| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
144.97 |
1.0501 |
0.2139 |
263 |
2 |
131.64 |
2013-03-11 |
| 2. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
143.33 |
1.0873 |
0.1586 |
243 |
3 |
130.32 |
2012-11-08 |
| 3. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
141.18 |
1.0472 |
0.1766 |
149 |
3 |
135.75 |
2013-03-11 |
| 4. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
140.46 |
1.0427 |
0.1819 |
269 |
1 |
140.46 |
2013-03-11 |
| 5. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
138.63 |
1.0736 |
0.1382 |
256 |
1 |
138.63 |
2012-10-30 |
| 6. |
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the ju... |
138.51 |
1.0230 |
0.1850 |
200 |
1 |
138.51 |
2012-11-08 |
| 7. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
137.37 |
1.0877 |
0.1050 |
129 |
2 |
113.12 |
2012-11-03 |
| 8. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
136.64 |
1.0493 |
0.1480 |
264 |
2 |
126.30 |
2012-11-08 |
| 9. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
134.94 |
0.9948 |
0.1799 |
233 |
2 |
114.10 |
2012-11-08 |
| 10. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
133.93 |
0.9949 |
0.1822 |
304 |
2 |
122.23 |
2012-12-14 |
| 11. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
132.19 |
0.9807 |
0.1589 |
129 |
2 |
123.52 |
2013-03-11 |
| 12. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
132.10 |
1.0464 |
0.1094 |
294 |
1 |
132.10 |
2011-11-21 |
| 13. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
131.00 |
0.9885 |
0.1526 |
355 |
1 |
131.00 |
2012-10-25 |
| 14. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
130.55 |
0.9434 |
0.1982 |
367 |
1 |
130.55 |
2012-11-08 |
| 15. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
129.24 |
1.0590 |
0.0653 |
250 |
2 |
111.61 |
2012-11-03 |
| 16. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
129.12 |
1.0588 |
0.0655 |
281 |
1 |
129.12 |
2013-03-11 |
| 17. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
128.66 |
1.0264 |
0.0900 |
191 |
1 |
128.66 |
2012-11-08 |
| 18. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
128.31 |
1.1093 |
0.0022 |
220 |
1 |
128.31 |
2012-11-08 |
| 19. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
127.79 |
0.8986 |
0.2130 |
205 |
1 |
127.79 |
2013-09-03 |
| 20. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
126.89 |
1.0792 |
0.0305 |
251 |
1 |
126.89 |
2012-11-08 |
| 21. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
126.80 |
1.0188 |
0.0949 |
316 |
1 |
126.80 |
2012-03-01 |
| 22. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
126.07 |
1.0759 |
0.0273 |
273 |
2 |
125.82 |
2012-10-25 |
| 23. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
125.92 |
1.0288 |
0.0631 |
166 |
2 |
116.50 |
2013-03-11 |
| 24. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
125.60 |
1.0511 |
0.0441 |
252 |
1 |
125.60 |
2012-11-08 |
| 25. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
125.40 |
1.0131 |
0.0821 |
245 |
1 |
125.40 |
2011-12-06 |
| 26. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
125.24 |
1.1062 |
-0.0138 |
200 |
1 |
125.24 |
2013-03-11 |
| 27. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
125.06 |
0.9761 |
0.1179 |
227 |
1 |
125.06 |
2012-10-26 |
| 28. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
125.02 |
1.0234 |
0.0693 |
392 |
1 |
125.02 |
2012-11-08 |
| 29. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
124.97 |
1.0106 |
0.0768 |
302 |
2 |
122.47 |
2013-01-07 |
| 30. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
124.79 |
0.9974 |
0.0851 |
163 |
2 |
110.63 |
2013-04-11 |
| 31. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
124.49 |
1.0074 |
0.0907 |
410 |
2 |
119.85 |
2012-10-25 |
| 32. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
124.39 |
1.0607 |
0.0255 |
357 |
1 |
124.39 |
2012-10-30 |
| 33. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
124.31 |
1.0351 |
0.0513 |
276 |
2 |
120.46 |
2012-11-08 |
| 34. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
123.32 |
0.9989 |
0.0819 |
282 |
1 |
123.32 |
2012-10-30 |
| 35. |
I often see racers, particularly at the back of the pack in ... |
122.87 |
