| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
108.67 |
1.0498 |
0.4136 |
180 |
1 |
108.67 |
2010-03-24 |
| 2. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
108.33 |
0.9731 |
0.4783 |
129 |
1 |
108.33 |
2010-12-05 |
| 3. |
The battle for soup versus salad is raging in the other room... |
105.86 |
0.9614 |
0.4426 |
164 |
1 |
105.86 |
2019-11-26 |
| 4. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
102.65 |
1.0213 |
0.3617 |
240 |
3 |
88.04 |
2016-08-10 |
| 5. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
101.39 |
1.0337 |
0.3346 |
214 |
2 |
85.27 |
2016-08-10 |
| 6. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
101.07 |
1.0088 |
0.3946 |
396 |
1 |
101.07 |
2016-08-10 |
| 7. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
99.09 |
1.0083 |
0.3737 |
273 |
1 |
99.09 |
2010-12-05 |
| 8. |
God help the man who ever really loves you. You'd break his ... |
97.95 |
1.0012 |
0.3243 |
188 |
1 |
97.95 |
2016-08-10 |
| 9. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
95.66 |
1.0529 |
0.2380 |
351 |
2 |
81.21 |
2016-08-10 |
| 10. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
92.63 |
1.0297 |
0.2187 |
249 |
1 |
92.63 |
2010-06-01 |
| 11. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
92.16 |
1.0714 |
0.1630 |
129 |
1 |
92.16 |
2010-03-24 |
| 12. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
91.56 |
0.9976 |
0.2574 |
174 |
1 |
91.56 |
2016-08-10 |
| 13. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
90.28 |
0.9619 |
0.2608 |
393 |
1 |
90.28 |
2010-12-05 |
| 14. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
90.08 |
0.9567 |
0.3006 |
184 |
1 |
90.08 |
2010-12-05 |
| 15. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
89.97 |
0.9005 |
0.3114 |
212 |
1 |
89.97 |
2016-08-10 |
| 16. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
89.38 |
1.0883 |
0.1492 |
303 |
1 |
89.38 |
2010-12-05 |
| 17. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
89.07 |
0.9698 |
0.2641 |
397 |
1 |
89.07 |
2010-06-09 |
| 18. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
88.04 |
1.0483 |
0.1360 |
227 |
1 |
88.04 |
2010-06-09 |
| 19. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
87.78 |
1.0197 |
0.1610 |
226 |
2 |
76.07 |
2009-01-17 |
| 20. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
87.34 |
1.0023 |
0.1734 |
211 |
2 |
73.86 |
2008-12-23 |
| 21. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
86.61 |
1.0214 |
0.1447 |
269 |
1 |
86.61 |
2010-04-06 |
| 22. |
For stenographer jobs, employers prefer to hire high school ... |
86.55 |
0.9239 |
0.2105 |
356 |
1 |
86.55 |
2019-11-26 |
| 23. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
84.30 |
1.0396 |
0.0896 |
149 |
1 |
84.30 |
2009-02-15 |
| 24. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
84.02 |
0.9922 |
0.1812 |
341 |
1 |
84.02 |
2010-06-09 |
| 25. |
In fact, if you put oy and poodle together in the same sente... |
83.31 |
0.9405 |
0.1509 |
243 |
1 |
83.31 |
2019-11-26 |
| 26. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
83.25 |
1.0296 |
0.0985 |
437 |
1 |
83.25 |
2014-08-29 |
| 27. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
82.88 |
1.0885 |
0.0314 |
315 |
1 |
82.88 |
2010-02-09 |
| 28. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
81.55 |
0.9426 |
0.1593 |
317 |
1 |
81.55 |
2010-03-24 |
| 29. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
81.25 |
1.0399 |
0.0597 |
294 |
1 |
81.25 |
2010-02-06 |
| 30. |
My son, from whence this madness, this neglect of my command... |
80.98 |
0.9702 |
0.1254 |
171 |
1 |
80.98 |
2019-11-26 |
| 31. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
79.76 |
1.0138 |
0.0601 |
231 |
1 |
79.76 |
2008-12-10 |
| 32. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
78.94 |
0.9863 |
0.0810 |
339 |
