| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
60.57 |
1.0016 |
0.4891 |
218 |
1 |
60.57 |
2013-11-05 |
| 2. |
In the capital of the Sunbelt South, the quiet revolution of... |
58.26 |
0.9098 |
0.5243 |
167 |
1 |
58.26 |
2011-05-10 |
| 3. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
56.52 |
1.0679 |
0.3468 |
177 |
1 |
56.52 |
2016-03-08 |
| 4. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
55.68 |
1.0201 |
0.3538 |
303 |
2 |
53.33 |
2016-03-08 |
| 5. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
54.69 |
1.1114 |
0.2348 |
247 |
1 |
54.69 |
2011-05-10 |
| 6. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
54.38 |
1.0426 |
0.2978 |
323 |
2 |
52.68 |
2011-05-10 |
| 7. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
53.82 |
0.9946 |
0.3324 |
246 |
2 |
46.76 |
2013-11-05 |
| 8. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
51.57 |
0.8841 |
0.3937 |
194 |
1 |
51.57 |
2011-05-08 |
| 9. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
50.17 |
1.0214 |
0.2095 |
166 |
2 |
46.26 |
2011-05-08 |
| 10. |
We were all in our late twenties or early-to-middle thirties... |
49.64 |
0.8867 |
0.3416 |
241 |
1 |
49.64 |
2011-05-10 |
| 11. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
49.48 |
0.9731 |
0.2335 |
129 |
2 |
43.85 |
2008-12-16 |
| 12. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
49.48 |
0.9976 |
0.2417 |
174 |
1 |
49.48 |
2011-05-24 |
| 13. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
48.46 |
1.0829 |
0.1123 |
288 |
1 |
48.46 |
2008-12-17 |
| 14. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
48.00 |
1.0462 |
0.1300 |
184 |
1 |
48.00 |
2011-05-08 |
| 15. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
47.70 |
1.0788 |
0.0904 |
171 |
1 |
47.70 |
2008-12-16 |
| 16. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
47.44 |
0.9128 |
0.2610 |
133 |
1 |
47.44 |
2008-12-17 |
| 17. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
46.84 |
0.9857 |
0.1667 |
293 |
2 |
43.62 |
2011-05-10 |
| 18. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
46.77 |
1.0529 |
0.0987 |
351 |
1 |
46.77 |
2008-12-17 |
| 19. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
46.26 |
0.9125 |
0.2283 |
308 |
1 |
46.26 |
2011-05-10 |
| 20. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
46.12 |
1.0498 |
0.0809 |
180 |
2 |
44.54 |
2008-12-17 |
| 21. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
45.90 |
0.9758 |
0.1549 |
314 |
1 |
45.90 |
2011-05-10 |
| 22. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
45.78 |
1.0907 |
0.0390 |
303 |
1 |
45.78 |
2010-04-23 |
| 23. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
45.46 |
0.9729 |
0.1463 |
255 |
2 |
43.73 |
2008-12-17 |
| 24. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
45.43 |
1.0486 |
0.0705 |
289 |
1 |
45.43 |
2010-07-18 |
| 25. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
45.35 |
1.0993 |
0.0149 |
265 |
2 |
43.70 |
2009-01-01 |
| 26. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
44.84 |
0.9263 |
0.1808 |
188 |
1 |
44.84 |
2011-05-08 |
| 27. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
44.62 |
0.9772 |
0.1174 |
217 |
2 |
44.21 |
2008-12-17 |
| 28. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
44.59 |
0.9943 |
0.1063 |
373 |
1 |
44.59 |
2011-05-08 |
| 29. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
44.53 |
0.9342 |
0.1652 |
434 |
2 |
39.92 |
2011-05-08 |
| 30. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
44.43 |
0.8821 |
0.2108 |
176 |
2 |
43.82 |
2008-12-16 |
| 31. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
44.42 |
0.9965 |
0.0918 |
168 |
1 |
44.42 |
2008-12-16 |
| 32. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
44.26 |
0.9851 |
0.1063 |
317 |
1 |
44.26 |
2011-05-10 |
| 33. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
44.16 |
1.0943 |
0.0250 |
206 |
1 |
44.16 |
2011-05-10 |
| 34. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
44.14 |
0.8941 |
0.1941 |
216 |
2 |
38.37 |
2008-12-17 |
| 35. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
