| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
98.39 |
1.0042 |
0.2251 |
168 |
1 |
98.39 |
2016-02-05 |
| 2. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
97.68 |
1.0582 |
0.1618 |
180 |
1 |
97.68 |
2012-12-04 |
| 3. |
There are perhaps twenty regular posters on the forum, and s... |
95.59 |
1.0520 |
0.1510 |
392 |
1 |
95.59 |
2012-12-04 |
| 4. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
95.33 |
0.9980 |
0.2009 |
341 |
1 |
95.33 |
2012-12-09 |
| 5. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
94.41 |
1.0543 |
0.1294 |
233 |
1 |
94.41 |
2012-11-27 |
| 6. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
92.35 |
1.0086 |
0.1443 |
218 |
1 |
92.35 |
2012-12-04 |
| 7. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
91.96 |
1.0753 |
0.0817 |
206 |
1 |
91.96 |
2012-11-26 |
| 8. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
91.51 |
1.0672 |
0.0766 |
239 |
1 |
91.51 |
2012-12-09 |
| 9. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
91.33 |
1.0492 |
0.0983 |
284 |
1 |
91.33 |
2012-11-27 |
| 10. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
91.20 |
0.9636 |
0.1747 |
281 |
2 |
89.17 |
2013-09-25 |
| 11. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
90.97 |
1.0124 |
0.1310 |
275 |
1 |
90.97 |
2012-12-07 |
| 12. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
90.93 |
0.9873 |
0.1570 |
396 |
1 |
90.93 |
2012-12-09 |
| 13. |
You know, at one time I used to break into pet shops to libe... |
90.80 |
0.9801 |
0.1486 |
220 |
1 |
90.80 |
2020-10-09 |
| 14. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
90.50 |
1.0272 |
0.1032 |
226 |
1 |
90.50 |
2012-11-27 |
| 15. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
90.32 |
1.0969 |
0.0318 |
303 |
1 |
90.32 |
2012-11-27 |
| 16. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
90.28 |
1.0165 |
0.1123 |
316 |
1 |
90.28 |
2012-12-04 |
| 17. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
89.85 |
1.0333 |
0.0883 |
176 |
1 |
89.85 |
2016-02-05 |
| 18. |
Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like m... |
89.41 |
1.0092 |
0.1087 |
170 |
1 |
89.41 |
2016-02-05 |
| 19. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
88.80 |
0.8880 |
0.2226 |
296 |
1 |
88.80 |
2016-02-05 |
| 20. |
I spoke to you in cautious tones, you answered me with no pr... |
88.64 |
1.0322 |
0.0712 |
408 |
1 |
88.64 |
2020-10-09 |
| 21. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
87.62 |
1.0301 |
0.0649 |
268 |
2 |
87.62 |
2013-09-25 |
| 22. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
86.96 |
0.9603 |
0.1289 |
430 |
1 |
86.96 |
2012-12-06 |
| 23. |
Even though there may be a deceiver of some sort, very power... |
86.86 |
1.0215 |
0.0673 |
321 |
1 |
86.86 |
2016-02-05 |
| 24. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
86.80 |
0.9931 |
0.0896 |
218 |
2 |
86.27 |
2012-11-27 |
| 25. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
86.66 |
0.9265 |
0.1568 |
254 |
1 |
86.66 |
2012-11-27 |
| 26. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
85.61 |
0.9403 |
0.1369 |
307 |
1 |
85.61 |
2012-12-15 |
| 27. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
84.81 |
0.9128 |
0.1452 |
237 |
1 |
84.81 |
2012-12-06 |
| 28. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
84.69 |
0.9643 |
0.1019 |
282 |
1 |
84.69 |
2012-12-06 |
| 29. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
84.41 |
1.0315 |
0.0262 |
193 |
1 |
84.41 |
2013-09-25 |
| 30. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
84.22 |
0.9985 |
0.0619 |
392 |
1 |
84.22 |
2016-02-05 |
| 31. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
84.21 |
0.9885 |
0.0668 |
469 |
1 |
84.21 |
2012-11-27 |
| 32. |
When I lay with you I could stay there. Close my eyes, feel ... |
83.87 |
1.0176 |
0.0281 |
257 |
1 |
83.87 |
2020-10-09 |
| 33. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
83.84 |
1.0873 |
-0.0417 |
243 |
1 |
83.84 |
2012-12-09 |
| 34. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
83.70 |
0.9989 |
0.0536 |
282 |
1 |
83.70 |
2012-12-09 |
| 35. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
83.30 |
1.0466 |
-0.0051 |
230 |
1 |
83.30 |
2012-12-06 |
| 36. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
82.92 |
1.0060 |
0.0374 |
244 |
2 |
81.03 |
2012-12-06 |
| 37. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
82.45 |
0.9368 |
0.0892 |
176 |
1 |
82.45 |
2012-11-26 |
| 38. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
82.08 |
1.0270 |
-0.0001 |
303 |
1 |
82.08 |
2012-11-26 |
| 39. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
81.29 |
1.0035 |
0.0125 |
310 |
1 |
81.29 |
2012-12-04 |
| 40. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
80.75 |
0.9203 |
0.0884 |
350 |
1 |
80.75 |
2016-02-05 |
| 41. |
I don't ask many questions, so it would be fairer if he answ... |
80.72 |
1.0382 |
-0.0338 |
215 |
1 |
80.72 |
2020-10-09 |
| 42. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
80.63 |
1.0057 |
0.0033 |
382 |
1 |
80.63 |
2012-11-26 |
| 43. |
Corn is what feeds the steer that becomes the steak. Corn fe... |
80.58 |
0.9775 |
0.0376 |
473 |
1 |
80.58 |
2016-02-05 |
