| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
152.31 |
1.1138 |
0.2001 |
341 |
1 |
152.31 |
2011-11-11 |
| 2. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
151.03 |
1.0529 |
0.2442 |
373 |
1 |
151.03 |
2009-12-13 |
| 3. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
145.24 |
1.0461 |
0.2005 |
318 |
1 |
145.24 |
2014-07-25 |
| 4. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
141.40 |
1.0736 |
0.1399 |
350 |
1 |
141.40 |
2009-12-13 |
| 5. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
141.09 |
1.0901 |
0.1202 |
288 |
1 |
141.09 |
2009-12-13 |
| 6. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
137.51 |
1.0060 |
0.1723 |
225 |
1 |
137.51 |
2009-12-13 |
| 7. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
136.87 |
1.0016 |
0.1687 |
217 |
1 |
136.87 |
2011-04-03 |
| 8. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
136.46 |
1.0969 |
0.0732 |
303 |
1 |
136.46 |
2009-12-13 |
| 9. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
135.52 |
0.9873 |
0.1711 |
274 |
2 |
124.99 |
2010-01-30 |
| 10. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
134.58 |
1.1086 |
0.0436 |
233 |
1 |
134.58 |
2010-12-23 |
| 11. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
134.56 |
1.0418 |
0.1109 |
214 |
1 |
134.56 |
2009-12-13 |
| 12. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
133.09 |
0.9275 |
0.2179 |
243 |
1 |
133.09 |
2009-10-02 |
| 13. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
131.90 |
0.8958 |
0.2286 |
188 |
1 |
131.90 |
2009-09-26 |
| 14. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
131.61 |
1.0234 |
0.1079 |
392 |
1 |
131.61 |
2011-11-11 |
| 15. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
131.55 |
1.0419 |
0.0877 |
341 |
1 |
131.55 |
2010-01-30 |
| 16. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
131.51 |
1.0404 |
0.0908 |
406 |
2 |
106.30 |
2011-11-11 |
| 17. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
130.98 |
1.0698 |
0.0589 |
303 |
1 |
130.98 |
2010-12-21 |
| 18. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
130.91 |
0.9704 |
0.1501 |
254 |
2 |
128.25 |
2009-12-15 |
| 19. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
130.90 |
0.9604 |
0.1579 |
285 |
4 |
117.47 |
2010-12-21 |
| 20. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
130.14 |
1.0638 |
0.0480 |
247 |
1 |
130.14 |
2009-12-13 |
| 21. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
130.12 |
1.0387 |
0.0798 |
333 |
1 |
130.12 |
2010-12-22 |
| 22. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
129.69 |
0.9108 |
0.1995 |
235 |
2 |
122.98 |
2010-01-30 |
| 23. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
129.53 |
0.9609 |
0.1532 |
331 |
1 |
129.53 |
2009-12-13 |
| 24. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
129.37 |
0.9880 |
0.1153 |
199 |
1 |
129.37 |
2011-05-02 |
| 25. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
128.93 |
0.9637 |
0.1526 |
342 |
2 |
123.43 |
2010-12-23 |
| 26. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
128.54 |
0.9852 |
0.1146 |
235 |
1 |
128.54 |
2010-03-06 |
| 27. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
126.28 |
1.0372 |
0.0434 |
249 |
1 |
126.28 |
2011-05-02 |
| 28. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
124.36 |
1.0194 |
0.0424 |
224 |
1 |
124.36 |
2009-12-13 |
| 29. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
123.62 |
1.0450 |
0.0182 |
358 |
1 |
123.62 |
2010-01-01 |
| 30. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
123.38 |
0.9203 |
0.1380 |
350 |
1 |
123.38 |
2010-01-01 |
| 31. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
123.05 |
1.0427 |
0.0113 |
269 |
1 |
123.05 |
2009-12-15 |
| 32. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
122.93 |
1.0521 |
-0.0058 |
197 |
1 |
122.93 |
2011-04-03 |
| 33. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
122.30 |
0.9561 |
0.0980 |
364 |
1 |
122.30 |
2010-12-21 |
| 34. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
121.76 |
1.0461 |
0.0007 |
286 |
1 |
121.76 |
2009-10-02 |
| 35. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
120.73 |
0.9538 |
0.0797 |
276 |
1 |
120.73 |
2010-01-01 |
| 36. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
120.16 |
0.9849 |
0.0445 |
337 |
1 |
120.16 |
2010-12-23 |
| 37. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
119.50 |
0.9809 |
0.0490 |
250 |
1 |
119.50 |
2010-01-01 |
| 38. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
118.87 |
0.9119 |
0.1095 |
396 |
1 |
118.87 |
2009-12-15 |
| 39. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
118.14 |
0.9931 |
0.0139 |
218 |
1 |
118.14 |
2010-12-23 |
| 40. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
117.78 |
1.0074 |
0.0147 |
410 |
1 |
117.78 |
2010-12-21 |
| 41. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
117.48 |
0.9561 |
0.0506 |
362 |
1 |
117.48 |
2009-12-13 |
| 42. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
117.24 |
0.9820 |
0.0294 |
297 |
1 |
117.24 |
2010-12-23 |
| 43. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
117.23 |
0.9884 |
0.0174 |
267 |
1 |
117.23 |
2010-04-17 |
| 44. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
