| 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... |
104.50 |
1.1016 |
0.2199 |
233 |
2 |
100.78 |
2010-11-02 |
| 2. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
99.59 |
1.0521 |
0.2018 |
171 |
1 |
99.59 |
2012-01-24 |
| 3. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
98.83 |
1.0486 |
0.2012 |
289 |
2 |
91.69 |
2012-02-05 |
| 4. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
97.11 |
1.0666 |
0.1606 |
297 |
1 |
97.11 |
2010-11-02 |
| 5. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
96.48 |
1.0774 |
0.1710 |
304 |
1 |
96.48 |
2010-11-02 |
| 6. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
95.30 |
1.0885 |
0.1504 |
341 |
1 |
95.30 |
2012-02-05 |
| 7. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
94.96 |
1.0168 |
0.1842 |
271 |
2 |
87.83 |
2010-11-02 |
| 8. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
94.72 |
0.9786 |
0.2128 |
193 |
1 |
94.72 |
2010-11-02 |
| 9. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
94.51 |
1.0454 |
0.1448 |
255 |
1 |
94.51 |
2012-02-05 |
| 10. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
94.04 |
1.0214 |
0.1611 |
166 |
1 |
94.04 |
2012-02-04 |
| 11. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
93.93 |
1.0567 |
0.1304 |
303 |
1 |
93.93 |
2012-02-05 |
| 12. |
Right, I am going to tell you how this works. You're going i... |
93.31 |
1.0482 |
0.1540 |
487 |
1 |
93.31 |
2012-02-04 |
| 13. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
93.26 |
1.0419 |
0.1360 |
261 |
1 |
93.26 |
2012-02-04 |
| 14. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
92.25 |
1.0361 |
0.1299 |
269 |
1 |
92.25 |
2010-11-02 |
| 15. |
Samatha is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, foc... |
91.13 |
1.0673 |
0.1251 |
230 |
1 |
91.13 |
2012-02-05 |
| 16. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
90.45 |
1.0829 |
0.0606 |
288 |
2 |
81.76 |
2012-02-04 |
| 17. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
90.23 |
1.0201 |
0.1231 |
375 |
1 |
90.23 |
2010-11-02 |
| 18. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
89.96 |
1.0444 |
0.0848 |
197 |
1 |
89.96 |
2010-11-02 |
| 19. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
89.57 |
1.0917 |
0.0626 |
243 |
1 |
89.57 |
2012-01-24 |
| 20. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
89.19 |
1.0033 |
0.1159 |
189 |
2 |
82.03 |
2012-02-04 |
| 21. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
89.07 |
1.0669 |
0.0898 |
286 |
2 |
88.08 |
2010-11-02 |
| 22. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
88.80 |
1.0972 |
0.0534 |
251 |
1 |
88.80 |
2012-02-05 |
| 23. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
88.60 |
1.0025 |
0.1158 |
256 |
1 |
88.60 |
2010-11-02 |
| 24. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
87.31 |
1.0668 |
0.0376 |
350 |
1 |
87.31 |
2010-11-23 |
| 25. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
87.12 |
1.0189 |
0.0839 |
337 |
1 |
87.12 |
2010-11-02 |
| 26. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
87.02 |
1.1296 |
-0.0023 |
252 |
1 |
87.02 |
2010-11-01 |
| 27. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
86.64 |
0.9682 |
0.1233 |
143 |
1 |
86.64 |
2010-11-02 |
| 28. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
86.36 |
0.9893 |
0.1006 |
323 |
1 |
86.36 |
2010-11-02 |
| 29. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
86.16 |
0.9965 |
0.0914 |
277 |
1 |
86.16 |
2010-11-02 |
| 30. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
86.16 |
0.9632 |
0.1664 |
345 |
1 |
86.16 |
2010-11-02 |
| 31. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
86.05 |
1.0669 |
0.0518 |
213 |
1 |
86.05 |
2010-11-02 |
| 32. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
85.91 |
1.0289 |
0.0596 |
276 |
2 |
73.16 |
2010-11-02 |
| 33. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
85.84 |
0.9342 |
0.1525 |
434 |
1 |
85.84 |
2010-11-02 |
| 34. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
85.60 |
