| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
129.42 |
1.1162 |
0.3329 |
189 |
2 |
112.03 |
2010-05-11 |
| 2. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
118.81 |
0.9936 |
0.3302 |
227 |
1 |
118.81 |
2014-11-05 |
| 3. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
118.72 |
1.0083 |
0.3224 |
273 |
1 |
118.72 |
2014-11-05 |
| 4. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
117.56 |
1.0711 |
0.2289 |
213 |
2 |
115.04 |
2009-08-05 |
| 5. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
115.11 |
1.0613 |
0.2120 |
456 |
2 |
110.07 |
2009-05-23 |
| 6. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
114.81 |
0.9841 |
0.2858 |
334 |
1 |
114.81 |
2008-12-06 |
| 7. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
114.08 |
1.0885 |
0.1730 |
315 |
2 |
106.68 |
2008-12-25 |
| 8. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
112.21 |
1.0426 |
0.1985 |
323 |
1 |
112.21 |
2010-04-13 |
| 9. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
111.68 |
1.0515 |
0.1834 |
250 |
1 |
111.68 |
2009-03-25 |
| 10. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
111.68 |
1.0099 |
0.2249 |
207 |
1 |
111.68 |
2009-05-23 |
| 11. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
111.30 |
1.0595 |
0.1712 |
379 |
2 |
107.98 |
2009-07-08 |
| 12. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
109.28 |
1.0257 |
0.1830 |
401 |
3 |
101.37 |
2009-07-15 |
| 13. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
107.90 |
1.0361 |
0.1572 |
269 |
1 |
107.90 |
2009-07-08 |
| 14. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
106.79 |
1.0417 |
0.1391 |
253 |
2 |
105.08 |
2009-12-24 |
| 15. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
106.32 |
1.0565 |
0.1192 |
247 |
2 |
95.54 |
2008-12-21 |
| 16. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
105.90 |
1.0251 |
0.1456 |
261 |
2 |
97.46 |
2009-03-25 |
| 17. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
105.17 |
0.9991 |
0.1638 |
225 |
1 |
105.17 |
2009-01-14 |
| 18. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
104.81 |
1.0314 |
0.1399 |
452 |
2 |
98.22 |
2009-12-24 |
| 19. |
I am going to keep on defying you. I am going to shame you w... |
104.54 |
1.0688 |
0.0878 |
426 |
1 |
104.54 |
2025-03-07 |
| 20. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
103.89 |
0.9109 |
0.2386 |
401 |
3 |
86.31 |
2014-11-05 |
| 21. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
103.58 |
1.0486 |
0.0967 |
289 |
1 |
103.58 |
2008-12-21 |
| 22. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
103.31 |
1.0004 |
0.1417 |
212 |
1 |
103.31 |
2008-12-06 |
| 23. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
102.93 |
0.9731 |
0.1650 |
129 |
2 |
97.11 |
2008-12-25 |
| 24. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
102.83 |
0.9758 |
0.1612 |
314 |
1 |
102.83 |
2009-07-08 |
| 25. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
102.66 |
1.0167 |
0.1188 |
378 |
1 |
102.66 |
2008-12-06 |
| 26. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
100.76 |
1.0555 |
0.0586 |
363 |
1 |
100.76 |
2008-12-21 |
| 27. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
100.55 |
1.0429 |
0.0686 |
259 |
1 |
100.55 |
2008-12-21 |
| 28. |
Perhaps I will die too, she told herself, and the thought di... |
100.13 |
1.0639 |
0.0450 |
480 |
1 |
100.13 |
2025-03-07 |
| 29. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
100.11 |
1.0379 |
0.0845 |
245 |
2 |
91.21 |
2014-11-05 |
| 30. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
99.82 |
0.9814 |
0.1370 |
364 |
1 |
99.82 |
2012-05-01 |
| 31. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
99.36 |
1.0403 |
0.0751 |
275 |
1 |
99.36 |
2014-11-05 |
| 32. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
98.45 |
0.9943 |
0.0942 |
373 |
1 |
98.45 |
2009-12-24 |
| 33. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
98.05 |
0.9786 |
0.1054 |
235 |
1 |
98.05 |
2009-07-08 |
| 34. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
97.76 |
