| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
When I ask him if quiz bowl has helped him in other areas of... |
78.13 |
1.0493 |
-1.0608 |
150 |
1 |
78.13 |
2020-02-23 |
| 2. |
I don't think stand-up should really work on the page, so th... |
74.02 |
1.0294 |
-1.0411 |
292 |
1 |
74.02 |
2020-02-23 |
| 3. |
I've been fighting to be who I am all my life. What's the po... |
72.90 |
1.0468 |
-1.1055 |
145 |
1 |
72.90 |
2020-03-26 |
| 4. |
I can see you. Your brown skin shining in the sun. You got t... |
71.36 |
1.0549 |
-1.0686 |
202 |
1 |
71.36 |
2020-03-21 |
| 5. |
I thought: That is the fear. I have lost something important... |
69.51 |
1.1040 |
-1.1304 |
266 |
1 |
69.51 |
2020-03-22 |
| 6. |
A father may have a child who is ugly and lacking in all the... |
69.49 |
1.1015 |
-1.1068 |
283 |
1 |
69.49 |
2020-02-16 |
| 7. |
As I walk through the valley where I harvest my grain, I tak... |
69.27 |
0.9593 |
-0.9987 |
203 |
1 |
69.27 |
2020-03-22 |
| 8. |
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Ins... |
68.97 |
0.9220 |
-1.0005 |
146 |
1 |
68.97 |
2020-03-16 |
| 9. |
The rain fell slow, down on all the roofs of uncertainty. I ... |
68.28 |
1.0467 |
-1.0709 |
204 |
1 |
68.28 |
2021-01-21 |
| 10. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
68.23 |
1.0385 |
-1.0529 |
230 |
1 |
68.23 |
2020-03-19 |
| 11. |
If I had a highway, I would run for the hills. If you could ... |
67.79 |
0.9752 |
-1.0192 |
190 |
1 |
67.79 |
2020-02-19 |
| 12. |
Give not thyself up, then, to fire, lest it invert thee, dea... |
67.79 |
1.0208 |
-1.0306 |
163 |
1 |
67.79 |
2020-03-11 |
| 13. |
Very well, gentlemen. This, and maybe other similar things, ... |
67.68 |
1.0280 |
-1.0277 |
464 |
1 |
67.68 |
2020-03-19 |
| 14. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
67.42 |
1.0799 |
-1.0962 |
243 |
1 |
67.42 |
2020-02-15 |
| 15. |
Middle management means that you got just enough responsibil... |
67.35 |
1.0495 |
-1.0709 |
154 |
1 |
67.35 |
2021-01-30 |
| 16. |
As you decide, you shall be left as you were before, and nei... |
67.09 |
1.0662 |
-1.0810 |
195 |
1 |
67.09 |
2021-01-23 |
| 17. |
There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specif... |
66.95 |
1.0350 |
-1.0352 |
334 |
1 |
66.95 |
2021-01-22 |
| 18. |
Meet me in the crowd, people. Throw your love around, love m... |
66.87 |
0.9618 |
-1.0069 |
156 |
1 |
66.87 |
2020-02-13 |
| 19. |
Our emotions cloud our perceptions. It's no wonder this libr... |
66.62 |
1.0548 |
-1.0968 |
148 |
1 |
66.62 |
2021-01-22 |
| 20. |
For instance, a black hole as light as a small asteroid woul... |
66.53 |
0.9555 |
-0.9615 |
209 |
1 |
66.53 |
2020-03-21 |
| 21. |
Nepheline, leucite, and sodalite are minerals allied to the ... |
66.15 |
0.9292 |
-0.9575 |
210 |
1 |
66.15 |
2020-02-19 |
| 22. |
For all my brave talk, I knew it was just that. No matter ho... |
65.97 |
1.0794 |
-1.1011 |
195 |
1 |
65.97 |
2020-03-21 |
| 23. |
I'm alive in a city in a country of the world. And I want to... |
65.77 |
1.0807 |
-1.0823 |
362 |
1 |
65.77 |
2020-03-22 |
| 24. |
I just finished this fascinating book. By the year 2030, the... |
65.23 |
0.9797 |
-1.0136 |
268 |
1 |
65.23 |
2020-02-25 |
| 25. |
In his Phaedo, Plato describes another vision of the afterli... |
64.90 |
0.9128 |
-0.9587 |
381 |
