| 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... |
115.25 |
1.1138 |
0.1862 |
341 |
1 |
115.25 |
2013-09-05 |
| 2. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
125.68 |
1.1086 |
0.3007 |
233 |
1 |
125.68 |
2013-06-16 |
| 3. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
118.62 |
1.0901 |
0.2413 |
288 |
2 |
97.30 |
2013-06-24 |
| 4. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
83.49 |
1.0753 |
-0.1345 |
206 |
1 |
83.49 |
2013-04-17 |
| 5. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
87.88 |
1.0736 |
-0.0863 |
256 |
1 |
87.88 |
2012-11-18 |
| 6. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
113.09 |
1.0698 |
0.2043 |
303 |
1 |
113.09 |
2013-09-05 |
| 7. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
103.14 |
1.0669 |
0.0914 |
379 |
1 |
103.14 |
2013-09-05 |
| 8. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
97.64 |
1.0617 |
0.0296 |
171 |
1 |
97.64 |
2013-06-19 |
| 9. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
115.02 |
1.0582 |
0.2276 |
180 |
2 |
105.41 |
2014-02-19 |
| 10. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
106.84 |
1.0561 |
0.1388 |
227 |
3 |
86.74 |
2014-01-08 |
| 11. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
149.07 |
1.0543 |
0.6147 |
182 |
2 |
109.75 |
2014-03-20 |
| 12. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
91.91 |
1.0540 |
-0.0303 |
184 |
1 |
91.91 |
2012-11-18 |
| 13. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
89.18 |
1.0504 |
-0.0505 |
225 |
2 |
83.20 |
2014-02-19 |
| 14. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
89.30 |
1.0498 |
-0.0493 |
261 |
1 |
89.30 |
2013-04-25 |
| 15. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
112.89 |
1.0492 |
0.2209 |
284 |
1 |
112.89 |
2013-09-05 |
| 16. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
108.55 |
1.0487 |
0.1652 |
253 |
1 |
108.55 |
2013-09-05 |
| 17. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
101.91 |
1.0479 |
0.0918 |
205 |
1 |
101.91 |
2014-01-08 |
| 18. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
124.66 |
1.0476 |
0.3405 |
110 |
1 |
124.66 |
2014-03-20 |
| 19. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
66.05 |
1.0472 |
-0.3160 |
149 |
1 |
66.05 |
2012-11-18 |
| 20. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
78.63 |
1.0471 |
-0.1557 |
406 |
1 |
78.63 |
2012-11-18 |
| 21. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
73.20 |
1.0466 |
-0.2290 |
230 |
1 |
73.20 |
2012-11-28 |
| 22. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
71.27 |
1.0462 |
-0.2469 |
340 |
1 |
71.27 |
2012-12-18 |
| 23. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
114.36 |
1.0461 |
0.2402 |
286 |
2 |
81.45 |
2013-06-19 |
| 24. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
73.28 |
1.0450 |
-0.2208 |
358 |
1 |
73.28 |
2012-11-18 |
| 25. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
84.48 |
1.0426 |
-0.1016 |
131 |
1 |
84.48 |
2013-02-10 |
| 26. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
108.19 |
1.0419 |
0.1795 |
323 |
1 |
108.19 |
2014-01-04 |
| 27. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
130.20 |
1.0418 |
0.4188 |
214 |
1 |
130.20 |
2013-09-05 |
| 28. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
99.59 |
1.0414 |
0.0729 |
234 |
1 |
99.59 |
2013-06-24 |
| 29. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
106.60 |
1.0387 |
0.1596 |
333 |
1 |
106.60 |
2013-09-05 |
| 30. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
90.57 |
1.0370 |
-0.0236 |
262 |
2 |
80.60 |
2013-04-26 |
| 31. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
130.22 |
1.0351 |
0.4289 |
276 |
1 |
130.22 |
2014-03-20 |
| 32. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
125.42 |
1.0334 |
0.3720 |
261 |
1 |
125.42 |
2013-06-19 |
| 33. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
110.90 |
1.0315 |
0.2105 |
193 |
1 |
110.90 |
2013-09-05 |
| 34. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
84.46 |
1.0301 |
-0.0866 |
268 |
2 |
82.37 |
2012-12-07 |
