| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
116.84 |
1.0619 |
0.1468 |
354 |
2 |
112.80 |
2009-12-21 |
| 2. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
114.61 |
1.0034 |
0.1785 |
302 |
2 |
107.14 |
2010-08-17 |
| 3. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
112.99 |
1.0561 |
0.1324 |
430 |
1 |
112.99 |
2010-08-17 |
| 4. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
112.64 |
1.0426 |
0.1196 |
323 |
1 |
112.64 |
2008-10-08 |
| 5. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
112.06 |
1.0389 |
0.1188 |
318 |
1 |
112.06 |
2009-05-06 |
| 6. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
112.05 |
1.0596 |
0.0952 |
239 |
3 |
103.51 |
2008-11-04 |
| 7. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
111.57 |
0.9942 |
0.1632 |
483 |
1 |
111.57 |
2009-01-01 |
| 8. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
110.62 |
0.9682 |
0.1715 |
143 |
1 |
110.62 |
2008-11-04 |
| 9. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
110.13 |
1.0574 |
0.1094 |
205 |
1 |
110.13 |
2013-10-23 |
| 10. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
109.71 |
1.0498 |
0.0794 |
180 |
1 |
109.71 |
2008-10-08 |
| 11. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
108.98 |
1.0534 |
0.0723 |
357 |
1 |
108.98 |
2008-09-26 |
| 12. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
108.48 |
1.0711 |
0.0435 |
213 |
3 |
99.94 |
2008-10-22 |
| 13. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
108.37 |
1.0251 |
0.0923 |
261 |
1 |
108.37 |
2008-09-25 |
| 14. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
108.30 |
1.0419 |
0.0754 |
261 |
1 |
108.30 |
2013-10-23 |
| 15. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
108.11 |
1.0662 |
0.0842 |
407 |
1 |
108.11 |
2014-07-23 |
| 16. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
107.91 |
0.9936 |
0.1194 |
311 |
4 |
100.66 |
2009-05-06 |
| 17. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
107.74 |
1.0666 |
0.0448 |
297 |
1 |
107.74 |
2008-09-25 |
| 18. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
107.67 |
1.0391 |
0.0769 |
358 |
2 |
98.87 |
2008-11-06 |
| 19. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
107.25 |
1.0613 |
0.0485 |
456 |
1 |
107.25 |
2008-10-08 |
| 20. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
107.17 |
1.0167 |
0.0930 |
378 |
2 |
98.88 |
2008-11-04 |
| 21. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
106.94 |
1.0462 |
0.0530 |
184 |
1 |
106.94 |
2008-10-22 |
| 22. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
106.67 |
1.0577 |
0.0401 |
247 |
2 |
99.71 |
2009-02-02 |
| 23. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
106.63 |
0.8956 |
0.2082 |
322 |
2 |
103.44 |
2013-10-24 |
| 24. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
106.29 |
1.0668 |
0.0315 |
350 |
1 |
106.29 |
2008-09-26 |
| 25. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
105.89 |
1.0337 |
0.0586 |
214 |
1 |
105.89 |
2008-10-08 |
| 26. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
105.77 |
1.0029 |
0.0844 |
209 |
1 |
105.77 |
2008-10-08 |
| 27. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
105.57 |
1.0483 |
0.0392 |
227 |
1 |
105.57 |
2008-10-22 |
| 28. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
105.37 |
0.9893 |
0.0982 |
323 |
1 |
105.37 |
2008-09-26 |
| 29. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
105.32 |
1.0203 |
0.0695 |
261 |
1 |
105.32 |
2008-09-25 |
| 30. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
104.77 |
1.0387 |
0.0746 |
239 |
1 |
104.77 |
2013-10-24 |
| 31. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
104.70 |
1.0385 |
0.0407 |
230 |
2 |
103.73 |
2008-10-15 |
| 32. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
104.00 |
1.0885 |
-0.0137 |
315 |
1 |
104.00 |
2008-10-08 |
| 33. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
103.36 |
1.1014 |
0.0028 |
273 |
1 |
103.36 |
2009-12-21 |
| 34. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
103.13 |
1.0523 |
0.0083 |
256 |
1 |
103.13 |
2008-10-08 |
| 35. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
