| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I believe in love, and I know that you do too. And I believe... |
185.69 |
1.0465 |
0.3339 |
183 |
1 |
185.69 |
2013-04-18 |
| 2. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
184.37 |
1.0753 |
0.3052 |
206 |
2 |
158.40 |
2016-10-31 |
| 3. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
179.07 |
1.0427 |
0.2914 |
269 |
1 |
179.07 |
2013-08-23 |
| 4. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
173.84 |
1.0792 |
0.2209 |
251 |
1 |
173.84 |
2013-04-19 |
| 5. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
173.76 |
1.1070 |
0.1877 |
265 |
1 |
173.76 |
2012-12-25 |
| 6. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
164.92 |
1.0582 |
0.1688 |
180 |
1 |
164.92 |
2012-12-15 |
| 7. |
What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all do... |
161.30 |
1.0734 |
0.1286 |
239 |
1 |
161.30 |
2017-02-23 |
| 8. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
161.29 |
1.0063 |
0.2018 |
293 |
2 |
154.48 |
2013-04-15 |
| 9. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
160.90 |
1.0178 |
0.1812 |
207 |
1 |
160.90 |
2011-10-25 |
| 10. |
Sometimes you concentrate more on racing the cars around you... |
158.85 |
1.0791 |
0.1115 |
365 |
2 |
147.87 |
2013-05-08 |
| 11. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
156.70 |
1.1198 |
0.0471 |
247 |
1 |
156.70 |
2014-07-10 |
| 12. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
156.68 |
1.0504 |
0.1192 |
225 |
2 |
153.07 |
2013-04-18 |
| 13. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
156.25 |
1.0291 |
0.1344 |
240 |
2 |
139.22 |
2012-12-25 |
| 14. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
155.82 |
1.0302 |
0.1371 |
550 |
1 |
155.82 |
2011-10-25 |
| 15. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
155.81 |
1.0404 |
0.1217 |
406 |
3 |
138.25 |
2014-07-20 |
| 16. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
155.11 |
1.0090 |
0.1525 |
300 |
2 |
152.80 |
2012-12-30 |
| 17. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
154.91 |
1.0588 |
0.0957 |
281 |
1 |
154.91 |
2011-08-24 |
| 18. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
154.31 |
1.0264 |
0.1213 |
191 |
2 |
134.16 |
2014-07-10 |
| 19. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
153.52 |
1.0654 |
0.0770 |
247 |
1 |
153.52 |
2012-12-15 |
| 20. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
153.48 |
0.9783 |
0.1719 |
273 |
1 |
153.48 |
2012-12-25 |
| 21. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
153.36 |
0.9918 |
0.1558 |
400 |
1 |
153.36 |
2013-08-23 |
| 22. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
153.23 |
1.0557 |
0.0860 |
289 |
2 |
148.01 |
2017-02-23 |
| 23. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
153.08 |
0.9704 |
0.1700 |
254 |
2 |
140.35 |
2012-12-25 |
| 24. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
152.59 |
1.0192 |
0.1232 |
243 |
1 |
152.59 |
2012-12-15 |
| 25. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
152.46 |
1.0567 |
0.0784 |
314 |
1 |
152.46 |
2012-12-15 |
| 26. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
152.10 |
0.9809 |
0.1598 |
250 |
1 |
152.10 |
2013-08-23 |
| 27. |
If you begin to repeat an error, or if your concentration or... |
150.55 |
0.9549 |
0.1646 |
204 |
1 |
150.55 |
2012-12-25 |
| 28. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
150.47 |
1.0333 |
0.0860 |
176 |
1 |
150.47 |
2013-08-23 |
| 29. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
150.43 |
0.7920 |
0.3264 |
230 |
1 |
150.43 |
2012-12-25 |
| 30. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
150.21 |
1.0392 |
0.0859 |
258 |
1 |
150.21 |
2012-12-25 |
| 31. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
149.23 |
1.0139 |
0.1049 |
349 |
2 |
140.51 |
2013-04-19 |
| 32. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
148.81 |
1.0189 |
0.0897 |
290 |
1 |
148.81 |
2015-05-06 |
| 33. |
Samatha is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, foc... |
148.79 |
1.0364 |
0.0776 |
230 |
1 |
148.79 |
2015-05-06 |
| 34. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
148.40 |
1.0106 |
0.0941 |
302 |
2 |
139.33 |
2013-08-23 |
| 35. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
148.16 |
0.8953 |
0.2033 |
158 |
1 |
148.16 |
2012-12-25 |
