| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
153.43 |
0.9260 |
0.4970 |
243 |
1 |
153.43 |
2010-07-05 |
| 2. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
148.01 |
1.0334 |
0.3215 |
131 |
1 |
148.01 |
2010-07-05 |
| 3. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
144.53 |
1.1215 |
0.2316 |
200 |
1 |
144.53 |
2015-08-14 |
| 4. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
143.62 |
1.0533 |
0.2947 |
257 |
1 |
143.62 |
2015-08-16 |
| 5. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
140.64 |
1.0073 |
0.2941 |
369 |
1 |
140.64 |
2012-06-21 |
| 6. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
139.02 |
1.0124 |
0.2631 |
204 |
1 |
139.02 |
2012-12-16 |
| 7. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
137.46 |
1.0941 |
0.2008 |
256 |
1 |
137.46 |
2010-07-05 |
| 8. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
135.28 |
1.0257 |
0.2242 |
401 |
2 |
134.89 |
2015-08-16 |
| 9. |
First of all, you must be comfortable, otherwise it will be ... |
134.64 |
0.9831 |
0.2506 |
222 |
1 |
134.64 |
2016-06-25 |
| 10. |
I do not deny that what happened to us is a thing worth laug... |
133.54 |
1.0754 |
0.1660 |
197 |
1 |
133.54 |
2017-07-15 |
| 11. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
132.17 |
0.9798 |
0.2288 |
199 |
2 |
115.60 |
2011-10-18 |
| 12. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
132.05 |
0.9461 |
0.2629 |
193 |
1 |
132.05 |
2010-07-05 |
| 13. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
131.42 |
1.0388 |
0.2004 |
243 |
1 |
131.42 |
2010-07-05 |
| 14. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
131.14 |
1.0389 |
0.1680 |
318 |
1 |
131.14 |
2010-07-05 |
| 15. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
130.86 |
0.9303 |
0.2642 |
176 |
1 |
130.86 |
2010-07-05 |
| 16. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
130.17 |
0.9773 |
0.2096 |
123 |
1 |
130.17 |
2010-07-05 |
| 17. |
They say, "Find a purpose in your life and live it." But, so... |
130.01 |
1.0153 |
0.1840 |
182 |
1 |
130.01 |
2015-08-13 |
| 18. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
129.43 |
1.0403 |
0.1888 |
275 |
2 |
124.98 |
2011-02-15 |
| 19. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
127.46 |
0.9693 |
0.2230 |
360 |
1 |
127.46 |
2012-10-07 |
| 20. |
We've come up with a camera so tiny it fits into this oversi... |
127.46 |
0.9411 |
0.2025 |
213 |
1 |
127.46 |
2017-07-15 |
| 21. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
126.86 |
0.8595 |
0.3084 |
242 |
2 |
107.13 |
2010-11-21 |
| 22. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
125.77 |
0.9905 |
0.1965 |
337 |
1 |
125.77 |
2011-02-15 |
| 23. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
125.39 |
1.0555 |
0.1263 |
323 |
1 |
125.39 |
2015-08-13 |
| 24. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
125.37 |
1.0083 |
0.1872 |
273 |
1 |
125.37 |
2011-10-18 |
| 25. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
124.61 |
0.9785 |
0.1688 |
335 |
1 |
124.61 |
2015-08-13 |
| 26. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
123.84 |
0.9691 |
0.1674 |
223 |
2 |
122.33 |
2016-06-25 |
| 27. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
123.58 |
0.9843 |
0.1454 |
234 |
1 |
123.58 |
2011-10-18 |
| 28. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
123.02 |
0.9068 |
0.2249 |
269 |
1 |
123.02 |
2010-07-05 |
| 29. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
122.57 |
1.0534 |
0.0746 |
357 |
1 |
122.57 |
2010-07-05 |
| 30. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
122.44 |
0.8615 |
0.2622 |
110 |
1 |
122.44 |
2010-07-05 |
| 31. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
121.69 |
1.0254 |
0.1318 |
217 |
1 |
121.69 |
2010-07-05 |
| 32. |
There are perhaps twenty regular posters on the forum, and s... |
121.30 |
1.0709 |
0.0812 |
392 |
1 |
121.30 |
2011-10-18 |
| 33. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
