| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
She seemed to know, to accept, to welcome her position, the ... |
117.84 |
0.9752 |
-0.0153 |
542 |
1 |
117.84 |
2016-12-27 |
| 2. |
Whence all this passion towards conformity anyway? Diversity... |
116.18 |
0.9702 |
-0.0274 |
500 |
1 |
116.18 |
2016-12-23 |
| 3. |
I was going to the worst place in the world and I didn't eve... |
100.91 |
0.9557 |
-0.1370 |
455 |
1 |
100.91 |
2016-12-25 |
| 4. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
103.37 |
1.0509 |
-0.1812 |
430 |
1 |
103.37 |
2016-11-17 |
| 5. |
We are being watched. The government has a secret system, a ... |
119.06 |
0.8919 |
0.0786 |
420 |
1 |
119.06 |
2016-12-23 |
| 6. |
No one could figure out how I coaxed such hearty flavor out ... |
120.17 |
0.9554 |
0.0467 |
411 |
1 |
120.17 |
2016-12-23 |
| 7. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
120.55 |
1.0320 |
-0.0273 |
401 |
1 |
120.55 |
2016-12-25 |
| 8. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
107.67 |
0.9119 |
-0.0163 |
396 |
1 |
107.67 |
2016-11-17 |
| 9. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
90.31 |
0.9698 |
-0.2178 |
389 |
1 |
90.31 |
2016-11-17 |
| 10. |
Everyone has questions about the economy. Why can't I live a... |
115.15 |
0.9600 |
-0.0229 |
387 |
1 |
115.15 |
2016-11-17 |
| 11. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
105.49 |
0.9354 |
-0.0507 |
384 |
1 |
105.49 |
2016-12-21 |
| 12. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
135.79 |
1.0132 |
0.1130 |
371 |
2 |
133.59 |
2016-12-23 |
| 13. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
98.15 |
1.0128 |
-0.1938 |
369 |
1 |
98.15 |
2016-12-21 |
| 14. |
We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most ... |
125.05 |
1.0481 |
-0.0073 |
369 |
1 |
125.05 |
2016-12-22 |
| 15. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
117.40 |
0.8993 |
0.0763 |
366 |
1 |
117.40 |
2016-12-21 |
| 16. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
122.49 |
1.0628 |
-0.0458 |
363 |
1 |
122.49 |
2016-11-17 |
| 17. |
My mom, especially, challenged us on everything. She'd use w... |
125.56 |
1.0283 |
0.0241 |
357 |
1 |
125.56 |
2016-12-30 |
| 18. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
127.37 |
1.0686 |
-0.0091 |
354 |
2 |
123.46 |
2016-12-27 |
| 19. |
Every magic trick consists of three parts, or acts. The firs... |
120.23 |
1.0300 |
-0.0260 |
354 |
1 |
120.23 |
2016-12-22 |
| 20. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
112.82 |
0.9123 |
0.0312 |
351 |
1 |
112.82 |
2016-12-20 |
| 21. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
140.16 |
0.9650 |
0.1999 |
347 |
1 |
140.16 |
2016-12-23 |
| 22. |
And that's what this whole thing is about. Calling home. Ins... |
104.72 |
0.9601 |
-0.0836 |
340 |
1 |
104.72 |
2016-12-23 |
| 23. |
Punishment and negative reinforcement are opposites. Punishm... |
120.79 |
1.0368 |
-0.0275 |
338 |
1 |
120.79 |
2016-12-22 |
| 24. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
109.94 |
1.0101 |
-0.0978 |
336 |
1 |
109.94 |
2016-12-23 |
| 25. |
He smiled understandingly - much more than understandingly. ... |
112.97 |
0.9530 |
-0.0275 |
335 |
1 |
112.97 |
2016-12-21 |
| 26. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
107.07 |
0.9515 |
-0.0546 |
334 |
1 |
107.07 |
2016-12-21 |
| 27. |