| 35. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
80.38 |
1.0291 |
-0.1323 |
240 |
1 |
80.38 |
2013-04-17 |
| 36. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
75.04 |
1.0279 |
-0.1949 |
172 |
1 |
75.04 |
2012-11-18 |
| 37. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
103.74 |
1.0265 |
0.1391 |
375 |
1 |
103.74 |
2013-09-05 |
| 38. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
97.13 |
1.0227 |
0.0709 |
378 |
1 |
97.13 |
2013-06-19 |
| 39. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
73.01 |
1.0194 |
-0.2056 |
224 |
1 |
73.01 |
2013-04-26 |
| 40. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
105.81 |
1.0178 |
0.1657 |
207 |
1 |
105.81 |
2013-09-05 |
| 41. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
71.72 |
1.0144 |
-0.2119 |
162 |
1 |
71.72 |
2013-04-07 |
| 42. |
All life's battles teach us something, even those we lose. W... |
124.42 |
1.0139 |
0.3868 |
291 |
1 |
124.42 |
2016-05-01 |
| 43. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
106.62 |
1.0132 |
0.1817 |
371 |
1 |
106.62 |
2013-09-05 |
| 44. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
105.82 |
1.0131 |
0.1756 |
245 |
1 |
105.82 |
2013-09-05 |
| 45. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
97.94 |
1.0124 |
0.0895 |
275 |
1 |
97.94 |
2012-11-18 |
| 46. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
75.59 |
1.0111 |
-0.1540 |
452 |
1 |
75.59 |
2012-11-18 |
| 47. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
61.46 |
1.0103 |
-0.3302 |
209 |
1 |
61.46 |
2012-11-18 |
| 48. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
90.35 |
1.0095 |
0.0002 |
211 |
1 |
90.35 |
2013-06-19 |
| 49. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
76.92 |
1.0086 |
-0.1530 |
218 |
1 |
76.92 |
2013-06-16 |
| 50. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
105.44 |
1.0082 |
0.1678 |
212 |
1 |
105.44 |
2013-06-19 |
| 51. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
75.16 |
1.0060 |
-0.1592 |
244 |
1 |
75.16 |
2013-02-04 |
| 52. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
100.37 |
1.0036 |
0.1214 |
277 |
1 |
100.37 |
2014-03-20 |
| 53. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
79.99 |
0.9996 |
-0.0976 |
483 |
1 |
79.99 |
2013-04-07 |
| 54. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
98.21 |
0.9987 |
0.1053 |
236 |
2 |
86.54 |
2013-09-05 |
| 55. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
30.83 |
0.9974 |
-0.6604 |
163 |
1 |
30.83 |
2012-12-03 |
| 56. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
23.82 |
0.9957 |
-0.7297 |
323 |
1 |
23.82 |
2013-01-21 |
| 57. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
86.53 |
0.9931 |
-0.0289 |
218 |
1 |
86.53 |
2013-04-21 |
| 58. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
71.46 |
0.9927 |
-0.1976 |
234 |
1 |
71.46 |
2012-12-22 |
| 59. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
100.26 |
0.9917 |
0.1331 |
317 |
1 |
100.26 |
2013-09-05 |
| 60. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
70.31 |
0.9885 |
-0.2029 |
355 |
1 |
70.31 |
2013-05-05 |
| 61. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
72.19 |
0.9873 |
-0.1701 |
396 |
2 |
64.93 |
2013-01-21 |
| 62. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
85.22 |
0.9869 |
-0.0371 |
193 |
1 |
85.22 |
2013-04-23 |
| 63. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
77.57 |
0.9857 |
-0.1126 |
268 |
1 |
77.57 |
2013-04-17 |
| 64. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
104.25 |
0.9854 |
0.1835 |
174 |
1 |
104.25 |
2013-09-05 |
| 65. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
53.46 |
0.9841 |
-0.3916 |
217 |
1 |
53.46 |
2012-12-07 |
| 66. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
103.68 |
0.9836 |
0.1777 |
289 |
1 |
103.68 |
2013-06-24 |
| 67. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
65.18 |
0.9801 |
-0.2442 |
282 |
1 |
65.18 |
2012-11-18 |
| 68. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
119.81 |
0.9761 |
0.3712 |
227 |
1 |
119.81 |
2013-09-05 |
