| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
116.68 |
1.1095 |
-0.1089 |
252 |
1 |
116.68 |
2010-09-14 |
| 2. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
126.11 |
1.0883 |
-0.0068 |
189 |
1 |
126.11 |
2015-12-02 |
| 3. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
131.88 |
1.0877 |
0.0433 |
129 |
2 |
128.88 |
2010-09-21 |
| 4. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
106.27 |
1.0865 |
-0.1751 |
237 |
1 |
106.27 |
2008-12-04 |
| 5. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
111.83 |
1.0800 |
-0.1209 |
213 |
1 |
111.83 |
2011-07-25 |
| 6. |
Look into my eyes and it's easy to see, one and one make two... |
148.21 |
1.0797 |
0.1913 |
214 |
1 |
148.21 |
2019-03-13 |
| 7. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
103.94 |
1.0743 |
-0.1829 |
297 |
1 |
103.94 |
2009-04-15 |
| 8. |
Sophie was not sure whether she really believed that the sou... |
120.74 |
1.0698 |
-0.0343 |
361 |
1 |
120.74 |
2023-12-03 |
| 9. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
142.41 |
1.0697 |
0.1516 |
341 |
1 |
142.41 |
2023-12-03 |
| 10. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
105.00 |
1.0682 |
-0.1677 |
266 |
1 |
105.00 |
2008-12-11 |
| 11. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
110.85 |
1.0672 |
-0.1166 |
239 |
1 |
110.85 |
2008-12-05 |
| 12. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
139.97 |
1.0669 |
0.1335 |
379 |
1 |
139.97 |
2015-12-02 |
| 13. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
131.34 |
1.0639 |
0.0625 |
303 |
1 |
131.34 |
2009-02-22 |
| 14. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
116.19 |
1.0638 |
-0.0674 |
247 |
1 |
116.19 |
2008-12-04 |
| 15. |
Anna spoke not only naturally and intelligently, but intelli... |
121.53 |
1.0624 |
-0.0202 |
199 |
1 |
121.53 |
2018-04-02 |
| 16. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
132.13 |
1.0601 |
0.0730 |
256 |
1 |
132.13 |
2010-09-21 |
| 17. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
116.04 |
1.0582 |
-0.0630 |
180 |
1 |
116.04 |
2015-12-02 |
| 18. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
134.30 |
1.0576 |
0.0942 |
231 |
2 |
126.40 |
2015-12-02 |
| 19. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
134.60 |
1.0567 |
0.0976 |
314 |
3 |
131.01 |
2010-09-14 |
| 20. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
126.31 |
1.0543 |
0.0289 |
182 |
1 |
126.31 |
2011-07-25 |
| 21. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
116.04 |
1.0543 |
-0.0591 |
360 |
1 |
116.04 |
2009-07-28 |
| 22. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
138.11 |
1.0501 |
0.1343 |
263 |
1 |
138.11 |
2015-12-02 |
| 23. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
112.98 |
1.0498 |
-0.0809 |
261 |
1 |
112.98 |
2008-12-04 |
| 24. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
113.88 |
1.0495 |
-0.0729 |
323 |
1 |
113.88 |
2008-12-05 |
| 25. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
114.89 |
1.0493 |
-0.0640 |
264 |
1 |
114.89 |
2015-01-06 |
| 26. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
122.71 |
1.0479 |
0.0045 |
205 |
1 |
122.71 |
2010-09-21 |
| 27. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
110.19 |
1.0464 |
-0.1014 |
294 |
1 |
110.19 |
2008-12-05 |
| 28. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
145.40 |
1.0461 |
0.2009 |
286 |
1 |
145.40 |
2014-12-29 |
| 29. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
119.36 |
1.0461 |
-0.0225 |
318 |
1 |
119.36 |
2009-03-25 |
| 30. |
He rode past me and kept on goin'. Never said nothin' goin' ... |
139.61 |
1.0461 |
0.1512 |
535 |
2 |
129.32 |
2016-03-24 |
| 31. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
126.15 |
1.0418 |
0.0401 |
214 |
1 |
126.15 |
2011-07-25 |
| 32. |
Of course, there are those who learn after the first few tim... |
144.17 |
1.0416 |
0.1948 |
545 |
1 |
144.17 |
2023-12-03 |
| 33. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
120.62 |
1.0412 |
-0.0068 |
205 |
1 |
120.62 |
2010-09-14 |
| 34. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
108.82 |
1.0404 |
-0.1072 |
406 |
1 |
108.82 |
2009-04-15 |
| 35. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
106.96 |
1.0372 |
-0.1199 |
249 |
2 |
95.61 |
2008-12-05 |
| 36. |
She may be the face I can't forget. The trace of pleasure or... |
