| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
134.63 |
1.0799 |
0.2085 |
243 |
1 |
134.63 |
2014-08-02 |
| 2. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
134.30 |
1.1022 |
0.2219 |
259 |
1 |
134.30 |
2014-08-14 |
| 3. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
132.10 |
1.0993 |
0.1662 |
265 |
4 |
126.91 |
2014-08-02 |
| 4. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
130.07 |
1.0788 |
0.1635 |
171 |
1 |
130.07 |
2014-08-11 |
| 5. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
128.56 |
1.1016 |
0.1317 |
233 |
1 |
128.56 |
2014-08-02 |
| 6. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
126.76 |
1.0885 |
0.1307 |
315 |
1 |
126.76 |
2015-02-11 |
| 7. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
124.76 |
1.1323 |
0.0982 |
341 |
1 |
124.76 |
2014-08-14 |
| 8. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
121.72 |
1.0905 |
0.1081 |
210 |
1 |
121.72 |
2014-08-14 |
| 9. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
121.50 |
1.0684 |
0.1265 |
253 |
1 |
121.50 |
2014-10-28 |
| 10. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
121.15 |
0.9726 |
0.1822 |
154 |
1 |
121.15 |
2010-01-13 |
| 11. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
120.93 |
1.0496 |
0.1091 |
314 |
1 |
120.93 |
2014-08-14 |
| 12. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
119.38 |
1.0595 |
0.0876 |
379 |
1 |
119.38 |
2014-08-02 |
| 13. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
119.32 |
0.9614 |
0.1856 |
292 |
4 |
98.16 |
2014-08-02 |
| 14. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
118.89 |
1.0368 |
0.1035 |
276 |
1 |
118.89 |
2010-01-13 |
| 15. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
118.47 |
1.0797 |
0.0504 |
210 |
1 |
118.47 |
2011-01-16 |
| 16. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
118.06 |
1.0445 |
0.0882 |
373 |
1 |
118.06 |
2014-08-14 |
| 17. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
118.05 |
1.1018 |
0.0231 |
220 |
1 |
118.05 |
2011-01-16 |
| 18. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
117.99 |
0.9964 |
0.1345 |
203 |
1 |
117.99 |
2009-06-24 |
| 19. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
117.77 |
1.0154 |
0.1632 |
351 |
1 |
117.77 |
2014-08-14 |
| 20. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
117.54 |
1.0516 |
0.0743 |
281 |
1 |
117.54 |
2014-08-14 |
| 21. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
117.46 |
1.0172 |
0.1437 |
341 |
1 |
117.46 |
2014-06-05 |
| 22. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
117.43 |
1.0417 |
0.0811 |
253 |
1 |
117.43 |
2009-03-11 |
| 23. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
117.38 |
1.0521 |
0.0679 |
171 |
1 |
117.38 |
2010-01-13 |
| 24. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
116.87 |
1.1162 |
0.0451 |
189 |
1 |
116.87 |
2011-01-16 |
| 25. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
116.57 |
0.9597 |
0.1614 |
347 |
1 |
116.57 |
2010-11-17 |
| 26. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
116.12 |
1.1014 |
0.0491 |
273 |
1 |
116.12 |
2011-01-16 |
| 27. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
115.84 |
1.0029 |
0.1008 |
209 |
3 |
100.33 |
2014-08-14 |
| 28. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
115.80 |
1.0487 |
0.0560 |
231 |
1 |
115.80 |
2014-08-14 |
| 29. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
115.57 |
0.9570 |
0.1521 |
287 |
1 |
115.57 |
2009-03-11 |
| 30. |
I often see racers, particularly at the back of the pack in ... |
115.30 |
1.0004 |
0.1286 |
469 |
1 |
115.30 |
2014-08-14 |
| 31. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
114.92 |
0.9946 |
0.1064 |
246 |
2 |
112.13 |
2011-01-16 |
| 32. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
113.87 |
0.9553 |
0.1428 |
430 |
2 |
109.69 |