1 |
64.90 |
2020-03-21 |
| 26. |
People just don't understand what is involved in this. This ... |
64.89 |
1.0599 |
-1.0749 |
218 |
1 |
64.89 |
2021-01-22 |
| 27. |
When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful. A mi... |
64.73 |
0.9262 |
-0.9615 |
380 |
1 |
64.73 |
2020-03-21 |
| 28. |
You can trust us to stick to you through thick and thin - to... |
64.52 |
1.0122 |
-1.0344 |
455 |
1 |
64.52 |
2020-03-21 |
| 29. |
There is no escape. Don't make me destroy you. Luke, you do ... |
64.47 |
0.9415 |
-0.9953 |
276 |
1 |
64.47 |
2020-03-19 |
| 30. |
Baby, ever wondered why I could make you laugh and cry? Ecli... |
64.38 |
1.1151 |
-1.0802 |
224 |
1 |
64.38 |
2021-01-21 |
| 31. |
Where it began, I can't begin to know, but then I know it's ... |
64.31 |
1.0254 |
-1.0400 |
163 |
1 |
64.31 |
2020-02-14 |
| 32. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
64.27 |
1.0177 |
-0.9924 |
392 |
1 |
64.27 |
2021-01-31 |
| 33. |
According to Heraclitus, we cannot step into the same river ... |
63.93 |
0.9635 |
-0.9936 |
447 |
1 |
63.93 |
2020-03-21 |
| 34. |
I'll tell you bedtime stories, and you'll pretend they're no... |
63.90 |
0.9976 |
-1.0317 |
309 |
1 |
63.90 |
2020-03-26 |
| 35. |
What we do know is that, as the chemical window closed, anot... |
63.83 |
1.0216 |
-1.0361 |
302 |
1 |
63.83 |
2021-01-21 |
| 36. |
You can use your mother's old golf clubs. They're upstairs, ... |
63.77 |
0.8743 |
-0.9316 |
113 |
1 |
63.77 |
2020-03-21 |
| 37. |
And if I should ever go away, well, then close your eyes and... |
63.68 |
1.0871 |
-1.1008 |
225 |
1 |
63.68 |
2020-02-13 |
| 38. |
It was Silver's voice, and before I had heard a dozen words,... |
63.33 |
1.0175 |
-1.0240 |
291 |
1 |
63.33 |
2020-03-29 |
| 39. |
Ah ha... So you cannot resist the temptation of my goods! I ... |
63.19 |
0.9135 |
-0.9507 |
256 |
1 |
63.19 |
2020-03-16 |
| 40. |
We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most ... |
63.18 |
1.0439 |
-1.0506 |
369 |
1 |
63.18 |
2020-03-09 |
| 41. |
I took a walk alone last night, I looked up at the stars to ... |
63.12 |
1.0702 |
-1.0837 |
197 |
1 |
63.12 |
2021-01-22 |
| 42. |
Because she doesn't just give you a present, she gives you a... |
62.99 |
1.0352 |
-1.0454 |
356 |
1 |
62.99 |
2021-01-22 |
| 43. |
For this is what it means to be a king: to be first in every... |
62.81 |
1.0271 |
-1.0342 |
276 |
1 |
62.81 |
2020-02-29 |
| 44. |
Bypasses are devices that allow some people to dash from poi... |
62.53 |
1.0404 |
-1.0369 |
512 |
1 |
62.53 |
2020-03-21 |
| 45. |
I've never taken you for a killer. A bit intense and unpredi... |
62.48 |
1.0385 |
-1.0554 |
257 |
1 |
62.48 |
2020-02-13 |
| 46. |
Did you know? There are three kinds of aces. Those who seek ... |
62.44 |
1.0293 |
-1.0829 |
138 |
1 |
62.44 |
2020-03-21 |
| 47. |
A pretty girl is like a melody that haunts you night and day... |
62.34 |
1.0240 |
-1.0456 |
317 |
1 |
62.34 |
2020-02-15 |
| 48. |
Okay, I don't know you, but I do know that you can fix your ... |
62.32 |
1.0273 |
-1.0441 |
288 |
1 |
62.32 |
2021-01-31 |
| 49. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
62.09 |
1.0608 |
-1.0402 |
258 |
1 |
62.09 |
2021-01-30 |
| 50. |
I'll keep searching deep within my soul for all the answers.... |
61.85 |
0.9156 |
-0.9691 |
183 |
1 |
61.85 |
