| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
What's the use you learning to do right when it's troublesom... |
169.17 |
1.1038 |
0.3036 |
139 |
1 |
169.17 |
2017-04-11 |
| 2. |
I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live i... |
159.20 |
1.1180 |
0.2068 |
144 |
1 |
159.20 |
2016-11-11 |
| 3. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
151.17 |
1.0714 |
0.1850 |
129 |
1 |
151.17 |
2010-10-31 |
| 4. |
Man, do not pride yourself on your superiority to the animal... |
150.19 |
1.0278 |
0.2219 |
257 |
1 |
150.19 |
2017-04-11 |
| 5. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
147.49 |
1.0669 |
0.1723 |
286 |
1 |
147.49 |
2024-01-29 |
| 6. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
144.68 |
1.1162 |
0.1037 |
189 |
1 |
144.68 |
2010-11-02 |
| 7. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
144.30 |
1.0016 |
0.1979 |
218 |
2 |
135.53 |
2011-05-24 |
| 8. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
143.42 |
1.0379 |
0.1698 |
245 |
1 |
143.42 |
2011-05-24 |
| 9. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
142.85 |
1.0521 |
0.1345 |
171 |
2 |
129.88 |
2011-06-18 |
| 10. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
142.69 |
1.0349 |
0.1511 |
234 |
1 |
142.69 |
2011-05-24 |
| 11. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
140.53 |
0.9266 |
0.2417 |
267 |
1 |
140.53 |
2016-11-11 |
| 12. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
140.24 |
1.0131 |
0.1527 |
225 |
1 |
140.24 |
2010-11-01 |
| 13. |
We've learned that the balance of nutrients in cow's milk do... |
138.51 |
1.0093 |
0.1437 |
396 |
1 |
138.51 |
2016-11-11 |
| 14. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
138.09 |
1.0719 |
0.0858 |
360 |
1 |
138.09 |
2016-11-11 |
| 15. |
Traumatized people so often keep repeating the same problems... |
137.72 |
1.0274 |
0.1193 |
275 |
1 |
137.72 |
2024-11-29 |
| 16. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
137.54 |
1.1016 |
0.0414 |
233 |
1 |
137.54 |
2010-10-31 |
| 17. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
135.80 |
0.9966 |
0.1323 |
259 |
2 |
132.66 |
2011-06-02 |
| 18. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
135.59 |
1.0799 |
0.0469 |
243 |
1 |
135.59 |
2013-04-06 |
| 19. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
135.25 |
1.0125 |
0.1115 |
224 |
1 |
135.25 |
2009-09-01 |
| 20. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
133.53 |
1.0053 |
0.1044 |
232 |
2 |
127.85 |
2010-10-31 |
| 21. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
133.26 |
1.0083 |
0.1166 |
273 |
1 |
133.26 |
2015-12-24 |
| 22. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
132.28 |
1.0565 |
0.0428 |
247 |
1 |
132.28 |
2010-11-01 |
| 23. |
Every time that I think I'm alone, and I can't find a word o... |
131.49 |
1.1034 |
-0.0098 |
292 |
1 |
131.49 |
2016-11-11 |
| 24. |
Yes, it was her he was looking at, and there was meaning in ... |
130.78 |
1.0815 |
0.0059 |
167 |
1 |
130.78 |
2017-04-11 |
| 25. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
130.36 |
1.0261 |
0.0571 |
273 |
1 |
130.36 |
2011-06-23 |
| 26. |
Moses supposes his toeses are roses, but Moses supposes erro... |
130.35 |
0.8808 |
0.2028 |
145 |
1 |
130.35 |
2017-06-18 |
| 27. |
Now the scandal and the light are to be distributed differen... |
129.64 |
0.9933 |
0.0859 |
215 |
1 |
129.64 |
2017-04-11 |
| 28. |
It was a strange feeling, holding the rifle. It somehow remo... |
129.30 |
1.0435 |
0.0326 |
441 |
1 |
129.30 |
2017-06-18 |
| 29. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
129.03 |
1.0787 |
-0.0067 |
237 |
3 |
121.12 |
2011-06-02 |
| 30. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
128.60 |
1.0740 |
0.0097 |
264 |
1 |
128.60 |
2017-04-11 |
| 31. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
128.07 |
1.0883 |
-0.0118 |
303 |
1 |
128.07 |
2016-11-11 |
| 32. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
127.90 |
0.9597 |
0.1038 |
347 |
3 |
115.36 |
2011-06-02 |
| 33. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
127.52 |
1.0165 |
0.0432 |
392 |
1 |
127.52 |
2009-09-01 |
| 34. |
You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world, but y... |
127.32 |
1.1478 |
-0.0893 |
97 |
1 |
127.32 |
2017-04-11 |
| 35. |
For a moment the last sunshine fell with romantic affection ... |
