| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
84.52 |
1.0053 |
0.2329 |
232 |
3 |
78.07 |
2013-08-23 |
| 2. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
83.81 |
1.0516 |
0.1774 |
281 |
3 |
74.74 |
2013-11-07 |
| 3. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
82.67 |
1.0132 |
0.1908 |
143 |
2 |
68.80 |
2011-05-08 |
| 4. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
81.64 |
1.0787 |
0.1171 |
237 |
2 |
73.92 |
2011-05-13 |
| 5. |
Samatha is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, foc... |
81.39 |
1.0673 |
0.1682 |
230 |
1 |
81.39 |
2014-06-19 |
| 6. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
80.52 |
1.1068 |
0.1144 |
393 |
4 |
76.80 |
2011-05-13 |
| 7. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
80.16 |
1.1114 |
0.0613 |
247 |
1 |
80.16 |
2015-05-08 |
| 8. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
79.88 |
1.0189 |
0.1555 |
337 |
1 |
79.88 |
2013-11-09 |
| 9. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
78.68 |
1.0252 |
0.1218 |
176 |
1 |
78.68 |
2014-06-19 |
| 10. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
78.63 |
1.0506 |
0.1310 |
277 |
1 |
78.63 |
2013-11-08 |
| 11. |
I often see racers, particularly at the back of the pack in ... |
76.75 |
0.9653 |
0.1586 |
349 |
1 |
76.75 |
2013-11-07 |
| 12. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
76.25 |
1.0768 |
0.0805 |
295 |
2 |
70.91 |
2013-08-23 |
| 13. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
76.08 |
1.0063 |
0.1089 |
371 |
1 |
76.08 |
2013-08-23 |
| 14. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
75.83 |
0.9857 |
0.1245 |
293 |
1 |
75.83 |
2013-08-23 |
| 15. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
74.68 |
1.0387 |
0.0875 |
239 |
1 |
74.68 |
2013-08-23 |
| 16. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
73.38 |
1.0619 |
0.0170 |
354 |
2 |
73.37 |
2013-08-23 |
| 17. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
73.12 |
1.0515 |
0.0116 |
166 |
1 |
73.12 |
2014-06-19 |
| 18. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
73.05 |
0.9786 |
0.0909 |
235 |
1 |
73.05 |
2013-08-23 |
| 19. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
72.63 |
1.0240 |
0.0368 |
256 |
1 |
72.63 |
2015-05-08 |
| 20. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
72.46 |
1.0399 |
0.0269 |
294 |
1 |
72.46 |
2013-08-23 |
| 21. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
72.27 |
0.9805 |
0.0828 |
292 |
1 |
72.27 |
2011-05-13 |
| 22. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
71.45 |
1.0444 |
-0.0046 |
197 |
1 |
71.45 |
2011-05-11 |
| 23. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
71.45 |
1.0150 |
0.0804 |
325 |
2 |
67.10 |
2014-06-19 |
| 24. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
71.23 |
1.0117 |
0.0760 |
297 |
1 |
71.23 |
2011-05-08 |
| 25. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
71.18 |
0.9841 |
0.0623 |
334 |
3 |
63.62 |
2013-11-08 |
| 26. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
71.13 |
1.0398 |
-0.0090 |
110 |
1 |
71.13 |
2011-05-13 |
| 27. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
71.10 |
1.0004 |
0.0346 |
212 |
1 |
71.10 |
2011-05-13 |
| 28. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
71.07 |
0.9851 |
0.0582 |
317 |
1 |
71.07 |
2014-06-19 |
| 29. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
71.04 |
0.9672 |
0.0797 |
396 |
2 |
67.87 |
2013-11-08 |
| 30. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
70.68 |
0.9943 |
0.0437 |
373 |
1 |
70.68 |
2013-11-07 |
| 31. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
70.50 |
1.0496 |
-0.0181 |
314 |
2 |
68.62 |
2014-06-19 |
| 32. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
70.36 |
0.9897 |
0.0381 |
274 |
1 |
70.36 |
2011-05-13 |
| 33. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
70.01 |
0.9938 |
0.0315 |
339 |
1 |
70.01 |
2011-05-08 |
| 34. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
69.71 |
0.9500 |
0.0726 |
362 |
1 |
69.71 |
2013-11-07 |
| 35. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
69.58 |
0.9353 |
0.0788 |
177 |
2 |
64.39 |
2013-11-07 |
| 36. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
69.57 |
0.9866 |
0.0284 |
218 |
1 |
69.57 |
2011-05-08 |
| 37. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
69.49 |
0.9965 |
0.0161 |
168 |
1 |
69.49 |
2014-06-19 |
| 38. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
69.20 |
0.9157 |
0.1018 |
350 |
1 |
69.20 |
2013-08-23 |
| 39. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
69.12 |
0.9684 |
0.0459 |
388 |
1 |
69.12 |
2011-05-08 |
| 40. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
68.95 |
1.0232 |
0.0217 |
236 |
1 |
68.95 |
2011-05-08 |
| 41. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
68.90 |
0.9266 |
0.0818 |
267 |
1 |
68.90 |
2013-08-23 |
| 42. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
68.87 |
1.0375 |
0.0164 |
200 |
1 |
68.87 |
2011-05-08 |
| 43. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
68.87 |
1.0016 |
0.0017 |
218 |
1 |
68.87 |
2011-05-08 |
| 44. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
68.76 |
1.0426 |
-0.0368 |
323 |
1 |
68.76 |
2011-05-08 |
| 45. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
68.66 |
1.0684 |
-0.0334 |
253 |
1 |
68.66 |
2011-05-13 |