2020-03-22 |
| 51. |
Maybe a story will cheer you up. It's called the ugly barnac... |
61.80 |
0.8954 |
-0.9594 |
140 |
1 |
61.80 |
2020-03-12 |
| 52. |
But physical interpretation, which is in general a very sure... |
61.76 |
0.9860 |
-1.0325 |
127 |
1 |
61.76 |
2021-01-30 |
| 53. |
The war against the orcs took its toll, and the prisoners of... |
61.65 |
0.9798 |
-1.0119 |
387 |
1 |
61.65 |
2020-03-12 |
| 54. |
A-tisket, A-tasket, a brown and yellow basket. I send a lett... |
61.51 |
0.9548 |
-0.9914 |
455 |
1 |
61.51 |
2020-03-21 |
| 55. |
I don't know why I'm here. I mean, I do, I'm nervous, I gues... |
61.50 |
0.9685 |
-1.0094 |
525 |
1 |
61.50 |
2020-03-19 |
| 56. |
City of stars, are you shining just for me? City of stars, t... |
61.40 |
0.9545 |
-1.0032 |
196 |
1 |
61.40 |
2020-02-26 |
| 57. |
You think I know the first thing about how hard your life ha... |
61.25 |
0.9545 |
-1.0003 |
150 |
1 |
61.25 |
2020-03-11 |
| 58. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
60.95 |
0.9670 |
-0.9377 |
307 |
1 |
60.95 |
2020-02-27 |
| 59. |
Fortunately you have got someone who relies on you. We start... |
60.55 |
1.0221 |
-1.0350 |
206 |
1 |
60.55 |
2020-03-22 |
| 60. |
Got me thinking. I know what I love too. Family and friends.... |
60.54 |
1.0112 |
-1.0698 |
155 |
1 |
60.54 |
2020-02-18 |
| 61. |
I can lead with pride, I can make us strong. I'll be satisfi... |
60.50 |
1.0329 |
-1.0387 |
536 |
1 |
60.50 |
2020-02-16 |
| 62. |
I'll talk about whomever I want. She loved her children - I ... |
60.40 |
0.9160 |
-0.9523 |
272 |
1 |
60.40 |
2020-03-26 |
| 63. |
Blue moon, you saw me standing alone, without a dream in my ... |
59.98 |
1.0319 |
-1.0549 |
378 |
1 |
59.98 |
2020-03-18 |
| 64. |
This is not some apron-wearing mother you're speaking with -... |
59.92 |
0.9527 |
-0.9907 |
281 |
1 |
59.92 |
2020-02-19 |
| 65. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
59.88 |
1.0053 |
-1.0201 |
232 |
1 |
59.88 |
2021-01-22 |
| 66. |
The inguinal triangle (Hesselbach's triangle) is the area bo... |
59.77 |
0.8244 |
-0.8680 |
198 |
1 |
59.77 |
2020-02-25 |
| 67. |
See, that's the kind of thing I'm hoping to avoid. So when m... |
59.70 |
1.0578 |
-1.0719 |
215 |
1 |
59.70 |
2020-03-09 |
| 68. |
They call me the king of the spreadsheets, got 'em printed o... |
59.60 |
0.9083 |
-0.9463 |
261 |
1 |
59.60 |
2020-03-22 |
| 69. |
You know I'm terminally awkward and I have a face like a lit... |
59.52 |
0.9122 |
-0.9479 |
267 |
1 |
59.52 |
2020-03-22 |
| 70. |
My proposal is based upon an asymmetry between verifiability... |
59.52 |
0.8835 |
-0.9285 |
258 |
1 |
59.52 |
2020-04-02 |
| 71. |
The idea that he did not really have control over the coming... |
59.41 |
1.0362 |
-1.0482 |
192 |
1 |
59.41 |
2020-03-11 |
| 72. |
My dear young man, don't take it too hard. Your work is inge... |
59.31 |
0.9156 |
-0.9717 |
214 |
1 |
59.31 |
2020-03-21 |
| 73. |
You choose to be hurt rather than to hurt others, right? You... |
59.31 |
1.0092 |
-1.0362 |
160 |
1 |
59.31 |
2021-01-30 |
| 74. |
This is a life-or-death elimination match. The only way to s... |
59.02 |
0.9975 |
-1.0617 |
182 |
1 |
59.02 |
2020-02-19 |
| 75. |
Ever since your brother got taken down... I've had my eye on... |
58.67 |
1.0258 |
-1.0545 |
232 |
1 |
58.67 |
2020-02-13 |
