| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
63.24 |
0.9074 |
0.7461 |
396 |
1 |
63.24 |
2023-04-24 |
| 2. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
60.92 |
0.9578 |
0.6350 |
281 |
1 |
60.92 |
2023-04-24 |
| 3. |
Yes, it was her he was looking at, and there was meaning in ... |
60.87 |
1.0815 |
0.5100 |
167 |
1 |
60.87 |
2023-04-24 |
| 4. |
Knowing that internal stress could cause failure on the exam... |
54.13 |
1.1060 |
0.3093 |
320 |
1 |
54.13 |
2024-03-18 |
| 5. |
The scent of pine is overwhelming as you enter the next room... |
53.19 |
1.1027 |
0.2880 |
210 |
1 |
53.19 |
2024-03-18 |
| 6. |
It's strange, but the way you look right now sort of looks l... |
52.26 |
1.0081 |
0.3583 |
165 |
1 |
52.26 |
2020-12-20 |
| 7. |
A sapling must have good soil in order to grow strong. Infer... |
51.97 |
1.0617 |
0.2971 |
106 |
1 |
51.97 |
2024-03-18 |
| 8. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
51.46 |
0.8852 |
0.4603 |
201 |
1 |
51.46 |
2020-12-20 |
| 9. |
Achilles will never overtake the tortoise. He must first rea... |
51.29 |
1.0924 |
0.2486 |
289 |
1 |
51.29 |
2024-03-18 |
| 10. |
"Don't blame you," said Marvin and counted five hundred and ... |
50.19 |
0.8562 |
0.4561 |
139 |
1 |
50.19 |
2020-04-16 |
| 11. |
All at sea again, and now my hurricanes, have brought down t... |
49.36 |
0.9843 |
0.3063 |
325 |
1 |
49.36 |
2024-10-14 |
| 12. |
She is frequently kind and she's suddenly cruel. She can do ... |
49.12 |
0.9478 |
0.3365 |
199 |
1 |
49.12 |
2019-07-06 |
| 13. |
All of these moments just might find their way into my dream... |
48.74 |
1.0693 |
0.2050 |
154 |
1 |
48.74 |
2018-02-13 |
| 14. |
Take these three items: some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll ... |
48.08 |
0.8552 |
0.4019 |
146 |
1 |
48.08 |
2020-04-16 |
| 15. |
People aren't all perfect. They're weak, ugly, and they get ... |
47.83 |
1.0353 |
0.2152 |
223 |
1 |
47.83 |
2020-12-20 |
| 16. |
At least he had a BMW. He might live in a dump, but the worl... |
46.50 |
0.8544 |
0.3614 |
190 |
1 |
46.50 |
2020-04-16 |
| 17. |
Carbohydrates are formed when carbon dioxide and water come ... |
45.22 |
0.9129 |
0.2694 |
291 |
1 |
45.22 |
2018-07-09 |
| 18. |
While it may hold true that the final few seconds of a bike ... |
45.03 |
0.8341 |
0.3432 |
224 |
1 |
45.03 |
2020-04-16 |
| 19. |
You know how far I'm prepared to go. I will be a boat and ro... |
43.79 |
1.0243 |
0.1206 |
237 |
1 |
43.79 |
2019-07-06 |
| 20. |
I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live i... |
43.01 |
1.1180 |
0.0065 |
144 |
1 |
43.01 |
2017-01-22 |
| 21. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
41.79 |
0.9216 |
0.1710 |
255 |
1 |
41.79 |
2025-05-16 |
| 22. |
Robbers never strike at the homes of the poor; private wealt... |
41.29 |
0.9798 |
0.0998 |
209 |
1 |
41.29 |
2018-02-13 |
| 23. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
41.19 |
0.9724 |
0.1045 |
237 |
1 |
41.19 |
2017-05-14 |
| 24. |
First, your return to shore was not part of our negotiations... |
40.64 |
0.9539 |
0.1087 |
305 |
1 |
40.64 |
2018-06-29 |
| 25. |
This is the most stupid, irresponsible, dangerous thing you ... |
40.14 |
0.9482 |
0.1013 |
220 |
1 |
40.14 |
2018-06-29 |
| 26. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
39.74 |
1.0596 |
-0.0206 |
239 |
1 |
39.74 |
2016-06-26 |
| 27. |
Yeah, that's a cultural problem is what it is. You know, you... |
38.89 |
0.8875 |
0.1293 |
155 |
1 |
38.89 |
2018-06-29 |
| 28. |
Wow! I've never seen so many guests from different parts of ... |
38.79 |
0.9314 |
0.0828 |
160 |
1 |
38.79 |
2018-02-13 |
| 29. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
38.72 |
1.0485 |
-0.0361 |
153 |
1 |
38.72 |
2016-06-26 |
| 30. |
He's not afraid of losing. He's afraid of losing your love. ... |
38.55 |
0.9943 |
0.0136 |
163 |
1 |
38.55 |
2018-02-13 |
| 31. |
I turned back, and perceived a vast opaque body between me a... |
38.06 |
0.9923 |
0.0028 |
308 |
1 |
38.06 |
2018-02-13 |
| 32. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
37.72 |
0.9171 |
0.0691 |
165 |
2 |
32.43 |
2018-02-13 |
| 33. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
37.29 |
1.0385 |
-0.0635 |
230 |
1 |
37.29 |
2016-09-05 |
| 34. |
As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for thing... |
37.27 |
0.9245 |
0.0499 |
130 |
1 |
37.27 |
2017-05-14 |
| 35. |
For the first time, he heard something that he knew to be mu... |
37.24 |
1.0520 |
-0.0783 |
235 |
1 |
37.24 |
2017-01-22 |
| 36. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
36.78 |
0.8275 |
0.1341 |
142 |
1 |
