| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
112.35 |
1.0711 |
0.4677 |
213 |
1 |
112.35 |
2014-02-21 |
| 2. |
Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters bu... |
110.78 |
1.0316 |
0.4691 |
153 |
1 |
110.78 |
2021-01-05 |
| 3. |
The rate of progress is so rapid that what one learns at sch... |
100.17 |
1.0449 |
0.3298 |
383 |
1 |
100.17 |
2020-04-21 |
| 4. |
Do not worry because you have no official position. Worry ab... |
99.81 |
0.9686 |
0.3839 |
175 |
1 |
99.81 |
2021-01-05 |
| 5. |
Today is the shadow of tomorrow. Today is the present future... |
94.74 |
1.0255 |
0.2733 |
301 |
1 |
94.74 |
2019-10-15 |
| 6. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
94.21 |
0.9572 |
0.3334 |
201 |
1 |
94.21 |
2014-12-05 |
| 7. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
93.60 |
0.9904 |
0.3350 |
203 |
1 |
93.60 |
2014-12-05 |
| 8. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
93.04 |
1.0523 |
0.2218 |
256 |
1 |
93.04 |
2014-02-19 |
| 9. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
93.04 |
0.8845 |
0.3912 |
273 |
1 |
93.04 |
2014-02-21 |
| 10. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
92.63 |
1.0496 |
0.2198 |
314 |
1 |
92.63 |
2014-12-26 |
| 11. |
High on a stag the Goddess held her seat, and there were lit... |
91.40 |
0.9500 |
0.3027 |
337 |
1 |
91.40 |
2020-04-21 |
| 12. |
All the world used her ill, said this young misanthropist...... |
89.83 |
1.0357 |
0.2154 |
426 |
1 |
89.83 |
2021-01-05 |
| 13. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
89.28 |
1.0270 |
0.2325 |
255 |
1 |
89.28 |
2014-12-05 |
| 14. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
87.64 |
0.9754 |
0.2289 |
362 |
2 |
76.66 |
2017-06-11 |
| 15. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
87.42 |
1.0740 |
0.1634 |
264 |
2 |
71.45 |
2020-04-21 |
| 16. |
Well, the real reason that you've been sent over here is bec... |
87.07 |
1.0698 |
0.1224 |
214 |
1 |
87.07 |
2020-04-21 |
| 17. |
Being comfortable in the car is critical. If you're not comf... |
86.67 |
0.9911 |
0.1935 |
212 |
1 |
86.67 |
2014-02-21 |
| 18. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
86.47 |
0.9786 |
0.2064 |
235 |
1 |
86.47 |
2014-02-19 |
| 19. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
85.16 |
1.0444 |
0.1188 |
197 |
2 |
79.23 |
2010-03-25 |
| 20. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
84.94 |
0.9991 |
0.1645 |
225 |
1 |
84.94 |
2014-12-05 |
| 21. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
83.11 |
0.9339 |
0.2040 |
310 |
1 |
83.11 |
2011-05-05 |
| 22. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
82.14 |
0.9886 |
0.1372 |
220 |
1 |
82.14 |
2014-12-26 |
| 23. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
81.31 |
0.9910 |
0.1236 |
295 |
1 |
81.31 |
2014-12-05 |
| 24. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
80.93 |
0.9855 |
0.1564 |
258 |
1 |
80.93 |
2014-02-19 |
| 25. |
Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only f... |
80.40 |
0.9005 |
0.1964 |
580 |
1 |
80.40 |
2020-04-21 |
| 26. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
80.14 |
0.9212 |
0.1770 |
231 |
1 |
80.14 |
2010-01-04 |
| 27. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
79.67 |
1.0213 |
0.0683 |
240 |
1 |
79.67 |
2010-03-27 |
| 28. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
79.22 |
0.9893 |
0.0960 |
323 |
1 |
79.22 |
2010-03-24 |
| 29. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
79.20 |
1.0679 |
0.0417 |
177 |
1 |
79.20 |
2014-02-19 |
| 30. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
78.95 |
0.8996 |
0.1787 |
192 |
2 |
69.04 |
2010-03-24 |
| 31. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
78.83 |
1.0197 |
0.0580 |
226 |
2 |
76.63 |
2010-03-24 |
| 32. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
78.69 |
1.0797 |
-0.0056 |
210 |
1 |
78.69 |
2010-03-25 |
| 33. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
78.33 |
1.0483 |
0.0224 |
227 |
1 |
78.33 |
2010-03-27 |
| 34. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
77.95 |
1.0595 |
0.0085 |
379 |
1 |
77.95 |
2010-01-06 |
| 35. |
There are things being negotiated now that are going to solv... |
77.86 |
0.9503 |
0.1162 |
463 |
1 |
77.86 |
2017-06-11 |
| 36. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
77.62 |
0.9088 |
0.1571 |
348 |
3 |
64.61 |
