| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
129.65 |
1.0595 |
0.1021 |
379 |
1 |
129.65 |
2008-09-19 |
| 2. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
129.54 |
1.0498 |
0.1107 |
180 |
1 |
129.54 |
2009-11-04 |
| 3. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
129.03 |
1.0829 |
0.0733 |
288 |
2 |
124.16 |
2011-07-12 |
| 4. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
128.72 |
1.0561 |
0.1028 |
430 |
1 |
128.72 |
2009-11-04 |
| 5. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
128.72 |
1.0361 |
0.1174 |
269 |
1 |
128.72 |
2009-11-04 |
| 6. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
128.64 |
1.0316 |
0.1211 |
333 |
2 |
125.40 |
2009-12-02 |
| 7. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
127.57 |
1.0444 |
0.0985 |
197 |
2 |
122.58 |
2009-11-04 |
| 8. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
126.61 |
1.0567 |
0.0778 |
303 |
1 |
126.61 |
2009-11-04 |
| 9. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
125.53 |
1.1068 |
0.0306 |
393 |
1 |
125.53 |
2009-12-02 |
| 10. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
125.26 |
0.8956 |
0.2274 |
322 |
1 |
125.26 |
2009-11-04 |
| 11. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
124.50 |
1.0711 |
0.0441 |
213 |
2 |
122.35 |
2009-12-02 |
| 12. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
124.25 |
1.0389 |
0.0744 |
340 |
1 |
124.25 |
2009-12-02 |
| 13. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
123.88 |
0.9734 |
0.1367 |
289 |
1 |
123.88 |
2009-11-04 |
| 14. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
123.86 |
1.0197 |
0.0901 |
226 |
4 |
109.67 |
2009-11-07 |
| 15. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
123.86 |
1.0042 |
0.1181 |
352 |
1 |
123.86 |
2011-07-27 |
| 16. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
123.58 |
1.0993 |
0.0078 |
265 |
2 |
106.80 |
2009-12-02 |
| 17. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
123.08 |
1.0053 |
0.0975 |
232 |
1 |
123.08 |
2009-11-04 |
| 18. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
122.75 |
1.0619 |
0.0380 |
354 |
4 |
119.29 |
2009-11-07 |
| 19. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
122.64 |
1.0613 |
0.0377 |
456 |
1 |
122.64 |
2008-09-19 |
| 20. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
122.37 |
0.9820 |
0.1149 |
274 |
1 |
122.37 |
2009-11-30 |
| 21. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
122.13 |
1.0799 |
0.0142 |
243 |
1 |
122.13 |
2009-12-02 |
| 22. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
121.88 |
0.9068 |
0.1863 |
269 |
1 |
121.88 |
2010-05-28 |
| 23. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
121.75 |
1.0666 |
0.0239 |
297 |
1 |
121.75 |
2009-12-02 |
| 24. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
121.51 |
1.0462 |
0.0424 |
184 |
1 |
121.51 |
2009-11-04 |
| 25. |
What I think is if you can't figure out how to have a simple... |
121.38 |
1.0761 |
0.0121 |
210 |
1 |
121.38 |
2025-02-18 |
| 26. |
Was it all put into words, or did both understand that they ... |
120.39 |
1.1508 |
-0.0714 |
186 |
1 |
120.39 |
2025-02-18 |
| 27. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
120.28 |
1.0417 |
0.0358 |
253 |
1 |
120.28 |
2009-11-04 |
| 28. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
120.21 |
0.9884 |
0.0889 |
233 |
1 |
120.21 |
2009-11-04 |
| 29. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
119.71 |
0.9851 |
0.0875 |
317 |
1 |
119.71 |
2009-11-04 |
| 30. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
119.20 |
0.9468 |
0.1213 |
276 |
1 |
119.20 |
2009-11-04 |
| 31. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
118.89 |
0.9632 |
0.1028 |
392 |
1 |
118.89 |
2009-11-04 |
| 32. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
118.74 |
1.0068 |
0.0573 |
358 |
1 |
118.74 |
2014-05-13 |
| 33. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
118.41 |
0.9646 |
0.0967 |
264 |
2 |
99.45 |
2009-12-02 |
| 34. |
When he was just eleven years old, he got sick, and was forc... |
118.40 |
1.0942 |
-0.0375 |
511 |
1 |
118.40 |
2025-02-18 |
