| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
159.83 |
1.0736 |
0.2358 |
256 |
1 |
159.83 |
2012-06-27 |
| 2. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
153.45 |
1.0877 |
0.1617 |
129 |
1 |
153.45 |
2012-06-27 |
| 3. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
149.57 |
1.0800 |
0.1341 |
129 |
1 |
149.57 |
2015-01-29 |
| 4. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
149.08 |
1.0103 |
0.2011 |
209 |
2 |
130.85 |
2013-11-05 |
| 5. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
148.15 |
1.0777 |
0.1296 |
226 |
1 |
148.15 |
2013-08-21 |
| 6. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
144.36 |
1.0521 |
0.1207 |
197 |
1 |
144.36 |
2014-02-18 |
| 7. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
143.73 |
1.0333 |
0.1348 |
176 |
1 |
143.73 |
2013-02-08 |
| 8. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
143.56 |
1.0128 |
0.1655 |
369 |
1 |
143.56 |
2013-12-08 |
| 9. |
Thing is Butch, right now you got ability. But painful as it... |
142.22 |
0.8957 |
0.2650 |
186 |
1 |
142.22 |
2012-06-27 |
| 10. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
140.67 |
1.0267 |
0.1244 |
261 |
1 |
140.67 |
2012-07-01 |
| 11. |
There is more than one kind of freedom: freedom to and freed... |
139.52 |
1.0084 |
0.1345 |
169 |
1 |
139.52 |
2016-12-15 |
| 12. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
138.94 |
1.0588 |
0.0752 |
281 |
1 |
138.94 |
2012-06-27 |
| 13. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
138.79 |
1.0464 |
0.0911 |
294 |
1 |
138.79 |
2013-11-05 |
| 14. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
138.29 |
0.9930 |
0.1445 |
350 |
1 |
138.29 |
2013-08-21 |
| 15. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
137.26 |
1.0042 |
0.1120 |
168 |
1 |
137.26 |
2013-08-21 |
| 16. |
If one day I could get out of here, I would allow myself to ... |
137.07 |
1.0345 |
0.0867 |
206 |
1 |
137.07 |
2016-12-15 |
| 17. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
136.90 |
1.0208 |
0.0963 |
231 |
2 |
132.08 |
2015-01-29 |
| 18. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
136.48 |
1.0130 |
0.1008 |
288 |
1 |
136.48 |
2013-02-08 |
| 19. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
136.01 |
1.1093 |
-0.0049 |
220 |
1 |
136.01 |
2013-02-08 |
| 20. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
134.87 |
1.0567 |
0.0433 |
314 |
1 |
134.87 |
2012-07-01 |
| 21. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
134.75 |
1.0332 |
0.0660 |
267 |
1 |
134.75 |
2012-07-01 |
| 22. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
133.96 |
1.0557 |
0.0385 |
289 |
1 |
133.96 |
2012-07-01 |
| 23. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
132.85 |
1.0362 |
0.0538 |
437 |
1 |
132.85 |
2013-12-08 |
| 24. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
132.81 |
1.0511 |
0.0343 |
252 |
1 |
132.81 |
2013-12-08 |
| 25. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
132.32 |
1.0338 |
0.0511 |
277 |
1 |
132.32 |
2014-10-13 |
| 26. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
130.79 |
1.0033 |
0.0637 |
203 |
1 |
130.79 |
2012-07-01 |
| 27. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
130.16 |
1.0018 |
0.0603 |
246 |
1 |
130.16 |
2012-06-27 |
| 28. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
129.16 |
0.9889 |
0.0776 |
429 |
1 |
129.16 |
2012-07-01 |
| 29. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
127.75 |
1.0576 |
-0.0184 |
231 |
1 |
127.75 |
2013-02-08 |
| 30. |
Danger is a topic you're often asked about as a sprinter. Th... |
127.07 |
0.9591 |
0.0920 |
428 |
1 |
127.07 |
2013-08-21 |
| 31. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
126.48 |
0.9713 |
0.0590 |
193 |
1 |
126.48 |
2013-02-08 |
| 32. |
Right, I am going to tell you how this works. You're going i... |
125.14 |
1.0444 |
-0.0108 |
487 |
2 |
124.77 |
2012-07-01 |
| 33. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
