Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
193.29 |
1.0042 |
0.6024 |
168 |
1 |
193.29 |
2012-05-30 |
2. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
171.42 |
1.0399 |
0.3924 |
257 |
1 |
171.42 |
2012-05-29 |
3. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
160.90 |
1.0800 |
0.2520 |
129 |
1 |
160.90 |
2012-05-30 |
4. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
153.00 |
1.0487 |
0.2220 |
253 |
1 |
153.00 |
2012-05-30 |
5. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
152.06 |
1.0639 |
0.2032 |
303 |
2 |
141.85 |
2013-07-25 |
6. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
151.36 |
1.0057 |
0.2571 |
382 |
2 |
144.00 |
2012-05-30 |
7. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
148.71 |
0.9852 |
0.2515 |
235 |
2 |
135.77 |
2012-05-29 |
8. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
146.87 |
1.0270 |
0.1957 |
303 |
1 |
146.87 |
2012-05-30 |
9. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
145.78 |
1.0471 |
0.1785 |
406 |
1 |
145.78 |
2012-05-30 |
10. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
142.75 |
1.0667 |
0.1310 |
308 |
3 |
120.34 |
2012-06-16 |
11. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
142.72 |
0.9917 |
0.1982 |
317 |
2 |
134.47 |
2012-05-29 |
12. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
142.50 |
1.1086 |
0.0768 |
233 |
1 |
142.50 |
2011-07-25 |
13. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
142.36 |
1.0124 |
0.1775 |
275 |
1 |
142.36 |
2012-06-16 |
14. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
141.70 |
1.0753 |
0.1099 |
206 |
1 |
141.70 |
2011-07-25 |
15. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
140.39 |
1.0654 |
0.0997 |
247 |
1 |
140.39 |
2012-05-30 |
16. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
138.92 |
0.9649 |
0.2013 |
360 |
1 |
138.92 |
2012-05-29 |
17. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
138.73 |
1.0669 |
0.0903 |
379 |
1 |
138.73 |
2012-05-30 |
18. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
138.09 |
1.0199 |
0.1247 |
225 |
2 |
129.68 |
2012-05-30 |
19. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
138.09 |
1.0482 |
0.1139 |
407 |
3 |
125.93 |
2012-05-30 |
20. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
137.90 |
0.9787 |
0.1724 |
364 |
1 |
137.90 |
2012-05-29 |
21. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
136.51 |
1.0074 |
0.1422 |
410 |
1 |
136.51 |
2012-06-14 |
22. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
134.30 |
0.9890 |
0.1320 |
272 |
1 |
134.30 |
2012-06-16 |
23. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
134.25 |
1.1198 |
-0.0044 |
247 |
1 |
134.25 |
2011-05-14 |
24. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
134.13 |
1.0006 |
0.1149 |
311 |
1 |
134.13 |
2012-05-29 |
25. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
134.07 |
1.0617 |
0.0508 |
171 |
1 |
134.07 |
2011-05-14 |
26. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
133.04 |
1.0507 |
0.0614 |
253 |
1 |
133.04 |
2012-05-30 |
27. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
132.61 |
0.9657 |
0.1487 |
424 |
1 |
132.61 |
2012-05-30 |
28. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
132.50 |
1.0857 |
0.0285 |
393 |
1 |
132.50 |
2012-06-14 |
29. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
130.64 |
1.0192 |
0.0724 |
243 |
1 |
130.64 |
2011-05-14 |
30. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
129.82 |
0.9884 |
0.0939 |
267 |
1 |
129.82 |
2012-05-29 |
31. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
129.77 |
1.0676 |
0.0166 |
456 |
1 |
129.77 |
2011-07-25 |
32. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
129.45 |
1.0069 |
0.0724 |
242 |
1 |
129.45 |
2012-05-29 |
33. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
129.02 |
1.0461 |
0.0315 |
286 |
1 |
