| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
107.21 |
1.0389 |
0.3220 |
318 |
1 |
107.21 |
2012-12-28 |
| 2. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
96.73 |
1.0521 |
0.1677 |
171 |
4 |
85.15 |
2013-05-16 |
| 3. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
93.70 |
1.0441 |
0.1434 |
252 |
1 |
93.70 |
2013-09-26 |
| 4. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
93.21 |
1.0666 |
0.1137 |
297 |
2 |
89.32 |
2012-12-28 |
| 5. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
92.60 |
1.0390 |
0.1292 |
205 |
1 |
92.60 |
2012-12-28 |
| 6. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
92.57 |
0.9884 |
0.1829 |
233 |
3 |
86.63 |
2013-09-27 |
| 7. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
91.92 |
1.0619 |
0.1053 |
354 |
1 |
91.92 |
2013-09-26 |
| 8. |
If you want to drive a race car well, whether to win an Indy... |
91.12 |
1.0272 |
0.1505 |
405 |
1 |
91.12 |
2013-09-27 |
| 9. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
90.90 |
1.0496 |
0.1000 |
314 |
1 |
90.90 |
2013-09-26 |
| 10. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
90.79 |
1.0062 |
0.1426 |
288 |
1 |
90.79 |
2013-05-04 |
| 11. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
90.50 |
1.1014 |
0.0815 |
273 |
2 |
88.90 |
2012-10-23 |
| 12. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
89.97 |
0.9899 |
0.1437 |
163 |
2 |
74.56 |
2013-09-26 |
| 13. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
89.44 |
0.9820 |
0.1527 |
267 |
2 |
87.44 |
2013-09-26 |
| 14. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
87.78 |
1.0033 |
0.1003 |
189 |
1 |
87.78 |
2013-09-28 |
| 15. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
87.76 |
1.0577 |
0.0486 |
247 |
1 |
87.76 |
2012-12-28 |
| 16. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
87.16 |
1.0365 |
0.0956 |
162 |
2 |
76.91 |
2012-12-28 |
| 17. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
86.32 |
1.0630 |
0.0622 |
397 |
1 |
86.32 |
2012-12-31 |
| 18. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
86.03 |
1.0385 |
0.0477 |
230 |
1 |
86.03 |
2013-09-26 |
| 19. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
85.85 |
1.0109 |
0.1077 |
400 |
1 |
85.85 |
2013-05-04 |
| 20. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
85.80 |
1.0352 |
0.0531 |
341 |
1 |
85.80 |
2012-12-28 |
| 21. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
85.70 |
1.0034 |
0.0791 |
302 |
1 |
85.70 |
2013-05-04 |
| 22. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
85.26 |
0.9898 |
0.1264 |
353 |
1 |
85.26 |
2013-05-04 |
| 23. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
85.24 |
0.9863 |
0.0959 |
339 |
1 |
85.24 |
2013-09-26 |
| 24. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
84.83 |
0.9212 |
0.1546 |
323 |
1 |
84.83 |
2013-09-26 |
| 25. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
84.68 |
0.9351 |
0.1301 |
190 |
1 |
84.68 |
2013-05-04 |
| 26. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
84.56 |
0.9976 |
0.0921 |
174 |
1 |
84.56 |
2013-09-28 |
| 27. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
84.54 |
1.0109 |
0.0586 |
276 |
2 |
80.52 |
2012-10-13 |
| 28. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
83.93 |
0.9734 |
0.0879 |
289 |
1 |
83.93 |
2012-10-22 |
| 29. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
83.79 |
1.0403 |
0.0589 |
275 |
1 |
83.79 |
2012-10-22 |
| 30. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
83.49 |
0.9168 |
0.1403 |
240 |
1 |
83.49 |
2012-12-28 |
| 31. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
83.22 |
1.1323 |
-0.0464 |
341 |
1 |
83.22 |
2013-09-27 |
| 32. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
82.99 |
1.0774 |
0.0011 |
304 |
1 |
82.99 |
2012-10-22 |
| 33. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
82.37 |
1.0060 |
0.0303 |
171 |
1 |
82.37 |
2013-05-04 |
| 34. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
82.32 |
1.0677 |
0.0030 |
284 |
1 |
82.32 |
2012-12-27 |
| 35. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
82.26 |
0.9557 |
0.0903 |
331 |
1 |
82.26 |
2013-05-04 |
| 36. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
81.77 |
0.9663 |
0.0726 |
330 |
1 |
81.77 |
2012-12-28 |
| 37. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
81.57 |
0.9072 |
0.1218 |
237 |
2 |
75.58 |
2012-12-28 |
