| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
That's the engineer of the Excess Express. Talk about a drea... |
150.72 |
0.9065 |
0.4576 |
235 |
1 |
150.72 |
2017-12-03 |
| 2. |
Under the lights when everything goes. Nowhere to hide when ... |
147.16 |
1.0686 |
0.2916 |
119 |
1 |
147.16 |
2017-12-02 |
| 3. |
Titanium was discovered in 1790 but not purified until the e... |
143.29 |
0.8796 |
0.4288 |
309 |
1 |
143.29 |
2017-12-01 |
| 4. |
They got an apartment with deep pile carpet and a couple of ... |
142.23 |
1.0440 |
0.2724 |
254 |
1 |
142.23 |
2017-12-03 |
| 5. |
You know, certain words and phrases just keep drifting throu... |
136.38 |
0.9001 |
0.3280 |
310 |
1 |
136.38 |
2017-11-27 |
| 6. |
My name is Harvey Pekar - that's an unusual name - Harvey Pe... |
134.51 |
0.8923 |
0.3233 |
246 |
1 |
134.51 |
2018-05-30 |
| 7. |
I turned back, and perceived a vast opaque body between me a... |
133.74 |
0.9923 |
0.2502 |
308 |
1 |
133.74 |
2018-01-08 |
| 8. |
I can't believe the things I see. The path that I have chose... |
132.05 |
1.1127 |
0.1066 |
164 |
1 |
132.05 |
2017-12-03 |
| 9. |
He is in great fear, not knowing what mighty one may suddenl... |
131.99 |
1.0612 |
0.1613 |
359 |
1 |
131.99 |
2017-11-27 |
| 10. |
I can't believe I'm crying already. Sometimes I think people... |
130.95 |
0.9124 |
0.2721 |
366 |
1 |
130.95 |
2018-01-06 |
| 11. |
No, you're not. You don't know how to drink. Your whole gene... |
130.85 |
0.9604 |
0.2132 |
255 |
1 |
130.85 |
2017-11-04 |
| 12. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
129.39 |
1.0498 |
0.1412 |
180 |
1 |
129.39 |
2017-11-18 |
| 13. |
They just use your mind and they never give you credit. It's... |
129.17 |
1.0401 |
0.1538 |
293 |
1 |
129.17 |
2017-11-27 |
| 14. |
I would wear the blue overalls of the fieldworker and often ... |
126.13 |
0.9306 |
0.2455 |
284 |
1 |
126.13 |
2017-11-11 |
| 15. |
If I fling one bag of trash out of my car window and onto th... |
125.68 |
1.0249 |
0.1422 |
193 |
1 |
125.68 |
2017-10-29 |
| 16. |
Ingratitude is amongst them a capital crime, as we read it t... |
124.68 |
1.0041 |
0.1594 |
310 |
1 |
124.68 |
2017-11-18 |
| 17. |
I learned to write because I am one of those people who some... |
124.46 |
1.1118 |
0.0464 |
210 |
1 |
124.46 |
2017-11-27 |
| 18. |
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are... |
124.28 |
0.9185 |
0.2336 |
199 |
1 |
124.28 |
2017-10-28 |
| 19. |
You should have acted. They're already here. The Elder Scrol... |
123.44 |
0.9289 |
0.1938 |
316 |
1 |
123.44 |
2017-11-07 |
| 20. |
This mystery of use without consumption, of warmth without c... |
122.69 |
1.0064 |
0.1351 |
275 |
1 |
122.69 |
2017-11-07 |
| 21. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
122.38 |
0.9871 |
0.1655 |
227 |
1 |
122.38 |
2017-11-27 |
| 22. |
If our civilization goes the way of the dodo and the remnant... |
122.05 |
0.9688 |
0.1669 |
305 |
1 |
122.05 |
2017-11-07 |
| 23. |
Don't bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everythin... |
122.01 |
0.9895 |
0.1259 |
240 |
2 |
110.29 |
2017-10-28 |
| 24. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
121.84 |
1.0016 |
0.1192 |
218 |
1 |
121.84 |
2017-10-31 |
| 25. |
In the not too distant future, next Sunday AD, there was a g... |
121.50 |
0.9480 |
0.1500 |
277 |
1 |
121.50 |
2017-11-27 |
| 26. |
What I want you to be - I don't mean physically but morally,... |
