| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
137.95 |
1.0600 |
0.1442 |
351 |
1 |
137.95 |
2013-11-07 |
| 2. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
136.69 |
0.8958 |
0.2936 |
188 |
1 |
136.69 |
2010-04-14 |
| 3. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
135.30 |
1.0188 |
0.1712 |
316 |
1 |
135.30 |
2013-10-31 |
| 4. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
135.26 |
1.0189 |
0.1608 |
290 |
2 |
122.65 |
2013-11-07 |
| 5. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
135.05 |
1.0472 |
0.1250 |
149 |
1 |
135.05 |
2013-10-30 |
| 6. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
134.29 |
1.0250 |
0.1497 |
271 |
1 |
134.29 |
2008-10-09 |
| 7. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
133.30 |
1.0800 |
0.0761 |
129 |
1 |
133.30 |
2008-10-09 |
| 8. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
133.24 |
1.0873 |
0.0723 |
243 |
1 |
133.24 |
2013-11-07 |
| 9. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
131.95 |
1.0836 |
0.0711 |
206 |
1 |
131.95 |
2013-11-01 |
| 10. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
131.92 |
0.9833 |
0.1701 |
387 |
1 |
131.92 |
2013-10-30 |
| 11. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
130.69 |
0.9963 |
0.1415 |
274 |
1 |
130.69 |
2008-10-09 |
| 12. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
130.64 |
1.0590 |
0.0797 |
250 |
1 |
130.64 |
2008-10-09 |
| 13. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
130.46 |
1.0392 |
0.1040 |
258 |
1 |
130.46 |
2013-10-30 |
| 14. |
Ultimately, this is not about solving your problems. It's ab... |
129.95 |
1.0390 |
0.0999 |
260 |
1 |
129.95 |
2013-10-30 |
| 15. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
128.90 |
0.9357 |
0.1866 |
204 |
1 |
128.90 |
2008-10-09 |
| 16. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
127.06 |
0.9114 |
0.2045 |
399 |
1 |
127.06 |
2013-10-30 |
| 17. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
126.20 |
1.0495 |
0.0508 |
323 |
1 |
126.20 |
2008-10-09 |
| 18. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
126.01 |
1.0016 |
0.0960 |
217 |
1 |
126.01 |
2013-10-30 |
| 19. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
125.60 |
1.0464 |
0.0549 |
213 |
1 |
125.60 |
2013-11-07 |
| 20. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
124.24 |
0.9947 |
0.0987 |
346 |
1 |
124.24 |
2013-10-30 |
| 21. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
124.04 |
1.0362 |
0.0520 |
437 |
2 |
120.80 |
2013-10-30 |
| 22. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
122.68 |
0.9915 |
0.0776 |
281 |
1 |
122.68 |
2008-10-09 |
| 23. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
122.63 |
0.9864 |
0.0869 |
292 |
1 |
122.63 |
2013-11-01 |
| 24. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
121.95 |
0.8646 |
0.1955 |
110 |
1 |
121.95 |
2008-10-09 |
| 25. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
121.90 |
0.9538 |
0.1091 |
276 |
1 |
121.90 |
2013-10-31 |
| 26. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
121.61 |
0.8474 |
0.2137 |
265 |
1 |
121.61 |
2008-10-09 |
| 27. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
121.16 |
1.0792 |
-0.0177 |
251 |
1 |
121.16 |
2013-10-30 |
| 28. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
120.50 |
1.0682 |
-0.0163 |
266 |
1 |
120.50 |
2013-10-31 |
| 29. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
119.27 |
1.0288 |
0.0066 |
166 |
1 |
119.27 |
2008-10-09 |
| 30. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
119.27 |
1.0267 |
0.0165 |
261 |
1 |
119.27 |
2008-10-09 |
| 31. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
118.75 |
1.0302 |
0.0195 |
550 |
1 |
118.75 |
2013-10-30 |
| 32. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
118.25 |
1.0320 |
0.0051 |
401 |
1 |
118.25 |
2008-10-09 |
