| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
184.89 |
1.0486 |
0.2607 |
289 |
1 |
184.89 |
2012-05-08 |
| 2. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
183.97 |
1.0943 |
0.2403 |
206 |
1 |
183.97 |
2012-05-08 |
| 3. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
183.72 |
1.0767 |
0.2213 |
212 |
2 |
173.79 |
2012-05-13 |
| 4. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
181.25 |
1.0944 |
0.2327 |
308 |
1 |
181.25 |
2012-01-31 |
| 5. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
174.84 |
1.0796 |
0.1517 |
129 |
1 |
174.84 |
2012-05-13 |
| 6. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
173.50 |
1.0523 |
0.1706 |
256 |
1 |
173.50 |
2012-01-27 |
| 7. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
167.96 |
1.1215 |
0.0899 |
200 |
1 |
167.96 |
2012-05-13 |
| 8. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
165.17 |
1.0477 |
0.1222 |
360 |
1 |
165.17 |
2012-05-13 |
| 9. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
160.28 |
1.0211 |
0.1421 |
213 |
1 |
160.28 |
2012-09-03 |
| 10. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
159.02 |
1.0197 |
0.1011 |
226 |
1 |
159.02 |
2012-05-13 |
| 11. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
157.31 |
1.0117 |
0.1444 |
297 |
1 |
157.31 |
2012-01-31 |
| 12. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
157.01 |
0.9426 |
0.1698 |
317 |
1 |
157.01 |
2012-05-08 |
| 13. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
156.86 |
1.0347 |
0.0995 |
550 |
1 |
156.86 |
2012-05-08 |
| 14. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
156.76 |
1.0292 |
0.0768 |
262 |
1 |
156.76 |
2012-01-31 |
| 15. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
156.36 |
0.9814 |
0.1628 |
364 |
2 |
149.78 |
2012-05-08 |
| 16. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
154.26 |
0.9723 |
0.1215 |
364 |
1 |
154.26 |
2012-05-08 |
| 17. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
153.92 |
0.9691 |
0.1175 |
223 |
3 |
148.90 |
2012-05-13 |
| 18. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
153.63 |
1.0109 |
0.1071 |
400 |
1 |
153.63 |
2012-05-13 |
| 19. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
153.60 |
1.0214 |
0.0583 |
166 |
2 |
150.38 |
2012-01-27 |
| 20. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
153.37 |
1.0396 |
0.0364 |
149 |
2 |
144.49 |
2014-02-25 |
| 21. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
152.97 |
1.0331 |
0.0451 |
234 |
1 |
152.97 |
2012-05-13 |
| 22. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
152.61 |
1.0608 |
0.0503 |
258 |
1 |
152.61 |
2012-05-08 |
| 23. |
We might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been... |
152.18 |
0.9359 |
0.1785 |
353 |
1 |
152.18 |
2012-01-27 |
| 24. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
151.44 |
1.0060 |
0.0587 |
171 |
1 |
151.44 |
2012-01-31 |
| 25. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
151.31 |
1.0349 |
0.0326 |
234 |
1 |
151.31 |
2012-01-27 |
| 26. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
150.11 |
1.0725 |
0.0131 |
233 |
1 |
150.11 |
2012-05-13 |
| 27. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
149.86 |
1.0016 |
0.0518 |
218 |
1 |
149.86 |
2012-01-25 |
| 28. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
148.87 |
1.0214 |
0.0282 |
269 |
1 |
148.87 |
2012-01-27 |
| 29. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
148.81 |
0.9464 |
0.1096 |
323 |
2 |
131.61 |
2012-05-13 |
| 30. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
148.78 |
0.9622 |
0.0948 |
392 |
2 |
134.60 |
2012-05-08 |
| 31. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
148.71 |
0.9636 |
0.0860 |
254 |
1 |
148.71 |
2012-05-13 |
| 32. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
147.68 |
0.9942 |
0.0570 |
483 |
1 |
147.68 |
2012-05-13 |
| 33. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
147.52 |
0.8826 |
0.1604 |
296 |
1 |
147.52 |