132.82 |
1.0342 |
0.1049 |
252 |
1 |
132.82 |
2019-03-13 |
| 37. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
123.57 |
1.0338 |
0.0259 |
277 |
1 |
123.57 |
2015-11-30 |
| 38. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
121.93 |
1.0334 |
0.0123 |
261 |
1 |
121.93 |
2011-07-25 |
| 39. |
The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a... |
140.00 |
1.0314 |
0.1692 |
459 |
1 |
140.00 |
2015-12-02 |
| 40. |
The explosion would be just the right size to maximize the a... |
142.05 |
1.0296 |
0.1886 |
247 |
1 |
142.05 |
2023-12-03 |
| 41. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
56.98 |
1.0291 |
-0.5404 |
240 |
1 |
56.98 |
2008-12-04 |
| 42. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
117.20 |
1.0288 |
-0.0237 |
166 |
1 |
117.20 |
2008-12-04 |
| 43. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
118.25 |
1.0287 |
-0.0146 |
269 |
2 |
100.61 |
2015-03-26 |
| 44. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
136.18 |
1.0279 |
0.1400 |
172 |
2 |
126.00 |
2009-07-28 |
| 45. |
Look Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I hones... |
135.91 |
1.0277 |
0.1379 |
272 |
1 |
135.91 |
2015-12-02 |
| 46. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
122.92 |
1.0272 |
0.0270 |
226 |
1 |
122.92 |
2009-02-22 |
| 47. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
106.95 |
1.0270 |
-0.1098 |
303 |
2 |
92.72 |
2009-08-04 |
| 48. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
119.98 |
1.0265 |
0.0024 |
375 |
2 |
118.75 |
2010-09-13 |
| 49. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
114.27 |
1.0250 |
-0.0450 |
271 |
1 |
114.27 |
2010-09-14 |
| 50. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
111.66 |
1.0227 |
-0.0651 |
378 |
1 |
111.66 |
2010-09-14 |
| 51. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
132.00 |
1.0208 |
0.1112 |
231 |
1 |
132.00 |
2008-12-05 |
| 52. |
Paranoia is a survival trait when you run in my circles. It ... |
140.53 |
1.0201 |
0.1851 |
261 |
1 |
140.53 |
2015-12-02 |
| 53. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
133.96 |
1.0194 |
0.1294 |
224 |
1 |
133.96 |
2018-04-02 |
| 54. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
109.26 |
1.0189 |
-0.0819 |
290 |
3 |
101.40 |
2008-12-04 |
| 55. |
But pure, unadulterated feelings are dangerous in their own ... |
124.87 |
1.0185 |
0.0524 |
420 |
1 |
124.87 |
2023-12-03 |
| 56. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
106.58 |
1.0178 |
-0.1038 |
207 |
2 |
101.93 |
2015-01-06 |
| 57. |
They used to tell me I was building a dream, and so I follow... |
130.44 |
1.0173 |
0.1014 |
422 |
1 |
130.44 |
2023-12-03 |
| 58. |
All life's battles teach us something, even those we lose. W... |
136.66 |
1.0139 |
0.1581 |
291 |
1 |
136.66 |
2015-12-02 |
| 59. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
115.61 |
1.0128 |
-0.0213 |
369 |
2 |
107.19 |
2009-07-28 |
| 60. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
86.06 |
1.0125 |
-0.2744 |
171 |
1 |
86.06 |
2008-12-04 |
| 61. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
124.06 |
1.0124 |
0.0515 |
275 |
2 |
120.61 |
2015-12-09 |
| 62. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
150.80 |
1.0115 |
0.2818 |
189 |
2 |
131.67 |
2014-12-29 |
| 63. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
118.46 |
1.0086 |
0.0073 |
218 |
2 |
114.09 |
2009-04-15 |
| 64. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
135.89 |
1.0082 |
0.1572 |
212 |
1 |
135.89 |
2015-12-02 |
| 65. |
We hold our rifles in missing hands. We stand tall on missin... |
136.04 |
1.0081 |
0.1586 |
256 |
1 |
136.04 |
2019-03-13 |
| 66. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
129.27 |
1.0067 |
0.1019 |
422 |
1 |
129.27 |
2014-12-29 |
| 67. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
116.24 |
1.0060 |
-0.0091 |
244 |
1 |
116.24 |
2010-09-14 |
| 68. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
144.10 |
1.0016 |
0.2342 |
217 |
2 |
132.19 |
2012-11-14 |
| 69. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
107.13 |
0.9987 |
-0.0800 |
236 |
1 |
107.13 |
2011-07-25 |
| 70. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
124.99 |
0.9981 |
0.0738 |
211 |
2 |
123.15 |
2014-01-23 |
| 71. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
137.49 |
