| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
185.65 |
1.0767 |
0.2418 |
212 |
2 |
179.84 |
2014-01-01 |
| 2. |
A question in your nerves is lit, yet you know there is no a... |
183.42 |
1.0443 |
0.2583 |
203 |
1 |
183.42 |
2022-10-03 |
| 3. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
176.49 |
1.0917 |
0.1617 |
243 |
1 |
176.49 |
2013-08-23 |
| 4. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
174.11 |
1.0555 |
0.1810 |
323 |
1 |
174.11 |
2014-01-01 |
| 5. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
172.53 |
0.9899 |
0.2354 |
163 |
1 |
172.53 |
2013-08-23 |
| 6. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
170.07 |
1.0941 |
0.1137 |
256 |
1 |
170.07 |
2014-01-01 |
| 7. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
169.29 |
0.9916 |
0.2107 |
282 |
1 |
169.29 |
2014-11-10 |
| 8. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
168.18 |
0.9772 |
0.2172 |
217 |
1 |
168.18 |
2014-11-10 |
| 9. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
167.72 |
1.0523 |
0.1388 |
256 |
1 |
167.72 |
2014-01-01 |
| 10. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
165.66 |
1.0943 |
0.0822 |
206 |
1 |
165.66 |
2026-01-31 |
| 11. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
164.45 |
0.9910 |
0.1769 |
295 |
1 |
164.45 |
2013-10-04 |
| 12. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
164.14 |
1.0109 |
0.1548 |
400 |
1 |
164.14 |
2013-08-09 |
| 13. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
162.83 |
1.0328 |
0.1236 |
356 |
2 |
141.95 |
2026-01-31 |
| 14. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
160.82 |
1.1081 |
0.0340 |
206 |
1 |
160.82 |
2013-08-23 |
| 15. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
158.86 |
1.0419 |
0.0863 |
261 |
1 |
158.86 |
2013-08-09 |
| 16. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
156.28 |
1.0679 |
0.0420 |
177 |
1 |
156.28 |
2013-08-23 |
| 17. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
156.10 |
1.0296 |
0.0790 |
437 |
1 |
156.10 |
2013-09-10 |
| 18. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
154.62 |
1.0214 |
0.0767 |
269 |
1 |
154.62 |
2014-01-01 |
| 19. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
154.59 |
0.9619 |
0.1360 |
393 |
2 |
147.48 |
2013-08-23 |
| 20. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
154.11 |
1.0316 |
0.0629 |
333 |
1 |
154.11 |
2014-01-01 |
| 21. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
153.91 |
0.9601 |
0.1329 |
308 |
1 |
153.91 |
2014-01-01 |
| 22. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
152.47 |
1.0787 |
0.0041 |
237 |
1 |
152.47 |
2013-08-23 |
| 23. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
151.72 |
0.9636 |
0.1139 |
254 |
1 |
151.72 |
2013-08-23 |
| 24. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
151.64 |
1.0788 |
-0.0019 |
171 |
1 |
151.64 |
2013-08-23 |
| 25. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
151.19 |
0.9905 |
0.0832 |
377 |
1 |
151.19 |
2014-01-18 |
| 26. |
The truth is... I think that we should stay, and if - and if... |
150.77 |
1.0449 |
0.0258 |
326 |
1 |
150.77 |
2022-09-19 |
| 27. |
Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ev... |
150.46 |
0.9909 |
0.0776 |
263 |
1 |
150.46 |
2022-09-19 |
| 28. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
149.25 |
1.0444 |
0.0156 |
197 |
1 |
149.25 |
2013-08-23 |
| 29. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
149.02 |
0.8841 |
0.1742 |
194 |
1 |
149.02 |
2013-09-09 |
| 30. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
148.98 |
1.0183 |
0.0397 |
191 |
1 |
148.98 |
2013-08-23 |
| 31. |
As to my own part, having turned my thoughts for many years ... |
148.36 |
1.0144 |
0.0392 |
214 |
1 |
148.36 |
2022-09-19 |
| 32. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
148.01 |
1.0120 |
0.0391 |
290 |
1 |
148.01 |
2013-09-09 |
| 33. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
147.59 |
1.0034 |
0.0448 |
302 |
1 |
147.59 |
2013-09-09 |
| 34. |