117.13 |
0.9727 |
0.0364 |
442 |
1 |
117.13 |
2009-12-13 |
| 45. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
116.74 |
0.9479 |
0.0529 |
317 |
1 |
116.74 |
2009-12-13 |
| 46. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
116.21 |
0.8856 |
0.1162 |
369 |
2 |
114.56 |
2011-11-11 |
| 47. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
116.12 |
0.9918 |
0.0087 |
400 |
1 |
116.12 |
2012-06-07 |
| 48. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
112.99 |
0.9948 |
-0.0290 |
233 |
1 |
112.99 |
2009-12-13 |
| 49. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
112.59 |
0.9271 |
0.0358 |
295 |
1 |
112.59 |
2009-10-02 |
| 50. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
112.35 |
1.0063 |
-0.0407 |
293 |
2 |
111.73 |
2011-05-02 |
| 51. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
112.03 |
0.8974 |
0.0728 |
365 |
1 |
112.03 |
2009-12-20 |
| 52. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
111.87 |
0.9068 |
0.0481 |
212 |
1 |
111.87 |
2009-12-31 |
| 53. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
110.63 |
0.9726 |
-0.0211 |
396 |
1 |
110.63 |
2010-12-21 |
| 54. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
110.38 |
0.9632 |
-0.0178 |
287 |
1 |
110.38 |
2010-12-23 |
| 55. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
109.76 |
0.9183 |
0.0211 |
308 |
1 |
109.76 |
2011-05-02 |
| 56. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
109.76 |
0.9136 |
0.0284 |
348 |
1 |
109.76 |
2009-12-13 |
| 57. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
109.55 |
0.8966 |
0.0391 |
366 |
1 |
109.55 |
2009-12-13 |
| 58. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
108.92 |
0.9952 |
-0.0615 |
220 |
1 |
108.92 |
2009-12-13 |
| 59. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. The work was generall... |
108.47 |
0.9692 |
-0.0246 |
405 |
1 |
108.47 |
2010-04-17 |
| 60. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
107.35 |
1.0197 |
-0.1036 |
204 |
1 |
107.35 |
2010-12-22 |
| 61. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
107.20 |
0.8778 |
0.0409 |
285 |
1 |
107.20 |
2009-12-13 |
| 62. |
Right, I am going to tell you how this works. You're going i... |
106.96 |
1.0444 |
-0.1160 |
487 |
1 |
106.96 |
2010-12-21 |
| 63. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
106.81 |
1.0332 |
-0.1208 |
267 |
1 |
106.81 |
2011-05-02 |
| 64. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
106.66 |
0.8986 |
0.0122 |
205 |
1 |
106.66 |
2009-12-16 |
| 65. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
106.29 |
0.7923 |
0.1170 |
316 |
1 |
106.29 |
2009-12-15 |
| 66. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
106.26 |
1.0509 |
-0.1352 |
295 |
1 |
106.26 |
2010-12-21 |
| 67. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
106.23 |
0.9425 |
-0.0332 |
248 |
1 |
106.23 |
2010-12-23 |
| 68. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
105.66 |
0.9329 |
-0.0151 |
345 |
1 |
105.66 |
2010-03-06 |
| 69. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
105.34 |
0.9657 |
-0.0534 |
424 |
1 |
105.34 |
2010-12-22 |
| 70. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
105.31 |
0.9309 |
-0.0204 |
376 |
1 |
105.31 |
2010-12-21 |
| 71. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
104.59 |
0.9451 |
-0.0425 |
419 |
1 |
104.59 |
2009-12-13 |
| 72. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
104.52 |
1.0079 |
-0.1154 |
273 |
1 |
104.52 |
2009-09-26 |
| 73. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
104.28 |
0.9909 |
-0.0945 |
293 |
1 |
104.28 |
2011-04-03 |
| 74. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
104.16 |
0.9926 |
-0.0905 |
413 |
1 |
104.16 |
2010-12-23 |
| 75. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
102.85 |
0.9987 |
-0.1152 |
236 |
2 |
83.73 |
2010-12-23 |
| 76. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
101.77 |
0.8984 |
-0.0206 |
267 |
2 |
98.29 |
2010-12-23 |
| 77. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
99.75 |
0.9736 |
-0.1140 |
378 |
1 |
99.75 |
2009-12-13 |
| 78. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
99.38 |
0.9029 |
-0.0508 |
393 |
1 |
99.38 |
2009-12-13 |
| 79. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
98.73 |
1.0082 |
-0.1698 |
212 |
1 |
98.73 |
2011-04-03 |
| 80. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
97.18 |
1.0144 |
-0.1834 |
162 |
1 |
97.18 |
2009-12-13 |
| 81. |
We might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been... |
96.04 |
0.9157 |
-0.0819 |
353 |
1 |
96.04 |
2010-12-23 |
| 82. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
90.59 |
0.9434 |
-0.1653 |
367 |
1 |
90.59 |
2009-12-13 |
| 83. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
89.54 |
0.9927 |
-0.2313 |
234 |
1 |
89.54 |
2009-12-13 |
| 84. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
75.19 |
0.9917 |
-0.3482 |
317 |
1 |
75.19 |
2011-11-11 |
| 85. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
67.53 |
0.9649 |
-0.3793 |
360 |
1 |
67.53 |
2011-11-11 |
| 86. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
25.83 |
1.0270 |
-0.8105 |
303 |
1 |
25.83 |
2009-12-13 |