0.9946 |
0.0853 |
246 |
1 |
85.60 |
2012-01-24 |
| 35. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
85.45 |
0.9879 |
0.0990 |
450 |
1 |
85.45 |
2012-02-05 |
| 36. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
85.37 |
1.0025 |
0.0756 |
336 |
1 |
85.37 |
2010-11-23 |
| 37. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
85.18 |
1.0684 |
0.0361 |
253 |
1 |
85.18 |
2012-02-04 |
| 38. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
84.96 |
0.9578 |
0.1136 |
281 |
1 |
84.96 |
2012-02-04 |
| 39. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
84.88 |
0.9672 |
0.1102 |
396 |
2 |
81.95 |
2012-02-05 |
| 40. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
84.87 |
1.0883 |
0.0146 |
303 |
1 |
84.87 |
2010-11-01 |
| 41. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
84.43 |
1.0038 |
0.0917 |
237 |
1 |
84.43 |
2012-02-05 |
| 42. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
84.39 |
1.0863 |
0.0131 |
210 |
1 |
84.39 |
2010-11-02 |
| 43. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
84.30 |
0.9567 |
0.1066 |
273 |
2 |
83.13 |
2012-02-05 |
| 44. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
84.16 |
1.0197 |
0.0391 |
226 |
1 |
84.16 |
2010-11-02 |
| 45. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
83.62 |
0.9986 |
0.0568 |
283 |
1 |
83.62 |
2010-11-03 |
| 46. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
83.43 |
0.9513 |
0.1049 |
354 |
1 |
83.43 |
2010-11-02 |
| 47. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
83.30 |
1.0595 |
-0.0063 |
379 |
1 |
83.30 |
2010-11-02 |
| 48. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
83.03 |
1.0213 |
0.0228 |
240 |
1 |
83.03 |
2010-11-02 |
| 49. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
82.96 |
0.9756 |
0.0695 |
229 |
1 |
82.96 |
2012-02-04 |
| 50. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
82.75 |
1.0399 |
0.0090 |
294 |
1 |
82.75 |
2010-11-02 |
| 51. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
82.46 |
0.9706 |
0.0737 |
216 |
1 |
82.46 |
2010-11-02 |
| 52. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
81.62 |
1.0172 |
0.0472 |
341 |
1 |
81.62 |
2010-11-02 |
| 53. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
81.50 |
0.9699 |
0.0572 |
269 |
2 |
73.89 |
2010-11-02 |
| 54. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
80.85 |
0.9936 |
0.0255 |
311 |
1 |
80.85 |
2010-11-02 |
| 55. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
80.76 |
1.0565 |
-0.0408 |
247 |
1 |
80.76 |
2010-11-01 |
| 56. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
80.63 |
1.1068 |
-0.0499 |
393 |
1 |
80.63 |
2010-11-02 |
| 57. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
80.57 |
1.0109 |
0.0379 |
400 |
1 |
80.57 |
2010-11-02 |
| 58. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
80.57 |
0.9994 |
0.0471 |
269 |
1 |
80.57 |
2010-11-02 |
| 59. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
80.52 |
0.9905 |
0.0561 |
337 |
2 |
76.49 |
2010-11-02 |
| 60. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
80.43 |
1.0621 |
-0.0286 |
263 |
2 |
76.60 |
2012-02-05 |
| 61. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
80.12 |
1.0714 |
-0.0702 |
129 |
1 |
80.12 |
2010-11-02 |
| 62. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
79.80 |
0.9675 |
0.0480 |
383 |
2 |
71.78 |
2010-11-02 |
| 63. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
79.68 |
0.9127 |
0.0895 |
252 |
1 |
79.68 |
2010-11-02 |
| 64. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
79.11 |
1.0396 |
-0.0496 |
149 |
1 |
79.11 |
2010-11-02 |
| 65. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
78.89 |
0.9792 |
0.0536 |
265 |
1 |
78.89 |
2012-02-05 |
| 66. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
78.72 |
1.0719 |
-0.0520 |
360 |
1 |
78.72 |
2010-11-02 |
| 67. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
78.50 |
0.9164 |
0.0778 |
305 |
2 |
74.18 |
2012-02-04 |
| 68. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