| 76. |
I can just hear them now. "How could you let us down?" But t... |
58.26 |
1.0198 |
-1.0467 |
344 |
1 |
58.26 |
2021-01-21 |
| 77. |
Who is this guy using my dead friend's tired movie quotes wi... |
57.81 |
0.9023 |
-0.9411 |
193 |
1 |
57.81 |
2020-02-23 |
| 78. |
Be careful, you are not in Wonderland. I've heard the strang... |
57.80 |
0.9552 |
-1.0153 |
246 |
1 |
57.80 |
2020-02-19 |
| 79. |
My wife deserves vengeance. Doesn't make a difference whethe... |
57.69 |
0.9955 |
-1.0034 |
230 |
1 |
57.69 |
2020-03-09 |
| 80. |
Without some flexibility in our definitions we'll remain for... |
56.80 |
0.9599 |
-0.9696 |
147 |
1 |
56.80 |
2021-01-21 |
| 81. |
I don't know what is going to happen next year, no one does.... |
56.58 |
0.9797 |
-1.0387 |
192 |
2 |
52.31 |
2020-06-01 |
| 82. |
It's our land. We were born on it, and we got killed on it, ... |
56.18 |
0.9123 |
-0.9513 |
171 |
1 |
56.18 |
2020-02-16 |
| 83. |
Faith isn't an act of intelligence, it's an act of imaginati... |
55.94 |
1.0121 |
-1.0419 |
476 |
1 |
55.94 |
2021-01-30 |
| 84. |
I stopped in the middle of that building and I saw - the sky... |
55.40 |
1.0255 |
-1.0322 |
452 |
1 |
55.40 |
2020-03-12 |
| 85. |
Nothing I do is my fault. My family is dysfunctional, and my... |
55.38 |
0.8492 |
-0.8821 |
288 |
1 |
55.38 |
2020-03-30 |
| 86. |
I'm not proud, I was wrong and the truth is hard to take. I ... |
55.27 |
1.0025 |
-1.0240 |
211 |
1 |
55.27 |
2020-03-07 |
| 87. |
I want you to know that the day you saw something in me, my ... |
55.06 |
1.0479 |
-1.0568 |
227 |
1 |
55.06 |
2020-03-16 |
| 88. |
Hey, Mario! We got a letter from Princess Peach! I'll read i... |
54.58 |
0.8531 |
-0.8846 |
363 |
1 |
54.58 |
2020-03-19 |
| 89. |
He was smiling... That's right. You know, that, that Luke sm... |
54.10 |
0.8852 |
-0.9244 |
319 |
1 |
54.10 |
2020-03-22 |
| 90. |
I heard some kids telling me, how they've lost faith in the ... |
53.87 |
1.0407 |
-1.0684 |
227 |
1 |
53.87 |
2021-01-23 |
| 91. |
Therefore, is it perhaps appropriate to consider the US Sout... |
53.56 |
0.8779 |
-0.9084 |
370 |
1 |
53.56 |
2020-04-02 |
| 92. |
For once I can say, "This is mine you can't take it." As lon... |
53.33 |
0.9606 |
-1.0111 |
147 |
1 |
53.33 |
2020-02-18 |
| 93. |
I know you don't get a chance to take a break this often. I ... |
52.12 |
1.0262 |
-1.0487 |
212 |
1 |
52.12 |
2020-03-22 |
| 94. |
I don't hold with the extremists who feel there should be op... |
51.71 |
0.8626 |
-0.9048 |
182 |
1 |
51.71 |
2020-03-22 |
| 95. |
Pizza! There's a reason pizza is a timeless culinary classic... |
51.52 |
0.8621 |
-0.9031 |
315 |
1 |
51.52 |
2020-02-25 |
| 96. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
51.10 |
0.8602 |
-0.8754 |
206 |
1 |
51.10 |
2020-02-23 |
| 97. |
Okay, listen to me, Judy. I don't mind that you're working w... |
50.66 |
1.0281 |
-1.0605 |
241 |
1 |
50.66 |
2020-06-01 |
| 98. |
JavaScript is very flexible about the types of values it req... |
50.45 |
0.8130 |
-0.8404 |
307 |
1 |
50.45 |
2020-02-24 |
| 99. |
The time has come, to say fair's fair. To pay our rent, now,... |
48.33 |
1.0184 |
-1.0447 |
246 |
1 |
48.33 |
2021-01-21 |
| 100. |
Okay, maybe my dad did steal Itchy. But so what? Animation i... |
47.39 |
0.7836 |
-0.8122 |
425 |
1 |
47.39 |
2020-02-19 |