| 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... |
133.78 |
1.0767 |
0.3789 |
212 |
2 |
122.51 |
2014-09-30 |
| 2. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
128.94 |
1.0621 |
0.3646 |
263 |
1 |
128.94 |
2014-09-30 |
| 3. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
125.57 |
1.0740 |
0.3327 |
264 |
1 |
125.57 |
2012-12-17 |
| 4. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
125.09 |
1.0795 |
0.3152 |
226 |
1 |
125.09 |
2011-07-29 |
| 5. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
125.03 |
1.0292 |
0.3310 |
262 |
1 |
125.03 |
2015-03-07 |
| 6. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
124.96 |
1.0993 |
0.2603 |
265 |
1 |
124.96 |
2014-09-30 |
| 7. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
123.55 |
1.0340 |
0.3131 |
406 |
1 |
123.55 |
2012-05-18 |
| 8. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
121.33 |
0.8810 |
0.4414 |
282 |
1 |
121.33 |
2015-03-07 |
| 9. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
121.16 |
1.0799 |
0.2365 |
243 |
1 |
121.16 |
2015-03-07 |
| 10. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
120.97 |
0.9527 |
0.3639 |
251 |
1 |
120.97 |
2012-05-17 |
| 11. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
119.25 |
1.1215 |
0.2033 |
200 |
1 |
119.25 |
2012-01-21 |
| 12. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
118.13 |
1.0379 |
0.2851 |
245 |
1 |
118.13 |
2014-09-30 |
| 13. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
117.62 |
0.9786 |
0.2993 |
193 |
2 |
117.52 |
2014-06-25 |
| 14. |
However, let us leave aside the philosophical, social, and e... |
117.44 |
0.9569 |
0.3392 |
410 |
1 |
117.44 |
2015-12-01 |
| 15. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
114.69 |
1.1018 |
0.1428 |
220 |
2 |
108.67 |
2012-12-18 |
| 16. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
113.35 |
0.9846 |
0.2481 |
281 |
2 |
108.35 |
2015-03-07 |
| 17. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
113.01 |
1.0774 |
0.1804 |
304 |
1 |
113.01 |
2011-07-16 |
| 18. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
112.07 |
1.0165 |
0.2033 |
392 |
1 |
112.07 |
2012-01-21 |
| 19. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
111.82 |
1.0263 |
0.1898 |
267 |
1 |
111.82 |
2014-06-30 |
| 20. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
111.80 |
1.0567 |
0.1604 |
303 |
1 |
111.80 |
2012-01-21 |
| 21. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
111.08 |
1.0095 |
0.1987 |
316 |
1 |
111.08 |
2015-03-07 |
| 22. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
109.43 |
0.9772 |
0.2122 |
217 |
1 |
109.43 |
2013-03-08 |
| 23. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
109.26 |
1.0577 |
0.1285 |
247 |
1 |
109.26 |
2012-12-17 |
| 24. |
Sometimes you concentrate more on racing the cars around you... |
109.01 |
1.0968 |
0.1205 |
365 |
1 |
109.01 |
2015-12-01 |
| 25. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
107.95 |
0.9871 |
0.2100 |
227 |
2 |
96.00 |
2013-02-16 |
| 26. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
107.61 |
1.0515 |
0.1175 |
250 |
1 |
107.61 |
2012-05-18 |
| 27. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
107.50 |
0.8971 |
0.2746 |
266 |
1 |
107.50 |
2015-03-07 |
| 28. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
107.24 |
1.0203 |
0.1478 |
261 |
1 |
107.24 |
2012-01-18 |
| 29. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
106.84 |
1.0787 |
0.0822 |
237 |
1 |
106.84 |
2012-01-21 |
| 30. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
106.51 |
0.9866 |
0.1697 |
218 |
1 |
106.51 |
2012-01-21 |
| 31. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
106.08 |
1.1022 |
0.0863 |
259 |
1 |