120.77 |
1.0218 |
0.0839 |
268 |
1 |
120.77 |
2011-10-18 |
| 34. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
120.76 |
1.0284 |
0.1232 |
282 |
2 |
119.46 |
2010-07-05 |
| 35. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
120.05 |
1.0630 |
0.0730 |
397 |
2 |
116.27 |
2012-10-07 |
| 36. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
119.95 |
0.9863 |
0.1191 |
339 |
1 |
119.95 |
2015-08-14 |
| 37. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
119.21 |
1.0740 |
0.0583 |
264 |
1 |
119.21 |
2011-10-18 |
| 38. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
118.46 |
0.9257 |
0.1661 |
317 |
1 |
118.46 |
2010-07-05 |
| 39. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
117.85 |
0.9994 |
0.1129 |
269 |
2 |
116.42 |
2012-10-07 |
| 40. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
117.52 |
1.0197 |
0.0558 |
226 |
1 |
117.52 |
2011-10-18 |
| 41. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
116.39 |
0.9148 |
0.1547 |
317 |
1 |
116.39 |
2010-07-05 |
| 42. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
116.27 |
0.9936 |
0.0730 |
311 |
1 |
116.27 |
2010-07-06 |
| 43. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
116.13 |
1.0201 |
0.0495 |
375 |
1 |
116.13 |
2015-08-13 |
| 44. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
115.75 |
0.9805 |
0.0862 |
292 |
2 |
115.21 |
2016-06-25 |
| 45. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
114.01 |
0.9855 |
0.0939 |
258 |
1 |
114.01 |
2015-08-13 |
| 46. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
113.51 |
0.9653 |
0.0847 |
394 |
1 |
113.51 |
2010-07-05 |
| 47. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
112.81 |
1.0725 |
-0.0125 |
233 |
1 |
112.81 |
2012-06-21 |
| 48. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
112.59 |
1.0214 |
0.0534 |
281 |
1 |
112.59 |
2010-11-21 |
| 49. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
111.76 |
1.0099 |
0.0118 |
207 |
1 |
111.76 |
2010-07-05 |
| 50. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
111.53 |
0.9171 |
0.1055 |
165 |
1 |
111.53 |
2015-08-14 |
| 51. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
110.24 |
0.9710 |
0.0331 |
173 |
1 |
110.24 |
2013-08-10 |
| 52. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
110.01 |
1.0574 |
-0.0204 |
205 |
1 |
110.01 |
2010-07-05 |
| 53. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
109.64 |
1.0117 |
0.0382 |
297 |
1 |
109.64 |
2010-07-05 |
| 54. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
109.23 |
0.9176 |
0.1176 |
267 |
1 |
109.23 |
2010-09-27 |
| 55. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
108.49 |
0.9351 |
0.0541 |
190 |
1 |
108.49 |
2010-07-05 |
| 56. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
107.79 |
0.9684 |
0.0221 |
388 |
1 |
107.79 |
2010-07-05 |
| 57. |
While you were sleeping, you tossed, you turned. You rolled ... |
107.70 |
0.8614 |
0.1223 |
172 |
1 |
107.70 |
2010-07-05 |
| 58. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
106.95 |
0.9651 |
0.0509 |
389 |
1 |
106.95 |
2013-01-29 |
| 59. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
106.89 |
1.0331 |
-0.0558 |
234 |
1 |
106.89 |
2010-07-05 |
| 60. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
105.43 |
0.9619 |
0.0099 |
393 |
1 |
105.43 |
2010-11-21 |
| 61. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
102.44 |
0.9649 |
-0.0275 |
193 |
1 |
102.44 |
2010-07-05 |
| 62. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
102.37 |
1.0506 |
-0.0841 |
277 |
1 |
102.37 |
2011-10-18 |
| 63. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
102.36 |
0.9376 |
0.0055 |
367 |
1 |
102.36 |
2011-10-18 |
| 64. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
100.35 |
0.9844 |
-0.0604 |
293 |
1 |
100.35 |
2010-07-05 |
| 65. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
100.29 |
0.8958 |
0.0276 |
322 |
1 |
100.29 |
2010-07-05 |
