| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
152.62 |
1.0787 |
0.1642 |
237 |
1 |
152.62 |
2009-01-24 |
| 2. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
152.04 |
1.0565 |
0.1803 |
247 |
1 |
152.04 |
2009-04-30 |
| 3. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
149.13 |
1.1016 |
0.1140 |
233 |
1 |
149.13 |
2009-01-08 |
| 4. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
148.40 |
1.0390 |
0.1667 |
205 |
1 |
148.40 |
2009-01-11 |
| 5. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
148.32 |
1.0577 |
0.1476 |
247 |
1 |
148.32 |
2009-01-11 |
| 6. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
147.66 |
0.9293 |
0.2749 |
355 |
1 |
147.66 |
2009-01-11 |
| 7. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
145.76 |
0.9897 |
0.1957 |
274 |
1 |
145.76 |
2009-01-11 |
| 8. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
143.17 |
1.1018 |
0.0582 |
220 |
1 |
143.17 |
2009-01-24 |
| 9. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
140.61 |
1.0666 |
0.0788 |
297 |
2 |
112.98 |
2008-11-18 |
| 10. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
139.99 |
1.0138 |
0.1260 |
231 |
1 |
139.99 |
2008-10-10 |
| 11. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
138.70 |
0.9820 |
0.1504 |
267 |
1 |
138.70 |
2008-10-08 |
| 12. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
138.50 |
1.0168 |
0.1125 |
271 |
2 |
133.22 |
2009-01-24 |
| 13. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
137.54 |
1.0201 |
0.0931 |
172 |
1 |
137.54 |
2009-04-30 |
| 14. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
136.63 |
1.0033 |
0.1025 |
189 |
1 |
136.63 |
2009-01-24 |
| 15. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
136.61 |
1.0389 |
0.0751 |
318 |
3 |
133.66 |
2009-01-24 |
| 16. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
136.30 |
1.0613 |
0.0494 |
266 |
1 |
136.30 |
2009-01-24 |
| 17. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
136.00 |
1.0596 |
0.0456 |
239 |
1 |
136.00 |
2009-01-24 |
| 18. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
134.39 |
1.0714 |
0.0138 |
129 |
1 |
134.39 |
2008-10-07 |
| 19. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
133.82 |
0.9278 |
0.1643 |
295 |
1 |
133.82 |
2008-10-07 |
| 20. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
133.73 |
1.0218 |
0.0639 |
268 |
1 |
133.73 |
2009-01-11 |
| 21. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
133.27 |
1.0399 |
0.0501 |
294 |
1 |
133.27 |
2009-01-24 |
| 22. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
133.23 |
1.0498 |
0.0299 |
180 |
1 |
133.23 |
2009-04-30 |
| 23. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
132.85 |
0.9612 |
0.1202 |
256 |
3 |
121.96 |
2009-04-30 |
| 24. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
131.59 |
1.0391 |
0.0380 |
358 |
1 |
131.59 |
2009-01-24 |
| 25. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
131.55 |
0.9557 |
0.1213 |
331 |
2 |
129.50 |
2009-01-08 |
| 26. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
131.40 |
1.0441 |
0.0268 |
252 |
1 |
131.40 |
2009-01-24 |
| 27. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
131.21 |
0.9676 |
0.1086 |
442 |
1 |
131.21 |
2009-01-08 |
| 28. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
131.18 |
0.9553 |
0.1195 |
430 |
1 |
131.18 |
2009-01-11 |
| 29. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
130.52 |
1.0668 |
-0.0021 |
350 |
1 |
130.52 |
2008-11-18 |
| 30. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
130.48 |
0.9758 |
0.0868 |
314 |
1 |
130.48 |
2008-11-18 |
| 31. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
130.02 |
0.9846 |
0.0724 |
281 |
1 |
130.02 |
2008-11-18 |
| 32. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
129.55 |
1.0426 |
0.0109 |
323 |
1 |
129.55 |
2009-08-28 |
| 33. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
129.33 |
0.9942 |
0.0670 |
483 |
1 |
129.33 |
2009-01-24 |
| 34. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
129.28 |
0.9965 |
0.0507 |
168 |
1 |
129.28 |
2008-10-10 |
| 35. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
129.15 |
0.9795 |
0.0714 |
308 |
1 |
129.15 |
2008-11-18 |
| 36. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
128.72 |
1.0567 |
-0.0087 |
303 |
1 |
128.72 |
2008-10-08 |
| 37. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
126.89 |
0.9233 |
0.1007 |
168 |
1 |
126.89 |
2009-01-24 |
| 38. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
126.19 |
0.9866 |
0.0362 |
218 |
1 |
126.19 |
2009-01-24 |
| 39. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
125.98 |
0.9426 |
0.0853 |
317 |
1 |
125.98 |
2008-10-07 |
| 40. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
125.65 |
0.9879 |
0.0429 |
450 |
1 |
125.65 |
2008-10-07 |
| 41. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
125.55 |
0.9699 |
0.0507 |
269 |
1 |
125.55 |
2009-01-24 |
| 42. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
124.04 |
0.9339 |
0.0734 |
310 |
1 |
124.04 |
2009-01-11 |
| 43. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
123.91 |
0.9567 |
0.0508 |
273 |
1 |
123.91 |
2008-10-08 |
| 44. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
123.55 |
0.9672 |
0.0441 |
396 |
1 |
123.55 |
2009-01-24 |
| 45. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
123.47 |
1.0487 |
-0.0496 |
231 |
1 |
123.47 |
2009-01-24 |
| 46. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
122.81 |
