
0.3246 |
375 |
3 |
133.71 |
2012-04-29 |
| 6. |
If this were Russia, yeah sure. Everyone would go to one San... |
149.74 |
0.9736 |
0.3198 |
316 |
1 |
149.74 |
2018-08-14 |
| 7. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
146.64 |
0.9567 |
0.3328 |
273 |
1 |
146.64 |
2014-04-16 |
| 8. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
144.77 |
1.0515 |
0.2137 |
166 |
1 |
144.77 |
2012-03-11 |
| 9. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
141.44 |
1.1014 |
0.1799 |
273 |
1 |
141.44 |
2012-06-07 |
| 10. |
The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a... |
140.64 |
1.0473 |
0.2000 |
459 |
1 |
140.64 |
2015-05-22 |
| 11. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
139.15 |
1.0379 |
0.2202 |
245 |
1 |
139.15 |
2011-01-09 |
| 12. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
139.11 |
0.9938 |
0.2297 |
339 |
1 |
139.11 |
2014-04-10 |
| 13. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
139.07 |
0.9811 |
0.2442 |
272 |
1 |
139.07 |
2013-04-05 |
| 14. |
Ray, people will come, Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons... |
136.25 |
0.8936 |
0.2847 |
426 |
1 |
136.25 |
2018-08-14 |
| 15. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
135.23 |
1.0662 |
0.1598 |
407 |
1 |
135.23 |
2012-03-04 |
| 16. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
132.67 |
0.9162 |
0.2499 |
165 |
1 |
132.67 |
2014-04-10 |
| 17. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
131.00 |
1.0063 |
0.1449 |
371 |
1 |
131.00 |
2010-12-03 |
| 18. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
130.82 |
1.0025 |
0.1475 |
336 |
1 |
130.82 |
2011-01-09 |
| 19. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
130.52 |
1.0211 |
0.1561 |
213 |
1 |
130.52 |
2014-04-16 |
| 20. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
129.96 |
1.0391 |
0.1086 |
358 |
1 |
129.96 |
2011-01-09 |
| 21. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
129.61 |
0.9675 |
0.1804 |
383 |
1 |
129.61 |
2012-04-29 |
| 22. |
Good coders are hot, Mike... Word of the firings this mornin... |
129.03 |
0.9206 |
0.1877 |
266 |
1 |
129.03 |
2018-08-14 |
| 23. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
128.82 |
0.8792 |
0.2617 |
296 |
1 |
128.82 |
2014-04-10 |
| 24. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
127.06 |
1.0788 |
0.0314 |
171 |
1 |
127.06 |
2012-06-07 |
| 25. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
127.05 |
1.0596 |
0.0540 |
239 |
1 |
127.05 |
2010-12-03 |
| 26. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
126.95 |
0.9673 |
0.1868 |
232 |
1 |
126.95 |
2014-05-13 |
| 27. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
126.74 |
0.9772 |
0.1324 |
217 |
1 |
126.74 |
2014-04-12 |
| 28. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
124.57 |
0.9128 |
0.2224 |
369 |
1 |
124.57 |
2015-05-22 |
| 29. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
124.56 |
0.9780 |
0.1167 |
337 |
1 |
124.56 |
2012-07-24 |
| 30. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
124.52 |
0.8919 |
0.1996 |
205 |
1 |
124.52 |
2017-03-08 |
| 31. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
124.40 |
0.9894 |
0.1071 |
323 |
1 |
124.40 |
2012-07-24 |
| 32. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
124.07 |
0.9398 |
0.1589 |
419 |
1 |
124.07 |
2013-04-05 |
| 33. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
123.38 |
1.0669 |
0.0485 |
286 |
1 |
123.38 |
2010-06-12 |
| 34. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
123.21 |
0.9912 |
0.1173 |
237 |
2 |
116.00 |
2015-05-22 |
| 35. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
122.01 |
1.0477 |
0.0256 |
360 |
1 |
122.01 |
2018-08-14 |
| 36. |
The idea of "Mr. Right" has been passed down over the genera... |
121.91 |
0.9671 |
0.1273 |
379 |
1 |
121.91 |
2012-06-07 |
| 37. |
Right, I am going to tell you how this works. You're going i... |
121.82 |
1.0482 |
0.0451 |
487 |
1 |
121.82 |
2014-04-11 |
| 38. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
119.89 |
1.0034 |
0.0471 |
302 |
1 |
119.89 |
2010-10-31 |
| 39. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. The work was generall... |
119.88 |
0.9746 |
0.1059 |
405 |
1 |
119.88 |
2015-05-22 |
| 40. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