| 35. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
118.39 |
1.0486 |
0.0120 |
289 |
1 |
118.39 |
2009-11-04 |
| 36. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
118.24 |
1.0528 |
0.0060 |
201 |
1 |
118.24 |
2008-09-19 |
| 37. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
118.18 |
1.0487 |
0.0094 |
231 |
1 |
118.18 |
2009-12-03 |
| 38. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
118.03 |
1.0004 |
0.0568 |
212 |
1 |
118.03 |
2009-12-03 |
| 39. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
117.41 |
0.9681 |
0.0842 |
378 |
3 |
115.99 |
2009-12-03 |
| 40. |
He started ripping the bark, using his fingernails at first,... |
117.32 |
1.0406 |
0.0123 |
361 |
1 |
117.32 |
2025-02-18 |
| 41. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
116.80 |
1.0025 |
0.0439 |
256 |
1 |
116.80 |
2009-11-07 |
| 42. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
116.77 |
1.0124 |
0.0336 |
204 |
2 |
107.56 |
2010-05-28 |
| 43. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
116.62 |
0.9339 |
0.1113 |
310 |
1 |
116.62 |
2009-12-03 |
| 44. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
116.58 |
1.0533 |
-0.0004 |
257 |
1 |
116.58 |
2013-06-19 |
| 45. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
116.26 |
0.9857 |
0.0558 |
293 |
1 |
116.26 |
2010-05-28 |
| 46. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
116.17 |
0.9893 |
0.0518 |
323 |
1 |
116.17 |
2009-11-04 |
| 47. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
116.15 |
0.9622 |
0.0787 |
392 |
1 |
116.15 |
2009-12-03 |
| 48. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
116.11 |
1.0214 |
0.0186 |
269 |
2 |
114.95 |
2009-12-02 |
| 49. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
116.02 |
0.9289 |
0.1106 |
204 |
2 |
108.20 |
2009-11-04 |
| 50. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
115.83 |
0.9997 |
0.0383 |
382 |
1 |
115.83 |
2009-12-02 |
| 51. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
115.52 |
1.0292 |
0.0054 |
262 |
2 |
114.40 |
2010-05-28 |
| 52. |
Sometimes you concentrate more on racing the cars around you... |
115.33 |
1.0968 |
-0.0525 |
365 |
1 |
115.33 |
2025-02-18 |
| 53. |
But the queen - too long she has suffered the pain of love, ... |
115.08 |
1.0290 |
0.0026 |
265 |
1 |
115.08 |
2021-03-11 |
| 54. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
114.39 |
1.0062 |
0.0187 |
288 |
1 |
114.39 |
2009-12-03 |
| 55. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
114.34 |
1.0173 |
0.0255 |
268 |
3 |
108.23 |
2009-12-02 |
| 56. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
114.26 |
1.0917 |
-0.0571 |
243 |
1 |
114.26 |
2013-06-19 |
| 57. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
114.22 |
0.9614 |
0.0622 |
292 |
1 |
114.22 |
2009-11-04 |
| 58. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
113.78 |
0.9691 |
0.0505 |
223 |
2 |
107.57 |
2010-05-28 |
| 59. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
112.99 |
1.0521 |
-0.0408 |
171 |
1 |
112.99 |
2009-12-02 |
| 60. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
112.82 |
0.9897 |
0.0213 |
274 |
1 |
112.82 |
2009-11-04 |
| 61. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
112.61 |
0.9942 |
0.0150 |
483 |
1 |
112.61 |
2009-11-07 |
| 62. |
The idea of "Mr. Right" has been passed down over the genera... |
112.35 |
0.9671 |
0.0445 |
379 |
1 |
112.35 |
2009-11-04 |
| 63. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
112.20 |
0.9089 |
0.0967 |
342 |
1 |
112.20 |
2009-11-04 |
| 64. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
112.05 |
1.0334 |
-0.0304 |
131 |
1 |
112.05 |
2010-05-28 |
| 65. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
111.95 |
1.0211 |
-0.0053 |
213 |
1 |
111.95 |
2011-07-27 |
| 66. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
111.62 |
0.9365 |
0.0637 |
248 |
1 |
111.62 |
2010-05-28 |
| 67. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
111.56 |
0.9964 |
0.0028 |
203 |
1 |
111.56 |
2009-12-02 |
| 68. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
111.43 |
0.9697 |
0.0286 |
249 |
2 |
108.83 |
2010-05-28 |
