| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
86.59 |
1.0917 |
0.1849 |
243 |
1 |
86.59 |
2011-03-25 |
| 2. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
84.63 |
1.0740 |
0.1887 |
264 |
1 |
84.63 |
2011-04-01 |
| 3. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
83.38 |
1.0388 |
0.1990 |
243 |
1 |
83.38 |
2011-04-01 |
| 4. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
81.27 |
1.0485 |
0.1613 |
153 |
1 |
81.27 |
2011-03-09 |
| 5. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
81.24 |
0.9851 |
0.1923 |
317 |
1 |
81.24 |
2012-03-08 |
| 6. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
81.05 |
0.9709 |
0.2425 |
397 |
1 |
81.05 |
2012-03-08 |
| 7. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
80.53 |
0.9726 |
0.1849 |
154 |
1 |
80.53 |
2011-04-27 |
| 8. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
80.51 |
1.1114 |
0.0499 |
247 |
1 |
80.51 |
2011-05-20 |
| 9. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
79.31 |
1.0297 |
0.1157 |
249 |
1 |
79.31 |
2011-02-24 |
| 10. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
78.96 |
1.1014 |
0.0778 |
273 |
1 |
78.96 |
2011-03-18 |
| 11. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
78.72 |
0.9514 |
0.1869 |
237 |
1 |
78.72 |
2012-03-01 |
| 12. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
77.88 |
1.0719 |
0.0817 |
360 |
1 |
77.88 |
2011-03-17 |
| 13. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
77.64 |
1.0515 |
0.0627 |
166 |
1 |
77.64 |
2011-03-23 |
| 14. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
77.59 |
0.9910 |
0.1326 |
295 |
1 |
77.59 |
2011-03-17 |
| 15. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
77.54 |
1.0596 |
0.0588 |
239 |
1 |
77.54 |
2011-03-17 |
| 16. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
77.53 |
0.9734 |
0.1473 |
289 |
3 |
65.08 |
2011-09-13 |
| 17. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
77.31 |
0.9532 |
0.1629 |
258 |
1 |
77.31 |
2011-03-18 |
| 18. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
77.30 |
0.9740 |
0.1390 |
209 |
2 |
77.03 |
2011-04-01 |
| 19. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
76.86 |
1.0125 |
0.0958 |
224 |
1 |
76.86 |
2011-07-30 |
| 20. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
76.73 |
0.9965 |
0.1078 |
168 |
1 |
76.73 |
2011-06-23 |
| 21. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
76.40 |
0.8867 |
0.2244 |
163 |
1 |
76.40 |
2011-02-21 |
| 22. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
76.20 |
1.0358 |
0.1073 |
349 |
1 |
76.20 |
2011-02-24 |
| 23. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
76.02 |
1.0555 |
0.0446 |
363 |
1 |
76.02 |
2011-10-17 |
| 24. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
75.95 |
1.0264 |
0.1114 |
422 |
1 |
75.95 |
2011-05-30 |
| 25. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
75.78 |
0.9430 |
0.1544 |
297 |
1 |
75.78 |
2011-03-19 |
| 26. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
75.73 |
0.9064 |
0.1973 |
399 |
1 |
75.73 |
2011-03-03 |
| 27. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
75.65 |
1.0883 |
0.0370 |
303 |
2 |
74.40 |
2011-03-18 |
| 28. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
75.47 |
0.9687 |
0.1266 |
371 |
2 |
67.38 |
2012-10-04 |
| 29. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
75.43 |
1.0941 |
0.0271 |
256 |
1 |
75.43 |
2011-03-23 |
| 30. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
75.41 |
1.0943 |
0.0280 |
206 |
3 |
71.48 |
2012-03-01 |
| 31. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
75.40 |
1.0523 |
0.0329 |
256 |
1 |
75.40 |
2011-02-24 |
| 32. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
75.38 |
1.0211 |
0.0986 |
213 |
1 |
75.38 |
2011-07-30 |
| 33. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
75.34 |
1.0168 |
0.0735 |
271 |
1 |
75.34 |
2011-07-30 |
| 34. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
75.12 |
1.0088 |
0.1153 |
396 |
1 |
75.12 |
2011-03-19 |
| 35. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
74.40 |
1.0083 |
0.1109 |
273 |
2 |
72.97 |
2011-04-01 |
| 36. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
74.35 |
1.0109 |
0.0638 |
276 |
1 |
74.35 |
2011-05-06 |
| 37. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
74.29 |
1.0352 |
0.0406 |
341 |
2 |
73.57 |
2011-04-01 |
| 38. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
74.23 |