0.9960 |
0.0868 |
469 |
2 |
117.85 |
2012-11-03 |
| 36. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
122.49 |
1.0189 |
0.0470 |
290 |
1 |
122.49 |
2011-12-16 |
| 37. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
120.27 |
1.0283 |
0.0253 |
272 |
2 |
119.71 |
2012-12-14 |
| 38. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
120.22 |
0.9632 |
0.0846 |
287 |
1 |
120.22 |
2012-10-26 |
| 39. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
120.17 |
1.0562 |
-0.0047 |
360 |
1 |
120.17 |
2012-10-30 |
| 40. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
120.05 |
0.9709 |
0.0729 |
264 |
1 |
120.05 |
2012-10-27 |
| 41. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
119.60 |
1.0042 |
0.0333 |
168 |
2 |
110.62 |
2013-01-07 |
| 42. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
119.32 |
1.0557 |
-0.0159 |
289 |
1 |
119.32 |
2012-10-15 |
| 43. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
119.20 |
1.0461 |
-0.0061 |
318 |
1 |
119.20 |
2013-03-11 |
| 44. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
119.19 |
1.0672 |
-0.0311 |
239 |
1 |
119.19 |
2012-11-08 |
| 45. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
119.12 |
1.0125 |
0.0229 |
232 |
1 |
119.12 |
2012-11-08 |
| 46. |
If you want to drive a race car well, whether to win an Indy... |
118.93 |
1.0228 |
0.0258 |
405 |
1 |
118.93 |
2012-11-08 |
| 47. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
118.93 |
1.0035 |
0.0325 |
310 |
1 |
118.93 |
2012-12-14 |
| 48. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
118.81 |
1.0350 |
0.0138 |
416 |
1 |
118.81 |
2012-10-26 |
| 49. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
117.90 |
1.0253 |
0.0037 |
337 |
1 |
117.90 |
2011-12-06 |
| 50. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
117.78 |
0.9678 |
0.0616 |
392 |
2 |
109.44 |
2013-03-11 |
| 51. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
117.62 |
1.0639 |
-0.0388 |
303 |
1 |
117.62 |
2014-02-06 |
| 52. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
117.36 |
1.0414 |
-0.0212 |
234 |
2 |
113.39 |
2012-11-08 |
| 53. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
117.33 |
1.0033 |
0.0181 |
203 |
1 |
117.33 |
2012-12-14 |
| 54. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
117.33 |
1.1138 |
-0.0837 |
341 |
1 |
117.33 |
2011-12-06 |
| 55. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
117.02 |
1.0144 |
0.0049 |
162 |
2 |
115.32 |
2012-11-08 |
| 56. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
116.89 |
0.9930 |
0.0333 |
350 |
1 |
116.89 |
2012-10-25 |
| 57. |
Ultimately, this is not about solving your problems. It's ab... |
116.76 |
1.0390 |
-0.0176 |
260 |
1 |
116.76 |
2012-12-14 |
| 58. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
116.65 |
1.0130 |
0.0021 |
288 |
1 |
116.65 |
2012-11-08 |
| 59. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
116.34 |
0.9915 |
0.0196 |
281 |
1 |
116.34 |
2012-11-08 |
| 60. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
116.28 |
0.9354 |
0.0881 |
384 |
1 |
116.28 |
2012-11-08 |
| 61. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
115.92 |
1.0540 |
-0.0500 |
184 |
2 |
112.61 |
2012-11-08 |
| 62. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
115.86 |
1.0419 |
-0.0302 |
341 |
2 |
102.51 |
2013-03-11 |
| 63. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
115.78 |
0.8984 |
0.1171 |
267 |
1 |
115.78 |
2012-11-08 |
| 64. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
115.75 |
0.9933 |
0.0218 |
450 |
1 |
115.75 |
2012-11-08 |
| 65. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
115.54 |
0.9143 |
0.0922 |
300 |
1 |
115.54 |
2011-12-06 |
| 66. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
115.46 |
0.9128 |
0.0889 |
237 |
2 |
104.55 |
2012-12-14 |
| 67. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
115.43 |
1.0111 |
0.0056 |
452 |
1 |
115.43 |
2012-10-26 |
| 68. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
114.34 |
1.0333 |
-0.0434 |
176 |
1 |
114.34 |
2012-10-30 |
| 69. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
113.92 |
0.9873 |
0.0024 |
274 |
1 |
113.92 |
2011-11-21 |