106.08 |
2013-02-27 |
| 32. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
105.85 |
1.0232 |
0.1641 |
236 |
1 |
105.85 |
2013-03-08 |
| 33. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
104.96 |
1.0396 |
0.0976 |
149 |
1 |
104.96 |
2014-06-30 |
| 34. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
104.82 |
1.0361 |
0.1036 |
269 |
1 |
104.82 |
2012-05-18 |
| 35. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
104.28 |
1.0090 |
0.1679 |
282 |
2 |
101.11 |
2012-05-17 |
| 36. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
104.19 |
0.9567 |
0.1758 |
273 |
1 |
104.19 |
2015-12-01 |
| 37. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
104.19 |
0.8788 |
0.2525 |
134 |
1 |
104.19 |
2013-05-17 |
| 38. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
104.10 |
0.9646 |
0.1670 |
264 |
1 |
104.10 |
2013-05-17 |
| 39. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
103.87 |
1.0053 |
0.1231 |
232 |
1 |
103.87 |
2015-12-01 |
| 40. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
103.83 |
0.9239 |
0.2076 |
193 |
1 |
103.83 |
2015-03-07 |
| 41. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
103.76 |
1.0038 |
0.1551 |
237 |
1 |
103.76 |
2014-06-30 |
| 42. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
103.75 |
0.9997 |
0.1302 |
382 |
1 |
103.75 |
2012-12-17 |
| 43. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
103.19 |
0.9340 |
0.1878 |
296 |
1 |
103.19 |
2013-05-17 |
| 44. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
103.17 |
0.9342 |
0.1894 |
434 |
1 |
103.17 |
2014-09-30 |
| 45. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
103.09 |
1.0917 |
0.0560 |
243 |
1 |
103.09 |
2012-01-21 |
| 46. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
102.15 |
0.8841 |
0.2292 |
194 |
1 |
102.15 |
2015-03-07 |
| 47. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
102.12 |
1.0141 |
0.1279 |
304 |
2 |
95.62 |
2013-06-25 |
| 48. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
102.02 |
1.0316 |
0.0782 |
333 |
1 |
102.02 |
2012-01-21 |
| 49. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
101.84 |
0.9601 |
0.1488 |
308 |
1 |
101.84 |
2012-12-17 |
| 50. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
101.68 |
0.9886 |
0.1171 |
220 |
1 |
101.68 |
2012-05-18 |
| 51. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
101.40 |
1.0125 |
0.1229 |
413 |
1 |
101.40 |
2014-06-30 |
| 52. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
101.09 |
0.9278 |
0.1728 |
295 |
1 |
101.09 |
2015-12-01 |
| 53. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
100.09 |
1.0595 |
0.0287 |
379 |
1 |
100.09 |
2012-05-17 |
| 54. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
99.67 |
0.9120 |
0.2013 |
436 |
1 |
99.67 |
2012-11-29 |
| 55. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
99.20 |
1.0201 |
0.0589 |
303 |
1 |
99.20 |
2012-01-21 |
| 56. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
99.13 |
0.9593 |
0.1203 |
398 |
1 |
99.13 |
2012-01-18 |
| 57. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
99.07 |
0.9682 |
0.1072 |
143 |
2 |
94.06 |
2013-01-03 |
| 58. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
98.99 |
1.0506 |
0.0545 |
277 |
1 |
98.99 |
2014-06-30 |
| 59. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
98.91 |
0.9912 |
0.1133 |
237 |
1 |
98.91 |
2013-01-03 |
| 60. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
98.80 |
0.9687 |
0.1072 |
371 |
1 |
98.80 |
2012-01-21 |
| 61. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
98.78 |
0.9508 |
0.1513 |
384 |
1 |
98.78 |
2013-01-03 |
| 62. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
98.68 |
0.9946 |
0.0768 |
246 |
1 |
98.68 |
2012-05-17 |
