| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
87.95 |
1.0151 |
0.2698 |
152 |
1 |
87.95 |
2012-11-03 |
| 2. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
83.89 |
1.0669 |
0.1867 |
286 |
1 |
83.89 |
2012-11-03 |
| 3. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
83.55 |
1.0132 |
0.2073 |
143 |
3 |
66.79 |
2012-05-03 |
| 4. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
83.13 |
1.0534 |
0.1608 |
357 |
1 |
83.13 |
2012-02-08 |
| 5. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
82.91 |
1.0907 |
0.1214 |
303 |
1 |
82.91 |
2012-11-03 |
| 6. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
81.26 |
1.0523 |
0.1339 |
256 |
1 |
81.26 |
2012-02-02 |
| 7. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
81.10 |
0.9965 |
0.1882 |
310 |
1 |
81.10 |
2012-11-03 |
| 8. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
81.08 |
1.0296 |
0.1553 |
437 |
1 |
81.08 |
2012-01-31 |
| 9. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
80.97 |
1.0485 |
0.1656 |
153 |
1 |
80.97 |
2012-02-12 |
| 10. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
80.73 |
1.0487 |
0.1286 |
231 |
1 |
80.73 |
2012-02-25 |
| 11. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
80.71 |
1.0412 |
0.1355 |
225 |
1 |
80.71 |
2012-02-08 |
| 12. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
80.10 |
1.0419 |
0.1272 |
261 |
1 |
80.10 |
2012-02-08 |
| 13. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
79.97 |
1.0577 |
0.1098 |
247 |
1 |
79.97 |
2012-11-03 |
| 14. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
79.63 |
0.9339 |
0.2299 |
310 |
2 |
70.15 |
2012-02-25 |
| 15. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
79.29 |
1.0025 |
0.1557 |
256 |
1 |
79.29 |
2012-02-22 |
| 16. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
78.52 |
1.0125 |
0.1613 |
413 |
1 |
78.52 |
2012-02-22 |
| 17. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
77.91 |
0.9964 |
0.1415 |
203 |
1 |
77.91 |
2012-11-03 |
| 18. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
77.81 |
1.0320 |
0.1371 |
293 |
1 |
77.81 |
2012-02-11 |
| 19. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
77.50 |
1.0214 |
0.1100 |
166 |
1 |
77.50 |
2012-02-18 |
| 20. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
76.86 |
0.9786 |
0.1425 |
193 |
2 |
71.23 |
2012-11-03 |
| 21. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
76.32 |
1.0261 |
0.0873 |
273 |
1 |
76.32 |
2012-05-03 |
| 22. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
76.26 |
1.0533 |
0.0798 |
257 |
1 |
76.26 |
2012-02-18 |
| 23. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
75.98 |
1.0189 |
0.0911 |
337 |
2 |
75.94 |
2012-11-03 |
| 24. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
75.73 |
0.9213 |
0.1857 |
295 |
1 |
75.73 |
2012-02-28 |
| 25. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
75.31 |
1.1068 |
0.0210 |
393 |
1 |
75.31 |
2012-02-22 |
| 26. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
75.27 |
1.0774 |
0.0445 |
304 |
1 |
75.27 |
2012-02-11 |
| 27. |
Samatha is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, foc... |
75.13 |
1.0673 |
0.0676 |
230 |
1 |
75.13 |
2012-02-11 |
| 28. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
74.98 |
1.0768 |
0.0509 |
295 |
2 |
74.14 |
2012-02-08 |
| 29. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
74.71 |
1.0213 |
0.0687 |
240 |
1 |
74.71 |
2012-02-12 |
| 30. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
74.67 |
1.0602 |
0.0308 |
389 |
1 |
74.67 |
2012-01-07 |
| 31. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
74.43 |
0.9905 |
0.0971 |
377 |
1 |
74.43 |
2012-02-08 |
| 32. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
74.35 |
0.9925 |
0.1249 |
247 |
1 |
74.35 |
2012-02-11 |
| 33. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
73.79 |
1.0173 |
0.0986 |
268 |
1 |
73.79 |
2012-11-03 |
| 34. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
73.41 |
1.0399 |
0.0324 |
294 |
1 |
73.41 |
2012-01-22 |
| 35. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
72.75 |
0.9632 |
0.1013 |
392 |
1 |
72.75 |
2012-02-22 |
| 36. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
72.60 |
0.9758 |
0.0841 |
314 |
1 |
72.60 |
2012-02-01 |
| 37. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
71.65 |
1.0445 |
-0.0001 |
373 |
1 |
71.65 |
2012-02-28 |
| 38. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