| 66. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
98.99 |
1.0596 |
-0.1556 |
239 |
2 |
96.79 |
2010-07-05 |
| 67. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
98.25 |
0.9411 |
-0.0407 |
318 |
1 |
98.25 |
2011-10-18 |
| 68. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
97.77 |
1.0169 |
-0.0831 |
346 |
1 |
97.77 |
2010-11-21 |
| 69. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
97.41 |
0.8809 |
0.0080 |
127 |
1 |
97.41 |
2010-07-05 |
| 70. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
97.15 |
0.9084 |
-0.0173 |
300 |
4 |
81.10 |
2010-07-05 |
| 71. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
97.13 |
0.9289 |
-0.0423 |
204 |
2 |
92.79 |
2010-07-05 |
| 72. |
Many wines have more than 14 percent alcohol because the win... |
96.98 |
0.9739 |
-0.0503 |
412 |
1 |
96.98 |
2011-10-06 |
| 73. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
96.81 |
0.9072 |
-0.0233 |
237 |
2 |
93.58 |
2015-08-14 |
| 74. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
95.99 |
1.0531 |
-0.1364 |
272 |
1 |
95.99 |
2011-10-06 |
| 75. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
95.92 |
0.9508 |
-0.0390 |
384 |
1 |
95.92 |
2011-02-15 |
| 76. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
95.09 |
1.0714 |
-0.2106 |
129 |
1 |
95.09 |
2011-10-18 |
| 77. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
94.23 |
0.9678 |
-0.0700 |
445 |
1 |
94.23 |
2011-10-18 |
| 78. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
93.65 |
0.9910 |
-0.1325 |
295 |
1 |
93.65 |
2010-07-05 |
| 79. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
92.38 |
0.9074 |
-0.0560 |
396 |
1 |
92.38 |
2011-10-18 |
| 80. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
91.37 |
0.9925 |
-0.1202 |
247 |
1 |
91.37 |
2010-08-29 |
| 81. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
91.00 |
0.9673 |
-0.0959 |
232 |
1 |
91.00 |
2010-07-05 |
| 82. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
89.81 |
0.9865 |
-0.1641 |
276 |
1 |
89.81 |
2010-07-05 |
| 83. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
84.79 |
1.0337 |
-0.2602 |
214 |
1 |
84.79 |
2011-10-18 |
| 84. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
80.34 |
1.0013 |
-0.2692 |
273 |
1 |
80.34 |
2010-07-05 |
| 85. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
79.19 |
1.0528 |
-0.3352 |
201 |
1 |
79.19 |
2010-07-05 |
| 86. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
77.93 |
0.8792 |
-0.1596 |
296 |
1 |
77.93 |
2010-07-05 |
| 87. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
75.94 |
1.0529 |
-0.3608 |
351 |
1 |
75.94 |
2010-07-05 |
| 88. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
71.67 |
0.9567 |
-0.2615 |
184 |
1 |
71.67 |
2011-10-18 |
| 89. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
70.27 |
0.9631 |
-0.2722 |
345 |
1 |
70.27 |
2011-10-18 |
| 90. |
I know you don't get a chance to take a break this often. I ... |
69.98 |
1.0262 |
-0.3964 |
212 |
1 |
69.98 |
2018-03-25 |
| 91. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
68.07 |
1.0485 |
-0.3954 |
153 |
1 |
68.07 |
2010-07-05 |
| 92. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
64.01 |
0.8105 |
-0.2338 |
204 |
1 |
64.01 |
2010-07-05 |
| 93. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
62.94 |
0.9646 |
-0.3942 |
264 |
1 |
62.94 |
2010-07-05 |
| 94. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
58.45 |
1.0063 |
-0.4765 |
371 |
1 |
58.45 |
2010-07-05 |
| 95. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
57.96 |
0.9831 |
-0.4496 |
469 |
1 |
57.96 |
2011-10-18 |
| 96. |
I leave you with photographs, pictures of trickery, and stai... |
51.21 |
0.9016 |
-0.4320 |
192 |
1 |
51.21 |
2010-07-05 |
| 97. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
43.69 |
0.9532 |
-0.5620 |
258 |
1 |
43.69 |
2010-07-05 |
| 98. |
Wood and other fibrous material is mixed with liquid and mas... |
30.64 |
0.8906 |
-0.6158 |
238 |
1 |
30.64 |
2010-07-05 |