1 |
78.94 |
2008-12-10 |
| 33. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
78.46 |
0.9734 |
0.0828 |
289 |
1 |
78.46 |
2010-02-09 |
| 34. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
78.26 |
0.9572 |
0.0958 |
201 |
1 |
78.26 |
2008-11-28 |
| 35. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
77.83 |
1.0168 |
0.0324 |
271 |
1 |
77.83 |
2009-05-13 |
| 36. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
77.52 |
1.0124 |
0.0290 |
204 |
1 |
77.52 |
2010-02-06 |
| 37. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
76.94 |
1.0567 |
-0.0202 |
303 |
1 |
76.94 |
2008-12-16 |
| 38. |
I just hope you're lying next to somebody who knows how to l... |
75.74 |
1.0737 |
-0.0526 |
241 |
1 |
75.74 |
2019-11-26 |
| 39. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
75.56 |
0.9910 |
0.0279 |
295 |
2 |
71.39 |
2008-12-28 |
| 40. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
75.45 |
0.9886 |
0.0295 |
220 |
1 |
75.45 |
2008-12-15 |
| 41. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
75.11 |
0.9936 |
0.0168 |
311 |
1 |
75.11 |
2010-02-06 |
| 42. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
74.04 |
0.9991 |
-0.0021 |
225 |
1 |
74.04 |
2008-12-16 |
| 43. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
72.96 |
1.0368 |
-0.0545 |
276 |
1 |
72.96 |
2008-12-16 |
| 44. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
72.57 |
0.8916 |
0.0848 |
216 |
1 |
72.57 |
2010-02-06 |
| 45. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
71.74 |
0.9831 |
-0.0102 |
469 |
1 |
71.74 |
2008-12-16 |
| 46. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
71.44 |
1.0516 |
-0.0911 |
281 |
1 |
71.44 |
2008-12-11 |
| 47. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
70.68 |
1.0165 |
-0.0622 |
392 |
2 |
64.18 |
2008-12-11 |
| 48. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
70.45 |
1.0477 |
-0.0979 |
360 |
1 |
70.45 |
2008-11-28 |
| 49. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
69.83 |
1.0201 |
-0.0807 |
303 |
1 |
69.83 |
2008-11-27 |
| 50. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
69.83 |
0.9786 |
-0.0451 |
193 |
1 |
69.83 |
2008-12-16 |
| 51. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
69.54 |
0.9768 |
-0.0392 |
387 |
1 |
69.54 |
2008-12-16 |
| 52. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
69.27 |
1.0797 |
-0.1539 |
210 |
1 |
69.27 |
2008-12-28 |
| 53. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
68.99 |
1.0331 |
-0.1078 |
234 |
1 |
68.99 |
2008-12-28 |
| 54. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
68.97 |
1.0993 |
-0.1741 |
265 |
1 |
68.97 |
2008-12-10 |
| 55. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
68.94 |
0.9411 |
-0.0133 |
318 |
1 |
68.94 |
2008-12-15 |
| 56. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
68.35 |
0.9653 |
-0.0385 |
394 |
1 |
68.35 |
2008-12-15 |
| 57. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
68.25 |
0.9729 |
-0.0550 |
255 |
1 |
68.25 |
2009-01-17 |
| 58. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
68.24 |
1.0016 |
-0.0890 |
218 |
1 |
68.24 |
2008-09-30 |
| 59. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
68.10 |
0.9430 |
-0.0348 |
211 |
1 |
68.10 |
2008-12-10 |
| 60. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
66.86 |
1.0528 |
-0.1593 |
201 |
1 |
66.86 |
2008-11-28 |
| 61. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
66.49 |
0.9084 |
-0.0109 |
404 |
2 |
65.63 |
2009-02-15 |
| 62. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
66.00 |
0.9879 |
-0.0925 |
450 |
1 |
66.00 |
2008-12-06 |
| 63. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
65.84 |
0.9805 |
-0.0915 |
292 |
1 |
65.84 |
2008-11-28 |
| 64. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
65.41 |
0.8826 |
-0.0025 |
296 |
1 |
65.41 |