| 36. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
148.05 |
0.9583 |
0.1446 |
237 |
2 |
145.33 |
2014-07-10 |
| 37. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
147.79 |
1.0419 |
0.0647 |
323 |
1 |
147.79 |
2013-04-18 |
| 38. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
147.33 |
0.9673 |
0.1299 |
292 |
2 |
134.79 |
2012-12-25 |
| 39. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
147.02 |
0.9966 |
0.1007 |
377 |
1 |
147.02 |
2013-05-08 |
| 40. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
147.01 |
1.0506 |
0.0443 |
259 |
2 |
139.48 |
2013-08-23 |
| 41. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
146.94 |
1.1062 |
-0.0072 |
200 |
1 |
146.94 |
2015-05-06 |
| 42. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
146.87 |
1.0600 |
0.0341 |
351 |
1 |
146.87 |
2014-07-20 |
| 43. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
146.46 |
1.0590 |
0.0312 |
250 |
1 |
146.46 |
2012-12-15 |
| 44. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
144.96 |
0.9852 |
0.0941 |
235 |
1 |
144.96 |
2013-08-23 |
| 45. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
144.41 |
1.0481 |
0.0237 |
255 |
1 |
144.41 |
2010-05-03 |
| 46. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
144.39 |
1.0079 |
0.0669 |
273 |
1 |
144.39 |
2013-05-08 |
| 47. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
143.98 |
1.0130 |
0.0596 |
288 |
1 |
143.98 |
2013-08-23 |
| 48. |
Breathe, breathe in the air. Don't be afraid to care. Leave ... |
143.48 |
1.0546 |
0.0107 |
262 |
1 |
143.48 |
2022-09-04 |
| 49. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
142.31 |
1.0960 |
-0.0352 |
315 |
2 |
138.09 |
2013-05-08 |
| 50. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
141.67 |
1.0115 |
0.0413 |
189 |
1 |
141.67 |
2012-12-15 |
| 51. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
141.51 |
1.0111 |
0.0499 |
452 |
3 |
102.22 |
2012-12-20 |
| 52. |
Everything happens for a reason. The system will be assessin... |
139.79 |
1.0365 |
0.0010 |
222 |
1 |
139.79 |
2022-09-04 |
| 53. |
Oh... and how is education supposed to make me feel smarter?... |
139.75 |
1.0294 |
0.0109 |
222 |
1 |
139.75 |
2022-09-04 |
| 54. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
139.66 |
0.9949 |
0.0511 |
304 |
1 |
139.66 |
2011-10-25 |
| 55. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
139.42 |
1.0082 |
0.0286 |
212 |
1 |
139.42 |
2013-08-23 |
| 56. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
138.53 |
1.0320 |
0.0013 |
401 |
2 |
126.67 |
2013-05-08 |
| 57. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
138.46 |
1.0877 |
-0.0589 |
129 |
1 |
138.46 |
2014-07-10 |
| 58. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
138.22 |
1.0234 |
0.0065 |
392 |
1 |
138.22 |
2014-07-20 |
| 59. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
138.19 |
1.0042 |
0.0239 |
168 |
1 |
138.19 |
2014-07-10 |
| 60. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
138.17 |
1.0576 |
-0.0295 |
231 |
1 |
138.17 |
2011-01-04 |
| 61. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
137.93 |
1.0462 |
-0.0179 |
340 |
2 |
132.00 |
2012-12-30 |
| 62. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
137.83 |
0.9402 |
0.0855 |
310 |
2 |
129.32 |
2012-12-25 |
| 63. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
137.81 |
1.0543 |
-0.0247 |
233 |
1 |
137.81 |
2011-10-25 |
| 64. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
137.56 |
0.9909 |
0.0345 |
334 |
1 |
137.56 |
2015-05-06 |
| 65. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
136.88 |
0.8437 |
0.1750 |
268 |
2 |
131.57 |
2012-12-25 |
| 66. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
136.58 |
1.0698 |
-0.0459 |
303 |
1 |
136.58 |
2014-07-10 |
| 67. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
136.28 |
0.9123 |
0.1091 |
351 |
1 |
136.28 |
2013-08-23 |
| 68. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
135.91 |
0.9947 |
0.0246 |
346 |
1 |
135.91 |
2014-07-10 |
| 69. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
135.82 |
1.0672 |
-0.0563 |
239 |
1 |
135.82 |
2012-12-30 |
| 70. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
135.51 |
1.0243 |
-0.0088 |
153 |
1 |
135.51 |
2015-05-06 |
| 71. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
135.24 |
1.0736 |
-0.0616 |
