| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The idea that he did not really have control over the coming... |
89.31 |
1.0362 |
0.2027 |
192 |
1 |
89.31 |
2016-01-06 |
| 2. |
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the ju... |
88.81 |
1.0459 |
0.2165 |
200 |
1 |
88.81 |
2016-01-06 |
| 3. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
86.75 |
0.9897 |
0.2105 |
274 |
2 |
77.78 |
2016-01-06 |
| 4. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
84.97 |
1.0799 |
0.0940 |
243 |
1 |
84.97 |
2013-05-04 |
| 5. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
84.74 |
1.0399 |
0.1399 |
294 |
1 |
84.74 |
2013-05-05 |
| 6. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
84.41 |
1.0337 |
0.1354 |
214 |
2 |
79.02 |
2013-05-04 |
| 7. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
83.82 |
1.0368 |
0.1255 |
276 |
1 |
83.82 |
2013-05-05 |
| 8. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
82.62 |
0.9289 |
0.2133 |
204 |
1 |
82.62 |
2016-01-06 |
| 9. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
82.16 |
1.0183 |
0.1146 |
191 |
1 |
82.16 |
2016-01-06 |
| 10. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
81.84 |
1.1323 |
0.0354 |
341 |
1 |
81.84 |
2013-05-05 |
| 11. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
81.21 |
0.9820 |
0.1426 |
274 |
1 |
81.21 |
2016-01-06 |
| 12. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
80.69 |
1.0483 |
0.0661 |
227 |
1 |
80.69 |
2016-01-06 |
| 13. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
80.31 |
0.9910 |
0.1235 |
295 |
2 |
78.30 |
2016-01-06 |
| 14. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
80.24 |
1.0151 |
0.0869 |
152 |
1 |
80.24 |
2013-05-04 |
| 15. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
80.24 |
1.0763 |
0.0769 |
367 |
1 |
80.24 |
2016-01-06 |
| 16. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
79.55 |
1.0117 |
0.1346 |
297 |
2 |
79.47 |
2016-01-06 |
| 17. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
79.35 |
0.9857 |
0.1121 |
293 |
1 |
79.35 |
2016-01-06 |
| 18. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
79.29 |
1.0131 |
0.0811 |
225 |
2 |
77.84 |
2016-01-06 |
| 19. |
I would never want to forfeit my genders. Along with Aunt Au... |
79.22 |
0.9737 |
0.1281 |
204 |
1 |
79.22 |
2016-01-06 |
| 20. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
79.14 |
1.0358 |
0.1021 |
349 |
1 |
79.14 |
2016-01-13 |
| 21. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
78.99 |
0.9786 |
0.1147 |
235 |
1 |
78.99 |
2016-01-06 |
| 22. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
78.89 |
1.0621 |
0.0496 |
263 |
1 |
78.89 |
2013-05-05 |
| 23. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
78.56 |
1.0972 |
0.0200 |
251 |
1 |
78.56 |
2013-05-04 |
| 24. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
77.84 |
1.0388 |
0.0706 |
243 |
1 |
77.84 |
2016-01-06 |
| 25. |
If you think that you are going to love something, give it a... |
77.62 |
1.1227 |
-0.0496 |
147 |
1 |
77.62 |
2016-01-06 |
| 26. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
77.39 |
0.9353 |
0.1315 |
177 |
1 |
77.39 |
2013-05-04 |
| 27. |
So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever s... |
77.03 |
1.0972 |
-0.0239 |
239 |
1 |
77.03 |
2016-01-06 |
| 28. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
76.99 |
1.0515 |
0.0121 |
250 |
1 |
76.99 |
2016-01-06 |
| 29. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
76.93 |
1.1162 |
-0.0100 |
189 |
1 |
76.93 |
2016-01-06 |
| 30. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
76.52 |
1.0379 |
0.0559 |
245 |
1 |
76.52 |
2013-05-04 |
| 31. |
Races are not won in the first corner; however, they are oft... |
76.38 |
1.0535 |
0.0389 |
326 |
2 |
75.92 |
2016-01-06 |
| 32. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
76.32 |
1.0124 |
0.0415 |
204 |
1 |
76.32 |
2016-01-06 |
| 33. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
76.25 |
1.0441 |
0.0127 |
252 |
2 |
75.52 |
2015-01-16 |
| 34. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
76.04 |
0.9125 |
0.1418 |
308 |
2 |
72.03 |
2016-01-17 |