102.81 |
0.9879 |
0.0782 |
450 |
1 |
102.81 |
2008-10-08 |
| 36. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
102.62 |
0.9831 |
0.0810 |
469 |
1 |
102.62 |
2009-12-30 |
| 37. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
102.43 |
0.9904 |
0.1064 |
203 |
1 |
102.43 |
2011-10-21 |
| 38. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
102.39 |
1.0013 |
0.0542 |
273 |
1 |
102.39 |
2013-10-24 |
| 39. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
102.27 |
0.9769 |
0.0763 |
263 |
1 |
102.27 |
2009-01-01 |
| 40. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
102.26 |
0.9646 |
0.0895 |
264 |
1 |
102.26 |
2009-05-06 |
| 41. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
102.22 |
0.9468 |
0.1068 |
276 |
1 |
102.22 |
2011-10-21 |
| 42. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
102.04 |
0.9593 |
0.0962 |
398 |
2 |
93.60 |
2008-10-08 |
| 43. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
102.01 |
1.0296 |
0.0270 |
437 |
1 |
102.01 |
2009-01-01 |
| 44. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
101.59 |
1.0417 |
0.0040 |
253 |
1 |
101.59 |
2008-10-08 |
| 45. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
101.23 |
0.8845 |
0.1590 |
273 |
1 |
101.23 |
2009-12-21 |
| 46. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
100.94 |
1.0201 |
0.0161 |
172 |
1 |
100.94 |
2009-12-30 |
| 47. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
100.89 |
1.0725 |
-0.0044 |
233 |
2 |
91.96 |
2013-10-23 |
| 48. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
100.53 |
0.9964 |
0.0399 |
203 |
1 |
100.53 |
2009-12-21 |
| 49. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
100.53 |
1.0263 |
0.0102 |
267 |
1 |
100.53 |
2009-04-29 |
| 50. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
100.04 |
0.9430 |
0.0843 |
211 |
2 |
96.11 |
2008-10-08 |
| 51. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
100.00 |
0.9857 |
0.0447 |
293 |
2 |
99.70 |
2011-10-21 |
| 52. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
99.93 |
1.0314 |
0.0356 |
452 |
1 |
99.93 |
2013-10-23 |
| 53. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
99.86 |
0.9289 |
0.0991 |
204 |
1 |
99.86 |
2008-10-22 |
| 54. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
99.74 |
0.9965 |
0.0293 |
168 |
1 |
99.74 |
2009-01-01 |
| 55. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
99.54 |
1.0454 |
-0.0243 |
255 |
1 |
99.54 |
2008-10-08 |
| 56. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
99.37 |
1.0023 |
0.0201 |
211 |
2 |
96.19 |
2009-02-02 |
| 57. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
99.31 |
0.9785 |
0.0475 |
335 |
3 |
94.10 |
2008-11-06 |
| 58. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
99.21 |
1.0289 |
-0.0034 |
276 |
1 |
99.21 |
2008-10-08 |
| 59. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
98.89 |
0.9852 |
0.0346 |
264 |
1 |
98.89 |
2009-02-02 |
| 60. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
98.64 |
1.0053 |
0.0105 |
232 |
2 |
95.15 |
2009-01-01 |
| 61. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
98.62 |
1.0261 |
-0.0107 |
273 |
1 |
98.62 |
2008-09-25 |
| 62. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
98.19 |
0.9681 |
0.0493 |
378 |
1 |
98.19 |
2011-10-21 |
| 63. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
98.08 |
0.9693 |
0.0602 |
360 |
1 |
98.08 |
2016-11-02 |
| 64. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
98.01 |
1.0120 |
-0.0016 |
290 |
1 |
98.01 |
2008-11-06 |
| 65. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
97.96 |
1.0788 |
-0.0733 |
171 |
1 |
97.96 |
2014-07-23 |
| 66. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
97.65 |
1.0062 |
0.0009 |
288 |
1 |
97.65 |
2008-10-08 |
| 67. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
97.58 |
0.9365 |
0.0693 |
248 |
2 |
97.18 |
2008-10-22 |
| 68. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
96.63 |
1.0334 |
-0.0415 |
131 |
3 |
91.09 |
2009-02-02 |
| 69. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
96.31 |
0.9820 |
0.0088 |
274 |
1 |
96.31 |
2009-12-21 |