I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout i... |
146.75 |
1.0824 |
-0.0402 |
300 |
1 |
146.75 |
2022-09-14 |
| 35. |
No, that is what I'm trying to tell you. He is still a child... |
146.70 |
1.0493 |
-0.0075 |
306 |
1 |
146.70 |
2022-09-19 |
| 36. |
And I think how hope may be the thing that pulls you forward... |
146.41 |
1.0932 |
-0.0534 |
243 |
1 |
146.41 |
2022-09-14 |
| 37. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
146.26 |
0.9161 |
0.1226 |
200 |
1 |
146.26 |
2013-09-09 |
| 38. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
145.65 |
0.9164 |
0.1180 |
305 |
1 |
145.65 |
2013-08-09 |
| 39. |
A total of twenty-five friends were headed from San Francisc... |
145.58 |
0.9243 |
0.1096 |
448 |
1 |
145.58 |
2013-08-23 |
| 40. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
145.07 |
1.0462 |
-0.0159 |
184 |
1 |
145.07 |
2013-12-21 |
| 41. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
144.55 |
1.0347 |
-0.0081 |
550 |
1 |
144.55 |
2022-09-14 |
| 42. |
There is no faith and no courage and no sacrifice in doing w... |
143.70 |
1.0579 |
-0.0374 |
697 |
1 |
143.70 |
2022-10-03 |
| 43. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
143.43 |
0.8956 |
0.1230 |
217 |
1 |
143.43 |
2013-08-09 |
| 44. |
Just because there are things I don't remember doesn't make ... |
143.37 |
1.0589 |
-0.0407 |
151 |
1 |
143.37 |
2022-09-14 |
| 45. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
141.69 |
0.8919 |
0.1144 |
205 |
1 |
141.69 |
2014-01-01 |
| 46. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
141.52 |
1.0677 |
-0.0626 |
284 |
1 |
141.52 |
2013-08-23 |
| 47. |
I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time... |
140.46 |
1.0271 |
-0.0296 |
221 |
1 |
140.46 |
2022-09-14 |
| 48. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
140.33 |
0.9567 |
0.0399 |
273 |
1 |
140.33 |
2014-03-04 |
| 49. |
I don't think we'd have any alternatives. There isn't a sing... |
140.21 |
1.0127 |
-0.0169 |
216 |
1 |
140.21 |
2022-09-19 |
| 50. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
140.07 |
0.9089 |
0.0859 |
342 |
1 |
140.07 |
2013-09-09 |
| 51. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
139.26 |
0.9233 |
0.0657 |
168 |
1 |
139.26 |
2013-08-23 |
| 52. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
139.22 |
0.9612 |
0.0275 |
256 |
1 |
139.22 |
2013-08-23 |
| 53. |
Every morning when he'd come to pick you up, I would look fo... |
138.86 |
1.0622 |
-0.0760 |
444 |
1 |
138.86 |
2022-09-19 |
| 54. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
138.65 |
0.9881 |
-0.0034 |
424 |
1 |
138.65 |
2013-08-23 |
| 55. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
138.18 |
0.9798 |
0.0015 |
199 |
1 |
138.18 |
2014-01-01 |
| 56. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
137.84 |
1.0042 |
-0.0253 |
352 |
1 |
137.84 |
2014-02-12 |
| 57. |
I've met another man. He's the best man I've ever met. He's ... |
137.40 |
1.0028 |
-0.0270 |
168 |
1 |
137.40 |
2023-02-14 |
| 58. |
We settled down together, in the bow of the boat, and we loo... |
136.71 |
1.0269 |
-0.0560 |
356 |
1 |
136.71 |
2022-09-14 |
| 59. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
136.18 |
0.8777 |
0.0894 |
177 |
1 |
136.18 |
2013-10-04 |
| 60. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
135.49 |
0.9631 |
-0.0009 |
345 |
1 |
135.49 |
2013-10-04 |
| 61. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
135.49 |
1.0131 |
-0.0509 |
225 |
1 |
135.49 |
2022-09-14 |
| 62. |
I know. I'm trying to save him by avoiding him so I could be... |
134.47 |
1.0162 |
-0.0612 |
233 |
1 |
134.47 |
2022-09-14 |
| 63. |
If you come to a river and find a boat at the edge, you will... |
133.89 |
1.1164 |
-0.1655 |
218 |
1 |
133.89 |
2023-01-09 |
| 64. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
133.72 |
0.9651 |
-0.0154 |
389 |
1 |
133.72 |
2013-08-28 |
| 65. |
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the ju... |
132.52 |
1.0459 |
-0.1048 |
200 |
