| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
111.17 |
1.0797 |
0.1431 |
210 |
1 |
111.17 |
2010-09-17 |
| 2. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
109.37 |
1.0417 |
0.1615 |
253 |
1 |
109.37 |
2010-09-17 |
| 3. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
104.93 |
1.0943 |
0.0726 |
206 |
1 |
104.93 |
2010-09-17 |
| 4. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
104.51 |
1.0788 |
0.0705 |
171 |
1 |
104.51 |
2010-09-19 |
| 5. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
102.81 |
1.0666 |
0.0640 |
297 |
1 |
102.81 |
2010-09-17 |
| 6. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
101.92 |
1.0774 |
0.0540 |
304 |
1 |
101.92 |
2010-09-17 |
| 7. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
101.19 |
1.0385 |
0.0742 |
230 |
1 |
101.19 |
2010-09-17 |
| 8. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
100.92 |
0.9936 |
0.1166 |
311 |
1 |
100.92 |
2010-09-17 |
| 9. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
100.73 |
0.9161 |
0.1922 |
200 |
1 |
100.73 |
2010-09-17 |
| 10. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
100.69 |
1.0515 |
0.0558 |
250 |
1 |
100.69 |
2010-09-17 |
| 11. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
100.45 |
0.9841 |
0.1209 |
334 |
1 |
100.45 |
2010-09-17 |
| 12. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
100.43 |
1.1081 |
0.0120 |
206 |
1 |
100.43 |
2010-09-17 |
| 13. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
100.32 |
0.9772 |
0.1264 |
217 |
1 |
100.32 |
2010-09-19 |
| 14. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
100.27 |
1.0261 |
0.0767 |
273 |
1 |
100.27 |
2010-09-17 |
| 15. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
100.08 |
1.0063 |
0.0946 |
371 |
1 |
100.08 |
2011-07-15 |
| 16. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
99.58 |
1.0795 |
0.0292 |
226 |
3 |
98.48 |
2010-09-17 |
| 17. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
99.34 |
1.0677 |
0.0368 |
284 |
2 |
97.74 |
2010-09-17 |
| 18. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
98.95 |
1.0316 |
0.0567 |
333 |
1 |
98.95 |
2010-09-17 |
| 19. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
98.92 |
1.0379 |
0.0657 |
245 |
1 |
98.92 |
2010-09-17 |
| 20. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
98.61 |
1.0668 |
0.0177 |
350 |
2 |
98.15 |
2010-09-17 |
| 21. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
98.34 |
1.0254 |
0.0751 |
217 |
1 |
98.34 |
2010-09-17 |
| 22. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
97.82 |
1.0885 |
-0.0128 |
315 |
1 |
97.82 |
2010-09-17 |
| 23. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
97.71 |
1.0944 |
-0.0027 |
308 |
1 |
97.71 |
2010-09-17 |
| 24. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
97.55 |
0.9439 |
0.1298 |
476 |
1 |
97.55 |
2010-09-17 |
| 25. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
97.50 |
0.9426 |
0.1303 |
317 |
1 |
97.50 |
2010-09-17 |
| 26. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
97.42 |
1.0725 |
0.0111 |
233 |
1 |
97.42 |
2010-09-17 |
| 27. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
97.33 |
1.0768 |
0.0097 |
295 |
2 |
97.14 |
2010-09-19 |
| 28. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
96.51 |
1.0613 |
0.0003 |
456 |
1 |
96.51 |
2010-09-17 |
| 29. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
96.27 |
0.9612 |
0.0979 |
256 |
1 |
96.27 |
2010-09-17 |
| 30. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
96.20 |
1.0863 |
-0.0145 |
210 |
1 |
96.20 |
2010-09-17 |
| 31. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
96.17 |
1.0090 |
0.0657 |
282 |
2 |
90.51 |
2010-09-17 |
| 32. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
96.08 |
0.9532 |
0.1037 |
258 |
1 |
96.08 |
2010-09-19 |
| 33. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
95.87 |
1.0534 |
0.0010 |
357 |
1 |
95.87 |
2010-09-19 |
| 34. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
95.73 |
0.9997 |
0.0535 |
382 |
2 |
94.19 |
2010-09-17 |
| 35. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
95.35 |
0.9670 |
0.0976 |
307 |
1 |
95.35 |
2010-09-17 |
