| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
170.93 |
1.0292 |
0.3267 |
262 |
1 |
170.93 |
2012-06-25 |
| 2. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
162.09 |
1.0534 |
0.2356 |
357 |
2 |
140.34 |
2013-02-25 |
| 3. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
156.28 |
1.0252 |
0.2081 |
176 |
1 |
156.28 |
2012-08-02 |
| 4. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
149.87 |
1.0677 |
0.1509 |
284 |
1 |
149.87 |
2012-06-25 |
| 5. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
149.16 |
0.9938 |
0.1895 |
339 |
1 |
149.16 |
2012-06-18 |
| 6. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
149.14 |
1.0944 |
0.1328 |
308 |
1 |
149.14 |
2012-06-25 |
| 7. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
148.00 |
1.0797 |
0.0882 |
210 |
2 |
135.00 |
2012-06-25 |
| 8. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
147.76 |
1.0088 |
0.2016 |
396 |
1 |
147.76 |
2012-08-02 |
| 9. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
146.08 |
1.0941 |
0.0952 |
256 |
1 |
146.08 |
2012-06-20 |
| 10. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
142.61 |
0.9074 |
0.2293 |
396 |
2 |
132.68 |
2013-10-15 |
| 11. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
142.39 |
1.0396 |
0.0818 |
149 |
1 |
142.39 |
2012-06-20 |
| 12. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
141.86 |
1.0796 |
0.0393 |
129 |
2 |
139.22 |
2012-06-25 |
| 13. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
140.97 |
1.0124 |
0.1022 |
204 |
3 |
135.69 |
2012-06-25 |
| 14. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
139.66 |
1.1296 |
0.0061 |
252 |
1 |
139.66 |
2012-06-25 |
| 15. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
139.32 |
0.9754 |
0.1345 |
362 |
1 |
139.32 |
2012-06-25 |
| 16. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
139.05 |
1.0496 |
0.0514 |
314 |
1 |
139.05 |
2013-10-15 |
| 17. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
138.51 |
1.0613 |
0.0416 |
456 |
1 |
138.51 |
2012-06-25 |
| 18. |
He rode past me and kept on goin'. Never said nothin' goin' ... |
137.11 |
1.0502 |
0.0627 |
535 |
1 |
137.11 |
2012-06-25 |
| 19. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
136.89 |
0.9176 |
0.2057 |
365 |
1 |
136.89 |
2012-06-25 |
| 20. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
135.46 |
1.0201 |
0.0568 |
375 |
1 |
135.46 |
2012-06-25 |
| 21. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
134.91 |
1.1323 |
-0.0299 |
341 |
1 |
134.91 |
2012-08-02 |
| 22. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
134.69 |
1.0905 |
0.0077 |
210 |
2 |
121.20 |
2012-06-25 |
| 23. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
133.81 |
0.9651 |
0.1307 |
389 |
1 |
133.81 |
2012-06-25 |
| 24. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
131.91 |
1.0025 |
0.0416 |
256 |
1 |
131.91 |
2012-08-02 |
| 25. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
131.38 |
0.9905 |
0.0815 |
337 |
1 |
131.38 |
2012-08-08 |
| 26. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
130.84 |
0.9468 |
0.0891 |
276 |
2 |
129.79 |
2012-08-02 |
| 27. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
130.34 |
0.9833 |
0.0504 |
355 |
1 |
130.34 |
2012-06-20 |
| 28. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
130.26 |
0.9216 |
0.1489 |
255 |
1 |
130.26 |
2013-02-20 |
| 29. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
128.40 |
1.0485 |
0.0022 |
153 |
2 |
118.29 |
2012-06-25 |
| 30. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
127.55 |
1.0795 |
-0.0396 |
226 |
1 |
127.55 |
2012-06-25 |
| 31. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
127.00 |
1.0167 |
-0.0046 |
378 |
1 |
127.00 |
2012-08-02 |
| 32. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
126.77 |
1.0666 |
-0.0630 |
297 |
1 |
126.77 |
2012-06-25 |
| 33. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
126.68 |
0.9866 |
0.0125 |
218 |
1 |
126.68 |
2012-06-25 |
| 34. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
125.70 |
0.8775 |
0.1203 |
443 |
1 |
125.70 |
2012-08-02 |
