| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
94.10 |
1.0993 |
0.2599 |
265 |
2 |
90.72 |
2011-06-29 |
| 2. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
91.40 |
1.0053 |
0.3146 |
232 |
1 |
91.40 |
2011-06-30 |
| 3. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
90.47 |
0.9904 |
0.3585 |
203 |
1 |
90.47 |
2011-06-29 |
| 4. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
87.44 |
1.0132 |
0.2422 |
143 |
1 |
87.44 |
2011-06-29 |
| 5. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
86.70 |
1.0619 |
0.1949 |
354 |
1 |
86.70 |
2011-06-29 |
| 6. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
86.63 |
1.0516 |
0.2002 |
281 |
1 |
86.63 |
2011-06-30 |
| 7. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
86.31 |
1.0012 |
0.2497 |
260 |
1 |
86.31 |
2011-07-03 |
| 8. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
86.18 |
1.0251 |
0.2184 |
261 |
1 |
86.18 |
2009-05-07 |
| 9. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
85.69 |
1.0486 |
0.1907 |
289 |
1 |
85.69 |
2009-05-07 |
| 10. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
85.35 |
1.0201 |
0.2138 |
303 |
2 |
67.95 |
2011-06-29 |
| 11. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
84.15 |
1.0725 |
0.1693 |
233 |
2 |
75.46 |
2011-07-03 |
| 12. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
83.55 |
1.0941 |
0.1443 |
256 |
2 |
78.05 |
2011-07-03 |
| 13. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
80.78 |
0.9734 |
0.1931 |
289 |
1 |
80.78 |
2011-06-29 |
| 14. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
80.53 |
0.9212 |
0.2452 |
323 |
1 |
80.53 |
2011-06-30 |
| 15. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
80.32 |
1.0596 |
0.0984 |
239 |
1 |
80.32 |
2011-07-02 |
| 16. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
80.06 |
1.0297 |
0.1254 |
249 |
1 |
80.06 |
2011-07-03 |
| 17. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
79.97 |
0.9851 |
0.1721 |
317 |
1 |
79.97 |
2011-06-29 |
| 18. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
79.06 |
0.9908 |
0.1968 |
342 |
2 |
77.39 |
2011-07-03 |
| 19. |
Right, I am going to tell you how this works. You're going i... |
78.79 |
1.0482 |
0.1132 |
487 |
1 |
78.79 |
2011-07-02 |
| 20. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
77.72 |
1.0487 |
0.0684 |
231 |
1 |
77.72 |
2009-05-07 |
| 21. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
77.62 |
1.0391 |
0.0876 |
358 |
1 |
77.62 |
2009-05-07 |
| 22. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
77.38 |
1.0662 |
0.0886 |
407 |
1 |
77.38 |
2011-07-03 |
| 23. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
76.80 |
1.0213 |
0.0842 |
240 |
1 |
76.80 |
2011-07-02 |
| 24. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
76.37 |
1.1162 |
0.0272 |
189 |
1 |
76.37 |
2011-07-03 |
| 25. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
76.08 |
0.9871 |
0.1333 |
227 |
1 |
76.08 |
2011-06-29 |
| 26. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
76.03 |
0.9943 |
0.1063 |
373 |
1 |
76.03 |
2011-07-03 |
| 27. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
75.54 |
1.0296 |
0.0671 |
437 |
1 |
75.54 |
2009-05-07 |
| 28. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
75.29 |
1.0361 |
0.0515 |
269 |
1 |
75.29 |
2009-05-07 |
| 29. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
74.97 |
0.9754 |
0.1126 |
362 |
2 |
67.30 |
2011-07-01 |
| 30. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
74.58 |
1.0696 |
0.0031 |
226 |
1 |
74.58 |
2009-05-07 |
| 31. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
74.38 |
0.9780 |
0.0963 |
337 |
2 |
73.39 |
2011-07-03 |
| 32. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
73.71 |
1.0797 |
-0.0218 |
210 |
1 |
73.71 |
2008-08-23 |
| 33. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
73.51 |
1.0669 |
0.0266 |
213 |
1 |
73.51 |
2011-06-29 |
| 34. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
73.42 |
0.9986 |
0.0613 |
283 |
