| 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... |
104.75 |
1.1016 |
0.1414 |
233 |
2 |
98.02 |
2012-11-18 |
| 2. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
104.08 |
1.0417 |
0.1907 |
253 |
2 |
100.06 |
2012-11-30 |
| 3. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
102.16 |
1.0797 |
0.1272 |
210 |
2 |
100.49 |
2013-02-25 |
| 4. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
101.85 |
1.0565 |
0.1491 |
247 |
1 |
101.85 |
2012-12-14 |
| 5. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
100.80 |
0.9946 |
0.2013 |
246 |
1 |
100.80 |
2013-01-15 |
| 6. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
98.60 |
1.0131 |
0.1525 |
225 |
2 |
90.09 |
2013-02-06 |
| 7. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
98.40 |
1.0284 |
0.1820 |
282 |
1 |
98.40 |
2012-11-27 |
| 8. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
97.20 |
0.9912 |
0.1884 |
237 |
1 |
97.20 |
2013-02-20 |
| 9. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
96.42 |
1.0389 |
0.1069 |
340 |
1 |
96.42 |
2012-11-16 |
| 10. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
96.31 |
1.0613 |
0.0819 |
266 |
1 |
96.31 |
2013-02-27 |
| 11. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
95.48 |
0.9772 |
0.1518 |
217 |
1 |
95.48 |
2013-02-14 |
| 12. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
95.39 |
1.0004 |
0.1244 |
212 |
2 |
83.32 |
2013-03-18 |
| 13. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
95.07 |
1.0218 |
0.1026 |
268 |
1 |
95.07 |
2012-11-17 |
| 14. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
94.97 |
1.1022 |
0.0585 |
259 |
1 |
94.97 |
2013-02-13 |
| 15. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
93.17 |
1.0941 |
0.0417 |
256 |
1 |
93.17 |
2013-02-21 |
| 16. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
93.16 |
1.0679 |
0.0567 |
177 |
1 |
93.16 |
2012-11-06 |
| 17. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
92.91 |
1.0696 |
0.0285 |
226 |
2 |
85.31 |
2013-02-21 |
| 18. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
92.30 |
1.0261 |
0.1076 |
410 |
1 |
92.30 |
2013-06-11 |
| 19. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
92.20 |
1.0183 |
0.0690 |
191 |
2 |
85.86 |
2012-11-11 |
| 20. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
92.12 |
0.9734 |
0.1186 |
289 |
2 |
78.47 |
2013-02-12 |
| 21. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
92.07 |
0.9846 |
0.1052 |
281 |
1 |
92.07 |
2013-02-14 |
| 22. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
92.00 |
1.0337 |
0.0559 |
214 |
2 |
80.97 |
2012-12-14 |
| 23. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
91.61 |
1.0515 |
0.0322 |
250 |
1 |
91.61 |
2012-12-14 |
| 24. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
91.46 |
1.0725 |
0.0368 |
233 |
1 |
91.46 |
2013-02-06 |
| 25. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
91.25 |
1.0240 |
0.0542 |
256 |
1 |
91.25 |
2012-11-18 |
| 26. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
91.18 |
1.0905 |
0.0219 |
210 |
1 |
91.18 |
2013-02-07 |
| 27. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
90.85 |
1.0608 |
0.0493 |
258 |
1 |
90.85 |
2013-02-13 |
| 28. |
His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly... |
90.14 |
1.0314 |
0.0324 |
172 |
1 |
90.14 |
2012-11-07 |
| 29. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
89.43 |
1.0213 |
0.0354 |
240 |
2 |
88.93 |
2013-01-10 |
| 30. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
89.22 |
1.0117 |
0.0902 |
297 |
1 |
89.22 |
2012-11-08 |
| 31. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
89.16 |
0.9612 |
0.0955 |
256 |
1 |
89.16 |
2013-02-21 |
| 32. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
89.05 |
1.0201 |
0.0391 |
375 |
1 |
89.05 |
2012-11-30 |
| 33. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
88.62 |
1.0630 |
0.0211 |
397 |
1 |
88.62 |
2012-11-16 |
| 34. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
88.55 |
0.9965 |
0.0534 |
277 |
1 |
88.55 |
2012-12-20 |
| 35. |
In most cases, there is more to be gained by maximizing the ... |
88.11 |
1.0598 |
-0.0224 |
196 |
1 |
88.11 |
2012-11-08 |
| 36. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
88.01 |
0.9831 |
