| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
116.32 |
1.0711 |
1.1087 |
213 |
2 |
91.20 |
2016-06-04 |
| 2. |
A faerie heart is different from a human heart. Human hearts... |
109.96 |
1.0178 |
1.0463 |
342 |
1 |
109.96 |
2023-03-24 |
| 3. |
Nothing drives down real estate prices like a good old-fashi... |
109.22 |
1.0167 |
1.0305 |
152 |
1 |
109.22 |
2023-03-26 |
| 4. |
And certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals ... |
108.53 |
1.1043 |
0.9321 |
147 |
1 |
108.53 |
2023-03-01 |
| 5. |
It's a funny thing, but people mostly have it backward. They... |
108.29 |
1.0612 |
0.9695 |
173 |
1 |
108.29 |
2016-06-04 |
| 6. |
Some days I woke up and got out of bed and brushed my teeth ... |
106.25 |
1.0811 |
0.9103 |
263 |
1 |
106.25 |
2023-12-17 |
| 7. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
105.40 |
1.0943 |
0.9101 |
206 |
1 |
105.40 |
2023-03-24 |
| 8. |
In the beginning there was only a small amount of injustice ... |
104.10 |
1.0375 |
0.9170 |
224 |
1 |
104.10 |
2016-06-04 |
| 9. |
The problem is we don't notice the years pass, he thought. S... |
103.39 |
1.0699 |
0.8658 |
370 |
1 |
103.39 |
2023-03-26 |
| 10. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
103.28 |
0.9893 |
0.9476 |
323 |
1 |
103.28 |
2023-03-23 |
| 11. |
Communication with others takes place when they understand w... |
101.65 |
1.0533 |
0.8545 |
321 |
1 |
101.65 |
2023-03-26 |
| 12. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
101.55 |
0.9597 |
0.9459 |
347 |
1 |
101.55 |
2023-03-23 |
| 13. |
There are many ways to get out; surrender is one, losing is ... |
101.50 |
1.0206 |
0.8822 |
294 |
1 |
101.50 |
2023-03-26 |
| 14. |
If this had been an old house, with creaking wood, and dark ... |
101.10 |
1.0225 |
0.8734 |
464 |
1 |
101.10 |
2023-03-24 |
| 15. |
A problem in communication is that people don't smile enough... |
100.69 |
1.0148 |
0.8752 |
272 |
1 |
100.69 |
2023-02-12 |
| 16. |
I hate nice girls. If they so much as say hello, it stays on... |
97.85 |
1.0263 |
0.8082 |
276 |
1 |
97.85 |
2023-02-01 |
| 17. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
96.96 |
0.9612 |
0.8565 |
256 |
1 |
96.96 |
2015-05-22 |
| 18. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
93.72 |
0.9910 |
0.7662 |
295 |
1 |
93.72 |
2016-06-04 |
| 19. |
There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure 'cause y... |
93.44 |
1.0651 |
0.6852 |
200 |
1 |
93.44 |
2023-03-01 |
| 20. |
History is written by the victor. History is filled with lia... |
93.31 |
1.0209 |
0.7260 |
237 |
1 |
93.31 |
2023-03-23 |
| 21. |
It's a four ton truck, Tyrone, it's not as though it's a pac... |
90.36 |
0.7739 |
0.9106 |
82 |
1 |
90.36 |
2016-06-04 |
| 22. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
88.18 |
1.0197 |
0.6321 |
226 |
1 |
88.18 |
2011-12-19 |
| 23. |
With age comes insecurity, embarrassment, and tragedy, incre... |
87.05 |
0.9873 |
0.6453 |
310 |
1 |
87.05 |
2023-02-01 |
| 24. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
86.78 |
1.0993 |
0.5258 |
265 |
1 |
86.78 |
2011-12-18 |
| 25. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
86.40 |
0.9884 |
0.6308 |
233 |
1 |
86.40 |
2023-02-14 |
| 26. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
85.96 |
1.0485 |
0.5953 |
153 |
1 |
85.96 |
2016-06-04 |
| 27. |
Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try... |
84.86 |
1.0542 |
0.5365 |
434 |
1 |
84.86 |
2023-02-14 |
| 28. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
84.72 |
0.8773 |
0.7139 |
205 |
1 |
84.72 |
2016-06-04 |
| 29. |
The only thing we try to do here is show you how to make eff... |
84.67 |
1.0620 |
0.5248 |
447 |
1 |
84.67 |
2023-03-05 |
| 30. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
83.62 |
0.9756 |
0.5904 |
229 |
1 |
83.62 |
2011-12-15 |
| 31. |
Tim and the Princess lounge in the castle garden, laughing t... |
82.71 |
1.0152 |
0.5363 |
192 |
1 |
82.71 |
2015-05-22 |
| 32. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
80.20 |
1.0797 |
0.4207 |
210 |
1 |
80.20 |
2011-12-18 |
