| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
96.22 |
1.0829 |
0.2435 |
288 |
2 |
86.57 |
2015-07-15 |
| 2. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
93.59 |
1.0368 |
0.2523 |
276 |
2 |
87.12 |
2010-10-25 |
| 3. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
93.52 |
1.0774 |
0.2394 |
304 |
1 |
93.52 |
2014-01-29 |
| 4. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
92.38 |
0.9897 |
0.2796 |
274 |
2 |
88.80 |
2014-04-07 |
| 5. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
89.11 |
1.1215 |
0.1285 |
200 |
1 |
89.11 |
2014-01-30 |
| 6. |
Being comfortable in the car is critical. If you're not comf... |
87.85 |
0.9911 |
0.2140 |
212 |
1 |
87.85 |
2014-01-30 |
| 7. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
87.73 |
0.8956 |
0.3159 |
322 |
1 |
87.73 |
2014-01-29 |
| 8. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
87.72 |
1.0025 |
0.2040 |
256 |
2 |
84.45 |
2014-04-07 |
| 9. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
86.50 |
1.0555 |
0.1359 |
363 |
1 |
86.50 |
2015-07-15 |
| 10. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
85.40 |
1.0531 |
0.1596 |
272 |
1 |
85.40 |
2014-01-30 |
| 11. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
84.49 |
1.0138 |
0.1477 |
231 |
1 |
84.49 |
2010-10-24 |
| 12. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
83.39 |
0.9994 |
0.1781 |
269 |
1 |
83.39 |
2015-07-15 |
| 13. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
83.25 |
0.9863 |
0.1626 |
339 |
2 |
75.05 |
2014-01-30 |
| 14. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
82.21 |
1.0565 |
0.0707 |
247 |
1 |
82.21 |
2010-11-08 |
| 15. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
81.21 |
0.9965 |
0.1202 |
310 |
1 |
81.21 |
2014-01-30 |
| 16. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
80.64 |
1.0016 |
0.1020 |
218 |
3 |
67.96 |
2014-04-07 |
| 17. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
80.44 |
0.9740 |
0.1273 |
209 |
1 |
80.44 |
2014-01-30 |
| 18. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
80.25 |
0.9546 |
0.1794 |
198 |
1 |
80.25 |
2011-07-17 |
| 19. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
79.36 |
1.1016 |
-0.0114 |
233 |
2 |
75.65 |
2008-11-07 |
| 20. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
78.97 |
1.0358 |
0.0913 |
349 |
1 |
78.97 |
2014-04-07 |
| 21. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
78.28 |
1.0403 |
0.0751 |
275 |
2 |
66.89 |
2014-01-29 |
| 22. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
78.04 |
0.9879 |
0.0934 |
450 |
1 |
78.04 |
2014-01-29 |
| 23. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
77.96 |
1.0214 |
0.0444 |
166 |
1 |
77.96 |
2008-09-15 |
| 24. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
77.38 |
0.9697 |
0.0933 |
249 |
1 |
77.38 |
2014-12-27 |
| 25. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
76.85 |
0.9841 |
0.0756 |
334 |
1 |
76.85 |
2010-11-08 |
| 26. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
76.85 |
1.0613 |
-0.0001 |
456 |
1 |
76.85 |
2008-09-15 |
| 27. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
76.70 |
0.9527 |
0.1011 |
251 |
1 |
76.70 |
2010-11-15 |
| 28. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
76.66 |
1.0169 |
0.0750 |
346 |
1 |
76.66 |
2015-07-15 |
| 29. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
76.52 |
0.9907 |
0.0591 |
211 |
1 |
76.52 |
2010-11-08 |
| 30. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
76.32 |
1.0534 |
-0.0026 |
357 |
1 |
76.32 |
2010-11-08 |
| 31. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
76.00 |
1.0417 |
-0.0006 |
253 |
1 |
76.00 |
2008-11-06 |
| 32. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
75.85 |
0.9965 |
0.0406 |
168 |
1 |
75.85 |
2014-04-07 |
| 33. |
We often believe the more we practice a skill or technique -... |
75.85 |
0.9907 |
0.0855 |
397 |
1 |
75.85 |
2014-04-07 |
| 34. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
75.68 |
0.9792 |
0.0986 |
265 |
1 |
75.68 |
2014-01-29 |
| 35. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
75.22 |
0.9925 |
0.0774 |
247 |
1 |
75.22 |
2011-07-17 |
| 36. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
75.02 |
0.9922 |
0.0791 |
341 |
1 |
75.02 |
2014-04-07 |
| 37. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
74.90 |
1.0141 |
0.0508 |
304 |
1 |
74.90 |
2014-04-07 |
| 38. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
73.76 |
0.9439 |
0.0767 |
476 |
1 |
73.76 |
2010-11-13 |
| 39. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
73.31 |
0.9553 |
0.0584 |
430 |
1 |
73.31 |
2010-11-15 |
| 40. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
73.05 |
0.9289 |
0.0716 |
204 |
1 |
73.05 |
2010-11-10 |
| 41. |
Danger is a topic you're often asked about as a sprinter. Th... |
72.89 |
0.9801 |
0.0633 |
428 |
1 |
72.89 |
2014-02-19 |
| 42. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
72.76 |
0.9965 |
0.0029 |
277 |
2 |
70.26 |
2014-12-27 |
| 43. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
71.72 |