| 38. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
81.52 |
0.8919 |
0.1371 |
205 |
1 |
81.52 |
2012-12-28 |
| 39. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
81.45 |
0.9365 |
0.0945 |
248 |
1 |
81.45 |
2012-12-28 |
| 40. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
81.32 |
1.0545 |
0.0141 |
416 |
2 |
76.86 |
2013-09-28 |
| 41. |
There are perhaps twenty regular posters on the forum, and s... |
81.31 |
1.0709 |
-0.0049 |
392 |
1 |
81.31 |
2012-12-25 |
| 42. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
81.07 |
1.0334 |
-0.0154 |
131 |
1 |
81.07 |
2013-09-27 |
| 43. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
80.62 |
0.9622 |
0.0631 |
392 |
1 |
80.62 |
2013-05-04 |
| 44. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
80.38 |
1.0613 |
-0.0401 |
456 |
1 |
80.38 |
2012-12-28 |
| 45. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
80.09 |
1.0417 |
-0.0325 |
253 |
1 |
80.09 |
2012-10-13 |
| 46. |
Many wines have more than 14 percent alcohol because the win... |
79.74 |
0.9739 |
0.0696 |
412 |
1 |
79.74 |
2013-05-04 |
| 47. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
79.66 |
1.1114 |
-0.1079 |
247 |
1 |
79.66 |
2012-10-23 |
| 48. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
79.50 |
0.9127 |
0.0890 |
252 |
1 |
79.50 |
2012-12-25 |
| 49. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
79.29 |
0.9841 |
0.0216 |
334 |
1 |
79.29 |
2012-12-27 |
| 50. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
79.24 |
1.0714 |
-0.0794 |
129 |
1 |
79.24 |
2012-10-13 |
| 51. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
78.76 |
1.0172 |
0.0128 |
341 |
2 |
74.68 |
2013-09-26 |
| 52. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
78.67 |
1.0644 |
-0.0341 |
257 |
1 |
78.67 |
2012-12-27 |
| 53. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
78.55 |
0.9681 |
0.0324 |
378 |
1 |
78.55 |
2013-05-04 |
| 54. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
78.45 |
1.0595 |
-0.0658 |
379 |
1 |
78.45 |
2013-09-27 |
| 55. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
77.91 |
0.9572 |
0.0699 |
376 |
1 |
77.91 |
2013-09-26 |
| 56. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
77.55 |
0.9994 |
0.0108 |
269 |
1 |
77.55 |
2012-12-27 |
| 57. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
77.27 |
1.0555 |
-0.0781 |
363 |
1 |
77.27 |
2012-10-22 |
| 58. |
How do I live without the ones I love? Time still turns the ... |
76.74 |
1.0381 |
-0.0797 |
170 |
1 |
76.74 |
2012-10-13 |
| 59. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
76.63 |
0.8722 |
0.0987 |
285 |
1 |
76.63 |
2013-09-28 |
| 60. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
76.51 |
0.8826 |
0.0852 |
296 |
1 |
76.51 |
2012-12-28 |
| 61. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
76.47 |
1.0214 |
-0.0611 |
166 |
1 |
76.47 |
2012-10-22 |
| 62. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
76.46 |
1.0168 |
-0.0496 |
271 |
1 |
76.46 |
2012-12-28 |
| 63. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
76.44 |
0.9429 |
0.0239 |
287 |
1 |
76.44 |
2012-12-28 |
| 64. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
76.34 |
0.9233 |
0.0324 |
168 |
1 |
76.34 |
2012-10-22 |
| 65. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
76.25 |
0.9529 |
0.0504 |
269 |
2 |
68.99 |
2013-09-26 |
| 66. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
75.99 |
0.9597 |
0.0038 |
347 |
1 |
75.99 |
2012-12-28 |
| 67. |
He rode past me and kept on goin'. Never said nothin' goin' ... |
75.87 |
1.0502 |
-0.0655 |
535 |
1 |
75.87 |
2013-09-26 |
| 68. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
75.73 |
0.9843 |
-0.0332 |
234 |
1 |
75.73 |
2012-10-22 |
| 69. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
75.33 |
0.9614 |
-0.0072 |
292 |
1 |
75.33 |
2013-08-02 |
| 70. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
75.16 |
1.0211 |
-0.0418 |
213 |
1 |
75.16 |
2012-12-27 |
| 71. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
75.13 |
0.9619 |
-0.0079 |
393 |
1 |
75.13 |
2012-10-13 |
| 72. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
74.77 |
1.0151 |
-0.0803 |
152 |
1 |
74.77 |
2012-10-13 |
| 73. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
74.71 |
1.0337 |
-0.0914 |
214 |
1 |
74.71 |
2012-10-13 |
| 74. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
