Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
98.92 |
1.0385 |
0.2744 |
230 |
2 |
95.26 |
2011-05-25 |
2. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
93.92 |
1.0417 |
0.2030 |
253 |
1 |
93.92 |
2011-05-22 |
3. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
90.13 |
1.0885 |
0.1114 |
315 |
1 |
90.13 |
2011-06-01 |
4. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
88.72 |
1.0013 |
0.1754 |
273 |
2 |
84.31 |
2011-05-25 |
5. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
87.47 |
1.0240 |
0.1339 |
256 |
1 |
87.47 |
2011-05-25 |
6. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
86.88 |
1.0141 |
0.1752 |
304 |
1 |
86.88 |
2011-05-25 |
7. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
86.79 |
1.1323 |
0.0533 |
341 |
1 |
86.79 |
2011-06-01 |
8. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
86.69 |
1.0774 |
0.1024 |
304 |
1 |
86.69 |
2011-05-23 |
9. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
86.22 |
1.0125 |
0.1291 |
224 |
1 |
86.22 |
2011-05-25 |
10. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
86.04 |
1.1296 |
0.0412 |
252 |
1 |
86.04 |
2011-06-01 |
11. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
85.66 |
0.9196 |
0.2186 |
148 |
1 |
85.66 |
2011-05-21 |
12. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
85.04 |
0.9863 |
0.1464 |
339 |
2 |
77.52 |
2011-05-22 |
13. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
83.69 |
1.0090 |
0.1448 |
282 |
1 |
83.69 |
2011-05-25 |
14. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
83.60 |
1.0033 |
0.0989 |
189 |
1 |
83.60 |
2011-05-22 |
15. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
83.34 |
0.9309 |
0.1726 |
284 |
1 |
83.34 |
2011-05-25 |
16. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
83.22 |
1.0696 |
0.0308 |
226 |
1 |
83.22 |
2011-05-22 |
17. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
82.83 |
1.0138 |
0.0844 |
231 |
1 |
82.83 |
2011-05-22 |
18. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
82.77 |
1.0214 |
0.0750 |
269 |
1 |
82.77 |
2011-06-01 |
19. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
82.57 |
0.9532 |
0.1406 |
258 |
1 |
82.57 |
2011-06-01 |
20. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
81.95 |
1.0349 |
0.0510 |
234 |
1 |
81.95 |
2011-05-21 |
21. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
81.95 |
0.9653 |
0.1300 |
394 |
1 |
81.95 |
2011-05-24 |
22. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
81.84 |
1.0429 |
0.0409 |
259 |
1 |
81.84 |
2011-05-22 |
23. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
81.68 |
0.9925 |
0.1276 |
247 |
1 |
81.68 |
2011-05-27 |
24. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
81.37 |
0.9852 |
0.0941 |
264 |
2 |
75.05 |
2011-05-21 |
25. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
80.18 |
0.9461 |
0.1164 |
276 |
1 |
80.18 |
2011-05-22 |
26. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
79.91 |
0.9597 |
0.1038 |
347 |
1 |
79.91 |
2011-05-21 |
27. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
79.29 |
1.0201 |
0.0316 |
303 |
1 |
79.29 |
2011-05-22 |
28. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
78.91 |
0.9676 |
0.0868 |
442 |
1 |
78.91 |
2011-05-27 |
29. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
78.52 |
1.0289 |
0.0163 |
276 |
1 |
78.52 |
2011-06-01 |
30. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
78.33 |
0.9504 |
0.0822 |
263 |
1 |
78.33 |
2011-06-01 |
31. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
78.32 |
1.0211 |
0.0476 |
213 |
1 |
78.32 |
2011-05-22 |
32. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
78.28 |
1.0684 |
-0.0009 |
253 |
1 |
78.28 |
2011-06-01 |
33. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
77.39 |
1.0368 |
-0.0105 |
276 |
1 |
77.39 |
2011-05-25 |
34. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
77.32 |
1.0444 |
-0.0263 |
197 |
1 |
77.32 |
2011-05-24 |
35. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
77.10 |
1.0025 |
0.0203 |
336 |
1 |
77.10 |
2011-05-25 |
36. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
76.48 |
0.9997 |
0.0176 |
382 |
3 |
72.20 |
2011-06-01 |
37. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
76.32 |
1.0515 |
-0.0423 |
250 |
1 |
76.32 |
2011-05-22 |
38. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
76.16 |
1.0251 |
-0.0180 |
261 |
1 |
76.16 |
2011-05-22 |
39. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
75.71 |
0.8878 |
0.1151 |
346 |
1 |
75.71 |
2011-05-25 |
40. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
75.35 |
1.0328 |
0.0041 |
356 |
1 |
75.35 |
2011-05-24 |
41. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
75.01 |
0.9740 |
0.0154 |
209 |
1 |
75.01 |
2011-05-22 |
42. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
74.82 |
1.1215 |
-0.1065 |
200 |
1 |
74.82 |
2011-05-27 |
43. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
74.51 |
0.9965 |
-0.0142 |
168 |
1 |
74.51 |
2011-05-21 |
44. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
74.37 |
1.0172 |
0.0029 |
341 |
1 |
74.37 |
2011-06-01 |
45. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
74.24 |
1.0613 |
-0.0724 |
456 |
1 |
74.24 |
2011-05-25 |
46. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
73.96 |
1.0485 |
-0.0346 |
153 |
1 |
73.96 |
2011-05-22 |
47. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
73.92 |
0.9723 |
0.0109 |
364 |
1 |
73.92 |
2011-05-22 |
48. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
73.64 |
0.9128 |
0.1040 |
369 |
