| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
137.92 |
1.1016 |
0.1160 |
233 |
1 |
137.92 |
2013-06-11 |
| 2. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
135.93 |
1.1114 |
0.0871 |
247 |
1 |
135.93 |
2014-03-02 |
| 3. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
132.14 |
1.0004 |
0.1650 |
212 |
1 |
132.14 |
2013-08-05 |
| 4. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
131.33 |
1.0666 |
0.0916 |
297 |
1 |
131.33 |
2013-07-13 |
| 5. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
131.10 |
1.0201 |
0.1374 |
303 |
1 |
131.10 |
2014-02-22 |
| 6. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
130.73 |
1.0167 |
0.1383 |
378 |
2 |
118.39 |
2012-11-15 |
| 7. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
129.14 |
1.0477 |
0.0924 |
360 |
1 |
129.14 |
2012-11-15 |
| 8. |
And the hardest part was letting go, not taking part was the... |
128.84 |
1.0905 |
0.0471 |
161 |
1 |
128.84 |
2019-11-03 |
| 9. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
128.36 |
1.0454 |
0.0925 |
255 |
1 |
128.36 |
2012-11-13 |
| 10. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
127.67 |
1.0169 |
0.1423 |
346 |
1 |
127.67 |
2013-08-05 |
| 11. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
126.03 |
1.1022 |
0.0429 |
259 |
1 |
126.03 |
2013-08-05 |
| 12. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
125.85 |
1.0619 |
0.0490 |
354 |
1 |
125.85 |
2012-11-13 |
| 13. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
125.32 |
1.0025 |
0.1034 |
256 |
1 |
125.32 |
2013-07-13 |
| 14. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
123.94 |
1.0385 |
0.0538 |
230 |
1 |
123.94 |
2012-11-10 |
| 15. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
123.19 |
1.0365 |
0.0824 |
162 |
1 |
123.19 |
2012-11-13 |
| 16. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
122.93 |
1.0346 |
0.0889 |
244 |
1 |
122.93 |
2012-11-10 |
| 17. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
122.12 |
1.1081 |
0.0037 |
206 |
1 |
122.12 |
2013-06-11 |
| 18. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
121.77 |
0.9936 |
0.0807 |
311 |
1 |
121.77 |
2012-11-15 |
| 19. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
121.57 |
1.0768 |
0.0319 |
295 |
1 |
121.57 |
2013-08-04 |
| 20. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
121.33 |
0.9614 |
0.1100 |
292 |
1 |
121.33 |
2012-11-10 |
| 21. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
121.12 |
1.0883 |
0.0085 |
303 |
2 |
115.72 |
2013-08-04 |
| 22. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
120.96 |
1.0567 |
0.0101 |
303 |
1 |
120.96 |
2013-08-05 |
| 23. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
120.61 |
1.0124 |
0.0510 |
204 |
1 |
120.61 |
2012-11-15 |
| 24. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
120.18 |
1.0331 |
0.0267 |
234 |
1 |
120.18 |
2012-11-15 |
| 25. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
120.10 |
0.9768 |
0.0833 |
387 |
1 |
120.10 |
2013-08-05 |
| 26. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
120.03 |
0.9897 |
0.0695 |
274 |
2 |
116.03 |
2013-08-05 |
| 27. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
119.94 |
1.0284 |
0.0693 |
282 |
2 |
112.95 |
2014-03-02 |
| 28. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
119.73 |
0.9691 |
0.0874 |
223 |
1 |
119.73 |
2013-04-21 |
| 29. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
119.53 |
0.9886 |
0.0661 |
220 |
2 |
108.73 |
2012-11-15 |
| 30. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
119.06 |
1.0644 |
0.0207 |
257 |
1 |
119.06 |
2013-08-04 |
| 31. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
118.89 |
1.0389 |
0.0095 |
340 |
1 |
118.89 |
2012-11-10 |
| 32. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
118.67 |
1.0972 |
-0.0225 |
251 |
1 |
118.67 |
2013-08-04 |
| 33. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
118.41 |
0.9941 |
0.0495 |
217 |
1 |
118.41 |
2013-08-04 |
| 34. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
118.38 |