| 63. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
98.60 |
0.9635 |
0.1096 |
389 |
1 |
98.60 |
2014-09-30 |
| 64. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
98.13 |
0.9769 |
0.0884 |
263 |
1 |
98.13 |
2012-05-17 |
| 65. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
97.40 |
1.0297 |
0.0275 |
249 |
1 |
97.40 |
2014-06-25 |
| 66. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
96.72 |
0.8153 |
0.2378 |
200 |
1 |
96.72 |
2015-03-07 |
| 67. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
96.00 |
0.9991 |
0.0435 |
225 |
2 |
89.70 |
2012-12-17 |
| 68. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
95.78 |
0.9371 |
0.1419 |
318 |
1 |
95.78 |
2015-12-01 |
| 69. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
94.85 |
0.8602 |
0.1695 |
206 |
1 |
94.85 |
2013-05-17 |
| 70. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
94.54 |
0.9763 |
0.0504 |
289 |
1 |
94.54 |
2012-11-29 |
| 71. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
94.50 |
0.9578 |
0.0682 |
281 |
1 |
94.50 |
2014-06-25 |
| 72. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
94.14 |
1.1296 |
-0.0752 |
252 |
1 |
94.14 |
2012-01-18 |
| 73. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
93.52 |
1.0034 |
0.0114 |
302 |
1 |
93.52 |
2013-05-17 |
| 74. |
How do I live without the ones I love? Time still turns the ... |
93.03 |
1.0381 |
-0.0336 |
170 |
1 |
93.03 |
2015-03-07 |
| 75. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
92.91 |
1.0679 |
-0.0335 |
177 |
1 |
92.91 |
2012-01-21 |
| 76. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
91.16 |
0.9965 |
-0.0074 |
310 |
1 |
91.16 |
2012-11-29 |
| 77. |
It's really hard to do nothing totally. Even just sitting he... |
90.26 |
1.0424 |
-0.0608 |
171 |
1 |
90.26 |
2015-12-01 |
| 78. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
88.94 |
0.9640 |
0.0262 |
334 |
1 |
88.94 |
2015-12-01 |
| 79. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
88.51 |
0.9513 |
0.0112 |
354 |
1 |
88.51 |
2012-01-21 |
| 80. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
88.26 |
0.8775 |
0.0866 |
443 |
1 |
88.26 |
2012-05-18 |
| 81. |
A total of twenty-five friends were headed from San Francisc... |
86.73 |
0.9243 |
0.0510 |
448 |
1 |
86.73 |
2013-02-27 |
| 82. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
86.53 |
0.9234 |
0.0179 |
346 |
1 |
86.53 |
2012-05-17 |
| 83. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
86.38 |
1.0375 |
-0.0519 |
200 |
1 |
86.38 |
2012-05-18 |
| 84. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
85.46 |
1.0390 |
-0.1144 |
205 |
1 |
85.46 |
2011-05-04 |
| 85. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
85.01 |
1.0264 |
-0.0694 |
422 |
1 |
85.01 |
2012-01-21 |
| 86. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
84.42 |
0.9916 |
-0.0336 |
282 |
1 |
84.42 |
2011-05-03 |
| 87. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
83.13 |
0.9632 |
-0.0585 |
392 |
1 |
83.13 |
2012-01-21 |
| 88. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
81.21 |
0.9731 |
-0.0976 |
129 |
2 |
77.62 |
2014-06-25 |
| 89. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
79.63 |
0.9168 |
-0.0534 |
240 |
1 |
79.63 |
2012-01-21 |
| 90. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
78.73 |
1.0630 |
-0.1802 |
397 |
1 |
78.73 |
2012-12-18 |
| 91. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
75.95 |
1.0885 |
-0.2329 |
341 |
1 |
75.95 |
2013-03-08 |
| 92. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
75.39 |
0.9023 |
-0.0409 |
231 |
1 |
75.39 |
2013-05-17 |
| 93. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
52.30 |
1.1014 |
-0.4999 |
273 |
1 |
52.30 |
2013-01-03 |