1 |
73.64 |
2011-05-22 |
49. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
73.58 |
0.9635 |
0.0168 |
389 |
1 |
73.58 |
2011-05-22 |
50. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
73.46 |
0.9527 |
0.0204 |
251 |
1 |
73.46 |
2011-05-25 |
51. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
73.38 |
0.9651 |
0.0427 |
389 |
1 |
73.38 |
2011-05-25 |
52. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
73.38 |
1.1014 |
-0.0920 |
273 |
1 |
73.38 |
2011-05-21 |
53. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
73.28 |
0.9411 |
0.0301 |
318 |
1 |
73.28 |
2011-05-22 |
54. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
72.72 |
0.9786 |
-0.0208 |
193 |
2 |
72.12 |
2011-05-22 |
55. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
72.69 |
0.9553 |
0.0144 |
430 |
1 |
72.69 |
2011-05-21 |
56. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
72.43 |
1.0403 |
-0.0414 |
275 |
1 |
72.43 |
2011-06-01 |
57. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
72.35 |
0.9632 |
0.0012 |
392 |
1 |
72.35 |
2011-05-22 |
58. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
72.23 |
0.9376 |
0.0544 |
360 |
1 |
72.23 |
2011-05-22 |
59. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
72.23 |
0.9084 |
0.0497 |
300 |
1 |
72.23 |
2011-05-25 |
60. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
72.10 |
0.9697 |
-0.0150 |
249 |
1 |
72.10 |
2011-05-23 |
61. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
72.05 |
1.1068 |
-0.1124 |
393 |
1 |
72.05 |
2011-05-21 |
62. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
72.02 |
0.9941 |
-0.0429 |
217 |
1 |
72.02 |
2011-05-21 |
63. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
71.51 |
0.9019 |
0.0502 |
204 |
1 |
71.51 |
2011-05-21 |
64. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
71.19 |
0.8919 |
0.0492 |
205 |
1 |
71.19 |
2011-05-25 |
65. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
70.98 |
1.0068 |
-0.0640 |
358 |
1 |
70.98 |
2011-05-22 |
66. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
70.61 |
0.9430 |
-0.0156 |
211 |
1 |
70.61 |
2011-05-27 |
67. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
70.42 |
1.0125 |
-0.0425 |
413 |
1 |
70.42 |
2011-05-22 |
68. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
69.94 |
0.9636 |
-0.0383 |
254 |
1 |
69.94 |
2011-05-23 |
69. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
69.55 |
0.9855 |
-0.0316 |
258 |
1 |
69.55 |
2011-05-21 |
70. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
69.31 |
1.0183 |
-0.1066 |
191 |
1 |
69.31 |
2011-05-25 |
71. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
69.15 |
0.8553 |
0.0548 |
174 |
1 |
69.15 |
2011-05-22 |
72. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
69.09 |
0.9833 |
-0.0674 |
355 |
1 |
69.09 |
2011-05-21 |
73. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
68.99 |
0.8775 |
0.0383 |
443 |
1 |
68.99 |
2011-05-24 |
74. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
68.29 |
0.9857 |
-0.0833 |
293 |
1 |
68.29 |
2011-05-27 |
75. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
68.15 |
1.0506 |
-0.1204 |
277 |
1 |
68.15 |
2011-05-25 |
76. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
67.48 |
0.9640 |
-0.0415 |
334 |
1 |
67.48 |
2011-05-23 |
77. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
67.41 |
0.9529 |
-0.0208 |
269 |
1 |
67.41 |
2011-05-21 |
78. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
67.25 |
0.8947 |
0.0001 |
366 |
1 |
67.25 |
2011-05-24 |
79. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
66.86 |
0.9371 |
-0.0138 |
318 |
1 |
66.86 |
2011-05-27 |
80. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
66.17 |
0.8961 |
-0.0244 |
189 |
1 |
66.17 |
2011-06-01 |
81. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
66.02 |
1.1162 |
-0.2019 |
189 |
1 |
66.02 |
2011-06-01 |
82. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
65.55 |
0.9964 |
-0.1298 |
203 |
1 |
65.55 |
2011-05-22 |
83. |
However, let us leave aside the philosophical, social, and e... |
65.20 |
0.9569 |
-0.0676 |
410 |
1 |
65.20 |
2011-05-21 |
84. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
64.31 |
1.0031 |
-0.1197 |
304 |
2 |
63.37 |
2011-05-22 |
85. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
63.89 |
0.9364 |
-0.0519 |
351 |
1 |
63.89 |
2011-05-21 |
86. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
63.74 |
0.9148 |
-0.0708 |
317 |
1 |
63.74 |
2011-05-22 |
87. |
In the capital of the Sunbelt South, the quiet revolution of... |
63.67 |
0.9098 |
-0.0723 |
167 |
1 |
63.67 |
2011-05-21 |
88. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
63.44 |
0.8602 |
-0.0238 |
206 |
1 |
63.44 |
2011-05-22 |
89. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
63.43 |
0.9339 |
-0.0972 |
310 |
1 |
63.43 |
2011-05-22 |
90. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
62.39 |
0.9278 |
-0.1009 |
295 |
1 |
62.39 |
2011-05-21 |
91. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
60.00 |
0.8890 |
-0.1004 |
199 |
1 |
60.00 |
2011-05-22 |
92. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
59.99 |
1.0483 |
-0.2595 |
227 |
1 |
59.99 |
2011-05-22 |
93. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
56.94 |
0.9216 |
-0.1311 |
255 |
1 |
56.94 |
2011-05-25 |
94. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
54.58 |
0.8595 |
-0.1378 |
242 |
1 |
54.58 |
2011-05-22 |
95. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
52.92 |
0.9023 |
-0.1621 |
231 |
1 |
52.92 |
2011-05-22 |