1.0396 |
0.0412 |
149 |
1 |
97.76 |
2009-07-08 |
| 35. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
97.41 |
0.9844 |
0.0926 |
293 |
3 |
85.12 |
2009-05-23 |
| 36. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
97.34 |
0.9780 |
0.0983 |
337 |
1 |
97.34 |
2008-12-25 |
| 37. |
There is no faith and no courage and no sacrifice in doing w... |
97.17 |
1.0579 |
0.0182 |
697 |
1 |
97.17 |
2025-03-07 |
| 38. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
97.01 |
1.0358 |
0.0498 |
349 |
1 |
97.01 |
2009-12-24 |
| 39. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
96.89 |
1.0254 |
0.0646 |
217 |
1 |
96.89 |
2009-12-24 |
| 40. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
96.62 |
0.8919 |
0.1765 |
205 |
1 |
96.62 |
2010-05-11 |
| 41. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
95.97 |
0.9723 |
0.0890 |
364 |
1 |
95.97 |
2010-05-11 |
| 42. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
95.87 |
1.0349 |
0.0249 |
234 |
1 |
95.87 |
2009-12-24 |
| 43. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
95.79 |
1.0668 |
-0.0080 |
350 |
1 |
95.79 |
2008-12-21 |
| 44. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
95.49 |
1.0109 |
0.0447 |
276 |
1 |
95.49 |
2014-11-05 |
| 45. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
95.12 |
1.0796 |
-0.0283 |
129 |
1 |
95.12 |
2009-03-25 |
| 46. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
95.11 |
0.8933 |
0.1587 |
363 |
1 |
95.11 |
2012-05-01 |
| 47. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
94.94 |
1.0034 |
0.0460 |
302 |
2 |
91.27 |
2008-12-25 |
| 48. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
94.64 |
1.0419 |
0.0041 |
261 |
1 |
94.64 |
2008-12-06 |
| 49. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
94.52 |
1.0095 |
0.0353 |
316 |
1 |
94.52 |
2009-03-25 |
| 50. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
94.51 |
0.9965 |
0.0484 |
310 |
2 |
92.03 |
2009-12-24 |
| 51. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
94.43 |
0.8602 |
0.1840 |
206 |
2 |
87.83 |
2009-07-08 |
| 52. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
94.39 |
1.0577 |
-0.0144 |
247 |
1 |
94.39 |
2010-05-10 |
| 53. |
"It's safe to come out now sweetie," dad said reassuringly. ... |
94.38 |
0.9667 |
0.0766 |
218 |
1 |
94.38 |
2025-03-07 |
| 54. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
94.10 |
0.9994 |
0.0525 |
269 |
1 |
94.10 |
2014-11-05 |
| 55. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
93.98 |
1.0352 |
0.0040 |
341 |
1 |
93.98 |
2009-07-08 |
| 56. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
93.80 |
0.9342 |
0.1033 |
434 |
1 |
93.80 |
2009-05-23 |
| 57. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
93.70 |
1.0328 |
0.0137 |
356 |
1 |
93.70 |
2014-11-05 |
| 58. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
93.62 |
1.0498 |
-0.0152 |
180 |
1 |
93.62 |
2010-05-11 |
| 59. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
93.40 |
0.9257 |
0.1077 |
317 |
1 |
93.40 |
2008-12-05 |
| 60. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
93.26 |
1.0399 |
-0.0088 |
294 |
1 |
93.26 |
2008-12-21 |
| 61. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
93.10 |
0.9756 |
0.0534 |
229 |
2 |
87.35 |
2009-08-05 |
| 62. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
92.76 |
1.0799 |
-0.0547 |
243 |
2 |
89.57 |
2010-05-11 |
| 63. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
92.74 |
0.9168 |
0.1084 |
240 |
1 |
92.74 |
2014-11-05 |
| 64. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
92.22 |
0.9786 |
0.0407 |
193 |
1 |
92.22 |
2009-07-08 |
| 65. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
91.86 |
1.0506 |
-0.0238 |
277 |
1 |
91.86 |
2010-05-10 |
| 66. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
91.83 |
0.9681 |
0.0474 |
378 |
1 |
91.83 |
2009-07-08 |
| 67. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
91.68 |
1.0063 |
0.0072 |
371 |
1 |
91.68 |
2008-12-06 |
| 68. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