| 36. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
95.01 |
0.9908 |
0.0698 |
342 |
1 |
95.01 |
2010-09-17 |
| 37. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
94.93 |
1.0340 |
0.0104 |
406 |
1 |
94.93 |
2010-09-17 |
| 38. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
94.10 |
1.0555 |
-0.0206 |
363 |
1 |
94.10 |
2011-01-13 |
| 39. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
93.96 |
0.9893 |
0.0444 |
323 |
1 |
93.96 |
2010-09-19 |
| 40. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
93.88 |
0.9831 |
0.0499 |
469 |
1 |
93.88 |
2010-09-17 |
| 41. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
93.41 |
1.0214 |
0.0059 |
166 |
1 |
93.41 |
2010-09-17 |
| 42. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
93.31 |
0.9570 |
0.0695 |
287 |
2 |
91.95 |
2010-09-17 |
| 43. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
93.19 |
0.9898 |
0.0470 |
353 |
1 |
93.19 |
2010-09-17 |
| 44. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
93.04 |
1.0201 |
0.0033 |
375 |
1 |
93.04 |
2010-09-19 |
| 45. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
92.76 |
0.9649 |
0.0554 |
193 |
1 |
92.76 |
2010-09-17 |
| 46. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
92.03 |
1.0214 |
-0.0095 |
269 |
1 |
92.03 |
2010-09-17 |
| 47. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
91.89 |
0.9614 |
0.0495 |
292 |
1 |
91.89 |
2010-09-17 |
| 48. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
91.88 |
1.0917 |
-0.0703 |
243 |
1 |
91.88 |
2010-09-17 |
| 49. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
91.51 |
1.0288 |
-0.0099 |
300 |
2 |
91.48 |
2010-09-19 |
| 50. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
91.42 |
0.9941 |
0.0111 |
217 |
1 |
91.42 |
2010-09-17 |
| 51. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
91.41 |
1.0201 |
-0.0150 |
303 |
1 |
91.41 |
2011-07-15 |
| 52. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
91.03 |
0.9631 |
0.0552 |
345 |
1 |
91.03 |
2010-09-17 |
| 53. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
90.50 |
0.9886 |
0.0067 |
220 |
1 |
90.50 |
2011-07-15 |
| 54. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
90.47 |
0.9916 |
0.0194 |
282 |
1 |
90.47 |
2010-09-17 |
| 55. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
90.28 |
0.9879 |
0.0054 |
450 |
1 |
90.28 |
2010-09-19 |
| 56. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
90.08 |
0.8852 |
0.1057 |
201 |
1 |
90.08 |
2010-09-17 |
| 57. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
90.07 |
0.9966 |
-0.0059 |
259 |
1 |
90.07 |
2010-09-17 |
| 58. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
89.90 |
1.0218 |
-0.0337 |
268 |
1 |
89.90 |
2010-09-17 |
| 59. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
89.80 |
1.0596 |
-0.0723 |
239 |
1 |
89.80 |
2010-09-19 |
| 60. |
I don't feel like that now. I feel that as long as the Shire... |
89.01 |
1.0503 |
-0.0706 |
229 |
1 |
89.01 |
2024-11-08 |
| 61. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
88.89 |
0.9376 |
0.0505 |
360 |
1 |
88.89 |
2010-09-17 |
| 62. |
It had been a rough day, so when I walked into the party I w... |
88.67 |
1.0486 |
-0.0728 |
361 |
1 |
88.67 |
2024-11-08 |
| 63. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
88.34 |
0.9905 |
-0.0095 |
337 |
1 |
88.34 |
2010-09-17 |
| 64. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
88.26 |
1.0053 |
-0.0349 |
232 |
1 |
88.26 |
2010-09-17 |
| 65. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
88.19 |
0.9709 |
0.0110 |
397 |
1 |
88.19 |
2010-09-17 |
| 66. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
88.11 |
0.9289 |
0.0401 |
204 |
2 |
86.99 |
2010-09-17 |
| 67. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
88.08 |
0.9852 |
-0.0166 |
264 |
1 |
88.08 |
2010-09-19 |
| 68. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
88.08 |
1.0201 |
-0.0517 |
172 |
1 |
88.08 |
2010-09-17 |
| 69. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
87.85 |
0.9566 |
0.0143 |
576 |
1 |
87.85 |
2010-09-17 |
| 70. |
She left the lighthouse and went down to the beach to look a... |
87.57 |
1.0634 |
-0.0991 |
593 |
