| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
114.68 |
1.1016 |
0.2949 |
233 |
2 |
104.05 |
2013-02-21 |
| 2. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
107.86 |
1.0684 |
0.2750 |
253 |
1 |
107.86 |
2013-03-25 |
| 3. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
104.25 |
1.0799 |
0.1871 |
243 |
2 |
96.59 |
2013-11-27 |
| 4. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
102.50 |
0.9675 |
0.2847 |
383 |
2 |
87.65 |
2013-02-21 |
| 5. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
101.81 |
1.0201 |
0.2204 |
303 |
4 |
87.59 |
2013-04-03 |
| 6. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
101.63 |
1.0263 |
0.2106 |
267 |
1 |
101.63 |
2013-02-20 |
| 7. |
Growing up to be a mommy is one of the most wonderful things... |
99.28 |
1.1146 |
0.0942 |
300 |
1 |
99.28 |
2019-10-03 |
| 8. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
99.11 |
1.0331 |
0.1709 |
234 |
1 |
99.11 |
2013-12-09 |
| 9. |
How do I live without the ones I love? Time still turns the ... |
98.88 |
1.0381 |
0.1597 |
170 |
1 |
98.88 |
2013-02-21 |
| 10. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
96.88 |
1.0358 |
0.1793 |
349 |
1 |
96.88 |
2013-02-21 |
| 11. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
96.59 |
1.0095 |
0.1658 |
316 |
1 |
96.59 |
2008-11-05 |
| 12. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
95.44 |
1.0555 |
0.1066 |
363 |
2 |
93.71 |
2013-03-04 |
| 13. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
94.69 |
1.0288 |
0.1561 |
300 |
1 |
94.69 |
2013-04-12 |
| 14. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
93.81 |
1.0387 |
0.1341 |
239 |
1 |
93.81 |
2013-04-12 |
| 15. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
92.50 |
0.9938 |
0.1318 |
339 |
2 |
84.36 |
2014-01-27 |
| 16. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
92.42 |
1.0763 |
0.0858 |
367 |
1 |
92.42 |
2013-02-20 |
| 17. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
92.12 |
0.9087 |
0.2171 |
393 |
3 |
78.29 |
2013-07-03 |
| 18. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
91.63 |
1.0545 |
0.0950 |
416 |
1 |
91.63 |
2013-11-27 |
| 19. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
90.88 |
0.9785 |
0.1285 |
335 |
1 |
90.88 |
2008-11-05 |
| 20. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
90.81 |
1.0669 |
0.0707 |
286 |
1 |
90.81 |
2023-08-22 |
| 21. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
90.33 |
0.9504 |
0.1458 |
263 |
1 |
90.33 |
2013-02-20 |
| 22. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
90.13 |
1.0343 |
0.1024 |
242 |
1 |
90.13 |
2013-02-21 |
| 23. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
89.84 |
0.9127 |
0.1787 |
252 |
1 |
89.84 |
2013-02-21 |
| 24. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
89.61 |
1.0463 |
0.0404 |
182 |
1 |
89.61 |
2014-02-13 |
| 25. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
89.60 |
0.9910 |
0.0996 |
295 |
2 |
81.13 |
2014-02-13 |
| 26. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
89.43 |
1.0062 |
0.0817 |
288 |
1 |
89.43 |
2013-02-21 |
| 27. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
89.42 |
1.0666 |
0.0197 |
297 |
2 |
81.65 |
2008-11-05 |
| 28. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
89.31 |
1.0941 |
0.0244 |
256 |
1 |
89.31 |
2013-04-12 |
| 29. |
There are those who say that the world is like a calm pond, ... |
89.26 |
1.0901 |
-0.0076 |
276 |
1 |
89.26 |
2019-10-03 |
| 30. |
Yes. I consider myself a nerd. And this movie has uplifted m... |
89.02 |
1.0200 |
0.0647 |
243 |
1 |
89.02 |
2023-08-22 |
| 31. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
88.82 |