| 70. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
95.99 |
1.0799 |
-0.0930 |
243 |
1 |
95.99 |
2008-10-22 |
| 71. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
95.71 |
0.9734 |
0.0126 |
289 |
1 |
95.71 |
2009-12-21 |
| 72. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
95.55 |
0.9411 |
0.0444 |
318 |
1 |
95.55 |
2008-10-08 |
| 73. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
95.40 |
0.9527 |
0.0302 |
251 |
1 |
95.40 |
2008-09-25 |
| 74. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
94.65 |
0.9045 |
0.0709 |
235 |
2 |
83.33 |
2009-12-21 |
| 75. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
94.00 |
0.9684 |
0.0014 |
388 |
1 |
94.00 |
2008-09-25 |
| 76. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
93.47 |
0.9768 |
-0.0121 |
387 |
1 |
93.47 |
2008-12-31 |
| 77. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
93.28 |
0.9500 |
0.0131 |
362 |
1 |
93.28 |
2008-10-22 |
| 78. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
93.13 |
1.0131 |
-0.0570 |
225 |
1 |
93.13 |
2008-10-08 |
| 79. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
93.02 |
1.0297 |
-0.0731 |
249 |
1 |
93.02 |
2008-10-08 |
| 80. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
92.89 |
0.8722 |
0.0866 |
285 |
1 |
92.89 |
2008-10-08 |
| 81. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
92.81 |
1.0486 |
-0.0918 |
289 |
1 |
92.81 |
2009-01-01 |
| 82. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
92.64 |
0.9698 |
0.0158 |
397 |
1 |
92.64 |
2011-10-21 |
| 83. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
92.61 |
0.9567 |
-0.0028 |
273 |
1 |
92.61 |
2008-09-25 |
| 84. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
92.37 |
0.9691 |
-0.0175 |
223 |
1 |
92.37 |
2008-09-25 |
| 85. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
92.33 |
0.9844 |
-0.0313 |
293 |
1 |
92.33 |
2009-05-06 |
| 86. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
92.01 |
0.9635 |
-0.0130 |
389 |
1 |
92.01 |
2010-08-17 |
| 87. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
91.79 |
0.9578 |
-0.0134 |
281 |
1 |
91.79 |
2008-10-08 |
| 88. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
91.58 |
1.0165 |
-0.0713 |
392 |
1 |
91.58 |
2008-11-04 |
| 89. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
91.50 |
1.0352 |
-0.0914 |
341 |
1 |
91.50 |
2008-09-25 |
| 90. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
91.16 |
0.9897 |
-0.0523 |
274 |
2 |
90.94 |
2008-10-08 |
| 91. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
90.99 |
0.9125 |
0.0252 |
308 |
1 |
90.99 |
2008-12-31 |
| 92. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
90.94 |
0.9675 |
-0.0243 |
383 |
1 |
90.94 |
2008-10-22 |
| 93. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
90.93 |
0.9631 |
0.0218 |
345 |
1 |
90.93 |
2013-10-24 |
| 94. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
90.81 |
0.8770 |
0.0602 |
300 |
1 |
90.81 |
2008-10-08 |
| 95. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
90.80 |
1.0331 |
-0.1005 |
234 |
1 |
90.80 |
2008-12-30 |
| 96. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
90.61 |
1.0368 |
-0.1043 |
276 |
1 |
90.61 |
2009-02-02 |
| 97. |
Finally, gentlemen, there are people with an hereditary anim... |
90.19 |
0.9383 |
0.0087 |
471 |
1 |
90.19 |
2009-12-21 |
| 98. |
But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another ... |
90.16 |
1.0142 |
-0.1278 |
154 |
1 |
90.16 |
2021-04-20 |
| 99. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
90.08 |
0.9894 |
-0.0589 |
323 |
1 |
90.08 |
2014-07-23 |
| 100. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
89.92 |
1.0004 |
-0.0775 |
212 |
1 |
89.92 |
2009-01-01 |
| 101. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
89.57 |
0.9168 |
0.0067 |
240 |
1 |
89.57 |
2011-10-21 |
| 102. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
89.36 |
0.8919 |
0.0278 |
205 |
2 |
87.83 |
2008-12-30 |
| 103. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
89.19 |
0.9293 |
-0.0101 |
355 |
1 |
89.19 |
2008-10-08 |
| 104. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
88.55 |
0.9731 |
