| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The idea of "Mr. Right" has been passed down over the genera... |
123.56 |
0.9671 |
0.6566 |
379 |
1 |
123.56 |
2010-10-25 |
| 2. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
112.69 |
1.0252 |
0.4256 |
176 |
1 |
112.69 |
2010-10-30 |
| 3. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
110.91 |
0.9468 |
0.4875 |
276 |
3 |
88.68 |
2010-10-25 |
| 4. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
109.59 |
0.9612 |
0.4560 |
256 |
2 |
76.85 |
2010-10-30 |
| 5. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
109.51 |
1.1018 |
0.3073 |
220 |
1 |
109.51 |
2010-10-25 |
| 6. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
107.06 |
1.0555 |
0.3585 |
323 |
1 |
107.06 |
2012-09-29 |
| 7. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
106.56 |
1.0787 |
0.2971 |
237 |
1 |
106.56 |
2012-05-06 |
| 8. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
104.02 |
1.0165 |
0.3318 |
392 |
1 |
104.02 |
2011-02-27 |
| 9. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
103.57 |
1.0767 |
0.2593 |
212 |
2 |
99.14 |
2011-02-26 |
| 10. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
101.87 |
1.0797 |
0.2310 |
210 |
2 |
88.19 |
2011-02-26 |
| 11. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
96.84 |
1.0347 |
0.2420 |
550 |
1 |
96.84 |
2010-10-24 |
| 12. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
95.46 |
1.0053 |
0.2254 |
232 |
2 |
82.17 |
2012-05-06 |
| 13. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
94.75 |
1.0788 |
0.1388 |
171 |
1 |
94.75 |
2011-03-17 |
| 14. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
94.29 |
1.0257 |
0.1980 |
401 |
1 |
94.29 |
2012-05-06 |
| 15. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
92.39 |
1.0696 |
0.1195 |
226 |
1 |
92.39 |
2010-11-09 |
| 16. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
90.65 |
0.9164 |
0.2586 |
305 |
1 |
90.65 |
2011-02-27 |
| 17. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
89.31 |
1.0498 |
0.0975 |
180 |
1 |
89.31 |
2010-10-31 |
| 18. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
87.93 |
1.0031 |
0.1644 |
304 |
1 |
87.93 |
2011-01-28 |
| 19. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
87.84 |
0.9768 |
0.1592 |
387 |
1 |
87.84 |
2011-01-28 |
| 20. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
87.56 |
0.9846 |
0.1432 |
281 |
2 |
81.39 |
2010-11-09 |
| 21. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
86.67 |
1.0523 |
0.0613 |
256 |
1 |
86.67 |
2011-02-26 |
| 22. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
86.18 |
0.9965 |
0.1153 |
310 |
1 |
86.18 |
2010-11-11 |
| 23. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
86.03 |
1.0763 |
0.0749 |
367 |
1 |
86.03 |
2010-10-30 |
| 24. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
86.02 |
0.9851 |
0.1269 |
317 |
1 |
86.02 |
2010-11-11 |
| 25. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
85.93 |
0.9780 |
0.1310 |
337 |
1 |
85.93 |
2010-11-11 |
| 26. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
85.74 |
1.0124 |
0.0908 |
204 |
1 |
85.74 |
2010-10-28 |
| 27. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
85.47 |
1.0197 |
0.0796 |
226 |
1 |
85.47 |
2010-10-30 |
| 28. |
Right, I am going to tell you how this works. You're going i... |
84.80 |
1.0482 |
0.0695 |
487 |
1 |
84.80 |
2010-10-31 |
| 29. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
84.19 |
1.0034 |
0.0809 |
302 |
1 |
84.19 |
2012-05-06 |
| 30. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
83.31 |
1.0534 |
0.0231 |
357 |
1 |
83.31 |
2010-10-25 |
| 31. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
82.91 |
1.0644 |
0.0408 |
257 |
1 |
82.91 |
2010-11-11 |
| 32. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
82.84 |
1.0993 |
-0.0334 |
265 |
1 |
82.84 |
2010-10-30 |