0.9485 |
0.1264 |
291 |
1 |
74.23 |
2011-03-23 |
| 39. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
74.19 |
1.0387 |
0.0651 |
239 |
1 |
74.19 |
2012-03-01 |
| 40. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
74.04 |
1.0445 |
0.0262 |
373 |
1 |
74.04 |
2011-03-02 |
| 41. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
73.48 |
1.0214 |
0.0347 |
166 |
1 |
73.48 |
2011-03-02 |
| 42. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
73.32 |
0.9286 |
0.1294 |
194 |
1 |
73.32 |
2011-04-13 |
| 43. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
72.63 |
1.0621 |
0.0062 |
263 |
1 |
72.63 |
2011-02-24 |
| 44. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
72.44 |
0.8553 |
0.1859 |
174 |
2 |
71.59 |
2012-10-04 |
| 45. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
72.32 |
0.9699 |
0.0737 |
269 |
1 |
72.32 |
2011-04-30 |
| 46. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
71.95 |
1.0012 |
0.0405 |
260 |
1 |
71.95 |
2011-03-03 |
| 47. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
71.83 |
1.0944 |
-0.0126 |
308 |
1 |
71.83 |
2011-04-27 |
| 48. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
71.75 |
0.9897 |
0.0439 |
274 |
1 |
71.75 |
2011-02-21 |
| 49. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
71.29 |
0.9127 |
0.1138 |
252 |
1 |
71.29 |
2011-03-17 |
| 50. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
71.18 |
0.9672 |
0.0672 |
396 |
1 |
71.18 |
2011-03-03 |
| 51. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
71.09 |
0.9852 |
0.0415 |
264 |
2 |
56.56 |
2011-04-04 |
| 52. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
70.89 |
1.0328 |
0.0295 |
356 |
1 |
70.89 |
2011-05-20 |
| 53. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
70.80 |
0.9893 |
0.0329 |
323 |
2 |
68.60 |
2011-02-24 |
| 54. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
70.68 |
1.1296 |
-0.0801 |
252 |
1 |
70.68 |
2011-03-03 |
| 55. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
70.59 |
1.0521 |
-0.0382 |
171 |
1 |
70.59 |
2011-03-09 |
| 56. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
70.54 |
1.0270 |
0.0273 |
255 |
1 |
70.54 |
2011-03-23 |
| 57. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
70.44 |
0.8961 |
0.1175 |
189 |
2 |
68.38 |
2012-03-01 |
| 58. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
70.06 |
0.9904 |
0.0614 |
203 |
1 |
70.06 |
2011-03-17 |
| 59. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
69.94 |
0.9365 |
0.0747 |
248 |
1 |
69.94 |
2011-02-24 |
| 60. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
69.75 |
0.9614 |
0.0487 |
292 |
2 |
68.59 |
2011-04-20 |
| 61. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
69.35 |
1.0261 |
-0.0273 |
273 |
2 |
68.32 |
2011-03-23 |
| 62. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
69.29 |
0.9879 |
0.0212 |
450 |
1 |
69.29 |
2011-04-20 |
| 63. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
69.21 |
1.0667 |
-0.0288 |
406 |
1 |
69.21 |
2011-11-24 |
| 64. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
69.04 |
0.9049 |
0.0971 |
351 |
1 |
69.04 |
2011-06-23 |
| 65. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
68.83 |
0.9682 |
0.0237 |
143 |
1 |
68.83 |
2011-04-01 |
| 66. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
68.54 |
0.9758 |
0.0141 |
314 |
1 |
68.54 |
2011-03-18 |
| 67. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
68.31 |
0.9768 |
0.0120 |
387 |
1 |
68.31 |
2011-05-06 |
| 68. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
67.66 |
0.9691 |
0.0066 |
223 |
1 |
67.66 |
2011-03-02 |
| 69. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
67.54 |
1.0289 |
-0.0498 |
276 |
2 |
55.01 |
2011-04-01 |
| 70. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
67.23 |
0.9786 |
-0.0092 |
235 |
1 |
67.23 |
2011-03-09 |
| 71. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
67.19 |
0.9303 |
0.0321 |
176 |
1 |
67.19 |
2011-03-03 |
| 72. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
66.98 |
1.0396 |
-0.0805 |
149 |
1 |
66.98 |
2011-03-18 |
| 73. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
66.94 |
0.8289 |
0.1438 |
304 |
1 |
66.94 |
2011-04-04 |
| 74. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
66.88 |
1.1016 |
-0.1370 |
233 |
1 |
66.88 |
2011-03-03 |
| 75. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
66.72 |
0.9601 |
0.0073 |
308 |
1 |
66.72 |