-0.0703 |
129 |
2 |
84.28 |
2016-11-02 |
| 105. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
88.47 |
0.9342 |
-0.0207 |
434 |
1 |
88.47 |
2008-09-25 |
| 106. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
88.07 |
0.9072 |
-0.0022 |
237 |
1 |
88.07 |
2008-10-08 |
| 107. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
87.78 |
0.9612 |
-0.0572 |
256 |
1 |
87.78 |
2008-09-25 |
| 108. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
87.35 |
0.9372 |
-0.0352 |
320 |
1 |
87.35 |
2008-10-08 |
| 109. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
86.69 |
0.9898 |
-0.0622 |
353 |
1 |
86.69 |
2010-08-17 |
| 110. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
86.51 |
0.9234 |
-0.0299 |
346 |
2 |
83.69 |
2009-12-21 |
| 111. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
86.46 |
0.8878 |
0.0019 |
346 |
1 |
86.46 |
2009-05-06 |
| 112. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
86.11 |
0.8753 |
0.0178 |
427 |
1 |
86.11 |
2008-10-08 |
| 113. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
86.06 |
0.9798 |
-0.0988 |
199 |
1 |
86.06 |
2009-02-02 |
| 114. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
85.77 |
0.9109 |
-0.0266 |
401 |
1 |
85.77 |
2008-10-08 |
| 115. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
85.25 |
0.9916 |
-0.0726 |
282 |
1 |
85.25 |
2014-07-23 |
| 116. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
85.16 |
0.9687 |
-0.0891 |
371 |
1 |
85.16 |
2014-07-23 |
| 117. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
85.06 |
0.9795 |
-0.1040 |
308 |
2 |
81.29 |
2008-12-30 |
| 118. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
85.02 |
0.8467 |
0.0526 |
343 |
1 |
85.02 |
2010-08-17 |
| 119. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
84.79 |
0.9710 |
-0.1038 |
173 |
1 |
84.79 |
2008-10-08 |
| 120. |
And I think how hope may be the thing that pulls you forward... |
84.66 |
1.0932 |
-0.2292 |
243 |
1 |
84.66 |
2021-04-20 |
| 121. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
83.98 |
1.0197 |
-0.1582 |
226 |
1 |
83.98 |
2009-02-02 |
| 122. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
83.68 |
0.9087 |
-0.0405 |
393 |
1 |
83.68 |
2008-10-22 |
| 123. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
83.58 |
0.9216 |
-0.0243 |
255 |
1 |
83.58 |
2014-07-23 |
| 124. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
83.57 |
0.9740 |
-0.1167 |
209 |
1 |
83.57 |
2013-10-24 |
| 125. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
82.48 |
0.8105 |
0.0347 |
204 |
1 |
82.48 |
2008-11-04 |
| 126. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
81.20 |
0.8890 |
-0.0562 |
199 |
1 |
81.20 |
2008-11-04 |
| 127. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
80.26 |
0.9164 |
-0.0878 |
305 |
1 |
80.26 |
2008-09-25 |
| 128. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
80.10 |
0.8981 |
-0.0715 |
393 |
1 |
80.10 |
2008-10-08 |
| 129. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
79.94 |
0.8595 |
-0.0368 |
242 |
2 |
74.96 |
2008-12-31 |
| 130. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
79.35 |
0.9597 |
-0.1414 |
347 |
1 |
79.35 |
2014-07-23 |
| 131. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
79.06 |
0.9212 |
-0.1067 |
323 |
1 |
79.06 |
2009-05-06 |
| 132. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
78.55 |
0.9202 |
-0.1130 |
254 |
1 |
78.55 |
2008-10-08 |
| 133. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
77.24 |
0.9364 |
-0.1041 |
351 |
1 |
77.24 |
2013-10-23 |
| 134. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
76.72 |
0.7876 |
0.0034 |
316 |
1 |
76.72 |
2013-10-24 |
| 135. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
74.64 |
1.0320 |
-0.2275 |
293 |
1 |
74.64 |
2013-10-24 |
| 136. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
72.65 |
0.9601 |
-0.2110 |
308 |
1 |
72.65 |
2008-10-08 |
| 137. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
69.81 |
0.9976 |
-0.2596 |
174 |
1 |
69.81 |
2014-07-23 |
| 138. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
67.31 |
0.8841 |
-0.1914 |
194 |
1 |
67.31 |
2021-04-20 |