1 |
73.42 |
2008-10-20 |
| 35. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
73.35 |
0.9622 |
0.1025 |
392 |
1 |
73.35 |
2011-07-03 |
| 36. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
72.91 |
1.0172 |
0.0698 |
341 |
1 |
72.91 |
2011-07-03 |
| 37. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
72.67 |
0.9820 |
0.0692 |
267 |
1 |
72.67 |
2011-07-03 |
| 38. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
72.36 |
1.0340 |
0.0150 |
406 |
1 |
72.36 |
2009-05-07 |
| 39. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
71.94 |
0.9863 |
0.0558 |
339 |
1 |
71.94 |
2011-06-29 |
| 40. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
71.88 |
0.9729 |
0.0641 |
255 |
1 |
71.88 |
2008-08-23 |
| 41. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
71.81 |
0.9886 |
0.0497 |
220 |
1 |
71.81 |
2009-05-07 |
| 42. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
70.68 |
0.9068 |
0.1155 |
269 |
1 |
70.68 |
2009-05-07 |
| 43. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
69.71 |
0.9461 |
0.0552 |
193 |
1 |
69.71 |
2011-06-29 |
| 44. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
69.66 |
0.9619 |
0.0477 |
393 |
2 |
63.14 |
2009-05-07 |
| 45. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
69.28 |
1.1018 |
-0.1094 |
220 |
1 |
69.28 |
2008-08-23 |
| 46. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
68.90 |
1.0679 |
-0.0543 |
177 |
1 |
68.90 |
2011-07-03 |
| 47. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
68.47 |
0.9965 |
-0.0092 |
310 |
1 |
68.47 |
2008-08-23 |
| 48. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
68.45 |
1.0365 |
-0.0199 |
162 |
1 |
68.45 |
2010-04-28 |
| 49. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
68.14 |
0.8981 |
0.0887 |
393 |
1 |
68.14 |
2011-07-03 |
| 50. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
67.69 |
0.9164 |
0.0640 |
305 |
1 |
67.69 |
2008-10-20 |
| 51. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
67.67 |
1.0261 |
-0.0527 |
273 |
1 |
67.67 |
2010-04-28 |
| 52. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
67.48 |
0.9965 |
-0.0287 |
168 |
2 |
58.44 |
2008-12-19 |
| 53. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
66.93 |
1.0445 |
-0.0791 |
373 |
1 |
66.93 |
2008-08-23 |
| 54. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
66.15 |
0.9649 |
-0.0129 |
193 |
1 |
66.15 |
2011-06-29 |
| 55. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
66.00 |
1.0711 |
-0.1253 |
213 |
1 |
66.00 |
2009-05-07 |
| 56. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
65.47 |
0.8971 |
0.0514 |
266 |
1 |
65.47 |
2008-10-20 |
| 57. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
65.15 |
1.0013 |
-0.0637 |
273 |
1 |
65.15 |
2008-08-23 |
| 58. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
65.11 |
1.0666 |
-0.1285 |
297 |
1 |
65.11 |
2009-05-07 |
| 59. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
65.07 |
0.9612 |
-0.0238 |
256 |
2 |
64.98 |
2008-08-23 |
| 60. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
64.96 |
1.0417 |
-0.1084 |
253 |
1 |
64.96 |
2009-05-07 |
| 61. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
64.66 |
0.9811 |
-0.0470 |
272 |
1 |
64.66 |
2009-05-07 |
| 62. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
64.48 |
0.9072 |
0.0199 |
237 |
1 |
64.48 |
2009-05-07 |
| 63. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
64.28 |
1.0521 |
-0.1311 |
171 |
1 |
64.28 |
2009-05-07 |
| 64. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
64.27 |
0.9635 |
-0.0324 |
389 |
1 |
64.27 |
2008-10-20 |
| 65. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
63.88 |
1.0099 |
-0.0928 |
207 |
1 |
63.88 |
2009-05-07 |
| 66. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
63.87 |
1.1081 |
-0.1537 |
206 |
1 |
63.87 |
2011-07-03 |
| 67. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
63.73 |
0.9723 |
-0.0508 |
364 |
1 |
63.73 |
2008-10-28 |
| 68. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
