| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
126.70 |
1.0885 |
0.0702 |
315 |
2 |
119.06 |
2011-01-02 |
| 2. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
126.28 |
1.0343 |
0.1546 |
242 |
1 |
126.28 |
2011-01-02 |
| 3. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
126.03 |
1.0565 |
0.0901 |
247 |
1 |
126.03 |
2011-01-02 |
| 4. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
123.70 |
0.9792 |
0.1869 |
265 |
2 |
121.15 |
2011-01-02 |
| 5. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
123.52 |
0.9884 |
0.1368 |
233 |
2 |
119.82 |
2011-01-02 |
| 6. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
123.16 |
1.0941 |
0.0598 |
256 |
1 |
123.16 |
2011-01-02 |
| 7. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
122.83 |
0.9429 |
0.1781 |
287 |
3 |
117.13 |
2011-01-02 |
| 8. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
122.41 |
1.1215 |
0.0183 |
200 |
1 |
122.41 |
2010-12-31 |
| 9. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
122.05 |
1.0529 |
0.0595 |
351 |
1 |
122.05 |
2011-01-02 |
| 10. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
120.81 |
1.0257 |
0.0818 |
401 |
1 |
120.81 |
2011-01-02 |
| 11. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
120.63 |
1.0417 |
0.0552 |
253 |
1 |
120.63 |
2011-02-06 |
| 12. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
120.04 |
1.0385 |
0.0537 |
230 |
1 |
120.04 |
2011-01-02 |
| 13. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
119.41 |
1.1018 |
-0.0201 |
220 |
1 |
119.41 |
2011-01-02 |
| 14. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
118.45 |
1.0561 |
0.0492 |
430 |
1 |
118.45 |
2011-02-06 |
| 15. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
118.35 |
1.0183 |
0.0545 |
191 |
1 |
118.35 |
2011-01-02 |
| 16. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
117.81 |
0.9676 |
0.1141 |
442 |
2 |
113.86 |
2011-05-28 |
| 17. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
117.78 |
1.0445 |
0.0295 |
373 |
1 |
117.78 |
2010-12-31 |
| 18. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
117.45 |
1.0099 |
0.0573 |
207 |
1 |
117.45 |
2011-01-02 |
| 19. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
117.01 |
0.9646 |
0.1005 |
264 |
1 |
117.01 |
2011-01-02 |
| 20. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
116.85 |
1.0337 |
0.0302 |
214 |
1 |
116.85 |
2011-02-06 |
| 21. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
116.46 |
1.0053 |
0.0536 |
232 |
1 |
116.46 |
2011-01-02 |
| 22. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
115.87 |
1.0365 |
0.0489 |
162 |
1 |
115.87 |
2011-02-06 |
| 23. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
115.15 |
0.9049 |
0.1494 |
351 |
2 |
114.34 |
2011-05-28 |
| 24. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
114.82 |
0.9994 |
0.0770 |
269 |
1 |
114.82 |
2011-01-02 |
| 25. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
114.60 |
1.0201 |
0.0277 |
375 |
1 |
114.60 |
2011-01-02 |
| 26. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
114.59 |
1.0696 |
-0.0294 |
226 |
1 |
114.59 |
2011-01-02 |
| 27. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
114.58 |
1.0528 |
-0.0142 |
201 |
1 |
114.58 |
2011-01-02 |
| 28. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
114.48 |
1.0567 |
-0.0134 |
303 |
2 |
113.17 |
2011-01-02 |
| 29. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
114.27 |
1.0270 |
0.0498 |
255 |
1 |
114.27 |
2011-01-02 |
| 30. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
113.64 |
1.0441 |
0.0321 |
316 |
1 |
113.64 |
2011-01-02 |
| 31. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
113.00 |
0.9965 |
0.0277 |
168 |
1 |
113.00 |
2011-01-02 |
| 32. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
112.95 |
1.0068 |
0.0251 |
358 |
1 |
112.95 |
2011-01-02 |
| 33. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
112.89 |
1.0725 |
-0.0187 |
233 |
1 |
112.89 |
2011-01-02 |
| 34. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
112.84 |
1.0034 |
0.0227 |
302 |
1 |
112.84 |
2011-02-06 |
| 35. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
112.66 |
0.9965 |
0.0300 |
277 |
1 |
112.66 |
2011-01-02 |
| 36. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
112.64 |
0.9805 |
0.0498 |
292 |
1 |
112.64 |
2011-01-02 |
| 37. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
112.42 |
1.0454 |
-0.0254 |
255 |
2 |