| 44. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
80.53 |
1.0867 |
-0.0826 |
171 |
1 |
80.53 |
2012-12-09 |
| 45. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
80.31 |
1.0234 |
-0.0185 |
392 |
2 |
79.83 |
2012-12-09 |
| 46. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
80.23 |
0.9869 |
0.0154 |
193 |
2 |
75.96 |
2012-12-07 |
| 47. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
80.07 |
0.9352 |
0.0641 |
194 |
1 |
80.07 |
2012-12-06 |
| 48. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
79.95 |
0.9425 |
0.0565 |
248 |
1 |
79.95 |
2012-12-04 |
| 49. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
79.76 |
1.0464 |
-0.0436 |
213 |
1 |
79.76 |
2012-12-09 |
| 50. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
79.34 |
0.9468 |
0.0448 |
318 |
1 |
79.34 |
2012-11-29 |
| 51. |
I was having this awful nightmare that I was 32. And then I ... |
79.21 |
0.9834 |
0.0049 |
137 |
1 |
79.21 |
2016-02-05 |
| 52. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
78.69 |
0.9885 |
-0.0056 |
355 |
1 |
78.69 |
2016-02-05 |
| 53. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
78.45 |
1.0540 |
-0.0759 |
184 |
1 |
78.45 |
2012-12-10 |
| 54. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
78.42 |
1.0144 |
-0.0294 |
162 |
1 |
78.42 |
2012-12-06 |
| 55. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
78.29 |
0.9698 |
0.0098 |
389 |
2 |
75.48 |
2012-12-09 |
| 56. |
Right, I am going to tell you how this works. You're going i... |
78.19 |
1.0444 |
-0.0610 |
487 |
1 |
78.19 |
2012-11-27 |
| 57. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
78.15 |
0.9787 |
-0.0007 |
364 |
2 |
76.64 |
2012-12-09 |
| 58. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
78.00 |
0.8856 |
0.0954 |
369 |
1 |
78.00 |
2012-11-26 |
| 59. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
77.81 |
0.9644 |
0.0085 |
398 |
1 |
77.81 |
2012-11-26 |
| 60. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
77.05 |
1.0287 |
-0.0656 |
269 |
1 |
77.05 |
2016-02-05 |
| 61. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
76.97 |
1.0412 |
-0.0729 |
205 |
1 |
76.97 |
2012-11-26 |
| 62. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
76.52 |
0.9338 |
0.0310 |
326 |
2 |
74.61 |
2012-11-29 |
| 63. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
75.81 |
0.9852 |
-0.0383 |
235 |
1 |
75.81 |
2012-11-27 |
| 64. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
75.56 |
0.8981 |
0.0525 |
255 |
1 |
75.56 |
2012-11-27 |
| 65. |
I can and do say that nothing human beings have ever before ... |
75.39 |
1.0343 |
-0.0904 |
306 |
1 |
75.39 |
2016-02-05 |
| 66. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
75.22 |
0.9011 |
0.0395 |
322 |
1 |
75.22 |
2012-12-09 |
| 67. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
74.87 |
0.9482 |
-0.0134 |
476 |
1 |
74.87 |
2012-11-26 |
| 68. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
73.42 |
0.9745 |
-0.0567 |
388 |
1 |
73.42 |
2012-11-29 |
| 69. |
All life's battles teach us something, even those we lose. W... |
73.01 |
1.0139 |
-0.1000 |
291 |
1 |
73.01 |
2016-02-05 |
| 70. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
72.81 |
0.9974 |
-0.0899 |
163 |
1 |
72.81 |
2012-11-27 |
| 71. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
72.40 |
0.9948 |
-0.0917 |
233 |
1 |
72.40 |
2012-11-27 |
| 72. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
71.69 |
0.9756 |
-0.0796 |
223 |
1 |
71.69 |
2012-11-26 |
| 73. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
70.92 |
0.8955 |
-0.0028 |
436 |
1 |
70.92 |
2012-12-15 |
| 74. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
70.58 |
0.9145 |
-0.0312 |
404 |
1 |
70.58 |
2012-11-27 |
| 75. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
70.51 |
0.9947 |
-0.1063 |
346 |
1 |
70.51 |
2016-02-05 |
| 76. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
69.34 |
0.9541 |
-0.0888 |
236 |
1 |
69.34 |
2016-02-05 |
| 77. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
68.78 |
0.9606 |
-0.0963 |
203 |
1 |
68.78 |
2012-11-27 |
| 78. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
65.79 |
0.8986 |
-0.0744 |
363 |
1 |
65.79 |
2012-12-04 |
| 79. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
65.68 |
0.9737 |
-0.1486 |
237 |
1 |
65.68 |
2012-12-09 |
| 80. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
65.21 |
0.7852 |
0.0252 |
154 |
1 |
65.21 |
2012-11-26 |
| 81. |
Pulp: 1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. 2. A magaz... |
63.36 |
0.8843 |
-0.0854 |
168 |
1 |
63.36 |
2016-02-05 |
| 82. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
61.87 |
0.8787 |
-0.1062 |
443 |
1 |
61.87 |
2012-12-09 |
| 83. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
60.38 |
0.8718 |
-0.1186 |
318 |
1 |
60.38 |
2012-11-26 |
| 84. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
50.91 |
0.9880 |
-0.3551 |
199 |
1 |
50.91 |
2012-12-07 |
| 85. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
47.09 |
0.9070 |
-0.3221 |
192 |
1 |
47.09 |
2012-12-10 |
| 86. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
28.25 |
1.0188 |
-0.6613 |
316 |
1 |
28.25 |
2012-11-29 |