| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
105.85 |
1.0387 |
0.2555 |
239 |
1 |
105.85 |
2014-03-16 |
| 2. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
100.61 |
1.0529 |
0.1457 |
351 |
1 |
100.61 |
2014-03-13 |
| 3. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
97.83 |
1.0799 |
0.0817 |
243 |
1 |
97.83 |
2014-03-17 |
| 4. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
96.50 |
1.0213 |
0.1246 |
240 |
1 |
96.50 |
2014-01-26 |
| 5. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
96.26 |
1.0429 |
0.1019 |
259 |
4 |
84.63 |
2014-03-13 |
| 6. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
95.89 |
1.0263 |
0.1151 |
267 |
2 |
91.51 |
2014-03-13 |
| 7. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
95.82 |
1.0993 |
0.0396 |
265 |
3 |
91.90 |
2014-03-13 |
| 8. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
95.69 |
1.0463 |
0.0887 |
182 |
2 |
89.95 |
2014-03-21 |
| 9. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
95.30 |
1.0596 |
0.0730 |
239 |
1 |
95.30 |
2014-03-21 |
| 10. |
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the ju... |
94.96 |
1.0459 |
0.1160 |
200 |
1 |
94.96 |
2015-03-03 |
| 11. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
94.23 |
1.0719 |
0.0775 |
360 |
1 |
94.23 |
2014-03-16 |
| 12. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
92.03 |
1.0943 |
0.0337 |
206 |
2 |
89.93 |
2015-03-03 |
| 13. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
91.74 |
1.0385 |
0.0517 |
230 |
1 |
91.74 |
2014-01-26 |
| 14. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
91.71 |
1.0012 |
0.0936 |
260 |
1 |
91.71 |
2014-01-26 |
| 15. |
He rode past me and kept on goin'. Never said nothin' goin' ... |
91.31 |
1.0502 |
0.0623 |
535 |
2 |
90.71 |
2014-03-07 |
| 16. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
91.31 |
1.0365 |
0.0803 |
162 |
1 |
91.31 |
2014-03-16 |
| 17. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
91.13 |
1.0167 |
0.0745 |
378 |
2 |
88.39 |
2014-03-13 |
| 18. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
90.87 |
1.0296 |
0.0580 |
437 |
1 |
90.87 |
2014-01-26 |
| 19. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
90.72 |
1.1068 |
0.0128 |
393 |
1 |
90.72 |
2014-03-21 |
| 20. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
90.55 |
1.0768 |
0.0408 |
295 |
1 |
90.55 |
2014-03-17 |
| 21. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
90.03 |
1.0972 |
0.0037 |
251 |
3 |
75.80 |
2014-03-21 |
| 22. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
89.82 |
1.0441 |
0.0262 |
252 |
3 |
85.22 |
2014-03-13 |
| 23. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
89.42 |
1.0389 |
0.0268 |
318 |
1 |
89.42 |
2014-03-17 |
| 24. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
88.73 |
1.0257 |
0.0363 |
401 |
1 |
88.73 |
2014-03-18 |
| 25. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
88.46 |
1.0109 |
0.0743 |
400 |
1 |
88.46 |
2014-03-23 |
| 26. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
88.35 |
1.1114 |
-0.0629 |
247 |
1 |
88.35 |
2014-01-26 |
| 27. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
87.76 |
1.1081 |
-0.0295 |
206 |
1 |
87.76 |
2014-01-26 |
| 28. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
87.68 |
1.0211 |
0.0525 |
213 |
2 |
83.77 |
2014-01-27 |
| 29. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
87.61 |
1.0662 |
0.0135 |
407 |
1 |
87.61 |
2014-02-02 |
| 30. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
87.26 |
1.1014 |
-0.0257 |
273 |
1 |
87.26 |
2014-01-26 |
| 31. |
There are perhaps twenty regular posters on the forum, and s... |
87.19 |
1.0709 |
0.0039 |
392 |
1 |
87.19 |
2014-01-28 |
| 32. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
87.03 |
0.9907 |
0.0429 |
211 |
1 |
87.03 |
2014-01-28 |
| 33. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
85.72 |
1.0013 |
0.0173 |
273 |
1 |
85.72 |
2014-03-21 |
| 34. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