| 69. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
111.36 |
1.0289 |
-0.0313 |
276 |
1 |
111.36 |
2009-11-04 |
| 70. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
111.27 |
1.0165 |
-0.0197 |
392 |
1 |
111.27 |
2009-11-07 |
| 71. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
111.11 |
0.9780 |
0.0174 |
337 |
1 |
111.11 |
2010-05-28 |
| 72. |
The day is made up of 24 hours and an infinite number of mom... |
111.08 |
1.0529 |
-0.0564 |
200 |
1 |
111.08 |
2025-02-18 |
| 73. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
110.71 |
1.0429 |
-0.0515 |
259 |
1 |
110.71 |
2009-11-04 |
| 74. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
110.58 |
0.9578 |
0.0332 |
281 |
1 |
110.58 |
2009-11-04 |
| 75. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
110.39 |
0.9597 |
0.0297 |
347 |
1 |
110.39 |
2009-11-07 |
| 76. |
No one can hurry me down to Hades before my time, but if a m... |
110.32 |
1.0505 |
-0.0615 |
162 |
1 |
110.32 |
2025-02-18 |
| 77. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
110.24 |
1.0534 |
-0.0660 |
357 |
1 |
110.24 |
2009-12-03 |
| 78. |
Every magic trick consists of three parts, or acts. The firs... |
109.47 |
1.0245 |
-0.0424 |
354 |
1 |
109.47 |
2025-02-18 |
| 79. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
109.15 |
0.9464 |
0.0318 |
323 |
1 |
109.15 |
2009-11-04 |
| 80. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
109.08 |
0.9792 |
0.0125 |
265 |
1 |
109.08 |
2013-06-19 |
| 81. |
On a Saturday, long Saturday night - how I lied when I said ... |
109.07 |
0.9247 |
0.0533 |
274 |
1 |
109.07 |
2025-02-18 |
| 82. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
108.97 |
0.9485 |
0.0271 |
291 |
1 |
108.97 |
2010-05-28 |
| 83. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
108.55 |
0.9941 |
-0.0220 |
217 |
1 |
108.55 |
2008-09-19 |
| 84. |
I would wear the blue overalls of the fieldworker and often ... |
108.36 |
0.9306 |
0.0409 |
284 |
1 |
108.36 |
2025-02-18 |
| 85. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
108.22 |
1.0788 |
-0.1099 |
171 |
1 |
108.22 |
2009-11-04 |
| 86. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
107.93 |
1.0016 |
-0.0349 |
218 |
1 |
107.93 |
2009-11-04 |
| 87. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
107.57 |
0.9532 |
0.0104 |
258 |
2 |
102.68 |
2009-12-02 |
| 88. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
106.93 |
1.0565 |
-0.0988 |
247 |
1 |
106.93 |
2011-07-12 |
| 89. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
106.57 |
0.9632 |
0.0050 |
345 |
1 |
106.57 |
2011-09-16 |
| 90. |
When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: the people I... |
106.43 |
1.0200 |
-0.0662 |
462 |
1 |
106.43 |
2025-02-18 |
| 91. |
By that point, entire sectors of my cerebral cortex seemed t... |
106.39 |
0.9685 |
-0.0149 |
203 |
1 |
106.39 |
2016-10-03 |
| 92. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
105.91 |
0.9234 |
0.0258 |
346 |
2 |
105.11 |
2010-06-03 |
| 93. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
105.84 |
1.0167 |
-0.0684 |
378 |
1 |
105.84 |
2009-11-04 |
| 94. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
105.81 |
1.0328 |
-0.0745 |
356 |
1 |
105.81 |
2009-11-04 |
| 95. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
105.67 |
0.9651 |
-0.0068 |
389 |
1 |
105.67 |
2011-07-12 |
| 96. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
105.64 |
0.9846 |
-0.0383 |
281 |
1 |
105.64 |
2008-09-19 |
| 97. |
So don't be afraid to make mistakes, stumble and fall, becau... |
105.37 |
1.0751 |
-0.1312 |
350 |
1 |
105.37 |
2025-02-18 |
| 98. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
105.34 |
1.0099 |
-0.0668 |
207 |
1 |
105.34 |
2009-11-04 |
| 99. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
104.44 |
0.9500 |
-0.0144 |
362 |
1 |
104.44 |
2008-09-19 |
| 100. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
104.33 |
0.8770 |
0.0580 |
300 |
1 |
104.33 |
2009-11-04 |
| 101. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
104.22 |
1.0796 |
-0.1465 |
129 |
1 |
104.22 |
2009-11-04 |