| 33. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
80.03 |
1.0486 |
0.4501 |
289 |
2 |
74.59 |
2011-12-18 |
| 34. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
79.97 |
1.0292 |
0.4675 |
262 |
1 |
79.97 |
2012-07-12 |
| 35. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
79.50 |
1.0725 |
0.4434 |
233 |
2 |
68.81 |
2012-07-12 |
| 36. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
75.84 |
1.0131 |
0.4070 |
225 |
2 |
61.76 |
2011-11-23 |
| 37. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
72.82 |
1.0577 |
0.3046 |
247 |
1 |
72.82 |
2011-11-23 |
| 38. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
70.45 |
1.0088 |
0.3403 |
396 |
1 |
70.45 |
2011-12-18 |
| 39. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
70.15 |
0.9088 |
0.4065 |
348 |
1 |
70.15 |
2012-06-19 |
| 40. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
68.47 |
1.0795 |
0.2319 |
226 |
1 |
68.47 |
2011-10-03 |
| 41. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
67.94 |
1.1022 |
0.2014 |
259 |
1 |
67.94 |
2011-12-18 |
| 42. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
66.91 |
0.9365 |
0.3164 |
248 |
2 |
58.48 |
2011-11-23 |
| 43. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
65.45 |
1.0523 |
0.1712 |
256 |
1 |
65.45 |
2011-11-23 |
| 44. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
65.42 |
1.0205 |
0.2041 |
179 |
1 |
65.42 |
2011-12-18 |
| 45. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
63.79 |
0.9991 |
0.1943 |
225 |
1 |
63.79 |
2011-09-07 |
| 46. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
63.72 |
1.0331 |
0.1584 |
234 |
1 |
63.72 |
2011-10-03 |
| 47. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
63.35 |
0.9087 |
0.2786 |
393 |
1 |
63.35 |
2011-12-18 |
| 48. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
62.46 |
1.0403 |
0.1651 |
275 |
1 |
62.46 |
2011-11-23 |
| 49. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
62.21 |
0.8947 |
0.2714 |
366 |
1 |
62.21 |
2011-12-18 |
| 50. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
62.18 |
0.8826 |
0.2818 |
296 |
1 |
62.18 |
2012-07-12 |
| 51. |
Ultimately, this is not about solving your problems. It's ab... |
61.69 |
1.0604 |
0.1237 |
260 |
1 |
61.69 |
2011-11-23 |
| 52. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
61.63 |
0.8105 |
0.3423 |
204 |
1 |
61.63 |
2016-06-04 |
| 53. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
61.51 |
1.0132 |
0.1368 |
143 |
3 |
38.46 |
2011-11-23 |
| 54. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
61.16 |
1.0799 |
0.0630 |
243 |
1 |
61.16 |
2011-10-22 |
| 55. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
60.97 |
0.9084 |
0.2329 |
300 |
2 |
52.23 |
2011-10-22 |
| 56. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
59.31 |
1.0214 |
0.0869 |
166 |
2 |
41.08 |
2011-10-22 |
| 57. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
59.14 |
0.9640 |
0.1631 |
334 |
1 |
59.14 |
2011-11-23 |
| 58. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
58.72 |
1.0063 |
0.0916 |
371 |
1 |
58.72 |
2011-10-22 |
| 59. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
58.67 |
0.9758 |
0.1211 |
314 |
1 |
58.67 |
2011-10-03 |
| 60. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
58.10 |
0.9500 |
0.1370 |
362 |
1 |
58.10 |
2011-10-22 |
| 61. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
57.90 |
0.9942 |
0.0899 |
483 |
1 |
57.90 |
2011-11-23 |
| 62. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
57.41 |
0.9325 |
0.1434 |
156 |
2 |
40.59 |
2011-07-24 |
| 63. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
56.94 |
0.9997 |
0.0654 |
382 |
1 |
56.94 |
2011-10-22 |
| 64. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
56.90 |
0.9907 |
0.0722 |
211 |
1 |
56.90 |
2011-11-23 |
| 65. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
55.73 |
1.0389 |
0.0023 |
318 |
1 |
55.73 |
2011-09-07 |
| 66. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
54.70 |
1.0168 |
0.0039 |
271 |
1 |
54.70 |
2011-11-23 |
| 67. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
54.47 |
1.0555 |
-0.0381 |
363 |
1 |
54.47 |