119.41 |
1.0007 |
0.1084 |
389 |
1 |
119.41 |
2017-11-07 |
| 27. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
119.28 |
0.9023 |
0.2420 |
231 |
1 |
119.28 |
2017-10-28 |
| 28. |
For this is what it means to be a king: to be first in every... |
118.77 |
1.0271 |
0.0752 |
276 |
1 |
118.77 |
2017-11-04 |
| 29. |
If I ruled the world every day would be the first day of spr... |
118.59 |
1.0646 |
0.0313 |
316 |
1 |
118.59 |
2018-01-05 |
| 30. |
Look at you. You used to be so cocky. You were going to go o... |
117.86 |
0.8749 |
0.1918 |
381 |
1 |
117.86 |
2017-10-28 |
| 31. |
I'm not fighting because of my feelings of debt or obligatio... |
115.08 |
0.9712 |
0.0777 |
692 |
1 |
115.08 |
2017-11-07 |
| 32. |
Most Americans do not own passports. They're not a naturally... |
114.19 |
0.9209 |
0.1105 |
404 |
1 |
114.19 |
2017-11-04 |
| 33. |
O say can you see, by the dawn's early light, what so proudl... |
113.04 |
0.9305 |
0.0944 |
442 |
1 |
113.04 |
2017-10-28 |
| 34. |
The pig-run kept close to the jumble of rocks that lay down ... |
112.91 |
0.9909 |
0.0393 |
585 |
1 |
112.91 |
2017-10-28 |
| 35. |
Sprawling on the fringes of the city in geometric order. An ... |
111.54 |
0.9053 |
0.1056 |
316 |
1 |
111.54 |
2017-10-28 |
| 36. |
And all the time - such is the tragi-comedy of our situation... |
111.38 |
0.9193 |
0.0929 |
519 |
1 |
111.38 |
2017-10-28 |
| 37. |
And I have one of those very loud, stupid laughs. I mean if ... |
111.38 |
1.0250 |
0.0046 |
167 |
1 |
111.38 |
2017-11-07 |
| 38. |
A gardener told me some plants move, but I could not believe... |
111.26 |
0.9307 |
0.0723 |
341 |
1 |
111.26 |
2017-10-28 |
| 39. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
110.53 |
0.9601 |
0.0644 |
308 |
1 |
110.53 |
2017-10-28 |
| 40. |
What you need to learn, children, is the difference between ... |
110.49 |
1.1081 |
-0.0831 |
167 |
1 |
110.49 |
2017-10-28 |
| 41. |
I don't know if I will have the time to write any more lette... |
109.96 |
1.0838 |
-0.0620 |
374 |
1 |
109.96 |
2017-11-07 |
| 42. |
Take a drink, my friend, and say what you have in your heart... |
108.81 |
1.0294 |
-0.0265 |
152 |
1 |
108.81 |
2017-10-28 |
| 43. |
Always seems to me you only see what people want you to see.... |
108.78 |
1.0417 |
-0.0391 |
171 |
1 |
108.78 |
2017-10-28 |
| 44. |
Love can touch us one time and last for a lifetime and never... |
108.16 |
1.0994 |
-0.0967 |
164 |
1 |
108.16 |
2017-10-28 |
| 45. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
108.11 |
0.9278 |
0.0720 |
295 |
1 |
108.11 |
2017-10-28 |
| 46. |
What would you think if I sang out of tune? Would you stand ... |
105.55 |
1.0208 |
-0.0516 |
210 |
1 |
105.55 |
2017-10-28 |
| 47. |
I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won'... |
104.68 |
1.1126 |
-0.1372 |
295 |
1 |
104.68 |
2017-10-28 |
| 48. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
104.33 |
1.0521 |
-0.0951 |
171 |
1 |
104.33 |
2017-10-28 |
| 49. |
You are what you are and you are where you are because of wh... |
103.87 |
1.1823 |
-0.2262 |
178 |
1 |
103.87 |
2018-01-10 |
| 50. |
No matter where you stand on the long path, right now, try v... |
102.96 |
1.1481 |
-0.2068 |
110 |
1 |
102.96 |
2017-10-23 |
| 51. |
Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will b... |
102.21 |
1.0444 |
-0.0941 |
186 |
1 |
102.21 |
2017-10-31 |
| 52. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