2014-08-14 |
| 33. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
113.69 |
1.0263 |
0.0619 |
267 |
1 |
113.69 |
2010-01-13 |
| 34. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
112.78 |
1.0095 |
0.0695 |
316 |
3 |
106.53 |
2014-10-28 |
| 35. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
112.48 |
1.0297 |
0.0466 |
249 |
2 |
105.50 |
2014-08-14 |
| 36. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
112.18 |
1.0389 |
0.0374 |
318 |
2 |
109.50 |
2011-01-16 |
| 37. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
111.56 |
1.0120 |
0.0559 |
290 |
1 |
111.56 |
2014-08-14 |
| 38. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
111.29 |
1.0774 |
0.0179 |
304 |
2 |
107.98 |
2011-01-16 |
| 39. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
111.26 |
0.9651 |
0.1366 |
389 |
1 |
111.26 |
2014-08-14 |
| 40. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
111.23 |
1.0296 |
0.0422 |
437 |
1 |
111.23 |
2011-01-16 |
| 41. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
110.69 |
1.0016 |
0.0538 |
218 |
1 |
110.69 |
2010-11-17 |
| 42. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
110.38 |
0.9936 |
0.0633 |
311 |
1 |
110.38 |
2014-08-14 |
| 43. |
Finally, gentlemen, there are people with an hereditary anim... |
110.09 |
0.9383 |
0.1374 |
471 |
1 |
110.09 |
2014-08-14 |
| 44. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
109.76 |
1.0379 |
0.0479 |
245 |
1 |
109.76 |
2014-08-14 |
| 45. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
109.75 |
0.9698 |
0.1141 |
397 |
1 |
109.75 |
2011-01-16 |
| 46. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
109.01 |
0.9795 |
0.0646 |
308 |
2 |
106.26 |
2014-08-14 |
| 47. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
108.72 |
0.8919 |
0.1477 |
205 |
1 |
108.72 |
2014-08-14 |
| 48. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
108.63 |
0.9843 |
0.0510 |
234 |
1 |
108.63 |
2009-03-11 |
| 49. |
Right, I am going to tell you how this works. You're going i... |
108.35 |
1.0482 |
0.0133 |
487 |
1 |
108.35 |
2010-01-12 |
| 50. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
108.35 |
1.0201 |
0.0109 |
172 |
1 |
108.35 |
2010-01-13 |
| 51. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
106.70 |
0.9756 |
0.0445 |
229 |
1 |
106.70 |
2011-01-16 |
| 52. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
106.44 |
1.0574 |
-0.0104 |
205 |
1 |
106.44 |
2011-01-16 |
| 53. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
106.32 |
1.0567 |
-0.0380 |
303 |
1 |
106.32 |
2011-01-16 |
| 54. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
105.84 |
1.0441 |
0.0103 |
316 |
1 |
105.84 |
2010-01-13 |
| 55. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
105.79 |
1.0944 |
-0.0372 |
308 |
1 |
105.79 |
2011-01-16 |
| 56. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
105.60 |
1.0429 |
-0.0336 |
259 |
1 |
105.60 |
2014-08-02 |
| 57. |
Many wines have more than 14 percent alcohol because the win... |
105.51 |
0.9739 |
0.0720 |
412 |
1 |
105.51 |
2014-08-02 |
| 58. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
105.41 |
0.9905 |
0.0264 |
377 |
1 |
105.41 |
2014-10-28 |
| 59. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
105.41 |
1.0189 |
-0.0069 |
337 |
1 |
105.41 |
2011-01-16 |
| 60. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
105.36 |
0.9485 |
0.0616 |
236 |
1 |
105.36 |
2010-01-13 |
| 61. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
105.10 |
0.9865 |
0.0205 |
276 |
1 |
105.10 |
2009-09-10 |
| 62. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
105.00 |
1.0523 |
-0.0515 |
256 |
1 |
105.00 |
2009-06-24 |
| 63. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
104.62 |
1.0316 |
-0.0264 |
333 |
1 |
104.62 |
2010-01-13 |
| 64. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