0.9786 |
0.0659 |
235 |
1 |
118.38 |
2012-11-15 |
| 35. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
118.29 |
1.0214 |
0.0214 |
269 |
2 |
112.65 |
2012-11-06 |
| 36. |
You know a dream is like a river ever changing as it flows a... |
118.27 |
1.0791 |
-0.0363 |
259 |
1 |
118.27 |
2019-11-03 |
| 37. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
117.57 |
1.1068 |
-0.0393 |
393 |
1 |
117.57 |
2014-04-08 |
| 38. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
117.55 |
1.0613 |
-0.0245 |
266 |
1 |
117.55 |
2012-11-06 |
| 39. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
117.44 |
0.9855 |
0.0795 |
258 |
1 |
117.44 |
2014-04-07 |
| 40. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
117.44 |
1.0740 |
-0.0029 |
264 |
1 |
117.44 |
2012-11-10 |
| 41. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
117.01 |
0.9635 |
0.0698 |
389 |
1 |
117.01 |
2012-11-15 |
| 42. |
He rode past me and kept on goin'. Never said nothin' goin' ... |
116.91 |
1.0502 |
-0.0070 |
535 |
1 |
116.91 |
2012-11-15 |
| 43. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
116.65 |
0.9965 |
0.0321 |
277 |
1 |
116.65 |
2012-11-15 |
| 44. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
116.40 |
1.0917 |
-0.0398 |
243 |
1 |
116.40 |
2012-11-10 |
| 45. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
116.29 |
1.0264 |
0.0287 |
422 |
1 |
116.29 |
2013-04-21 |
| 46. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
116.04 |
0.9905 |
0.0579 |
337 |
1 |
116.04 |
2013-08-05 |
| 47. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
116.03 |
1.0528 |
-0.0318 |
201 |
1 |
116.03 |
2013-10-02 |
| 48. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
115.96 |
1.0506 |
-0.0014 |
277 |
1 |
115.96 |
2013-07-13 |
| 49. |
Finally, gentlemen, there are people with an hereditary anim... |
115.74 |
0.9383 |
0.0942 |
471 |
1 |
115.74 |
2014-04-07 |
| 50. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
115.52 |
1.0352 |
-0.0154 |
341 |
1 |
115.52 |
2013-08-05 |
| 51. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
115.41 |
0.9636 |
0.0543 |
254 |
2 |
109.08 |
2013-07-29 |
| 52. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
115.17 |
1.0343 |
0.0194 |
242 |
1 |
115.17 |
2012-11-15 |
| 53. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
114.99 |
1.0797 |
-0.0673 |
210 |
1 |
114.99 |
2012-11-10 |
| 54. |
Well, let me tell you something, Caveman. You are here on ac... |
114.84 |
1.0527 |
-0.0404 |
190 |
1 |
114.84 |
2019-11-03 |
| 55. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
114.48 |
0.9776 |
0.0326 |
308 |
1 |
114.48 |
2012-11-15 |
| 56. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
114.05 |
1.0943 |
-0.0595 |
206 |
1 |
114.05 |
2013-07-13 |
| 57. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
113.76 |
1.0320 |
0.0069 |
293 |
1 |
113.76 |
2012-11-10 |
| 58. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
113.56 |
0.9942 |
0.0090 |
483 |
1 |
113.56 |
2013-08-05 |
| 59. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
113.30 |
1.0429 |
-0.0448 |
259 |
1 |
113.30 |
2013-08-05 |
| 60. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
112.74 |
1.0257 |
-0.0308 |
401 |
1 |
112.74 |
2013-07-29 |
| 61. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
112.27 |
0.9570 |
0.0337 |
287 |
1 |
112.27 |
2013-08-05 |
| 62. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
112.19 |
1.0799 |
-0.0917 |
243 |
1 |
112.19 |
2013-08-05 |
| 63. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
111.60 |
0.9965 |
-0.0127 |
310 |
1 |
111.60 |
2012-11-15 |
| 64. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
111.48 |
1.0403 |
-0.0189 |
275 |
1 |
111.48 |
2013-08-05 |
| 65. |
I figured I could get a job at a filling station somewhere, ... |
111.22 |
1.0058 |
-0.0241 |
201 |
1 |
111.22 |
2019-11-05 |
| 66. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
110.65 |
1.0165 |
-0.0411 |
392 |
1 |
110.65 |
2012-11-15 |
| 67. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
