| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
111.68 |
1.0524 |
0.2297 |
177 |
1 |
111.68 |
2013-10-27 |
| 2. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
110.84 |
1.0640 |
0.2161 |
210 |
1 |
110.84 |
2013-11-03 |
| 3. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
108.05 |
1.0792 |
0.1677 |
251 |
3 |
96.09 |
2013-12-02 |
| 4. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
107.68 |
1.0511 |
0.1884 |
252 |
1 |
107.68 |
2014-02-13 |
| 5. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
107.34 |
1.0529 |
0.1835 |
373 |
1 |
107.34 |
2013-11-28 |
| 6. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
107.01 |
1.0195 |
0.2169 |
239 |
1 |
107.01 |
2014-02-12 |
| 7. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
106.52 |
1.1062 |
0.1201 |
200 |
1 |
106.52 |
2014-02-13 |
| 8. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
106.18 |
1.0227 |
0.2038 |
378 |
1 |
106.18 |
2013-11-03 |
| 9. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
105.80 |
1.0743 |
0.1428 |
297 |
2 |
99.30 |
2013-11-03 |
| 10. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
103.99 |
1.1198 |
0.0743 |
247 |
1 |
103.99 |
2013-11-03 |
| 11. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
103.88 |
1.0639 |
0.1310 |
303 |
1 |
103.88 |
2013-11-09 |
| 12. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
102.91 |
1.0777 |
0.1028 |
226 |
2 |
99.07 |
2014-02-23 |
| 13. |
There are perhaps twenty regular posters on the forum, and s... |
102.03 |
1.0520 |
0.1329 |
392 |
2 |
100.78 |
2014-02-13 |
| 14. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
101.13 |
1.0600 |
0.1024 |
351 |
1 |
101.13 |
2013-12-06 |
| 15. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
99.60 |
1.0287 |
0.1146 |
269 |
2 |
91.27 |
2014-02-13 |
| 16. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
99.54 |
1.0543 |
0.0917 |
360 |
1 |
99.54 |
2013-12-12 |
| 17. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
98.10 |
1.0268 |
0.0934 |
179 |
1 |
98.10 |
2013-12-06 |
| 18. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
97.80 |
1.0836 |
0.0434 |
206 |
1 |
97.80 |
2014-02-12 |
| 19. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
96.71 |
0.9632 |
0.1490 |
287 |
2 |
88.71 |
2014-01-09 |
| 20. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
96.45 |
1.0135 |
0.0978 |
358 |
1 |
96.45 |
2014-02-23 |
| 21. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
95.65 |
1.0192 |
0.0849 |
243 |
1 |
95.65 |
2013-10-24 |
| 22. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
95.29 |
1.0501 |
0.0452 |
263 |
1 |
95.29 |
2014-03-13 |
| 23. |
Right, I am going to tell you how this works. You're going i... |
95.28 |
1.0444 |
0.0633 |
487 |
1 |
95.28 |
2013-11-03 |
| 24. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
95.16 |
0.9339 |
0.1650 |
317 |
1 |
95.16 |
2013-12-06 |
| 25. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
95.12 |
1.0042 |
0.0847 |
168 |
1 |
95.12 |
2013-11-03 |
| 26. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
94.65 |
1.0341 |
0.0525 |
273 |
1 |
94.65 |
2014-02-13 |
| 27. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
93.98 |
1.0020 |
0.0896 |
411 |
1 |
93.98 |
2014-02-13 |
| 28. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
93.62 |
1.0412 |
0.0391 |
205 |
2 |
90.61 |
2013-11-09 |
| 29. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
93.19 |
1.0471 |
0.0355 |
406 |
1 |
93.19 |
2014-02-13 |
| 30. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
93.08 |
1.0234 |
0.0498 |
392 |
2 |
93.02 |
2013-12-02 |
| 31. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
93.00 |
1.0672 |
-0.0002 |
239 |
1 |
93.00 |
2014-02-13 |
| 32. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
92.83 |
1.0264 |
0.0356 |
191 |
1 |
92.83 |
2013-11-03 |
| 33. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
92.33 |
1.0333 |
0.0220 |
176 |
1 |
92.33 |
2013-11-03 |
| 34. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
92.12 |
0.9574 |
0.1038 |
354 |
1 |
92.12 |
2013-12-06 |
| 35. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
91.99 |
1.0638 |
-0.0093 |
247 |
1 |
91.99 |
2014-02-23 |
| 36. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
91.84 |
0.9827 |
0.0730 |
314 |
1 |
91.84 |
2013-11-09 |
| 37. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
91.66 |
0.9915 |
0.0603 |
281 |
2 |
88.02 |
2013-10-24 |