1 |
87.57 |
2024-01-23 |
| 71. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
86.97 |
0.9567 |
-0.0001 |
273 |
1 |
86.97 |
2010-09-19 |
| 72. |
My spirit's made up of the ocean, and the sky, and the sun, ... |
86.87 |
1.0537 |
-0.0983 |
223 |
1 |
86.87 |
2024-01-23 |
| 73. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
86.11 |
1.0487 |
-0.1026 |
231 |
1 |
86.11 |
2010-09-17 |
| 74. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
85.92 |
0.9635 |
-0.0183 |
389 |
1 |
85.92 |
2010-09-17 |
| 75. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
85.78 |
1.0462 |
-0.1032 |
184 |
1 |
85.78 |
2011-07-15 |
| 76. |
We might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been... |
85.76 |
0.9359 |
0.0196 |
353 |
2 |
82.02 |
2010-09-19 |
| 77. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
85.27 |
0.9673 |
-0.0119 |
232 |
1 |
85.27 |
2010-09-20 |
| 78. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
84.39 |
0.9844 |
-0.0566 |
293 |
1 |
84.39 |
2010-09-17 |
| 79. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
83.09 |
0.9509 |
-0.0215 |
225 |
1 |
83.09 |
2010-09-17 |
| 80. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
82.83 |
0.9578 |
-0.0468 |
281 |
1 |
82.83 |
2010-09-17 |
| 81. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
82.79 |
1.0334 |
-0.1240 |
131 |
1 |
82.79 |
2011-01-13 |
| 82. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
82.44 |
0.8722 |
0.0347 |
285 |
1 |
82.44 |
2010-09-20 |
| 83. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
81.92 |
0.9640 |
-0.0551 |
334 |
1 |
81.92 |
2010-09-17 |
| 84. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
81.78 |
0.9865 |
-0.0874 |
276 |
1 |
81.78 |
2010-09-17 |
| 85. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
81.66 |
1.0343 |
-0.1197 |
242 |
1 |
81.66 |
2010-09-19 |
| 86. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
81.57 |
0.9279 |
-0.0310 |
317 |
1 |
81.57 |
2010-09-17 |
| 87. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
81.52 |
1.0099 |
-0.1141 |
207 |
1 |
81.52 |
2010-09-17 |
| 88. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
81.45 |
0.9593 |
-0.0634 |
398 |
1 |
81.45 |
2010-09-17 |
| 89. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
81.42 |
0.9176 |
-0.0106 |
267 |
1 |
81.42 |
2010-09-17 |
| 90. |
I'm waking up to ash and dust. I wipe my brow and I sweat my... |
81.32 |
0.9689 |
-0.0736 |
192 |
1 |
81.32 |
2021-01-19 |
| 91. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
81.08 |
0.9546 |
-0.0524 |
198 |
1 |
81.08 |
2010-09-17 |
| 92. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
80.60 |
0.9693 |
-0.0787 |
360 |
1 |
80.60 |
2010-09-17 |
| 93. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
79.88 |
0.9769 |
-0.0988 |
263 |
1 |
79.88 |
2010-09-17 |
| 94. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
79.56 |
0.9097 |
-0.0221 |
464 |
1 |
79.56 |
2010-09-17 |
| 95. |
It's getting harder and harder for me to return to my true f... |
79.30 |
1.0094 |
-0.1369 |
248 |
1 |
79.30 |
2021-01-19 |
| 96. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
78.85 |
1.0088 |
-0.1297 |
396 |
1 |
78.85 |
2010-09-19 |
| 97. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
77.51 |
0.9176 |
-0.0538 |
365 |
2 |
76.70 |
2010-09-19 |
| 98. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
77.44 |
0.9798 |
-0.1290 |
199 |
1 |
77.44 |
2010-09-17 |
| 99. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
76.73 |
1.0125 |
-0.1570 |
413 |
1 |
76.73 |
2024-01-27 |
| 100. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
76.44 |
0.9371 |
-0.0822 |
318 |
1 |
76.44 |
2024-11-08 |
| 101. |
We often believe the more we practice a skill or technique -... |
73.18 |
0.9907 |
-0.1766 |
397 |
1 |
73.18 |
2024-01-27 |
| 102. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
72.60 |
0.9871 |
-0.1719 |
209 |
1 |
72.60 |
2010-09-17 |
| 103. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
71.85 |
0.7805 |
0.0095 |
154 |
1 |
71.85 |
2010-09-17 |
| 104. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
67.02 |
0.9148 |
-0.1782 |
317 |
1 |
67.02 |
2010-09-17 |