110.55 |
1.0197 |
-0.0457 |
226 |
1 |
110.55 |
2013-07-13 |
| 68. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
109.31 |
0.9991 |
-0.0356 |
225 |
1 |
109.31 |
2012-11-10 |
| 69. |
It wasn't something that I thought about, but I knew that yo... |
108.51 |
1.0293 |
-0.0724 |
354 |
1 |
108.51 |
2019-11-03 |
| 70. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
108.32 |
0.9881 |
-0.0007 |
424 |
1 |
108.32 |
2012-11-10 |
| 71. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
107.68 |
1.0063 |
-0.0571 |
371 |
1 |
107.68 |
2013-08-04 |
| 72. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
107.61 |
1.0396 |
-0.0919 |
149 |
1 |
107.61 |
2012-11-03 |
| 73. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
106.68 |
0.9997 |
-0.0585 |
382 |
1 |
106.68 |
2013-08-05 |
| 74. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
105.58 |
0.9279 |
0.0036 |
317 |
2 |
98.94 |
2012-11-06 |
| 75. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
104.67 |
0.8615 |
0.0654 |
110 |
1 |
104.67 |
2012-11-10 |
| 76. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
104.18 |
0.9513 |
-0.0325 |
354 |
1 |
104.18 |
2013-10-02 |
| 77. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
104.12 |
0.9894 |
-0.0712 |
323 |
2 |
102.07 |
2013-09-24 |
| 78. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
103.39 |
1.0058 |
-0.0827 |
411 |
1 |
103.39 |
2012-11-10 |
| 79. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
103.02 |
0.9792 |
-0.0364 |
265 |
1 |
103.02 |
2012-11-06 |
| 80. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
102.71 |
1.0172 |
-0.0830 |
341 |
1 |
102.71 |
2012-11-03 |
| 81. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
102.08 |
0.9411 |
-0.0404 |
318 |
1 |
102.08 |
2012-11-03 |
| 82. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
101.30 |
0.8947 |
0.0004 |
366 |
1 |
101.30 |
2012-11-13 |
| 83. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
100.92 |
0.9168 |
-0.0286 |
240 |
1 |
100.92 |
2014-03-02 |
| 84. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
100.33 |
0.9723 |
-0.0878 |
364 |
1 |
100.33 |
2014-04-07 |
| 85. |
Because you taught yourself how to run your little fingers o... |
100.23 |
0.9772 |
-0.0897 |
396 |
1 |
100.23 |
2019-11-03 |
| 86. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
99.66 |
0.9622 |
-0.0832 |
392 |
1 |
99.66 |
2012-11-03 |
| 87. |
Napalm was invented in 1942. The government put it in flamet... |
99.64 |
0.8978 |
-0.0143 |
306 |
1 |
99.64 |
2019-11-03 |
| 88. |
There are perhaps twenty regular posters on the forum, and s... |
98.99 |
1.0709 |
-0.1704 |
392 |
1 |
98.99 |
2012-11-03 |
| 89. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
98.32 |
1.0677 |
-0.1733 |
284 |
1 |
98.32 |
2012-11-03 |
| 90. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
97.93 |
0.8956 |
-0.0316 |
322 |
1 |
97.93 |
2012-11-06 |
| 91. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
95.86 |
0.9278 |
-0.0823 |
295 |
1 |
95.86 |
2012-11-03 |
| 92. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
94.08 |
0.9289 |
-0.1006 |
204 |
1 |
94.08 |
2012-11-06 |
| 93. |
There are many things that I would like to say to you but I ... |
93.68 |
1.1806 |
-0.3596 |
75 |
1 |
93.68 |
2019-11-05 |
| 94. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
93.49 |
0.9509 |
-0.0915 |
225 |
1 |
93.49 |
2012-11-03 |
| 95. |
This country is hard on people. Hard and crazy. Got the devi... |
93.34 |
0.9028 |
-0.0796 |
111 |
1 |
93.34 |
2012-11-03 |
| 96. |
My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer, and... |
93.00 |
0.9558 |
-0.1361 |
195 |
1 |
93.00 |
2019-11-05 |
| 97. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
92.06 |
0.9976 |
-0.1661 |
174 |
1 |
92.06 |
2012-11-10 |
| 98. |
This is as brave as I know how to be. I know it's gonna hurt... |
89.14 |
0.9405 |
-0.1525 |
121 |
1 |
89.14 |
2019-11-05 |
| 99. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
84.47 |
0.9064 |
-0.1610 |
399 |
1 |
84.47 |
2012-11-03 |