71.62 |
1.0797 |
-0.0356 |
210 |
1 |
71.62 |
2012-02-02 |
| 39. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
71.36 |
0.9597 |
0.0836 |
347 |
1 |
71.36 |
2012-02-28 |
| 40. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
71.19 |
0.9572 |
0.1152 |
376 |
1 |
71.19 |
2012-02-12 |
| 41. |
Sometimes you concentrate more on racing the cars around you... |
70.48 |
1.0968 |
-0.0434 |
365 |
1 |
70.48 |
2012-02-12 |
| 42. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
70.43 |
0.9426 |
0.0870 |
317 |
2 |
64.73 |
2012-02-22 |
| 43. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
70.31 |
0.9216 |
0.1351 |
255 |
1 |
70.31 |
2012-02-12 |
| 44. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
70.13 |
0.9553 |
0.0702 |
430 |
1 |
70.13 |
2012-02-18 |
| 45. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
69.79 |
1.0944 |
-0.0411 |
308 |
1 |
69.79 |
2012-01-22 |
| 46. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
69.71 |
0.9798 |
0.0363 |
199 |
1 |
69.71 |
2012-01-22 |
| 47. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
69.57 |
1.0799 |
-0.0650 |
243 |
1 |
69.57 |
2012-02-12 |
| 48. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
69.35 |
1.0201 |
-0.0075 |
375 |
1 |
69.35 |
2012-02-01 |
| 49. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
69.29 |
0.9411 |
0.0713 |
318 |
1 |
69.29 |
2011-11-16 |
| 50. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
69.26 |
0.9684 |
0.0432 |
388 |
1 |
69.26 |
2012-02-18 |
| 51. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
69.06 |
0.9148 |
0.0942 |
317 |
1 |
69.06 |
2012-02-11 |
| 52. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
68.99 |
0.9780 |
0.0288 |
337 |
1 |
68.99 |
2012-02-01 |
| 53. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
68.93 |
1.0390 |
-0.0350 |
205 |
1 |
68.93 |
2012-01-31 |
| 54. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
68.81 |
0.9723 |
0.0325 |
364 |
1 |
68.81 |
2012-02-01 |
| 55. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
68.68 |
1.0060 |
-0.0033 |
171 |
2 |
63.97 |
2012-02-18 |
| 56. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
68.63 |
0.9898 |
0.0379 |
353 |
1 |
68.63 |
2012-02-22 |
| 57. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
68.33 |
1.1014 |
-0.0718 |
273 |
1 |
68.33 |
2011-11-15 |
| 58. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
67.77 |
1.0264 |
-0.0108 |
422 |
1 |
67.77 |
2012-02-02 |
| 59. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
67.68 |
0.8573 |
0.1342 |
270 |
1 |
67.68 |
2012-02-18 |
| 60. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
67.68 |
1.0666 |
-0.0798 |
297 |
1 |
67.68 |
2012-02-02 |
| 61. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
67.66 |
1.0029 |
-0.0160 |
209 |
1 |
67.66 |
2012-02-22 |
| 62. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
67.61 |
1.0883 |
-0.0763 |
303 |
1 |
67.61 |
2012-01-22 |
| 63. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
67.60 |
0.9768 |
0.0101 |
387 |
1 |
67.60 |
2012-02-08 |
| 64. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
67.51 |
1.0679 |
-0.0603 |
177 |
1 |
67.51 |
2012-01-22 |
| 65. |
I'll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. They ... |
67.24 |
0.9774 |
0.0041 |
196 |
1 |
67.24 |
2012-02-12 |
| 66. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
67.00 |
0.9128 |
0.0990 |
369 |
2 |
65.80 |
2012-02-08 |
| 67. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
66.65 |
0.9942 |
-0.0202 |
483 |
1 |
66.65 |
2012-02-28 |
| 68. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
66.36 |
1.0719 |
-0.0810 |
360 |
1 |
66.36 |
2012-02-08 |
| 69. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
66.05 |
0.9678 |
0.0175 |
445 |
1 |
66.05 |
2012-02-08 |
| 70. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
65.98 |
0.9485 |
0.0154 |
236 |
1 |
65.98 |
2012-01-31 |
| 71. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
65.95 |
0.8353 |
0.1310 |
283 |
1 |
65.95 |
2012-02-11 |
| 72. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
65.74 |
0.9239 |
0.0390 |
193 |
1 |
65.74 |
2012-01-22 |
| 73. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
65.44 |
0.9740 |
-0.0193 |
209 |
1 |
65.44 |
2012-02-02 |
| 74. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
65.09 |
0.9619 |
-0.0108 |
393 |
1 |
65.09 |
2011-11-15 |
| 75. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
65.08 |
1.0177 |
-0.0421 |