| 38. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
91.49 |
1.0194 |
0.0292 |
224 |
1 |
91.49 |
2014-02-23 |
| 39. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
91.32 |
1.0408 |
0.0154 |
257 |
1 |
91.32 |
2013-12-02 |
| 40. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
91.29 |
1.0507 |
0.0031 |
253 |
1 |
91.29 |
2013-11-03 |
| 41. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
91.26 |
1.0800 |
-0.0389 |
129 |
1 |
91.26 |
2013-11-09 |
| 42. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
90.96 |
1.0115 |
0.0279 |
189 |
2 |
79.75 |
2013-12-06 |
| 43. |
How do I live without the ones I love? Time still turns the ... |
90.80 |
1.0471 |
-0.0120 |
170 |
2 |
85.59 |
2014-02-23 |
| 44. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
90.78 |
0.9636 |
0.0775 |
281 |
2 |
74.21 |
2013-12-06 |
| 45. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
90.73 |
0.9839 |
0.0578 |
308 |
1 |
90.73 |
2013-11-09 |
| 46. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
90.18 |
1.0607 |
-0.0223 |
357 |
1 |
90.18 |
2013-10-24 |
| 47. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
90.15 |
1.0010 |
0.0381 |
213 |
1 |
90.15 |
2014-02-13 |
| 48. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
90.04 |
0.9844 |
0.0617 |
351 |
1 |
90.04 |
2013-11-28 |
| 49. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
89.38 |
1.0466 |
-0.0207 |
230 |
1 |
89.38 |
2013-11-09 |
| 50. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
88.77 |
0.9807 |
0.0270 |
129 |
1 |
88.77 |
2013-11-03 |
| 51. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
88.29 |
0.9909 |
0.0275 |
293 |
2 |
80.47 |
2014-02-13 |
| 52. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
87.98 |
1.0411 |
-0.0291 |
341 |
1 |
87.98 |
2013-11-03 |
| 53. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
87.71 |
0.9885 |
0.0186 |
355 |
1 |
87.71 |
2013-12-06 |
| 54. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
87.26 |
1.1138 |
-0.1034 |
341 |
1 |
87.26 |
2013-11-28 |
| 55. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
87.12 |
1.0189 |
-0.0193 |
290 |
1 |
87.12 |
2013-11-03 |
| 56. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
87.12 |
0.9346 |
0.0627 |
211 |
3 |
75.11 |
2013-11-03 |
| 57. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
86.47 |
0.9935 |
0.0014 |
217 |
1 |
86.47 |
2014-02-13 |
| 58. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
86.02 |
1.0036 |
-0.0151 |
277 |
1 |
86.02 |
2013-11-28 |
| 59. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
85.61 |
0.9468 |
0.0358 |
318 |
1 |
85.61 |
2013-10-24 |
| 60. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
85.43 |
1.0426 |
-0.0659 |
131 |
1 |
85.43 |
2013-10-24 |
| 61. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
85.22 |
1.0432 |
-0.0643 |
276 |
1 |
85.22 |
2014-02-23 |
| 62. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
84.77 |
0.9974 |
-0.0282 |
163 |
1 |
84.77 |
2013-11-09 |
| 63. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
84.76 |
0.9985 |
-0.0132 |
392 |
1 |
84.76 |
2013-11-28 |
| 64. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
84.38 |
1.0601 |
-0.0947 |
256 |
2 |
83.57 |
2013-11-03 |
| 65. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
84.31 |
0.9922 |
-0.0238 |
264 |
1 |
84.31 |
2013-11-09 |
| 66. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
84.30 |
0.9403 |
0.0361 |
307 |
1 |
84.30 |
2013-10-24 |
| 67. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
83.65 |
1.0304 |
-0.0666 |
257 |
1 |
83.65 |
2013-12-12 |
| 68. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
83.60 |
0.9027 |
0.0534 |
189 |
1 |
83.60 |
2014-02-23 |
| 69. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
83.60 |
0.9761 |
-0.0120 |
227 |
1 |
83.60 |
2013-11-28 |
| 70. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
83.39 |
0.9987 |
-0.0372 |
236 |
1 |
83.39 |
2013-10-27 |
| 71. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
82.88 |
0.9820 |
-0.0223 |
297 |
2 |
80.11 |
2013-11-28 |
| 72. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
82.69 |
0.9299 |
0.0108 |
168 |
1 |
82.69 |
2013-11-03 |
| 73. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
82.52 |
1.0543 |
-0.1063 |
233 |
1 |
82.52 |
2013-10-24 |
| 74. |
In most cases, there is more to be gained by maximizing the ... |
82.51 |
1.0665 |
-0.1253 |
196 |
1 |
82.51 |
2013-10-24 |