| 33. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
118.22 |
1.0686 |
-0.0342 |
354 |
1 |
118.22 |
2013-10-30 |
| 34. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
117.85 |
0.9765 |
0.0504 |
269 |
1 |
117.85 |
2013-10-30 |
| 35. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
117.70 |
1.0265 |
0.0035 |
375 |
1 |
117.70 |
2013-10-31 |
| 36. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
117.07 |
0.9574 |
0.0666 |
354 |
1 |
117.07 |
2008-12-06 |
| 37. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
116.93 |
0.9885 |
0.0311 |
355 |
1 |
116.93 |
2013-11-07 |
| 38. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
116.66 |
1.0418 |
-0.0238 |
214 |
1 |
116.66 |
2008-10-09 |
| 39. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
116.12 |
0.9756 |
0.0361 |
223 |
2 |
114.26 |
2008-10-09 |
| 40. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
115.13 |
0.9479 |
0.0575 |
317 |
1 |
115.13 |
2013-10-30 |
| 41. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
115.07 |
1.0130 |
-0.0097 |
288 |
1 |
115.07 |
2008-10-09 |
| 42. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
114.90 |
0.9523 |
0.0610 |
576 |
1 |
114.90 |
2013-10-30 |
| 43. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
114.77 |
1.0476 |
-0.0564 |
110 |
1 |
114.77 |
2008-10-09 |
| 44. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
114.27 |
1.0736 |
-0.0748 |
350 |
1 |
114.27 |
2008-10-09 |
| 45. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
113.93 |
0.9673 |
0.0281 |
292 |
1 |
113.93 |
2013-10-31 |
| 46. |
Danger is a topic you're often asked about as a sprinter. Th... |
113.90 |
0.9591 |
0.0485 |
428 |
1 |
113.90 |
2013-11-01 |
| 47. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
113.65 |
0.9265 |
0.0632 |
254 |
1 |
113.65 |
2013-10-30 |
| 48. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
113.63 |
0.9070 |
0.0788 |
192 |
1 |
113.63 |
2008-10-09 |
| 49. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
113.23 |
0.9011 |
0.0892 |
322 |
2 |
102.69 |
2008-10-09 |
| 50. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
112.97 |
1.0101 |
-0.0235 |
336 |
1 |
112.97 |
2008-10-09 |
| 51. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
112.57 |
0.9839 |
-0.0028 |
308 |
1 |
112.57 |
2008-10-09 |
| 52. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
112.19 |
0.9609 |
0.0218 |
331 |
1 |
112.19 |
2008-10-09 |
| 53. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
111.77 |
0.9918 |
-0.0104 |
400 |
1 |
111.77 |
2013-11-07 |
| 54. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
111.69 |
0.9658 |
0.0115 |
308 |
1 |
111.69 |
2013-10-30 |
| 55. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
111.55 |
0.9561 |
0.0178 |
362 |
1 |
111.55 |
2013-10-30 |
| 56. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
111.28 |
1.0272 |
-0.0593 |
226 |
1 |
111.28 |
2008-10-09 |
| 57. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
111.17 |
0.9820 |
-0.0046 |
297 |
1 |
111.17 |
2010-04-14 |
| 58. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
110.91 |
0.9598 |
0.0091 |
209 |
1 |
110.91 |
2013-11-07 |
| 59. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
110.53 |
1.0082 |
-0.0498 |
212 |
2 |
105.16 |
2008-10-09 |
| 60. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
110.09 |
0.9957 |
-0.0322 |
323 |
3 |
107.69 |
2013-10-31 |
| 61. |
Finally, gentlemen, there are people with an hereditary anim... |
110.03 |
0.9346 |
0.0352 |
471 |
1 |
110.03 |
2013-11-01 |
| 62. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
109.84 |
0.9727 |
-0.0087 |
442 |
1 |
109.84 |
2008-10-09 |
| 63. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
109.74 |
0.8984 |
0.0660 |
267 |
1 |
109.74 |
2013-10-31 |
| 64. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
109.58 |
0.9931 |
-0.0419 |
218 |
1 |
109.58 |