126.65 |
0.9907 |
0.0628 |
260 |
1 |
126.65 |
2017-04-11 |
| 36. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
126.63 |
0.9792 |
0.0877 |
265 |
1 |
126.63 |
2011-06-02 |
| 37. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
126.25 |
0.9376 |
0.1221 |
360 |
1 |
126.25 |
2016-11-11 |
| 38. |
We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in t... |
126.25 |
1.0202 |
0.0309 |
192 |
1 |
126.25 |
2016-11-11 |
| 39. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
126.17 |
1.0389 |
0.0094 |
318 |
1 |
126.17 |
2011-03-31 |
| 40. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
126.10 |
0.8890 |
0.1590 |
199 |
1 |
126.10 |
2013-04-06 |
| 41. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
126.09 |
1.0396 |
0.0081 |
149 |
1 |
126.09 |
2011-05-24 |
| 42. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
125.86 |
0.9464 |
0.1000 |
323 |
1 |
125.86 |
2011-05-16 |
| 43. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
125.70 |
1.0058 |
0.0436 |
411 |
1 |
125.70 |
2016-11-11 |
| 44. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
125.49 |
0.8553 |
0.1875 |
174 |
1 |
125.49 |
2016-11-11 |
| 45. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
125.22 |
0.9430 |
0.0975 |
211 |
2 |
119.13 |
2016-11-11 |
| 46. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
124.96 |
1.0124 |
0.0258 |
204 |
1 |
124.96 |
2016-11-11 |
| 47. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
124.92 |
1.0621 |
-0.0153 |
263 |
1 |
124.92 |
2024-01-29 |
| 48. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
124.59 |
1.0343 |
0.0179 |
242 |
1 |
124.59 |
2011-06-18 |
| 49. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
124.47 |
0.9651 |
0.0811 |
389 |
1 |
124.47 |
2010-10-31 |
| 50. |
Every magic trick consists of three parts, or acts. The firs... |
124.35 |
1.0245 |
0.0103 |
354 |
1 |
124.35 |
2016-11-11 |
| 51. |
My mom, especially, challenged us on everything. She'd use w... |
123.74 |
1.0249 |
0.0053 |
357 |
1 |
123.74 |
2017-04-11 |
| 52. |
The men in the room suddenly realized that they didn't want ... |
123.59 |
1.0319 |
-0.0036 |
215 |
1 |
123.59 |
2016-11-11 |
| 53. |
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give oth... |
123.19 |
1.0252 |
-0.0005 |
180 |
1 |
123.19 |
2017-04-11 |
| 54. |
But you know that when the truth is told, you can get what y... |
123.06 |
1.0502 |
-0.0264 |
196 |
1 |
123.06 |
2016-11-11 |
| 55. |
We live in an age when people do more writing than they have... |
122.84 |
1.0298 |
-0.0075 |
280 |
1 |
122.84 |
2024-11-29 |
| 56. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
122.76 |
1.0197 |
0.0002 |
226 |
1 |
122.76 |
2009-09-01 |
| 57. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
122.66 |
1.0496 |
-0.0304 |
314 |
1 |
122.66 |
2010-11-05 |
| 58. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
122.65 |
1.1022 |
-0.0693 |
259 |
1 |
122.65 |
2016-11-11 |
| 59. |
Yes, not only humans but also every other organism in the co... |
122.63 |
0.9948 |
0.0256 |
333 |
1 |
122.63 |
2016-11-11 |
| 60. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
122.45 |
0.9572 |
0.0751 |
376 |
1 |
122.45 |
2009-11-25 |
| 61. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
122.43 |
1.0316 |
-0.0144 |
333 |
3 |
107.26 |
2009-11-25 |
| 62. |
Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very ... |
121.95 |
1.0323 |
-0.0177 |
224 |
1 |
121.95 |
2017-04-11 |
| 63. |
I was standing all alone in the world outside. You were sear... |
121.87 |
1.0406 |
-0.0269 |
188 |
1 |
121.87 |
2017-04-11 |
| 64. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
121.84 |
1.0515 |
-0.0394 |
250 |
1 |
121.84 |
2010-11-01 |
| 65. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
121.73 |
0.9820 |
0.0299 |
274 |
1 |
121.73 |
2009-09-01 |
| 66. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
120.49 |
1.0033 |
-0.0026 |
189 |
1 |
120.49 |
2010-11-07 |
| 67. |
If the aliens came down today, what would they think, what w... |
120.42 |
1.0435 |
-0.0430 |
248 |
1 |
120.42 |
2024-11-29 |
| 68. |
Look, I understand too little too late. I realize there are ... |
120.40 |
1.0350 |
-0.0336 |
274 |
1 |
120.40 |
2024-11-29 |
| 69. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
120.34 |
0.9841 |
0.0158 |
334 |
1 |
120.34 |
2010-10-31 |
| 70. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