| 75. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
81.71 |
1.0538 |
-0.1038 |
367 |
1 |
81.71 |
2014-02-13 |
| 76. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
81.46 |
1.0615 |
-0.1297 |
201 |
1 |
81.46 |
2014-02-12 |
| 77. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
81.36 |
0.9101 |
0.0275 |
351 |
1 |
81.36 |
2014-02-13 |
| 78. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
80.64 |
0.9673 |
-0.0380 |
393 |
1 |
80.64 |
2013-11-03 |
| 79. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
80.12 |
0.8328 |
0.0902 |
343 |
1 |
80.12 |
2013-12-12 |
| 80. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
79.98 |
1.0654 |
-0.1501 |
247 |
1 |
79.98 |
2013-10-24 |
| 81. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
79.56 |
1.0074 |
-0.0805 |
410 |
1 |
79.56 |
2013-10-24 |
| 82. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
79.35 |
0.9866 |
-0.0757 |
308 |
1 |
79.35 |
2013-11-28 |
| 83. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
79.32 |
0.8981 |
0.0207 |
255 |
2 |
70.44 |
2014-02-13 |
| 84. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
79.27 |
1.0144 |
-0.1038 |
162 |
2 |
78.21 |
2013-11-28 |
| 85. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
79.07 |
0.9658 |
-0.0549 |
308 |
1 |
79.07 |
2014-02-23 |
| 86. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
78.90 |
0.9719 |
-0.0594 |
383 |
1 |
78.90 |
2013-10-24 |
| 87. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
78.88 |
1.0667 |
-0.1513 |
308 |
1 |
78.88 |
2013-10-27 |
| 88. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
78.18 |
0.8986 |
0.0034 |
363 |
1 |
78.18 |
2013-11-28 |
| 89. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
77.86 |
1.0543 |
-0.1643 |
182 |
1 |
77.86 |
2013-12-02 |
| 90. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
76.41 |
1.0086 |
-0.1364 |
218 |
1 |
76.41 |
2013-11-09 |
| 91. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
76.40 |
0.9329 |
-0.0421 |
345 |
1 |
76.40 |
2013-10-24 |
| 92. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
75.67 |
0.9330 |
-0.0533 |
341 |
1 |
75.67 |
2014-02-23 |
| 93. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
75.52 |
0.9726 |
-0.1012 |
396 |
1 |
75.52 |
2013-11-03 |
| 94. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
75.44 |
0.8986 |
-0.0350 |
205 |
1 |
75.44 |
2014-02-13 |
| 95. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
75.36 |
0.9817 |
-0.1119 |
304 |
1 |
75.36 |
2014-02-23 |
| 96. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
73.51 |
0.9332 |
-0.0902 |
267 |
1 |
73.51 |
2013-10-24 |
| 97. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
73.38 |
0.9841 |
-0.1312 |
325 |
1 |
73.38 |
2014-02-23 |
| 98. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
71.64 |
0.9113 |
-0.0835 |
318 |
1 |
71.64 |
2013-12-02 |
| 99. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
71.27 |
0.8624 |
-0.0500 |
174 |
1 |
71.27 |
2013-10-24 |
| 100. |
Buddhism addresses two major types of meditation. Vipassana ... |
71.26 |
0.8992 |
-0.0702 |
320 |
1 |
71.26 |
2013-10-24 |
| 101. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
70.46 |
0.9523 |
-0.1329 |
576 |
1 |
70.46 |
2014-02-12 |
| 102. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
70.43 |
0.9698 |
-0.1574 |
389 |
1 |
70.43 |
2013-10-24 |
| 103. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
68.98 |
0.8955 |
-0.0948 |
436 |
1 |
68.98 |
2014-02-27 |
| 104. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
66.45 |
1.0362 |
-0.2685 |
437 |
1 |
66.45 |
2013-11-28 |
| 105. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
66.13 |
0.8721 |
-0.1084 |
231 |
1 |
66.13 |
2014-02-23 |
| 106. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
64.86 |
1.0125 |
-0.2709 |
232 |
1 |
64.86 |
2013-11-03 |
| 107. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
64.29 |
0.9404 |
-0.1944 |
383 |
1 |
64.29 |
2013-10-24 |
| 108. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
62.85 |
0.9128 |
-0.1957 |
237 |
1 |
62.85 |
2014-02-13 |
| 109. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
62.63 |
0.9952 |
-0.2755 |
220 |
1 |
62.63 |
2013-10-24 |
| 110. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
62.59 |
0.7852 |
-0.0744 |
154 |
1 |
62.59 |
2013-10-24 |
| 111. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
54.54 |
0.9869 |
-0.3666 |
193 |
1 |
54.54 |
2013-10-24 |