| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
101.31 |
1.0845 |
0.2288 |
212 |
1 |
101.31 |
2014-11-21 |
| 2. |
I distrust a close-mouthed man. He generally picks the wrong... |
99.96 |
0.9867 |
0.3091 |
290 |
1 |
99.96 |
2024-01-24 |
| 3. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
99.17 |
0.8768 |
0.4087 |
199 |
1 |
99.17 |
2014-11-17 |
| 4. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
98.91 |
1.0492 |
0.2330 |
284 |
1 |
98.91 |
2024-01-24 |
| 5. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
98.06 |
1.0392 |
0.2319 |
258 |
1 |
98.06 |
2014-11-24 |
| 6. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
95.42 |
1.0736 |
0.1633 |
350 |
1 |
95.42 |
2014-11-22 |
| 7. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
94.65 |
0.8669 |
0.3600 |
255 |
1 |
94.65 |
2014-11-17 |
| 8. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
94.07 |
1.0792 |
0.1402 |
251 |
1 |
94.07 |
2014-10-29 |
| 9. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
93.43 |
1.0461 |
0.1650 |
286 |
1 |
93.43 |
2014-11-21 |
| 10. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
93.42 |
1.0877 |
0.1233 |
129 |
1 |
93.42 |
2012-11-05 |
| 11. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
92.40 |
0.9105 |
0.2873 |
118 |
1 |
92.40 |
2014-10-27 |
| 12. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
91.62 |
1.0791 |
0.1086 |
259 |
1 |
91.62 |
2014-10-29 |
| 13. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
90.77 |
1.0529 |
0.1237 |
373 |
2 |
84.40 |
2014-10-29 |
| 14. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
90.72 |
1.0501 |
0.1259 |
263 |
1 |
90.72 |
2014-11-24 |
| 15. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
90.44 |
1.0567 |
0.1157 |
314 |
1 |
90.44 |
2014-11-22 |
| 16. |
The Sky People have sent us a message that they can take wha... |
89.83 |
1.0256 |
0.1389 |
257 |
1 |
89.83 |
2024-01-24 |
| 17. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
89.59 |
1.0493 |
0.1120 |
264 |
1 |
89.59 |
2014-10-27 |
| 18. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
88.19 |
1.0482 |
0.0950 |
407 |
1 |
88.19 |
2014-10-29 |
| 19. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
88.11 |
0.9703 |
0.1719 |
394 |
1 |
88.11 |
2014-12-03 |
| 20. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
87.57 |
0.9927 |
0.1425 |
276 |
1 |
87.57 |
2014-12-03 |
| 21. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
87.43 |
0.9849 |
0.1484 |
337 |
1 |
87.43 |
2014-11-21 |
| 22. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
87.10 |
1.0498 |
0.0793 |
261 |
1 |
87.10 |
2014-11-22 |
| 23. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
86.83 |
0.9709 |
0.1547 |
264 |
2 |
80.87 |
2015-06-01 |
| 24. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
86.82 |
0.9922 |
0.1332 |
264 |
1 |
86.82 |
2014-11-24 |
| 25. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
86.77 |
0.9183 |
0.2065 |
252 |
1 |
86.77 |
2014-10-29 |
| 26. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
86.69 |
1.0562 |
0.0676 |
360 |
1 |
86.69 |
2012-09-20 |
| 27. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
85.75 |
1.0427 |
0.0689 |
269 |
1 |
85.75 |
2012-11-05 |
| 28. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
85.35 |
1.1086 |
-0.0022 |
233 |
1 |
85.35 |
2014-10-31 |
| 29. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
85.05 |
1.0682 |
0.0343 |
266 |
1 |
85.05 |
2014-12-14 |
| 30. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
84.98 |
1.0288 |
0.0728 |
166 |
1 |
84.98 |
2014-11-03 |
| 31. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
84.88 |
0.9974 |
0.1029 |
163 |
1 |
84.88 |
2014-11-24 |
| 32. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
84.78 |
0.9678 |
0.1312 |
392 |
1 |
84.78 |
2014-11-21 |
| 33. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
83.08 |
0.9765 |
0.1005 |
269 |
1 |
83.08 |
2014-10-29 |
| 34. |
She wants me to take responsibility for everything that went... |
82.89 |
0.8955 |
0.1790 |
171 |
1 |
82.89 |
2020-05-03 |
| 35. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
82.79 |
1.0543 |
0.0189 |
233 |
1 |
82.79 |
2014-12-03 |
| 36. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
82.47 |
1.0197 |
0.0493 |
204 |
1 |
82.47 |
2014-12-14 |
| 37. |
Franky Four Fingers: "I have stones to sell, fat to chew, an... |
82.27 |
0.8393 |
0.2272 |
256 |
1 |
82.27 |
2024-01-24 |
| 38. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
82.26 |
0.9561 |
0.1102 |
364 |
1 |
82.26 |
2014-11-24 |
| 39. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
81.85 |
1.1198 |
-0.0588 |
247 |
1 |
81.85 |
2014-10-29 |
| 40. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
81.83 |
0.9604 |