107.09 |
2011-01-02 |
| 38. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
111.96 |
0.9546 |
0.0962 |
198 |
1 |
111.96 |
2011-01-02 |
| 39. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
111.72 |
1.0214 |
0.0383 |
281 |
2 |
107.40 |
2011-01-02 |
| 40. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
111.59 |
0.9820 |
0.0368 |
267 |
1 |
111.59 |
2011-05-28 |
| 41. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
111.40 |
0.9811 |
0.0359 |
272 |
1 |
111.40 |
2011-01-02 |
| 42. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
111.04 |
0.9622 |
0.0552 |
392 |
1 |
111.04 |
2011-01-02 |
| 43. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
110.77 |
1.0379 |
0.0055 |
245 |
1 |
110.77 |
2011-01-02 |
| 44. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
110.29 |
1.0349 |
-0.0315 |
234 |
1 |
110.29 |
2011-01-02 |
| 45. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
110.18 |
1.1081 |
-0.0705 |
206 |
1 |
110.18 |
2011-01-02 |
| 46. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
110.15 |
1.0621 |
-0.0399 |
263 |
1 |
110.15 |
2011-01-02 |
| 47. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
110.14 |
1.0328 |
0.0080 |
356 |
1 |
110.14 |
2011-01-02 |
| 48. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
109.44 |
0.9668 |
0.0720 |
383 |
1 |
109.44 |
2011-01-02 |
| 49. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
109.18 |
1.0095 |
-0.0168 |
316 |
1 |
109.18 |
2011-01-02 |
| 50. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
108.98 |
0.9553 |
0.0439 |
430 |
2 |
108.30 |
2011-01-02 |
| 51. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
108.52 |
0.9514 |
0.0366 |
237 |
2 |
106.38 |
2011-05-29 |
| 52. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
108.32 |
0.9763 |
0.0091 |
289 |
1 |
108.32 |
2011-05-28 |
| 53. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
107.84 |
0.9567 |
0.0246 |
273 |
1 |
107.84 |
2011-02-06 |
| 54. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
107.64 |
0.9509 |
0.0671 |
225 |
1 |
107.64 |
2011-01-02 |
| 55. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
107.57 |
1.0073 |
-0.0203 |
369 |
1 |
107.57 |
2011-01-02 |
| 56. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
107.52 |
1.0347 |
-0.0308 |
550 |
1 |
107.52 |
2011-01-02 |
| 57. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
107.47 |
0.9942 |
-0.0073 |
483 |
1 |
107.47 |
2010-12-31 |
| 58. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
107.39 |
1.0486 |
-0.0705 |
289 |
1 |
107.39 |
2011-01-02 |
| 59. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
107.30 |
1.0496 |
-0.0738 |
314 |
1 |
107.30 |
2011-01-02 |
| 60. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
107.19 |
0.8981 |
0.0820 |
393 |
2 |
101.63 |
2011-05-28 |
| 61. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
106.79 |
0.9567 |
0.0573 |
184 |
1 |
106.79 |
2011-01-02 |
| 62. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
106.67 |
1.0165 |
-0.0419 |
392 |
1 |
106.67 |
2011-01-02 |
| 63. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
106.45 |
1.0768 |
-0.0681 |
295 |
1 |
106.45 |
2011-01-02 |
| 64. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
106.43 |
0.9672 |
0.0078 |
396 |
1 |
106.43 |
2011-01-02 |
| 65. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
106.31 |
0.9675 |
0.0094 |
383 |
2 |
101.99 |
2011-01-02 |
| 66. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
106.06 |
0.9965 |
-0.0311 |
310 |
1 |
106.06 |
2011-01-02 |
| 67. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
105.97 |
0.9780 |
-0.0128 |
337 |
1 |
105.97 |
2011-01-02 |
| 68. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
105.91 |
1.0124 |
-0.0511 |
204 |
1 |
105.91 |
2011-02-06 |
| 69. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
105.51 |
0.9879 |
-0.0192 |
450 |
1 |
105.51 |
2011-01-02 |
| 70. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
105.40 |
0.9681 |
-0.0008 |
378 |
1 |
105.40 |
2011-01-02 |
| 71. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
105.38 |
0.8878 |
0.0708 |
346 |
1 |
105.38 |
2011-01-02 |
| 72. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
105.34 |
0.9508 |
0.0408 |
384 |
1 |
105.34 |
2011-01-02 |
| 73. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
104.72 |
1.0506 |
-0.0691 |
277 |
1 |
104.72 |
2011-01-02 |
| 74. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