2011-02-21 |
| 76. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
66.60 |
1.0232 |
-0.0268 |
236 |
2 |
62.57 |
2011-03-07 |
| 77. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
66.20 |
0.9612 |
-0.0060 |
256 |
1 |
66.20 |
2011-04-30 |
| 78. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
65.78 |
0.9072 |
0.0395 |
237 |
1 |
65.78 |
2011-03-03 |
| 79. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
65.67 |
0.9023 |
0.0879 |
231 |
1 |
65.67 |
2011-02-24 |
| 80. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
65.43 |
1.0365 |
-0.0633 |
162 |
1 |
65.43 |
2011-04-01 |
| 81. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
64.94 |
0.9168 |
0.0214 |
240 |
1 |
64.94 |
2011-03-18 |
| 82. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
64.86 |
0.9723 |
-0.0329 |
364 |
1 |
64.86 |
2011-03-09 |
| 83. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
64.16 |
0.9045 |
0.0213 |
235 |
1 |
64.16 |
2011-03-23 |
| 84. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
64.12 |
0.9074 |
0.0236 |
396 |
1 |
64.12 |
2011-04-20 |
| 85. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
64.03 |
1.0529 |
-0.1296 |
351 |
2 |
49.46 |
2011-03-03 |
| 86. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
63.89 |
0.9619 |
-0.0352 |
393 |
1 |
63.89 |
2011-04-01 |
| 87. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
63.71 |
0.9583 |
0.0038 |
341 |
1 |
63.71 |
2011-03-03 |
| 88. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
63.44 |
0.9943 |
-0.0767 |
373 |
1 |
63.44 |
2011-02-21 |
| 89. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
63.31 |
1.0385 |
-0.1276 |
230 |
1 |
63.31 |
2011-03-17 |
| 90. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
61.74 |
0.9120 |
0.0113 |
436 |
1 |
61.74 |
2012-10-04 |
| 91. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
61.62 |
0.9097 |
0.0202 |
464 |
1 |
61.62 |
2011-03-03 |
| 92. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
61.30 |
0.8981 |
-0.0103 |
393 |
1 |
61.30 |
2011-03-02 |
| 93. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
60.05 |
0.9814 |
-0.0769 |
364 |
1 |
60.05 |
2011-03-18 |
| 94. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
59.88 |
0.9233 |
-0.0690 |
168 |
1 |
59.88 |
2011-03-02 |
| 95. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
59.56 |
0.9754 |
-0.1115 |
362 |
1 |
59.56 |
2011-03-02 |
| 96. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
59.43 |
0.9964 |
-0.1405 |
203 |
1 |
59.43 |
2011-03-23 |
| 97. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
58.83 |
0.8956 |
-0.0438 |
322 |
1 |
58.83 |
2011-04-27 |
| 98. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
57.83 |
0.9509 |
-0.0801 |
225 |
1 |
57.83 |
2011-06-23 |
| 99. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
56.21 |
1.0441 |
-0.1938 |
316 |
1 |
56.21 |
2011-03-18 |
| 100. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
56.09 |
0.9567 |
-0.1073 |
184 |
1 |
56.09 |
2011-03-03 |
| 101. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
55.90 |
0.9706 |
-0.1623 |
216 |
1 |
55.90 |
2011-03-17 |
| 102. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
55.32 |
1.0314 |
-0.1964 |
452 |
1 |
55.32 |
2011-03-16 |
| 103. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
55.27 |
1.0375 |
-0.1966 |
200 |
1 |
55.27 |
2011-03-23 |
| 104. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
53.76 |
0.9905 |
-0.1857 |
337 |
1 |
53.76 |
2011-02-23 |
| 105. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
52.63 |
1.0613 |
-0.2993 |
456 |
1 |
52.63 |
2011-02-24 |
| 106. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
52.15 |
0.8933 |
-0.1374 |
363 |
1 |
52.15 |
2011-02-24 |
| 107. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
51.63 |
0.7805 |
-0.0432 |
154 |
1 |
51.63 |
2011-03-02 |
| 108. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
50.68 |
0.9805 |
-0.2478 |
292 |
1 |
50.68 |
2011-04-04 |
| 109. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
35.74 |
1.0429 |
-0.5350 |
259 |
1 |
35.74 |
2011-02-24 |
| 110. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
33.35 |
1.0214 |
-0.5045 |
281 |
1 |
33.35 |
2011-03-02 |
| 111. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
31.38 |
0.8890 |
-0.4469 |
199 |
1 |
31.38 |
2011-04-01 |
| 112. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
28.32 |
0.9084 |
-0.5037 |
404 |
1 |
28.32 |
2011-04-04 |