I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that yo... |
127.47 |
1.0581 |
0.0062 |
331 |
1 |
127.47 |
2016-12-27 |
| 28. |
The Western States nervous under the beginning change. Texas... |
117.14 |
0.8959 |
0.0537 |
327 |
1 |
117.14 |
2016-11-14 |
| 29. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
125.96 |
0.9841 |
0.0712 |
325 |
1 |
125.96 |
2016-12-20 |
| 30. |
Never give up on everything if one thing is too hard. Never ... |
124.25 |
1.0790 |
-0.0417 |
323 |
1 |
124.25 |
2016-12-24 |
| 31. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
112.78 |
0.9957 |
-0.0621 |
323 |
1 |
112.78 |
2016-12-23 |
| 32. |
The seeds of life - fiery is their force, divine their birth... |
125.27 |
0.9825 |
0.0587 |
318 |
1 |
125.27 |
2016-12-30 |
| 33. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
126.93 |
1.0461 |
0.0081 |
318 |
1 |
126.93 |
2016-11-14 |
| 34. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
125.09 |
0.9917 |
0.0473 |
317 |
1 |
125.09 |
2016-11-28 |
| 35. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
133.46 |
1.0188 |
0.0970 |
316 |
1 |
133.46 |
2016-12-27 |
| 36. |
If someone gives you an opinion and says, "Hey, you look so ... |
101.07 |
1.0114 |
-0.1692 |
312 |
1 |
101.07 |
2016-12-27 |
| 37. |
Open to everything happy and sad, seeing the good when it's ... |
112.19 |
1.0359 |
-0.1004 |
311 |
1 |
112.19 |
2016-12-23 |
| 38. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
103.43 |
0.9402 |
-0.0862 |
310 |
1 |
103.43 |
2016-12-20 |
| 39. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
113.75 |
0.9658 |
-0.0200 |
308 |
1 |
113.75 |
2016-12-29 |
| 40. |
Fool, prate not to me about covenants. There can be no coven... |
139.45 |
1.0106 |
0.1543 |
308 |
1 |
139.45 |
2016-12-21 |
| 41. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
133.04 |
1.0698 |
0.0400 |
303 |
1 |
133.04 |
2016-12-20 |
| 42. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
110.87 |
1.0639 |
-0.1445 |
303 |
1 |
110.87 |
2016-11-17 |
| 43. |
I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won'... |
141.26 |
1.1170 |
0.0647 |
295 |
1 |
141.26 |
2016-11-17 |
| 44. |
The spot where we intend to fight must not be made known; fo... |
129.87 |
1.0048 |
0.0623 |
292 |
1 |
129.87 |
2016-11-14 |
| 45. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
102.80 |
0.8778 |
-0.0251 |
285 |
2 |
101.57 |
2016-12-23 |
| 46. |
A father may have a child who is ugly and lacking in all the... |
135.31 |
1.1052 |
0.0225 |
283 |
1 |
135.31 |
2016-12-22 |
| 47. |
I took her hand in mine, and we went out of the ruined place... |
125.06 |
1.0857 |
-0.0016 |
283 |
1 |
125.06 |
2016-12-23 |
| 48. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
148.40 |
1.0588 |
0.1719 |
281 |
1 |
148.40 |
2016-12-22 |
| 49. |
We live in an age when people do more writing than they have... |
127.94 |
1.0121 |
0.0349 |
280 |
2 |
122.87 |
2016-12-25 |
| 50. |
On rainy afternoons, embroidering with a group of friends on... |
129.07 |
1.0038 |
0.0698 |
279 |
1 |
129.07 |
2016-12-25 |
| 51. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
127.66 |
1.0351 |
0.0269 |
276 |
2 |
123.03 |
2016-12-23 |
| 52. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
134.16 |
1.0759 |
0.0417 |
273 |
1 |
134.16 |
2016-11-17 |
| 53. |
A problem in communication is that people don't smile enough... |
