| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
82.40 |
0.9350 |
0.5262 |
195 |
1 |
82.40 |
2013-01-27 |
| 2. |
If you have to choose among an infinite number of ways to pu... |
78.54 |
1.1066 |
0.2855 |
363 |
1 |
78.54 |
2019-08-28 |
| 3. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
75.47 |
1.0012 |
0.3363 |
260 |
1 |
75.47 |
2019-07-28 |
| 4. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
72.74 |
0.8628 |
0.4258 |
196 |
1 |
72.74 |
2015-12-14 |
| 5. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
71.94 |
0.9756 |
0.2966 |
229 |
1 |
71.94 |
2015-12-14 |
| 6. |
In short, our gentleman became so caught up in reading that ... |
70.71 |
1.0747 |
0.1778 |
253 |
1 |
70.71 |
2017-07-29 |
| 7. |
All programs have to manage the way they use a computer's me... |
69.34 |
0.9624 |
0.2675 |
480 |
1 |
69.34 |
2019-08-28 |
| 8. |
There comes a point when you just love someone. Not because ... |
69.17 |
1.0778 |
0.1483 |
409 |
1 |
69.17 |
2015-12-14 |
| 9. |
I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round... |
68.43 |
1.0147 |
0.1959 |
160 |
1 |
68.43 |
2017-07-29 |
| 10. |
Samatha is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, foc... |
68.21 |
1.0673 |
0.1768 |
230 |
1 |
68.21 |
2015-12-14 |
| 11. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
67.69 |
0.8958 |
0.3029 |
322 |
1 |
67.69 |
2013-01-05 |
| 12. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
67.64 |
1.0396 |
0.1559 |
149 |
1 |
67.64 |
2012-05-24 |
| 13. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
67.19 |
1.0565 |
0.1313 |
247 |
1 |
67.19 |
2011-05-01 |
| 14. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
66.79 |
1.0555 |
0.1460 |
323 |
1 |
66.79 |
2023-12-18 |
| 15. |
I had never seen anything so beautiful in my life. She was l... |
66.54 |
1.0249 |
0.1536 |
568 |
1 |
66.54 |
2023-03-10 |
| 16. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
66.06 |
1.1018 |
0.0657 |
220 |
1 |
66.06 |
2012-11-23 |
| 17. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
65.72 |
1.0719 |
0.1127 |
360 |
1 |
65.72 |
2011-07-03 |
| 18. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
65.40 |
1.0385 |
0.1166 |
230 |
1 |
65.40 |
2011-07-03 |
| 19. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
65.24 |
1.0205 |
0.1336 |
179 |
2 |
62.99 |
2011-07-29 |
| 20. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
64.79 |
1.0261 |
0.1183 |
273 |
1 |
64.79 |
2013-01-05 |
| 21. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
64.38 |
1.0496 |
0.0884 |
314 |
1 |
64.38 |
2013-01-05 |
| 22. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
63.84 |
1.0403 |
0.1231 |
275 |
1 |
63.84 |
2011-07-29 |
| 23. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
63.08 |
0.9646 |
0.1511 |
264 |
2 |
58.08 |
2011-05-04 |
| 24. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
62.80 |
1.0031 |
0.1353 |
304 |
1 |
62.80 |
2011-07-03 |
| 25. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
62.45 |
1.0023 |
0.1013 |
211 |
1 |
62.45 |
2011-05-01 |
| 26. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
62.11 |
0.9125 |
0.1864 |
308 |
2 |
59.00 |
2013-01-05 |
| 27. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
61.81 |
1.0644 |
0.0595 |
257 |
1 |
61.81 |
2011-05-04 |
| 28. |
The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping, I dreamed I held y... |
61.77 |
0.9770 |
0.1178 |
442 |
1 |
61.77 |
2019-07-28 |
| 29. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
61.42 |
1.0577 |
0.0270 |
247 |
1 |
61.42 |
2011-05-01 |
| 30. |
Neal, the board is deciding whether to release you from your... |
60.59 |
1.0124 |
0.0589 |
194 |
1 |
60.59 |
2017-07-29 |
| 31. |
I believe in love, and I know that you do too. And I believe... |
60.29 |
1.0384 |
0.0258 |
183 |
1 |
60.29 |
2011-05-01 |
| 32. |
HAL, you have an enormous responsibility on this mission, in... |
60.17 |
0.9562 |
0.1115 |
316 |
1 |
60.17 |
2017-07-29 |
| 33. |
One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the av... |
60.03 |
0.9247 |
0.1399 |
253 |
1 |
60.03 |
2013-01-05 |
| 34. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
59.49 |
0.9464 |
0.1062 |
323 |
1 |
59.49 |
2017-07-29 |
| 35. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
59.49 |
0.9678 |
0.1051 |
445 |
1 |
59.49 |