392 |
1 |
65.08 |
2012-11-03 |
| 76. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
65.07 |
0.9578 |
-0.0075 |
281 |
1 |
65.07 |
2012-02-22 |
| 77. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
64.82 |
1.0088 |
-0.0347 |
396 |
1 |
64.82 |
2012-01-31 |
| 78. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
64.65 |
0.9371 |
0.0388 |
318 |
1 |
64.65 |
2012-02-12 |
| 79. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
64.38 |
1.0531 |
-0.0823 |
272 |
1 |
64.38 |
2012-01-22 |
| 80. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
64.29 |
0.9687 |
-0.0293 |
371 |
1 |
64.29 |
2012-02-08 |
| 81. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
64.13 |
0.9068 |
0.0310 |
225 |
1 |
64.13 |
2012-02-11 |
| 82. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
64.02 |
0.9074 |
0.0288 |
396 |
1 |
64.02 |
2012-01-31 |
| 83. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
63.53 |
0.9464 |
-0.0184 |
323 |
1 |
63.53 |
2012-01-31 |
| 84. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
63.44 |
0.8914 |
0.0356 |
366 |
1 |
63.44 |
2012-02-11 |
| 85. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
63.04 |
1.0252 |
-0.1070 |
176 |
1 |
63.04 |
2011-11-15 |
| 86. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
62.28 |
0.9894 |
-0.0805 |
323 |
1 |
62.28 |
2012-02-11 |
| 87. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
62.06 |
0.9500 |
-0.0442 |
362 |
1 |
62.06 |
2012-01-22 |
| 88. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
61.92 |
1.0346 |
-0.0960 |
244 |
1 |
61.92 |
2012-11-03 |
| 89. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
61.87 |
1.0297 |
-0.1281 |
249 |
1 |
61.87 |
2012-01-22 |
| 90. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
61.85 |
0.9045 |
-0.0020 |
235 |
1 |
61.85 |
2012-02-22 |
| 91. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
61.83 |
0.9461 |
-0.0445 |
193 |
2 |
60.87 |
2012-01-22 |
| 92. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
61.62 |
0.9693 |
-0.0594 |
360 |
1 |
61.62 |
2012-02-08 |
| 93. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
61.54 |
0.9843 |
-0.0883 |
234 |
1 |
61.54 |
2011-11-15 |
| 94. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
61.38 |
0.9164 |
-0.0209 |
305 |
1 |
61.38 |
2012-11-03 |
| 95. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
61.08 |
0.9084 |
-0.0168 |
300 |
1 |
61.08 |
2012-01-22 |
| 96. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
61.07 |
0.7805 |
0.1122 |
154 |
1 |
61.07 |
2012-02-22 |
| 97. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
60.97 |
0.9176 |
-0.0014 |
365 |
1 |
60.97 |
2012-01-22 |
| 98. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
60.10 |
0.8890 |
-0.0133 |
199 |
1 |
60.10 |
2012-05-03 |
| 99. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
59.67 |
1.0521 |
-0.1849 |
171 |
1 |
59.67 |
2011-11-15 |
| 100. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
58.85 |
0.9064 |
-0.0465 |
399 |
1 |
58.85 |
2012-02-22 |
| 101. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
58.19 |
0.9852 |
-0.1371 |
264 |
1 |
58.19 |
2011-11-15 |
| 102. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
58.15 |
0.9614 |
-0.1128 |
292 |
1 |
58.15 |
2012-01-22 |
| 103. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
57.21 |
0.9593 |
-0.1237 |
398 |
1 |
57.21 |
2012-01-22 |
| 104. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
56.70 |
0.9330 |
-0.1060 |
360 |
1 |
56.70 |
2012-02-08 |
| 105. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
55.19 |
0.9023 |
-0.0611 |
231 |
1 |
55.19 |
2011-11-15 |
| 106. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
54.27 |
0.8975 |
-0.1048 |
268 |
1 |
54.27 |
2011-11-15 |
| 107. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
53.89 |
0.9994 |
-0.1878 |
269 |
1 |
53.89 |
2012-01-07 |
| 108. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
53.21 |
0.9792 |
-0.1724 |
265 |
1 |
53.21 |
2011-11-15 |
| 109. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
51.47 |
0.8826 |
-0.1317 |
296 |
1 |
51.47 |
2012-02-02 |
| 110. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
47.37 |
1.0165 |
-0.3273 |
392 |
1 |
47.37 |
2012-02-08 |
| 111. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
45.19 |
0.9612 |
-0.3039 |
256 |
1 |
45.19 |
2012-02-22 |
| 112. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
42.01 |
0.9653 |
-0.3530 |
394 |
1 |
42.01 |
2012-02-11 |