0.0678 |
469 |
1 |
88.01 |
2013-01-15 |
| 37. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
87.96 |
1.0138 |
0.0276 |
231 |
2 |
87.26 |
2012-11-17 |
| 38. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
87.89 |
0.9997 |
0.0455 |
382 |
1 |
87.89 |
2012-11-27 |
| 39. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
87.83 |
1.1296 |
-0.0604 |
252 |
1 |
87.83 |
2012-11-08 |
| 40. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
87.66 |
1.0621 |
-0.0045 |
263 |
1 |
87.66 |
2012-11-27 |
| 41. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
87.57 |
1.0740 |
0.0016 |
264 |
1 |
87.57 |
2012-11-27 |
| 42. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
87.51 |
1.0412 |
-0.0050 |
225 |
1 |
87.51 |
2012-11-06 |
| 43. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
87.38 |
1.0398 |
-0.0159 |
110 |
1 |
87.38 |
2012-12-20 |
| 44. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
87.35 |
0.9936 |
0.0409 |
311 |
1 |
87.35 |
2012-11-11 |
| 45. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
86.94 |
1.0211 |
0.0394 |
213 |
1 |
86.94 |
2012-11-24 |
| 46. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
85.94 |
1.0533 |
-0.0083 |
257 |
1 |
85.94 |
2013-02-06 |
| 47. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
85.57 |
1.0666 |
-0.0528 |
297 |
1 |
85.57 |
2012-11-27 |
| 48. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
85.04 |
0.9212 |
0.0887 |
323 |
1 |
85.04 |
2012-12-27 |
| 49. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
84.95 |
0.9833 |
0.0242 |
355 |
1 |
84.95 |
2012-11-26 |
| 50. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
84.81 |
1.0214 |
-0.0224 |
166 |
1 |
84.81 |
2012-11-26 |
| 51. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
84.51 |
0.9614 |
0.0429 |
292 |
1 |
84.51 |
2012-11-24 |
| 52. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
84.08 |
1.0399 |
-0.0391 |
294 |
1 |
84.08 |
2012-11-24 |
| 53. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
83.83 |
1.0314 |
0.0004 |
452 |
1 |
83.83 |
2012-11-07 |
| 54. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
83.57 |
0.9365 |
0.0547 |
248 |
2 |
75.76 |
2012-11-29 |
| 55. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
83.53 |
0.9275 |
0.0581 |
211 |
1 |
83.53 |
2012-11-28 |
| 56. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
83.30 |
0.9303 |
0.0480 |
176 |
1 |
83.30 |
2012-11-30 |
| 57. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
83.08 |
1.0774 |
-0.0645 |
304 |
1 |
83.08 |
2012-11-09 |
| 58. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
82.94 |
1.0062 |
-0.0248 |
288 |
1 |
82.94 |
2012-11-26 |
| 59. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
82.45 |
1.0711 |
-0.1007 |
213 |
1 |
82.45 |
2012-11-27 |
| 60. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
81.99 |
1.0486 |
-0.0775 |
289 |
2 |
81.51 |
2012-11-18 |
| 61. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
81.87 |
1.0201 |
-0.0508 |
303 |
2 |
79.74 |
2012-11-17 |
| 62. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
81.84 |
1.0109 |
-0.0094 |
400 |
1 |
81.84 |
2012-11-07 |
| 63. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
81.54 |
0.9646 |
-0.0007 |
264 |
1 |
81.54 |
2012-12-07 |
| 64. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
81.48 |
1.0787 |
-0.1160 |
237 |
1 |
81.48 |
2012-11-18 |
| 65. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
81.04 |
1.0214 |
-0.0202 |
281 |
1 |
81.04 |
2012-11-09 |
| 66. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
80.85 |
0.9790 |
0.0185 |
311 |
1 |
80.85 |
2012-11-28 |
| 67. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
80.84 |
1.0944 |
-0.0933 |
308 |
1 |
80.84 |
2012-11-09 |
| 68. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
80.27 |
0.9811 |
-0.0284 |
272 |
1 |
80.27 |
2012-12-07 |
| 69. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
80.25 |
1.0172 |
-0.0322 |
341 |
1 |
80.25 |
2012-11-29 |
| 70. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
80.19 |
1.0033 |
-0.0615 |
189 |
1 |
80.19 |
2012-11-08 |
| 71. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
80.10 |
1.0361 |
-0.0873 |
269 |
1 |
80.10 |
2012-11-09 |
| 72. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