2013-01-27 |
| 36. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
59.43 |
0.8981 |
0.1541 |
393 |
1 |
59.43 |
2014-04-11 |
| 37. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
59.41 |
0.9941 |
0.0551 |
217 |
1 |
59.41 |
2013-01-05 |
| 38. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
59.17 |
0.8916 |
0.1538 |
216 |
2 |
54.82 |
2013-01-27 |
| 39. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
58.80 |
0.9938 |
0.0467 |
339 |
2 |
56.21 |
2011-06-18 |
| 40. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
58.47 |
0.9583 |
0.1070 |
341 |
2 |
57.50 |
2013-01-27 |
| 41. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
58.41 |
1.0232 |
0.0459 |
350 |
1 |
58.41 |
2011-07-29 |
| 42. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
58.37 |
0.9398 |
0.0931 |
419 |
1 |
58.37 |
2012-11-23 |
| 43. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
58.14 |
1.0138 |
0.0133 |
231 |
1 |
58.14 |
2011-05-01 |
| 44. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
58.13 |
1.0774 |
-0.0277 |
304 |
1 |
58.13 |
2011-08-14 |
| 45. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
58.02 |
0.9965 |
0.0285 |
310 |
1 |
58.02 |
2011-07-03 |
| 46. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
57.84 |
0.9278 |
0.0956 |
295 |
1 |
57.84 |
2012-11-23 |
| 47. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
57.76 |
1.0095 |
0.0108 |
316 |
1 |
57.76 |
2011-07-29 |
| 48. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
57.69 |
1.0788 |
-0.0606 |
171 |
2 |
47.07 |
2011-07-29 |
| 49. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
57.23 |
0.9351 |
0.0757 |
190 |
1 |
57.23 |
2013-01-27 |
| 50. |
Now they talk about absorption in cosmopolitan proportions t... |
56.95 |
0.9151 |
0.0942 |
266 |
1 |
56.95 |
2017-07-29 |
| 51. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
56.85 |
1.0077 |
0.0303 |
250 |
1 |
56.85 |
2011-05-01 |
| 52. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
56.68 |
1.0797 |
-0.0800 |
210 |
2 |
54.13 |
2011-05-01 |
| 53. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
56.66 |
1.0172 |
0.0098 |
341 |
1 |
56.66 |
2011-07-29 |
| 54. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
56.62 |
0.9084 |
0.0928 |
300 |
1 |
56.62 |
2011-05-01 |
| 55. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
56.38 |
0.9342 |
0.0628 |
434 |
1 |
56.38 |
2011-05-04 |
| 56. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
56.28 |
0.9898 |
0.0304 |
353 |
1 |
56.28 |
2011-05-01 |
| 57. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
55.99 |
0.9461 |
0.0429 |
193 |
1 |
55.99 |
2013-01-05 |
| 58. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
55.73 |
0.9754 |
0.0102 |
362 |
1 |
55.73 |
2011-05-01 |
| 59. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
55.12 |
0.7876 |
0.1881 |
316 |
1 |
55.12 |
2011-05-04 |
| 60. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
55.08 |
1.0608 |
-0.0595 |
258 |
1 |
55.08 |
2013-04-18 |
| 61. |
The days go on and on... they don't end. All my life needed ... |
54.77 |
1.0501 |
-0.0829 |
226 |
1 |
54.77 |
2017-07-29 |
| 62. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
54.65 |
0.8878 |
0.0784 |
346 |
1 |
54.65 |
2011-06-18 |
| 63. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
54.63 |
0.9820 |
-0.0167 |
267 |
1 |
54.63 |
2011-07-03 |
| 64. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
54.31 |
0.9724 |
-0.0108 |
237 |
1 |
54.31 |
2011-05-04 |
| 65. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
54.17 |
0.9786 |
-0.0217 |
235 |
1 |
54.17 |
2011-05-01 |
| 66. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
54.09 |
1.0444 |
-0.0900 |
197 |
1 |
54.09 |
2011-06-18 |
| 67. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
54.08 |
1.0189 |
-0.0634 |
337 |
1 |
54.08 |
2011-07-29 |
| 68. |
You have lost your reason and taken the wrong path. You have... |
53.88 |
0.9553 |
-0.0004 |
378 |
1 |
53.88 |
2017-07-29 |
| 69. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
53.77 |
1.0595 |
-0.1105 |
379 |
1 |
53.77 |
2011-05-05 |
| 70. |
So can we be friends sweetly before the mystery ends? I love... |
53.38 |
0.9515 |
-0.0056 |
183 |
1 |
53.38 |
2017-07-29 |
| 71. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
52.61 |
0.8520 |
0.0786 |
202 |
1 |
52.61 |