103.59 |
0.9925 |
0.0356 |
247 |
1 |
103.59 |
2011-01-16 |
| 65. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
103.47 |
0.9866 |
0.0000 |
218 |
1 |
103.47 |
2014-08-14 |
| 66. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
102.74 |
1.0320 |
-0.0117 |
293 |
1 |
102.74 |
2010-01-13 |
| 67. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
102.57 |
0.9768 |
0.0074 |
387 |
1 |
102.57 |
2010-01-12 |
| 68. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
102.43 |
0.8602 |
0.1179 |
206 |
1 |
102.43 |
2011-01-16 |
| 69. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
102.30 |
1.0596 |
-0.0830 |
239 |
1 |
102.30 |
2009-06-24 |
| 70. |
We might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been... |
102.17 |
0.9359 |
0.0812 |
353 |
1 |
102.17 |
2014-08-14 |
| 71. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
101.61 |
0.9693 |
0.0242 |
360 |
1 |
101.61 |
2011-01-16 |
| 72. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
100.69 |
0.9886 |
-0.0229 |
220 |
1 |
100.69 |
2011-01-16 |
| 73. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
100.10 |
1.0483 |
-0.0941 |
227 |
1 |
100.10 |
2014-08-14 |
| 74. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
100.01 |
1.0534 |
-0.0941 |
357 |
1 |
100.01 |
2009-06-24 |
| 75. |
However, let us leave aside the philosophical, social, and e... |
99.83 |
0.9569 |
0.0251 |
410 |
2 |
92.59 |
2011-01-16 |
| 76. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
99.78 |
1.0545 |
-0.0593 |
416 |
1 |
99.78 |
2014-08-02 |
| 77. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
99.71 |
0.9881 |
0.0063 |
424 |
1 |
99.71 |
2011-01-16 |
| 78. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
99.37 |
0.9429 |
0.0090 |
287 |
1 |
99.37 |
2011-01-16 |
| 79. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
99.28 |
1.0767 |
-0.1296 |
212 |
1 |
99.28 |
2009-06-24 |
| 80. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
99.20 |
1.0109 |
-0.0294 |
400 |
1 |
99.20 |
2010-11-17 |
| 81. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
98.96 |
0.8961 |
0.0469 |
189 |
1 |
98.96 |
2011-01-16 |
| 82. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
98.78 |
0.9213 |
0.0240 |
295 |
2 |
86.82 |
2010-01-13 |
| 83. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
98.41 |
0.8826 |
0.0603 |
296 |
1 |
98.41 |
2010-01-13 |
| 84. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
98.25 |
0.9785 |
-0.0360 |
335 |
1 |
98.25 |
2009-06-24 |
| 85. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
98.23 |
0.9275 |
0.0088 |
211 |
1 |
98.23 |
2010-01-13 |
| 86. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
98.20 |
0.9631 |
0.0272 |
345 |
1 |
98.20 |
2014-06-05 |
| 87. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
97.90 |
0.9965 |
-0.0651 |
168 |
2 |
95.91 |
2011-01-16 |
| 88. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
97.48 |
0.9863 |
-0.0499 |
339 |
2 |
88.35 |
2011-01-16 |
| 89. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
96.03 |
0.9884 |
-0.0707 |
233 |
1 |
96.03 |
2011-01-16 |
| 90. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
94.71 |
1.0463 |
-0.1458 |
182 |
1 |
94.71 |
2011-01-16 |
| 91. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
94.61 |
1.0151 |
-0.1199 |
152 |
1 |
94.61 |
2011-01-16 |
| 92. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
94.16 |
1.0340 |
-0.1289 |
406 |
1 |
94.16 |
2011-01-16 |
| 93. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
94.08 |
0.9309 |
-0.0337 |
284 |
1 |
94.08 |
2009-03-11 |
| 94. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
93.86 |
1.0375 |
-0.0948 |
200 |
1 |
93.86 |
2011-01-16 |
| 95. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
93.13 |
0.9675 |
-0.0682 |
383 |
1 |
93.13 |
2009-03-11 |