91.62 |
1.0391 |
-0.0261 |
358 |
1 |
91.62 |
2009-07-08 |
| 69. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
91.60 |
1.0025 |
0.0097 |
336 |
2 |
85.43 |
2009-12-24 |
| 70. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
91.32 |
1.0023 |
0.0071 |
211 |
1 |
91.32 |
2009-07-08 |
| 71. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
91.29 |
0.9833 |
0.0263 |
355 |
1 |
91.29 |
2008-12-25 |
| 72. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
90.83 |
0.8595 |
0.1448 |
242 |
1 |
90.83 |
2008-12-21 |
| 73. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
90.10 |
0.9365 |
0.0597 |
248 |
1 |
90.10 |
2010-06-08 |
| 74. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
89.85 |
0.9769 |
0.0163 |
263 |
2 |
81.20 |
2008-12-21 |
| 75. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
89.39 |
0.9843 |
0.0033 |
234 |
1 |
89.39 |
2008-12-10 |
| 76. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
89.28 |
0.9942 |
-0.0069 |
483 |
1 |
89.28 |
2010-05-10 |
| 77. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
89.26 |
0.9798 |
0.0064 |
199 |
1 |
89.26 |
2008-12-06 |
| 78. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
88.88 |
1.0165 |
-0.0341 |
392 |
1 |
88.88 |
2009-12-24 |
| 79. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
88.70 |
0.9857 |
-0.0054 |
293 |
1 |
88.70 |
2008-12-06 |
| 80. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
88.47 |
0.8770 |
0.1015 |
300 |
1 |
88.47 |
2009-12-24 |
| 81. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
88.21 |
1.0203 |
-0.0453 |
261 |
1 |
88.21 |
2008-12-06 |
| 82. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
87.85 |
0.9527 |
0.0183 |
251 |
1 |
87.85 |
2008-12-10 |
| 83. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
87.81 |
0.9665 |
0.0229 |
326 |
1 |
87.81 |
2010-05-10 |
| 84. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
87.69 |
0.9097 |
0.0725 |
464 |
3 |
78.16 |
2009-07-08 |
| 85. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
87.53 |
0.9049 |
0.0630 |
351 |
2 |
86.26 |
2009-07-08 |
| 86. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
87.50 |
0.8981 |
0.0697 |
393 |
1 |
87.50 |
2014-11-05 |
| 87. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
87.37 |
0.9514 |
0.0143 |
237 |
1 |
87.37 |
2009-08-05 |
| 88. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
87.29 |
0.9795 |
-0.0149 |
308 |
1 |
87.29 |
2009-03-25 |
| 89. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
87.21 |
0.9893 |
-0.0251 |
323 |
1 |
87.21 |
2009-07-08 |
| 90. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
86.87 |
1.0013 |
-0.0411 |
273 |
1 |
86.87 |
2009-07-15 |
| 91. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
86.53 |
0.9636 |
-0.0073 |
254 |
1 |
86.53 |
2008-12-11 |
| 92. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
86.39 |
0.9866 |
-0.0316 |
218 |
1 |
86.39 |
2008-12-25 |
| 93. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
86.08 |
1.0213 |
-0.0701 |
240 |
1 |
86.08 |
2009-07-08 |
| 94. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
85.86 |
0.9754 |
-0.0260 |
362 |
2 |
80.36 |
2009-08-05 |
| 95. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
85.47 |
1.0340 |
-0.0891 |
406 |
1 |
85.47 |
2009-12-08 |
| 96. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
85.32 |
0.9074 |
0.0362 |
396 |
2 |
73.48 |
2009-12-24 |
| 97. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
85.21 |
0.8852 |
0.0568 |
201 |
1 |
85.21 |
2008-12-25 |
| 98. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
84.85 |
1.0289 |
-0.0912 |
276 |
1 |
84.85 |
2008-12-06 |
| 99. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
84.40 |
0.9125 |
0.0204 |
308 |
1 |
84.40 |
2008-12-10 |
| 100. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
84.24 |
0.9553 |
-0.0239 |
430 |
1 |
84.24 |
2008-12-06 |
| 101. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
83.40 |
0.9212 |
0.0008 |
323 |
1 |
83.40 |
2008-12-06 |
| 102. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
83.06 |
