| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
98.42 |
0.9682 |
0.5310 |
143 |
1 |
98.42 |
2012-12-04 |
| 2. |
She did not tell them to clean up their lives, or go and sin... |
81.16 |
1.1457 |
0.0906 |
311 |
1 |
81.16 |
2024-11-15 |
| 3. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
80.79 |
1.0788 |
0.1519 |
171 |
1 |
80.79 |
2012-12-13 |
| 4. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
79.28 |
1.0796 |
0.1281 |
129 |
1 |
79.28 |
2012-12-11 |
| 5. |
We don't get to choose our time. Death is what gives life me... |
78.57 |
1.0783 |
0.1185 |
261 |
1 |
78.57 |
2024-11-15 |
| 6. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
76.65 |
0.9814 |
0.1862 |
364 |
1 |
76.65 |
2012-12-06 |
| 7. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
75.61 |
1.0941 |
0.0577 |
256 |
1 |
75.61 |
2012-12-06 |
| 8. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
75.31 |
1.0343 |
0.1129 |
242 |
1 |
75.31 |
2012-12-11 |
| 9. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
75.08 |
1.0547 |
0.0890 |
257 |
1 |
75.08 |
2013-04-11 |
| 10. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
74.92 |
1.0063 |
0.1349 |
371 |
2 |
71.64 |
2014-08-25 |
| 11. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
74.56 |
1.0340 |
0.1018 |
406 |
1 |
74.56 |
2012-12-06 |
| 12. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
74.20 |
0.9411 |
0.1892 |
318 |
3 |
69.24 |
2013-01-07 |
| 13. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
73.40 |
1.0521 |
0.0660 |
171 |
1 |
73.40 |
2012-12-21 |
| 14. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
73.35 |
1.0033 |
0.1140 |
189 |
1 |
73.35 |
2012-12-04 |
| 15. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
73.15 |
1.0254 |
0.0889 |
217 |
1 |
73.15 |
2012-12-04 |
| 16. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
72.95 |
1.0088 |
0.1024 |
396 |
1 |
72.95 |
2024-11-11 |
| 17. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
72.92 |
0.9540 |
0.1568 |
285 |
1 |
72.92 |
2012-12-06 |
| 18. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
72.85 |
1.0252 |
0.0845 |
176 |
1 |
72.85 |
2012-12-06 |
| 19. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
72.81 |
0.9946 |
0.1145 |
246 |
1 |
72.81 |
2012-12-06 |
| 20. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
72.65 |
1.0669 |
0.0398 |
213 |
1 |
72.65 |
2012-12-06 |
| 21. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
72.62 |
1.0412 |
0.0650 |
225 |
1 |
72.62 |
2012-12-06 |
| 22. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
72.26 |
1.0885 |
0.0122 |
341 |
1 |
72.26 |
2013-05-10 |
| 23. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
71.96 |
0.9966 |
0.0996 |
259 |
3 |
70.25 |
2013-05-10 |
| 24. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
71.84 |
1.0454 |
0.0489 |
255 |
1 |
71.84 |
2012-12-03 |
| 25. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
71.69 |
1.0795 |
0.0125 |
226 |
2 |
70.70 |
2012-12-04 |
| 26. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
71.06 |
1.0684 |
0.0140 |
253 |
1 |
71.06 |
2012-12-04 |
| 27. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
71.06 |
1.0602 |
0.0222 |
389 |
1 |
71.06 |
2012-12-06 |
| 28. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
71.02 |
0.9897 |
0.0921 |
274 |
1 |
71.02 |
2012-12-21 |
| 29. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
70.65 |
1.0257 |
0.0505 |
401 |
2 |
70.44 |
2012-12-21 |
| 30. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
70.22 |
0.9772 |
0.0925 |
217 |
1 |
70.22 |
2012-12-21 |
| 31. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