256 |
1 |
135.24 |
2011-10-25 |
| 72. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
135.18 |
0.9880 |
0.0169 |
199 |
2 |
127.85 |
2013-04-18 |
| 73. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
134.84 |
1.0697 |
-0.0588 |
341 |
1 |
134.84 |
2017-02-23 |
| 74. |
Well, you've cracked the sky, scrapers fill the air, but wil... |
134.11 |
1.0299 |
-0.0310 |
232 |
1 |
134.11 |
2022-09-04 |
| 75. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
134.04 |
1.0529 |
-0.0533 |
373 |
1 |
134.04 |
2010-05-03 |
| 76. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
133.96 |
1.0403 |
-0.0448 |
234 |
1 |
133.96 |
2012-12-25 |
| 77. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
133.45 |
0.9403 |
0.0611 |
345 |
1 |
133.45 |
2013-05-08 |
| 78. |
His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly... |
133.26 |
1.0379 |
-0.0482 |
172 |
1 |
133.26 |
2012-12-25 |
| 79. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
133.08 |
1.0060 |
-0.0154 |
225 |
1 |
133.08 |
2011-10-25 |
| 80. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
133.00 |
1.0165 |
-0.0262 |
316 |
2 |
126.38 |
2014-07-10 |
| 81. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
132.88 |
0.8778 |
0.1122 |
285 |
1 |
132.88 |
2012-12-15 |
| 82. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
131.89 |
0.9957 |
-0.0125 |
323 |
1 |
131.89 |
2012-12-15 |
| 83. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
131.16 |
0.9284 |
0.0487 |
346 |
2 |
129.71 |
2012-12-25 |
| 84. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
131.15 |
1.0501 |
-0.0698 |
263 |
1 |
131.15 |
2012-12-25 |
| 85. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
131.01 |
1.0800 |
-0.1069 |
129 |
1 |
131.01 |
2011-10-25 |
| 86. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
130.40 |
0.9270 |
0.0427 |
193 |
1 |
130.40 |
2012-12-25 |
| 87. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
129.92 |
0.9644 |
0.0035 |
398 |
1 |
129.92 |
2013-04-15 |
| 88. |
The key goals in user-interface design are increase in speed... |
129.14 |
1.0343 |
-0.0712 |
239 |
1 |
129.14 |
2022-09-04 |
| 89. |
Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very ... |
128.54 |
1.0373 |
-0.0786 |
224 |
1 |
128.54 |
2015-07-30 |
| 90. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
128.47 |
0.9928 |
-0.0364 |
293 |
1 |
128.47 |
2011-01-04 |
| 91. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
128.39 |
0.9756 |
-0.0199 |
223 |
1 |
128.39 |
2012-12-25 |
| 92. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
128.29 |
0.9985 |
-0.0365 |
392 |
1 |
128.29 |
2011-10-25 |
| 93. |
There was never any more inception than there is now, nor an... |
127.65 |
1.1622 |
-0.2112 |
202 |
1 |
127.65 |
2017-02-23 |
| 94. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
127.62 |
0.9927 |
-0.0435 |
234 |
1 |
127.62 |
2011-08-24 |
| 95. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
127.24 |
0.9332 |
0.0142 |
267 |
1 |
127.24 |
2016-10-31 |
| 96. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
126.80 |
0.9403 |
0.0108 |
307 |
1 |
126.80 |
2011-10-25 |
| 97. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
126.58 |
1.0464 |
-0.1034 |
294 |
1 |
126.58 |
2010-05-03 |
| 98. |
Without some flexibility in our definitions we'll remain for... |
126.27 |
0.9645 |
-0.0245 |
147 |
1 |
126.27 |
2017-02-23 |
| 99. |
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the ju... |
126.19 |
1.0230 |
-0.0782 |
200 |
1 |
126.19 |
2011-10-25 |
| 100. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
125.98 |
0.9561 |
-0.0172 |
362 |
1 |
125.98 |
2012-12-25 |
| 101. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
125.65 |
0.9807 |
-0.0497 |
129 |
1 |
125.65 |
2012-12-15 |
| 102. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
125.58 |
0.9258 |
0.0152 |
184 |
1 |
125.58 |
2010-05-03 |
| 103. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
124.72 |
1.0272 |
-0.0998 |
226 |
1 |
124.72 |
2011-01-04 |
| 104. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
124.20 |
1.0607 |
-0.1354 |
357 |
1 |
124.20 |
2010-05-03 |
| 105. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
123.99 |
1.0543 |
-0.1332 |
182 |
1 |
123.99 |
2011-08-24 |
| 106. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
123.20 |
1.0615 |
