| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
111.06 |
1.0144 |
0.4216 |
162 |
1 |
111.06 |
2012-10-24 |
| 2. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
99.49 |
1.0800 |
0.2064 |
129 |
1 |
99.49 |
2010-12-21 |
| 3. |
The disposal facility includes a hardened underground base. ... |
98.33 |
0.9092 |
0.3622 |
160 |
1 |
98.33 |
2017-10-17 |
| 4. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
97.80 |
1.0877 |
0.1768 |
129 |
1 |
97.80 |
2012-12-21 |
| 5. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
97.53 |
1.0057 |
0.2554 |
382 |
1 |
97.53 |
2012-12-18 |
| 6. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
96.94 |
0.9346 |
0.3188 |
211 |
2 |
77.40 |
2015-02-24 |
| 7. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
95.87 |
1.0370 |
0.2026 |
262 |
1 |
95.87 |
2012-11-02 |
| 8. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
94.93 |
0.9809 |
0.2465 |
250 |
3 |
84.71 |
2012-10-30 |
| 9. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
94.13 |
1.0302 |
0.1869 |
550 |
1 |
94.13 |
2011-12-14 |
| 10. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
93.82 |
1.0016 |
0.2115 |
217 |
1 |
93.82 |
2014-07-18 |
| 11. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
93.76 |
1.0414 |
0.1709 |
234 |
2 |
93.68 |
2012-09-06 |
| 12. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
93.41 |
1.0736 |
0.1342 |
256 |
1 |
93.41 |
2012-10-31 |
| 13. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
93.35 |
1.0753 |
0.1317 |
206 |
1 |
93.35 |
2012-10-24 |
| 14. |
Once there were two moons in the sky, but one wandered too c... |
93.10 |
1.0722 |
0.1316 |
308 |
1 |
93.10 |
2017-10-17 |
| 15. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
93.06 |
1.0883 |
0.1150 |
189 |
1 |
93.06 |
2012-09-18 |
| 16. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
92.92 |
1.0567 |
0.1448 |
314 |
1 |
92.92 |
2012-11-02 |
| 17. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
91.97 |
1.0418 |
0.1474 |
214 |
1 |
91.97 |
2011-12-18 |
| 18. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
91.64 |
0.9243 |
0.2606 |
240 |
2 |
78.50 |
2011-12-16 |
| 19. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
91.30 |
0.9841 |
0.1964 |
217 |
1 |
91.30 |
2012-09-06 |
| 20. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
90.60 |
1.0387 |
0.1328 |
333 |
1 |
90.60 |
2011-12-13 |
| 21. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
90.46 |
0.9644 |
0.2052 |
398 |
1 |
90.46 |
2011-12-14 |
| 22. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
90.39 |
1.0128 |
0.1559 |
369 |
1 |
90.39 |
2011-12-14 |
| 23. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
90.11 |
1.0466 |
0.1185 |
230 |
1 |
90.11 |
2011-12-18 |
| 24. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
90.09 |
1.0777 |
0.0872 |
226 |
2 |
84.21 |
2012-11-02 |
| 25. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
89.70 |
1.0576 |
0.1022 |
231 |
1 |
89.70 |
2011-05-03 |
| 26. |
This business is filled to the brim with unrealistic people ... |
89.06 |
1.0052 |
0.1463 |
400 |
1 |
89.06 |
2012-12-18 |
| 27. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
88.83 |
1.0189 |
0.1297 |
290 |
1 |
88.83 |
2011-12-14 |
| 28. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
88.45 |
0.9981 |
0.1456 |
211 |
1 |
88.45 |
2011-12-18 |
| 29. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
87.87 |
0.9864 |
0.1498 |
292 |
1 |
87.87 |
2012-10-31 |
| 30. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
87.18 |
0.9101 |
0.2171 |
351 |
1 |
87.18 |
2011-12-18 |
| 31. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
87.11 |
1.0682 |
0.0581 |
266 |
1 |
87.11 |
2012-11-02 |