119.78 |
0.8602 |
0.1353 |
206 |
2 |
113.88 |
2017-06-18 |
| 71. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
119.60 |
1.0168 |
-0.0235 |
271 |
1 |
119.60 |
2010-11-01 |
| 72. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
119.50 |
0.9811 |
0.0113 |
272 |
1 |
119.50 |
2009-09-01 |
| 73. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
119.48 |
0.9583 |
0.0496 |
341 |
1 |
119.48 |
2010-11-01 |
| 74. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
119.06 |
1.0352 |
-0.0459 |
341 |
1 |
119.06 |
2009-11-25 |
| 75. |
The shearers' hut had bark walls and a tin roof. The floors ... |
118.76 |
0.9943 |
-0.0058 |
321 |
1 |
118.76 |
2016-11-11 |
| 76. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
118.63 |
0.9632 |
0.0232 |
392 |
1 |
118.63 |
2010-11-07 |
| 77. |
The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, ... |
118.51 |
1.0185 |
-0.0323 |
252 |
1 |
118.51 |
2017-04-11 |
| 78. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
118.45 |
0.9852 |
-0.0010 |
264 |
1 |
118.45 |
2009-09-01 |
| 79. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
118.08 |
0.9965 |
-0.0154 |
310 |
1 |
118.08 |
2009-09-01 |
| 80. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
117.95 |
1.0666 |
-0.0870 |
297 |
1 |
117.95 |
2010-10-31 |
| 81. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
117.61 |
1.0340 |
-0.0566 |
406 |
1 |
117.61 |
2009-09-01 |
| 82. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
117.43 |
0.8947 |
0.0817 |
366 |
1 |
117.43 |
2013-04-06 |
| 83. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
117.15 |
1.0797 |
-0.1068 |
210 |
1 |
117.15 |
2009-09-01 |
| 84. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
116.78 |
1.0201 |
-0.0500 |
172 |
2 |
114.92 |
2017-04-11 |
| 85. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
116.27 |
1.0506 |
-0.0733 |
277 |
1 |
116.27 |
2010-10-31 |
| 86. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
115.99 |
0.9846 |
-0.0209 |
281 |
1 |
115.99 |
2011-05-26 |
| 87. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
115.94 |
1.0696 |
-0.1069 |
226 |
1 |
115.94 |
2010-10-31 |
| 88. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
115.56 |
1.0167 |
-0.0564 |
378 |
1 |
115.56 |
2009-07-03 |
| 89. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
115.16 |
1.0062 |
-0.0494 |
288 |
1 |
115.16 |
2016-11-11 |
| 90. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
114.96 |
0.9785 |
-0.0231 |
335 |
1 |
114.96 |
2010-11-01 |
| 91. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
114.96 |
0.8878 |
0.0676 |
346 |
1 |
114.96 |
2011-06-02 |
| 92. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
114.95 |
0.9330 |
0.0222 |
360 |
1 |
114.95 |
2016-11-11 |
| 93. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
114.41 |
1.0138 |
-0.0632 |
231 |
1 |
114.41 |
2010-10-31 |
| 94. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
113.90 |
1.0042 |
-0.0456 |
352 |
1 |
113.90 |
2010-10-31 |
| 95. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
113.58 |
1.0463 |
-0.1033 |
182 |
1 |
113.58 |
2010-10-31 |
| 96. |
Ultimately, this is not about solving your problems. It's ab... |
113.56 |
1.0604 |
-0.1046 |
260 |
1 |
113.56 |
2015-12-24 |
| 97. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
113.45 |
0.9871 |
-0.0361 |
227 |
1 |
113.45 |
2013-04-06 |
| 98. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
113.03 |
0.9941 |
-0.0553 |
217 |
1 |
113.03 |
2009-09-01 |
| 99. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
112.90 |
0.9843 |
-0.0469 |
234 |
1 |
112.90 |
2016-11-11 |
| 100. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
112.84 |
0.9863 |
-0.0489 |
339 |
1 |
112.84 |
2009-09-01 |
| 101. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
112.80 |
1.0252 |
-0.0886 |
176 |
1 |
112.80 |
2010-10-31 |
| 102. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
112.71 |
1.0677 |
-0.1196 |
284 |
1 |
112.71 |
2010-10-31 |
| 103. |
I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the sens... |
112.33 |
1.0084 |
-0.0743 |
214 |
1 |
112.33 |
2017-04-11 |
| 104. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
111.66 |
0.9309 |
-0.0035 |
284 |
1 |
111.66 |
2009-07-03 |
| 105. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
111.63 |
0.9125 |
0.0150 |
308 |
2 |
111.16 |
