| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
90.65 |
1.0567 |
0.2700 |
303 |
1 |
90.65 |
2010-03-19 |
| 2. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
87.73 |
1.0799 |
0.2039 |
243 |
1 |
87.73 |
2008-10-06 |
| 3. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
87.12 |
1.0696 |
0.2049 |
226 |
1 |
87.12 |
2009-01-14 |
| 4. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
86.65 |
1.0485 |
0.2350 |
153 |
1 |
86.65 |
2010-03-18 |
| 5. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
86.53 |
0.9213 |
0.3456 |
295 |
2 |
77.47 |
2012-02-07 |
| 6. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
84.14 |
1.0613 |
0.1701 |
266 |
1 |
84.14 |
2010-03-19 |
| 7. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
83.39 |
1.0595 |
0.1605 |
379 |
2 |
70.68 |
2012-02-07 |
| 8. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
82.87 |
0.9769 |
0.2358 |
263 |
1 |
82.87 |
2010-03-19 |
| 9. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
82.14 |
1.1014 |
0.1161 |
273 |
1 |
82.14 |
2010-03-19 |
| 10. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
79.32 |
0.9772 |
0.1835 |
217 |
1 |
79.32 |
2008-10-05 |
| 11. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
78.91 |
1.0263 |
0.1284 |
267 |
1 |
78.91 |
2008-10-06 |
| 12. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
78.79 |
0.9601 |
0.1931 |
308 |
1 |
78.79 |
2011-03-29 |
| 13. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
78.66 |
0.9795 |
0.1712 |
308 |
1 |
78.66 |
2008-10-06 |
| 14. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
78.09 |
0.9758 |
0.1667 |
314 |
1 |
78.09 |
2012-02-07 |
| 15. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
77.02 |
1.0331 |
0.0936 |
234 |
2 |
76.21 |
2010-03-19 |
| 16. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
76.86 |
0.9986 |
0.1257 |
283 |
3 |
69.40 |
2008-10-06 |
| 17. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
76.76 |
1.0444 |
0.0784 |
197 |
1 |
76.76 |
2011-03-29 |
| 18. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
76.58 |
1.0214 |
0.0990 |
166 |
1 |
76.58 |
2008-10-06 |
| 19. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
76.52 |
0.9897 |
0.1301 |
274 |
1 |
76.52 |
2009-01-14 |
| 20. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
75.42 |
0.9946 |
0.1087 |
246 |
1 |
75.42 |
2011-03-29 |
| 21. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
75.36 |
0.9731 |
0.1293 |
129 |
1 |
75.36 |
2012-02-02 |
| 22. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
74.90 |
0.9128 |
0.1838 |
133 |
1 |
74.90 |
2011-10-13 |
| 23. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
74.81 |
0.9109 |
0.1842 |
401 |
1 |
74.81 |
2010-03-19 |
| 24. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
74.43 |
1.0417 |
0.0470 |
253 |
1 |
74.43 |
2011-10-13 |
| 25. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
74.41 |
0.9612 |
0.1276 |
256 |
1 |
74.41 |
2012-02-07 |
| 26. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
73.71 |
1.0565 |
0.0217 |
247 |
1 |
73.71 |
2008-10-06 |
| 27. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
73.49 |
0.9303 |
0.1449 |
176 |
1 |
73.49 |
2012-02-07 |
| 28. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
72.96 |
1.0387 |
0.0402 |
239 |
1 |
72.96 |
2012-02-07 |
| 29. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
72.56 |
0.9833 |
0.0786 |
355 |
1 |
72.56 |
2008-10-08 |
| 30. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
72.20 |
0.9275 |
0.1286 |
211 |
1 |
72.20 |
2010-03-19 |
| 31. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
71.98 |
1.0261 |
0.0266 |
273 |
1 |
71.98 |
2009-06-14 |
| 32. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
71.90 |
0.9635 |
0.0888 |
389 |
1 |
71.90 |
2009-01-14 |
| 33. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
71.68 |
0.9286 |
0.1200 |
194 |
1 |
71.68 |
2008-10-06 |
| 34. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
71.66 |
1.1016 |
-0.0536 |
233 |
1 |
71.66 |
2008-10-06 |
| 35. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
71.08 |
0.9997 |
0.0403 |
382 |
1 |
71.08 |
2008-10-06 |
| 36. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
70.95 |
0.8775 |
0.1626 |
443 |
1 |
70.95 |