| 35. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
124.69 |
0.8722 |
0.1176 |
285 |
1 |
124.69 |
2012-06-25 |
| 36. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
123.78 |
0.9871 |
0.0148 |
227 |
1 |
123.78 |
2012-08-02 |
| 37. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
122.72 |
1.0533 |
-0.0557 |
257 |
1 |
122.72 |
2012-06-25 |
| 38. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
122.41 |
0.8947 |
0.0789 |
366 |
1 |
122.41 |
2012-08-02 |
| 39. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
121.25 |
1.0090 |
-0.0063 |
282 |
1 |
121.25 |
2012-06-25 |
| 40. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
120.70 |
1.0426 |
-0.0887 |
323 |
1 |
120.70 |
2012-06-25 |
| 41. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
120.22 |
0.9731 |
-0.0349 |
129 |
1 |
120.22 |
2012-08-02 |
| 42. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
120.21 |
1.0320 |
-0.0441 |
293 |
1 |
120.21 |
2012-06-25 |
| 43. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
120.18 |
0.9557 |
0.0010 |
331 |
1 |
120.18 |
2012-06-25 |
| 44. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
119.50 |
1.0023 |
-0.0595 |
211 |
1 |
119.50 |
2012-06-25 |
| 45. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
119.02 |
0.9429 |
-0.0002 |
287 |
1 |
119.02 |
2012-08-02 |
| 46. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
116.99 |
0.9922 |
-0.0264 |
341 |
1 |
116.99 |
2012-06-25 |
| 47. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
115.61 |
0.9863 |
-0.0683 |
339 |
1 |
115.61 |
2012-06-25 |
| 48. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
115.51 |
1.0063 |
-0.0931 |
371 |
1 |
115.51 |
2012-06-25 |
| 49. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
114.58 |
0.9614 |
-0.0527 |
292 |
1 |
114.58 |
2012-06-25 |
| 50. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
113.94 |
0.8753 |
0.0346 |
427 |
1 |
113.94 |
2012-06-25 |
| 51. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
111.69 |
0.8553 |
0.0221 |
174 |
1 |
111.69 |
2013-10-15 |
| 52. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
110.18 |
1.0365 |
-0.1366 |
162 |
1 |
110.18 |
2012-06-25 |
| 53. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
108.91 |
1.0441 |
-0.1427 |
316 |
1 |
108.91 |
2012-06-20 |
| 54. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
108.14 |
0.9865 |
-0.1314 |
276 |
1 |
108.14 |
2012-06-25 |
| 55. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
107.98 |
0.9785 |
-0.1228 |
335 |
1 |
107.98 |
2012-06-25 |
| 56. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
107.49 |
1.0768 |
-0.1884 |
295 |
1 |
107.49 |
2012-08-02 |
| 57. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
107.24 |
0.9792 |
-0.0941 |
265 |
1 |
107.24 |
2012-06-20 |
| 58. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
106.10 |
0.9278 |
-0.0876 |
295 |
1 |
106.10 |
2012-06-20 |
| 59. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
105.59 |
1.0125 |
-0.1815 |
224 |
1 |
105.59 |
2012-08-02 |
| 60. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
104.17 |
1.0058 |
-0.1606 |
411 |
1 |
104.17 |
2013-02-20 |
| 61. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
104.05 |
0.9567 |
-0.0932 |
184 |
1 |
104.05 |
2012-06-25 |
| 62. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
101.07 |
0.8961 |
-0.1023 |
189 |
1 |
101.07 |
2012-08-08 |
| 63. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
100.73 |
1.0172 |
-0.1877 |
341 |
1 |
100.73 |
2012-06-20 |
| 64. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
99.54 |
0.9371 |
-0.1132 |
318 |
1 |
99.54 |
2012-06-20 |
| 65. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
97.66 |
1.0883 |
-0.2863 |
303 |
1 |
97.66 |
2012-06-20 |
| 66. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
95.68 |
1.0714 |
-0.3265 |
129 |
1 |
95.68 |
2012-06-25 |
| 67. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
95.44 |
0.9023 |
-0.1072 |
231 |
1 |
95.44 |
2012-06-25 |
| 68. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
64.67 |
0.9855 |
-0.4467 |
258 |
1 |
64.67 |
2013-10-15 |