| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I'm wearying to escape into that glorious world, and to be a... |
117.56 |
1.0183 |
0.3066 |
196 |
1 |
117.56 |
2017-03-30 |
| 2. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
114.73 |
1.0829 |
0.2095 |
288 |
2 |
107.70 |
2010-12-24 |
| 3. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
111.00 |
1.0390 |
0.2058 |
205 |
2 |
93.25 |
2010-11-11 |
| 4. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
108.43 |
1.1114 |
0.1052 |
247 |
1 |
108.43 |
2010-09-08 |
| 5. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
107.70 |
0.9898 |
0.2588 |
353 |
1 |
107.70 |
2010-12-25 |
| 6. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
106.17 |
1.0441 |
0.1510 |
252 |
1 |
106.17 |
2010-09-08 |
| 7. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
105.11 |
1.0863 |
0.1301 |
210 |
1 |
105.11 |
2010-09-07 |
| 8. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
104.16 |
1.0774 |
0.1227 |
304 |
1 |
104.16 |
2012-01-25 |
| 9. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
103.18 |
1.0419 |
0.1176 |
261 |
2 |
97.89 |
2012-01-25 |
| 10. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
102.49 |
1.0232 |
0.1745 |
350 |
1 |
102.49 |
2010-06-03 |
| 11. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
101.68 |
0.9894 |
0.1576 |
323 |
1 |
101.68 |
2010-11-11 |
| 12. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
100.32 |
1.0885 |
0.0418 |
315 |
2 |
94.20 |
2017-03-30 |
| 13. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
100.09 |
1.0214 |
0.1014 |
269 |
1 |
100.09 |
2010-12-25 |
| 14. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
99.93 |
1.0545 |
0.1089 |
416 |
1 |
99.93 |
2010-12-24 |
| 15. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
99.89 |
1.0668 |
0.0580 |
350 |
1 |
99.89 |
2010-12-24 |
| 16. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
99.73 |
1.0131 |
0.1033 |
225 |
1 |
99.73 |
2012-01-25 |
| 17. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
99.39 |
1.1081 |
0.0428 |
206 |
1 |
99.39 |
2010-12-25 |
| 18. |
Mathematics is a wonderful, elegant, and exceedingly useful ... |
99.11 |
0.8928 |
0.2071 |
407 |
1 |
99.11 |
2017-03-30 |
| 19. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
98.33 |
1.0099 |
0.0917 |
207 |
1 |
98.33 |
2010-09-08 |
| 20. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
97.83 |
0.8961 |
0.1992 |
189 |
1 |
97.83 |
2010-12-01 |
| 21. |
Sure is mellow grazin' in the grass. What a trip just watchi... |
97.82 |
0.9904 |
0.1071 |
211 |
1 |
97.82 |
2017-03-30 |
| 22. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
97.82 |
1.0297 |
0.0679 |
249 |
1 |
97.82 |
2010-09-08 |
| 23. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
96.85 |
0.9925 |
0.1319 |
247 |
2 |
91.49 |
2010-09-08 |
| 24. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
96.79 |
1.0033 |
0.0770 |
189 |
1 |
96.79 |
2010-12-24 |
| 25. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
96.57 |
1.0797 |
-0.0009 |
210 |
1 |
96.57 |
2010-05-11 |
| 26. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
95.14 |
1.0328 |
0.0738 |
356 |
2 |
85.80 |
2010-09-08 |
| 27. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
95.12 |
0.9697 |
0.0984 |
249 |
1 |
95.12 |
2010-09-08 |
| 28. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
95.08 |
1.0684 |
0.0291 |
253 |
1 |
95.08 |
2010-09-08 |
| 29. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
95.07 |
0.9514 |
0.1162 |
237 |
1 |
95.07 |
2010-05-11 |
| 30. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
94.98 |
0.9583 |
0.1518 |
341 |
1 |
94.98 |
2010-06-02 |
| 31. |
Finally, gentlemen, there are people with an hereditary anim... |
94.70 |
0.9383 |
0.1463 |
471 |
1 |
94.70 |
2010-12-24 |
| 32. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
94.69 |
1.0203 |
0.0462 |
261 |
2 |
85.05 |
2012-01-25 |
| 33. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
94.32 |
0.9965 |
0.0577 |
168 |
1 |
94.32 |
2010-09-08 |
