| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
That was what I wanted, but I don't need it to be gone. I ca... |
126.52 |
1.1418 |
0.1297 |
235 |
1 |
126.52 |
2021-01-21 |
| 2. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
125.75 |
1.0151 |
0.2535 |
152 |
1 |
125.75 |
2013-09-27 |
| 3. |
A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple a... |
124.01 |
1.0619 |
0.1890 |
167 |
1 |
124.01 |
2021-01-19 |
| 4. |
Social scientists sometimes talk about the concept of "ident... |
122.63 |
1.0663 |
0.1706 |
222 |
1 |
122.63 |
2021-01-19 |
| 5. |
This is the song I will sing to you when you're old and tire... |
119.73 |
1.0874 |
0.1154 |
268 |
1 |
119.73 |
2021-01-21 |
| 6. |
I'll tell you why. I think you're a lonely person. I drive b... |
117.81 |
1.0651 |
0.1241 |
434 |
1 |
117.81 |
2021-01-24 |
| 7. |
Someone sits on the shore and tells him how the waves have b... |
116.29 |
1.1210 |
0.0495 |
241 |
1 |
116.29 |
2021-01-26 |
| 8. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
115.94 |
1.0487 |
0.1178 |
231 |
1 |
115.94 |
2013-09-26 |
| 9. |
You and I, we've been through a lot together. I look back an... |
115.08 |
1.0072 |
0.1502 |
301 |
1 |
115.08 |
2021-01-19 |
| 10. |
How often do you think about why your friends came into your... |
115.04 |
1.0162 |
0.1437 |
389 |
1 |
115.04 |
2021-01-19 |
| 11. |
You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete trad... |
114.73 |
0.9757 |
0.1811 |
142 |
1 |
114.73 |
2021-01-19 |
| 12. |
On the day that you were born the angels got together and de... |
114.22 |
1.0582 |
0.0951 |
179 |
1 |
114.22 |
2021-01-22 |
| 13. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
113.91 |
0.9711 |
0.1801 |
176 |
1 |
113.91 |
2013-09-27 |
| 14. |
Sometimes someone says something and their words are like th... |
113.65 |
1.0827 |
0.0609 |
166 |
1 |
113.65 |
2021-01-19 |
| 15. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
112.91 |
0.9899 |
0.1474 |
163 |
1 |
112.91 |
2013-09-27 |
| 16. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
112.06 |
0.9676 |
0.1644 |
442 |
1 |
112.06 |
2013-09-27 |
| 17. |
There are mysteries to the universe we were never meant to s... |
110.46 |
1.0667 |
0.0354 |
152 |
1 |
110.46 |
2021-01-19 |
| 18. |
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Yet there are those wh... |
110.45 |
1.0329 |
0.0811 |
399 |
1 |
110.45 |
2021-01-19 |
| 19. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
110.23 |
0.9171 |
0.1971 |
165 |
1 |
110.23 |
2013-09-27 |
| 20. |
In the beginning there was only a small amount of injustice ... |
110.11 |
1.0375 |
0.0751 |
224 |
1 |
110.11 |
2021-01-19 |
| 21. |
I was reading about how countless species are being pushed t... |
110.06 |
1.0328 |
0.0771 |
242 |
1 |
110.06 |
2021-01-21 |
| 22. |
I know now that it's over. I knew it then. There would be no... |
110.02 |
0.9731 |
0.1347 |
175 |
1 |
110.02 |
2021-01-19 |
| 23. |
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give oth... |
109.28 |
1.0252 |
0.0773 |
180 |
1 |
109.28 |
2021-01-19 |
| 24. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
108.90 |
1.0523 |
0.0443 |
256 |
1 |
108.90 |
2013-10-03 |
| 25. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
108.34 |
0.9731 |
0.1178 |
129 |
3 |
94.87 |
2013-09-27 |
| 26. |
This is what we call love. When you are loved, you can do an... |
108.11 |
1.0908 |
-0.0022 |
193 |
1 |
108.11 |
2021-01-19 |
| 27. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