114.46 |
1.0193 |
-0.0665 |
272 |
1 |
114.46 |
2016-12-21 |
| 54. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
103.31 |
1.0250 |
-0.1668 |
271 |
1 |
103.31 |
2016-12-21 |
| 55. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
119.58 |
1.0427 |
-0.0513 |
269 |
1 |
119.58 |
2016-12-20 |
| 56. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
141.31 |
1.0301 |
0.1403 |
268 |
1 |
141.31 |
2016-12-23 |
| 57. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
128.71 |
0.9543 |
0.1194 |
265 |
1 |
128.71 |
2016-12-23 |
| 58. |
But the queen - too long she has suffered the pain of love, ... |
113.23 |
1.0351 |
-0.0927 |
265 |
1 |
113.23 |
2016-12-27 |
| 59. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
139.08 |
1.0493 |
0.1107 |
264 |
1 |
139.08 |
2016-12-22 |
| 60. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
129.64 |
1.0498 |
0.0256 |
261 |
1 |
129.64 |
2016-12-21 |
| 61. |
Antoon used to import paint cans. That's simply too expensiv... |
137.06 |
1.0025 |
0.1407 |
260 |
1 |
137.06 |
2016-12-23 |
| 62. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
130.23 |
1.0506 |
0.0283 |
259 |
2 |
124.99 |
2016-11-17 |
| 63. |
Friday morning Qwilleran sat at his typewriter and stared at... |
97.20 |
0.7750 |
0.0224 |
254 |
1 |
97.20 |
2016-12-22 |
| 64. |
It was also a lot easier for online teachers to hold their s... |
105.72 |
0.9903 |
-0.1099 |
253 |
1 |
105.72 |
2016-12-23 |
| 65. |
You're right, I did lose a million dollars last year. I expe... |
127.41 |
0.9911 |
0.0740 |
253 |
1 |
127.41 |
2016-11-17 |
| 66. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
118.99 |
1.0507 |
-0.0594 |
253 |
1 |
118.99 |
2016-12-22 |
| 67. |
I'll tell you a riddle. You're waiting for a train, a train ... |
130.27 |
1.0847 |
-0.0013 |
251 |
1 |
130.27 |
2016-12-21 |
| 68. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
147.70 |
1.0372 |
0.1874 |
249 |
2 |
145.06 |
2016-12-30 |
| 69. |
Mature affection, homage, devotion, does not easily express ... |
122.04 |
0.9974 |
0.0186 |
246 |
1 |
122.04 |
2016-11-17 |
| 70. |
Scissors cuts paper. Paper covers rock. Rock crushes lizard.... |
90.58 |
0.7946 |
-0.0424 |
244 |
1 |
90.58 |
2016-12-20 |
| 71. |
The number one challenge I've seen with myself and with othe... |
114.22 |
1.0161 |
-0.0672 |
239 |
1 |
114.22 |
2016-11-17 |
| 72. |
So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever s... |
138.64 |
1.1026 |
0.0527 |
239 |
1 |
138.64 |
2016-12-27 |
| 73. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
119.73 |
0.9128 |
0.0759 |
237 |
1 |
119.73 |
2016-11-17 |
| 74. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
124.80 |
1.0865 |
-0.0528 |
237 |
1 |
124.80 |
2016-12-21 |
| 75. |
A sensitive and honest-minded man, if he's concerned about e... |
118.10 |
1.0009 |
-0.0177 |
236 |
1 |
118.10 |
2016-11-14 |
| 76. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
115.53 |
0.9927 |
-0.0392 |
234 |
2 |
114.85 |
2016-12-21 |
| 77. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
111.09 |
1.0414 |
-0.1228 |
234 |
1 |
111.09 |
2016-12-25 |
| 78. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
120.31 |
0.8721 |
0.1307 |
231 |
1 |
120.31 |
2016-11-17 |
| 79. |
My wife deserves vengeance. Doesn't make a difference whethe... |
123.62 |
1.0015 |
0.0273 |
230 |
1 |
123.62 |
2016-12-30 |