1.0485 |
-0.1152 |
153 |
1 |
83.06 |
2009-12-11 |
| 103. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
82.15 |
1.0173 |
-0.0910 |
268 |
1 |
82.15 |
2009-12-24 |
| 104. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
81.38 |
0.9309 |
-0.0317 |
284 |
1 |
81.38 |
2008-12-10 |
| 105. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
81.07 |
0.9578 |
-0.0616 |
281 |
1 |
81.07 |
2008-12-06 |
| 106. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
80.84 |
0.9372 |
-0.0431 |
320 |
2 |
78.65 |
2008-12-06 |
| 107. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
80.56 |
0.8961 |
-0.0055 |
189 |
2 |
74.45 |
2008-12-06 |
| 108. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
80.47 |
0.9675 |
-0.0776 |
383 |
1 |
80.47 |
2010-05-11 |
| 109. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
80.17 |
0.8947 |
-0.0081 |
366 |
1 |
80.17 |
2009-05-23 |
| 110. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
79.74 |
0.8826 |
-0.0008 |
296 |
2 |
74.69 |
2009-12-24 |
| 111. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
79.74 |
1.1114 |
-0.2310 |
247 |
1 |
79.74 |
2008-12-10 |
| 112. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
79.71 |
0.9557 |
-0.0745 |
331 |
1 |
79.71 |
2008-12-25 |
| 113. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
79.68 |
0.9087 |
-0.0278 |
393 |
1 |
79.68 |
2008-12-11 |
| 114. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
79.29 |
1.0297 |
-0.1540 |
249 |
1 |
79.29 |
2010-06-08 |
| 115. |
I always make offers with escape clauses. In real estate, I ... |
78.81 |
1.0151 |
-0.1286 |
265 |
1 |
78.81 |
2025-03-07 |
| 116. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
78.70 |
0.8996 |
-0.0299 |
192 |
1 |
78.70 |
2008-12-11 |
| 117. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
78.21 |
0.8878 |
-0.0233 |
346 |
1 |
78.21 |
2009-12-24 |
| 118. |
Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. S... |
77.86 |
1.0191 |
-0.1580 |
274 |
1 |
77.86 |
2025-03-07 |
| 119. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
77.37 |
0.9886 |
-0.1337 |
220 |
1 |
77.37 |
2008-12-06 |
| 120. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
77.30 |
0.9084 |
-0.0541 |
404 |
1 |
77.30 |
2008-12-05 |
| 121. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
77.17 |
0.9687 |
-0.1157 |
371 |
1 |
77.17 |
2008-12-06 |
| 122. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
75.72 |
0.8890 |
-0.0524 |
199 |
1 |
75.72 |
2009-07-08 |
| 123. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
75.45 |
0.9672 |
-0.1332 |
396 |
1 |
75.45 |
2008-12-11 |
| 124. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
75.38 |
0.9593 |
-0.1261 |
398 |
1 |
75.38 |
2010-05-11 |
| 125. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
75.37 |
0.9084 |
-0.0755 |
300 |
1 |
75.37 |
2008-12-05 |
| 126. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
75.36 |
0.9532 |
-0.1206 |
258 |
1 |
75.36 |
2008-12-06 |
| 127. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
74.68 |
0.9846 |
-0.1595 |
281 |
1 |
74.68 |
2008-12-06 |
| 128. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
73.93 |
0.9619 |
-0.1446 |
393 |
1 |
73.93 |
2008-12-06 |
| 129. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
73.78 |
0.9820 |
-0.1667 |
267 |
1 |
73.78 |
2008-12-05 |
| 130. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
73.65 |
0.9234 |
-0.1092 |
346 |
1 |
73.65 |
2010-05-10 |
| 131. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
72.69 |
0.8553 |
-0.0524 |
174 |
1 |
72.69 |
2008-12-06 |
| 132. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
70.96 |
1.0454 |
-0.2602 |
255 |
1 |
70.96 |
2008-12-10 |
| 133. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
66.21 |
0.9072 |
-0.1755 |
237 |
1 |
66.21 |
2008-12-06 |
| 134. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
58.19 |
1.0534 |
-0.4113 |
357 |
1 |
58.19 |
2008-12-25 |
| 135. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
57.40 |
0.9682 |
-0.3352 |
143 |
1 |
57.40 |
2008-12-06 |