0.1004 |
285 |
2 |
79.90 |
2015-05-30 |
| 41. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
81.58 |
1.0370 |
0.0205 |
262 |
1 |
81.58 |
2014-10-29 |
| 42. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
81.18 |
1.0483 |
0.0040 |
305 |
1 |
81.18 |
2014-11-06 |
| 43. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
81.12 |
1.0600 |
-0.0085 |
351 |
1 |
81.12 |
2012-11-05 |
| 44. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
81.09 |
0.9763 |
0.0749 |
143 |
3 |
68.10 |
2014-12-03 |
| 45. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
80.90 |
1.0697 |
-0.0210 |
341 |
2 |
78.06 |
2014-10-30 |
| 46. |
I know I'm supposed to help you, but I can't. Instead of bei... |
80.77 |
0.9817 |
0.0653 |
145 |
1 |
80.77 |
2024-01-24 |
| 47. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
80.75 |
0.9851 |
0.0617 |
237 |
1 |
80.75 |
2014-11-03 |
| 48. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
80.56 |
1.0638 |
-0.0195 |
247 |
1 |
80.56 |
2014-11-24 |
| 49. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
79.85 |
1.0462 |
-0.0111 |
340 |
1 |
79.85 |
2014-11-24 |
| 50. |
We might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been... |
79.33 |
0.9157 |
0.1126 |
353 |
2 |
69.84 |
2012-11-05 |
| 51. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
79.09 |
0.9989 |
0.0263 |
282 |
1 |
79.09 |
2014-11-24 |
| 52. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
79.01 |
0.9374 |
0.0868 |
232 |
1 |
79.01 |
2012-11-05 |
| 53. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
78.83 |
1.0399 |
-0.0180 |
257 |
1 |
78.83 |
2014-10-29 |
| 54. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
78.82 |
1.0264 |
-0.0047 |
191 |
1 |
78.82 |
2012-11-05 |
| 55. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
78.81 |
0.9480 |
0.0736 |
297 |
1 |
78.81 |
2014-11-17 |
| 56. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
78.33 |
0.9403 |
0.0751 |
345 |
1 |
78.33 |
2014-12-14 |
| 57. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
78.21 |
0.9791 |
0.0347 |
154 |
1 |
78.21 |
2012-11-05 |
| 58. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
77.89 |
0.9737 |
0.0360 |
237 |
1 |
77.89 |
2015-05-30 |
| 59. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
77.62 |
0.9011 |
0.1051 |
322 |
2 |
71.06 |
2014-11-03 |
| 60. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
76.94 |
1.0667 |
-0.0693 |
308 |
2 |
75.38 |
2012-11-05 |
| 61. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
76.45 |
0.9952 |
-0.0042 |
220 |
1 |
76.45 |
2014-10-31 |
| 62. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
76.43 |
0.9244 |
0.0664 |
225 |
2 |
68.46 |
2014-11-17 |
| 63. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
76.39 |
1.0654 |
-0.0752 |
247 |
1 |
76.39 |
2014-10-27 |
| 64. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
76.36 |
0.8986 |
0.0912 |
205 |
1 |
76.36 |
2014-11-17 |
| 65. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
76.28 |
1.0130 |
-0.0242 |
288 |
1 |
76.28 |
2014-11-24 |
| 66. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
75.50 |
0.8718 |
0.1069 |
318 |
2 |
67.30 |
2014-12-03 |
| 67. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
75.46 |
1.0504 |
-0.0722 |
225 |
1 |
75.46 |
2012-11-05 |
| 68. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. The work was generall... |
75.29 |
0.9692 |
0.0068 |
405 |
1 |
75.29 |
2014-11-22 |
| 69. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
75.29 |
0.9574 |
0.0186 |
354 |
1 |
75.29 |
2012-11-05 |
| 70. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
75.24 |
0.8936 |
0.0817 |
346 |
1 |
75.24 |
2014-11-24 |
| 71. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
74.79 |
1.0057 |
-0.0362 |
382 |
1 |
74.79 |
2012-11-05 |
| 72. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
74.42 |
0.9403 |
0.0244 |
307 |
1 |
74.42 |
2014-11-03 |
| 73. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
74.35 |
0.9933 |
-0.0295 |
450 |
1 |
74.35 |
2012-11-05 |
| 74. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
73.57 |
1.0125 |
-0.0588 |
232 |
1 |
73.57 |
2012-09-16 |
| 75. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
73.32 |
0.9915 |
-0.0411 |
281 |
1 |
73.32 |
2012-09-16 |
| 76. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
73.28 |
1.0082 |
-0.0583 |
212 |
1 |
73.28 |
2014-11-22 |
| 77. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
73.26 |
0.9538 |
-0.0041 |
276 |
1 |
73.26 |
2012-11-05 |
| 78. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
72.88 |
0.9681 |
-0.0234 |
392 |
1 |
72.88 |
2014-10-31 |
| 79. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
72.60 |
0.9841 |
-0.0430 |
325 |
1 |
72.60 |
2012-09-20 |