74.36 |
0.9266 |
0.0119 |
267 |
1 |
74.36 |
2012-10-22 |
| 75. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
74.29 |
0.8105 |
0.1227 |
204 |
1 |
74.29 |
2013-09-28 |
| 76. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
74.28 |
0.9811 |
-0.0407 |
272 |
1 |
74.28 |
2013-09-28 |
| 77. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
73.57 |
0.9881 |
-0.0188 |
424 |
1 |
73.57 |
2012-10-22 |
| 78. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
73.41 |
0.9871 |
-0.0244 |
209 |
1 |
73.41 |
2012-12-28 |
| 79. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
73.21 |
0.8947 |
0.0345 |
366 |
1 |
73.21 |
2012-10-13 |
| 80. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
73.12 |
0.9074 |
0.0218 |
396 |
1 |
73.12 |
2013-08-02 |
| 81. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
72.60 |
0.9500 |
-0.0318 |
362 |
1 |
72.60 |
2012-10-23 |
| 82. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
72.49 |
0.9376 |
0.0127 |
360 |
1 |
72.49 |
2012-12-27 |
| 83. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
72.40 |
1.0203 |
-0.1035 |
261 |
1 |
72.40 |
2012-12-28 |
| 84. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
72.32 |
0.9814 |
-0.0293 |
364 |
1 |
72.32 |
2012-10-13 |
| 85. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
72.25 |
0.8890 |
0.0191 |
199 |
1 |
72.25 |
2013-09-28 |
| 86. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
71.87 |
0.9904 |
-0.0432 |
203 |
1 |
71.87 |
2012-12-27 |
| 87. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
71.46 |
1.0441 |
-0.1012 |
316 |
2 |
70.53 |
2012-10-13 |
| 88. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
71.37 |
0.9894 |
-0.0846 |
323 |
1 |
71.37 |
2012-10-21 |
| 89. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
71.13 |
1.0232 |
-0.0902 |
236 |
2 |
69.31 |
2012-10-21 |
| 90. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
70.86 |
1.0349 |
-0.1421 |
234 |
1 |
70.86 |
2012-10-21 |
| 91. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
70.83 |
0.9109 |
-0.0145 |
401 |
2 |
67.98 |
2012-10-22 |
| 92. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
70.17 |
0.9084 |
-0.0216 |
300 |
1 |
70.17 |
2013-08-03 |
| 93. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
70.08 |
0.9023 |
0.0246 |
231 |
1 |
70.08 |
2012-12-25 |
| 94. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
69.58 |
0.9668 |
-0.0468 |
383 |
1 |
69.58 |
2012-10-13 |
| 95. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
69.56 |
0.9851 |
-0.1053 |
317 |
1 |
69.56 |
2012-12-27 |
| 96. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
69.53 |
1.0320 |
-0.1179 |
293 |
1 |
69.53 |
2012-10-21 |
| 97. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
69.52 |
0.8775 |
0.0023 |
443 |
1 |
69.52 |
2012-10-22 |
| 98. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
69.36 |
1.0025 |
-0.1269 |
336 |
1 |
69.36 |
2012-10-21 |
| 99. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
68.43 |
0.9089 |
-0.0426 |
342 |
1 |
68.43 |
2012-10-13 |
| 100. |
Being comfortable in the car is critical. If you're not comf... |
68.17 |
0.9911 |
-0.1353 |
212 |
1 |
68.17 |
2012-10-13 |
| 101. |
I often see racers, particularly at the back of the pack in ... |
67.66 |
0.9653 |
-0.1134 |
349 |
1 |
67.66 |
2012-10-21 |
| 102. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
65.59 |
0.9176 |
-0.0575 |
267 |
1 |
65.59 |
2013-09-26 |
| 103. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
65.54 |
0.9697 |
-0.1439 |
249 |
1 |
65.54 |
2012-10-22 |
| 104. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
64.14 |
0.9682 |
-0.1619 |
143 |
1 |
64.14 |
2012-10-13 |
| 105. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
64.07 |
0.9886 |
-0.1792 |
220 |
1 |
64.07 |
2012-10-22 |
| 106. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
64.02 |
1.0132 |
-0.2156 |
143 |
1 |
64.02 |
2012-10-13 |
| 107. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
59.17 |
0.9278 |
-0.1809 |
295 |
1 |
59.17 |
2012-10-13 |
| 108. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
57.48 |
0.8467 |
-0.0995 |
343 |
1 |
57.48 |
2012-10-22 |
| 109. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
55.99 |
0.9216 |
-0.1788 |
255 |
1 |
55.99 |
2012-10-13 |
| 110. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
53.14 |
1.0533 |
-0.3595 |
257 |
1 |
53.14 |
2012-10-13 |