0.9916 |
0.0354 |
282 |
1 |
71.72 |
2010-10-25 |
| 44. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
71.47 |
0.9851 |
-0.0017 |
317 |
1 |
71.47 |
2014-12-27 |
| 45. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
70.73 |
0.9614 |
0.0125 |
292 |
1 |
70.73 |
2009-05-25 |
| 46. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
69.65 |
0.9088 |
0.0519 |
348 |
1 |
69.65 |
2010-10-05 |
| 47. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
69.51 |
1.0034 |
-0.0511 |
302 |
1 |
69.51 |
2008-11-07 |
| 48. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
69.33 |
0.9912 |
-0.0133 |
237 |
2 |
62.53 |
2014-12-27 |
| 49. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
69.26 |
0.8975 |
0.0531 |
268 |
1 |
69.26 |
2010-11-13 |
| 50. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
69.01 |
0.8595 |
0.0894 |
242 |
1 |
69.01 |
2010-11-13 |
| 51. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
68.04 |
0.9372 |
0.0007 |
320 |
1 |
68.04 |
2008-11-07 |
| 52. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
67.98 |
0.9309 |
-0.0006 |
284 |
1 |
67.98 |
2010-10-05 |
| 53. |
We might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been... |
67.91 |
0.9359 |
0.0351 |
353 |
1 |
67.91 |
2014-01-29 |
| 54. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
67.82 |
0.9532 |
-0.0245 |
258 |
1 |
67.82 |
2008-11-06 |
| 55. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
67.75 |
0.9234 |
0.0108 |
346 |
1 |
67.75 |
2014-04-07 |
| 56. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
67.71 |
1.0399 |
-0.1059 |
294 |
1 |
67.71 |
2010-10-24 |
| 57. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
66.61 |
0.8958 |
0.0224 |
322 |
1 |
66.61 |
2014-04-07 |
| 58. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
66.34 |
0.9710 |
-0.0679 |
173 |
1 |
66.34 |
2010-11-10 |
| 59. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
66.21 |
1.0038 |
-0.0659 |
237 |
1 |
66.21 |
2010-11-15 |
| 60. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
66.07 |
0.8467 |
0.0837 |
343 |
1 |
66.07 |
2010-10-24 |
| 61. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
65.43 |
0.9353 |
-0.0430 |
177 |
1 |
65.43 |
2014-02-19 |
| 62. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
65.08 |
0.8573 |
0.0379 |
270 |
1 |
65.08 |
2010-10-24 |
| 63. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
65.03 |
1.0797 |
-0.1939 |
210 |
1 |
65.03 |
2008-11-07 |
| 64. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
65.00 |
1.0498 |
-0.1638 |
180 |
1 |
65.00 |
2008-11-07 |
| 65. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
64.06 |
0.9233 |
-0.0538 |
168 |
1 |
64.06 |
2009-05-25 |
| 66. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
62.13 |
0.8852 |
-0.0318 |
201 |
1 |
62.13 |
2008-11-07 |
| 67. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
61.90 |
0.9509 |
-0.0649 |
225 |
1 |
61.90 |
2010-11-08 |
| 68. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
61.89 |
0.9074 |
-0.0534 |
396 |
1 |
61.89 |
2009-05-25 |
| 69. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
61.61 |
0.9125 |
-0.0670 |
308 |
1 |
61.61 |
2015-07-15 |
| 70. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
61.57 |
1.0201 |
-0.1729 |
375 |
1 |
61.57 |
2008-11-06 |
| 71. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
60.76 |
1.0398 |
-0.2188 |
110 |
1 |
60.76 |
2009-01-22 |
| 72. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
60.43 |
0.9485 |
-0.1195 |
236 |
1 |
60.43 |
2008-11-07 |
| 73. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
60.13 |
0.9023 |
-0.0361 |
231 |
1 |
60.13 |
2010-10-25 |
| 74. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
59.76 |
0.9763 |
-0.1589 |
289 |
1 |
59.76 |
2008-11-07 |
| 75. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
59.69 |
1.0151 |
-0.2075 |
152 |
1 |
59.69 |
2010-11-08 |
| 76. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
58.90 |
0.9884 |
-0.1828 |
233 |
1 |
58.90 |
2010-11-10 |
| 77. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
58.42 |
0.8770 |
-0.0744 |
300 |
1 |
58.42 |
2014-12-27 |
| 78. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
58.05 |
1.0297 |
-0.2368 |
249 |
1 |
58.05 |
2008-11-06 |
| 79. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
57.86 |
0.8878 |
-0.0965 |
346 |
1 |
57.86 |
2010-11-13 |
| 80. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
57.82 |
1.0337 |
-0.2435 |
214 |
1 |
57.82 |
2008-11-07 |
| 81. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
56.06 |
0.8553 |
-0.0936 |
174 |
1 |
56.06 |
2014-02-19 |
| 82. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
55.37 |
0.9684 |
-0.2089 |
388 |
1 |
55.37 |
2009-05-25 |
| 83. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
54.90 |
0.8947 |
-0.1392 |
366 |
1 |
54.90 |
2009-05-25 |
| 84. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
54.84 |
1.0053 |
-0.2577 |
232 |
1 |
54.84 |
2009-01-22 |
| 85. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
51.86 |
0.8105 |
-0.1069 |
204 |
2 |
48.53 |
2014-04-07 |