| 69. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
67.66 |
0.9756 |
-0.2207 |
223 |
1 |
67.66 |
2012-12-10 |
| 70. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
63.14 |
0.9745 |
-0.2677 |
388 |
1 |
63.14 |
2012-11-18 |
| 71. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
114.30 |
0.9719 |
0.3161 |
383 |
1 |
114.30 |
2013-09-05 |
| 72. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
113.56 |
0.9706 |
0.3136 |
353 |
1 |
113.56 |
2013-09-05 |
| 73. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
101.37 |
0.9704 |
0.1648 |
254 |
1 |
101.37 |
2013-09-05 |
| 74. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
118.69 |
0.9703 |
0.3665 |
394 |
2 |
107.36 |
2016-05-01 |
| 75. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
72.10 |
0.9698 |
-0.1592 |
389 |
1 |
72.10 |
2012-12-07 |
| 76. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
81.75 |
0.9673 |
-0.0508 |
292 |
1 |
81.75 |
2013-04-25 |
| 77. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
64.73 |
0.9660 |
-0.2362 |
258 |
1 |
64.73 |
2012-12-03 |
| 78. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
85.22 |
0.9636 |
-0.0116 |
281 |
1 |
85.22 |
2013-04-17 |
| 79. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
65.58 |
0.9606 |
-0.2243 |
203 |
1 |
65.58 |
2012-12-18 |
| 80. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
59.24 |
0.9597 |
-0.2987 |
251 |
1 |
59.24 |
2013-04-07 |
| 81. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
60.07 |
0.9574 |
-0.2840 |
354 |
1 |
60.07 |
2012-12-02 |
| 82. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
98.55 |
0.9536 |
0.1584 |
311 |
1 |
98.55 |
2013-04-25 |
| 83. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
59.99 |
0.9503 |
-0.2877 |
211 |
1 |
59.99 |
2012-11-18 |
| 84. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
81.33 |
0.9500 |
-0.0387 |
287 |
1 |
81.33 |
2013-06-16 |
| 85. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
72.59 |
0.9482 |
-0.1314 |
476 |
1 |
72.59 |
2013-01-18 |
| 86. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
111.03 |
0.9434 |
0.3051 |
367 |
1 |
111.03 |
2013-09-05 |
| 87. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
70.48 |
0.9424 |
-0.1525 |
320 |
1 |
70.48 |
2012-11-18 |
| 88. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
96.85 |
0.9404 |
0.1534 |
383 |
1 |
96.85 |
2013-06-24 |
| 89. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
62.27 |
0.9380 |
-0.2445 |
284 |
1 |
62.27 |
2012-11-18 |
| 90. |
It is now 7:06. You have exactly 8 hours and 54 minutes to t... |
151.24 |
0.9379 |
0.7388 |
381 |
1 |
151.24 |
2017-08-28 |
| 91. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
16.15 |
0.9368 |
-0.7677 |
176 |
1 |
16.15 |
2017-09-18 |
| 92. |
I am not a torturer, though it so often is what people deser... |
51.58 |
0.9337 |
-0.3907 |
294 |
1 |
51.58 |
2017-09-18 |
| 93. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
88.43 |
0.9332 |
0.0577 |
295 |
1 |
88.43 |
2013-01-26 |
| 94. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
73.65 |
0.9271 |
-0.1044 |
295 |
1 |
73.65 |
2012-11-18 |
| 95. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
91.58 |
0.9183 |
0.1076 |
308 |
1 |
91.58 |
2013-09-05 |
| 96. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
96.92 |
0.9135 |
0.1804 |
393 |
1 |
96.92 |
2013-09-05 |
| 97. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
62.63 |
0.9114 |
-0.2049 |
399 |
1 |
62.63 |
2012-11-18 |
| 98. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
83.13 |
0.9068 |
0.0211 |
212 |
1 |
83.13 |
2014-03-29 |
| 99. |
A total of twenty-five friends were headed from San Francisc... |
94.07 |
0.9046 |
0.1613 |
448 |
1 |
94.07 |
2013-09-05 |
| 100. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
36.66 |
0.8955 |
-0.4789 |
436 |
1 |
36.66 |
2012-12-05 |
| 101. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
77.31 |
0.8887 |
-0.0105 |
464 |
1 |
77.31 |
2013-06-19 |
| 102. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
63.63 |
0.7852 |
-0.0810 |
154 |
2 |
57.10 |
2013-04-07 |