| 35. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
75.67 |
0.9710 |
0.0699 |
173 |
1 |
75.67 |
2013-05-04 |
| 36. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
75.24 |
0.9865 |
0.0559 |
276 |
1 |
75.24 |
2013-05-04 |
| 37. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
75.00 |
0.9504 |
0.0817 |
263 |
1 |
75.00 |
2013-05-04 |
| 38. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
74.43 |
1.0389 |
-0.0071 |
318 |
1 |
74.43 |
2016-01-06 |
| 39. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
74.14 |
0.9699 |
0.0551 |
269 |
1 |
74.14 |
2016-01-06 |
| 40. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
74.14 |
1.0429 |
-0.0186 |
259 |
1 |
74.14 |
2013-05-04 |
| 41. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
73.73 |
1.0444 |
-0.0309 |
197 |
2 |
72.48 |
2013-05-04 |
| 42. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
73.08 |
1.0073 |
0.0120 |
369 |
1 |
73.08 |
2013-05-05 |
| 43. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
73.06 |
0.9820 |
0.0319 |
267 |
1 |
73.06 |
2016-01-16 |
| 44. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
73.05 |
1.0361 |
-0.0247 |
269 |
1 |
73.05 |
2016-01-13 |
| 45. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
72.86 |
1.0667 |
-0.0197 |
406 |
1 |
72.86 |
2013-05-04 |
| 46. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
72.72 |
0.9879 |
0.0271 |
450 |
1 |
72.72 |
2015-01-16 |
| 47. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
72.68 |
0.9632 |
0.0486 |
392 |
1 |
72.68 |
2016-01-06 |
| 48. |
The day is made up of 24 hours and an infinite number of mom... |
72.36 |
1.0529 |
-0.0436 |
200 |
1 |
72.36 |
2016-01-06 |
| 49. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
71.64 |
0.9540 |
0.0348 |
285 |
1 |
71.64 |
2013-05-04 |
| 50. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
71.52 |
1.0496 |
-0.0612 |
314 |
1 |
71.52 |
2013-05-05 |
| 51. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
70.91 |
1.0506 |
-0.0413 |
277 |
2 |
67.27 |
2016-01-06 |
| 52. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
70.67 |
1.0031 |
0.0076 |
304 |
1 |
70.67 |
2013-10-09 |
| 53. |
I'll tell you a secret. Something they don't teach you in yo... |
70.48 |
0.9877 |
-0.0084 |
286 |
1 |
70.48 |
2016-01-06 |
| 54. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
70.46 |
0.9881 |
0.0270 |
424 |
1 |
70.46 |
2015-01-16 |
| 55. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
70.32 |
1.0169 |
-0.0057 |
346 |
1 |
70.32 |
2013-05-05 |
| 56. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
70.31 |
1.0088 |
0.0021 |
396 |
1 |
70.31 |
2016-01-06 |
| 57. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
70.28 |
1.0077 |
0.0049 |
250 |
1 |
70.28 |
2016-01-06 |
| 58. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
70.12 |
0.9936 |
-0.0039 |
227 |
1 |
70.12 |
2016-01-06 |
| 59. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
70.02 |
0.9514 |
0.0171 |
237 |
1 |
70.02 |
2013-05-15 |
| 60. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
69.92 |
1.0487 |
-0.0870 |
231 |
1 |
69.92 |
2013-05-04 |
| 61. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
69.58 |
1.0555 |
-0.0920 |
363 |
1 |
69.58 |
2013-04-11 |
| 62. |
Ultimately, this is not about solving your problems. It's ab... |
69.26 |
1.0604 |
-0.0696 |
260 |
1 |
69.26 |
2013-05-05 |
| 63. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
68.98 |
0.9532 |
-0.0009 |
258 |
2 |
61.80 |
2013-04-11 |
| 64. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
68.74 |
0.9754 |
-0.0192 |
362 |
1 |
68.74 |
2013-05-04 |
| 65. |
I often see racers, particularly at the back of the pack in ... |
68.45 |
1.0004 |
-0.0301 |
469 |
1 |
68.45 |
2013-05-05 |
| 66. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
68.42 |
0.9676 |
-0.0136 |
442 |
1 |
68.42 |
2016-01-06 |
| 67. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
68.14 |
0.9303 |
0.0043 |
176 |
1 |
68.14 |
2013-05-04 |
| 68. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
67.90 |
0.9583 |
0.0237 |
341 |
1 |
67.90 |
2013-05-15 |
| 69. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