119.71 |
0.8900 |
0.1620 |
164 |
1 |
119.71 |
2010-12-03 |
| 41. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
118.79 |
0.9820 |
0.0604 |
274 |
1 |
118.79 |
2012-03-11 |
| 42. |
And then what did he do? Did he train you? Did he rehearse y... |
118.71 |
0.9066 |
0.1393 |
221 |
1 |
118.71 |
2018-08-14 |
| 43. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
118.37 |
1.0684 |
0.0001 |
253 |
2 |
115.71 |
2012-07-24 |
| 44. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
117.86 |
1.0201 |
0.0143 |
303 |
1 |
117.86 |
2011-03-25 |
| 45. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
117.79 |
0.8956 |
0.1424 |
322 |
1 |
117.79 |
2012-02-23 |
| 46. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
117.48 |
0.9597 |
0.0752 |
347 |
1 |
117.48 |
2012-06-07 |
| 47. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
116.99 |
0.9632 |
0.0695 |
392 |
1 |
116.99 |
2010-11-01 |
| 48. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
116.83 |
1.0074 |
0.0194 |
242 |
1 |
116.83 |
2010-12-03 |
| 49. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
116.69 |
1.0412 |
-0.0180 |
225 |
1 |
116.69 |
2013-04-05 |
| 50. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
115.94 |
0.9805 |
0.0412 |
292 |
2 |
112.29 |
2012-09-09 |
| 51. |
Master of the house, quick to catch your eye, never wants a ... |
115.34 |
0.9184 |
0.0549 |
220 |
1 |
115.34 |
2018-08-14 |
| 52. |
When the shoes first fell from the sky, he remembered thinki... |
115.30 |
1.0181 |
-0.0046 |
170 |
1 |
115.30 |
2017-03-08 |
| 53. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
115.14 |
0.9553 |
0.0619 |
430 |
1 |
115.14 |
2012-07-24 |
| 54. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
114.78 |
0.8787 |
0.1329 |
202 |
1 |
114.78 |
2014-04-10 |
| 55. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
114.74 |
0.9897 |
0.0142 |
274 |
2 |
113.75 |
2010-10-31 |
| 56. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
113.49 |
1.0088 |
0.0252 |
396 |
1 |
113.49 |
2012-06-07 |
| 57. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
113.47 |
1.0429 |
-0.0493 |
259 |
1 |
113.47 |
2014-04-16 |
| 58. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
113.39 |
1.0029 |
-0.0149 |
209 |
1 |
113.39 |
2013-04-05 |
| 59. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
113.16 |
0.9504 |
0.0365 |
263 |
2 |
112.50 |
2013-04-05 |
| 60. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
112.81 |
1.0644 |
-0.0391 |
257 |
1 |
112.81 |
2012-03-11 |
| 61. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
112.22 |
0.9942 |
-0.0015 |
483 |
1 |
112.22 |
2014-04-11 |
| 62. |
I'll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. They ... |
111.53 |
0.9774 |
-0.0007 |
196 |
1 |
111.53 |
2014-04-10 |
| 63. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
111.30 |
0.9831 |
0.0008 |
469 |
1 |
111.30 |
2011-03-25 |
| 64. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
111.27 |
1.0099 |
-0.0373 |
207 |
1 |
111.27 |
2012-07-24 |
| 65. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
109.99 |
1.1018 |
-0.1442 |
220 |
1 |
109.99 |
2010-12-03 |
| 66. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
109.69 |
0.9084 |
0.0571 |
404 |
1 |
109.69 |
2014-04-10 |
| 67. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
109.20 |
0.8878 |
0.0691 |
346 |
1 |
109.20 |
2015-05-22 |
| 68. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
109.10 |
0.9699 |
-0.0144 |
269 |
1 |
109.10 |
2010-12-04 |
| 69. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
108.65 |
1.0349 |
-0.0833 |
234 |
1 |
108.65 |
2012-06-07 |
| 70. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
108.23 |
0.9636 |
-0.0151 |
254 |
1 |
108.23 |
2011-03-25 |
| 71. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
108.21 |
1.0462 |
-0.1040 |
184 |
1 |
108.21 |
2014-04-10 |
| 72. |
One key element of any society is its collection of statuses... |
107.92 |
0.9059 |
0.0232 |
406 |
1 |
107.92 |
2018-08-14 |
| 73. |
Ultimately, this is not about solving your problems. It's ab... |
107.80 |
1.0604 |
-0.0826 |
260 |
1 |
107.80 |
2014-04-12 |
| 74. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
105.40 |
0.9601 |
-0.0319 |
308 |
1 |
105.40 |
2010-11-01 |
| 75. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