129.02 |
2012-05-29 |
34. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
127.29 |
1.0144 |
0.0577 |
356 |
1 |
127.29 |
2011-07-25 |
35. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
127.08 |
0.9885 |
0.0750 |
469 |
1 |
127.08 |
2011-05-14 |
36. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
126.94 |
1.0338 |
0.0269 |
277 |
1 |
126.94 |
2012-05-30 |
37. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
126.79 |
1.0419 |
0.0156 |
341 |
1 |
126.79 |
2012-05-29 |
38. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
126.56 |
0.9658 |
0.0903 |
308 |
1 |
126.56 |
2012-06-14 |
39. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
126.24 |
0.9797 |
0.0741 |
269 |
1 |
126.24 |
2012-06-16 |
40. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
124.23 |
0.9536 |
0.0878 |
311 |
1 |
124.23 |
2012-06-16 |
41. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
124.09 |
1.0350 |
0.0111 |
416 |
2 |
115.42 |
2011-05-14 |
42. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
123.37 |
1.0227 |
0.0092 |
378 |
1 |
123.37 |
2012-05-30 |
43. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
123.21 |
0.9339 |
0.0966 |
317 |
1 |
123.21 |
2012-05-29 |
44. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
122.26 |
1.0250 |
-0.0054 |
271 |
1 |
122.26 |
2012-06-14 |
45. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
121.70 |
1.0697 |
-0.0486 |
341 |
1 |
121.70 |
2012-05-29 |
46. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
121.15 |
0.9538 |
0.0535 |
276 |
1 |
121.15 |
2011-08-14 |
47. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
120.31 |
0.9660 |
0.0413 |
258 |
1 |
120.31 |
2011-07-25 |
48. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
119.75 |
0.8787 |
0.1129 |
443 |
1 |
119.75 |
2012-05-30 |
49. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
119.17 |
1.0495 |
-0.0598 |
323 |
1 |
119.17 |
2011-05-14 |
50. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
117.20 |
1.0131 |
-0.0364 |
245 |
1 |
117.20 |
2011-05-14 |
51. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
116.36 |
0.9271 |
0.0396 |
295 |
1 |
116.36 |
2012-05-29 |
52. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
115.44 |
0.9632 |
-0.0026 |
287 |
1 |
115.44 |
2011-05-14 |
53. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
115.07 |
0.9561 |
0.0074 |
364 |
1 |
115.07 |
2011-05-14 |
54. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
113.95 |
0.9987 |
-0.0477 |
236 |
1 |
113.95 |
2011-07-25 |
55. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
113.26 |
1.1062 |
-0.1634 |
200 |
1 |
113.26 |
2011-08-14 |
56. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
112.91 |
0.8913 |
0.0488 |
201 |
1 |
112.91 |
2012-06-14 |
57. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
112.73 |
0.9841 |
-0.0489 |
263 |
1 |
112.73 |
2011-05-14 |
58. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
112.60 |
0.9561 |
-0.0193 |
362 |
1 |
112.60 |
2011-08-14 |
59. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
112.44 |
0.9403 |
0.0028 |
307 |
1 |
112.44 |
2011-05-14 |
60. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
112.28 |
1.0288 |
-0.1008 |
166 |
1 |
112.28 |
2011-08-14 |
61. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
112.06 |
1.0418 |
-0.1103 |
214 |
1 |
112.06 |
2011-05-14 |
62. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
110.34 |
0.9947 |
-0.0683 |
346 |
1 |
110.34 |
2012-06-14 |
63. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
110.13 |
1.0521 |
-0.1431 |
197 |
1 |
110.13 |
2011-05-14 |
64. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
109.32 |
0.9650 |
-0.0543 |
347 |
1 |
109.32 |
2012-05-30 |
65. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
109.22 |
0.9332 |
-0.0248 |
295 |
1 |
109.22 |
2012-05-30 |
66. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