70.00 |
1.0031 |
0.0632 |
304 |
2 |
68.48 |
2024-11-15 |
| 32. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
69.86 |
0.9293 |
0.1349 |
355 |
1 |
69.86 |
2012-12-13 |
| 33. |
Don't practice too much at first, or you're likely to develo... |
69.79 |
1.0141 |
0.0490 |
381 |
2 |
68.13 |
2014-09-05 |
| 34. |
Being comfortable in the car is critical. If you're not comf... |
69.78 |
0.9911 |
0.0718 |
212 |
1 |
69.78 |
2012-12-21 |
| 35. |
His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly... |
69.57 |
1.0314 |
0.0283 |
172 |
1 |
69.57 |
2012-12-14 |
| 36. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
69.43 |
0.9776 |
0.0800 |
308 |
1 |
69.43 |
2013-04-11 |
| 37. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
69.26 |
1.0389 |
0.0161 |
318 |
2 |
68.45 |
2013-05-10 |
| 38. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
69.06 |
0.9572 |
0.0948 |
201 |
1 |
69.06 |
2012-12-03 |
| 39. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
68.98 |
0.9532 |
0.0976 |
258 |
1 |
68.98 |
2012-12-04 |
| 40. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
68.75 |
1.0138 |
0.0335 |
231 |
1 |
68.75 |
2012-12-21 |
| 41. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
68.60 |
1.0034 |
0.0416 |
302 |
1 |
68.60 |
2012-11-30 |
| 42. |
You may not yet be at a point where you have fully recovered... |
68.35 |
1.0814 |
-0.0402 |
163 |
1 |
68.35 |
2024-11-11 |
| 43. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
68.09 |
0.9938 |
0.0434 |
339 |
1 |
68.09 |
2012-12-11 |
| 44. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
68.06 |
1.0349 |
0.0018 |
234 |
1 |
68.06 |
2012-12-21 |
| 45. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
67.61 |
0.9365 |
0.0934 |
248 |
1 |
67.61 |
2012-12-06 |
| 46. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
67.14 |
1.0567 |
-0.0340 |
303 |
1 |
67.14 |
2012-12-06 |
| 47. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
66.51 |
1.0389 |
-0.0258 |
340 |
1 |
66.51 |
2014-08-22 |
| 48. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
66.26 |
1.0053 |
0.0040 |
232 |
1 |
66.26 |
2014-08-26 |
| 49. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
65.95 |
1.0296 |
-0.0250 |
437 |
1 |
65.95 |
2012-12-03 |
| 50. |
All at sea again, and now my hurricanes, have brought down t... |
65.92 |
0.9843 |
0.0198 |
325 |
1 |
65.92 |
2024-11-15 |
| 51. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
65.92 |
1.0214 |
-0.0173 |
166 |
1 |
65.92 |
2012-11-30 |
| 52. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
65.80 |
1.0555 |
-0.0532 |
323 |
1 |
65.80 |
2012-12-11 |
| 53. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
65.72 |
0.8919 |
0.1092 |
205 |
2 |
65.24 |
2012-12-14 |
| 54. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
65.48 |
1.0905 |
-0.0931 |
210 |
1 |
65.48 |
2014-08-25 |
| 55. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
65.47 |
1.0172 |
-0.0199 |
341 |
1 |
65.47 |
2014-08-26 |
| 56. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
65.40 |
0.9820 |
0.0142 |
274 |
1 |
65.40 |
2012-12-03 |
| 57. |
All of me, why not take all of me? Can't you see? I'm no goo... |
65.39 |
1.0266 |
-0.0305 |
290 |
1 |
65.39 |
2024-11-11 |
| 58. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
65.25 |
0.9649 |
0.0290 |
193 |
1 |
65.25 |
2012-12-14 |
| 59. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
65.23 |
0.9994 |
-0.0058 |
269 |
1 |
65.23 |
2012-12-11 |
| 60. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
65.13 |
1.0403 |
-0.0482 |
193 |
2 |
59.60 |
2014-08-22 |