2014-02-21 |
| 37. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
76.04 |
0.9281 |
0.1154 |
273 |
1 |
76.04 |
2010-01-04 |
| 38. |
There was but one question he left unasked, and it vibrated ... |
75.92 |
0.9486 |
0.0864 |
400 |
1 |
75.92 |
2020-04-21 |
| 39. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
74.63 |
1.0077 |
0.0550 |
250 |
1 |
74.63 |
2014-02-19 |
| 40. |
The more stupid one is, the closer one is to reality. The mo... |
74.53 |
0.9719 |
0.0525 |
249 |
1 |
74.53 |
2020-04-21 |
| 41. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
74.41 |
0.9234 |
0.0975 |
346 |
1 |
74.41 |
2014-02-19 |
| 42. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
74.28 |
1.0487 |
-0.0348 |
231 |
1 |
74.28 |
2010-03-27 |
| 43. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
74.25 |
0.9786 |
0.0356 |
193 |
1 |
74.25 |
2020-04-21 |
| 44. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
74.12 |
1.0941 |
-0.0470 |
256 |
1 |
74.12 |
2010-03-27 |
| 45. |
Still, there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have t... |
73.97 |
1.0390 |
-0.0350 |
232 |
1 |
73.97 |
2021-01-05 |
| 46. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
73.32 |
0.9426 |
0.0615 |
317 |
1 |
73.32 |
2014-02-19 |
| 47. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
73.23 |
1.0033 |
-0.0048 |
189 |
2 |
72.86 |
2010-03-27 |
| 48. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
72.76 |
0.9941 |
-0.0003 |
217 |
1 |
72.76 |
2010-03-24 |
| 49. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
72.58 |
0.8981 |
0.0974 |
393 |
1 |
72.58 |
2014-02-19 |
| 50. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
71.98 |
1.0379 |
-0.0161 |
245 |
1 |
71.98 |
2010-01-06 |
| 51. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
71.65 |
0.9687 |
0.0139 |
371 |
1 |
71.65 |
2010-01-04 |
| 52. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
71.25 |
1.0297 |
-0.0560 |
249 |
1 |
71.25 |
2010-03-25 |
| 53. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
71.15 |
1.0314 |
-0.0236 |
452 |
2 |
69.58 |
2010-01-11 |
| 54. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
70.99 |
0.9216 |
0.0863 |
255 |
1 |
70.99 |
2021-01-05 |
| 55. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
70.94 |
0.9157 |
0.0564 |
350 |
1 |
70.94 |
2010-01-11 |
| 56. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
70.84 |
0.9792 |
0.0274 |
265 |
2 |
69.14 |
2010-01-03 |
| 57. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
70.73 |
0.9710 |
-0.0067 |
173 |
1 |
70.73 |
2014-02-19 |
| 58. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
70.32 |
0.8770 |
0.0866 |
300 |
1 |
70.32 |
2020-04-21 |
| 59. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
70.03 |
1.0025 |
-0.0450 |
256 |
1 |
70.03 |
2010-01-06 |
| 60. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
69.67 |
0.9635 |
-0.0089 |
389 |
1 |
69.67 |
2010-01-03 |
| 61. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
68.28 |
0.9148 |
0.0205 |
317 |
1 |
68.28 |
2010-03-27 |
| 62. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
68.22 |
1.0368 |
-0.1046 |
276 |
1 |
68.22 |
2010-03-27 |
| 63. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
68.03 |
0.9464 |
-0.0142 |
323 |
1 |
68.03 |
2010-01-04 |
| 64. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
67.97 |
0.9601 |
-0.0287 |
308 |
2 |
66.76 |
2010-03-27 |
| 65. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
67.52 |
0.9087 |
0.0200 |
393 |
2 |
63.85 |
2010-01-12 |
| 66. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
67.47 |
0.9266 |
-0.0041 |
267 |
1 |
67.47 |
2010-03-27 |
| 67. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
67.47 |
1.0218 |
-0.1012 |
268 |
1 |
67.47 |
2010-03-25 |
| 68. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
66.95 |
1.0334 |
-0.1220 |
131 |
2 |
61.01 |
2010-01-06 |
| 69. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
66.93 |
0.9289 |
-0.0149 |
204 |
1 |
66.93 |
2010-01-04 |
| 70. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
66.71 |
0.9763 |
-0.0643 |
289 |
1 |
66.71 |
2010-03-27 |
| 71. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
66.53 |
0.8553 |
0.0521 |
174 |
1 |
66.53 |
2010-03-27 |
| 72. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
66.46 |
0.9212 |
-0.0116 |
323 |
1 |
66.46 |
2010-03-27 |
| 73. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