2012-02-02 |
| 37. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
70.90 |
0.9776 |
0.0597 |
308 |
1 |
70.90 |
2008-10-08 |
| 38. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
70.80 |
0.9907 |
0.0448 |
211 |
1 |
70.80 |
2008-10-06 |
| 39. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
70.76 |
0.9064 |
0.1292 |
399 |
1 |
70.76 |
2010-03-18 |
| 40. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
70.10 |
0.9805 |
0.0449 |
292 |
1 |
70.10 |
2012-03-04 |
| 41. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
69.91 |
1.0077 |
0.0311 |
250 |
1 |
69.91 |
2011-03-29 |
| 42. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
69.88 |
0.8595 |
0.1629 |
242 |
2 |
61.14 |
2012-02-07 |
| 43. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
69.66 |
1.0201 |
-0.0010 |
375 |
1 |
69.66 |
2008-10-08 |
| 44. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
69.63 |
0.9485 |
0.0705 |
236 |
1 |
69.63 |
2012-02-07 |
| 45. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
69.23 |
1.0496 |
-0.0370 |
314 |
1 |
69.23 |
2008-10-04 |
| 46. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
69.20 |
0.7805 |
0.2321 |
154 |
1 |
69.20 |
2012-02-07 |
| 47. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
68.96 |
0.9709 |
0.0499 |
397 |
1 |
68.96 |
2010-03-19 |
| 48. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
68.88 |
0.9723 |
0.0355 |
364 |
1 |
68.88 |
2009-06-14 |
| 49. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
68.83 |
0.9202 |
0.0866 |
254 |
1 |
68.83 |
2009-01-14 |
| 50. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
68.53 |
0.9786 |
0.0236 |
235 |
1 |
68.53 |
2009-01-14 |
| 51. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
68.26 |
1.0534 |
-0.0551 |
357 |
1 |
68.26 |
2011-03-29 |
| 52. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
68.14 |
0.9841 |
0.0125 |
334 |
1 |
68.14 |
2008-10-06 |
| 53. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
68.09 |
1.0025 |
-0.0066 |
256 |
1 |
68.09 |
2008-10-06 |
| 54. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
67.85 |
0.9342 |
0.0586 |
434 |
1 |
67.85 |
2008-10-06 |
| 55. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
67.72 |
1.0993 |
-0.1092 |
265 |
1 |
67.72 |
2008-10-04 |
| 56. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
67.62 |
1.0388 |
-0.0374 |
243 |
1 |
67.62 |
2010-03-18 |
| 57. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
67.34 |
0.9754 |
0.0100 |
362 |
2 |
61.86 |
2008-10-06 |
| 58. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
67.19 |
0.9941 |
-0.0116 |
217 |
1 |
67.19 |
2008-10-06 |
| 59. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
67.17 |
0.9426 |
0.0403 |
317 |
2 |
65.36 |
2010-03-19 |
| 60. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
66.83 |
0.9553 |
0.0225 |
430 |
1 |
66.83 |
2008-10-06 |
| 61. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
66.73 |
0.9513 |
0.0249 |
354 |
1 |
66.73 |
2008-10-06 |
| 62. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
66.67 |
1.0068 |
-0.0316 |
358 |
1 |
66.67 |
2008-10-04 |
| 63. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
66.39 |
0.9699 |
0.0010 |
269 |
1 |
66.39 |
2009-01-14 |
| 64. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
66.27 |
0.9633 |
0.0063 |
304 |
1 |
66.27 |
2008-10-04 |
| 65. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
66.20 |
1.0289 |
-0.0608 |
276 |
2 |
58.89 |
2008-10-04 |
| 66. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
66.16 |
1.0403 |
-0.0652 |
193 |
1 |
66.16 |
2011-10-13 |
| 67. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
65.93 |
0.8777 |
0.0870 |
177 |
1 |
65.93 |
2016-09-30 |
| 68. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
65.53 |
1.0062 |
-0.0478 |
288 |
2 |
63.58 |
2008-10-08 |
| 69. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
65.26 |
0.9910 |
-0.0365 |
295 |
2 |
60.56 |
2008-10-04 |
| 70. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
65.10 |
1.0125 |
-0.0606 |
224 |
1 |
65.10 |
2011-10-21 |
| 71. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
64.63 |
1.0201 |
-0.0751 |
172 |
1 |
64.63 |
2008-10-06 |
| 72. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
64.41 |
1.0943 |
