| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
131.26 |
1.0516 |
0.2004 |
281 |
2 |
126.91 |
2010-06-17 |
| 2. |
Grits and fried chicken won't disappear, but perhaps future ... |
128.60 |
0.8884 |
0.3390 |
135 |
1 |
128.60 |
2010-06-16 |
| 3. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
126.64 |
1.0023 |
0.2037 |
211 |
2 |
111.03 |
2011-03-07 |
| 4. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
125.60 |
1.0885 |
0.1442 |
341 |
2 |
117.71 |
2010-06-17 |
| 5. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
123.50 |
1.0669 |
0.1436 |
213 |
3 |
114.18 |
2010-06-17 |
| 6. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
123.28 |
1.0863 |
0.1240 |
210 |
1 |
123.28 |
2010-06-17 |
| 7. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
123.15 |
1.0787 |
0.0942 |
237 |
1 |
123.15 |
2010-06-17 |
| 8. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
122.44 |
1.0714 |
0.0871 |
129 |
2 |
117.84 |
2010-06-17 |
| 9. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
120.95 |
1.0719 |
0.1087 |
360 |
1 |
120.95 |
2010-06-17 |
| 10. |
And in the dream I knew that he was goin' on ahead and that ... |
120.70 |
0.9598 |
0.1982 |
220 |
1 |
120.70 |
2010-06-16 |
| 11. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
119.53 |
0.9207 |
0.2212 |
174 |
1 |
119.53 |
2010-06-16 |
| 12. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
119.33 |
1.0029 |
0.1281 |
209 |
1 |
119.33 |
2010-07-02 |
| 13. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
119.25 |
1.0352 |
0.1045 |
341 |
2 |
114.08 |
2011-03-07 |
| 14. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
118.79 |
1.0799 |
0.0486 |
243 |
1 |
118.79 |
2011-03-07 |
| 15. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
117.45 |
0.9509 |
0.2068 |
225 |
3 |
99.70 |
2010-06-16 |
| 16. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
116.84 |
0.9532 |
0.1589 |
258 |
1 |
116.84 |
2011-03-07 |
| 17. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
115.58 |
1.0385 |
0.0609 |
230 |
1 |
115.58 |
2010-06-16 |
| 18. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
115.48 |
0.9673 |
0.1723 |
232 |
3 |
108.20 |
2010-07-02 |
| 19. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
114.75 |
1.0120 |
0.0804 |
290 |
2 |
111.47 |
2011-03-07 |
| 20. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
114.67 |
0.9843 |
0.1032 |
234 |
1 |
114.67 |
2010-06-16 |
| 21. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
114.66 |
0.9965 |
0.0911 |
168 |
1 |
114.66 |
2011-03-07 |
| 22. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
113.69 |
1.0445 |
0.0394 |
373 |
1 |
113.69 |
2010-06-16 |
| 23. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
113.59 |
0.9855 |
0.1299 |
258 |
2 |
110.25 |
2010-06-17 |
| 24. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
112.90 |
1.0669 |
0.0408 |
286 |
2 |
111.51 |
2011-03-07 |
| 25. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
112.59 |
1.0613 |
0.0161 |
456 |
1 |
112.59 |
2010-07-02 |
| 26. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
111.81 |
1.0417 |
0.0207 |
253 |
1 |
111.81 |
2011-03-07 |
| 27. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
111.67 |
1.0379 |
0.0606 |
245 |
1 |
111.67 |
2010-06-16 |
| 28. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
111.13 |
1.0630 |
0.0285 |
397 |
1 |
111.13 |
2010-06-17 |
| 29. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
110.99 |
0.9307 |
0.1343 |
246 |
1 |
110.99 |
2010-06-16 |
| 30. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
110.21 |
0.9905 |
0.0668 |
377 |
1 |
110.21 |
2010-07-23 |
| 31. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
110.09 |
1.0644 |
0.0200 |
257 |
1 |
110.09 |
2010-06-16 |
| 32. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
109.90 |
1.0429 |
0.0022 |
259 |
1 |
109.90 |
2010-06-16 |
| 33. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
109.25 |
1.0197 |
0.0176 |
226 |
1 |
109.25 |
2010-06-16 |
| 34. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
109.21 |
1.0125 |
0.0250 |
224 |
1 |
109.21 |
2010-06-16 |
| 35. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
108.83 |
1.0109 |
0.0582 |
400 |
1 |
108.83 |
2011-03-07 |
| 36. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
108.30 |
0.9572 |
0.1170 |
376 |
1 |
108.30 |
2010-07-02 |
| 37. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
108.22 |
