| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I became yearbook photographer because I liked the idea that... |
85.29 |
1.0461 |
0.3047 |
193 |
1 |
85.29 |
2019-07-25 |
| 2. |
Oh, it doesn't matter what they say in the papers 'cause it'... |
83.18 |
1.0515 |
0.2658 |
204 |
1 |
83.18 |
2022-05-11 |
| 3. |
Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home. I loo... |
80.90 |
1.0185 |
0.2576 |
240 |
1 |
80.90 |
2019-07-25 |
| 4. |
James was due at the basic training compound at 5 a.m. He se... |
80.49 |
0.9137 |
0.3613 |
386 |
1 |
80.49 |
2019-07-25 |
| 5. |
You don't care about anything except you. You just want to p... |
79.42 |
1.0488 |
0.2101 |
230 |
1 |
79.42 |
2020-10-27 |
| 6. |
It was the last that remained of a past whose annihilation h... |
78.87 |
1.0662 |
0.1747 |
211 |
1 |
78.87 |
2022-06-08 |
| 7. |
The problem is we don't notice the years pass, he thought. S... |
77.33 |
1.0699 |
0.1359 |
370 |
1 |
77.33 |
2022-05-11 |
| 8. |
The fourth floor is awful! The DMV, Divorce Filings, Probati... |
75.65 |
0.8787 |
0.3223 |
233 |
1 |
75.65 |
2018-09-16 |
| 9. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
75.60 |
1.0529 |
0.1434 |
351 |
2 |
66.36 |
2011-12-27 |
| 10. |
Studies suggest that the influence of parents is due to two ... |
74.27 |
0.9794 |
0.2004 |
289 |
1 |
74.27 |
2020-10-27 |
| 11. |
I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not ... |
74.04 |
1.1182 |
0.0547 |
164 |
1 |
74.04 |
2015-04-21 |
| 12. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
73.59 |
1.0352 |
0.1297 |
341 |
1 |
73.59 |
2011-12-27 |
| 13. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
73.00 |
1.1323 |
0.0540 |
341 |
1 |
73.00 |
2011-12-28 |
| 14. |
First of all, you must be comfortable, otherwise it will be ... |
72.52 |
0.9831 |
0.1622 |
222 |
1 |
72.52 |
2011-12-28 |
| 15. |
If I were a rich man, I'd build a big tall house with rooms ... |
72.48 |
1.0775 |
0.0707 |
277 |
1 |
72.48 |
2022-06-08 |
| 16. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
71.61 |
0.9884 |
0.1435 |
233 |
2 |
71.12 |
2011-12-27 |
| 17. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
71.41 |
1.0090 |
0.1637 |
282 |
1 |
71.41 |
2016-04-15 |
| 18. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
71.21 |
1.0025 |
0.1238 |
336 |
1 |
71.21 |
2011-12-28 |
| 19. |
Gold and rose, the color of the dream I had not too long ago... |
70.84 |
1.0575 |
0.0597 |
363 |
1 |
70.84 |
2022-05-11 |
| 20. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
69.68 |
0.9350 |
0.1663 |
195 |
1 |
69.68 |
2016-04-15 |
| 21. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
68.60 |
1.0214 |
0.0628 |
269 |
1 |
68.60 |
2016-04-15 |
| 22. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
68.56 |
1.0644 |
0.0563 |
257 |
1 |
68.56 |
2011-11-03 |
| 23. |
One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the av... |
68.37 |
0.9247 |
0.1593 |
253 |
1 |
68.37 |
2016-04-15 |
| 24. |
Many wines have more than 14 percent alcohol because the win... |
67.84 |
0.9739 |
0.1307 |
412 |
1 |
67.84 |
2011-12-28 |
| 25. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
67.34 |
1.0365 |
0.0622 |
162 |
1 |
67.34 |
2011-12-28 |
| 26. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
67.21 |
1.1016 |
-0.0401 |
233 |
1 |
67.21 |
2019-07-19 |
| 27. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