44.00 |
0.9196 |
0.1648 |
148 |
1 |
44.00 |
2008-12-16 |
| 36. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
43.97 |
0.9226 |
0.1656 |
348 |
2 |
41.38 |
2008-12-17 |
| 37. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
43.87 |
1.0197 |
0.0568 |
226 |
1 |
43.87 |
2008-12-16 |
| 38. |
Wood and other fibrous material is mixed with liquid and mas... |
43.79 |
0.8906 |
0.1912 |
238 |
1 |
43.79 |
2010-07-14 |
| 39. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
43.61 |
0.9221 |
0.1494 |
244 |
1 |
43.61 |
2008-12-17 |
| 40. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
43.20 |
0.9866 |
0.0725 |
218 |
2 |
40.20 |
2008-12-15 |
| 41. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
43.19 |
1.0131 |
0.0455 |
225 |
2 |
38.90 |
2010-04-09 |
| 42. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
43.19 |
0.9756 |
0.0856 |
229 |
2 |
41.82 |
2010-07-26 |
| 43. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
43.07 |
1.0565 |
0.0004 |
247 |
3 |
35.30 |
2010-04-23 |
| 44. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
42.87 |
1.0577 |
-0.0067 |
247 |
1 |
42.87 |
2010-04-09 |
| 45. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
42.86 |
0.9724 |
0.0855 |
237 |
1 |
42.86 |
2009-03-18 |
| 46. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
42.48 |
0.9226 |
0.1260 |
177 |
1 |
42.48 |
2008-12-15 |
| 47. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
42.12 |
0.9281 |
0.1129 |
273 |
1 |
42.12 |
2008-12-17 |
| 48. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
42.09 |
0.9855 |
0.0829 |
258 |
1 |
42.09 |
2011-05-10 |
| 49. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
42.03 |
0.9884 |
0.0444 |
233 |
1 |
42.03 |
2008-12-16 |
| 50. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
41.95 |
1.0320 |
0.0369 |
293 |
1 |
41.95 |
2011-05-08 |
| 51. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
41.93 |
0.9844 |
0.0515 |
293 |
2 |
40.73 |
2008-12-17 |
| 52. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
41.92 |
0.9776 |
0.0535 |
308 |
1 |
41.92 |
2008-12-17 |
| 53. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
41.92 |
0.9266 |
0.1044 |
267 |
2 |
40.45 |
2008-12-17 |
| 54. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
41.85 |
0.9128 |
0.1579 |
369 |
1 |
41.85 |
2011-05-10 |
| 55. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
41.76 |
0.9468 |
0.0796 |
276 |
1 |
41.76 |
2008-12-17 |
| 56. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
41.67 |
0.9769 |
0.0457 |
263 |
1 |
41.67 |
2008-12-17 |
| 57. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
41.61 |
0.9670 |
0.0983 |
307 |
1 |
41.61 |
2011-05-10 |
| 58. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
41.49 |
0.9212 |
0.1028 |
231 |
1 |
41.49 |
2010-04-09 |
| 59. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
41.19 |
0.8811 |
0.1362 |
239 |
1 |
41.19 |
2008-12-17 |
| 60. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
41.06 |
1.0487 |
-0.0442 |
231 |
2 |
40.70 |
2009-01-01 |
| 61. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
41.04 |
0.9513 |
0.0615 |
354 |
3 |
36.11 |
2008-12-16 |
| 62. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
40.91 |
1.0796 |
-0.0787 |
129 |
1 |
40.91 |
2008-12-16 |
| 63. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
40.88 |
1.0023 |
0.0008 |
211 |
1 |
40.88 |
2008-12-16 |
| 64. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
40.81 |
1.0261 |
-0.0247 |
273 |
2 |
39.85 |
2011-05-08 |
| 65. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
40.73 |
0.9710 |
0.0238 |
173 |
1 |
40.73 |
2008-12-15 |
| 66. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
40.67 |
1.0941 |
-0.0631 |
256 |
1 |
40.67 |
2011-05-08 |
| 67. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
40.44 |
0.9340 |
0.0598 |
296 |
1 |
40.44 |
2010-04-15 |
| 68. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
40.41 |
1.0528 |
-0.0645 |
201 |
1 |
40.41 |
2008-12-16 |
| 69. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
40.11 |
0.9233 |
0.0542 |