0.9941 |
0.0842 |
217 |
1 |
88.82 |
2008-11-05 |
| 32. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
88.68 |
0.9619 |
0.1192 |
393 |
2 |
88.44 |
2008-11-05 |
| 33. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
88.26 |
0.9411 |
0.1337 |
318 |
1 |
88.26 |
2019-10-03 |
| 34. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
87.91 |
0.9532 |
0.1156 |
258 |
2 |
85.32 |
2010-10-01 |
| 35. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
87.80 |
1.0487 |
0.0160 |
231 |
1 |
87.80 |
2008-11-05 |
| 36. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
87.50 |
1.1114 |
-0.0494 |
247 |
1 |
87.50 |
2008-11-05 |
| 37. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
86.75 |
1.0214 |
0.0328 |
269 |
2 |
81.60 |
2008-11-07 |
| 38. |
How do you know that my dimwitted inexperience isn't merely ... |
86.20 |
0.9031 |
0.1438 |
208 |
1 |
86.20 |
2019-10-03 |
| 39. |
Try to keep in mind that a young person playing Willy Loman ... |
86.20 |
1.0567 |
-0.0099 |
236 |
1 |
86.20 |
2019-10-03 |
| 40. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
85.96 |
0.9074 |
0.1410 |
396 |
1 |
85.96 |
2013-11-27 |
| 41. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
85.88 |
0.9631 |
0.1275 |
345 |
1 |
85.88 |
2013-02-21 |
| 42. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
85.74 |
1.0060 |
0.0339 |
171 |
1 |
85.74 |
2008-11-05 |
| 43. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
85.56 |
1.0347 |
0.0233 |
550 |
1 |
85.56 |
2013-03-22 |
| 44. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
85.53 |
1.0124 |
0.0260 |
204 |
1 |
85.53 |
2008-11-05 |
| 45. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
85.40 |
1.0829 |
-0.0446 |
288 |
1 |
85.40 |
2008-11-03 |
| 46. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
85.21 |
1.0292 |
0.0054 |
262 |
1 |
85.21 |
2013-02-20 |
| 47. |
Oh, actually all champagne is French; it's named after the r... |
84.84 |
0.9104 |
0.1220 |
272 |
1 |
84.84 |
2019-10-03 |
| 48. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
84.60 |
0.9936 |
0.0349 |
311 |
1 |
84.60 |
2013-02-21 |
| 49. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
84.48 |
1.0320 |
0.0339 |
293 |
1 |
84.48 |
2013-02-20 |
| 50. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
84.35 |
0.9871 |
0.0770 |
209 |
1 |
84.35 |
2014-01-27 |
| 51. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
84.31 |
1.0042 |
0.0576 |
352 |
1 |
84.31 |
2013-02-21 |
| 52. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
83.90 |
1.0183 |
-0.0016 |
191 |
1 |
83.90 |
2009-09-05 |
| 53. |
In the early days of America, when men wore ruffles on their... |
83.33 |
1.0133 |
-0.0008 |
354 |
1 |
83.33 |
2019-10-03 |
| 54. |
At that moment, Harry fully understood for the first time wh... |
82.88 |
0.9103 |
0.1001 |
513 |
1 |
82.88 |
2019-10-03 |
| 55. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
82.77 |
1.0533 |
-0.0227 |
257 |
1 |
82.77 |
2012-09-08 |
| 56. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
82.55 |
1.0696 |
-0.0683 |
226 |
1 |
82.55 |
2008-11-05 |
| 57. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
82.46 |
1.0172 |
0.0176 |
341 |
1 |
82.46 |
2010-10-01 |
| 58. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
82.44 |
1.0419 |
-0.0418 |
261 |
1 |
82.44 |
2008-11-03 |
| 59. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
82.28 |
0.9668 |
0.0732 |
383 |
1 |
82.28 |
2013-06-25 |
| 60. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
82.08 |
1.0454 |
-0.0476 |
255 |
1 |
82.08 |
2010-10-01 |
| 61. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
81.45 |
0.9064 |
0.0879 |
399 |
1 |
81.45 |
