| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
148.71 |
1.1070 |
0.2389 |
265 |
1 |
148.71 |
2011-07-27 |
| 2. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
139.08 |
1.0472 |
0.2233 |
397 |
2 |
129.73 |
2011-05-05 |
| 3. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
138.08 |
1.0521 |
0.1926 |
197 |
1 |
138.08 |
2011-04-11 |
| 4. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
137.90 |
0.9380 |
0.3090 |
284 |
1 |
137.90 |
2011-05-05 |
| 5. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
136.82 |
1.0873 |
0.1484 |
243 |
1 |
136.82 |
2011-04-11 |
| 6. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
134.54 |
1.0511 |
0.1685 |
252 |
1 |
134.54 |
2011-05-05 |
| 7. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
133.90 |
0.9836 |
0.2286 |
289 |
1 |
133.90 |
2011-04-10 |
| 8. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
132.96 |
1.0370 |
0.1661 |
262 |
2 |
113.38 |
2014-03-29 |
| 9. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
132.39 |
1.0234 |
0.1793 |
392 |
1 |
132.39 |
2011-04-11 |
| 10. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
128.91 |
1.0351 |
0.1357 |
276 |
1 |
128.91 |
2011-05-05 |
| 11. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
127.66 |
1.0195 |
0.1420 |
239 |
1 |
127.66 |
2015-01-20 |
| 12. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
126.69 |
1.0412 |
0.1105 |
205 |
1 |
126.69 |
2011-07-23 |
| 13. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
126.52 |
1.0628 |
0.0843 |
363 |
1 |
126.52 |
2011-05-05 |
| 14. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
126.31 |
0.9985 |
0.1571 |
392 |
2 |
102.96 |
2011-07-27 |
| 15. |
Danger is a topic you're often asked about as a sprinter. Th... |
126.30 |
0.9591 |
0.1990 |
428 |
1 |
126.30 |
2011-05-05 |
| 16. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
125.35 |
1.0018 |
0.1331 |
246 |
2 |
119.68 |
2011-08-01 |
| 17. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
125.34 |
0.9682 |
0.1764 |
341 |
1 |
125.34 |
2011-04-11 |
| 18. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
125.26 |
1.0540 |
0.0747 |
184 |
1 |
125.26 |
2011-07-23 |
| 19. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
124.81 |
1.0115 |
0.1126 |
189 |
3 |
96.42 |
2011-09-07 |
| 20. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
124.38 |
1.0338 |
0.0968 |
277 |
1 |
124.38 |
2013-06-04 |
| 21. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
123.84 |
1.0901 |
0.0323 |
288 |
1 |
123.84 |
2011-04-10 |
| 22. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
123.30 |
1.0504 |
0.0674 |
225 |
1 |
123.30 |
2011-07-23 |
| 23. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
122.52 |
1.0227 |
0.0924 |
378 |
1 |
122.52 |
2011-04-10 |
| 24. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
122.32 |
0.9952 |
0.1139 |
220 |
1 |
122.32 |
2011-07-27 |
| 25. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
122.19 |
1.0086 |
0.0926 |
218 |
1 |
122.19 |
2011-07-23 |
| 26. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
121.18 |
0.9889 |
0.1211 |
429 |
1 |
121.18 |
2011-07-23 |
| 27. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
119.96 |
1.0392 |
0.0510 |
258 |
1 |
119.96 |
2014-03-29 |
| 28. |
Corn is what feeds the steer that becomes the steak. Corn fe... |
119.63 |
0.9775 |
0.1182 |
473 |
1 |
119.63 |
2011-07-23 |
| 29. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
119.61 |
1.0427 |
0.0401 |
269 |
2 |
100.63 |
2011-09-07 |
| 30. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
119.08 |
0.8856 |
0.1994 |
369 |
1 |
119.08 |
2011-04-11 |
| 31. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
118.39 |
1.0194 |
0.0492 |
224 |
1 |
118.39 |
2011-07-23 |
| 32. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
118.31 |
0.9402 |
0.1281 |
310 |
1 |
118.31 |
2011-07-23 |
| 33. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
117.96 |
0.9873 |
0.0903 |
396 |
1 |
117.96 |
2011-07-27 |
| 34. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
117.77 |
1.0562 |
0.0147 |
360 |
2 |
111.04 |
2011-07-26 |
| 35. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
117.64 |
0.9926 |
0.0832 |
413 |
1 |
117.64 |
2015-01-20 |
| 36. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
117.62 |
0.9479 |
0.1179 |
317 |
2 |
115.62 |
2011-07-26 |
| 37. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
117.59 |
1.0672 |
-0.0051 |
239 |
1 |
117.59 |
2011-07-23 |
| 38. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
117.25 |
1.0315 |
0.0282 |
193 |
1 |
117.25 |
2011-07-26 |
| 39. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