| 70. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
113.56 |
0.9809 |
0.0148 |
250 |
2 |
101.54 |
2013-01-07 |
| 71. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
113.26 |
0.9849 |
0.0018 |
337 |
1 |
113.26 |
2012-11-03 |
| 72. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
112.95 |
1.0472 |
-0.0533 |
397 |
1 |
112.95 |
2012-10-15 |
| 73. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
112.87 |
1.0492 |
-0.0619 |
284 |
2 |
108.36 |
2012-11-08 |
| 74. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
112.49 |
0.9931 |
-0.0179 |
218 |
1 |
112.49 |
2013-01-07 |
| 75. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
112.27 |
1.0524 |
-0.0777 |
177 |
1 |
112.27 |
2011-11-21 |
| 76. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
112.20 |
1.0582 |
-0.0851 |
180 |
1 |
112.20 |
2012-12-14 |
| 77. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
111.92 |
1.1070 |
-0.1341 |
265 |
1 |
111.92 |
2012-11-02 |
| 78. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
111.60 |
0.9703 |
0.0075 |
394 |
1 |
111.60 |
2011-11-21 |
| 79. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
110.72 |
0.9740 |
-0.0071 |
371 |
1 |
110.72 |
2012-10-15 |
| 80. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
110.59 |
0.9854 |
-0.0218 |
174 |
2 |
106.17 |
2012-11-08 |
| 81. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
110.56 |
1.0094 |
-0.0476 |
256 |
1 |
110.56 |
2012-11-08 |
| 82. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
110.38 |
0.9637 |
0.0089 |
342 |
1 |
110.38 |
2011-11-21 |
| 83. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
110.06 |
0.9909 |
-0.0292 |
334 |
1 |
110.06 |
2012-10-26 |
| 84. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
109.66 |
1.0338 |
-0.0745 |
277 |
1 |
109.66 |
2012-11-08 |
| 85. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
109.57 |
0.9824 |
-0.0159 |
352 |
1 |
109.57 |
2011-11-21 |
| 86. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
109.44 |
1.0197 |
-0.0695 |
204 |
2 |
69.62 |
2014-02-06 |
| 87. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
109.22 |
0.8624 |
0.0833 |
174 |
2 |
101.73 |
2012-11-08 |
| 88. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
109.18 |
0.8913 |
0.0604 |
201 |
1 |
109.18 |
2012-11-08 |
| 89. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
108.91 |
1.0315 |
-0.0850 |
193 |
1 |
108.91 |
2013-09-03 |
| 90. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
108.55 |
1.0192 |
-0.0694 |
243 |
1 |
108.55 |
2012-11-08 |
| 91. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
108.53 |
1.0567 |
-0.1129 |
314 |
2 |
104.97 |
2012-11-03 |
| 92. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
108.44 |
1.0060 |
-0.0562 |
244 |
1 |
108.44 |
2012-10-15 |
| 93. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
108.39 |
0.9136 |
0.0326 |
348 |
3 |
102.71 |
2012-10-30 |
| 94. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
108.17 |
1.0403 |
-0.1011 |
234 |
1 |
108.17 |
2012-10-08 |
| 95. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
108.03 |
1.0128 |
-0.0660 |
369 |
1 |
108.03 |
2012-11-06 |
| 96. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
107.90 |
1.0753 |
-0.1298 |
206 |
1 |
107.90 |
2012-10-26 |
| 97. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
107.89 |
0.9425 |
-0.0031 |
248 |
2 |
102.59 |
2013-03-11 |
| 98. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
107.76 |
1.0304 |
-0.0893 |
257 |
1 |
107.76 |
2012-10-08 |
| 99. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
107.72 |
0.9594 |
-0.0242 |
258 |
1 |
107.72 |
2012-11-08 |
| 100. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
107.68 |
0.9284 |
0.0117 |
346 |
1 |
107.68 |
2012-10-26 |
| 101. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
107.33 |
0.9538 |
-0.0198 |
276 |
1 |
107.33 |
2012-11-08 |
| 102. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
107.20 |
1.0616 |
-0.1223 |
304 |
1 |
107.20 |
2011-11-21 |
| 103. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
107.02 |
1.0095 |
-0.0800 |
211 |
1 |
107.02 |
2011-11-21 |
| 104. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
106.92 |
