| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
97.78 |
1.0669 |
0.3617 |
213 |
1 |
97.78 |
2013-06-09 |
| 2. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
94.84 |
1.0060 |
0.3420 |
171 |
1 |
94.84 |
2012-04-02 |
| 3. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
92.02 |
1.0714 |
0.2316 |
129 |
1 |
92.02 |
2012-04-02 |
| 4. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
90.90 |
0.9340 |
0.3614 |
296 |
1 |
90.90 |
2012-03-07 |
| 5. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
89.58 |
1.0496 |
0.2268 |
314 |
1 |
89.58 |
2012-02-22 |
| 6. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
87.51 |
0.9601 |
0.2922 |
308 |
1 |
87.51 |
2012-04-02 |
| 7. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
87.07 |
1.1081 |
0.1672 |
206 |
1 |
87.07 |
2012-04-02 |
| 8. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
85.73 |
0.9820 |
0.2392 |
274 |
2 |
76.83 |
2012-04-02 |
| 9. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
85.04 |
1.0141 |
0.2340 |
304 |
2 |
73.39 |
2012-02-22 |
| 10. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
84.99 |
1.0565 |
0.1515 |
247 |
2 |
81.67 |
2012-04-02 |
| 11. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
84.07 |
0.9881 |
0.2505 |
424 |
1 |
84.07 |
2012-02-22 |
| 12. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
83.99 |
0.9540 |
0.2405 |
285 |
1 |
83.99 |
2012-04-02 |
| 13. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
83.68 |
1.0993 |
0.0909 |
265 |
1 |
83.68 |
2012-03-08 |
| 14. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
82.47 |
1.0885 |
0.1212 |
341 |
1 |
82.47 |
2012-04-02 |
| 15. |
Samatha is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, foc... |
82.11 |
1.0673 |
0.1441 |
230 |
1 |
82.11 |
2012-04-02 |
| 16. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
82.03 |
0.9307 |
0.2453 |
246 |
1 |
82.03 |
2012-03-07 |
| 17. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
81.94 |
0.9910 |
0.1781 |
295 |
1 |
81.94 |
2012-02-22 |
| 18. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
81.53 |
1.0567 |
0.1056 |
303 |
1 |
81.53 |
2012-04-02 |
| 19. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
81.31 |
1.0058 |
0.1755 |
411 |
1 |
81.31 |
2012-04-02 |
| 20. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
80.31 |
1.0151 |
0.1190 |
152 |
1 |
80.31 |
2012-03-08 |
| 21. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
80.01 |
1.0545 |
0.1255 |
416 |
1 |
80.01 |
2012-03-08 |
| 22. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
78.84 |
0.9676 |
0.1635 |
442 |
1 |
78.84 |
2012-02-22 |
| 23. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
78.58 |
0.9986 |
0.1208 |
283 |
1 |
78.58 |
2012-02-22 |
| 24. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
78.39 |
0.9795 |
0.1371 |
308 |
1 |
78.39 |
2012-03-07 |
| 25. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
77.91 |
1.0498 |
0.0544 |
180 |
1 |
77.91 |
2012-03-06 |
| 26. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
77.47 |
0.9916 |
0.1540 |
282 |
1 |
77.47 |
2012-03-07 |
| 27. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
76.75 |
0.9286 |
0.1627 |
194 |
1 |
76.75 |
2012-03-07 |
| 28. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
75.81 |
1.0613 |
0.0186 |
266 |
2 |
66.72 |
2012-03-06 |
| 29. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
75.70 |
0.8722 |
0.2081 |
285 |
1 |
75.70 |
2012-01-01 |
| 30. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
73.88 |
0.9772 |
0.0705 |
217 |
1 |
73.88 |
2012-03-08 |
| 31. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
73.81 |
1.0169 |
0.0720 |
346 |
3 |
66.06 |
2012-04-02 |
| 32. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
73.79 |
1.0403 |
0.0494 |
275 |
1 |
73.79 |
2011-11-15 |
| 33. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
73.72 |
1.1022 |
-0.0186 |
259 |
1 |
73.72 |
2011-11-15 |
| 34. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
73.70 |
1.0214 |
0.0694 |
281 |
1 |
73.70 |
2011-11-15 |
| 35. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
73.61 |
1.0073 |
0.0480 |
369 |
1 |