0.9980 |
0.1811 |
341 |
1 |
137.49 |
2015-12-02 |
| 72. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
105.19 |
0.9966 |
-0.0945 |
377 |
1 |
105.19 |
2008-12-05 |
| 73. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
107.03 |
0.9957 |
-0.0778 |
323 |
1 |
107.03 |
2008-12-04 |
| 74. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
114.97 |
0.9932 |
-0.0072 |
281 |
1 |
114.97 |
2010-09-14 |
| 75. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
110.41 |
0.9931 |
-0.0462 |
218 |
2 |
106.63 |
2015-12-02 |
| 76. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
114.57 |
0.9927 |
-0.0101 |
234 |
1 |
114.57 |
2011-07-25 |
| 77. |
I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself q... |
117.78 |
0.9925 |
0.0176 |
275 |
1 |
117.78 |
2023-12-03 |
| 78. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
77.31 |
0.9917 |
-0.3287 |
317 |
1 |
77.31 |
2008-12-04 |
| 79. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
125.20 |
0.9915 |
0.0822 |
281 |
2 |
120.30 |
2015-12-02 |
| 80. |
The feeling of having no power over people and events is gen... |
125.21 |
0.9886 |
0.0852 |
384 |
1 |
125.21 |
2015-12-02 |
| 81. |
But this rough magic I here abjure, and when I have required... |
117.61 |
0.9877 |
0.0209 |
284 |
1 |
117.61 |
2023-12-03 |
| 82. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
111.74 |
0.9866 |
-0.0283 |
308 |
1 |
111.74 |
2018-06-16 |
| 83. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
108.96 |
0.9857 |
-0.0513 |
268 |
1 |
108.96 |
2010-08-03 |
| 84. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
140.97 |
0.9851 |
0.2239 |
237 |
1 |
140.97 |
2015-12-30 |
| 85. |
When beetles fight these battles in a bottle with their padd... |
118.71 |
0.9844 |
0.0337 |
209 |
1 |
118.71 |
2015-12-02 |
| 86. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
131.57 |
0.9842 |
0.1441 |
335 |
1 |
131.57 |
2014-12-29 |
| 87. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
137.38 |
0.9841 |
0.1941 |
217 |
1 |
137.38 |
2014-12-29 |
| 88. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
128.52 |
0.9807 |
0.1215 |
129 |
1 |
128.52 |
2015-12-02 |
| 89. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
125.86 |
0.9801 |
0.0993 |
282 |
1 |
125.86 |
2015-12-02 |
| 90. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
113.89 |
0.9791 |
-0.0024 |
154 |
1 |
113.89 |
2009-12-11 |
| 91. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
103.73 |
0.9787 |
-0.0891 |
364 |
1 |
103.73 |
2009-02-22 |
| 92. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
97.86 |
0.9780 |
-0.1388 |
173 |
1 |
97.86 |
2009-02-20 |
| 93. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
129.02 |
0.9762 |
0.1303 |
249 |
2 |
120.40 |
2015-12-03 |
| 94. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
120.12 |
0.9726 |
0.0575 |
396 |
1 |
120.12 |
2010-09-13 |
| 95. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
114.03 |
0.9709 |
0.0070 |
264 |
3 |
110.48 |
2014-03-26 |
| 96. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
102.87 |
0.9704 |
-0.0882 |
254 |
1 |
102.87 |
2009-02-22 |
| 97. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
112.10 |
0.9673 |
-0.0059 |
292 |
1 |
112.10 |
2008-12-05 |
| 98. |
Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no un... |
105.98 |
0.9663 |
-0.0574 |
364 |
1 |
105.98 |
2015-12-02 |
| 99. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
102.71 |
0.9650 |
-0.0842 |
347 |
1 |
102.71 |
2008-12-11 |
| 100. |
Many think that probabilities do not exist in real life. Nev... |
110.05 |
0.9642 |
-0.0204 |
321 |
1 |
110.05 |
2018-06-16 |
| 101. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
119.09 |
0.9636 |
0.0577 |
281 |
2 |
104.62 |
2014-12-29 |
| 102. |
My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer, and... |
115.28 |
0.9613 |
0.0273 |
195 |
1 |
115.28 |
2023-12-03 |
| 103. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
111.66 |
0.9609 |
-0.0033 |
331 |
1 |
111.66 |
2010-08-03 |
| 104. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
149.03 |
0.9604 |
0.3177 |
285 |
1 |
149.03 |
2015-12-02 |
| 105. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
114.22 |
0.9594 |
0.0202 |
258 |
1 |
114.22 |
2008-12-04 |
| 106. |
Danger is a topic you're often asked about as a sprinter. Th... |
124.85 |
0.9591 |