117.12 |
1.0493 |
0.0170 |
264 |
2 |
116.38 |
2011-05-05 |
| 40. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
115.27 |
0.9403 |
0.1150 |
345 |
1 |
115.27 |
2011-04-11 |
| 41. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
115.13 |
1.0350 |
0.0209 |
416 |
1 |
115.13 |
2011-07-26 |
| 42. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
114.81 |
0.9338 |
0.1146 |
326 |
2 |
112.15 |
2011-07-27 |
| 43. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
114.57 |
0.8172 |
0.2143 |
204 |
2 |
110.57 |
2011-07-26 |
| 44. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
113.93 |
1.0753 |
-0.0381 |
206 |
1 |
113.93 |
2014-03-29 |
| 45. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
113.69 |
0.9745 |
0.0555 |
388 |
1 |
113.69 |
2011-04-11 |
| 46. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
113.46 |
0.9271 |
0.1013 |
323 |
1 |
113.46 |
2011-04-10 |
| 47. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
113.05 |
1.0495 |
-0.0277 |
323 |
1 |
113.05 |
2011-07-26 |
| 48. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
112.59 |
1.0333 |
-0.0203 |
176 |
1 |
112.59 |
2011-07-23 |
| 49. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
112.13 |
0.9377 |
0.0838 |
198 |
1 |
112.13 |
2011-05-05 |
| 50. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
111.90 |
0.9756 |
0.0355 |
223 |
1 |
111.90 |
2011-07-26 |
| 51. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
111.90 |
1.0743 |
-0.0610 |
297 |
1 |
111.90 |
2011-09-07 |
| 52. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
111.13 |
0.9801 |
0.0329 |
282 |
1 |
111.13 |
2011-07-23 |
| 53. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
110.82 |
1.0131 |
-0.0079 |
245 |
1 |
110.82 |
2014-03-29 |
| 54. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
110.55 |
0.9841 |
0.0142 |
263 |
1 |
110.55 |
2011-07-25 |
| 55. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
110.22 |
1.0279 |
-0.0367 |
172 |
1 |
110.22 |
2011-04-10 |
| 56. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
110.04 |
1.0607 |
-0.0625 |
357 |
1 |
110.04 |
2011-07-26 |
| 57. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
110.00 |
0.9927 |
0.0026 |
276 |
1 |
110.00 |
2011-04-10 |
| 58. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
109.95 |
1.0178 |
-0.0257 |
207 |
1 |
109.95 |
2011-07-23 |
| 59. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
109.94 |
0.9604 |
0.0314 |
285 |
1 |
109.94 |
2011-04-10 |
| 60. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
109.86 |
0.9866 |
0.0077 |
308 |
1 |
109.86 |
2011-07-26 |
| 61. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
108.73 |
0.9206 |
0.0631 |
317 |
1 |
108.73 |
2015-01-20 |
| 62. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
108.57 |
0.9884 |
-0.0040 |
267 |
1 |
108.57 |
2011-07-27 |
| 63. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
108.30 |
0.9931 |
-0.0176 |
218 |
1 |
108.30 |
2011-09-07 |
| 64. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
108.19 |
1.0476 |
-0.0793 |
110 |
1 |
108.19 |
2011-05-05 |
| 65. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
107.90 |
0.9947 |
-0.0093 |
346 |
2 |
103.27 |
2014-03-29 |
| 66. |
No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-se... |
107.76 |
0.9336 |
0.0375 |
232 |
1 |
107.76 |
2016-12-26 |
| 67. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
107.41 |
1.0640 |
-0.0872 |
210 |
1 |
107.41 |
2011-05-05 |
| 68. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
107.39 |
0.9536 |
0.0260 |
311 |
1 |
107.39 |
2015-01-20 |
| 69. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
107.28 |
0.9515 |
0.0290 |
334 |
1 |
107.28 |
2014-03-29 |
| 70. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
107.00 |
0.9809 |
-0.0177 |
209 |
1 |
107.00 |
2011-07-26 |
| 71. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
106.99 |
0.8721 |
0.1013 |
231 |
1 |
106.99 |
2015-01-20 |
| 72. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
106.80 |
0.9541 |
0.0121 |
236 |
1 |
106.80 |
2011-07-26 |
| 73. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
106.79 |
0.9829 |
-0.0182 |
229 |
1 |
106.79 |
2011-07-23 |
| 74. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
105.84 |
1.0095 |
-0.0542 |
211 |
2 |
95.05 |
2011-07-23 |
| 75. |
I often see racers, particularly at the back of the pack in ... |
105.42 |
0.9960 |
-0.0301 |
469 |
1 |
105.42 |
2013-06-04 |
| 76. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
105.29 |
0.9680 |
-0.0158 |
256 |
1 |
105.29 |
2011-04-10 |
| 77. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
105.24 |
1.0616 |