124.90 |
1.0265 |
-0.0041 |
375 |
1 |
124.90 |
2012-07-01 |
| 34. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
124.50 |
0.9658 |
0.0532 |
308 |
1 |
124.50 |
2012-07-01 |
| 35. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
124.42 |
1.0404 |
-0.0210 |
406 |
1 |
124.42 |
2012-07-01 |
| 36. |
The idea of "Mr. Right" has been passed down over the genera... |
124.18 |
0.9630 |
0.0629 |
379 |
1 |
124.18 |
2013-02-08 |
| 37. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
123.97 |
0.9673 |
0.0475 |
393 |
1 |
123.97 |
2013-02-08 |
| 38. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
122.87 |
0.9987 |
0.0080 |
236 |
2 |
112.34 |
2013-02-08 |
| 39. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
122.68 |
0.9820 |
0.0269 |
297 |
1 |
122.68 |
2012-07-01 |
| 40. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
122.68 |
1.0006 |
-0.0004 |
311 |
1 |
122.68 |
2012-07-01 |
| 41. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
122.34 |
0.9980 |
0.0087 |
341 |
1 |
122.34 |
2013-12-08 |
| 42. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
121.82 |
1.0529 |
-0.0571 |
373 |
1 |
121.82 |
2012-07-01 |
| 43. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
121.60 |
0.9422 |
0.0442 |
190 |
1 |
121.60 |
2016-12-15 |
| 44. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
121.29 |
0.9503 |
0.0322 |
211 |
1 |
121.29 |
2012-06-27 |
| 45. |
You're right, I did lose a million dollars last year. I expe... |
121.16 |
0.9911 |
0.0056 |
253 |
1 |
121.16 |
2016-12-15 |
| 46. |
Pulp: 1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. 2. A magaz... |
121.10 |
0.8843 |
0.1142 |
168 |
1 |
121.10 |
2013-11-05 |
| 47. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
121.08 |
1.0461 |
-0.0565 |
318 |
1 |
121.08 |
2012-07-01 |
| 48. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
120.39 |
1.0135 |
-0.0287 |
358 |
1 |
120.39 |
2012-07-01 |
| 49. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
120.32 |
1.0036 |
-0.0217 |
277 |
1 |
120.32 |
2012-07-01 |
| 50. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
119.94 |
0.9644 |
0.0167 |
398 |
1 |
119.94 |
2013-02-08 |
| 51. |
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the ju... |
119.50 |
1.0230 |
-0.0470 |
200 |
1 |
119.50 |
2013-02-08 |
| 52. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
119.39 |
1.0464 |
-0.0671 |
213 |
1 |
119.39 |
2013-08-21 |
| 53. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
119.23 |
0.9864 |
-0.0106 |
292 |
1 |
119.23 |
2012-09-01 |
| 54. |
We might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been... |
118.99 |
0.9157 |
0.0668 |
353 |
1 |
118.99 |
2012-07-01 |
| 55. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
118.71 |
0.9704 |
-0.0027 |
254 |
1 |
118.71 |
2012-07-01 |
| 56. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
118.68 |
0.9330 |
0.0464 |
341 |
1 |
118.68 |
2013-11-05 |
| 57. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
118.64 |
1.0582 |
-0.0941 |
180 |
2 |
115.92 |
2013-12-08 |
| 58. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
118.04 |
0.9354 |
0.0378 |
384 |
1 |
118.04 |
2012-06-27 |
| 59. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
117.23 |
0.9352 |
0.0193 |
194 |
1 |
117.23 |
2012-07-01 |
| 60. |
We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in t... |
117.16 |
1.0243 |
-0.0669 |
192 |
1 |
117.16 |
2016-12-15 |
| 61. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
116.63 |
0.9849 |
-0.0330 |
337 |
1 |
116.63 |
2013-02-08 |
| 62. |
I watched a bear once. His leg was in a steel trap. It chewe... |
116.33 |
0.9877 |
-0.0336 |
359 |
1 |
116.33 |
2016-12-15 |
| 63. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
115.24 |
0.9726 |
-0.0281 |
396 |
1 |
115.24 |
2013-02-08 |
| 64. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
115.22 |
0.9817 |
-0.0371 |
304 |
1 |
115.22 |
2012-06-27 |