0.9636 |
0.0350 |
254 |
1 |
122.81 |
2009-04-30 |
| 47. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
122.59 |
1.0131 |
-0.0201 |
225 |
1 |
122.59 |
2008-10-10 |
| 48. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
121.82 |
0.9831 |
0.0154 |
469 |
1 |
121.82 |
2009-01-24 |
| 49. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
121.59 |
1.0885 |
-0.0966 |
315 |
1 |
121.59 |
2008-10-08 |
| 50. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
121.57 |
1.0016 |
-0.0177 |
218 |
1 |
121.57 |
2009-01-24 |
| 51. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
121.37 |
1.0417 |
-0.0574 |
253 |
1 |
121.37 |
2008-10-08 |
| 52. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
120.94 |
0.9786 |
-0.0005 |
193 |
1 |
120.94 |
2009-01-24 |
| 53. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
120.73 |
0.8602 |
0.1191 |
206 |
1 |
120.73 |
2008-10-08 |
| 54. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
119.56 |
0.9064 |
0.0747 |
399 |
1 |
119.56 |
2009-01-11 |
| 55. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
118.47 |
1.0396 |
-0.0839 |
149 |
1 |
118.47 |
2009-04-30 |
| 56. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
117.77 |
0.9572 |
-0.0011 |
201 |
1 |
117.77 |
2008-10-07 |
| 57. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
117.55 |
0.9088 |
0.0517 |
348 |
1 |
117.55 |
2008-11-18 |
| 58. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
116.83 |
0.9622 |
-0.0064 |
392 |
1 |
116.83 |
2008-10-07 |
| 59. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
116.51 |
0.9646 |
-0.0187 |
264 |
2 |
110.42 |
2009-01-11 |
| 60. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
115.54 |
1.0337 |
-0.0955 |
214 |
1 |
115.54 |
2008-10-10 |
| 61. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
115.54 |
0.9168 |
0.0233 |
240 |
1 |
115.54 |
2009-01-24 |
| 62. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
115.43 |
1.0483 |
-0.1134 |
227 |
1 |
115.43 |
2008-10-07 |
| 63. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
114.71 |
0.9514 |
-0.0191 |
237 |
1 |
114.71 |
2009-01-24 |
| 64. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
114.60 |
0.9772 |
-0.0496 |
217 |
1 |
114.60 |
2008-10-10 |
| 65. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
113.90 |
0.8933 |
0.0384 |
363 |
1 |
113.90 |
2009-01-11 |
| 66. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
113.57 |
1.0352 |
-0.1095 |
341 |
1 |
113.57 |
2008-10-08 |
| 67. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
113.51 |
0.9986 |
-0.0759 |
283 |
1 |
113.51 |
2008-10-08 |
| 68. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
113.42 |
1.0197 |
-0.1013 |
226 |
1 |
113.42 |
2009-01-24 |
| 69. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
112.78 |
0.9805 |
-0.0598 |
292 |
1 |
112.78 |
2008-10-10 |
| 70. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
112.64 |
0.8852 |
0.0318 |
201 |
2 |
109.09 |
2009-04-30 |
| 71. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
111.96 |
0.9632 |
-0.0475 |
392 |
1 |
111.96 |
2008-10-08 |
| 72. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
111.41 |
0.8595 |
0.0471 |
242 |
1 |
111.41 |
2008-10-10 |
| 73. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
111.21 |
0.9527 |
-0.0497 |
251 |
1 |
111.21 |
2009-01-24 |
| 74. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
111.01 |
1.0013 |
-0.1007 |
273 |
1 |
111.01 |
2009-01-24 |
| 75. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
108.80 |
0.9309 |
-0.0495 |
284 |
1 |
108.80 |
2009-01-11 |
| 76. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
107.57 |
0.7876 |
0.0881 |
316 |
1 |
107.57 |
2009-01-24 |
| 77. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
105.64 |
0.8382 |
0.0195 |
268 |
2 |
104.98 |
2009-01-24 |
| 78. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
104.34 |
0.9653 |
-0.1105 |
394 |
1 |
104.34 |
2009-01-24 |
| 79. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
104.05 |
0.8890 |
-0.0484 |
199 |
1 |
104.05 |
2008-11-18 |
| 80. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
103.40 |
0.9899 |
-0.1558 |
163 |
1 |
103.40 |
2008-10-08 |
| 81. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
102.92 |
0.9430 |
-0.1155 |
211 |
1 |
102.92 |
2009-01-24 |
| 82. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
100.37 |
0.9084 |
-0.0905 |
404 |
1 |
100.37 |
2008-10-07 |
| 83. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
97.74 |
0.9084 |
-0.1144 |
300 |
1 |
97.74 |
2009-01-24 |
| 84. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
97.32 |
0.9682 |
-0.1814 |
143 |
2 |
96.49 |
2008-11-18 |
| 85. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
97.06 |
0.9857 |
-0.2001 |
293 |
2 |
96.10 |
2008-11-18 |
| 86. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
94.77 |
1.0398 |
-0.2826 |
110 |
1 |
94.77 |
2008-10-08 |
| 87. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
88.51 |
0.9731 |
-0.2695 |
129 |
1 |
88.51 |
2009-01-24 |
| 88. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
88.15 |
1.0203 |
-0.3037 |
261 |
1 |
88.15 |
2009-01-24 |
| 89. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
86.32 |
0.9212 |
-0.2198 |
323 |
1 |
86.32 |
2008-11-18 |
| 90. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
69.60 |
0.9754 |
-0.4089 |
362 |
1 |
69.60 |
2008-11-18 |
| 91. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
61.45 |
0.8975 |
-0.4037 |
268 |
1 |
61.45 |
2008-11-18 |