| 102. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
104.00 |
0.8996 |
0.0319 |
192 |
3 |
96.76 |
2009-12-02 |
| 103. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
103.17 |
0.9852 |
-0.0611 |
264 |
1 |
103.17 |
2009-11-04 |
| 104. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
102.89 |
0.9074 |
0.0148 |
396 |
1 |
102.89 |
2009-11-04 |
| 105. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
102.19 |
0.8878 |
0.0278 |
346 |
2 |
68.40 |
2009-12-02 |
| 106. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
101.92 |
0.9212 |
-0.0082 |
323 |
1 |
101.92 |
2009-11-04 |
| 107. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
101.87 |
0.9640 |
-0.0434 |
334 |
1 |
101.87 |
2009-12-03 |
| 108. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
101.71 |
1.0013 |
-0.0903 |
273 |
1 |
101.71 |
2009-12-02 |
| 109. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
101.35 |
0.9279 |
-0.0201 |
317 |
1 |
101.35 |
2008-09-19 |
| 110. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
101.19 |
0.9769 |
-0.0707 |
263 |
1 |
101.19 |
2009-11-04 |
| 111. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
101.03 |
0.9286 |
-0.0238 |
194 |
1 |
101.03 |
2009-12-03 |
| 112. |
The firm-foundation theory argues that each investment instr... |
100.81 |
1.0514 |
-0.1303 |
257 |
1 |
100.81 |
2025-02-18 |
| 113. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
100.42 |
0.9635 |
-0.0637 |
389 |
1 |
100.42 |
2009-11-04 |
| 114. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
100.23 |
0.9372 |
-0.0388 |
320 |
1 |
100.23 |
2009-11-04 |
| 115. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
100.12 |
0.8890 |
0.0077 |
199 |
1 |
100.12 |
2008-09-19 |
| 116. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
99.63 |
0.9855 |
-0.0812 |
258 |
1 |
99.63 |
2025-02-18 |
| 117. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
99.60 |
0.9567 |
-0.0645 |
273 |
1 |
99.60 |
2009-11-07 |
| 118. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
99.45 |
0.9087 |
-0.0176 |
393 |
1 |
99.45 |
2008-09-19 |
| 119. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
98.66 |
0.8826 |
0.0016 |
296 |
1 |
98.66 |
2008-09-19 |
| 120. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
97.82 |
0.9364 |
-0.0465 |
351 |
1 |
97.82 |
2009-12-02 |
| 121. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
97.57 |
0.9910 |
-0.1172 |
295 |
1 |
97.57 |
2009-11-04 |
| 122. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
97.52 |
0.9097 |
-0.0235 |
464 |
1 |
97.52 |
2011-07-12 |
| 123. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
97.00 |
0.8753 |
-0.0059 |
427 |
1 |
97.00 |
2011-07-27 |
| 124. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
96.39 |
0.9351 |
-0.0719 |
190 |
1 |
96.39 |
2009-11-04 |
| 125. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
96.06 |
0.9966 |
-0.1363 |
259 |
1 |
96.06 |
2008-09-19 |
| 126. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
95.41 |
1.0375 |
-0.1628 |
200 |
1 |
95.41 |
2009-11-04 |
| 127. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
92.15 |
0.9176 |
-0.0807 |
365 |
1 |
92.15 |
2025-02-18 |
| 128. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
89.11 |
0.9168 |
-0.1192 |
240 |
1 |
89.11 |
2009-11-04 |
| 129. |
The point is I intend to undertake this. And I'll do it with... |
88.68 |
1.0167 |
-0.2225 |
166 |
1 |
88.68 |
2025-02-18 |
| 130. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
88.37 |
0.8919 |
-0.1007 |
205 |
1 |
88.37 |
2008-09-19 |
| 131. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
87.48 |
0.7876 |
-0.0038 |
316 |
1 |
87.48 |
2009-12-02 |
| 132. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
85.80 |
1.0523 |
-0.2846 |
256 |
1 |
85.80 |
2010-05-28 |
| 133. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
85.25 |
0.9593 |
-0.1958 |
398 |
1 |
85.25 |
2008-09-19 |
| 134. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
83.80 |
0.8595 |
-0.1093 |
242 |
1 |
83.80 |
2009-11-04 |
| 135. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. |
76.47 |
1.1855 |
-0.5013 |
54 |
1 |
76.47 |
2025-02-18 |