1 |
132.52 |
2013-10-03 |
| 66. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
131.81 |
1.0365 |
-0.1004 |
162 |
1 |
131.81 |
2013-08-23 |
| 67. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
131.12 |
1.0292 |
-0.0980 |
262 |
1 |
131.12 |
2013-12-21 |
| 68. |
When is the last time you cared about something except yours... |
131.10 |
1.0720 |
-0.1409 |
262 |
1 |
131.10 |
2022-09-19 |
| 69. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
130.99 |
0.8933 |
0.0370 |
363 |
1 |
130.99 |
2013-08-09 |
| 70. |
Some days I woke up and got out of bed and brushed my teeth ... |
130.92 |
1.0811 |
-0.1513 |
263 |
1 |
130.92 |
2022-09-14 |
| 71. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
130.87 |
0.9527 |
-0.0233 |
251 |
1 |
130.87 |
2013-08-23 |
| 72. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
130.63 |
0.9893 |
-0.0616 |
323 |
1 |
130.63 |
2014-03-04 |
| 73. |
You are older than me. Do you still feel the pain of the sca... |
130.36 |
1.0511 |
-0.1253 |
162 |
1 |
130.36 |
2022-09-14 |
| 74. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
129.52 |
0.9756 |
-0.0558 |
229 |
1 |
129.52 |
2013-12-21 |
| 75. |
The withered leaves collect at my feet and the wind begins t... |
129.18 |
1.0263 |
-0.1089 |
231 |
1 |
129.18 |
2022-10-03 |
| 76. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
128.00 |
1.0667 |
-0.1577 |
406 |
1 |
128.00 |
2013-10-09 |
| 77. |
I'm alive in a city in a country of the world. And I want to... |
127.39 |
1.0807 |
-0.1760 |
362 |
1 |
127.39 |
2022-09-15 |
| 78. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
125.36 |
1.0232 |
-0.1329 |
350 |
1 |
125.36 |
2014-11-19 |
| 79. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
123.97 |
0.9023 |
-0.0219 |
231 |
1 |
123.97 |
2013-12-21 |
| 80. |
So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And mayb... |
123.85 |
1.0959 |
-0.2163 |
266 |
1 |
123.85 |
2022-09-14 |
| 81. |
I know just how to whisper and I know just how to cry. I kno... |
123.29 |
1.1387 |
-0.2631 |
249 |
1 |
123.29 |
2022-09-14 |
| 82. |
Corn is what feeds the steer that becomes the steak. Corn fe... |
121.95 |
1.0008 |
-0.1347 |
473 |
1 |
121.95 |
2026-01-31 |
| 83. |
Quiet and willing to do whatever anyone else wanted, she was... |
120.68 |
1.0840 |
-0.2269 |
98 |
1 |
120.68 |
2026-01-31 |
| 84. |
My brother, your father, he and I. Opposites. But I never do... |
119.39 |
1.0090 |
-0.1611 |
191 |
1 |
119.39 |
2023-02-14 |
| 85. |
Franky Four Fingers: "I have stones to sell, fat to chew, an... |
119.21 |
0.8636 |
-0.0170 |
256 |
1 |
119.21 |
2026-01-31 |
| 86. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
119.18 |
0.9532 |
-0.1068 |
258 |
1 |
119.18 |
2013-12-21 |
| 87. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
119.15 |
1.0463 |
-0.2001 |
182 |
1 |
119.15 |
2013-08-09 |
| 88. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
117.35 |
1.0885 |
-0.2551 |
341 |
1 |
117.35 |
2013-10-09 |
| 89. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
116.11 |
1.0662 |
-0.2416 |
407 |
1 |
116.11 |
2026-01-31 |
| 90. |
You're right, I did lose a million dollars last year. I expe... |
116.04 |
0.9871 |
-0.1630 |
253 |
1 |
116.04 |
2022-09-14 |
| 91. |
I hate this place, this zoo, this prison, this reality, what... |
115.62 |
1.0428 |
-0.2217 |
271 |
1 |
115.62 |
2022-09-14 |
| 92. |
You know what I say? I say one down, a couple hundred thousa... |
112.42 |
0.9716 |
-0.1732 |
315 |
1 |
112.42 |
2022-09-14 |
| 93. |
Samatha is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, foc... |
107.44 |
1.0673 |
-0.3043 |
230 |
1 |
107.44 |
2013-10-09 |
| 94. |
It didn't stop you from writing it. As if every thought that... |
96.78 |
0.9907 |
-0.3034 |
210 |
1 |
96.78 |
2022-09-14 |
| 95. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
87.42 |
0.9128 |
-0.2920 |
369 |
1 |
87.42 |
2013-12-13 |
| 96. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
47.14 |
0.8723 |
-0.5375 |
185 |
1 |
47.14 |
2013-10-04 |