| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
89.43 |
1.0941 |
0.1867 |
256 |
1 |
89.43 |
2011-03-23 |
| 2. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
83.74 |
1.0917 |
0.1010 |
243 |
1 |
83.74 |
2011-07-30 |
| 3. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
83.00 |
1.0151 |
0.1346 |
152 |
1 |
83.00 |
2011-03-23 |
| 4. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
80.88 |
1.0496 |
0.0785 |
314 |
1 |
80.88 |
2011-03-23 |
| 5. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
80.36 |
1.0289 |
0.0969 |
276 |
1 |
80.36 |
2011-03-23 |
| 6. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
79.60 |
1.0602 |
0.0543 |
389 |
1 |
79.60 |
2010-12-07 |
| 7. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
78.90 |
0.9884 |
0.1121 |
233 |
1 |
78.90 |
2011-03-23 |
| 8. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
77.29 |
1.1081 |
0.0044 |
206 |
1 |
77.29 |
2011-03-23 |
| 9. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
76.23 |
0.9212 |
0.1451 |
323 |
1 |
76.23 |
2010-12-07 |
| 10. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
75.76 |
1.0201 |
0.0369 |
303 |
2 |
73.30 |
2012-05-02 |
| 11. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
75.59 |
0.8731 |
0.1878 |
199 |
1 |
75.59 |
2011-05-20 |
| 12. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
75.43 |
0.9529 |
0.1394 |
269 |
1 |
75.43 |
2011-05-20 |
| 13. |
As civilizations grew, humans spread out across the face of ... |
75.42 |
0.9418 |
0.1159 |
188 |
1 |
75.42 |
2011-05-20 |
| 14. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
75.36 |
1.0016 |
0.0445 |
218 |
2 |
73.32 |
2011-03-23 |
| 15. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
75.31 |
1.0264 |
0.0637 |
422 |
1 |
75.31 |
2010-12-07 |
| 16. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
75.26 |
1.0167 |
0.0397 |
378 |
1 |
75.26 |
2011-03-23 |
| 17. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
74.43 |
0.9899 |
0.0430 |
163 |
1 |
74.43 |
2012-05-02 |
| 18. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
74.24 |
1.0031 |
0.0652 |
304 |
1 |
74.24 |
2011-03-23 |
| 19. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
73.94 |
0.8770 |
0.1570 |
300 |
1 |
73.94 |
2010-12-07 |
| 20. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
73.91 |
0.9266 |
0.1038 |
267 |
2 |
67.41 |
2011-05-20 |
| 21. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
73.89 |
0.9127 |
0.1147 |
252 |
1 |
73.89 |
2011-08-03 |
| 22. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
73.76 |
1.0444 |
-0.0225 |
197 |
1 |
73.76 |
2011-03-23 |
| 23. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
72.53 |
0.9005 |
0.1091 |
212 |
2 |
72.02 |
2011-03-23 |
| 24. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
72.45 |
1.0577 |
-0.0516 |
247 |
1 |
72.45 |
2010-12-17 |
| 25. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
72.20 |
1.0013 |
0.0039 |
273 |
1 |
72.20 |
2011-08-03 |
| 26. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
71.77 |
0.8775 |
0.1258 |
443 |
1 |
71.77 |
2012-05-02 |
| 27. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
71.58 |
1.0141 |
0.0198 |
304 |
1 |
71.58 |
2010-12-17 |
| 28. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
71.33 |
1.0165 |
-0.0188 |
392 |
2 |
69.06 |
2011-03-23 |
| 29. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
70.53 |
1.0201 |
-0.0439 |
172 |
1 |
70.53 |
2011-03-23 |
| 30. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
70.26 |
1.0662 |
-0.0493 |
407 |
1 |
70.26 |
2012-05-02 |
| 31. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
69.81 |
0.9946 |
-0.0222 |
246 |
1 |
69.81 |
2010-12-17 |
| 32. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
69.28 |
0.9567 |
0.0085 |
273 |
1 |
69.28 |
2011-03-23 |
| 33. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
68.63 |
1.0506 |
-0.0662 |
277 |
1 |
68.63 |
2010-12-07 |
| 34. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
68.48 |
0.9426 |
0.0142 |
317 |
1 |
68.48 |
2010-12-07 |
| 35. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
68.35 |
0.9614 |
-0.0063 |
292 |
1 |
68.35 |
2011-03-23 |
| 36. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
68.27 |
0.9651 |
0.0216 |
389 |
1 |
68.27 |
2010-12-17 |
| 37. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
67.54 |
0.9691 |
-0.0293 |
223 |
1 |
67.54 |
2010-12-07 |
| 38. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
67.42 |
1.0725 |
-0.1081 |
233 |
1 |
67.42 |
2010-12-07 |
| 39. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
66.62 |
0.9723 |
-0.0407 |
364 |
1 |
66.62 |
2011-03-23 |
| 40. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
66.25 |
0.9844 |
-0.0572 |
293 |
1 |
66.25 |
2010-12-07 |
| 41. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
65.92 |
1.0232 |
-0.0700 |
236 |
2 |
65.58 |
2011-08-03 |
| 42. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
65.12 |
0.9553 |
-0.0419 |
430 |
1 |
65.12 |
2010-12-07 |
| 43. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
64.92 |
0.9461 |
-0.0431 |
276 |
1 |
64.92 |
2011-03-23 |
| 44. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
64.20 |
1.0454 |
-0.1553 |
255 |
1 |
64.20 |
2011-03-23 |
| 45. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
64.08 |
0.9622 |
-0.0641 |
392 |
1 |
64.08 |
2010-12-07 |
| 46. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
63.77 |
0.9128 |
0.0159 |
369 |
1 |
63.77 |
2010-12-17 |
| 47. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
63.69 |
0.9922 |
-0.0651 |
341 |
1 |
63.69 |
2010-12-17 |
| 48. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
62.70 |
0.9097 |
0.0042 |
464 |
1 |
62.70 |
2011-03-23 |
| 49. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
61.12 |
0.9898 |
-0.1019 |
353 |
1 |
61.12 |
2011-03-23 |
| 50. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
60.92 |
0.9763 |
-0.1298 |
289 |
1 |
60.92 |
2011-03-23 |
| 51. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
60.39 |
0.9087 |
-0.0584 |
393 |
1 |
60.39 |
2011-03-23 |
| 52. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
59.53 |
0.9678 |
-0.1055 |
445 |
1 |
59.53 |
2011-03-23 |
| 53. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
58.43 |
0.9886 |
-0.1743 |
220 |
1 |
58.43 |
2010-12-07 |
| 54. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
54.69 |
0.8878 |
-0.1291 |
346 |
1 |
54.69 |
2010-12-07 |