0.9546 |
0.1070 |
198 |
1 |
108.22 |
2010-07-23 |
| 38. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
107.93 |
1.0677 |
-0.0098 |
284 |
1 |
107.93 |
2010-06-16 |
| 39. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
107.82 |
1.0829 |
-0.0550 |
288 |
1 |
107.82 |
2011-03-07 |
| 40. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
106.66 |
1.0403 |
0.0149 |
275 |
1 |
106.66 |
2010-06-16 |
| 41. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
106.55 |
0.9879 |
0.0350 |
450 |
1 |
106.55 |
2011-03-07 |
| 42. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
106.51 |
0.9811 |
0.0354 |
272 |
1 |
106.51 |
2011-03-07 |
| 43. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
106.10 |
1.0390 |
-0.0329 |
205 |
1 |
106.10 |
2010-06-16 |
| 44. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
106.03 |
0.9710 |
0.0317 |
173 |
1 |
106.03 |
2010-06-16 |
| 45. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
105.95 |
0.9908 |
0.0635 |
342 |
1 |
105.95 |
2011-03-07 |
| 46. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
105.82 |
1.0168 |
-0.0082 |
271 |
1 |
105.82 |
2010-06-16 |
| 47. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
105.81 |
0.9785 |
0.0318 |
335 |
1 |
105.81 |
2010-06-16 |
| 48. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
105.78 |
0.9279 |
0.0854 |
317 |
1 |
105.78 |
2011-03-07 |
| 49. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
105.46 |
0.9731 |
0.0181 |
129 |
1 |
105.46 |
2010-06-16 |
| 50. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
105.23 |
1.0419 |
-0.0404 |
261 |
1 |
105.23 |
2010-06-16 |
| 51. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
104.92 |
0.9353 |
0.0591 |
177 |
1 |
104.92 |
2010-06-16 |
| 52. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
104.30 |
1.0331 |
-0.0428 |
234 |
1 |
104.30 |
2011-03-07 |
| 53. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
103.94 |
0.9529 |
0.0767 |
269 |
1 |
103.94 |
2010-06-17 |
| 54. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
103.87 |
1.0496 |
-0.0619 |
314 |
1 |
103.87 |
2010-06-16 |
| 55. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
103.68 |
0.9897 |
-0.0055 |
274 |
2 |
97.35 |
2010-06-16 |
| 56. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
103.16 |
0.9871 |
0.0166 |
227 |
1 |
103.16 |
2010-06-16 |
| 57. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
103.14 |
1.0038 |
0.0078 |
237 |
1 |
103.14 |
2010-06-16 |
| 58. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
102.45 |
1.0454 |
-0.0744 |
255 |
2 |
99.42 |
2011-03-07 |
| 59. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
102.24 |
0.8951 |
0.0798 |
193 |
1 |
102.24 |
2010-06-16 |
| 60. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
102.19 |
0.9841 |
-0.0081 |
334 |
1 |
102.19 |
2010-06-16 |
| 61. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
102.09 |
0.9597 |
0.0156 |
347 |
2 |
99.34 |
2010-06-16 |
| 62. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
101.92 |
1.0183 |
-0.0543 |
191 |
1 |
101.92 |
2011-03-07 |
| 63. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
101.80 |
1.0073 |
-0.0309 |
369 |
1 |
101.80 |
2010-06-16 |
| 64. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
101.77 |
0.9852 |
-0.0168 |
264 |
1 |
101.77 |
2010-06-16 |
| 65. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
101.69 |
0.9758 |
-0.0077 |
314 |
1 |
101.69 |
2011-03-07 |
| 66. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
101.60 |
1.0337 |
-0.0678 |
214 |
1 |
101.60 |
2010-06-16 |
| 67. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
101.35 |
0.9820 |
-0.0151 |
267 |
1 |
101.35 |
2010-06-16 |
| 68. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
100.84 |
0.9263 |
0.0364 |
188 |
1 |
100.84 |
2010-06-16 |
| 69. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
100.80 |
0.8731 |
0.0927 |
199 |
1 |
100.80 |
2010-06-16 |
| 70. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
100.79 |
0.9612 |
-0.0025 |
256 |
1 |
100.79 |
2010-06-16 |
| 71. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
100.61 |
0.8788 |
0.0746 |
134 |
1 |
100.61 |
2010-06-16 |
| 72. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
100.52 |
0.9411 |
0.0158 |
318 |
1 |
100.52 |
2010-06-16 |
| 73. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
99.93 |
0.9943 |
-0.0407 |
373 |
1 |
99.93 |
2010-06-16 |