| 61. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
65.09 |
1.0141 |
-0.0226 |
304 |
1 |
65.09 |
2014-08-22 |
| 62. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
65.09 |
1.0885 |
-0.0970 |
315 |
1 |
65.09 |
2013-01-07 |
| 63. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
64.81 |
0.9485 |
0.0387 |
291 |
1 |
64.81 |
2014-09-05 |
| 64. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
64.74 |
1.0117 |
-0.0255 |
297 |
2 |
63.22 |
2014-08-26 |
| 65. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
64.62 |
0.8775 |
0.1068 |
443 |
2 |
60.91 |
2013-05-16 |
| 66. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
64.56 |
0.9529 |
0.0305 |
269 |
2 |
60.61 |
2014-09-05 |
| 67. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
64.50 |
1.0774 |
-0.0949 |
304 |
1 |
64.50 |
2012-12-03 |
| 68. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
64.49 |
0.9233 |
0.0591 |
168 |
2 |
61.91 |
2014-08-22 |
| 69. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
64.44 |
1.1016 |
-0.1200 |
233 |
1 |
64.44 |
2013-05-04 |
| 70. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
64.39 |
0.9439 |
0.0369 |
476 |
1 |
64.39 |
2012-12-06 |
| 71. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
64.24 |
1.0613 |
-0.0827 |
266 |
1 |
64.24 |
2013-05-08 |
| 72. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
63.97 |
1.0545 |
-0.0801 |
416 |
1 |
63.97 |
2013-05-10 |
| 73. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
63.56 |
1.0740 |
-0.1058 |
264 |
1 |
63.56 |
2013-05-16 |
| 74. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
63.55 |
1.0608 |
-0.0928 |
258 |
1 |
63.55 |
2024-11-11 |
| 75. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
63.47 |
1.0132 |
-0.0464 |
143 |
2 |
56.07 |
2012-12-06 |
| 76. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
63.02 |
0.9691 |
-0.0091 |
223 |
1 |
63.02 |
2012-12-05 |
| 77. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
62.91 |
1.0095 |
-0.0512 |
316 |
1 |
62.91 |
2012-12-04 |
| 78. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
62.86 |
0.9811 |
-0.0236 |
272 |
1 |
62.86 |
2012-12-08 |
| 79. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
62.64 |
0.8670 |
0.0872 |
318 |
1 |
62.64 |
2012-12-21 |
| 80. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
62.60 |
0.9485 |
0.0051 |
236 |
1 |
62.60 |
2012-12-05 |
| 81. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
62.27 |
1.0477 |
-0.0991 |
360 |
1 |
62.27 |
2012-12-03 |
| 82. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
62.26 |
0.9653 |
-0.0169 |
394 |
2 |
60.75 |
2013-04-11 |
| 83. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
61.98 |
0.9340 |
0.0101 |
296 |
1 |
61.98 |
2013-05-16 |
| 84. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
61.77 |
0.9965 |
-0.0556 |
310 |
1 |
61.77 |
2013-01-07 |
| 85. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
61.77 |
0.8753 |
0.0656 |
427 |
1 |
61.77 |
2012-12-05 |
| 86. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
61.52 |
0.9567 |
-0.0196 |
184 |
1 |
61.52 |
2013-05-10 |
| 87. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
61.43 |
1.0203 |
-0.0845 |
261 |
1 |
61.43 |
2012-12-06 |
| 88. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
61.39 |
1.0288 |
-0.0937 |
300 |
1 |
61.39 |
2012-12-21 |
| 89. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
61.10 |
0.8845 |
0.0462 |
273 |
1 |
61.10 |
2012-12-04 |
| 90. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
61.09 |
0.9905 |
-0.0599 |
377 |
1 |
61.09 |
2012-12-06 |
| 91. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