2010-11-05 |
| 106. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. The work was generall... |
111.40 |
0.9746 |
-0.0434 |
405 |
1 |
111.40 |
2011-05-16 |
| 107. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
110.83 |
0.9351 |
-0.0144 |
190 |
1 |
110.83 |
2009-09-01 |
| 108. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
110.64 |
0.9508 |
-0.0226 |
384 |
1 |
110.64 |
2010-10-31 |
| 109. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
110.57 |
1.0358 |
-0.1044 |
349 |
1 |
110.57 |
2010-11-05 |
| 110. |
The idea of "Mr. Right" has been passed down over the genera... |
110.38 |
0.9671 |
-0.0451 |
379 |
1 |
110.38 |
2009-09-01 |
| 111. |
Is that what your little note says? It must be hard living y... |
110.12 |
1.0104 |
-0.0942 |
201 |
1 |
110.12 |
2024-11-29 |
| 112. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
109.88 |
0.9844 |
-0.0717 |
293 |
1 |
109.88 |
2011-06-02 |
| 113. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
109.22 |
0.9372 |
-0.0292 |
320 |
1 |
109.22 |
2009-09-01 |
| 114. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
109.09 |
0.9912 |
-0.0736 |
237 |
1 |
109.09 |
2010-10-31 |
| 115. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
108.70 |
0.9670 |
-0.0482 |
307 |
1 |
108.70 |
2010-10-31 |
| 116. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
108.58 |
0.9997 |
-0.0975 |
382 |
1 |
108.58 |
2010-11-05 |
| 117. |
The man that I named The Giver passed along to the boy knowl... |
108.11 |
0.9699 |
-0.0713 |
407 |
1 |
108.11 |
2024-11-29 |
| 118. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
108.10 |
1.0390 |
-0.1420 |
205 |
1 |
108.10 |
2010-10-31 |
| 119. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
107.37 |
0.9726 |
-0.0805 |
154 |
1 |
107.37 |
2009-09-01 |
| 120. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
107.05 |
1.0523 |
-0.1634 |
256 |
2 |
100.23 |
2009-09-01 |
| 121. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
106.85 |
0.9965 |
-0.1092 |
168 |
1 |
106.85 |
2010-10-31 |
| 122. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
106.74 |
0.8919 |
-0.0052 |
205 |
1 |
106.74 |
2016-11-11 |
| 123. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
106.15 |
0.9994 |
-0.1062 |
269 |
1 |
106.15 |
2010-10-31 |
| 124. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
106.15 |
0.9649 |
-0.0832 |
193 |
1 |
106.15 |
2009-09-01 |
| 125. |
I walked awhile among the rocks: the sky was perfectly clear... |
105.52 |
1.0159 |
-0.1381 |
256 |
1 |
105.52 |
2017-04-11 |
| 126. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
104.67 |
1.0768 |
-0.1916 |
295 |
2 |
101.60 |
2009-11-25 |
| 127. |
If someone gives you an opinion and says, "Hey, you look so ... |
104.32 |
1.0068 |
-0.1392 |
312 |
1 |
104.32 |
2016-11-11 |
| 128. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
103.90 |
0.8722 |
-0.0087 |
285 |
1 |
103.90 |
2009-09-01 |
| 129. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
103.52 |
1.0483 |
-0.1890 |
227 |
1 |
103.52 |
2009-09-01 |
| 130. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
103.21 |
1.0211 |
-0.1511 |
213 |
1 |
103.21 |
2016-11-11 |
| 131. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
102.91 |
0.9756 |
-0.1212 |
229 |
1 |
102.91 |
2009-07-03 |
| 132. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
98.09 |
0.9734 |
-0.1590 |
289 |
1 |
98.09 |
2009-09-01 |
| 133. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
96.50 |
1.0099 |
-0.2091 |
207 |
1 |
96.50 |
2009-09-01 |
| 134. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
95.94 |
0.8956 |
-0.0986 |
322 |
1 |
95.94 |
2009-09-01 |
| 135. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
93.64 |
0.8933 |
-0.1154 |
363 |
1 |
93.64 |
2009-11-25 |
| 136. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
92.06 |
0.9636 |
-0.1995 |
254 |
1 |
92.06 |
2009-07-03 |
| 137. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
88.67 |
0.9578 |
-0.2215 |
281 |
1 |
88.67 |
2009-07-03 |
| 138. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
86.59 |
1.0391 |
-0.3203 |
358 |
1 |
86.59 |
2009-09-01 |
| 139. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
86.37 |
0.9485 |
-0.2312 |
236 |
1 |
86.37 |
2009-11-25 |
| 140. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
83.24 |
0.9529 |
-0.2468 |
269 |
1 |
83.24 |
2009-11-25 |