| 32. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
87.04 |
1.0543 |
0.0711 |
182 |
1 |
87.04 |
2012-10-30 |
| 33. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
87.02 |
1.0139 |
0.1113 |
349 |
1 |
87.02 |
2012-10-30 |
| 34. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
87.00 |
1.0350 |
0.0899 |
416 |
1 |
87.00 |
2024-05-03 |
| 35. |
Corn is what feeds the steer that becomes the steak. Corn fe... |
86.95 |
0.9775 |
0.1468 |
473 |
1 |
86.95 |
2012-10-30 |
| 36. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
86.65 |
0.9849 |
0.1355 |
337 |
1 |
86.65 |
2010-12-21 |
| 37. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
86.53 |
0.9468 |
0.1720 |
318 |
1 |
86.53 |
2012-10-30 |
| 38. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
86.33 |
0.8669 |
0.2493 |
255 |
1 |
86.33 |
2012-09-27 |
| 39. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
86.29 |
1.0010 |
0.1147 |
213 |
1 |
86.29 |
2012-09-27 |
| 40. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
86.15 |
0.9885 |
0.1254 |
469 |
1 |
86.15 |
2012-09-13 |
| 41. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
85.99 |
1.0501 |
0.0617 |
263 |
2 |
79.76 |
2015-02-24 |
| 42. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
85.71 |
0.9637 |
0.1445 |
342 |
1 |
85.71 |
2012-10-31 |
| 43. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
85.41 |
1.0243 |
0.0800 |
153 |
1 |
85.41 |
2015-02-24 |
| 44. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
85.21 |
1.0562 |
0.0456 |
360 |
1 |
85.21 |
2012-10-31 |
| 45. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
85.11 |
1.0472 |
0.0533 |
149 |
1 |
85.11 |
2011-12-14 |
| 46. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
85.09 |
0.8742 |
0.2260 |
202 |
1 |
85.09 |
2012-09-27 |
| 47. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
84.66 |
1.0867 |
0.0079 |
171 |
1 |
84.66 |
2012-09-13 |
| 48. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
84.58 |
1.0130 |
0.0806 |
288 |
1 |
84.58 |
2008-12-04 |
| 49. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
84.18 |
0.9597 |
0.1287 |
251 |
1 |
84.18 |
2011-12-14 |
| 50. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
84.04 |
0.9228 |
0.1638 |
305 |
1 |
84.04 |
2012-09-06 |
| 51. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
84.02 |
0.9332 |
0.1532 |
295 |
2 |
77.47 |
2012-11-05 |
| 52. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
84.02 |
0.9817 |
0.1047 |
304 |
1 |
84.02 |
2013-01-15 |
| 53. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
83.90 |
0.9678 |
0.1170 |
392 |
1 |
83.90 |
2011-12-18 |
| 54. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
83.85 |
1.0135 |
0.0707 |
358 |
2 |
76.80 |
2012-09-12 |
| 55. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
83.12 |
0.9631 |
0.1116 |
273 |
1 |
83.12 |
2012-11-02 |
| 56. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
82.63 |
1.0600 |
0.0084 |
351 |
1 |
82.63 |
2012-09-12 |
| 57. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
82.22 |
1.0060 |
0.0571 |
225 |
1 |
82.22 |
2012-10-24 |
| 58. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
81.96 |
0.9480 |
0.1117 |
297 |
1 |
81.96 |
2012-10-30 |
| 59. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
81.92 |
1.0404 |
0.0188 |
406 |
1 |
81.92 |
2011-12-14 |
| 60. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
80.51 |
0.9299 |
0.1111 |
168 |
1 |
80.51 |
2011-05-03 |
| 61. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
80.20 |
1.0557 |
-0.0187 |
289 |
1 |
80.20 |
2012-10-30 |
| 62. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
80.01 |
1.0509 |
-0.0164 |
295 |
1 |
80.01 |
2010-12-21 |
| 63. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