2009-01-15 |
| 65. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
65.36 |
1.0034 |
-0.1267 |
302 |
1 |
65.36 |
2008-11-27 |
| 66. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
64.94 |
0.9289 |
-0.0588 |
204 |
1 |
64.94 |
2008-12-15 |
| 67. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
64.86 |
1.0252 |
-0.1604 |
176 |
1 |
64.86 |
2008-12-06 |
| 68. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
64.31 |
1.0445 |
-0.1800 |
373 |
1 |
64.31 |
2008-11-27 |
| 69. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
64.23 |
1.0613 |
-0.1977 |
266 |
1 |
64.23 |
2008-11-27 |
| 70. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
63.16 |
0.8947 |
-0.0420 |
366 |
2 |
62.43 |
2008-11-28 |
| 71. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
62.80 |
0.9601 |
-0.1123 |
308 |
1 |
62.80 |
2008-12-06 |
| 72. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
62.34 |
0.9635 |
-0.1213 |
389 |
1 |
62.34 |
2008-09-30 |
| 73. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
62.05 |
1.0577 |
-0.2283 |
247 |
1 |
62.05 |
2008-11-28 |
| 74. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
61.07 |
0.9907 |
-0.1727 |
211 |
1 |
61.07 |
2008-10-26 |
| 75. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
60.89 |
0.9266 |
-0.1075 |
278 |
1 |
60.89 |
2008-11-28 |
| 76. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
60.37 |
0.9843 |
-0.1793 |
234 |
1 |
60.37 |
2008-12-10 |
| 77. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
59.68 |
0.9148 |
-0.1126 |
317 |
1 |
59.68 |
2008-12-15 |
| 78. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
58.74 |
0.9376 |
-0.1447 |
367 |
1 |
58.74 |
2008-11-28 |
| 79. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
58.68 |
0.9527 |
-0.1659 |
251 |
2 |
54.48 |
2008-12-11 |
| 80. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
58.64 |
0.9266 |
-0.1400 |
267 |
1 |
58.64 |
2008-11-28 |
| 81. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
57.93 |
0.9532 |
-0.1776 |
258 |
1 |
57.93 |
2008-10-16 |
| 82. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
57.76 |
0.9763 |
-0.2022 |
289 |
1 |
57.76 |
2008-09-30 |
| 83. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
57.40 |
0.9097 |
-0.0987 |
464 |
1 |
57.40 |
2008-11-27 |
| 84. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
57.25 |
0.9125 |
-0.1434 |
308 |
1 |
57.25 |
2008-10-06 |
| 85. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
57.21 |
0.9339 |
-0.1685 |
310 |
1 |
57.21 |
2008-12-15 |
| 86. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
56.91 |
1.0004 |
-0.2435 |
212 |
1 |
56.91 |
2008-11-27 |
| 87. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
56.56 |
0.9893 |
-0.2311 |
323 |
1 |
56.56 |
2008-11-28 |
| 88. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
55.97 |
0.9567 |
-0.2068 |
273 |
1 |
55.97 |
2008-09-30 |
| 89. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
55.86 |
1.0662 |
-0.2801 |
407 |
1 |
55.86 |
2010-06-09 |
| 90. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
55.68 |
0.9365 |
-0.1891 |
248 |
1 |
55.68 |
2008-11-27 |
| 91. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
54.31 |
0.9514 |
-0.2237 |
237 |
1 |
54.31 |
2008-11-28 |
| 92. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
53.27 |
0.8810 |
-0.1667 |
282 |
1 |
53.27 |
2008-11-28 |
| 93. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
52.78 |
0.9084 |
-0.2001 |
300 |
1 |
52.78 |
2008-09-30 |
| 94. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
51.61 |
0.9756 |
-0.2864 |
229 |
1 |
51.61 |
2008-10-26 |
| 95. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
50.00 |
1.0284 |
-0.3163 |
282 |
1 |
50.00 |
2010-06-26 |
| 96. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
35.32 |
1.0060 |
-0.5421 |
171 |
1 |
35.32 |
2008-12-15 |