67.80 |
1.0099 |
-0.0761 |
207 |
1 |
67.80 |
2013-05-04 |
| 70. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
67.46 |
0.8878 |
0.0442 |
346 |
1 |
67.46 |
2013-05-04 |
| 71. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
67.23 |
0.9790 |
-0.0092 |
311 |
1 |
67.23 |
2013-10-09 |
| 72. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
66.75 |
0.9731 |
-0.0635 |
129 |
1 |
66.75 |
2013-05-04 |
| 73. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
66.33 |
1.0292 |
-0.1143 |
262 |
1 |
66.33 |
2016-01-06 |
| 74. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
66.26 |
1.0090 |
-0.0498 |
282 |
1 |
66.26 |
2013-05-04 |
| 75. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
66.07 |
1.0797 |
-0.1724 |
210 |
1 |
66.07 |
2013-05-15 |
| 76. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
66.01 |
0.9546 |
-0.0115 |
198 |
3 |
60.39 |
2013-10-09 |
| 77. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
65.40 |
0.8775 |
0.0286 |
443 |
1 |
65.40 |
2013-05-04 |
| 78. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
65.06 |
0.9045 |
-0.0053 |
235 |
1 |
65.06 |
2016-01-06 |
| 79. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
64.87 |
0.9907 |
-0.0960 |
211 |
1 |
64.87 |
2016-01-06 |
| 80. |
God help the man who ever really loves you. You'd break his ... |
64.64 |
1.0012 |
-0.1046 |
188 |
1 |
64.64 |
2016-01-06 |
| 81. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
64.57 |
0.9636 |
-0.0722 |
254 |
1 |
64.57 |
2013-04-11 |
| 82. |
You're not like the others. I've seen a few; I know. When I ... |
64.34 |
1.0213 |
-0.1353 |
155 |
1 |
64.34 |
2016-01-06 |
| 83. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
64.05 |
1.0441 |
-0.1181 |
316 |
1 |
64.05 |
2013-05-13 |
| 84. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
63.83 |
0.9670 |
-0.0434 |
307 |
1 |
63.83 |
2013-05-04 |
| 85. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
63.57 |
0.9212 |
-0.0403 |
323 |
1 |
63.57 |
2013-05-04 |
| 86. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
63.53 |
0.9500 |
-0.0708 |
362 |
1 |
63.53 |
2013-04-11 |
| 87. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
63.22 |
1.0252 |
-0.1589 |
176 |
1 |
63.22 |
2016-01-06 |
| 88. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
63.21 |
0.9841 |
-0.1074 |
334 |
1 |
63.21 |
2013-05-04 |
| 89. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
62.45 |
0.9682 |
-0.1077 |
143 |
1 |
62.45 |
2016-01-06 |
| 90. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
62.35 |
1.0684 |
-0.1777 |
253 |
1 |
62.35 |
2013-04-11 |
| 91. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
62.14 |
0.9339 |
-0.0778 |
310 |
1 |
62.14 |
2013-10-09 |
| 92. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
61.86 |
0.8890 |
-0.0390 |
199 |
1 |
61.86 |
2016-01-06 |
| 93. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
61.29 |
0.9207 |
-0.0728 |
174 |
1 |
61.29 |
2016-01-06 |
| 94. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
60.80 |
1.0168 |
-0.1761 |
271 |
1 |
60.80 |
2013-04-12 |
| 95. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
60.02 |
0.9785 |
-0.1475 |
335 |
1 |
60.02 |
2013-04-11 |
| 96. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
58.79 |
0.9756 |
-0.1662 |
229 |
1 |
58.79 |
2013-05-05 |
| 97. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
58.65 |
0.8467 |
-0.0133 |
343 |
1 |
58.65 |
2013-05-04 |
| 98. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
58.50 |
1.0740 |
-0.2290 |
264 |
1 |
58.50 |
2013-05-04 |
| 99. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
58.35 |
0.9411 |
-0.1356 |
318 |
1 |
58.35 |
2013-04-11 |
| 100. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
55.81 |
1.0398 |
-0.2817 |
110 |
1 |
55.81 |
2015-01-16 |
| 101. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
55.69 |
0.7876 |
-0.0177 |
316 |
1 |
55.69 |
2013-05-05 |
| 102. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
55.13 |
0.7805 |
-0.0256 |
154 |
1 |
55.13 |
2016-01-06 |
| 103. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
55.08 |
1.0261 |
-0.2278 |
410 |
1 |
55.08 |
2013-04-11 |