2013-03-18 |
| 62. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
81.33 |
0.9866 |
-0.0003 |
218 |
1 |
81.33 |
2008-11-05 |
| 63. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
81.29 |
0.9653 |
0.0260 |
394 |
2 |
79.42 |
2008-11-05 |
| 64. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
80.57 |
0.9557 |
0.0267 |
331 |
1 |
80.57 |
2012-09-08 |
| 65. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
80.54 |
0.9430 |
0.0373 |
297 |
1 |
80.54 |
2013-02-20 |
| 66. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
80.47 |
0.9398 |
0.0424 |
419 |
1 |
80.47 |
2012-09-08 |
| 67. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
80.41 |
1.0316 |
-0.0540 |
333 |
1 |
80.41 |
2013-03-18 |
| 68. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
80.06 |
1.0385 |
-0.0670 |
230 |
1 |
80.06 |
2008-11-05 |
| 69. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
79.99 |
0.8775 |
0.1004 |
443 |
1 |
79.99 |
2013-02-20 |
| 70. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
79.90 |
1.0034 |
-0.0337 |
302 |
1 |
79.90 |
2011-03-01 |
| 71. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
79.86 |
0.9372 |
0.0358 |
320 |
1 |
79.86 |
2011-02-17 |
| 72. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
79.19 |
0.9997 |
-0.0358 |
382 |
1 |
79.19 |
2008-11-03 |
| 73. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
78.96 |
0.9912 |
-0.0024 |
237 |
1 |
78.96 |
2013-02-21 |
| 74. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
78.75 |
1.0120 |
-0.0553 |
290 |
1 |
78.75 |
2010-10-01 |
| 75. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
78.51 |
1.0523 |
-0.1006 |
256 |
1 |
78.51 |
2008-11-13 |
| 76. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
78.42 |
0.9509 |
0.0400 |
225 |
1 |
78.42 |
2012-09-08 |
| 77. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
78.22 |
1.0668 |
-0.1164 |
350 |
1 |
78.22 |
2008-11-03 |
| 78. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
77.52 |
0.9897 |
-0.0491 |
274 |
1 |
77.52 |
2008-11-05 |
| 79. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
77.44 |
1.0254 |
-0.0408 |
217 |
2 |
74.08 |
2010-10-01 |
| 80. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
76.93 |
0.9844 |
-0.0493 |
293 |
1 |
76.93 |
2008-11-03 |
| 81. |
I don't want to live someone else's idea of how to live. Don... |
76.85 |
1.0980 |
-0.1651 |
158 |
1 |
76.85 |
2019-10-03 |
| 82. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
76.82 |
0.9672 |
-0.0317 |
396 |
1 |
76.82 |
2008-11-05 |
| 83. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
76.79 |
0.9898 |
-0.0238 |
353 |
1 |
76.79 |
2012-09-08 |
| 84. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
76.34 |
0.9513 |
-0.0225 |
354 |
1 |
76.34 |
2008-11-03 |
| 85. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
76.30 |
0.9045 |
0.0220 |
235 |
1 |
76.30 |
2008-11-05 |
| 86. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
76.23 |
1.0168 |
-0.0916 |
271 |
1 |
76.23 |
2012-09-08 |
| 87. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
76.18 |
0.9697 |
-0.0437 |
249 |
1 |
76.18 |
2013-11-27 |
| 88. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
75.51 |
0.9233 |
-0.0096 |
168 |
1 |
75.51 |
2008-11-05 |
| 89. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
75.36 |
1.0796 |
-0.1682 |
129 |
1 |
75.36 |
2008-11-05 |
| 90. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
75.34 |
1.0349 |
-0.1210 |
234 |
1 |
75.34 |
2008-11-03 |
| 91. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
74.99 |
1.0529 |
-0.1426 |
351 |
1 |
74.99 |
2008-11-06 |
| 92. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
74.89 |
1.0261 |