63.52 |
0.9540 |
-0.0411 |
285 |
1 |
63.52 |
2009-05-07 |
| 69. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
63.47 |
0.9866 |
-0.0763 |
218 |
1 |
63.47 |
2008-08-23 |
| 70. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
63.35 |
0.9976 |
-0.0652 |
174 |
1 |
63.35 |
2011-07-03 |
| 71. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
63.22 |
0.9597 |
-0.0452 |
347 |
1 |
63.22 |
2008-08-23 |
| 72. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
63.03 |
1.0388 |
-0.0996 |
243 |
1 |
63.03 |
2011-06-29 |
| 73. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
62.99 |
1.0523 |
-0.1496 |
256 |
1 |
62.99 |
2008-08-23 |
| 74. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
62.83 |
1.0613 |
-0.1557 |
266 |
1 |
62.83 |
2008-08-23 |
| 75. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
62.69 |
1.0214 |
-0.1242 |
166 |
1 |
62.69 |
2009-05-07 |
| 76. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
62.47 |
0.8770 |
0.0256 |
300 |
2 |
55.89 |
2009-05-07 |
| 77. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
62.27 |
0.9916 |
-0.0525 |
282 |
1 |
62.27 |
2011-06-29 |
| 78. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
61.96 |
0.9216 |
0.0092 |
255 |
1 |
61.96 |
2011-07-03 |
| 79. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
61.65 |
0.9513 |
-0.0601 |
354 |
1 |
61.65 |
2008-08-23 |
| 80. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
59.23 |
0.9330 |
-0.0743 |
360 |
1 |
59.23 |
2009-05-07 |
| 81. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
59.01 |
0.9461 |
-0.0974 |
276 |
1 |
59.01 |
2011-07-03 |
| 82. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
58.38 |
1.0095 |
-0.1709 |
316 |
1 |
58.38 |
2009-05-07 |
| 83. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
58.36 |
0.9128 |
-0.0319 |
369 |
1 |
58.36 |
2011-07-03 |
| 84. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
58.31 |
0.9691 |
-0.1310 |
223 |
1 |
58.31 |
2009-05-07 |
| 85. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
58.27 |
0.9769 |
-0.1409 |
263 |
1 |
58.27 |
2008-08-23 |
| 86. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
58.01 |
0.9684 |
-0.1314 |
388 |
1 |
58.01 |
2008-08-23 |
| 87. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
57.76 |
0.9578 |
-0.1277 |
281 |
1 |
57.76 |
2008-10-28 |
| 88. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
57.65 |
0.9234 |
-0.0890 |
346 |
1 |
57.65 |
2008-12-19 |
| 89. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
57.00 |
0.8595 |
-0.0382 |
242 |
1 |
57.00 |
2008-08-25 |
| 90. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
56.59 |
0.9293 |
-0.1150 |
355 |
2 |
54.16 |
2008-12-19 |
| 91. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
55.24 |
0.9109 |
-0.1145 |
401 |
1 |
55.24 |
2009-05-07 |
| 92. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
54.81 |
0.9125 |
-0.1232 |
308 |
1 |
54.81 |
2008-08-23 |
| 93. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
54.67 |
0.9176 |
-0.0933 |
365 |
1 |
54.67 |
2011-07-03 |
| 94. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
53.09 |
0.9084 |
-0.1442 |
300 |
1 |
53.09 |
2009-05-07 |
| 95. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
53.05 |
0.8105 |
-0.0530 |
204 |
1 |
53.05 |
2008-08-23 |
| 96. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
52.30 |
1.0060 |
-0.2598 |
171 |
1 |
52.30 |
2009-05-07 |
| 97. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
52.06 |
0.8353 |
-0.0804 |
283 |
1 |
52.06 |
2008-10-20 |
| 98. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
49.56 |
0.9852 |
-0.2740 |
264 |
1 |
49.56 |
2008-08-23 |
| 99. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
47.13 |
0.9567 |
-0.2815 |
273 |
1 |
47.13 |
2008-08-23 |
| 100. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
42.32 |
0.9266 |
-0.3214 |
267 |
1 |
42.32 |
2008-08-23 |
| 101. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
31.83 |
0.8910 |
-0.4374 |
150 |
1 |
31.83 |
2008-08-23 |