| 33. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
82.60 |
1.0120 |
0.0518 |
290 |
1 |
82.60 |
2010-10-31 |
| 34. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
82.55 |
1.0388 |
0.0569 |
243 |
1 |
82.55 |
2010-11-03 |
| 35. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
81.86 |
1.0023 |
0.0507 |
211 |
1 |
81.86 |
2010-10-30 |
| 36. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
81.75 |
0.9798 |
0.0682 |
199 |
1 |
81.75 |
2011-09-16 |
| 37. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
81.35 |
1.0169 |
0.0702 |
346 |
1 |
81.35 |
2011-02-27 |
| 38. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
80.33 |
1.0261 |
0.0067 |
273 |
1 |
80.33 |
2010-10-25 |
| 39. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
80.33 |
1.0613 |
-0.0253 |
266 |
2 |
76.89 |
2011-01-28 |
| 40. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
79.54 |
1.0740 |
-0.0109 |
264 |
1 |
79.54 |
2010-10-31 |
| 41. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
79.50 |
1.0232 |
0.0366 |
236 |
1 |
79.50 |
2010-10-28 |
| 42. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
78.02 |
0.9646 |
0.0395 |
264 |
1 |
78.02 |
2012-05-06 |
| 43. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
77.63 |
0.9786 |
0.0208 |
235 |
1 |
77.63 |
2010-10-31 |
| 44. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
76.83 |
1.0531 |
-0.0254 |
272 |
1 |
76.83 |
2011-09-17 |
| 45. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
76.41 |
0.9216 |
0.1016 |
255 |
1 |
76.41 |
2010-10-25 |
| 46. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
76.41 |
1.0328 |
-0.0101 |
356 |
1 |
76.41 |
2010-11-17 |
| 47. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
76.32 |
1.1114 |
-0.1314 |
247 |
1 |
76.32 |
2010-10-28 |
| 48. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
75.99 |
1.0132 |
-0.0435 |
143 |
1 |
75.99 |
2010-10-24 |
| 49. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
75.79 |
1.0172 |
-0.0062 |
341 |
1 |
75.79 |
2010-11-09 |
| 50. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
75.77 |
0.9855 |
0.0236 |
258 |
1 |
75.77 |
2011-01-28 |
| 51. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
75.66 |
1.0154 |
0.0087 |
351 |
1 |
75.66 |
2010-10-25 |
| 52. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
75.32 |
1.0391 |
-0.0633 |
358 |
1 |
75.32 |
2010-11-09 |
| 53. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
75.20 |
1.0403 |
-0.0575 |
193 |
1 |
75.20 |
2010-10-28 |
| 54. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
74.37 |
0.9893 |
-0.0319 |
323 |
1 |
74.37 |
2011-04-04 |
| 55. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
74.10 |
1.1162 |
-0.1213 |
189 |
1 |
74.10 |
2011-01-28 |
| 56. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
73.81 |
1.0349 |
-0.0860 |
234 |
1 |
73.81 |
2010-10-31 |
| 57. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
73.67 |
1.0368 |
-0.0879 |
276 |
1 |
73.67 |
2010-10-30 |
| 58. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
73.38 |
1.0297 |
-0.0865 |
249 |
2 |
70.04 |
2010-11-09 |
| 59. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
72.22 |
1.0621 |
-0.1137 |
263 |
1 |
72.22 |
2012-05-06 |
| 60. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
72.20 |
1.0083 |
-0.0350 |
273 |
1 |
72.20 |
2010-11-17 |
| 61. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
71.82 |
1.0429 |
-0.1205 |
259 |
1 |
71.82 |
2010-11-16 |
| 62. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
71.59 |
0.8722 |
0.0520 |
285 |
1 |
71.59 |
2010-10-24 |
| 63. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
71.59 |
1.0314 |
-0.0711 |
452 |
1 |
71.59 |
2010-11-16 |
| 64. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
71.47 |
0.9651 |
-0.0098 |
389 |
1 |
71.47 |
2011-09-17 |
| 65. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
71.28 |