2012-01-31 |
| 34. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
146.70 |
1.0025 |
0.0327 |
256 |
2 |
142.93 |
2012-01-31 |
| 35. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
145.66 |
1.0403 |
0.0277 |
275 |
1 |
145.66 |
2012-05-13 |
| 36. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
145.57 |
0.9709 |
0.0980 |
397 |
2 |
137.21 |
2012-09-04 |
| 37. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
145.10 |
1.0109 |
0.0138 |
276 |
1 |
145.10 |
2012-01-27 |
| 38. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
144.93 |
1.0534 |
-0.0279 |
357 |
1 |
144.93 |
2012-05-13 |
| 39. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
144.87 |
1.0095 |
0.0115 |
316 |
1 |
144.87 |
2012-05-08 |
| 40. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
144.60 |
0.9084 |
0.1159 |
404 |
1 |
144.60 |
2012-01-27 |
| 41. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
142.95 |
0.9649 |
0.0430 |
193 |
1 |
142.95 |
2012-01-27 |
| 42. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
142.73 |
1.0863 |
-0.0443 |
210 |
1 |
142.73 |
2012-05-13 |
| 43. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
142.65 |
0.9698 |
0.0698 |
397 |
1 |
142.65 |
2012-09-03 |
| 44. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
142.34 |
1.0168 |
-0.0106 |
271 |
1 |
142.34 |
2012-05-13 |
| 45. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
142.01 |
1.0615 |
-0.0339 |
305 |
1 |
142.01 |
2012-05-13 |
| 46. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
141.65 |
1.0346 |
0.0066 |
244 |
2 |
139.21 |
2012-05-13 |
| 47. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
141.64 |
1.0167 |
-0.0102 |
378 |
1 |
141.64 |
2012-05-13 |
| 48. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
141.23 |
0.9893 |
0.0072 |
323 |
1 |
141.23 |
2012-05-13 |
| 49. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
140.58 |
1.0201 |
-0.0348 |
172 |
1 |
140.58 |
2012-05-08 |
| 50. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
140.25 |
1.0261 |
0.0029 |
410 |
1 |
140.25 |
2012-05-08 |
| 51. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
140.09 |
1.0630 |
-0.0411 |
397 |
1 |
140.09 |
2012-09-03 |
| 52. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
139.90 |
1.0264 |
0.0007 |
422 |
1 |
139.90 |
2012-01-31 |
| 53. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
139.65 |
0.9164 |
0.0740 |
305 |
1 |
139.65 |
2012-01-28 |
| 54. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
139.55 |
1.0403 |
-0.0413 |
193 |
1 |
139.55 |
2012-05-13 |
| 55. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
139.20 |
0.9309 |
0.0491 |
284 |
3 |
132.53 |
2012-05-08 |
| 56. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
139.05 |
0.9976 |
0.0036 |
174 |
1 |
139.05 |
2014-02-25 |
| 57. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
138.87 |
1.0314 |
-0.0126 |
452 |
1 |
138.87 |
2012-05-08 |
| 58. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
138.62 |
0.9670 |
0.0530 |
307 |
1 |
138.62 |
2012-05-13 |
| 59. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
138.37 |
1.0270 |
-0.0150 |
255 |
1 |
138.37 |
2012-01-27 |
| 60. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
137.77 |
0.8852 |
0.0890 |
201 |
1 |
137.77 |
2012-01-25 |
| 61. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
137.50 |
0.7876 |
0.1848 |
316 |
1 |
137.50 |
2012-05-13 |
| 62. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
137.46 |
0.9965 |
-0.0316 |
168 |
1 |
137.46 |
2012-05-13 |
| 63. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
137.26 |
1.0516 |
-0.0842 |
281 |
1 |
137.26 |
2012-01-27 |
| 64. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
136.98 |
1.0183 |
-0.0577 |
191 |
1 |
136.98 |
2012-05-13 |
| 65. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
136.97 |
0.9898 |
0.0142 |
353 |
1 |
136.97 |
2012-05-08 |
| 66. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
136.55 |
1.0799 |