101.62 |
1.0445 |
-0.1069 |
373 |
1 |
101.62 |
2017-10-23 |
| 53. |
I hate nice girls. If they so much as say hello, it stays on... |
101.41 |
1.0263 |
-0.0882 |
276 |
1 |
101.41 |
2017-10-23 |
| 54. |
Formerly, when I would feel a desire to understand someone, ... |
101.36 |
1.0642 |
-0.1264 |
213 |
1 |
101.36 |
2017-10-28 |
| 55. |
We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who b... |
100.24 |
1.0017 |
-0.0682 |
157 |
1 |
100.24 |
2017-10-28 |
| 56. |
We hold our rifles in missing hands. We stand tall on missin... |
100.06 |
1.0026 |
-0.0744 |
256 |
1 |
100.06 |
2017-10-23 |
| 57. |
I'd ask you about love, you'd probably quote me a sonnet. Bu... |
99.96 |
1.0086 |
-0.0909 |
224 |
1 |
99.96 |
2017-10-28 |
| 58. |
Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the abi... |
99.86 |
1.0651 |
-0.1462 |
314 |
1 |
99.86 |
2017-10-28 |
| 59. |
They wanted me to build them a bomb so I took their plutoniu... |
99.11 |
0.9511 |
-0.0680 |
208 |
1 |
99.11 |
2017-10-23 |
| 60. |
Sometimes you are too ashamed to leave. That was true now. A... |
98.97 |
1.0636 |
-0.1521 |
146 |
1 |
98.97 |
2017-10-23 |
| 61. |
I hope you realize I'm holding you personally responsible fo... |
98.36 |
0.9709 |
-0.0944 |
217 |
1 |
98.36 |
2017-10-28 |
| 62. |
If we were left solely to the wordy wit of legislators in Co... |
97.63 |
0.9683 |
-0.0923 |
227 |
1 |
97.63 |
2017-10-28 |
| 63. |
It's sometimes quite astonishing that a single, average life... |
97.54 |
1.0347 |
-0.1306 |
162 |
1 |
97.54 |
2017-10-28 |
| 64. |
The observed brightness of a Lambertian surface may be writt... |
97.52 |
0.9478 |
-0.0670 |
324 |
1 |
97.52 |
2017-10-23 |
| 65. |
I sense that a mighty evil force guides the wizard's actions... |
97.30 |
0.9367 |
-0.0560 |
474 |
1 |
97.30 |
2017-10-28 |
| 66. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
97.20 |
1.0034 |
-0.1098 |
302 |
1 |
97.20 |
2017-10-28 |
| 67. |
Everyone wants stuff. We wake up every day with a list of wi... |
97.12 |
1.0904 |
-0.1912 |
213 |
1 |
97.12 |
2017-10-28 |
| 68. |
This gentleman has been standing alone against us. Now, he d... |
96.44 |
0.9491 |
-0.0902 |
351 |
1 |
96.44 |
2017-10-23 |
| 69. |
I must have left my house at eight because I always do. My t... |
96.25 |
1.0303 |
-0.1477 |
234 |
1 |
96.25 |
2017-10-23 |
| 70. |
I feel sorry for you. What it must feel like to want to pull... |
95.76 |
0.9644 |
-0.1126 |
271 |
1 |
95.76 |
2017-10-28 |
| 71. |
Ever since the dawn of civilization, people have not been co... |
95.37 |
0.9758 |
-0.1136 |
428 |
1 |
95.37 |
2017-10-28 |
| 72. |
You have two choices: you can keep running and hiding and bl... |
95.25 |
1.0660 |
-0.1899 |
164 |
1 |
95.25 |
2017-10-28 |
| 73. |
Running was always a big thing in our family, specially runn... |
95.15 |
1.0110 |
-0.1256 |
363 |
1 |
95.15 |
2017-10-23 |
| 74. |
Her eyes, like windows, trickle in rain upon the pain gettin... |
94.92 |
1.0446 |
-0.1694 |
217 |
1 |
94.92 |
2017-10-23 |
| 75. |
Listen up, maggots. You are not special. You are not a beaut... |
94.82 |
0.9654 |
-0.0907 |
145 |
1 |
94.82 |
2017-10-28 |
| 76. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
94.81 |
0.8916 |
-0.0183 |
216 |
1 |
94.81 |
2017-10-28 |
| 77. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
94.61 |
0.8956 |
-0.0200 |
322 |
1 |
94.61 |
2017-10-28 |
| 78. |
I still want to smack him. Or remind him that the last trans... |