168 |
1 |
40.11 |
2008-12-15 |
| 70. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
40.01 |
0.9843 |
-0.0060 |
234 |
2 |
36.97 |
2008-12-16 |
| 71. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
39.93 |
0.9649 |
0.0153 |
193 |
1 |
39.93 |
2010-07-30 |
| 72. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
39.92 |
0.9646 |
0.0156 |
264 |
1 |
39.92 |
2008-12-17 |
| 73. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
39.77 |
1.0095 |
-0.0332 |
316 |
2 |
37.25 |
2008-12-21 |
| 74. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
39.52 |
0.9426 |
0.0316 |
317 |
1 |
39.52 |
2008-12-18 |
| 75. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
39.44 |
0.8442 |
0.1289 |
265 |
1 |
39.44 |
2008-12-17 |
| 76. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
39.43 |
0.8892 |
0.0857 |
207 |
1 |
39.43 |
2008-12-17 |
| 77. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
39.31 |
0.9820 |
-0.0133 |
267 |
1 |
39.31 |
2008-12-16 |
| 78. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
39.16 |
0.9726 |
-0.0168 |
154 |
1 |
39.16 |
2010-04-09 |
| 79. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
38.91 |
0.9786 |
-0.0279 |
193 |
1 |
38.91 |
2008-12-16 |
| 80. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
38.83 |
0.9084 |
0.0474 |
300 |
1 |
38.83 |
2009-01-01 |
| 81. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
38.65 |
1.0013 |
-0.0527 |
273 |
2 |
35.97 |
2008-12-15 |
| 82. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
38.22 |
0.8878 |
0.0508 |
346 |
1 |
38.22 |
2008-12-17 |
| 83. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
38.18 |
1.0483 |
-0.1135 |
227 |
1 |
38.18 |
2008-12-16 |
| 84. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
38.09 |
1.0389 |
-0.1017 |
318 |
2 |
33.85 |
2010-04-23 |
| 85. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
38.08 |
0.8544 |
0.0813 |
170 |
1 |
38.08 |
2008-12-15 |
| 86. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
37.85 |
1.0444 |
-0.1214 |
197 |
2 |
37.63 |
2008-12-16 |
| 87. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
37.85 |
0.9763 |
-0.0472 |
289 |
2 |
36.11 |
2008-12-17 |
| 88. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
37.49 |
0.8958 |
0.0294 |
322 |
1 |
37.49 |
2008-12-16 |
| 89. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
37.47 |
0.9084 |
0.0158 |
404 |
1 |
37.47 |
2010-04-09 |
| 90. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
37.38 |
0.7876 |
0.1328 |
316 |
3 |
32.25 |
2008-12-17 |
| 91. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
37.22 |
1.0331 |
-0.1214 |
234 |
1 |
37.22 |
2010-04-09 |
| 92. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
37.22 |
1.0567 |
-0.1422 |
303 |
2 |
35.54 |
2008-12-16 |
| 93. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
37.16 |
1.0390 |
-0.1304 |
205 |
1 |
37.16 |
2008-12-17 |
| 94. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
37.01 |
1.0666 |
-0.1579 |
297 |
1 |
37.01 |
2008-12-23 |
| 95. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
36.86 |
1.0297 |
-0.1260 |
249 |
1 |
36.86 |
2008-12-17 |
| 96. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
36.80 |
1.0213 |
-0.1211 |
240 |
1 |
36.80 |
2008-12-15 |
| 97. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
36.59 |
0.8770 |
0.0244 |
300 |
3 |
34.89 |
2009-01-01 |
| 98. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
36.57 |
0.9936 |
-0.0962 |
311 |
1 |
36.57 |
2008-12-15 |
| 99. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
36.50 |
1.0029 |
-0.1134 |
209 |
1 |
36.50 |
2008-12-15 |
| 100. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
36.48 |
0.8573 |
0.0417 |
270 |
1 |
36.48 |
2008-12-15 |
| 101. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
36.15 |
0.9846 |
-0.0985 |
281 |
1 |
36.15 |
2008-12-15 |
| 102. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
35.95 |
0.9798 |
-0.1033 |
199 |
2 |
32.44 |
2008-12-17 |
| 103. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
35.85 |
1.0025 |
-0.1218 |
336 |
1 |
35.85 |
2009-03-18 |