| 46. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
68.19 |
0.9790 |
0.0598 |
311 |
1 |
68.19 |
2014-06-19 |
| 47. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
68.09 |
1.0073 |
-0.0025 |
369 |
1 |
68.09 |
2013-08-23 |
| 48. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
67.93 |
1.0023 |
-0.0101 |
211 |
1 |
67.93 |
2011-05-09 |
| 49. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
67.70 |
1.0669 |
-0.0431 |
213 |
1 |
67.70 |
2011-05-09 |
| 50. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
67.51 |
1.0201 |
-0.0315 |
303 |
1 |
67.51 |
2011-05-08 |
| 51. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
67.30 |
0.9553 |
0.0368 |
430 |
1 |
67.30 |
2011-05-08 |
| 52. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
67.01 |
0.9886 |
-0.0056 |
220 |
1 |
67.01 |
2011-05-13 |
| 53. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
66.91 |
0.9546 |
0.0555 |
198 |
1 |
66.91 |
2013-08-23 |
| 54. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
66.71 |
0.9675 |
0.0179 |
383 |
1 |
66.71 |
2013-11-07 |
| 55. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
66.35 |
1.0068 |
-0.0327 |
358 |
1 |
66.35 |
2011-05-13 |
| 56. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
65.93 |
1.0441 |
-0.0381 |
316 |
1 |
65.93 |
2011-05-08 |
| 57. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
65.66 |
0.9461 |
0.0138 |
276 |
1 |
65.66 |
2011-05-13 |
| 58. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
65.61 |
1.0088 |
-0.0103 |
396 |
1 |
65.61 |
2011-05-13 |
| 59. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
65.04 |
0.9776 |
-0.0260 |
308 |
1 |
65.04 |
2011-05-13 |
| 60. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
64.78 |
0.8914 |
0.0565 |
366 |
1 |
64.78 |
2013-11-08 |
| 61. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
64.74 |
1.0197 |
-0.0757 |
226 |
1 |
64.74 |
2011-05-08 |
| 62. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
64.33 |
0.9411 |
0.0005 |
318 |
1 |
64.33 |
2011-05-13 |
| 63. |
We often believe the more we practice a skill or technique -... |
63.99 |
0.9907 |
-0.0205 |
397 |
1 |
63.99 |
2013-11-08 |
| 64. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
63.79 |
0.9907 |
-0.0592 |
211 |
1 |
63.79 |
2013-08-23 |
| 65. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
63.66 |
1.0214 |
-0.0958 |
166 |
1 |
63.66 |
2011-05-13 |
| 66. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
62.94 |
0.9986 |
-0.0778 |
283 |
1 |
62.94 |
2013-08-22 |
| 67. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
62.18 |
0.9965 |
-0.0872 |
310 |
1 |
62.18 |
2013-08-23 |
| 68. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
60.81 |
0.8722 |
0.0195 |
285 |
1 |
60.81 |
2011-05-13 |
| 69. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
60.71 |
1.0498 |
-0.1676 |
180 |
1 |
60.71 |
2011-05-09 |
| 70. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
60.01 |
1.0172 |
-0.1055 |
341 |
1 |
60.01 |
2011-05-13 |
| 71. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
59.94 |
0.9513 |
-0.0718 |
354 |
1 |
59.94 |
2013-08-23 |
| 72. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
59.68 |
1.0679 |
-0.1761 |
177 |
1 |
59.68 |
2013-11-07 |
| 73. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
59.05 |
0.9649 |
-0.1033 |
193 |
2 |
58.81 |
2011-05-13 |
| 74. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
59.03 |
1.0090 |
-0.1032 |
282 |
1 |
59.03 |
2011-05-09 |
| 75. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
58.92 |
0.9758 |
-0.1145 |
314 |
1 |
58.92 |
2011-05-13 |
| 76. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
57.82 |
1.0441 |
-0.1986 |
252 |
1 |
57.82 |
2011-05-08 |
| 77. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
57.60 |
0.9084 |
-0.0657 |
300 |
1 |
57.60 |
2011-05-13 |
| 78. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
57.60 |
1.0077 |
-0.1258 |
250 |
1 |
57.60 |
2011-05-13 |
| 79. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
57.46 |
1.0320 |
-0.1559 |
293 |
1 |
57.46 |
2011-05-09 |
| 80. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
57.13 |
0.9994 |
-0.1345 |
269 |
1 |
57.13 |
2011-05-08 |
| 81. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
56.46 |
0.9673 |
-0.1041 |
232 |
1 |
56.46 |
2011-05-08 |
| 82. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
56.22 |
0.9676 |
-0.1387 |
442 |
1 |
56.22 |
2011-05-13 |
| 83. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
56.21 |
0.9303 |
-0.1170 |
176 |
1 |
56.21 |
2011-05-08 |
| 84. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
55.56 |
0.9072 |
-0.0985 |
237 |
1 |
55.56 |
2011-05-09 |
| 85. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
55.41 |
0.8022 |
0.0089 |
215 |
1 |
55.41 |
2013-11-08 |
| 86. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
55.01 |
0.7876 |
0.0175 |
316 |
1 |
55.01 |
2013-08-23 |
| 87. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
54.32 |
0.9843 |
-0.1970 |
234 |
1 |
54.32 |
2013-08-23 |
| 88. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
54.09 |
0.8809 |
-0.0943 |
127 |
1 |
54.09 |
2011-05-08 |
| 89. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
52.98 |
1.0365 |
-0.2345 |
162 |
1 |
52.98 |
2011-05-13 |
| 90. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
51.74 |
0.9266 |
-0.1710 |
278 |
1 |
51.74 |
2011-05-13 |