| 74. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
98.49 |
0.9675 |
-0.0215 |
383 |
1 |
98.49 |
2010-06-16 |
| 75. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
98.46 |
1.1018 |
-0.1720 |
220 |
1 |
98.46 |
2010-06-16 |
| 76. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
98.41 |
1.0441 |
-0.0671 |
316 |
1 |
98.41 |
2010-06-17 |
| 77. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
98.06 |
0.9857 |
-0.0543 |
293 |
1 |
98.06 |
2010-06-16 |
| 78. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
97.84 |
0.9899 |
-0.0644 |
163 |
1 |
97.84 |
2010-06-16 |
| 79. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
97.64 |
0.9709 |
-0.0016 |
397 |
1 |
97.64 |
2011-03-07 |
| 80. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
97.09 |
0.8289 |
0.1015 |
304 |
1 |
97.09 |
2010-06-16 |
| 81. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
96.66 |
1.0463 |
-0.1320 |
182 |
1 |
96.66 |
2010-07-02 |
| 82. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
96.50 |
0.9653 |
-0.0397 |
394 |
1 |
96.50 |
2010-06-16 |
| 83. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
96.49 |
0.9045 |
0.0130 |
235 |
2 |
95.08 |
2010-06-16 |
| 84. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
96.42 |
1.0090 |
-0.0486 |
282 |
1 |
96.42 |
2010-06-16 |
| 85. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
95.83 |
1.0150 |
-0.0551 |
325 |
1 |
95.83 |
2010-06-16 |
| 86. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
94.92 |
1.0462 |
-0.1502 |
184 |
1 |
94.92 |
2010-06-16 |
| 87. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
94.80 |
0.9376 |
-0.0013 |
360 |
1 |
94.80 |
2010-06-16 |
| 88. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
94.63 |
1.0025 |
-0.1023 |
336 |
1 |
94.63 |
2010-06-16 |
| 89. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
94.34 |
0.8961 |
-0.0030 |
189 |
1 |
94.34 |
2010-06-16 |
| 90. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
94.31 |
1.0124 |
-0.1186 |
204 |
1 |
94.31 |
2010-06-16 |
| 91. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
94.10 |
0.9120 |
0.0154 |
436 |
1 |
94.10 |
2010-06-17 |
| 92. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
94.02 |
0.9168 |
-0.0221 |
240 |
1 |
94.02 |
2010-06-16 |
| 93. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
92.73 |
1.0151 |
-0.1426 |
152 |
1 |
92.73 |
2010-06-16 |
| 94. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
90.85 |
0.8562 |
0.0068 |
170 |
1 |
90.85 |
2010-06-16 |
| 95. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
89.47 |
0.8602 |
-0.0128 |
206 |
1 |
89.47 |
2010-06-16 |
| 96. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
89.35 |
0.9351 |
-0.0922 |
190 |
1 |
89.35 |
2010-06-16 |
| 97. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
89.12 |
0.9068 |
-0.0623 |
225 |
1 |
89.12 |
2010-06-16 |
| 98. |
We were all in our late twenties or early-to-middle thirties... |
88.95 |
0.8867 |
-0.0370 |
241 |
1 |
88.95 |
2010-06-16 |
| 99. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
88.94 |
0.9786 |
-0.1394 |
193 |
1 |
88.94 |
2010-06-16 |
| 100. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
88.90 |
0.9651 |
-0.0852 |
389 |
1 |
88.90 |
2010-06-16 |
| 101. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
88.58 |
0.8573 |
-0.0127 |
270 |
1 |
88.58 |
2010-06-16 |
| 102. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
87.37 |
0.8852 |
-0.0538 |
201 |
1 |
87.37 |
2010-06-16 |
| 103. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
86.66 |
0.9289 |
-0.1087 |
204 |
1 |
86.66 |
2010-06-16 |
| 104. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
85.40 |
0.9005 |
-0.0917 |
212 |
1 |
85.40 |
2010-06-16 |
| 105. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
84.25 |
1.0487 |
-0.2545 |
231 |
1 |
84.25 |
2010-06-16 |
| 106. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
83.22 |
1.0205 |
-0.2377 |
179 |
1 |
83.22 |
2010-06-16 |
| 107. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
80.21 |
0.8353 |
-0.0675 |
283 |
1 |
80.21 |
2010-06-16 |
| 108. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
80.16 |
0.8348 |
-0.0687 |
219 |
1 |
80.16 |
2010-06-16 |
| 109. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
76.45 |
1.0016 |
-0.2822 |
218 |
1 |
76.45 |
2010-06-16 |
| 110. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
75.55 |
0.9601 |
-0.2400 |
308 |
1 |
75.55 |
2010-06-16 |