| 96. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
92.87 |
1.0334 |
-0.1525 |
131 |
2 |
91.39 |
2014-10-28 |
| 97. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
92.70 |
0.9601 |
-0.0696 |
308 |
1 |
92.70 |
2010-01-12 |
| 98. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
92.36 |
0.9330 |
-0.0439 |
360 |
1 |
92.36 |
2011-01-16 |
| 99. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
91.85 |
0.9508 |
-0.0400 |
384 |
1 |
91.85 |
2011-01-16 |
| 100. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
91.64 |
0.9668 |
-0.0489 |
383 |
1 |
91.64 |
2010-01-13 |
| 101. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
91.01 |
0.9398 |
-0.0610 |
419 |
1 |
91.01 |
2011-01-16 |
| 102. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
90.71 |
0.9769 |
-0.1124 |
263 |
1 |
90.71 |
2010-01-13 |
| 103. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
90.49 |
0.8753 |
-0.0017 |
427 |
2 |
86.49 |
2014-08-14 |
| 104. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
90.28 |
0.9636 |
-0.1017 |
254 |
1 |
90.28 |
2009-09-10 |
| 105. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
89.55 |
0.9411 |
-0.0852 |
318 |
1 |
89.55 |
2009-06-24 |
| 106. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
88.86 |
0.9532 |
-0.1060 |
258 |
1 |
88.86 |
2014-08-02 |
| 107. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
88.86 |
0.8916 |
-0.0427 |
216 |
1 |
88.86 |
2009-06-24 |
| 108. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
88.61 |
0.9212 |
-0.0720 |
323 |
1 |
88.61 |
2009-03-11 |
| 109. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
88.18 |
1.0117 |
-0.1250 |
297 |
1 |
88.18 |
2010-01-13 |
| 110. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
87.76 |
0.9910 |
-0.1511 |
295 |
1 |
87.76 |
2011-01-16 |
| 111. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
87.67 |
1.0033 |
-0.1732 |
189 |
1 |
87.67 |
2010-01-12 |
| 112. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
87.32 |
0.9087 |
-0.0644 |
393 |
1 |
87.32 |
2009-03-11 |
| 113. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
86.17 |
0.9578 |
-0.1355 |
281 |
1 |
86.17 |
2011-01-16 |
| 114. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
84.98 |
0.9289 |
-0.1205 |
204 |
1 |
84.98 |
2011-01-16 |
| 115. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
84.94 |
0.9811 |
-0.1679 |
272 |
1 |
84.94 |
2011-01-16 |
| 116. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
84.53 |
0.9740 |
-0.1716 |
209 |
1 |
84.53 |
2009-09-10 |
| 117. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
83.83 |
0.9670 |
-0.1253 |
307 |
1 |
83.83 |
2011-01-16 |
| 118. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
83.81 |
0.8878 |
-0.0886 |
346 |
1 |
83.81 |
2009-03-11 |
| 119. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
83.67 |
1.0251 |
-0.2290 |
261 |
1 |
83.67 |
2010-01-13 |
| 120. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
82.88 |
0.9763 |
-0.1863 |
289 |
1 |
82.88 |
2011-01-16 |
| 121. |
Three changes occur while the stacked disk structure equilib... |
79.12 |
0.9382 |
-0.1585 |
440 |
1 |
79.12 |
2010-01-13 |
| 122. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
78.65 |
0.9612 |
-0.2114 |
256 |
1 |
78.65 |
2010-01-13 |
| 123. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
78.58 |
0.9820 |
-0.2302 |
267 |
1 |
78.58 |
2011-01-16 |
| 124. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
78.37 |
0.9798 |
-0.2387 |
199 |
1 |
78.37 |
2009-03-11 |
| 125. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
74.32 |
0.8595 |
-0.1499 |
242 |
1 |
74.32 |
2011-01-16 |
| 126. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
65.76 |
0.9871 |
-0.3400 |
227 |
1 |
65.76 |
2011-01-16 |
| 127. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
52.89 |
0.8105 |
-0.3151 |
204 |
1 |
52.89 |
2010-01-13 |