107.36 |
1.1081 |
0.0088 |
206 |
1 |
107.36 |
2013-09-27 |
| 28. |
That is right, but I held something back. I see some real ge... |
106.81 |
1.0710 |
0.0061 |
258 |
1 |
106.81 |
2021-01-19 |
| 29. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
106.60 |
1.0516 |
0.0223 |
281 |
1 |
106.60 |
2013-09-27 |
| 30. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
106.24 |
1.0251 |
0.0436 |
261 |
2 |
103.73 |
2013-09-27 |
| 31. |
However we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of ... |
105.87 |
0.9986 |
0.0689 |
162 |
1 |
105.87 |
2013-09-27 |
| 32. |
Most people find that the biggest change they make in their ... |
105.00 |
1.0587 |
0.0014 |
265 |
1 |
105.00 |
2021-01-21 |
| 33. |
I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not fo... |
105.00 |
1.0540 |
0.0024 |
260 |
1 |
105.00 |
2021-01-19 |
| 34. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
104.95 |
1.0328 |
0.0538 |
356 |
1 |
104.95 |
2013-09-26 |
| 35. |
If only you'd attached my legs, I wouldn't be in this ridicu... |
104.76 |
0.9202 |
0.1347 |
162 |
1 |
104.76 |
2021-01-19 |
| 36. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
104.61 |
1.0074 |
0.0503 |
242 |
1 |
104.61 |
2013-09-26 |
| 37. |
Haven't you ever happened to come across in a book some vagu... |
103.95 |
1.0256 |
0.0222 |
190 |
1 |
103.95 |
2021-01-19 |
| 38. |
I met him down near the border. Said he wanted me to work wi... |
103.56 |
1.0028 |
0.0425 |
203 |
1 |
103.56 |
2021-01-21 |
| 39. |
I pulled back the drape thing on the tent. There was a cryst... |
103.51 |
1.0578 |
-0.0175 |
297 |
1 |
103.51 |
2021-01-23 |
| 40. |
Very well, gentlemen. This, and maybe other similar things, ... |
103.05 |
1.0280 |
0.0149 |
464 |
1 |
103.05 |
2021-01-20 |
| 41. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
102.63 |
1.0596 |
-0.0263 |
239 |
2 |
99.08 |
2013-09-27 |
| 42. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
102.58 |
0.9212 |
0.1170 |
231 |
1 |
102.58 |
2013-09-27 |
| 43. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
102.48 |
1.0399 |
-0.0071 |
294 |
1 |
102.48 |
2013-09-26 |
| 44. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
102.16 |
1.0117 |
0.0590 |
297 |
1 |
102.16 |
2013-09-29 |
| 45. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
102.14 |
1.0203 |
0.0096 |
261 |
1 |
102.14 |
2013-09-26 |
| 46. |
If the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall, or the ... |
102.01 |
1.0504 |
-0.0232 |
165 |
1 |
102.01 |
2021-01-23 |
| 47. |
Running was always a big thing in our family, specially runn... |
101.94 |
1.0110 |
0.0178 |
363 |
1 |
101.94 |
2021-01-21 |
| 48. |
For children love is a feeling; for adults, it is a decision... |
101.86 |
1.0553 |
-0.0299 |
204 |
1 |
101.86 |
2021-01-24 |
| 49. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
101.63 |
0.9485 |
0.0768 |
236 |
1 |
101.63 |
2013-11-20 |
| 50. |
If the driver would only slow down, the car would actually g... |
101.59 |
0.8842 |
0.1409 |
135 |
1 |
101.59 |
2013-09-26 |
| 51. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
101.45 |
1.0016 |
0.0200 |
218 |
1 |
101.45 |
2013-09-27 |
| 52. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
101.37 |
1.0531 |
0.0039 |
272 |
1 |
101.37 |
2013-09-27 |
| 53. |
You think you're any different from me, or your friends, or ... |
100.89 |
1.0571 |
-0.0421 |
317 |
1 |
100.89 |
2021-01-21 |
| 54. |
Tommy had felt alone in a crowd before, even inferior to eve... |