0.9530 |
-0.0094 |
445 |
2 |
105.58 |
2012-11-03 |
| 105. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
106.45 |
0.9500 |
-0.0221 |
287 |
1 |
106.45 |
2012-11-08 |
| 106. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
105.69 |
1.0736 |
-0.1520 |
350 |
1 |
105.69 |
2011-12-06 |
| 107. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
105.50 |
1.0018 |
-0.0836 |
246 |
2 |
101.27 |
2012-11-08 |
| 108. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
105.27 |
0.9604 |
-0.0472 |
285 |
1 |
105.27 |
2012-11-08 |
| 109. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
105.20 |
1.0086 |
-0.0981 |
218 |
1 |
105.20 |
2012-10-26 |
| 110. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
105.18 |
0.9851 |
-0.0654 |
237 |
1 |
105.18 |
2012-11-08 |
| 111. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
103.98 |
0.9844 |
-0.0680 |
351 |
1 |
103.98 |
2012-10-30 |
| 112. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
103.73 |
0.9541 |
-0.0513 |
236 |
3 |
99.92 |
2013-09-03 |
| 113. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
103.59 |
0.9841 |
-0.0718 |
325 |
2 |
98.22 |
2012-11-08 |
| 114. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
103.49 |
0.9787 |
-0.0749 |
364 |
1 |
103.49 |
2012-11-06 |
| 115. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
103.46 |
0.9681 |
-0.0626 |
392 |
1 |
103.46 |
2012-11-08 |
| 116. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
102.78 |
0.9643 |
-0.0619 |
282 |
1 |
102.78 |
2011-12-01 |
| 117. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
102.68 |
0.9889 |
-0.0824 |
429 |
1 |
102.68 |
2012-03-01 |
| 118. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
102.43 |
0.9931 |
-0.0980 |
339 |
1 |
102.43 |
2012-11-06 |
| 119. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
102.23 |
0.9932 |
-0.0967 |
281 |
1 |
102.23 |
2012-11-03 |
| 120. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
102.08 |
0.9704 |
-0.0830 |
254 |
1 |
102.08 |
2012-10-25 |
| 121. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
101.92 |
0.9673 |
-0.0785 |
292 |
1 |
101.92 |
2012-10-26 |
| 122. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
101.60 |
1.0845 |
-0.2022 |
212 |
1 |
101.60 |
2012-11-06 |
| 123. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
101.51 |
1.0462 |
-0.1605 |
340 |
1 |
101.51 |
2012-11-03 |
| 124. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
99.64 |
0.9726 |
-0.1010 |
396 |
1 |
99.64 |
2011-12-07 |
| 125. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
99.11 |
0.8830 |
-0.0188 |
300 |
1 |
99.11 |
2011-12-06 |
| 126. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
98.25 |
1.0016 |
-0.1490 |
217 |
1 |
98.25 |
2012-10-15 |
| 127. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
97.57 |
1.0144 |
-0.1526 |
356 |
1 |
97.57 |
2013-01-07 |
| 128. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
97.07 |
0.9299 |
-0.0945 |
168 |
1 |
97.07 |
2012-11-06 |
| 129. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
97.02 |
0.8787 |
-0.0380 |
443 |
1 |
97.02 |
2012-10-25 |
| 130. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
94.86 |
0.9194 |
-0.0842 |
360 |
1 |
94.86 |
2013-01-07 |
| 131. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
94.51 |
1.0079 |
-0.1877 |
273 |
1 |
94.51 |
2011-12-06 |
| 132. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
92.99 |
0.9113 |
-0.0967 |
318 |
1 |
92.99 |
2012-11-03 |
| 133. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
90.93 |
0.9424 |
-0.1492 |
320 |
1 |
90.93 |
2011-12-06 |
| 134. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
89.56 |
0.8437 |
-0.0660 |
268 |
1 |
89.56 |
2011-11-21 |
| 135. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
86.62 |
0.8328 |
-0.0765 |
343 |
1 |
86.62 |
2012-11-08 |
| 136. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
86.57 |
0.9244 |
-0.1675 |
225 |
1 |
86.57 |
2011-11-21 |
| 137. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
84.40 |
0.9763 |
-0.2437 |
143 |
1 |
84.40 |
2011-12-06 |
| 138. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
79.13 |
0.9352 |
-0.2498 |
194 |
1 |
79.13 |
2012-11-08 |