79.92 |
1.0334 |
-0.0945 |
131 |
2 |
75.40 |
2012-11-30 |
| 73. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
79.25 |
0.9936 |
-0.0358 |
227 |
1 |
79.25 |
2013-12-24 |
| 74. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
78.30 |
1.0042 |
-0.0362 |
352 |
1 |
78.30 |
2012-11-27 |
| 75. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
78.29 |
1.0264 |
-0.0602 |
422 |
1 |
78.29 |
2012-11-18 |
| 76. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
78.12 |
1.0388 |
-0.0831 |
243 |
1 |
78.12 |
2012-12-04 |
| 77. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
77.92 |
0.9202 |
0.0012 |
254 |
1 |
77.92 |
2012-11-18 |
| 78. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
76.97 |
0.9640 |
-0.0236 |
334 |
2 |
72.68 |
2012-11-24 |
| 79. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
76.65 |
0.9109 |
-0.0013 |
401 |
1 |
76.65 |
2013-06-11 |
| 80. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
76.18 |
0.8919 |
0.0076 |
205 |
1 |
76.18 |
2012-11-08 |
| 81. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
75.83 |
0.9910 |
-0.0927 |
295 |
1 |
75.83 |
2012-11-08 |
| 82. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
75.81 |
0.9364 |
0.0000 |
351 |
1 |
75.81 |
2012-11-08 |
| 83. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
75.60 |
0.9857 |
-0.0931 |
293 |
1 |
75.60 |
2012-11-12 |
| 84. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
75.51 |
1.0023 |
-0.1118 |
211 |
1 |
75.51 |
2012-11-24 |
| 85. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
75.15 |
0.9925 |
-0.0673 |
247 |
1 |
75.15 |
2012-11-17 |
| 86. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
75.02 |
0.9064 |
-0.0103 |
399 |
1 |
75.02 |
2012-11-07 |
| 87. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
74.86 |
1.0767 |
-0.1943 |
212 |
1 |
74.86 |
2012-11-24 |
| 88. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
73.89 |
0.9461 |
-0.0772 |
193 |
1 |
73.89 |
2012-11-24 |
| 89. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
73.60 |
0.9164 |
-0.0411 |
305 |
1 |
73.60 |
2012-11-08 |
| 90. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
73.23 |
0.9649 |
-0.1006 |
193 |
1 |
73.23 |
2012-11-18 |
| 91. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
73.04 |
1.0768 |
-0.1739 |
295 |
1 |
73.04 |
2012-11-12 |
| 92. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
72.82 |
1.0506 |
-0.1614 |
277 |
1 |
72.82 |
2012-11-16 |
| 93. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
71.89 |
0.9567 |
-0.0648 |
184 |
1 |
71.89 |
2012-11-11 |
| 94. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
71.69 |
1.0016 |
-0.1595 |
218 |
1 |
71.69 |
2012-11-07 |
| 95. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
71.33 |
0.9852 |
-0.1422 |
264 |
1 |
71.33 |
2012-11-09 |
| 96. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
70.78 |
0.9632 |
-0.0847 |
345 |
1 |
70.78 |
2012-11-07 |
| 97. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
70.73 |
0.8602 |
-0.0268 |
206 |
1 |
70.73 |
2012-11-16 |
| 98. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
69.88 |
1.0343 |
-0.1721 |
242 |
1 |
69.88 |
2012-11-27 |
| 99. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
67.49 |
0.9899 |
-0.1983 |
163 |
1 |
67.49 |
2012-11-09 |
| 100. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
67.00 |
0.9785 |
-0.1849 |
335 |
1 |
67.00 |
2012-11-06 |
| 101. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
66.87 |
0.9622 |
-0.1665 |
392 |
1 |
66.87 |
2012-11-06 |
| 102. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
66.63 |
1.0025 |
-0.2168 |
256 |
1 |
66.63 |
2012-11-06 |
| 103. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
66.47 |
0.9330 |
-0.1416 |
360 |
1 |
66.47 |
2012-11-09 |
| 104. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
65.96 |
1.0261 |
-0.2502 |
273 |
1 |
65.96 |
2012-11-06 |
| 105. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
64.37 |
0.9780 |
-0.2180 |
337 |
1 |
64.37 |
2012-11-06 |
| 106. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
63.62 |
0.9871 |
-0.2141 |
227 |
1 |
63.62 |
2012-11-08 |
| 107. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
53.18 |
0.8467 |
-0.1972 |
343 |
1 |
53.18 |
2012-11-08 |