2011-11-23 |
| 68. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
53.99 |
1.0426 |
-0.0339 |
323 |
1 |
53.99 |
2011-09-07 |
| 69. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
53.41 |
1.0375 |
0.0045 |
200 |
1 |
53.41 |
2011-08-21 |
| 70. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
53.26 |
0.9485 |
0.0480 |
236 |
1 |
53.26 |
2011-11-23 |
| 71. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
53.16 |
0.9852 |
0.0079 |
264 |
1 |
53.16 |
2011-11-23 |
| 72. |
Buddhism addresses two major types of meditation. Vipassana ... |
52.36 |
0.9312 |
0.0884 |
320 |
1 |
52.36 |
2011-11-23 |
| 73. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
52.09 |
1.0138 |
-0.0410 |
231 |
1 |
52.09 |
2011-09-07 |
| 74. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
52.01 |
0.9844 |
-0.0080 |
229 |
1 |
52.01 |
2011-08-24 |
| 75. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
51.82 |
0.9376 |
0.0576 |
360 |
2 |
48.85 |
2011-11-23 |
| 76. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
51.66 |
0.9509 |
0.0494 |
225 |
1 |
51.66 |
2011-11-23 |
| 77. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
51.50 |
0.9157 |
0.0488 |
350 |
1 |
51.50 |
2011-10-22 |
| 78. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
50.54 |
1.0644 |
-0.0869 |
257 |
1 |
50.54 |
2011-11-23 |
| 79. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
50.30 |
0.8553 |
0.0836 |
174 |
1 |
50.30 |
2011-10-03 |
| 80. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
49.88 |
0.9293 |
0.0024 |
355 |
1 |
49.88 |
2011-11-23 |
| 81. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
49.70 |
1.0787 |
-0.1517 |
237 |
1 |
49.70 |
2011-08-21 |
| 82. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
48.11 |
0.9622 |
-0.0630 |
392 |
1 |
48.11 |
2011-10-22 |
| 83. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
47.58 |
0.8941 |
-0.0035 |
216 |
1 |
47.58 |
2011-10-03 |
| 84. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
46.37 |
0.9540 |
-0.0880 |
285 |
1 |
46.37 |
2011-09-07 |
| 85. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
46.10 |
1.0254 |
-0.1240 |
217 |
2 |
32.95 |
2011-07-24 |
| 86. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
43.27 |
0.8996 |
-0.0934 |
192 |
1 |
43.27 |
2011-09-07 |
| 87. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
42.93 |
0.9045 |
-0.1034 |
235 |
1 |
42.93 |
2011-09-07 |
| 88. |
The girls I like best are ones I never feel much like kiddin... |
41.78 |
0.9063 |
-0.1235 |
239 |
1 |
41.78 |
2011-07-24 |
| 89. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
40.69 |
0.8190 |
-0.0554 |
135 |
1 |
40.69 |
2011-07-24 |
| 90. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
37.92 |
1.0038 |
-0.2700 |
237 |
1 |
37.92 |
2011-07-24 |
| 91. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
31.78 |
0.9773 |
-0.3856 |
123 |
2 |
28.52 |
2011-05-16 |
| 92. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
28.76 |
0.8500 |
-0.3144 |
145 |
1 |
28.76 |
2011-04-18 |
| 93. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
27.88 |
1.0334 |
-0.5186 |
131 |
1 |
27.88 |
2011-05-22 |
| 94. |
There is a trick for learning to type faster. That trick is ... |
27.31 |
0.8661 |
-0.3595 |
94 |
1 |
27.31 |
2011-04-18 |
| 95. |
Don't make assumptions. Communicate with others as clearly a... |
26.27 |
0.8082 |
-0.3189 |
186 |
1 |
26.27 |
2011-04-18 |
| 96. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
25.17 |
0.8615 |
-0.3908 |
110 |
2 |
24.84 |
2011-05-16 |
| 97. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
24.87 |
0.8619 |
-0.4007 |
119 |
2 |
23.91 |
2011-05-16 |
| 98. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
24.70 |
0.8956 |
-0.4355 |
217 |
1 |
24.70 |
2011-04-18 |
| 99. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
24.66 |
0.8936 |
-0.4353 |
127 |
1 |
24.66 |
2011-04-17 |
| 100. |
Desktop publishing revolutionized the creation of printed do... |
24.27 |
0.8023 |
-0.3501 |
182 |
1 |
24.27 |
2011-05-22 |
| 101. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
24.07 |
0.8915 |
-0.4435 |
188 |
1 |
24.07 |
2011-05-26 |