| 34. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
93.93 |
1.0462 |
0.0022 |
184 |
1 |
93.93 |
2010-12-24 |
| 35. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
93.79 |
0.9758 |
0.0779 |
314 |
1 |
93.79 |
2010-05-14 |
| 36. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
93.67 |
0.9698 |
0.1145 |
397 |
1 |
93.67 |
2010-09-08 |
| 37. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
93.60 |
1.0314 |
0.0585 |
452 |
2 |
90.11 |
2010-09-07 |
| 38. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
93.13 |
1.0169 |
0.0670 |
346 |
1 |
93.13 |
2010-05-31 |
| 39. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
93.04 |
1.0340 |
0.0159 |
406 |
1 |
93.04 |
2010-05-11 |
| 40. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
92.94 |
1.0679 |
-0.0045 |
177 |
1 |
92.94 |
2010-05-11 |
| 41. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
92.53 |
1.0004 |
0.0321 |
212 |
1 |
92.53 |
2010-05-14 |
| 42. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
92.17 |
1.0515 |
-0.0189 |
250 |
2 |
64.82 |
2010-05-14 |
| 43. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
91.48 |
1.0565 |
-0.0325 |
247 |
1 |
91.48 |
2010-05-21 |
| 44. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
91.48 |
0.9740 |
0.0486 |
209 |
2 |
86.69 |
2010-09-08 |
| 45. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
91.42 |
1.0885 |
-0.0276 |
341 |
1 |
91.42 |
2010-12-24 |
| 46. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
91.29 |
1.0567 |
-0.0316 |
303 |
2 |
88.38 |
2010-09-08 |
| 47. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
91.10 |
1.0088 |
0.0523 |
396 |
1 |
91.10 |
2010-09-08 |
| 48. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
90.55 |
0.9619 |
0.0597 |
393 |
1 |
90.55 |
2010-11-11 |
| 49. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
89.86 |
0.9922 |
0.0572 |
341 |
2 |
86.11 |
2010-11-23 |
| 50. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
89.68 |
1.0358 |
0.0123 |
349 |
1 |
89.68 |
2010-06-03 |
| 51. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
89.63 |
0.9567 |
0.0912 |
184 |
1 |
89.63 |
2010-09-08 |
| 52. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
89.56 |
0.9426 |
0.0653 |
317 |
2 |
83.80 |
2010-09-07 |
| 53. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
88.86 |
0.9966 |
-0.0002 |
259 |
1 |
88.86 |
2010-06-03 |
| 54. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
88.79 |
1.0426 |
-0.0471 |
323 |
1 |
88.79 |
2010-05-11 |
| 55. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
88.71 |
1.0251 |
-0.0321 |
261 |
2 |
77.91 |
2010-09-08 |
| 56. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
88.19 |
0.9372 |
0.0562 |
320 |
2 |
74.19 |
2010-06-16 |
| 57. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. The work was generall... |
87.61 |
0.9746 |
0.0366 |
405 |
1 |
87.61 |
2012-01-25 |
| 58. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
86.48 |
1.0109 |
-0.0082 |
400 |
1 |
86.48 |
2010-05-14 |
| 59. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
85.73 |
0.9682 |
-0.0087 |
143 |
2 |
83.61 |
2010-07-27 |
| 60. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
85.62 |
1.0523 |
-0.0965 |
256 |
3 |
84.44 |
2010-09-08 |
| 61. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
85.33 |
1.0042 |
-0.0059 |
352 |
1 |
85.33 |
2010-09-07 |
| 62. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
84.73 |
0.9843 |
-0.0393 |
234 |
2 |
83.53 |
2010-09-08 |
| 63. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
84.64 |
0.9904 |
-0.0011 |
203 |
1 |
84.64 |
2010-11-11 |
| 64. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
83.10 |
1.0013 |
-0.0707 |
273 |
1 |
83.10 |
2010-05-11 |
| 65. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
82.43 |
1.0138 |
-0.0903 |
231 |
1 |
82.43 |
2010-05-14 |
| 66. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
82.28 |
0.9763 |
-0.0546 |
289 |
1 |
82.28 |
2010-05-21 |
| 67. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
82.20 |
1.0025 |
-0.0805 |
336 |
1 |
82.20 |
2010-10-05 |
