| 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... |
130.76 |
1.0711 |
0.2586 |
213 |
2 |
119.37 |
2014-05-22 |
| 2. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
127.13 |
1.0767 |
0.2186 |
212 |
3 |
106.66 |
2014-05-22 |
| 3. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
123.33 |
1.0506 |
0.2365 |
277 |
1 |
123.33 |
2014-05-22 |
| 4. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
121.15 |
1.0013 |
0.2335 |
273 |
1 |
121.15 |
2014-06-25 |
| 5. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
120.39 |
0.9865 |
0.2427 |
276 |
1 |
120.39 |
2014-06-25 |
| 6. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
119.88 |
1.0131 |
0.2058 |
225 |
2 |
104.26 |
2014-05-22 |
| 7. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
118.48 |
1.0972 |
0.1406 |
251 |
1 |
118.48 |
2014-05-22 |
| 8. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
115.14 |
1.0941 |
0.1111 |
256 |
1 |
115.14 |
2012-11-19 |
| 9. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
114.19 |
1.1323 |
0.0659 |
341 |
1 |
114.19 |
2012-10-09 |
| 10. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
112.90 |
1.0292 |
0.1202 |
262 |
2 |
104.01 |
2014-05-22 |
| 11. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
111.94 |
0.9612 |
0.1799 |
256 |
4 |
92.12 |
2012-10-09 |
| 12. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
111.45 |
0.9330 |
0.2096 |
360 |
1 |
111.45 |
2014-05-22 |
| 13. |
Don't practice too much at first, or you're likely to develo... |
110.21 |
1.0141 |
0.1494 |
381 |
1 |
110.21 |
2014-06-25 |
| 14. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
108.39 |
1.0343 |
0.1072 |
242 |
1 |
108.39 |
2012-12-09 |
| 15. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
107.86 |
0.9805 |
0.1231 |
292 |
2 |
95.95 |
2012-10-28 |
| 16. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
107.65 |
1.0214 |
0.0701 |
166 |
1 |
107.65 |
2012-10-31 |
| 17. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
107.50 |
0.9792 |
0.1544 |
265 |
1 |
107.50 |
2012-12-14 |
| 18. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
106.26 |
0.9884 |
0.0935 |
233 |
1 |
106.26 |
2012-12-09 |
| 19. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
105.39 |
1.0141 |
0.0957 |
304 |
1 |
105.39 |
2012-11-19 |
| 20. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
104.98 |
1.0331 |
0.0338 |
234 |
1 |
104.98 |
2012-12-09 |
| 21. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
104.94 |
1.0412 |
0.0271 |
225 |
1 |
104.94 |
2012-12-09 |
| 22. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
104.87 |
1.0528 |
0.0106 |
201 |
1 |
104.87 |
2011-06-20 |
| 23. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
104.42 |
1.0068 |
0.0600 |
358 |
1 |
104.42 |
2012-03-04 |
| 24. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
104.29 |
0.9893 |
0.0728 |
323 |
1 |
104.29 |
2012-10-10 |
| 25. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
102.94 |
1.0555 |
0.0228 |
323 |
1 |
102.94 |
2011-09-10 |
| 26. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
102.92 |
0.9994 |
0.0794 |
269 |
1 |
102.92 |
2012-11-20 |
| 27. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
102.54 |
0.9786 |
0.0649 |
235 |
1 |
102.54 |
2012-10-09 |
| 28. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
101.60 |
1.0498 |
-0.0203 |
180 |
2 |
100.96 |
2012-04-06 |
| 29. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
101.45 |
0.9790 |
0.0945 |
311 |
1 |
101.45 |
2012-10-09 |
| 30. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
101.01 |
1.0218 |
0.0036 |
268 |
1 |
101.01 |
2011-02-03 |
| 31. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
100.77 |
1.0368 |
-0.0104 |
276 |
1 |
100.77 |
2011-07-09 |
| 32. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
100.42 |
1.0621 |
-0.0206 |
263 |
1 |
100.42 |
2012-12-09 |
| 33. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
100.37 |
0.9965 |
0.0205 |
168 |
1 |
100.37 |
2011-04-23 |
| 34. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
100.29 |
0.9649 |
0.0551 |
193 |
2 |
94.47 |
2012-11-20 |
| 35. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
100.26 |
1.0201 |
-0.0061 |
172 |
1 |
100.26 |
2011-04-11 |
| 36. |
Pulp: 1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. 2. A magaz... |
100.25 |
0.9155 |