-0.1206 |
243 |
1 |
136.55 |
2012-01-27 |
| 67. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
135.99 |
0.9653 |
0.0022 |
394 |
1 |
135.99 |
2012-01-27 |
| 68. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
135.57 |
0.9991 |
-0.0424 |
225 |
1 |
135.57 |
2012-01-27 |
| 69. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
135.02 |
0.9841 |
-0.0280 |
334 |
1 |
135.02 |
2012-01-27 |
| 70. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
134.13 |
0.9693 |
-0.0021 |
360 |
1 |
134.13 |
2012-05-13 |
| 71. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
132.07 |
0.9468 |
-0.0158 |
276 |
1 |
132.07 |
2012-05-08 |
| 72. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
132.06 |
0.9994 |
-0.0376 |
269 |
1 |
132.06 |
2011-03-20 |
| 73. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
131.37 |
0.9278 |
0.0008 |
295 |
1 |
131.37 |
2012-05-13 |
| 74. |
Three changes occur while the stacked disk structure equilib... |
131.26 |
0.9382 |
0.0127 |
440 |
1 |
131.26 |
2012-05-13 |
| 75. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
130.36 |
0.9500 |
-0.0292 |
362 |
1 |
130.36 |
2012-01-31 |
| 76. |
Samatha is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, foc... |
129.78 |
1.0673 |
-0.1109 |
230 |
1 |
129.78 |
2012-09-03 |
| 77. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
128.42 |
0.9553 |
-0.0431 |
430 |
1 |
128.42 |
2012-05-13 |
| 78. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
127.22 |
0.9005 |
-0.0055 |
212 |
2 |
118.40 |
2012-05-13 |
| 79. |
Buddhism addresses two major types of meditation. Vipassana ... |
125.96 |
0.9312 |
0.0067 |
320 |
1 |
125.96 |
2012-05-13 |
| 80. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
125.42 |
0.9072 |
-0.0258 |
237 |
1 |
125.42 |
2012-01-27 |
| 81. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
125.40 |
1.0297 |
-0.1476 |
249 |
1 |
125.40 |
2012-05-13 |
| 82. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
125.24 |
0.9572 |
-0.0320 |
376 |
1 |
125.24 |
2012-05-08 |
| 83. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
124.87 |
0.9120 |
0.0011 |
436 |
1 |
124.87 |
2012-05-13 |
| 84. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
123.86 |
0.9780 |
-0.1047 |
337 |
1 |
123.86 |
2012-05-08 |
| 85. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
122.15 |
1.0150 |
-0.1059 |
325 |
1 |
122.15 |
2012-05-13 |
| 86. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
121.66 |
0.8916 |
-0.0346 |
216 |
1 |
121.66 |
2011-03-20 |
| 87. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
120.66 |
0.9330 |
-0.0768 |
360 |
1 |
120.66 |
2012-05-13 |
| 88. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
120.17 |
0.9731 |
-0.1398 |
129 |
1 |
120.17 |
2012-01-27 |
| 89. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
119.22 |
1.0320 |
-0.1556 |
293 |
1 |
119.22 |
2012-01-27 |
| 90. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
114.62 |
1.0797 |
-0.2789 |
210 |
1 |
114.62 |
2012-05-13 |
| 91. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
112.88 |
0.9128 |
-0.0773 |
369 |
1 |
112.88 |
2012-01-31 |
| 92. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
110.87 |
1.0485 |
-0.2347 |
153 |
1 |
110.87 |
2012-05-13 |
| 93. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
106.81 |
0.8956 |
-0.1406 |
322 |
1 |
106.81 |
2012-09-03 |
| 94. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
104.39 |
1.0740 |
-0.3025 |
264 |
1 |
104.39 |
2012-09-03 |
| 95. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
101.08 |
0.8553 |
-0.1507 |
174 |
1 |
101.08 |
2012-01-27 |
| 96. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
99.35 |
0.9513 |
-0.2504 |
354 |
1 |
99.35 |
2012-02-05 |
| 97. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
97.69 |
1.0829 |
-0.3963 |
288 |
1 |
97.69 |
2012-09-03 |
| 98. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
35.23 |
0.9936 |
-0.7550 |
311 |
1 |
35.23 |
2014-02-25 |