| 102. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
24.02 |
0.9350 |
-0.4876 |
195 |
1 |
24.02 |
2011-05-16 |
| 103. |
Imagine words like "if" as a two-finger movement instead of ... |
23.84 |
0.7443 |
-0.3028 |
169 |
1 |
23.84 |
2011-05-22 |
| 104. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
23.77 |
1.0183 |
-0.5798 |
191 |
1 |
23.77 |
2011-04-18 |
| 105. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
23.57 |
0.8745 |
-0.4392 |
169 |
2 |
21.78 |
2011-04-17 |
| 106. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
23.30 |
1.0151 |
-0.5844 |
152 |
1 |
23.30 |
2011-04-17 |
| 107. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
23.16 |
1.0487 |
-0.6225 |
231 |
1 |
23.16 |
2011-04-18 |
| 108. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
22.86 |
0.8311 |
-0.4075 |
124 |
1 |
22.86 |
2011-04-17 |
| 109. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
22.83 |
0.7938 |
-0.3690 |
176 |
1 |
22.83 |
2011-04-17 |
| 110. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
22.78 |
0.9221 |
-0.4995 |
244 |
1 |
22.78 |
2011-04-17 |
| 111. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
22.22 |
0.9965 |
-0.5867 |
168 |
1 |
22.22 |
2011-04-17 |
| 112. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
22.22 |
1.0029 |
-0.5927 |
209 |
1 |
22.22 |
2011-04-17 |
| 113. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
22.17 |
0.9353 |
-0.5239 |
177 |
1 |
22.17 |
2011-04-17 |
| 114. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
22.15 |
0.8506 |
-0.4404 |
132 |
1 |
22.15 |
2011-04-17 |
| 115. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
21.98 |
0.8660 |
-0.4583 |
193 |
1 |
21.98 |
2011-04-17 |
| 116. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
21.94 |
1.0463 |
-0.6420 |
182 |
1 |
21.94 |
2011-04-17 |
| 117. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
21.87 |
0.9233 |
-0.5189 |
168 |
1 |
21.87 |
2011-04-18 |
| 118. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
21.84 |
0.9340 |
-0.5279 |
296 |
2 |
20.84 |
2011-05-20 |
| 119. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
21.78 |
0.8723 |
-0.4679 |
185 |
1 |
21.78 |
2011-04-17 |
| 120. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
21.65 |
0.8188 |
-0.4174 |
183 |
1 |
21.65 |
2011-04-18 |
| 121. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
21.60 |
0.8070 |
-0.4054 |
167 |
1 |
21.60 |
2011-04-18 |
| 122. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
21.42 |
0.8125 |
-0.4135 |
197 |
1 |
21.42 |
2011-04-17 |
| 123. |
Because of their scouting skills and peripheral kinesthetic ... |
21.25 |
0.8162 |
-0.4212 |
149 |
1 |
21.25 |
2011-05-16 |
| 124. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
21.16 |
0.9873 |
-0.5946 |
155 |
1 |
21.16 |
2011-05-16 |
| 125. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
20.89 |
0.8323 |
-0.4446 |
203 |
1 |
20.89 |
2011-04-18 |
| 126. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
20.78 |
0.8153 |
-0.4284 |
200 |
1 |
20.78 |
2011-05-16 |
| 127. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
20.76 |
0.8089 |
-0.4246 |
158 |
1 |
20.76 |
2011-04-17 |
| 128. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
20.63 |
0.9187 |
-0.5373 |
118 |
1 |
20.63 |
2011-04-17 |
| 129. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
20.23 |
0.9171 |
-0.5411 |
165 |
1 |
20.23 |
2011-04-17 |
| 130. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
20.07 |
0.9286 |
-0.5579 |
194 |
1 |
20.07 |
2011-05-16 |
| 131. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
19.98 |
0.9772 |
-0.6086 |
217 |
1 |
19.98 |
2011-04-18 |
| 132. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
19.68 |
0.8118 |
-0.4456 |
109 |
1 |
19.68 |
2011-04-17 |
| 133. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
19.66 |
0.8275 |
-0.4647 |
142 |
1 |
19.66 |
2011-04-17 |
| 134. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
18.74 |
0.7818 |
-0.4350 |
195 |
1 |
18.74 |
2011-04-17 |
| 135. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
17.85 |
1.0390 |
-0.7127 |
205 |
1 |
17.85 |
2011-04-17 |