73.61 |
2012-02-22 |
| 36. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
72.64 |
0.9278 |
0.1080 |
295 |
1 |
72.64 |
2012-01-01 |
| 37. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
72.53 |
1.0684 |
-0.0067 |
253 |
1 |
72.53 |
2011-11-15 |
| 38. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
72.38 |
1.0529 |
-0.0235 |
351 |
2 |
69.77 |
2012-04-02 |
| 39. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
72.20 |
0.9148 |
0.1136 |
317 |
1 |
72.20 |
2011-11-15 |
| 40. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
71.78 |
1.0389 |
-0.0163 |
318 |
1 |
71.78 |
2011-12-10 |
| 41. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
71.64 |
0.9905 |
0.0600 |
337 |
1 |
71.64 |
2012-03-07 |
| 42. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
71.39 |
0.9734 |
0.0419 |
289 |
1 |
71.39 |
2012-03-07 |
| 43. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
71.39 |
0.9365 |
0.0803 |
248 |
1 |
71.39 |
2011-11-15 |
| 44. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
70.45 |
1.0774 |
-0.0463 |
304 |
1 |
70.45 |
2011-11-15 |
| 45. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
70.08 |
1.0213 |
-0.0280 |
240 |
1 |
70.08 |
2011-12-10 |
| 46. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
69.54 |
0.9330 |
0.0624 |
360 |
1 |
69.54 |
2012-01-01 |
| 47. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
69.49 |
0.9567 |
0.0313 |
273 |
1 |
69.49 |
2012-01-01 |
| 48. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
69.44 |
1.0252 |
-0.0448 |
176 |
1 |
69.44 |
2011-11-15 |
| 49. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
69.43 |
1.0004 |
-0.0197 |
212 |
1 |
69.43 |
2012-01-01 |
| 50. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
69.17 |
1.1296 |
-0.1174 |
252 |
1 |
69.17 |
2011-11-16 |
| 51. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
69.10 |
1.0205 |
-0.0454 |
179 |
1 |
69.10 |
2011-11-08 |
| 52. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
68.20 |
1.0528 |
-0.0884 |
201 |
1 |
68.20 |
2011-11-15 |
| 53. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
67.95 |
1.0515 |
-0.0880 |
250 |
1 |
67.95 |
2011-11-08 |
| 54. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
67.45 |
1.0389 |
-0.0780 |
340 |
1 |
67.45 |
2012-01-01 |
| 55. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
67.40 |
0.9965 |
-0.0382 |
277 |
2 |
55.81 |
2012-04-02 |
| 56. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
67.39 |
1.0292 |
-0.0731 |
262 |
1 |
67.39 |
2011-11-15 |
| 57. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
67.34 |
1.0719 |
-0.0871 |
360 |
1 |
67.34 |
2011-11-15 |
| 58. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
67.28 |
0.9461 |
0.0057 |
193 |
1 |
67.28 |
2012-03-07 |
| 59. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
67.10 |
0.9461 |
0.0067 |
276 |
1 |
67.10 |
2011-11-15 |
| 60. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
66.72 |
0.9339 |
0.0124 |
310 |
1 |
66.72 |
2011-11-15 |
| 61. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
66.65 |
1.0740 |
-0.0888 |
264 |
1 |
66.65 |
2011-11-09 |
| 62. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
66.55 |
0.9965 |
-0.0508 |
310 |
2 |
63.92 |
2011-11-15 |
| 63. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
66.44 |
1.0201 |
-0.0757 |
303 |
1 |
66.44 |
2011-11-15 |
| 64. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
66.01 |
0.9693 |
-0.0099 |
360 |
1 |
66.01 |
2011-11-15 |
| 65. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
64.77 |
0.9646 |
-0.0457 |
264 |
1 |
64.77 |
2011-11-09 |
| 66. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
64.77 |
0.9893 |
-0.0695 |
323 |
1 |
64.77 |
2011-11-17 |
| 67. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
64.68 |
0.8958 |
0.0277 |
322 |
1 |
64.68 |
2012-01-01 |
| 68. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
64.51 |
1.0154 |
-0.0495 |
351 |
1 |
64.51 |
2011-11-15 |
| 69. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
64.40 |
0.9820 |
-0.0643 |
267 |
1 |
64.40 |
2011-11-15 |
| 70. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