85.67 |
1.0711 |
-0.0576 |
213 |
1 |
85.67 |
2014-03-23 |
| 35. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
85.39 |
0.9726 |
0.0368 |
154 |
1 |
85.39 |
2014-01-26 |
| 36. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
84.83 |
1.0379 |
0.0055 |
245 |
2 |
84.43 |
2014-01-26 |
| 37. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
84.80 |
1.0316 |
-0.0195 |
333 |
1 |
84.80 |
2014-03-07 |
| 38. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
84.74 |
1.0679 |
-0.0400 |
177 |
1 |
84.74 |
2014-03-09 |
| 39. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
84.53 |
1.0483 |
-0.0461 |
227 |
1 |
84.53 |
2014-03-07 |
| 40. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
84.36 |
1.0034 |
-0.0017 |
302 |
2 |
84.20 |
2014-01-27 |
| 41. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
84.14 |
1.0885 |
-0.0850 |
315 |
1 |
84.14 |
2014-03-16 |
| 42. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
84.11 |
1.0095 |
-0.0105 |
316 |
1 |
84.11 |
2014-03-13 |
| 43. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
84.07 |
1.0669 |
-0.0343 |
213 |
1 |
84.07 |
2014-01-26 |
| 44. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
84.06 |
0.9898 |
0.0471 |
353 |
1 |
84.06 |
2015-10-13 |
| 45. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
83.87 |
1.0068 |
-0.0065 |
358 |
1 |
83.87 |
2014-03-13 |
| 46. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
83.44 |
1.1016 |
-0.1096 |
233 |
1 |
83.44 |
2014-01-26 |
| 47. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
83.41 |
1.0334 |
-0.0482 |
131 |
1 |
83.41 |
2014-01-26 |
| 48. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
83.08 |
1.0358 |
-0.0068 |
349 |
1 |
83.08 |
2014-03-07 |
| 49. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
82.95 |
0.9697 |
0.0165 |
249 |
1 |
82.95 |
2014-03-21 |
| 50. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
82.92 |
1.0261 |
-0.0423 |
273 |
1 |
82.92 |
2014-01-26 |
| 51. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
82.47 |
1.0740 |
-0.0554 |
264 |
1 |
82.47 |
2014-01-28 |
| 52. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
82.43 |
1.0574 |
-0.0497 |
205 |
1 |
82.43 |
2014-01-26 |
| 53. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
82.41 |
1.0917 |
-0.0886 |
243 |
1 |
82.41 |
2014-03-07 |
| 54. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
82.30 |
1.0391 |
-0.0549 |
358 |
1 |
82.30 |
2014-03-14 |
| 55. |
Races are not won in the first corner; however, they are oft... |
82.23 |
1.0535 |
-0.0413 |
326 |
1 |
82.23 |
2014-01-26 |
| 56. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
82.20 |
0.9846 |
-0.0087 |
281 |
1 |
82.20 |
2014-01-26 |
| 57. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
82.20 |
0.9731 |
-0.0084 |
129 |
1 |
82.20 |
2014-01-27 |
| 58. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
81.57 |
1.0515 |
-0.0898 |
166 |
1 |
81.57 |
2014-02-02 |
| 59. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
81.44 |
1.0314 |
-0.0246 |
452 |
2 |
79.98 |
2014-03-13 |
| 60. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
81.42 |
0.9937 |
-0.0017 |
429 |
1 |
81.42 |
2014-03-09 |
| 61. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
81.27 |
0.9908 |
0.0206 |
342 |
1 |
81.27 |
2014-01-26 |
| 62. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
81.06 |
0.9309 |
0.0305 |
284 |
1 |
81.06 |
2014-01-27 |
| 63. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
80.76 |
0.8753 |
0.0934 |
427 |
1 |
80.76 |
2014-03-16 |
| 64. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
80.49 |
1.0016 |
-0.0498 |
218 |
2 |
79.51 |
2014-01-26 |
| 65. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
80.06 |
1.0042 |
-0.0113 |
352 |
1 |
80.06 |
2014-01-26 |
| 66. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
79.77 |
1.0125 |
-0.0270 |
413 |
1 |
79.77 |
2014-01-26 |
| 67. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
79.73 |
0.9128 |