67.17 |
1.0907 |
-0.0285 |
303 |
1 |
67.17 |
2011-12-27 |
| 28. |
It's an odd feeling, farewell. There is such envy in it. Men... |
67.15 |
1.0007 |
0.0614 |
194 |
1 |
67.15 |
2022-06-08 |
| 29. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
66.36 |
0.9820 |
0.0658 |
274 |
1 |
66.36 |
2016-04-15 |
| 30. |
See, bad things happen to me on field trips. Like at my fift... |
66.03 |
0.9320 |
0.1141 |
243 |
1 |
66.03 |
2022-06-08 |
| 31. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
65.58 |
0.9023 |
0.1785 |
231 |
1 |
65.58 |
2011-12-28 |
| 32. |
He spoke and rose to full height, sword in air, then cleft t... |
65.35 |
0.9926 |
0.0454 |
378 |
1 |
65.35 |
2022-05-11 |
| 33. |
Gentlemen: You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you,... |
64.91 |
0.9499 |
0.0737 |
100 |
2 |
61.71 |
2022-06-08 |
| 34. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
64.55 |
1.0506 |
-0.0013 |
277 |
1 |
64.55 |
2011-12-27 |
| 35. |
The proper purpose of law is to use the power of its collect... |
64.35 |
1.0325 |
-0.0130 |
406 |
1 |
64.35 |
2019-07-19 |
| 36. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
64.33 |
0.9672 |
0.0519 |
396 |
1 |
64.33 |
2012-12-25 |
| 37. |
I tried several times to call her, but after the first call,... |
64.11 |
1.0355 |
-0.0195 |
307 |
1 |
64.11 |
2019-07-25 |
| 38. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
63.92 |
1.0515 |
-0.0460 |
166 |
1 |
63.92 |
2016-04-15 |
| 39. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
63.55 |
1.0483 |
-0.0462 |
227 |
1 |
63.55 |
2010-12-21 |
| 40. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
62.96 |
0.9097 |
0.0843 |
153 |
1 |
62.96 |
2011-12-27 |
| 41. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
62.74 |
0.9251 |
0.0683 |
177 |
1 |
62.74 |
2016-04-15 |
| 42. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
62.22 |
0.9120 |
0.1010 |
436 |
1 |
62.22 |
2013-10-26 |
| 43. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
61.94 |
0.8553 |
0.1210 |
174 |
1 |
61.94 |
2011-12-28 |
| 44. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
61.77 |
1.0214 |
-0.0042 |
281 |
1 |
61.77 |
2011-12-28 |
| 45. |
Paranoia is a survival trait when you run in my circles. It ... |
61.45 |
1.0153 |
-0.0420 |
261 |
1 |
61.45 |
2019-07-19 |
| 46. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
60.51 |
1.0905 |
-0.0998 |
210 |
1 |
60.51 |
2011-12-27 |
| 47. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
60.13 |
0.9109 |
0.0404 |
401 |
1 |
60.13 |
2012-12-25 |
| 48. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
59.88 |
1.0296 |
-0.0821 |
437 |
1 |
59.88 |
2010-12-21 |
| 49. |
As much money and life as you could want! The two things mos... |
59.52 |
1.0438 |
-0.1036 |
198 |
1 |
59.52 |
2016-04-15 |
| 50. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
59.05 |
0.9125 |
0.0208 |
308 |
1 |
59.05 |
2012-12-25 |
| 51. |
If anybody asks you if you in this game, you tell 'em you in... |
58.78 |
1.0163 |
-0.0932 |
249 |
1 |
58.78 |
2019-07-19 |
| 52. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
58.38 |
1.0669 |
-0.1123 |
286 |
1 |
58.38 |
2010-12-21 |
| 53. |
I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the sens... |
57.72 |
1.0084 |
-0.0952 |
214 |
1 |
57.72 |
2016-04-15 |
| 54. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