0.1541 |
168 |
1 |
100.25 |
2011-09-10 |
| 37. |
A total of twenty-five friends were headed from San Francisc... |
99.47 |
0.9243 |
0.1277 |
448 |
1 |
99.47 |
2012-10-25 |
| 38. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
99.25 |
1.0334 |
-0.0298 |
131 |
1 |
99.25 |
2011-04-15 |
| 39. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
99.18 |
1.0441 |
0.0068 |
316 |
1 |
99.18 |
2012-10-21 |
| 40. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
98.84 |
0.9672 |
0.0453 |
396 |
1 |
98.84 |
2012-03-04 |
| 41. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
98.83 |
1.0417 |
-0.0387 |
253 |
1 |
98.83 |
2011-04-09 |
| 42. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
98.27 |
0.9411 |
0.0598 |
318 |
1 |
98.27 |
2011-09-10 |
| 43. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
98.21 |
1.0058 |
0.0169 |
411 |
1 |
98.21 |
2012-10-09 |
| 44. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
98.01 |
0.9912 |
0.0330 |
237 |
1 |
98.01 |
2012-10-10 |
| 45. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
97.65 |
1.0608 |
-0.0339 |
258 |
2 |
93.30 |
2011-02-03 |
| 46. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
97.51 |
1.0797 |
-0.0930 |
210 |
2 |
97.19 |
2011-02-08 |
| 47. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
97.05 |
0.9964 |
-0.0090 |
203 |
1 |
97.05 |
2011-02-03 |
| 48. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
97.00 |
0.9216 |
0.1046 |
255 |
3 |
92.12 |
2014-05-22 |
| 49. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
96.98 |
1.1081 |
-0.0871 |
206 |
1 |
96.98 |
2011-04-11 |
| 50. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
96.92 |
0.9698 |
0.0492 |
397 |
1 |
96.92 |
2012-12-09 |
| 51. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
96.85 |
1.0214 |
-0.0375 |
269 |
1 |
96.85 |
2011-02-03 |
| 52. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
96.72 |
1.0025 |
-0.0188 |
256 |
1 |
96.72 |
2012-03-30 |
| 53. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
96.51 |
1.0077 |
0.0151 |
250 |
1 |
96.51 |
2012-10-31 |
| 54. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
96.48 |
1.0197 |
-0.0410 |
226 |
1 |
96.48 |
2011-02-03 |
| 55. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
96.13 |
1.0388 |
-0.0291 |
243 |
1 |
96.13 |
2011-05-08 |
| 56. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
95.83 |
0.8958 |
0.0840 |
322 |
1 |
95.83 |
2012-11-26 |
| 57. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
95.82 |
1.0795 |
-0.0746 |
226 |
2 |
89.27 |
2012-04-01 |
| 58. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
95.73 |
0.9233 |
0.0423 |
168 |
2 |
93.63 |
2012-10-21 |
| 59. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
95.65 |
1.0531 |
-0.0420 |
272 |
1 |
95.65 |
2012-03-04 |
| 60. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
95.61 |
0.9614 |
0.0145 |
292 |
1 |
95.61 |
2011-02-03 |
| 61. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
95.56 |
0.9946 |
-0.0225 |
246 |
1 |
95.56 |
2011-04-11 |
| 62. |
Sometimes you concentrate more on racing the cars around you... |
95.22 |
1.0968 |
-0.0908 |
365 |
1 |
95.22 |
2012-03-30 |
| 63. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
95.04 |
0.9697 |
-0.0030 |
249 |
1 |
95.04 |
2012-04-07 |
| 64. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
94.49 |
0.9795 |
-0.0180 |
308 |
1 |
94.49 |
2011-06-19 |
| 65. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
94.37 |
1.1162 |
-0.1152 |
189 |
1 |
94.37 |
2011-04-11 |
| 66. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
94.15 |
0.9846 |
-0.0287 |
281 |
1 |
94.15 |
2011-02-03 |
| 67. |
The idea of "Mr. Right" has been passed down over the genera... |
93.62 |
0.9671 |
0.0095 |
379 |
1 |
93.62 |
2011-03-06 |
| 68. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
93.60 |
1.0320 |
-0.0429 |
293 |
1 |
93.60 |
2011-02-08 |
| 69. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
93.47 |
0.9871 |
-0.0138 |
227 |
2 |
88.41 |
2011-04-09 |
| 70. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
93.41 |
0.9485 |
0.0031 |
236 |
1 |
93.41 |
2011-02-03 |
| 71. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
93.10 |
0.9841 |
-0.0334 |
334 |
1 |
93.10 |
2011-02-03 |
| 72. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
92.80 |
0.9811 |
-0.0348 |