79.91 |
0.9765 |
0.0567 |
269 |
1 |
79.91 |
2012-10-30 |
| 64. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
79.79 |
1.0279 |
0.0038 |
172 |
1 |
79.79 |
2012-10-30 |
| 65. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
79.74 |
0.9183 |
0.1127 |
308 |
1 |
79.74 |
2011-12-18 |
| 66. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
79.39 |
1.0411 |
-0.0146 |
341 |
2 |
74.65 |
2009-07-29 |
| 67. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
79.04 |
0.9113 |
0.1107 |
318 |
1 |
79.04 |
2012-10-31 |
| 68. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
78.76 |
0.9374 |
0.0810 |
232 |
1 |
78.76 |
2012-09-18 |
| 69. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
78.67 |
1.0873 |
-0.0701 |
243 |
1 |
78.67 |
2008-12-04 |
| 70. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
78.63 |
0.8656 |
0.1511 |
242 |
2 |
70.36 |
2012-09-13 |
| 71. |
We often believe the more we practice a skill or technique -... |
78.39 |
0.9743 |
0.0393 |
397 |
1 |
78.39 |
2014-07-18 |
| 72. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
77.99 |
0.9836 |
0.0248 |
289 |
1 |
77.99 |
2012-09-18 |
| 73. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
77.95 |
0.9713 |
0.0366 |
193 |
1 |
77.95 |
2011-12-13 |
| 74. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
77.67 |
0.8981 |
0.1062 |
255 |
1 |
77.67 |
2011-12-14 |
| 75. |
Samatha is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, foc... |
77.44 |
1.0364 |
-0.0351 |
230 |
2 |
63.77 |
2024-05-03 |
| 76. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
77.07 |
1.1093 |
-0.1128 |
220 |
2 |
76.71 |
2013-04-30 |
| 77. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
77.05 |
1.0403 |
-0.0440 |
234 |
1 |
77.05 |
2011-12-18 |
| 78. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
76.76 |
0.9756 |
0.0169 |
223 |
1 |
76.76 |
2012-09-13 |
| 79. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
76.65 |
1.0616 |
-0.0705 |
304 |
1 |
76.65 |
2012-12-18 |
| 80. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
76.64 |
1.0270 |
-0.0360 |
303 |
1 |
76.64 |
2008-12-04 |
| 81. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
76.16 |
1.0561 |
-0.0714 |
227 |
1 |
76.16 |
2015-02-24 |
| 82. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
76.05 |
0.8955 |
0.0878 |
436 |
2 |
74.99 |
2011-12-18 |
| 83. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
75.96 |
0.9604 |
0.0218 |
285 |
1 |
75.96 |
2012-10-30 |
| 84. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
75.90 |
1.0432 |
-0.0618 |
276 |
1 |
75.90 |
2010-12-21 |
| 85. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
75.66 |
0.8666 |
0.1117 |
206 |
2 |
69.84 |
2015-02-24 |
| 86. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
75.62 |
0.9574 |
0.0204 |
354 |
2 |
67.96 |
2011-12-18 |
| 87. |
This business is filled to the brim with unrealistic people ... |
75.49 |
0.9131 |
0.0630 |
187 |
1 |
75.49 |
2012-09-27 |
| 88. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
74.92 |
0.9884 |
-0.0197 |
267 |
1 |
74.92 |
2011-12-18 |
| 89. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
74.77 |
1.0132 |
-0.0464 |
371 |
1 |
74.77 |
2011-12-13 |
| 90. |
Until writing was invented, man lived in an acoustic space: ... |
74.59 |
0.9269 |
0.0375 |
222 |
1 |
74.59 |
2019-11-20 |
| 91. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
74.56 |
1.0095 |
-0.0454 |
211 |
4 |
55.14 |
2012-09-18 |
| 92. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
74.22 |
0.8993 |
0.0604 |
366 |
2 |
65.37 |
2012-09-13 |
| 93. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
73.84 |
0.9339 |
0.0208 |
317 |
1 |
73.84 |
2014-07-18 |