100.71 |
1.0088 |
0.0067 |
345 |
1 |
100.71 |
2021-01-19 |
| 55. |
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean.... |
100.28 |
1.0635 |
-0.0551 |
208 |
1 |
100.28 |
2021-01-19 |
| 56. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
100.00 |
1.0498 |
-0.0445 |
180 |
1 |
100.00 |
2013-10-04 |
| 57. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
99.86 |
1.0883 |
-0.0535 |
303 |
1 |
99.86 |
2013-09-29 |
| 58. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
99.41 |
1.0346 |
0.0064 |
244 |
1 |
99.41 |
2013-09-26 |
| 59. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
99.23 |
0.9863 |
0.0134 |
339 |
2 |
98.23 |
2014-05-09 |
| 60. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
98.52 |
1.0124 |
-0.0207 |
204 |
1 |
98.52 |
2021-01-21 |
| 61. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
98.15 |
0.9072 |
0.0829 |
237 |
1 |
98.15 |
2021-01-19 |
| 62. |
He said someone needs to make a record of the things that wi... |
98.13 |
1.0346 |
-0.0462 |
476 |
1 |
98.13 |
2021-01-21 |
| 63. |
I still want to smack him. Or remind him that the last trans... |
98.03 |
1.0274 |
-0.0403 |
202 |
1 |
98.03 |
2021-01-19 |
| 64. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
97.97 |
0.9795 |
0.0068 |
308 |
1 |
97.97 |
2013-09-27 |
| 65. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
97.40 |
0.9922 |
0.0241 |
341 |
2 |
94.11 |
2013-09-27 |
| 66. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
97.28 |
1.1018 |
-0.1232 |
220 |
1 |
97.28 |
2013-10-03 |
| 67. |
I leave you with photographs, pictures of trickery, and stai... |
96.41 |
0.9016 |
0.0739 |
192 |
1 |
96.41 |
2013-09-27 |
| 68. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
96.41 |
0.9986 |
-0.0282 |
283 |
1 |
96.41 |
2013-09-27 |
| 69. |
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair, warm smell o... |
96.11 |
0.9987 |
-0.0315 |
219 |
1 |
96.11 |
2021-01-23 |
| 70. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
95.93 |
0.9532 |
0.0135 |
258 |
1 |
95.93 |
2013-09-26 |
| 71. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
94.79 |
1.0154 |
-0.0175 |
351 |
1 |
94.79 |
2013-09-27 |
| 72. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
94.78 |
0.8971 |
0.0601 |
266 |
1 |
94.78 |
2013-09-26 |
| 73. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
94.59 |
1.0574 |
-0.0790 |
205 |
1 |
94.59 |
2013-09-27 |
| 74. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
93.47 |
0.9729 |
-0.0294 |
255 |
1 |
93.47 |
2013-09-27 |
| 75. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
93.18 |
1.0038 |
-0.0371 |
237 |
1 |
93.18 |
2013-10-03 |
| 76. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
93.02 |
0.7877 |
0.1528 |
142 |
1 |
93.02 |
2013-09-27 |
| 77. |
My wife deserves vengeance. Doesn't make a difference whethe... |
92.94 |
0.9955 |
-0.0589 |
230 |
1 |
92.94 |
2021-01-19 |
| 78. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
92.90 |
0.9426 |
-0.0055 |
317 |
1 |
92.90 |
2013-09-27 |
| 79. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
92.88 |
1.0320 |
-0.0604 |
293 |
1 |
92.88 |
2013-09-27 |
| 80. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
92.67 |
0.9330 |
0.0009 |
360 |
1 |
92.67 |
2013-09-26 |
| 81. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
91.66 |
0.9566 |
-0.0210 |
576 |
1 |
91.66 |
2013-09-29 |
| 82. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
91.03 |
0.9893 |
-0.0725 |
323 |
1 |
91.03 |
2013-09-27 |