| 68. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
81.40 |
1.0796 |
-0.1725 |
129 |
2 |
64.73 |
2010-05-21 |
| 69. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
81.38 |
0.9279 |
-0.0094 |
317 |
1 |
81.38 |
2012-01-25 |
| 70. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
81.22 |
0.9772 |
-0.0705 |
217 |
1 |
81.22 |
2010-05-11 |
| 71. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
81.22 |
0.9286 |
-0.0196 |
194 |
2 |
74.27 |
2010-12-25 |
| 72. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
80.83 |
0.9731 |
-0.0800 |
129 |
1 |
80.83 |
2010-05-14 |
| 73. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
80.82 |
0.8916 |
0.0144 |
216 |
1 |
80.82 |
2010-09-08 |
| 74. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
80.57 |
1.0529 |
-0.1502 |
351 |
1 |
80.57 |
2010-05-14 |
| 75. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
80.15 |
1.0711 |
-0.1782 |
213 |
1 |
80.15 |
2010-09-08 |
| 76. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
79.75 |
1.0016 |
-0.1129 |
218 |
2 |
74.75 |
2010-12-01 |
| 77. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
78.70 |
0.9567 |
-0.0755 |
273 |
1 |
78.70 |
2010-06-03 |
| 78. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
78.69 |
1.0029 |
-0.1279 |
209 |
1 |
78.69 |
2010-09-07 |
| 79. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
78.50 |
1.0124 |
-0.1356 |
204 |
1 |
78.50 |
2010-05-27 |
| 80. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
77.13 |
0.8919 |
-0.0300 |
205 |
1 |
77.13 |
2010-09-07 |
| 81. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
76.81 |
1.0389 |
-0.1773 |
318 |
1 |
76.81 |
2010-09-07 |
| 82. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
76.67 |
1.0477 |
-0.1870 |
360 |
1 |
76.67 |
2010-05-14 |
| 83. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
75.95 |
0.9768 |
-0.1240 |
387 |
1 |
75.95 |
2010-05-14 |
| 84. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
75.38 |
0.8956 |
-0.0473 |
322 |
1 |
75.38 |
2010-05-14 |
| 85. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
75.15 |
0.7876 |
0.0562 |
316 |
1 |
75.15 |
2010-12-25 |
| 86. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
74.65 |
0.9120 |
-0.0436 |
436 |
3 |
72.98 |
2010-12-24 |
| 87. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
74.57 |
0.9278 |
-0.0906 |
295 |
1 |
74.57 |
2010-05-14 |
| 88. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
74.49 |
0.9976 |
-0.1437 |
174 |
1 |
74.49 |
2010-05-14 |
| 89. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
74.44 |
1.0167 |
-0.1767 |
378 |
1 |
74.44 |
2010-05-07 |
| 90. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
74.26 |
1.0696 |
-0.2422 |
226 |
1 |
74.26 |
2010-06-03 |
| 91. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
73.41 |
0.8852 |
-0.0616 |
201 |
1 |
73.41 |
2010-05-14 |
| 92. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
73.08 |
0.9213 |
-0.1033 |
295 |
2 |
61.60 |
2012-01-25 |
| 93. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
72.09 |
1.0025 |
-0.1964 |
256 |
1 |
72.09 |
2010-05-27 |
| 94. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
71.64 |
1.0053 |
-0.2060 |
232 |
1 |
71.64 |
2010-05-14 |
| 95. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
70.77 |
0.9430 |
-0.1590 |
211 |
1 |
70.77 |
2010-10-05 |
| 96. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
70.07 |
0.9429 |
-0.1581 |
287 |
1 |
70.07 |
2010-05-07 |
| 97. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
69.75 |
1.0365 |
-0.2271 |
162 |
1 |
69.75 |
2010-05-14 |
| 98. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
65.92 |
0.8105 |
-0.0785 |
204 |
1 |
65.92 |
2010-05-14 |
| 99. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
65.26 |
0.9841 |
-0.2515 |
334 |
1 |
65.26 |
2010-05-14 |
| 100. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
59.31 |
1.0173 |
-0.3121 |
268 |
1 |
59.31 |
2010-05-07 |
| 101. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
51.76 |
0.9879 |
-0.4039 |
450 |
1 |
51.76 |
2010-05-14 |