61.07 |
0.9275 |
0.0028 |
211 |
1 |
61.07 |
2012-12-10 |
| 92. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
60.45 |
0.9583 |
-0.0375 |
341 |
1 |
60.45 |
2012-12-11 |
| 93. |
A half-moon glowed on smooth granite boulders, turning them ... |
60.25 |
1.0152 |
-0.0974 |
511 |
1 |
60.25 |
2024-10-22 |
| 94. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
60.14 |
1.0073 |
-0.0912 |
369 |
1 |
60.14 |
2012-11-30 |
| 95. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
59.95 |
0.9668 |
-0.0536 |
383 |
1 |
59.95 |
2012-11-30 |
| 96. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
59.77 |
0.8467 |
0.0638 |
343 |
1 |
59.77 |
2012-12-21 |
| 97. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
59.34 |
1.0379 |
-0.1340 |
245 |
1 |
59.34 |
2014-08-25 |
| 98. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
59.19 |
0.9168 |
-0.0152 |
240 |
1 |
59.19 |
2012-12-05 |
| 99. |
They typically had very rosy views about their own futures, ... |
58.70 |
1.0271 |
-0.1329 |
250 |
1 |
58.70 |
2024-11-15 |
| 100. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
58.63 |
0.8935 |
-0.0004 |
328 |
1 |
58.63 |
2012-11-30 |
| 101. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
58.26 |
0.9164 |
-0.0289 |
305 |
2 |
57.62 |
2013-05-09 |
| 102. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
58.15 |
0.9368 |
-0.0510 |
173 |
1 |
58.15 |
2012-11-30 |
| 103. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
58.11 |
0.9226 |
-0.0374 |
348 |
1 |
58.11 |
2012-12-03 |
| 104. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
57.82 |
0.8971 |
-0.0163 |
266 |
1 |
57.82 |
2012-11-30 |
| 105. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
57.56 |
0.9128 |
-0.0360 |
369 |
1 |
57.56 |
2012-12-08 |
| 106. |
We often believe the more we practice a skill or technique -... |
57.23 |
0.9907 |
-0.1189 |
397 |
1 |
57.23 |
2012-12-03 |
| 107. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
56.55 |
0.9109 |
-0.0495 |
401 |
1 |
56.55 |
2012-12-06 |
| 108. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
56.44 |
1.0016 |
-0.1419 |
218 |
1 |
56.44 |
2012-12-03 |
| 109. |
I woke up this morning with the sundown shining in. I found ... |
56.12 |
1.0978 |
-0.2429 |
237 |
1 |
56.12 |
2024-10-22 |
| 110. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
55.78 |
0.9546 |
-0.1049 |
198 |
1 |
55.78 |
2012-12-03 |
| 111. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
55.65 |
0.9844 |
-0.1367 |
293 |
1 |
55.65 |
2013-05-08 |
| 112. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
55.18 |
0.9120 |
-0.0715 |
436 |
1 |
55.18 |
2012-12-06 |
| 113. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
54.91 |
0.9527 |
-0.1163 |
251 |
1 |
54.91 |
2012-12-03 |
| 114. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
54.63 |
0.9176 |
-0.0854 |
267 |
1 |
54.63 |
2012-12-04 |
| 115. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
53.30 |
0.9500 |
-0.1381 |
362 |
1 |
53.30 |
2012-12-03 |
| 116. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
52.95 |
0.9072 |
-0.1006 |
237 |
1 |
52.95 |
2013-05-16 |
| 117. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
52.69 |
0.8956 |
-0.0930 |
322 |
2 |
52.01 |
2012-12-03 |
| 118. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
51.95 |
1.0506 |
-0.2593 |
277 |
1 |
51.95 |
2026-01-03 |
| 119. |
Buddhism addresses two major types of meditation. Vipassana ... |
51.72 |
0.9312 |
-0.1434 |
320 |
1 |
51.72 |
2014-08-26 |
| 120. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
50.62 |
0.8723 |
-0.1012 |
185 |
1 |
50.62 |
2012-12-03 |