-0.1183 |
273 |
1 |
74.89 |
2008-11-07 |
| 93. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
74.55 |
0.8947 |
0.0137 |
366 |
2 |
73.24 |
2008-11-05 |
| 94. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
74.55 |
0.9601 |
-0.0532 |
308 |
1 |
74.55 |
2013-03-20 |
| 95. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
74.41 |
1.0073 |
-0.1009 |
369 |
1 |
74.41 |
2008-11-05 |
| 96. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
74.26 |
0.9278 |
-0.0245 |
295 |
1 |
74.26 |
2008-11-05 |
| 97. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
74.26 |
0.9687 |
-0.0651 |
371 |
1 |
74.26 |
2008-11-03 |
| 98. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
73.69 |
0.9795 |
-0.0851 |
308 |
1 |
73.69 |
2009-09-05 |
| 99. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
73.55 |
0.9852 |
-0.0924 |
264 |
2 |
69.85 |
2009-09-05 |
| 100. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
73.47 |
0.9636 |
-0.0717 |
254 |
1 |
73.47 |
2011-03-01 |
| 101. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
73.16 |
0.9570 |
-0.0681 |
287 |
1 |
73.16 |
2011-03-01 |
| 102. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
72.92 |
0.9429 |
-0.0577 |
287 |
2 |
61.29 |
2008-11-13 |
| 103. |
We might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been... |
72.91 |
0.9359 |
-0.0177 |
353 |
1 |
72.91 |
2014-01-27 |
| 104. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
72.15 |
0.9125 |
-0.0359 |
308 |
1 |
72.15 |
2008-11-03 |
| 105. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
71.30 |
0.9342 |
-0.0671 |
434 |
1 |
71.30 |
2008-11-03 |
| 106. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
70.91 |
0.9376 |
-0.0747 |
367 |
3 |
66.92 |
2010-10-01 |
| 107. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
70.21 |
0.8956 |
-0.0416 |
322 |
1 |
70.21 |
2008-11-05 |
| 108. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
69.94 |
0.8961 |
-0.0480 |
189 |
1 |
69.94 |
2008-11-03 |
| 109. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
69.66 |
0.9578 |
-0.1132 |
281 |
2 |
68.85 |
2008-11-14 |
| 110. |
I know what you want. You want a story that won't surprise y... |
68.74 |
0.9425 |
-0.1116 |
240 |
1 |
68.74 |
2019-10-03 |
| 111. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
67.79 |
0.9612 |
-0.1384 |
256 |
1 |
67.79 |
2008-11-03 |
| 112. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
67.45 |
0.9289 |
-0.1117 |
204 |
1 |
67.45 |
2008-11-03 |
| 113. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
67.41 |
0.8595 |
-0.0412 |
242 |
1 |
67.41 |
2013-07-03 |
| 114. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
67.35 |
0.8916 |
-0.0750 |
216 |
1 |
67.35 |
2013-12-09 |
| 115. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
67.28 |
1.0138 |
-0.1990 |
231 |
1 |
67.28 |
2008-11-03 |
| 116. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
67.27 |
0.9088 |
-0.0901 |
348 |
1 |
67.27 |
2010-10-01 |
| 117. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
66.22 |
0.8753 |
-0.0679 |
427 |
1 |
66.22 |
2008-11-05 |
| 118. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
65.51 |
0.9330 |
-0.1359 |
360 |
2 |
64.55 |
2012-09-08 |
| 119. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
56.99 |
0.9164 |
-0.2252 |
305 |
1 |
56.99 |
2008-11-03 |
| 120. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
55.99 |
0.9884 |
-0.3119 |
233 |
1 |
55.99 |
2008-11-03 |
| 121. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
55.03 |
0.9309 |
-0.2667 |
284 |
1 |
55.03 |
2008-11-03 |
| 122. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
39.91 |
0.9786 |
-0.5007 |
193 |
1 |
39.91 |
2008-11-03 |