2013-10-31 |
| 65. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
108.80 |
1.0461 |
-0.0931 |
286 |
1 |
108.80 |
2013-11-07 |
| 66. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
107.90 |
0.8913 |
0.0505 |
201 |
1 |
107.90 |
2008-10-09 |
| 67. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
107.72 |
0.9228 |
0.0204 |
305 |
1 |
107.72 |
2013-11-07 |
| 68. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
107.71 |
0.9543 |
-0.0088 |
265 |
1 |
107.71 |
2013-11-01 |
| 69. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
107.39 |
1.0131 |
-0.0739 |
245 |
1 |
107.39 |
2013-11-07 |
| 70. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
107.39 |
0.9359 |
0.0006 |
355 |
1 |
107.39 |
2008-10-09 |
| 71. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
107.25 |
0.9761 |
-0.0370 |
227 |
1 |
107.25 |
2013-10-30 |
| 72. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
106.99 |
0.9244 |
0.0131 |
225 |
1 |
106.99 |
2013-10-30 |
| 73. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
105.51 |
1.0427 |
-0.1224 |
269 |
1 |
105.51 |
2013-11-07 |
| 74. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
104.49 |
0.9284 |
-0.0143 |
346 |
1 |
104.49 |
2008-10-09 |
| 75. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
103.56 |
0.9519 |
-0.0458 |
323 |
1 |
103.56 |
2008-10-09 |
| 76. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
103.07 |
1.1093 |
-0.2170 |
220 |
1 |
103.07 |
2008-10-09 |
| 77. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
102.98 |
0.9801 |
-0.0832 |
289 |
1 |
102.98 |
2008-10-09 |
| 78. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
102.93 |
0.9400 |
-0.0407 |
434 |
1 |
102.93 |
2013-10-30 |
| 79. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
102.49 |
0.9948 |
-0.1030 |
233 |
1 |
102.49 |
2008-10-09 |
| 80. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
102.38 |
1.0654 |
-0.1760 |
247 |
1 |
102.38 |
2008-10-09 |
| 81. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
102.02 |
0.8845 |
0.0055 |
239 |
1 |
102.02 |
2008-10-09 |
| 82. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
101.83 |
1.0432 |
-0.1555 |
276 |
1 |
101.83 |
2008-10-09 |
| 83. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
101.23 |
0.9135 |
-0.0229 |
393 |
1 |
101.23 |
2008-10-09 |
| 84. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
100.44 |
0.9807 |
-0.1174 |
129 |
1 |
100.44 |
2008-10-09 |
| 85. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
99.55 |
0.9809 |
-0.1177 |
209 |
1 |
99.55 |
2008-10-09 |
| 86. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
99.38 |
0.8830 |
-0.0149 |
300 |
1 |
99.38 |
2008-10-09 |
| 87. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
99.10 |
0.9678 |
-0.1004 |
392 |
1 |
99.10 |
2008-10-09 |
| 88. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
99.07 |
0.9880 |
-0.1293 |
199 |
1 |
99.07 |
2008-10-09 |
| 89. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
98.97 |
0.9068 |
-0.0467 |
212 |
1 |
98.97 |
2008-10-09 |
| 90. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
97.16 |
0.9143 |
-0.0672 |
300 |
1 |
97.16 |
2008-10-09 |
| 91. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
96.14 |
0.8966 |
-0.0601 |
366 |
1 |
96.14 |
2010-04-14 |
| 92. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
96.06 |
0.8993 |
-0.0600 |
366 |
1 |
96.06 |
2008-10-09 |
| 93. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
92.40 |
0.8981 |
-0.0851 |
255 |
1 |
92.40 |
2013-10-30 |
| 94. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
92.12 |
0.8172 |
-0.0196 |
204 |
1 |
92.12 |
2008-10-09 |
| 95. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
87.21 |
0.9541 |
-0.1947 |
236 |
1 |
87.21 |
2008-10-09 |
| 96. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
86.81 |
0.7923 |
-0.0364 |
316 |
1 |
86.81 |
2013-10-31 |