| 80. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
72.30 |
0.9523 |
-0.0151 |
576 |
1 |
72.30 |
2014-12-14 |
| 81. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
72.27 |
1.0243 |
-0.0875 |
153 |
1 |
72.27 |
2012-11-05 |
| 82. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
72.24 |
1.0543 |
-0.1179 |
182 |
1 |
72.24 |
2014-11-21 |
| 83. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
71.93 |
0.9981 |
-0.0657 |
211 |
1 |
71.93 |
2014-10-27 |
| 84. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
71.89 |
0.9561 |
-0.0242 |
362 |
1 |
71.89 |
2012-11-05 |
| 85. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
71.58 |
0.8974 |
0.0305 |
365 |
1 |
71.58 |
2014-12-14 |
| 86. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
71.00 |
0.9801 |
-0.0597 |
289 |
1 |
71.00 |
2012-09-20 |
| 87. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
70.90 |
0.9377 |
-0.0186 |
198 |
1 |
70.90 |
2012-11-05 |
| 88. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
70.89 |
0.9820 |
-0.0631 |
297 |
1 |
70.89 |
2014-11-24 |
| 89. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
70.84 |
0.8778 |
0.0405 |
285 |
1 |
70.84 |
2014-11-24 |
| 90. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
70.81 |
0.9603 |
-0.0424 |
430 |
1 |
70.81 |
2014-11-13 |
| 91. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
70.63 |
0.8624 |
0.0532 |
174 |
1 |
70.63 |
2012-09-20 |
| 92. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
70.32 |
1.0079 |
-0.0964 |
273 |
1 |
70.32 |
2012-11-05 |
| 93. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
70.31 |
0.9726 |
-0.0612 |
396 |
1 |
70.31 |
2012-09-20 |
| 94. |
I'll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. They ... |
70.29 |
0.9839 |
-0.0727 |
196 |
1 |
70.29 |
2014-10-31 |
| 95. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
69.81 |
0.8981 |
0.0068 |
255 |
1 |
69.81 |
2012-11-05 |
| 96. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
69.80 |
0.8721 |
0.0327 |
231 |
1 |
69.80 |
2014-10-31 |
| 97. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
69.50 |
1.0250 |
-0.1241 |
271 |
1 |
69.50 |
2012-11-05 |
| 98. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
69.42 |
0.9756 |
-0.0757 |
223 |
2 |
68.88 |
2015-05-30 |
| 99. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
69.37 |
0.9029 |
-0.0037 |
393 |
2 |
67.42 |
2014-11-06 |
| 100. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
68.93 |
0.9817 |
-0.0882 |
304 |
1 |
68.93 |
2014-10-31 |
| 101. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
68.89 |
0.9402 |
-0.0472 |
310 |
1 |
68.89 |
2012-09-20 |
| 102. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
68.44 |
0.9380 |
-0.0508 |
284 |
1 |
68.44 |
2014-11-24 |
| 103. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
68.25 |
0.9583 |
-0.0736 |
237 |
1 |
68.25 |
2012-11-05 |
| 104. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
68.14 |
0.9145 |
-0.0312 |
404 |
1 |
68.14 |
2014-10-27 |
| 105. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
67.94 |
0.9530 |
-0.0723 |
445 |
1 |
67.94 |
2012-11-05 |
| 106. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
67.41 |
0.8986 |
-0.0248 |
363 |
1 |
67.41 |
2015-05-30 |
| 107. |
Buddhism addresses two major types of meditation. Vipassana ... |
66.80 |
0.8992 |
-0.0333 |
320 |
1 |
66.80 |
2012-11-05 |
| 108. |
Danger is a topic you're often asked about as a sprinter. Th... |
65.87 |
0.9591 |
-0.1052 |
428 |
1 |
65.87 |
2012-11-05 |
| 109. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
65.74 |
1.0059 |
-0.1537 |
283 |
1 |
65.74 |
2014-11-24 |
| 110. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
64.21 |
0.8869 |
-0.0546 |
176 |
1 |
64.21 |
2011-09-08 |
| 111. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
63.98 |
1.0195 |
-0.1901 |
239 |
1 |
63.98 |
2012-11-05 |
| 112. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
63.78 |
0.9787 |
-0.1519 |
364 |
1 |
63.78 |
2012-11-05 |
| 113. |
The label doesn't mention that that rib-eye steak came from ... |
63.63 |
0.7764 |
0.0484 |
145 |
1 |
63.63 |
2014-11-17 |
| 114. |
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the ju... |
63.55 |
1.0230 |
-0.1992 |
200 |
1 |
63.55 |
2012-11-05 |
| 115. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
62.29 |
0.9404 |
-0.1329 |
383 |
1 |
62.29 |
2012-09-20 |
| 116. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
61.03 |
0.8966 |
-0.1055 |
366 |
1 |
61.03 |
2012-03-11 |
| 117. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
60.84 |
0.9265 |
-0.1378 |
254 |
1 |
60.84 |
2014-11-03 |
| 118. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
57.28 |
0.9918 |
-0.2493 |
400 |
1 |
57.28 |
2012-11-05 |