1.0088 |
-0.0532 |
396 |
1 |
71.28 |
2010-10-28 |
| 66. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
71.15 |
0.9485 |
-0.0314 |
236 |
1 |
71.15 |
2011-09-09 |
| 67. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
70.93 |
1.0358 |
-0.0814 |
349 |
1 |
70.93 |
2010-10-25 |
| 68. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
70.65 |
1.0141 |
-0.0691 |
304 |
1 |
70.65 |
2011-09-09 |
| 69. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
70.08 |
1.0496 |
-0.1490 |
314 |
1 |
70.08 |
2010-10-24 |
| 70. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
69.37 |
0.9857 |
-0.0947 |
293 |
1 |
69.37 |
2010-11-09 |
| 71. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
68.96 |
0.9632 |
-0.0701 |
392 |
1 |
68.96 |
2012-05-06 |
| 72. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
68.24 |
0.9619 |
-0.0789 |
393 |
1 |
68.24 |
2010-10-30 |
| 73. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
68.05 |
1.0343 |
-0.1223 |
242 |
1 |
68.05 |
2010-10-25 |
| 74. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
67.93 |
1.0232 |
-0.1041 |
350 |
1 |
67.93 |
2011-09-16 |
| 75. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
67.89 |
0.9670 |
-0.0520 |
307 |
1 |
67.89 |
2010-10-31 |
| 76. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
67.34 |
0.9884 |
-0.1232 |
233 |
1 |
67.34 |
2012-05-06 |
| 77. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
67.10 |
0.9635 |
-0.0951 |
389 |
1 |
67.10 |
2010-10-25 |
| 78. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
66.25 |
0.9905 |
-0.1310 |
377 |
1 |
66.25 |
2010-11-09 |
| 79. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
65.80 |
0.9266 |
-0.0813 |
267 |
1 |
65.80 |
2010-10-25 |
| 80. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
65.31 |
0.9814 |
-0.1029 |
364 |
1 |
65.31 |
2010-11-11 |
| 81. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
64.17 |
0.8595 |
-0.0330 |
242 |
1 |
64.17 |
2011-09-09 |
| 82. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
62.88 |
0.9289 |
-0.1239 |
204 |
1 |
62.88 |
2010-10-30 |
| 83. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
62.29 |
0.9871 |
-0.1512 |
209 |
1 |
62.29 |
2011-01-28 |
| 84. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
60.17 |
1.0944 |
-0.2778 |
308 |
1 |
60.17 |
2010-10-31 |
| 85. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
60.11 |
0.9663 |
-0.1897 |
330 |
1 |
60.11 |
2012-05-06 |
| 86. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
60.03 |
0.9899 |
-0.2247 |
163 |
1 |
60.03 |
2010-10-25 |
| 87. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
58.59 |
0.9792 |
-0.1893 |
265 |
1 |
58.59 |
2010-10-31 |
| 88. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
55.48 |
0.9763 |
-0.2659 |
289 |
1 |
55.48 |
2011-09-09 |
| 89. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
50.96 |
0.9597 |
-0.3038 |
347 |
1 |
50.96 |
2012-05-06 |
| 90. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
47.55 |
1.0251 |
-0.4197 |
261 |
1 |
47.55 |
2012-05-06 |
| 91. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
47.46 |
1.0885 |
-0.4791 |
315 |
1 |
47.46 |
2010-10-25 |
| 92. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
44.90 |
0.8775 |
-0.3021 |
443 |
1 |
44.90 |
2012-05-06 |
| 93. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
43.89 |
0.9636 |
-0.4045 |
254 |
1 |
43.89 |
2012-05-06 |
| 94. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
43.70 |
0.9843 |
-0.4322 |
234 |
1 |
43.70 |
2012-05-06 |
| 95. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
38.07 |
0.9439 |
-0.4524 |
476 |
1 |
38.07 |
2011-01-28 |
| 96. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
32.89 |
0.8878 |
-0.4721 |
346 |
1 |
32.89 |
2010-10-31 |
| 97. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
32.22 |
1.0183 |
-0.6164 |
191 |
1 |
32.22 |
2011-01-28 |