272 |
1 |
92.80 |
2011-02-03 |
| 73. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
92.78 |
0.9922 |
-0.0077 |
341 |
1 |
92.78 |
2011-02-05 |
| 74. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
92.56 |
0.9857 |
-0.0456 |
293 |
1 |
92.56 |
2011-09-03 |
| 75. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
91.71 |
0.9148 |
0.0191 |
317 |
1 |
91.71 |
2011-09-10 |
| 76. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
91.58 |
1.0944 |
-0.1188 |
308 |
1 |
91.58 |
2011-02-03 |
| 77. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
90.54 |
1.0095 |
-0.0906 |
316 |
1 |
90.54 |
2011-04-09 |
| 78. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
90.01 |
1.0477 |
-0.1306 |
360 |
1 |
90.01 |
2011-04-11 |
| 79. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
89.66 |
0.9843 |
-0.0781 |
234 |
1 |
89.66 |
2011-03-20 |
| 80. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
89.56 |
0.9072 |
0.0010 |
237 |
1 |
89.56 |
2011-06-20 |
| 81. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
89.54 |
1.0109 |
-0.1004 |
276 |
1 |
89.54 |
2011-04-16 |
| 82. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
89.42 |
0.9636 |
-0.0552 |
254 |
1 |
89.42 |
2011-04-11 |
| 83. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
88.95 |
0.9128 |
0.0328 |
369 |
2 |
85.57 |
2011-03-08 |
| 84. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
88.75 |
1.0429 |
-0.1426 |
259 |
1 |
88.75 |
2011-02-03 |
| 85. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
88.66 |
1.0885 |
-0.1842 |
315 |
1 |
88.66 |
2012-12-09 |
| 86. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
88.31 |
1.0183 |
-0.1264 |
191 |
1 |
88.31 |
2011-04-09 |
| 87. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
86.98 |
1.0454 |
-0.1648 |
255 |
1 |
86.98 |
2011-04-09 |
| 88. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
86.81 |
0.9376 |
-0.0201 |
360 |
1 |
86.81 |
2011-02-03 |
| 89. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
86.54 |
1.0063 |
-0.1271 |
371 |
1 |
86.54 |
2011-02-05 |
| 90. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
86.36 |
1.0232 |
-0.1103 |
236 |
2 |
84.03 |
2011-04-26 |
| 91. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
86.02 |
0.9514 |
-0.0774 |
237 |
1 |
86.02 |
2011-02-28 |
| 92. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
85.97 |
0.9833 |
-0.1085 |
355 |
1 |
85.97 |
2011-04-11 |
| 93. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
85.91 |
1.0385 |
-0.1677 |
230 |
1 |
85.91 |
2011-03-08 |
| 94. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
85.05 |
1.0796 |
-0.2213 |
129 |
1 |
85.05 |
2011-04-16 |
| 95. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
84.53 |
1.0168 |
-0.1567 |
271 |
1 |
84.53 |
2011-04-09 |
| 96. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
83.90 |
1.0211 |
-0.1387 |
213 |
1 |
83.90 |
2011-03-08 |
| 97. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
83.84 |
0.9965 |
-0.1446 |
277 |
1 |
83.84 |
2011-02-03 |
| 98. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
83.71 |
1.0120 |
-0.1629 |
290 |
1 |
83.71 |
2011-02-28 |
| 99. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
83.50 |
1.0677 |
-0.1896 |
284 |
1 |
83.50 |
2011-03-20 |
| 100. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
83.25 |
0.9266 |
-0.0816 |
267 |
1 |
83.25 |
2011-03-17 |
| 101. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
82.95 |
0.9546 |
-0.0815 |
198 |
1 |
82.95 |
2011-06-19 |
| 102. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
82.20 |
0.9772 |
-0.1462 |
217 |
1 |
82.20 |
2011-02-03 |
| 103. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
81.84 |
1.0379 |
-0.1725 |
245 |
1 |
81.84 |
2011-04-11 |
| 104. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
80.60 |
0.9125 |
-0.0928 |
308 |
1 |
80.60 |
2011-03-06 |
| 105. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
80.33 |
1.1114 |
-0.2992 |
247 |
1 |
80.33 |
2011-04-03 |
| 106. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
78.91 |
0.9682 |
-0.1693 |
143 |
1 |
78.91 |
2012-12-09 |
| 107. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
78.35 |
0.9786 |
-0.1891 |
193 |
1 |
78.35 |
2011-06-20 |
| 108. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
74.16 |
1.0254 |
-0.2335 |
217 |
1 |
74.16 |
2011-02-18 |