-0.1034 |
304 |
1 |
105.24 |
2011-07-27 |
| 78. |
Finally, gentlemen, there are people with an hereditary anim... |
104.52 |
0.9346 |
0.0214 |
471 |
1 |
104.52 |
2011-04-10 |
| 79. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
104.25 |
1.0585 |
-0.1137 |
226 |
1 |
104.25 |
2011-07-25 |
| 80. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
104.19 |
1.0082 |
-0.0715 |
212 |
2 |
94.62 |
2014-03-29 |
| 81. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
103.88 |
1.0466 |
-0.1080 |
230 |
1 |
103.88 |
2015-01-20 |
| 82. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
103.36 |
0.9706 |
-0.0244 |
353 |
1 |
103.36 |
2011-07-27 |
| 83. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
103.05 |
1.0509 |
-0.1053 |
430 |
1 |
103.05 |
2011-07-23 |
| 84. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
102.87 |
0.9519 |
-0.0179 |
323 |
1 |
102.87 |
2011-07-26 |
| 85. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
101.82 |
0.9989 |
-0.0717 |
282 |
1 |
101.82 |
2011-04-10 |
| 86. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
101.64 |
0.9657 |
-0.0353 |
424 |
1 |
101.64 |
2011-04-10 |
| 87. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
101.41 |
0.9332 |
-0.0170 |
267 |
1 |
101.41 |
2011-07-23 |
| 88. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
101.06 |
1.0334 |
-0.1205 |
261 |
1 |
101.06 |
2014-03-29 |
| 89. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
100.11 |
0.9346 |
-0.0327 |
211 |
1 |
100.11 |
2011-07-23 |
| 90. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
99.89 |
0.9543 |
-0.0448 |
265 |
1 |
99.89 |
2011-07-23 |
| 91. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
98.89 |
1.0288 |
-0.1399 |
166 |
1 |
98.89 |
2011-07-23 |
| 92. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
98.68 |
0.9762 |
-0.0847 |
249 |
1 |
98.68 |
2011-07-23 |
| 93. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
97.44 |
1.0128 |
-0.1255 |
369 |
1 |
97.44 |
2011-04-12 |
| 94. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
97.18 |
0.9631 |
-0.0851 |
273 |
1 |
97.18 |
2011-07-27 |
| 95. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
95.74 |
1.0264 |
-0.1655 |
191 |
1 |
95.74 |
2011-07-27 |
| 96. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
95.32 |
1.0845 |
-0.2246 |
212 |
1 |
95.32 |
2011-07-27 |
| 97. |
More than anyone I'd ever met, he seemed to participate in l... |
95.20 |
0.9952 |
-0.1592 |
389 |
1 |
95.20 |
2019-02-27 |
| 98. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
94.14 |
0.9650 |
-0.1120 |
347 |
1 |
94.14 |
2011-04-10 |
| 99. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
93.55 |
0.9597 |
-0.1143 |
251 |
1 |
93.55 |
2011-05-05 |
| 100. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
93.49 |
0.9842 |
-0.1377 |
335 |
1 |
93.49 |
2015-01-20 |
| 101. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
91.26 |
0.8981 |
-0.0650 |
255 |
1 |
91.26 |
2011-05-05 |
| 102. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
91.03 |
1.0667 |
-0.2346 |
308 |
1 |
91.03 |
2011-07-25 |
| 103. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
90.10 |
0.8913 |
-0.0760 |
201 |
1 |
90.10 |
2011-07-26 |
| 104. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
89.65 |
0.9765 |
-0.1679 |
269 |
1 |
89.65 |
2011-07-25 |
| 105. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
89.44 |
0.9737 |
-0.1636 |
237 |
1 |
89.44 |
2011-07-26 |
| 106. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
89.15 |
0.8986 |
-0.0929 |
216 |
1 |
89.15 |
2011-07-27 |
| 107. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
88.53 |
0.9143 |
-0.1140 |
300 |
1 |
88.53 |
2011-07-26 |
| 108. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
88.51 |
1.0036 |
-0.2035 |
277 |
1 |
88.51 |
2011-08-01 |
| 109. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
86.21 |
1.0042 |
-0.2298 |
168 |
1 |
86.21 |
2011-07-23 |
| 110. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
85.99 |
0.9108 |
-0.1345 |
235 |
1 |
85.99 |
2011-07-25 |
| 111. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
84.71 |
0.9719 |
-0.2003 |
383 |
1 |
84.71 |
2011-11-13 |
| 112. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
80.09 |
0.9357 |
-0.2155 |
204 |
1 |
80.09 |
2014-03-29 |
| 113. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
78.40 |
1.0472 |
-0.3464 |
149 |
1 |
78.40 |
2011-07-25 |
| 114. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
75.81 |
0.9890 |
-0.3016 |
272 |
1 |
75.81 |
2011-09-07 |
| 115. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
65.17 |
0.9271 |
-0.3405 |
295 |
1 |
65.17 |
2011-09-07 |