-0.1452 |
201 |
1 |
123.20 |
2013-04-19 |
| 107. |
If you want to drive a race car well, whether to win an Indy... |
122.82 |
1.0228 |
-0.1032 |
405 |
1 |
122.82 |
2013-08-23 |
| 108. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
122.74 |
0.9637 |
-0.0418 |
342 |
1 |
122.74 |
2011-10-25 |
| 109. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
122.43 |
0.9392 |
-0.0254 |
360 |
1 |
122.43 |
2012-12-30 |
| 110. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
122.32 |
1.0288 |
-0.1197 |
166 |
1 |
122.32 |
2012-12-15 |
| 111. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
121.29 |
1.0132 |
-0.1105 |
371 |
1 |
121.29 |
2013-05-09 |
| 112. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
120.73 |
0.9703 |
-0.0698 |
394 |
1 |
120.73 |
2013-05-08 |
| 113. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
120.55 |
0.9931 |
-0.0980 |
218 |
2 |
93.92 |
2011-10-25 |
| 114. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
118.67 |
1.0362 |
-0.1511 |
437 |
1 |
118.67 |
2013-04-19 |
| 115. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
117.98 |
1.0464 |
-0.1623 |
213 |
1 |
117.98 |
2016-06-04 |
| 116. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
116.70 |
0.9740 |
-0.1048 |
371 |
1 |
116.70 |
2010-05-03 |
| 117. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
115.69 |
0.9885 |
-0.1281 |
355 |
1 |
115.69 |
2011-08-24 |
| 118. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
115.36 |
0.8381 |
0.0213 |
283 |
1 |
115.36 |
2012-12-25 |
| 119. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
114.23 |
1.0387 |
-0.1876 |
333 |
1 |
114.23 |
2013-04-19 |
| 120. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
114.15 |
0.9727 |
-0.1210 |
442 |
1 |
114.15 |
2010-05-03 |
| 121. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
114.10 |
0.9854 |
-0.1329 |
174 |
1 |
114.10 |
2010-05-03 |
| 122. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
113.72 |
0.9981 |
-0.1521 |
211 |
1 |
113.72 |
2013-08-23 |
| 123. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
113.61 |
0.9844 |
-0.1298 |
351 |
1 |
113.61 |
2011-08-24 |
| 124. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
112.80 |
0.9377 |
-0.0935 |
198 |
1 |
112.80 |
2011-01-04 |
| 125. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
112.48 |
0.9841 |
-0.1391 |
325 |
1 |
112.48 |
2011-01-04 |
| 126. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
111.53 |
0.8845 |
-0.0554 |
239 |
1 |
111.53 |
2013-04-18 |
| 127. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
110.36 |
1.0350 |
-0.2052 |
416 |
1 |
110.36 |
2011-08-24 |
| 128. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
109.27 |
0.9948 |
-0.1829 |
233 |
1 |
109.27 |
2012-12-30 |
| 129. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
109.07 |
0.9713 |
-0.1603 |
193 |
1 |
109.07 |
2011-08-24 |
| 130. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
107.81 |
1.0479 |
-0.2464 |
205 |
1 |
107.81 |
2016-10-31 |
| 131. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
107.79 |
0.9829 |
-0.1811 |
229 |
1 |
107.79 |
2010-05-03 |
| 132. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
106.89 |
0.8172 |
-0.0235 |
204 |
1 |
106.89 |
2014-07-10 |
| 133. |
Finally, gentlemen, there are people with an hereditary anim... |
99.91 |
0.9346 |
-0.1865 |
471 |
1 |
99.91 |
2013-04-15 |
| 134. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
98.23 |
0.9780 |
-0.2501 |
173 |
1 |
98.23 |
2011-01-04 |
| 135. |
Buddhism addresses two major types of meditation. Vipassana ... |
94.52 |
0.8992 |
-0.1881 |
320 |
1 |
94.52 |
2012-04-07 |
| 136. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
93.39 |
0.7923 |
-0.0971 |
316 |
1 |
93.39 |
2011-10-25 |
| 137. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
89.88 |
0.9561 |
-0.2848 |
291 |
1 |
89.88 |
2010-05-03 |
| 138. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
87.09 |
0.9909 |
-0.3429 |
293 |
1 |
87.09 |
2010-05-03 |
| 139. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
86.61 |
0.9183 |
-0.2744 |
308 |
1 |
86.61 |
2010-05-03 |
| 140. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
85.81 |
0.9271 |
-0.2889 |
323 |
1 |
85.81 |
2010-05-03 |
| 141. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
41.45 |
0.9113 |
-0.6064 |
225 |
1 |
41.45 |
2013-04-18 |