| 65. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
115.03 |
0.9434 |
-0.0015 |
367 |
1 |
115.03 |
2012-06-27 |
| 66. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
114.94 |
0.9284 |
0.0122 |
346 |
2 |
107.07 |
2013-02-08 |
| 67. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
114.92 |
1.0195 |
-0.0762 |
239 |
1 |
114.92 |
2012-07-01 |
| 68. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
114.52 |
0.9890 |
-0.0516 |
272 |
1 |
114.52 |
2013-02-08 |
| 69. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
114.41 |
0.8624 |
0.0655 |
174 |
1 |
114.41 |
2013-11-05 |
| 70. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
114.04 |
0.9332 |
-0.0023 |
295 |
1 |
114.04 |
2013-02-08 |
| 71. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
113.92 |
0.9917 |
-0.0612 |
317 |
1 |
113.92 |
2012-07-01 |
| 72. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
112.85 |
1.0227 |
-0.0970 |
378 |
1 |
112.85 |
2012-07-01 |
| 73. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
112.67 |
1.0426 |
-0.1281 |
131 |
1 |
112.67 |
2012-07-01 |
| 74. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
112.53 |
1.1086 |
-0.1911 |
233 |
1 |
112.53 |
2013-12-08 |
| 75. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
112.09 |
0.9123 |
0.0107 |
351 |
1 |
112.09 |
2012-07-01 |
| 76. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
111.88 |
1.0035 |
-0.0910 |
310 |
1 |
111.88 |
2012-07-01 |
| 77. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
111.35 |
0.9536 |
-0.0377 |
311 |
1 |
111.35 |
2013-02-08 |
| 78. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
111.14 |
1.0125 |
-0.1117 |
171 |
1 |
111.14 |
2012-07-01 |
| 79. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
110.75 |
1.0131 |
-0.1073 |
245 |
1 |
110.75 |
2012-06-27 |
| 80. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
110.67 |
0.9515 |
-0.0396 |
334 |
1 |
110.67 |
2013-02-08 |
| 81. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
110.46 |
0.9606 |
-0.0564 |
203 |
1 |
110.46 |
2012-07-01 |
| 82. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
110.41 |
1.0189 |
-0.1197 |
290 |
1 |
110.41 |
2013-02-08 |
| 83. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
109.92 |
1.0010 |
-0.1014 |
213 |
1 |
109.92 |
2012-07-01 |
| 84. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
109.38 |
1.0144 |
-0.1103 |
356 |
1 |
109.38 |
2012-07-01 |
| 85. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
107.77 |
1.0466 |
-0.1687 |
230 |
1 |
107.77 |
2012-06-27 |
| 86. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
107.65 |
0.8981 |
-0.0121 |
255 |
1 |
107.65 |
2012-07-01 |
| 87. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
107.38 |
0.9400 |
-0.0625 |
434 |
1 |
107.38 |
2012-07-01 |
| 88. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
107.30 |
0.9763 |
-0.1025 |
143 |
1 |
107.30 |
2012-07-01 |
| 89. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
105.19 |
0.9709 |
-0.1152 |
264 |
1 |
105.19 |
2013-02-08 |
| 90. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
104.28 |
1.0074 |
-0.1439 |
410 |
1 |
104.28 |
2016-12-15 |
| 91. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
104.25 |
0.9011 |
-0.0487 |
322 |
1 |
104.25 |
2012-07-01 |
| 92. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
104.09 |
1.0165 |
-0.1692 |
316 |
1 |
104.09 |
2013-02-08 |
| 93. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
99.41 |
0.9332 |
-0.1236 |
267 |
1 |
99.41 |
2013-02-08 |
| 94. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
96.86 |
0.9530 |
-0.1511 |
445 |
1 |
96.86 |
2013-02-08 |
| 95. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
94.98 |
0.8437 |
-0.0712 |
268 |
1 |
94.98 |
2012-07-01 |
| 96. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
90.52 |
0.8172 |
-0.0850 |
204 |
1 |
90.52 |
2016-12-15 |
| 97. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
83.40 |
0.9801 |
-0.2938 |
282 |
1 |
83.40 |
2013-02-08 |