-0.1399 |
206 |
2 |
59.33 |
2016-09-30 |
| 73. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
63.44 |
0.9785 |
-0.0504 |
335 |
2 |
59.65 |
2009-01-14 |
| 74. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
63.03 |
1.0483 |
-0.1271 |
227 |
1 |
63.03 |
2008-10-06 |
| 75. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
61.83 |
1.0004 |
-0.0967 |
212 |
1 |
61.83 |
2008-10-04 |
| 76. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
61.74 |
0.9780 |
-0.0752 |
337 |
1 |
61.74 |
2008-10-04 |
| 77. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
61.67 |
1.0829 |
-0.1813 |
288 |
1 |
61.67 |
2008-10-04 |
| 78. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
61.52 |
0.9289 |
-0.0293 |
204 |
1 |
61.52 |
2008-10-06 |
| 79. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
61.14 |
0.9597 |
-0.0652 |
347 |
2 |
60.04 |
2011-10-13 |
| 80. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
61.08 |
1.0029 |
-0.1099 |
209 |
1 |
61.08 |
2008-10-04 |
| 81. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
61.02 |
0.8996 |
-0.0073 |
192 |
1 |
61.02 |
2008-10-08 |
| 82. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
61.02 |
0.8382 |
0.0545 |
268 |
2 |
57.95 |
2010-03-19 |
| 83. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
60.38 |
0.9593 |
-0.0760 |
398 |
1 |
60.38 |
2008-10-08 |
| 84. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
60.01 |
0.8773 |
0.0013 |
205 |
1 |
60.01 |
2011-10-13 |
| 85. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
59.99 |
1.0555 |
-0.1701 |
323 |
1 |
59.99 |
2024-11-15 |
| 86. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
59.97 |
0.9461 |
-0.0690 |
276 |
1 |
59.97 |
2010-03-19 |
| 87. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
59.94 |
0.8956 |
-0.0188 |
322 |
1 |
59.94 |
2008-10-06 |
| 88. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
59.66 |
0.9966 |
-0.1242 |
259 |
1 |
59.66 |
2008-10-04 |
| 89. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
59.35 |
0.9365 |
-0.0685 |
248 |
1 |
59.35 |
2008-10-06 |
| 90. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
59.29 |
0.8852 |
-0.0181 |
201 |
1 |
59.29 |
2010-03-18 |
| 91. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
59.11 |
0.9684 |
-0.1041 |
388 |
2 |
58.79 |
2008-10-06 |
| 92. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
58.95 |
1.0053 |
-0.1436 |
232 |
2 |
53.09 |
2008-10-06 |
| 93. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
57.09 |
0.9045 |
-0.0697 |
235 |
2 |
49.09 |
2008-10-06 |
| 94. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
56.37 |
0.9148 |
-0.0905 |
317 |
1 |
56.37 |
2008-10-04 |
| 95. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
56.21 |
1.0389 |
-0.2175 |
318 |
1 |
56.21 |
2008-10-04 |
| 96. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
56.08 |
1.0340 |
-0.2140 |
406 |
1 |
56.08 |
2008-10-04 |
| 97. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
55.25 |
0.9233 |
-0.1156 |
168 |
1 |
55.25 |
2008-10-04 |
| 98. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
54.89 |
0.8353 |
-0.0318 |
283 |
1 |
54.89 |
2008-10-04 |
| 99. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
54.62 |
0.8770 |
-0.0781 |
300 |
1 |
54.62 |
2008-10-04 |
| 100. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
54.39 |
0.9005 |
-0.1053 |
212 |
1 |
54.39 |
2008-10-04 |
| 101. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
54.38 |
0.9266 |
-0.1317 |
267 |
2 |
42.23 |
2012-02-02 |
| 102. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
54.30 |
1.0025 |
-0.2093 |
336 |
1 |
54.30 |
2008-10-04 |
| 103. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
53.11 |
0.9678 |
-0.1830 |
445 |
1 |
53.11 |
2024-11-15 |
| 104. |
When a man's an empty kettle, he should be on his mettle, an... |
52.32 |
0.9865 |
-0.2212 |
159 |
1 |
52.32 |
2024-11-15 |
| 105. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
50.83 |
1.0109 |
-0.2683 |
276 |
1 |
50.83 |
2008-10-04 |
| 106. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
49.34 |
0.9293 |
-0.2084 |
355 |
1 |
49.34 |
2008-10-04 |
| 107. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
48.51 |
0.8553 |
-0.1467 |
174 |
1 |
48.51 |
2008-10-04 |