78.35 |
1.0090 |
0.0223 |
282 |
1 |
78.35 |
2010-11-02 |
| 69. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
78.28 |
0.9540 |
0.0308 |
285 |
1 |
78.28 |
2010-11-02 |
| 70. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
78.07 |
0.9857 |
-0.0027 |
293 |
1 |
78.07 |
2012-02-05 |
| 71. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
77.72 |
1.0211 |
-0.0109 |
213 |
2 |
75.55 |
2012-02-05 |
| 72. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
77.57 |
1.0412 |
-0.0642 |
225 |
2 |
73.02 |
2012-02-05 |
| 73. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
76.88 |
0.9964 |
-0.0275 |
203 |
1 |
76.88 |
2010-11-02 |
| 74. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
76.68 |
0.9676 |
0.0069 |
442 |
2 |
71.30 |
2010-11-03 |
| 75. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
76.67 |
0.9684 |
0.0004 |
388 |
1 |
76.67 |
2010-11-23 |
| 76. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
76.57 |
1.1323 |
-0.1338 |
341 |
1 |
76.57 |
2010-11-01 |
| 77. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
76.55 |
1.0053 |
-0.0428 |
232 |
1 |
76.55 |
2010-11-03 |
| 78. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
75.92 |
1.0403 |
-0.0688 |
193 |
1 |
75.92 |
2010-11-02 |
| 79. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
75.84 |
1.0388 |
-0.0517 |
243 |
1 |
75.84 |
2010-11-02 |
| 80. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
75.67 |
1.0403 |
-0.0471 |
275 |
1 |
75.67 |
2010-11-02 |
| 81. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
75.52 |
1.0662 |
-0.0771 |
407 |
1 |
75.52 |
2010-11-02 |
| 82. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
75.44 |
0.9213 |
0.0296 |
295 |
1 |
75.44 |
2012-02-04 |
| 83. |
Corn is what feeds the steer that becomes the steak. Corn fe... |
75.19 |
1.0008 |
-0.0106 |
473 |
1 |
75.19 |
2010-11-02 |
| 84. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
74.99 |
0.8770 |
0.0708 |
300 |
1 |
74.99 |
2010-11-01 |
| 85. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
74.85 |
0.9844 |
-0.0368 |
293 |
1 |
74.85 |
2012-02-05 |
| 86. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
74.83 |
1.0167 |
-0.0673 |
378 |
1 |
74.83 |
2010-11-02 |
| 87. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
74.41 |
0.9938 |
-0.0558 |
339 |
1 |
74.41 |
2010-11-01 |
| 88. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
74.32 |
0.9120 |
0.0573 |
436 |
1 |
74.32 |
2010-11-02 |
| 89. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
74.25 |
0.9899 |
-0.0594 |
163 |
2 |
70.60 |
2012-02-04 |
| 90. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
73.86 |
0.9942 |
-0.0552 |
483 |
1 |
73.86 |
2010-11-02 |
| 91. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
73.54 |
1.0334 |
-0.1138 |
131 |
1 |
73.54 |
2010-11-02 |
| 92. |
Many wines have more than 14 percent alcohol because the win... |
73.05 |
0.9739 |
-0.0182 |
412 |
1 |
73.05 |
2012-02-04 |
| 93. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
72.74 |
0.9871 |
-0.0490 |
227 |
1 |
72.74 |
2012-01-24 |
| 94. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
72.70 |
0.9776 |
-0.0620 |
308 |
1 |
72.70 |
2010-11-02 |
| 95. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
72.47 |
1.0062 |
-0.0938 |
288 |
1 |
72.47 |
2010-11-02 |
| 96. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
71.70 |
0.9089 |
-0.0024 |
342 |
1 |
71.70 |
2010-11-02 |
| 97. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
71.62 |
0.9811 |
-0.0768 |
272 |
1 |
71.62 |
2012-02-04 |
| 98. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
70.98 |
0.8981 |
-0.0001 |
393 |
1 |
70.98 |
2012-02-04 |
| 99. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
70.94 |
1.0173 |
-0.0802 |
268 |
1 |
70.94 |
2010-11-01 |
| 100. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
70.31 |
0.9691 |
-0.0847 |
223 |
1 |
70.31 |
2010-11-02 |
| 101. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
70.10 |
0.7876 |
0.0972 |
316 |