| 104. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
35.56 |
1.0004 |
-0.1340 |
212 |
1 |
35.56 |
2008-12-16 |
| 105. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
35.37 |
0.8653 |
0.0138 |
255 |
2 |
32.88 |
2008-12-15 |
| 106. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
35.16 |
0.8709 |
-0.0004 |
202 |
2 |
33.64 |
2008-12-16 |
| 107. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
35.12 |
0.9289 |
-0.0696 |
204 |
1 |
35.12 |
2008-12-15 |
| 108. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
35.09 |
0.9636 |
-0.1029 |
254 |
1 |
35.09 |
2010-04-09 |
| 109. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
34.88 |
1.0799 |
-0.2280 |
243 |
1 |
34.88 |
2008-12-15 |
| 110. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
34.69 |
1.1018 |
-0.2573 |
220 |
1 |
34.69 |
2008-12-15 |
| 111. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
34.57 |
0.8826 |
-0.0333 |
296 |
1 |
34.57 |
2010-07-18 |
| 112. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
34.51 |
0.9527 |
-0.1064 |
251 |
2 |
32.53 |
2008-12-16 |
| 113. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
34.20 |
0.9275 |
-0.0921 |
211 |
1 |
34.20 |
2008-12-15 |
| 114. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
34.04 |
0.9852 |
-0.1502 |
264 |
1 |
34.04 |
2009-01-23 |
| 115. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
33.92 |
1.0138 |
-0.1825 |
231 |
1 |
33.92 |
2009-03-19 |
| 116. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
33.83 |
0.9500 |
-0.1183 |
362 |
1 |
33.83 |
2008-12-15 |
| 117. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
33.72 |
0.8022 |
0.0276 |
215 |
1 |
33.72 |
2011-05-10 |
| 118. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
32.90 |
0.9740 |
-0.1718 |
209 |
1 |
32.90 |
2008-12-15 |
| 119. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
32.86 |
0.8533 |
-0.0469 |
232 |
1 |
32.86 |
2008-12-17 |
| 120. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
32.41 |
1.0696 |
-0.2790 |
226 |
1 |
32.41 |
2008-12-15 |
| 121. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
32.40 |
1.0337 |
-0.2405 |
214 |
1 |
32.40 |
2008-12-16 |
| 122. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
32.38 |
0.9514 |
-0.1577 |
237 |
1 |
32.38 |
2008-12-15 |
| 123. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
32.28 |
0.9309 |
-0.1419 |
284 |
1 |
32.28 |
2008-12-15 |
| 124. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
32.28 |
0.8996 |
-0.1142 |
192 |
1 |
32.28 |
2008-12-15 |
| 125. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
32.20 |
1.0252 |
-0.2428 |
176 |
1 |
32.20 |
2008-12-18 |
| 126. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
31.62 |
1.0379 |
-0.2286 |
245 |
1 |
31.62 |
2010-04-09 |
| 127. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
31.47 |
1.0099 |
-0.2421 |
207 |
2 |
30.39 |
2010-07-15 |
| 128. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
31.43 |
0.8951 |
-0.1232 |
193 |
1 |
31.43 |
2009-01-23 |
| 129. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
31.15 |
0.8919 |
-0.1309 |
205 |
1 |
31.15 |
2008-12-16 |
| 130. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
31.13 |
0.9578 |
-0.1961 |
281 |
1 |
31.13 |
2008-12-15 |
| 131. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
29.65 |
0.8956 |
-0.1676 |
217 |
2 |
27.10 |
2011-05-08 |
| 132. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
29.15 |
1.0168 |
-0.3025 |
271 |
1 |
29.15 |
2010-07-15 |
| 133. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
28.01 |
0.9365 |
-0.2506 |
248 |
1 |
28.01 |
2010-07-15 |
| 134. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
27.65 |
0.9884 |
-0.3085 |
262 |
1 |
27.65 |
2010-07-14 |
| 135. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
27.20 |
0.9567 |
-0.2925 |
273 |
1 |
27.20 |
2008-12-15 |
| 136. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
25.92 |
0.8887 |
-0.2422 |
128 |
1 |
25.92 |
2009-01-23 |
| 137. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
23.03 |
0.8916 |
-0.3308 |
216 |
1 |
23.03 |
2010-07-14 |