64.29 |
0.9632 |
-0.0439 |
392 |
1 |
64.29 |
2011-11-17 |
| 71. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
63.95 |
0.9005 |
0.0061 |
212 |
2 |
61.57 |
2012-03-07 |
| 72. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
63.77 |
1.0124 |
-0.1095 |
204 |
1 |
63.77 |
2011-11-15 |
| 73. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
63.41 |
1.0907 |
-0.1883 |
303 |
1 |
63.41 |
2011-11-09 |
| 74. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
63.36 |
1.0314 |
-0.0926 |
452 |
1 |
63.36 |
2011-11-15 |
| 75. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
63.27 |
1.0943 |
-0.1636 |
206 |
1 |
63.27 |
2012-01-01 |
| 76. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
62.85 |
0.9897 |
-0.1000 |
274 |
1 |
62.85 |
2011-11-15 |
| 77. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
62.49 |
0.9578 |
-0.0710 |
281 |
1 |
62.49 |
2011-11-09 |
| 78. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
62.16 |
1.1215 |
-0.2155 |
200 |
1 |
62.16 |
2011-11-15 |
| 79. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
61.72 |
1.0214 |
-0.1469 |
269 |
1 |
61.72 |
2011-11-09 |
| 80. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
61.45 |
0.9991 |
-0.1265 |
225 |
1 |
61.45 |
2011-11-16 |
| 81. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
61.35 |
0.9780 |
-0.1065 |
337 |
1 |
61.35 |
2011-11-15 |
| 82. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
61.35 |
1.0577 |
-0.1908 |
247 |
1 |
61.35 |
2011-11-15 |
| 83. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
60.96 |
0.9514 |
-0.0861 |
237 |
1 |
60.96 |
2011-11-09 |
| 84. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
60.89 |
1.0232 |
-0.1237 |
236 |
1 |
60.89 |
2011-11-15 |
| 85. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
60.59 |
0.9176 |
-0.0242 |
267 |
1 |
60.59 |
2011-12-08 |
| 86. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
59.25 |
0.9614 |
-0.1177 |
292 |
2 |
57.78 |
2011-11-15 |
| 87. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
58.10 |
0.9740 |
-0.1546 |
209 |
1 |
58.10 |
2011-11-15 |
| 88. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
57.78 |
0.9668 |
-0.1051 |
383 |
1 |
57.78 |
2011-11-09 |
| 89. |
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the ju... |
57.74 |
1.0459 |
-0.1964 |
200 |
1 |
57.74 |
2011-11-17 |
| 90. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
56.84 |
0.9485 |
-0.1403 |
291 |
1 |
56.84 |
2011-11-08 |
| 91. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
56.70 |
0.9709 |
-0.1260 |
397 |
2 |
55.81 |
2012-03-07 |
| 92. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
56.48 |
0.8467 |
-0.0216 |
343 |
1 |
56.48 |
2012-03-07 |
| 93. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
56.15 |
1.0261 |
-0.2327 |
273 |
1 |
56.15 |
2011-11-09 |
| 94. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
55.47 |
0.9084 |
-0.1207 |
300 |
1 |
55.47 |
2011-11-09 |
| 95. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
55.44 |
0.9964 |
-0.2111 |
203 |
1 |
55.44 |
2011-11-09 |
| 96. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
55.40 |
0.9567 |
-0.1294 |
184 |
1 |
55.40 |
2011-11-09 |
| 97. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
54.93 |
0.9168 |
-0.1371 |
240 |
1 |
54.93 |
2011-11-15 |
| 98. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
54.78 |
0.8845 |
-0.1086 |
273 |
1 |
54.78 |
2011-11-15 |
| 99. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
53.02 |
0.9790 |
-0.1878 |
311 |
1 |
53.02 |
2011-11-15 |
| 100. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
52.35 |
0.9684 |
-0.2251 |
388 |
1 |
52.35 |
2011-11-08 |
| 101. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
52.08 |
0.8105 |
-0.0781 |
204 |
1 |
52.08 |
2011-11-08 |
| 102. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
49.48 |
0.9045 |
-0.2044 |
235 |
1 |
49.48 |
2011-11-09 |
| 103. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
48.23 |
0.8996 |
-0.2236 |
192 |
1 |
48.23 |
2011-11-09 |
| 104. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
42.69 |
1.0352 |
-0.4302 |
341 |
1 |
42.69 |
2012-03-07 |