| 94. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
73.78 |
0.9137 |
0.0403 |
342 |
1 |
73.78 |
2015-02-24 |
| 95. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
73.38 |
0.8974 |
0.0514 |
365 |
1 |
73.38 |
2011-12-14 |
| 96. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
72.98 |
0.9974 |
-0.0538 |
163 |
1 |
72.98 |
2012-09-27 |
| 97. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
72.93 |
0.9757 |
-0.0327 |
176 |
1 |
72.93 |
2011-05-03 |
| 98. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
72.07 |
0.9380 |
-0.0061 |
284 |
1 |
72.07 |
2010-12-21 |
| 99. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
71.03 |
0.8830 |
0.0354 |
300 |
2 |
63.98 |
2013-04-30 |
| 100. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
70.09 |
0.9503 |
-0.0440 |
211 |
1 |
70.09 |
2012-10-30 |
| 101. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
69.93 |
0.9315 |
-0.0273 |
273 |
1 |
69.93 |
2015-02-24 |
| 102. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
69.66 |
1.0181 |
-0.1174 |
276 |
1 |
69.66 |
2009-07-29 |
| 103. |
You have to be a fairly determined ecological detective to f... |
69.62 |
0.9040 |
-0.0038 |
188 |
1 |
69.62 |
2015-02-24 |
| 104. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
69.35 |
0.9709 |
-0.0742 |
264 |
1 |
69.35 |
2008-12-04 |
| 105. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
69.22 |
1.0204 |
-0.1254 |
143 |
1 |
69.22 |
2011-12-13 |
| 106. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
68.03 |
0.8856 |
-0.0060 |
369 |
1 |
68.03 |
2024-05-03 |
| 107. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
67.99 |
0.9996 |
-0.1205 |
483 |
1 |
67.99 |
2013-01-09 |
| 108. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
67.52 |
0.9561 |
-0.0831 |
364 |
1 |
67.52 |
2011-12-18 |
| 109. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
66.26 |
0.9128 |
-0.0561 |
237 |
1 |
66.26 |
2012-10-31 |
| 110. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
65.65 |
0.9885 |
-0.1396 |
355 |
1 |
65.65 |
2008-12-04 |
| 111. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
63.95 |
0.9384 |
-0.1115 |
296 |
1 |
63.95 |
2015-02-24 |
| 112. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
61.87 |
1.0042 |
-0.2042 |
168 |
1 |
61.87 |
2009-07-29 |
| 113. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
61.10 |
0.9330 |
-0.1430 |
341 |
1 |
61.10 |
2013-01-09 |
| 114. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
59.02 |
0.8880 |
-0.1249 |
296 |
1 |
59.02 |
2008-12-04 |
| 115. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
58.53 |
0.9275 |
-0.1707 |
243 |
1 |
58.53 |
2015-02-24 |
| 116. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
58.03 |
0.9135 |
-0.1632 |
393 |
1 |
58.03 |
2011-12-18 |
| 117. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
56.99 |
1.0426 |
-0.3057 |
131 |
1 |
56.99 |
2015-02-24 |
| 118. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
55.63 |
1.0225 |
-0.3032 |
152 |
1 |
55.63 |
2013-04-30 |
| 119. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
53.34 |
0.7923 |
-0.1026 |
316 |
1 |
53.34 |
2015-02-24 |
| 120. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
53.00 |
0.9114 |
-0.2261 |
399 |
1 |
53.00 |
2011-12-18 |
| 121. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
51.50 |
0.9269 |
-0.2610 |
269 |
1 |
51.50 |
2010-12-21 |
| 122. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
47.48 |
1.0333 |
-0.4194 |
176 |
1 |
47.48 |
2008-12-04 |
| 123. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
39.89 |
0.9947 |
-0.4789 |
346 |
1 |
39.89 |
2011-12-18 |
| 124. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
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