| 80. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
112.60 |
0.9829 |
-0.0512 |
229 |
1 |
112.60 |
2016-11-17 |
| 81. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
131.01 |
1.0060 |
0.0808 |
225 |
2 |
130.52 |
2016-12-22 |
| 82. |
Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very ... |
138.11 |
1.0373 |
0.1117 |
224 |
1 |
138.11 |
2016-12-23 |
| 83. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
103.17 |
0.9756 |
-0.1226 |
223 |
1 |
103.17 |
2016-11-17 |
| 84. |
As a child, I was aware that, at night, infrared vision woul... |
105.49 |
0.9667 |
-0.0856 |
223 |
1 |
105.49 |
2016-12-23 |
| 85. |
The higher a man stands on the social ladder, the greater th... |
128.35 |
1.0738 |
0.0044 |
219 |
1 |
128.35 |
2016-11-17 |
| 86. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
99.90 |
0.9841 |
-0.1607 |
217 |
1 |
99.90 |
2016-12-20 |
| 87. |
I don't think we'd have any alternatives. There isn't a sing... |
109.61 |
1.0186 |
-0.1084 |
216 |
1 |
109.61 |
2016-12-27 |
| 88. |
I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the sens... |
106.19 |
1.0131 |
-0.1282 |
214 |
1 |
106.19 |
2016-12-25 |
| 89. |
I saw a strange thing today. Some rebels were being arrested... |
132.68 |
1.0147 |
0.0868 |
211 |
1 |
132.68 |
2016-11-17 |
| 90. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
96.82 |
1.0640 |
-0.2575 |
210 |
1 |
96.82 |
2016-12-21 |
| 91. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
93.36 |
1.0665 |
-0.2938 |
210 |
1 |
93.36 |
2016-12-23 |
| 92. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
103.99 |
0.8666 |
-0.0083 |
206 |
1 |
103.99 |
2016-12-23 |
| 93. |
Plato is always concerned to advocate views that will make p... |
103.90 |
0.9650 |
-0.0976 |
206 |
1 |
103.90 |
2016-12-21 |
| 94. |
We imagine that when we are thrown out of our usual ruts all... |
133.92 |
1.1024 |
0.0212 |
194 |
1 |
133.92 |
2016-12-23 |
| 95. |
I'm waking up to ash and dust. I wipe my brow and I sweat my... |
136.78 |
0.9735 |
0.1663 |
192 |
1 |
136.78 |
2016-11-17 |
| 96. |
Oh, no, sir. I'm sorry, sir. I could never answer to a whist... |
104.44 |
0.9795 |
-0.1004 |
190 |
1 |
104.44 |
2016-12-21 |
| 97. |
I like them, I like them! I liked them first! Before I even ... |
136.05 |
0.9729 |
0.1623 |
177 |
1 |
136.05 |
2016-12-23 |
| 98. |
Take my love, take my land, take me where I cannot stand. I ... |
124.31 |
1.0211 |
0.0054 |
176 |
1 |
124.31 |
2016-12-23 |
| 99. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
137.77 |
1.0617 |
0.0782 |
171 |
1 |
137.77 |
2016-12-25 |
| 100. |
A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple a... |
122.47 |
1.0681 |
-0.0542 |
167 |
1 |
122.47 |
2016-12-23 |
| 101. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
101.28 |
1.0288 |
-0.1953 |
166 |
1 |
101.28 |
2016-12-20 |
| 102. |
You know, Michael; now that you're so respectable, I think y... |
130.22 |
1.0044 |
0.0781 |
150 |
1 |
130.22 |
2016-12-21 |
| 103. |
You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete trad... |
118.76 |
0.9814 |
0.0079 |
142 |
1 |
118.76 |
2016-11-14 |
| 104. |
There can be no covenants between men and lions, wolves and ... |
130.00 |
1.0436 |
0.0435 |
136 |
1 |
130.00 |
2016-11-14 |
| 105. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
138.32 |
1.0426 |
0.1002 |
131 |
1 |
138.32 |
2016-12-29 |