| 83. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
90.93 |
0.9612 |
-0.0458 |
256 |
1 |
90.93 |
2021-01-22 |
| 84. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
89.66 |
1.0218 |
-0.1212 |
268 |
1 |
89.66 |
2013-09-26 |
| 85. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
89.57 |
0.9855 |
-0.0541 |
258 |
1 |
89.57 |
2013-09-27 |
| 86. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
89.43 |
0.9754 |
-0.0737 |
362 |
1 |
89.43 |
2013-09-27 |
| 87. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
89.37 |
0.9758 |
-0.0764 |
314 |
1 |
89.37 |
2013-09-26 |
| 88. |
I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself ... |
89.32 |
1.0651 |
-0.1675 |
282 |
1 |
89.32 |
2021-01-19 |
| 89. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
89.05 |
1.0358 |
-0.1069 |
349 |
1 |
89.05 |
2013-09-26 |
| 90. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
88.39 |
0.8628 |
0.0297 |
196 |
1 |
88.39 |
2013-09-27 |
| 91. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
87.97 |
0.9820 |
-0.0953 |
274 |
1 |
87.97 |
2013-09-26 |
| 92. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
87.76 |
0.9965 |
-0.1146 |
168 |
1 |
87.76 |
2013-09-26 |
| 93. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
87.70 |
0.9509 |
-0.0317 |
225 |
1 |
87.70 |
2013-09-27 |
| 94. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
87.21 |
0.9675 |
-0.0868 |
383 |
1 |
87.21 |
2013-10-04 |
| 95. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
86.48 |
0.9176 |
-0.0177 |
267 |
2 |
85.28 |
2013-09-27 |
| 96. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
86.33 |
1.0169 |
-0.1153 |
346 |
1 |
86.33 |
2013-11-20 |
| 97. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
86.03 |
1.0029 |
-0.1382 |
209 |
1 |
86.03 |
2013-09-26 |
| 98. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
85.93 |
0.9202 |
-0.0552 |
254 |
1 |
85.93 |
2013-09-27 |
| 99. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
85.68 |
0.8951 |
-0.0293 |
193 |
1 |
85.68 |
2013-09-26 |
| 100. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
85.00 |
0.9908 |
-0.0972 |
342 |
1 |
85.00 |
2013-10-03 |
| 101. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
84.93 |
0.8878 |
-0.0322 |
346 |
1 |
84.93 |
2013-09-27 |
| 102. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
83.37 |
0.9168 |
-0.0792 |
240 |
1 |
83.37 |
2013-10-04 |
| 103. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
82.08 |
1.0214 |
-0.1563 |
281 |
1 |
82.08 |
2014-05-09 |
| 104. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
82.08 |
0.9673 |
-0.1007 |
232 |
1 |
82.08 |
2013-09-26 |
| 105. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
81.18 |
0.9790 |
-0.1265 |
311 |
1 |
81.18 |
2013-09-27 |
| 106. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
80.71 |
0.8382 |
-0.0252 |
268 |
2 |
79.48 |
2014-05-09 |
| 107. |
It's so easy to hate your brother, it should be hard. It's s... |
79.69 |
1.0491 |
-0.2484 |
205 |
1 |
79.69 |
2021-01-26 |
| 108. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
79.53 |
0.8595 |
-0.0591 |
242 |
1 |
79.53 |
2013-09-27 |
| 109. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
78.74 |
0.9429 |
-0.1518 |
287 |
1 |
78.74 |
2013-09-26 |
| 110. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
75.65 |
0.9871 |
-0.2062 |
227 |
1 |
75.65 |
2013-09-26 |
| 111. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
44.55 |
0.9164 |
-0.4718 |
305 |
1 |
44.55 |
2013-09-27 |