104.63 |
0.9631 |
0.0401 |
345 |
1 |
104.63 |
2011-02-06 |
| 75. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
104.59 |
0.9871 |
0.0006 |
209 |
1 |
104.59 |
2010-12-31 |
| 76. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
104.59 |
0.9893 |
-0.0377 |
323 |
1 |
104.59 |
2011-02-06 |
| 77. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
104.44 |
0.7876 |
0.1651 |
316 |
1 |
104.44 |
2011-01-02 |
| 78. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
104.37 |
1.0033 |
-0.0605 |
189 |
1 |
104.37 |
2011-02-06 |
| 79. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
103.99 |
0.9843 |
-0.0433 |
234 |
1 |
103.99 |
2011-05-28 |
| 80. |
Three changes occur while the stacked disk structure equilib... |
103.60 |
0.9382 |
0.0293 |
440 |
1 |
103.60 |
2011-01-02 |
| 81. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
103.25 |
0.9897 |
-0.0529 |
274 |
1 |
103.25 |
2011-01-02 |
| 82. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
103.13 |
0.9426 |
-0.0015 |
317 |
1 |
103.13 |
2011-01-02 |
| 83. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
103.03 |
1.1016 |
-0.1644 |
233 |
1 |
103.03 |
2011-01-02 |
| 84. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
102.95 |
0.9309 |
0.0036 |
284 |
1 |
102.95 |
2011-02-06 |
| 85. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
102.46 |
0.9278 |
0.0068 |
295 |
1 |
102.46 |
2011-01-02 |
| 86. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
102.23 |
0.9485 |
-0.0171 |
236 |
1 |
102.23 |
2011-02-06 |
| 87. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
102.19 |
1.0232 |
-0.0479 |
350 |
1 |
102.19 |
2011-02-06 |
| 88. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
101.49 |
0.9120 |
0.0441 |
436 |
1 |
101.49 |
2011-01-02 |
| 89. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
101.27 |
0.8753 |
0.0548 |
427 |
1 |
101.27 |
2011-01-02 |
| 90. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
100.17 |
1.0109 |
-0.0994 |
276 |
1 |
100.17 |
2011-05-28 |
| 91. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
99.61 |
0.9109 |
-0.0027 |
401 |
1 |
99.61 |
2011-01-02 |
| 92. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
99.56 |
0.9087 |
0.0071 |
393 |
1 |
99.56 |
2011-01-02 |
| 93. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
98.84 |
0.9740 |
-0.0796 |
209 |
1 |
98.84 |
2011-01-02 |
| 94. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
98.77 |
1.0662 |
-0.1307 |
407 |
1 |
98.77 |
2011-01-02 |
| 95. |
Many wines have more than 14 percent alcohol because the win... |
98.58 |
0.9739 |
-0.0420 |
412 |
1 |
98.58 |
2011-01-02 |
| 96. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
98.10 |
0.9289 |
-0.0395 |
204 |
1 |
98.10 |
2011-01-02 |
| 97. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
98.03 |
0.9005 |
-0.0110 |
212 |
1 |
98.03 |
2011-01-02 |
| 98. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
97.45 |
0.9976 |
-0.0917 |
174 |
1 |
97.45 |
2011-02-06 |
| 99. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
97.42 |
1.0063 |
-0.1205 |
371 |
1 |
97.42 |
2011-01-02 |
| 100. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
97.39 |
0.9365 |
-0.0500 |
248 |
1 |
97.39 |
2011-01-02 |
| 101. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
96.35 |
0.9709 |
-0.0544 |
397 |
1 |
96.35 |
2010-12-31 |
| 102. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
96.34 |
1.0214 |
-0.1514 |
166 |
1 |
96.34 |
2011-01-02 |
| 103. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
96.28 |
0.8996 |
-0.0302 |
192 |
1 |
96.28 |
2011-02-06 |
| 104. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
96.05 |
0.9233 |
-0.0588 |
168 |
1 |
96.05 |
2011-01-02 |
| 105. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
96.01 |
1.0173 |
-0.1007 |
268 |
1 |
96.01 |
2011-01-02 |
| 106. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
95.35 |
1.0531 |
-0.1487 |
272 |
1 |
95.35 |
2011-01-02 |
| 107. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
93.48 |
0.9786 |
-0.1300 |
235 |
1 |
93.48 |
2011-01-02 |
| 108. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
92.21 |
0.8382 |
-0.0004 |
268 |
1 |
92.21 |
2011-02-06 |
| 109. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
90.94 |
0.9513 |
-0.1219 |
354 |
1 |
90.94 |
2011-01-02 |
| 110. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
90.83 |
0.9907 |
-0.1677 |
211 |
1 |
90.83 |
2011-01-02 |