36.78 |
2016-06-26 |
| 37. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
36.69 |
0.9485 |
0.0108 |
291 |
1 |
36.69 |
2018-07-09 |
| 38. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
36.51 |
0.8739 |
0.0807 |
136 |
1 |
36.51 |
2016-03-09 |
| 39. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
36.37 |
0.9855 |
-0.0346 |
258 |
1 |
36.37 |
2018-02-13 |
| 40. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
36.05 |
0.8700 |
0.0726 |
127 |
1 |
36.05 |
2016-06-26 |
| 41. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
35.56 |
1.0016 |
-0.0719 |
218 |
1 |
35.56 |
2016-06-26 |
| 42. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
35.24 |
0.9844 |
-0.0630 |
229 |
1 |
35.24 |
2015-10-28 |
| 43. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
34.92 |
1.0498 |
-0.1368 |
180 |
1 |
34.92 |
2016-09-05 |
| 44. |
I never wanted to become someone like him. So secure, conten... |
34.78 |
1.0519 |
-0.1426 |
245 |
1 |
34.78 |
2016-06-26 |
| 45. |
In a world of human wreckage where I'm lost and I'm found an... |
34.31 |
0.8675 |
0.0296 |
114 |
1 |
34.31 |
2018-02-13 |
| 46. |
The first time I made coffee for just myself, I made too muc... |
33.81 |
1.0551 |
-0.1711 |
249 |
1 |
33.81 |
2017-05-14 |
| 47. |
We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in t... |
33.80 |
1.0202 |
-0.1365 |
192 |
1 |
33.80 |
2016-09-05 |
| 48. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
33.68 |
1.0270 |
-0.1464 |
255 |
1 |
33.68 |
2017-01-22 |
| 49. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
33.58 |
0.9485 |
-0.0705 |
236 |
1 |
33.58 |
2016-03-08 |
| 50. |
It led me by the hand, as if to fill the niches in the memor... |
33.26 |
1.0326 |
-0.1630 |
241 |
1 |
33.26 |
2017-01-22 |
| 51. |
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give oth... |
33.15 |
1.0252 |
-0.1585 |
180 |
1 |
33.15 |
2016-06-26 |
| 52. |
You gotta relax and stay calm in there. The cage is your hom... |
33.14 |
0.9717 |
-0.1052 |
225 |
1 |
33.14 |
2016-09-05 |
| 53. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
32.07 |
0.8096 |
0.0289 |
209 |
1 |
32.07 |
2016-03-08 |
| 54. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
31.88 |
0.8037 |
0.0298 |
148 |
2 |
31.75 |
2016-03-13 |
| 55. |
If you, under any circumstances, see "Little Indian, Big Cit... |
31.54 |
0.7874 |
0.0372 |
114 |
1 |
31.54 |
2018-02-13 |
| 56. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
31.09 |
0.9028 |
-0.0899 |
155 |
1 |
31.09 |
2016-03-09 |
| 57. |
Friday morning Qwilleran sat at his typewriter and stared at... |
30.88 |
0.6901 |
0.1173 |
110 |
1 |
30.88 |
2016-09-05 |
| 58. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
30.88 |
0.8810 |
-0.0736 |
282 |
1 |
30.88 |
2016-06-26 |
| 59. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
30.74 |
1.0201 |
-0.2164 |
303 |
1 |
30.74 |
2015-10-28 |
| 60. |
This country is hard on people. Hard and crazy. Got the devi... |
30.33 |
0.9028 |
-0.1098 |
111 |
1 |
30.33 |
2015-10-28 |
| 61. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
29.41 |
0.9976 |
-0.2287 |
174 |
1 |
29.41 |
2016-06-26 |
| 62. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
29.12 |
0.9665 |
-0.2051 |
326 |
1 |
29.12 |
2015-10-28 |
| 63. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
28.49 |
0.8430 |
-0.0981 |
147 |
1 |
28.49 |
2016-03-13 |
| 64. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
28.48 |
1.0767 |
-0.3321 |
212 |
1 |
28.48 |
2016-03-09 |
| 65. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
28.41 |
1.0334 |
-0.2906 |
131 |
1 |
28.41 |
2016-03-09 |
| 66. |
Gentlemen: You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you,... |
28.23 |
0.9499 |
-0.2118 |
100 |
1 |
28.23 |
2016-06-26 |
| 67. |
It's all there, black and white, clear as crystal! You stole... |
28.00 |
0.8767 |
-0.1446 |
198 |
1 |
28.00 |
2016-06-26 |
| 68. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
27.82 |
0.9226 |
-0.1952 |
177 |
1 |
27.82 |
2016-03-08 |
| 69. |
My ship's a-sail, can you hear its tender frame, screaming f... |
27.75 |
0.7739 |
-0.0484 |
116 |
1 |
27.75 |
2016-03-09 |
| 70. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
26.56 |
1.0132 |
-0.3188 |
143 |
1 |
26.56 |
2015-10-28 |
| 71. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
24.42 |
0.8118 |
-0.1733 |
109 |
1 |
24.42 |
2016-03-08 |
| 72. |
If you think that you are going to love something, give it a... |
22.91 |
1.1227 |
-0.5237 |
147 |
1 |
22.91 |
2016-03-08 |
| 73. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
21.43 |
0.8900 |
-0.3297 |
164 |
1 |
21.43 |
2016-03-09 |