108.19 |
0.9985 |
-0.0872 |
392 |
1 |
108.19 |
2012-05-29 |
67. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
107.30 |
0.9963 |
-0.1078 |
274 |
1 |
107.30 |
2011-08-14 |
68. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
106.77 |
1.0498 |
-0.1620 |
261 |
1 |
106.77 |
2011-07-25 |
69. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
105.84 |
0.9598 |
-0.0789 |
209 |
1 |
105.84 |
2011-08-14 |
70. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
105.69 |
0.9844 |
-0.0947 |
351 |
1 |
105.69 |
2011-08-14 |
71. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
105.51 |
0.9101 |
-0.0298 |
351 |
1 |
105.51 |
2011-05-14 |
72. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
105.44 |
0.9119 |
-0.0322 |
396 |
1 |
105.44 |
2011-08-14 |
73. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
104.96 |
0.9012 |
-0.0261 |
322 |
1 |
104.96 |
2011-07-25 |
74. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
104.55 |
0.9338 |
-0.0557 |
326 |
2 |
98.20 |
2011-07-25 |
75. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
104.20 |
0.9989 |
-0.1268 |
282 |
1 |
104.20 |
2011-07-25 |
76. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
104.05 |
1.1093 |
-0.2515 |
220 |
1 |
104.05 |
2011-07-25 |
77. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
103.37 |
1.0901 |
-0.2301 |
288 |
1 |
103.37 |
2011-07-25 |
78. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
103.18 |
1.0332 |
-0.1775 |
267 |
1 |
103.18 |
2011-07-25 |
79. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
102.80 |
0.8986 |
-0.0401 |
363 |
1 |
102.80 |
2011-05-14 |
80. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
102.45 |
0.9269 |
-0.0687 |
269 |
2 |
93.84 |
2012-05-29 |
81. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
102.08 |
0.9329 |
-0.0711 |
345 |
1 |
102.08 |
2011-08-14 |
82. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
101.04 |
0.9604 |
-0.1241 |
285 |
1 |
101.04 |
2011-05-14 |
83. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
100.28 |
0.9643 |
-0.1231 |
282 |
1 |
100.28 |
2011-07-25 |
84. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
99.81 |
0.9851 |
-0.1516 |
237 |
1 |
99.81 |
2011-08-14 |
85. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
99.67 |
1.1095 |
-0.2802 |
252 |
1 |
99.67 |
2011-08-14 |
86. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
97.04 |
0.8974 |
-0.0801 |
365 |
1 |
97.04 |
2011-05-14 |
87. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
95.82 |
0.9299 |
-0.1435 |
168 |
1 |
95.82 |
2011-05-14 |
88. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
95.61 |
1.0036 |
-0.2091 |
277 |
1 |
95.61 |
2011-07-25 |
89. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
95.19 |
1.0128 |
-0.2160 |
369 |
1 |
95.19 |
2011-05-14 |
90. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
91.35 |
1.0320 |
-0.2682 |
401 |
1 |
91.35 |
2014-04-26 |
91. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
89.98 |
0.9637 |
-0.2051 |
342 |
1 |
89.98 |
2011-05-14 |
92. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
89.50 |
0.9763 |
-0.2340 |
143 |
1 |
89.50 |
2011-05-14 |
93. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
89.25 |
0.9425 |
-0.2014 |
248 |
1 |
89.25 |
2011-07-25 |
94. |
The idea of "Mr. Right" has been passed down over the genera... |
87.93 |
0.9630 |
-0.2201 |
379 |
1 |
87.93 |
2011-05-14 |
95. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
87.41 |
1.0472 |
-0.3292 |
149 |
1 |
87.41 |
2012-05-29 |
96. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
86.42 |
0.9713 |
-0.2563 |
193 |
1 |
86.42 |
2011-05-14 |
97. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
82.72 |
0.8984 |
-0.2050 |
267 |
1 |
82.72 |
2011-05-14 |
98. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
78.02 |
0.9880 |
-0.3462 |
199 |
1 |
78.02 |
2011-05-14 |