57.67 |
1.0232 |
-0.0764 |
236 |
1 |
57.67 |
2016-04-15 |
| 55. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
57.40 |
0.9653 |
-0.0557 |
394 |
1 |
57.40 |
2010-12-21 |
| 56. |
Harold, everyone has the right to make an ass out of themsel... |
57.07 |
0.9505 |
-0.0542 |
113 |
1 |
57.07 |
2018-09-16 |
| 57. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
57.00 |
0.9572 |
-0.0172 |
376 |
1 |
57.00 |
2011-11-03 |
| 58. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
56.85 |
1.0218 |
-0.1266 |
268 |
1 |
56.85 |
2010-12-21 |
| 59. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
56.81 |
0.9202 |
-0.0233 |
254 |
1 |
56.81 |
2011-12-27 |
| 60. |
You see, Mr. Newton, I'm kind of a cliche. I'm the disillusi... |
56.73 |
0.9098 |
-0.0160 |
209 |
1 |
56.73 |
2022-06-08 |
| 61. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
56.25 |
0.9731 |
-0.0907 |
129 |
1 |
56.25 |
2011-11-03 |
| 62. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
56.17 |
0.8935 |
-0.0025 |
328 |
1 |
56.17 |
2010-12-21 |
| 63. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
56.17 |
1.0316 |
-0.1445 |
333 |
1 |
56.17 |
2012-12-25 |
| 64. |
OK, let me get something straight: this is a journal, not a ... |
56.08 |
0.9951 |
-0.1056 |
299 |
1 |
56.08 |
2019-07-19 |
| 65. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
56.07 |
0.9226 |
-0.0350 |
348 |
1 |
56.07 |
2016-04-15 |
| 66. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
55.78 |
1.0168 |
-0.1372 |
271 |
1 |
55.78 |
2012-12-25 |
| 67. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
55.72 |
1.0523 |
-0.1750 |
256 |
1 |
55.72 |
2010-12-21 |
| 68. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
55.44 |
0.8367 |
0.0436 |
294 |
1 |
55.44 |
2013-10-26 |
| 69. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
55.25 |
0.9865 |
-0.1144 |
276 |
1 |
55.25 |
2022-06-08 |
| 70. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
54.89 |
1.0201 |
-0.1533 |
303 |
1 |
54.89 |
2011-11-03 |
| 71. |
Truth is, identity theft isn't hard. A number and an ID is a... |
54.77 |
0.9215 |
-0.0575 |
408 |
1 |
54.77 |
2019-07-25 |
| 72. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
54.51 |
0.9213 |
-0.0607 |
295 |
1 |
54.51 |
2010-12-21 |
| 73. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
54.14 |
0.8467 |
0.0319 |
343 |
1 |
54.14 |
2011-12-27 |
| 74. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
54.00 |
0.9772 |
-0.1263 |
217 |
1 |
54.00 |
2016-04-15 |
| 75. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
53.72 |
1.0189 |
-0.1704 |
337 |
1 |
53.72 |
2019-07-25 |
| 76. |
When we got to the Mint I parked on the street in front of t... |
53.63 |
1.0462 |
-0.1989 |
158 |
1 |
53.63 |
2016-04-15 |
| 77. |
Did she keep you waiting, did she break your date? Please el... |
52.56 |
0.8832 |
-0.0550 |
169 |
1 |
52.56 |
2019-07-19 |
| 78. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
51.92 |
0.8520 |
-0.0324 |
202 |
1 |
51.92 |
2010-12-21 |
| 79. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
50.44 |
0.9899 |
-0.1978 |
163 |
1 |
50.44 |
2010-12-21 |
| 80. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
48.18 |
0.9994 |
-0.2095 |
269 |
1 |
48.18 |
2010-12-21 |
| 81. |
Friday morning Qwilleran sat at his typewriter and stared at... |
46.70 |
0.7750 |
-0.0319 |
254 |
1 |
46.70 |
2019-07-19 |