2011-05-01 |
| 72. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
52.19 |
1.0696 |
-0.1494 |
226 |
1 |
52.19 |
2011-05-01 |
| 73. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
51.89 |
0.9559 |
-0.0385 |
195 |
1 |
51.89 |
2011-05-01 |
| 74. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
51.85 |
1.0197 |
-0.1050 |
226 |
1 |
51.85 |
2011-05-01 |
| 75. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
51.57 |
1.0619 |
-0.1514 |
354 |
1 |
51.57 |
2011-05-04 |
| 76. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
51.51 |
0.9649 |
-0.0551 |
193 |
1 |
51.51 |
2011-05-04 |
| 77. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
51.37 |
0.9570 |
-0.0495 |
287 |
1 |
51.37 |
2011-05-01 |
| 78. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
51.22 |
1.0173 |
-0.0747 |
268 |
1 |
51.22 |
2011-05-01 |
| 79. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
51.11 |
1.0679 |
-0.1433 |
177 |
1 |
51.11 |
2011-05-04 |
| 80. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
50.67 |
0.9681 |
-0.0724 |
378 |
1 |
50.67 |
2011-05-01 |
| 81. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
50.67 |
1.0596 |
-0.1660 |
239 |
1 |
50.67 |
2011-05-04 |
| 82. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
49.98 |
1.0063 |
-0.1242 |
371 |
1 |
49.98 |
2011-04-22 |
| 83. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
49.36 |
0.8947 |
-0.0214 |
366 |
1 |
49.36 |
2011-05-04 |
| 84. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
49.29 |
0.7890 |
0.0847 |
230 |
1 |
49.29 |
2011-05-01 |
| 85. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
49.27 |
0.9936 |
-0.1041 |
227 |
1 |
49.27 |
2011-05-01 |
| 86. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
48.50 |
0.8367 |
0.0235 |
294 |
1 |
48.50 |
2013-01-27 |
| 87. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
48.38 |
1.0038 |
-0.1246 |
237 |
1 |
48.38 |
2011-05-01 |
| 88. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
48.38 |
0.8996 |
-0.0465 |
192 |
1 |
48.38 |
2011-07-29 |
| 89. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
47.98 |
0.8852 |
-0.0379 |
201 |
1 |
47.98 |
2011-05-04 |
| 90. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
47.63 |
1.0214 |
-0.1815 |
269 |
1 |
47.63 |
2015-12-14 |
| 91. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
47.38 |
0.9279 |
-0.0912 |
317 |
1 |
47.38 |
2011-05-01 |
| 92. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
46.70 |
0.9740 |
-0.1503 |
209 |
1 |
46.70 |
2011-05-05 |
| 93. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
46.49 |
1.0214 |
-0.1663 |
281 |
1 |
46.49 |
2011-05-01 |
| 94. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
46.01 |
0.9148 |
-0.1023 |
317 |
1 |
46.01 |
2011-05-04 |
| 95. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
45.93 |
1.0441 |
-0.2342 |
252 |
1 |
45.93 |
2011-05-01 |
| 96. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
45.83 |
0.9339 |
-0.1251 |
310 |
1 |
45.83 |
2011-05-04 |
| 97. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
45.05 |
0.8791 |
-0.0814 |
190 |
1 |
45.05 |
2011-05-01 |
| 98. |
Real mod, pea pod, buff bod, hot rod. Obtuse, rubber goose, ... |
44.57 |
0.8446 |
-0.0550 |
143 |
1 |
44.57 |
2017-07-29 |
| 99. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
44.38 |
1.0083 |
-0.1889 |
273 |
1 |
44.38 |
2011-05-01 |
| 100. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
44.27 |
0.9127 |
-0.1309 |
252 |
1 |
44.27 |
2011-05-01 |
| 101. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
44.08 |
0.9485 |
-0.1721 |
291 |
1 |
44.08 |
2011-05-01 |
| 102. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
43.27 |
1.0232 |
-0.2291 |
236 |
1 |
43.27 |
2013-02-05 |
| 103. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
40.79 |
1.0796 |
-0.3622 |
129 |
1 |
40.79 |
2011-05-04 |
| 104. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
39.72 |
1.0033 |
-0.3050 |
189 |
1 |
39.72 |
2011-05-01 |
| 105. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
38.92 |
0.9068 |
-0.2191 |
225 |
1 |
38.92 |
2011-04-22 |
| 106. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
35.49 |
0.9513 |
-0.3262 |
354 |
1 |
35.49 |
2011-05-01 |
| 107. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
31.44 |
0.8295 |
-0.2747 |
209 |
1 |
31.44 |
2011-05-01 |