66.20 |
0.9986 |
-0.0935 |
283 |
1 |
66.20 |
2010-03-27 |
| 74. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
65.73 |
1.0445 |
-0.1456 |
373 |
1 |
65.73 |
2010-01-12 |
| 75. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
65.62 |
0.9646 |
-0.0683 |
264 |
1 |
65.62 |
2010-01-06 |
| 76. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
65.26 |
1.0154 |
-0.0765 |
351 |
1 |
65.26 |
2010-01-12 |
| 77. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
65.25 |
0.9905 |
-0.0950 |
377 |
1 |
65.25 |
2010-01-11 |
| 78. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
64.94 |
0.9597 |
-0.0699 |
347 |
1 |
64.94 |
2010-01-11 |
| 79. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
64.94 |
0.9171 |
-0.0310 |
165 |
1 |
64.94 |
2010-01-03 |
| 80. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
64.67 |
1.0328 |
-0.1156 |
356 |
1 |
64.67 |
2010-01-03 |
| 81. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
64.65 |
0.9922 |
-0.0708 |
341 |
1 |
64.65 |
2010-01-11 |
| 82. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
64.47 |
1.0201 |
-0.1372 |
375 |
1 |
64.47 |
2010-01-03 |
| 83. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
63.66 |
1.0596 |
-0.1910 |
239 |
1 |
63.66 |
2010-01-03 |
| 84. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
63.58 |
1.0201 |
-0.1547 |
172 |
2 |
57.74 |
2010-03-25 |
| 85. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
62.84 |
0.9846 |
-0.1269 |
281 |
1 |
62.84 |
2014-02-19 |
| 86. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
62.37 |
0.8958 |
-0.0416 |
322 |
1 |
62.37 |
2010-03-27 |
| 87. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
62.14 |
0.9653 |
-0.1128 |
394 |
1 |
62.14 |
2010-01-11 |
| 88. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
61.75 |
1.0340 |
-0.1884 |
406 |
1 |
61.75 |
2010-01-03 |
| 89. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
61.64 |
1.0232 |
-0.1365 |
350 |
1 |
61.64 |
2010-01-06 |
| 90. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
61.30 |
1.0320 |
-0.1558 |
293 |
1 |
61.30 |
2010-01-06 |
| 91. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
61.14 |
0.9330 |
-0.0946 |
360 |
1 |
61.14 |
2010-01-11 |
| 92. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
61.06 |
0.9897 |
-0.1569 |
274 |
2 |
57.96 |
2010-03-27 |
| 93. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
60.94 |
1.0346 |
-0.1601 |
244 |
1 |
60.94 |
2010-01-03 |
| 94. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
60.01 |
0.9640 |
-0.1198 |
334 |
1 |
60.01 |
2010-01-06 |
| 95. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
58.89 |
0.9084 |
-0.1035 |
300 |
1 |
58.89 |
2010-01-12 |
| 96. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
58.63 |
0.9907 |
-0.1917 |
211 |
1 |
58.63 |
2010-03-27 |
| 97. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
58.06 |
0.9202 |
-0.1274 |
254 |
1 |
58.06 |
2010-01-03 |
| 98. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
57.89 |
1.0696 |
-0.2815 |
226 |
1 |
57.89 |
2010-01-03 |
| 99. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
57.30 |
0.8753 |
-0.0886 |
427 |
1 |
57.30 |
2010-01-06 |
| 100. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
57.24 |
0.9614 |
-0.1797 |
292 |
1 |
57.24 |
2010-01-04 |
| 101. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
56.46 |
1.0296 |
-0.2568 |
437 |
1 |
56.46 |
2010-01-04 |
| 102. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
56.01 |
1.0352 |
-0.2699 |
341 |
1 |
56.01 |
2010-01-06 |
| 103. |
Bullet Tooth Tony: "A bookie's got blagged last night." Avi:... |
55.40 |
0.7940 |
-0.0353 |
415 |
1 |
55.40 |
2021-01-05 |
| 104. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
52.30 |
0.7876 |
-0.0720 |
316 |
1 |
52.30 |
2010-01-04 |
| 105. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
51.96 |
0.8810 |
-0.1719 |
282 |
1 |
51.96 |
2010-03-25 |
| 106. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
51.44 |
0.8105 |
-0.1114 |
204 |
1 |
51.44 |
2010-01-11 |
| 107. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
49.16 |
0.9936 |
-0.3243 |
311 |
1 |
49.16 |
2010-01-11 |
| 108. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
48.02 |
0.9168 |
-0.2631 |
240 |
1 |
48.02 |
2010-01-11 |
| 109. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
35.07 |
1.0090 |
-0.4913 |
282 |
1 |
35.07 |
2010-01-03 |