0.1116 |
428 |
1 |
124.85 |
2015-01-03 |
| 107. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
121.85 |
0.9561 |
0.0889 |
362 |
2 |
120.35 |
2014-12-29 |
| 108. |
However, let us leave aside the philosophical, social, and e... |
112.64 |
0.9524 |
0.0136 |
410 |
1 |
112.64 |
2023-12-03 |
| 109. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
92.90 |
0.9503 |
-0.1536 |
211 |
1 |
92.90 |
2008-12-04 |
| 110. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
104.52 |
0.9479 |
-0.0515 |
317 |
1 |
104.52 |
2009-07-28 |
| 111. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
108.26 |
0.9468 |
-0.0184 |
318 |
1 |
108.26 |
2010-09-14 |
| 112. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
99.08 |
0.9434 |
-0.0937 |
367 |
1 |
99.08 |
2008-12-04 |
| 113. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
106.37 |
0.9392 |
-0.0270 |
360 |
1 |
106.37 |
2008-12-04 |
| 114. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
113.52 |
0.9377 |
0.0358 |
198 |
1 |
113.52 |
2015-12-02 |
| 115. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
98.82 |
0.9374 |
-0.0899 |
232 |
1 |
98.82 |
2015-12-02 |
| 116. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
118.30 |
0.9354 |
0.0791 |
384 |
1 |
118.30 |
2015-12-02 |
| 117. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
122.26 |
0.9352 |
0.1133 |
194 |
1 |
122.26 |
2014-03-26 |
| 118. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
114.12 |
0.9339 |
0.0448 |
317 |
1 |
114.12 |
2015-12-02 |
| 119. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
107.68 |
0.9332 |
-0.0097 |
295 |
1 |
107.68 |
2010-08-03 |
| 120. |
Three changes occur while the stacked disk structure equilib... |
125.97 |
0.9324 |
0.1479 |
440 |
1 |
125.97 |
2012-11-14 |
| 121. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
122.79 |
0.9265 |
0.1265 |
254 |
1 |
122.79 |
2008-12-05 |
| 122. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
95.39 |
0.9258 |
-0.1077 |
184 |
1 |
95.39 |
2010-08-03 |
| 123. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
122.14 |
0.9206 |
0.1269 |
317 |
1 |
122.14 |
2011-07-25 |
| 124. |
With the lights out, it's less dangerous. Here we are now, e... |
108.70 |
0.9197 |
0.0125 |
184 |
1 |
108.70 |
2018-06-16 |
| 125. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
109.16 |
0.9162 |
0.0200 |
401 |
2 |
101.30 |
2009-07-28 |
| 126. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
95.10 |
0.9136 |
-0.0980 |
348 |
1 |
95.10 |
2009-02-20 |
| 127. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
117.66 |
0.9128 |
0.0963 |
237 |
1 |
117.66 |
2015-03-26 |
| 128. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
122.22 |
0.9119 |
0.1363 |
396 |
1 |
122.22 |
2015-12-02 |
| 129. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
96.77 |
0.9101 |
-0.0802 |
351 |
1 |
96.77 |
2008-12-05 |
| 130. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
106.97 |
0.9070 |
0.0104 |
192 |
1 |
106.97 |
2009-04-15 |
| 131. |
A total of twenty-five friends were headed from San Francisc... |
117.74 |
0.9046 |
0.1051 |
448 |
2 |
109.76 |
2014-12-29 |
| 132. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
100.04 |
0.9012 |
-0.0433 |
322 |
1 |
100.04 |
2009-02-20 |
| 133. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
103.50 |
0.8986 |
-0.0110 |
205 |
1 |
103.50 |
2008-12-04 |
| 134. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
51.63 |
0.8986 |
-0.4558 |
363 |
1 |
51.63 |
2009-08-04 |
| 135. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
98.81 |
0.8984 |
-0.0510 |
267 |
1 |
98.81 |
2014-12-29 |
| 136. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
99.74 |
0.8794 |
-0.0240 |
427 |
2 |
96.17 |
2009-04-15 |
| 137. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
108.65 |
0.8778 |
0.0540 |
285 |
1 |
108.65 |
2009-07-28 |
| 138. |
'The counsel of Gandalf was not founded on foreknowledge of ... |
118.40 |
0.8775 |
0.1379 |
209 |
1 |
118.40 |
2019-03-01 |
| 139. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
105.52 |
0.8721 |
0.0328 |
231 |
1 |
105.52 |
2015-12-02 |
| 140. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
92.03 |
0.8666 |
-0.0774 |
206 |
1 |
92.03 |
2009-02-20 |
| 141. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
81.12 |
0.8437 |
-0.1480 |
268 |
1 |
81.12 |
2009-02-22 |