94.58 |
1.0274 |
-0.1584 |
202 |
1 |
94.58 |
2017-10-28 |
| 79. |
Here comes the rain again, falling from the stars. Drenched ... |
94.53 |
1.0176 |
-0.1466 |
180 |
1 |
94.53 |
2017-10-22 |
| 80. |
And now the end is near, and so I face the final curtain. My... |
93.54 |
1.0281 |
-0.1694 |
242 |
1 |
93.54 |
2017-10-22 |
| 81. |
I have never done a day's work in my life - honest or dishon... |
93.54 |
0.9581 |
-0.0935 |
196 |
1 |
93.54 |
2017-10-28 |
| 82. |
There are but two types of men who desire war: those who hav... |
93.48 |
1.0679 |
-0.2004 |
256 |
1 |
93.48 |
2017-10-28 |
| 83. |
Today I don't feel like doing anything. I just wanna lay in ... |
93.34 |
0.9821 |
-0.1321 |
180 |
1 |
93.34 |
2017-10-23 |
| 84. |
We just don't recognize life's most significant moments whil... |
93.18 |
0.9260 |
-0.1110 |
173 |
1 |
93.18 |
2017-10-28 |
| 85. |
How can you see into my eyes like open doors leading you dow... |
92.97 |
1.0585 |
-0.1986 |
199 |
1 |
92.97 |
2017-10-28 |
| 86. |
Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ev... |
92.28 |
0.9909 |
-0.1311 |
263 |
1 |
92.28 |
2017-10-22 |
| 87. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
91.64 |
1.0213 |
-0.1811 |
240 |
1 |
91.64 |
2017-10-23 |
| 88. |
I know what you think it means, sonny. To me, it's just a ma... |
91.52 |
0.9813 |
-0.1372 |
225 |
1 |
91.52 |
2017-10-28 |
| 89. |
A man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say... |
91.45 |
0.9165 |
-0.1026 |
159 |
1 |
91.45 |
2017-10-28 |
| 90. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
91.27 |
0.9342 |
-0.0909 |
434 |
1 |
91.27 |
2017-10-23 |
| 91. |
The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, arde... |
90.97 |
1.0330 |
-0.1939 |
252 |
1 |
90.97 |
2017-10-23 |
| 92. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
90.96 |
0.9785 |
-0.1384 |
335 |
1 |
90.96 |
2017-10-23 |
| 93. |
The bunk house was a long, rectangular building. Inside, the... |
90.86 |
0.9634 |
-0.1346 |
655 |
1 |
90.86 |
2017-10-28 |
| 94. |
You'll never have that kind of relationship in a world where... |
90.82 |
1.0813 |
-0.2425 |
166 |
1 |
90.82 |
2017-10-28 |
| 95. |
We're so glad to see so many of you lovely people here tonig... |
90.60 |
0.9474 |
-0.1314 |
468 |
1 |
90.60 |
2017-10-27 |
| 96. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
90.16 |
0.9937 |
-0.1393 |
429 |
1 |
90.16 |
2017-10-23 |
| 97. |
My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer, and... |
89.95 |
0.9558 |
-0.1363 |
195 |
1 |
89.95 |
2017-10-22 |
| 98. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
89.93 |
1.0441 |
-0.2154 |
252 |
1 |
89.93 |
2017-10-23 |
| 99. |
To the extent that experience is the sum of our memories and... |
89.12 |
1.0882 |
-0.2673 |
191 |
1 |
89.12 |
2017-10-23 |
| 100. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
88.88 |
0.9567 |
-0.1395 |
273 |
1 |
88.88 |
2017-10-22 |
| 101. |
People say these things because everyone holds fond memories... |
88.10 |
1.0218 |
-0.2054 |
290 |
1 |
88.10 |
2017-10-28 |
| 102. |
William Shakespeare did not exist. His plays were mastermind... |
87.27 |
0.8008 |
-0.0163 |
143 |
1 |
87.27 |
2017-10-23 |
| 103. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
86.67 |
1.0117 |
-0.1700 |
297 |
1 |
86.67 |
2017-10-23 |
| 104. |
I've been driving this route for 15 years. I've brought 'em ... |
84.11 |
0.9691 |
-0.2225 |
450 |
1 |
84.11 |
2017-10-28 |