105.28 |
1.0263 |
-0.1049 |
267 |
1 |
105.28 |
2012-07-24 |
| 76. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
105.18 |
0.9233 |
-0.0101 |
168 |
1 |
105.18 |
2012-02-23 |
| 77. |
Living men are bound by time... Thus, their lives have an ur... |
104.89 |
0.9884 |
-0.0608 |
365 |
1 |
104.89 |
2015-05-22 |
| 78. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
104.58 |
0.9514 |
-0.0351 |
237 |
1 |
104.58 |
2014-04-12 |
| 79. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
104.14 |
0.9649 |
-0.0538 |
193 |
2 |
103.73 |
2012-02-23 |
| 80. |
To be fair, English is full of booby traps for the unwary fo... |
103.98 |
0.9175 |
-0.0029 |
240 |
1 |
103.98 |
2015-05-22 |
| 81. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
102.80 |
1.0131 |
-0.1168 |
225 |
1 |
102.80 |
2010-07-02 |
| 82. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
101.45 |
0.9226 |
-0.0280 |
348 |
1 |
101.45 |
2014-04-10 |
| 83. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
101.39 |
1.0025 |
-0.1150 |
256 |
1 |
101.39 |
2010-06-12 |
| 84. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
101.19 |
1.1068 |
-0.1804 |
393 |
1 |
101.19 |
2012-03-04 |
| 85. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
100.51 |
0.9087 |
-0.0181 |
393 |
2 |
99.39 |
2011-03-25 |
| 86. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
98.54 |
0.9711 |
-0.1098 |
176 |
1 |
98.54 |
2014-04-10 |
| 87. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
98.43 |
1.1081 |
-0.2123 |
206 |
1 |
98.43 |
2014-04-10 |
| 88. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
98.29 |
0.9710 |
-0.1172 |
173 |
1 |
98.29 |
2010-07-02 |
| 89. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
95.29 |
1.0083 |
-0.1306 |
273 |
1 |
95.29 |
2010-07-02 |
| 90. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
93.21 |
1.0515 |
-0.2383 |
250 |
1 |
93.21 |
2010-12-03 |
| 91. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
91.04 |
1.0117 |
-0.1710 |
297 |
1 |
91.04 |
2012-02-23 |
| 92. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
89.84 |
0.8022 |
-0.0141 |
215 |
1 |
89.84 |
2011-01-09 |
| 93. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
88.95 |
0.8916 |
-0.1139 |
216 |
1 |
88.95 |
2012-03-04 |
| 94. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
88.90 |
0.9994 |
-0.1921 |
269 |
1 |
88.90 |
2012-02-23 |
| 95. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
88.35 |
0.9776 |
-0.2055 |
308 |
1 |
88.35 |
2010-06-13 |
| 96. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
88.03 |
0.9164 |
-0.1424 |
305 |
1 |
88.03 |
2013-04-05 |
| 97. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
86.44 |
0.9286 |
-0.1747 |
194 |
1 |
86.44 |
2011-03-25 |
| 98. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
85.58 |
1.0038 |
-0.2262 |
237 |
1 |
85.58 |
2012-06-07 |
| 99. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
85.45 |
1.0795 |
-0.3028 |
226 |
1 |
85.45 |
2010-07-02 |
| 100. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
84.38 |
0.9072 |
-0.1723 |
237 |
1 |
84.38 |
2012-07-24 |
| 101. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
81.77 |
0.9109 |
-0.1949 |
401 |
1 |
81.77 |
2014-04-12 |
| 102. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
79.12 |
1.0292 |
-0.3405 |
262 |
1 |
79.12 |
2010-07-31 |
| 103. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
76.42 |
0.9844 |
-0.3136 |
293 |
1 |
76.42 |
2010-10-31 |
| 104. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
74.48 |
0.9279 |
-0.2726 |
317 |
1 |
74.48 |
2010-07-31 |
| 105. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
72.50 |
0.7805 |
-0.1537 |
154 |
1 |
72.50 |
2013-04-05 |
| 106. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
70.72 |
1.0109 |
-0.3947 |
276 |
1 |
70.72 |
2011-01-09 |
| 107. |
Grits and fried chicken won't disappear, but perhaps future ... |
64.07 |
0.8884 |
-0.3319 |
135 |
1 |
64.07 |
2014-04-10 |
| 108. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
56.93 |
0.9005 |
-0.4091 |
212 |
1 |
56.93 |
2013-04-05 |
| 109. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
52.01 |
0.8105 |
-0.3657 |
204 |
1 |
52.01 |
2012-07-24 |
| 110. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
51.35 |
0.9910 |
-0.5457 |
295 |
1 |
51.35 |
2014-04-16 |