0.0759 |
369 |
1 |
79.73 |
2014-01-27 |
| 68. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
79.66 |
1.0063 |
-0.0593 |
371 |
1 |
79.66 |
2014-01-26 |
| 69. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
79.32 |
0.9912 |
-0.0221 |
237 |
1 |
79.32 |
2014-03-21 |
| 70. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
78.75 |
0.9936 |
-0.0382 |
227 |
1 |
78.75 |
2014-03-07 |
| 71. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
78.38 |
0.9278 |
0.0058 |
295 |
1 |
78.38 |
2014-02-10 |
| 72. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
78.11 |
1.0058 |
-0.0556 |
411 |
1 |
78.11 |
2014-01-26 |
| 73. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
77.46 |
0.9863 |
-0.0621 |
339 |
1 |
77.46 |
2014-01-26 |
| 74. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
77.17 |
0.9841 |
-0.0640 |
334 |
1 |
77.17 |
2014-03-21 |
| 75. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
77.05 |
0.9678 |
-0.0181 |
445 |
2 |
73.61 |
2014-01-27 |
| 76. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
76.81 |
1.0767 |
-0.1667 |
212 |
1 |
76.81 |
2014-01-26 |
| 77. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
76.46 |
0.9855 |
-0.0444 |
258 |
1 |
76.46 |
2014-01-26 |
| 78. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
76.30 |
0.9234 |
-0.0121 |
346 |
1 |
76.30 |
2014-01-26 |
| 79. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
76.17 |
0.9632 |
-0.0168 |
345 |
1 |
76.17 |
2014-01-26 |
| 80. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
76.14 |
0.9365 |
-0.0311 |
248 |
1 |
76.14 |
2014-01-26 |
| 81. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
76.11 |
0.9675 |
-0.0545 |
383 |
1 |
76.11 |
2014-01-26 |
| 82. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
75.92 |
0.9682 |
-0.0687 |
143 |
1 |
75.92 |
2014-02-27 |
| 83. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
75.90 |
0.9293 |
-0.0274 |
355 |
1 |
75.90 |
2014-02-10 |
| 84. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
75.01 |
0.8956 |
-0.0006 |
322 |
2 |
71.74 |
2014-01-26 |
| 85. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
74.84 |
0.9843 |
-0.1010 |
234 |
1 |
74.84 |
2014-01-26 |
| 86. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
74.73 |
1.0109 |
-0.1230 |
276 |
1 |
74.73 |
2014-01-26 |
| 87. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
73.88 |
0.9670 |
-0.0481 |
307 |
1 |
73.88 |
2014-01-26 |
| 88. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
73.73 |
1.0201 |
-0.1446 |
303 |
1 |
73.73 |
2014-01-26 |
| 89. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
73.67 |
0.9844 |
-0.1056 |
293 |
1 |
73.67 |
2014-01-26 |
| 90. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
73.65 |
0.9275 |
-0.0566 |
211 |
1 |
73.65 |
2014-01-26 |
| 91. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
73.63 |
0.9687 |
-0.0901 |
371 |
1 |
73.63 |
2014-01-26 |
| 92. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
73.13 |
1.0141 |
-0.1102 |
304 |
1 |
73.13 |
2014-01-26 |
| 93. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
72.92 |
0.9049 |
-0.0345 |
351 |
1 |
72.92 |
2014-01-26 |
| 94. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
71.86 |
0.9740 |
-0.1255 |
209 |
1 |
71.86 |
2014-01-26 |
| 95. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
71.59 |
1.0284 |
-0.1357 |
282 |
1 |
71.59 |
2014-01-26 |
| 96. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
69.99 |
0.9994 |
-0.1390 |
269 |
1 |
69.99 |
2014-01-26 |
| 97. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
69.91 |
0.9871 |
-0.1358 |
227 |
1 |
69.91 |
2014-01-26 |
| 98. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
68.56 |
0.9233 |
-0.1186 |
168 |
1 |
68.56 |
2014-01-26 |
| 99. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
66.80 |
0.8916 |
-0.0999 |
216 |
1 |
66.80 |
2014-01-26 |
| 100. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
62.01 |
0.8852 |
-0.1492 |
201 |
1 |
62.01 |
2014-01-26 |