1 |
70.10 |
2010-11-02 |
| 102. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
69.73 |
0.9074 |
-0.0234 |
396 |
1 |
69.73 |
2010-11-01 |
| 103. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
69.33 |
0.9678 |
-0.0607 |
445 |
1 |
69.33 |
2010-11-02 |
| 104. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
68.49 |
0.9097 |
-0.0065 |
464 |
1 |
68.49 |
2012-02-05 |
| 105. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
68.26 |
1.0073 |
-0.1406 |
369 |
1 |
68.26 |
2010-11-01 |
| 106. |
Finally, gentlemen, there are people with an hereditary anim... |
68.13 |
0.9383 |
-0.0601 |
471 |
1 |
68.13 |
2010-11-02 |
| 107. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
68.07 |
0.9351 |
-0.0843 |
190 |
1 |
68.07 |
2012-02-05 |
| 108. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
67.98 |
0.9500 |
-0.0927 |
362 |
1 |
67.98 |
2010-11-02 |
| 109. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
67.78 |
0.8467 |
0.0301 |
343 |
1 |
67.78 |
2010-11-02 |
| 110. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
67.38 |
0.9572 |
-0.0666 |
376 |
1 |
67.38 |
2010-11-02 |
| 111. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
66.93 |
1.0031 |
-0.1279 |
304 |
1 |
66.93 |
2010-11-03 |
| 112. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
66.88 |
0.8845 |
-0.0430 |
273 |
1 |
66.88 |
2010-11-01 |
| 113. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
66.83 |
0.9461 |
-0.1095 |
193 |
1 |
66.83 |
2010-11-01 |
| 114. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
66.64 |
0.9364 |
-0.0583 |
351 |
1 |
66.64 |
2012-02-05 |
| 115. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
66.25 |
1.0288 |
-0.1637 |
300 |
1 |
66.25 |
2010-11-01 |
| 116. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
66.22 |
1.0320 |
-0.1621 |
293 |
1 |
66.22 |
2010-11-01 |
| 117. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
66.18 |
1.0240 |
-0.1945 |
256 |
1 |
66.18 |
2010-11-01 |
| 118. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
66.05 |
1.0083 |
-0.1337 |
273 |
1 |
66.05 |
2010-11-02 |
| 119. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
65.83 |
0.9148 |
-0.0857 |
317 |
1 |
65.83 |
2010-11-02 |
| 120. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
65.72 |
0.7805 |
0.0417 |
154 |
1 |
65.72 |
2010-11-02 |
| 121. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
65.57 |
1.0426 |
-0.2190 |
323 |
1 |
65.57 |
2010-11-02 |
| 122. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
65.47 |
0.9485 |
-0.1230 |
291 |
1 |
65.47 |
2010-11-01 |
| 123. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
65.28 |
0.9651 |
-0.1087 |
389 |
1 |
65.28 |
2010-11-01 |
| 124. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
64.73 |
0.9567 |
-0.1009 |
184 |
1 |
64.73 |
2010-11-02 |
| 125. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
64.63 |
1.0232 |
-0.1650 |
350 |
1 |
64.63 |
2010-11-02 |
| 126. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
64.61 |
0.9740 |
-0.1660 |
209 |
1 |
64.61 |
2010-11-02 |
| 127. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
64.50 |
0.9371 |
-0.0875 |
318 |
1 |
64.50 |
2010-11-02 |
| 128. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
63.40 |
0.9286 |
-0.1330 |
194 |
1 |
63.40 |
2010-11-02 |
| 129. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
62.22 |
0.9916 |
-0.1674 |
282 |
1 |
62.22 |
2010-11-02 |
| 130. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
61.18 |
0.9176 |
-0.1155 |
267 |
1 |
61.18 |
2012-02-05 |
| 131. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
61.05 |
0.8878 |
-0.1214 |
346 |
1 |
61.05 |
2010-11-01 |
| 132. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
59.07 |
0.9023 |
-0.1182 |
231 |
1 |
59.07 |
2010-11-02 |
| 133. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
56.24 |
0.9176 |
-0.1736 |
365 |
1 |
56.24 |
2012-02-04 |
| 134. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
47.44 |
1.1215 |
-0.5047 |
200 |
1 |
47.44 |
2010-11-02 |