| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
46.33 |
0.9396 |
0.5933 |
119 |
1 |
46.33 |
2015-02-14 |
| 2. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
44.54 |
1.0441 |
0.4331 |
252 |
1 |
44.54 |
2015-02-14 |
| 3. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
43.57 |
1.0074 |
0.4378 |
242 |
1 |
43.57 |
2012-10-31 |
| 4. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
41.44 |
0.9353 |
0.4327 |
177 |
1 |
41.44 |
2013-12-03 |
| 5. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
41.15 |
1.0138 |
0.3482 |
231 |
1 |
41.15 |
2013-12-03 |
| 6. |
You have to be a fairly determined ecological detective to f... |
39.91 |
0.8994 |
0.4237 |
188 |
1 |
39.91 |
2015-02-14 |
| 7. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
39.62 |
1.0331 |
0.2760 |
234 |
1 |
39.62 |
2009-07-13 |
| 8. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
39.21 |
0.8715 |
0.4222 |
130 |
1 |
39.21 |
2009-07-13 |
| 9. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
38.19 |
1.0284 |
0.2784 |
282 |
1 |
38.19 |
2013-12-03 |
| 10. |
Every time you practice a technique incorrectly, you're incr... |
37.98 |
0.8826 |
0.3762 |
241 |
1 |
37.98 |
2015-02-14 |
| 11. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
37.55 |
0.8971 |
0.3503 |
266 |
1 |
37.55 |
2009-07-13 |
| 12. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
37.38 |
1.0385 |
0.1961 |
230 |
1 |
37.38 |
2012-10-23 |
| 13. |
Since the ninja is that being than which nothing sweeter can... |
36.74 |
0.8919 |
0.3253 |
152 |
2 |
29.68 |
2012-03-19 |
| 14. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
36.38 |
1.0462 |
0.1507 |
184 |
1 |
36.38 |
2009-07-13 |
| 15. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
35.65 |
0.8263 |
0.3502 |
162 |
1 |
35.65 |
2013-12-03 |
| 16. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
34.90 |
0.8899 |
0.2747 |
293 |
1 |
34.90 |
2009-07-29 |
| 17. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
34.87 |
1.0567 |
0.0964 |
303 |
1 |
34.87 |
2012-10-23 |
| 18. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
34.75 |
0.9941 |
0.1520 |
217 |
3 |
28.45 |
2009-07-25 |
| 19. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
34.37 |
1.0016 |
0.1296 |
218 |
1 |
34.37 |
2009-07-13 |
| 20. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
34.15 |
1.0714 |
0.0482 |
129 |
2 |
26.76 |
2012-03-19 |
| 21. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
34.05 |
0.9340 |
0.1909 |
296 |
1 |
34.05 |
2012-10-30 |
| 22. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
33.76 |
0.9776 |
0.1380 |
308 |
1 |
33.76 |
2009-07-13 |
| 23. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
33.65 |
1.0496 |
0.0615 |
314 |
1 |
33.65 |
2009-05-11 |
| 24. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
33.55 |
1.0788 |
0.0240 |
171 |
1 |
33.55 |
2009-12-19 |
| 25. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
33.48 |
1.0151 |
0.0825 |
152 |
1 |
33.48 |
2012-03-19 |
| 26. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
33.27 |
0.8900 |
0.2103 |
164 |
1 |
33.27 |
2009-07-13 |
| 27. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
33.14 |
0.8154 |
0.2811 |
193 |
1 |
33.14 |
2009-07-12 |
| 28. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
33.09 |
1.0516 |
0.0410 |
281 |
1 |
33.09 |
2009-08-02 |
| 29. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
33.08 |
0.9504 |
0.1369 |
263 |
1 |
33.08 |
2012-03-19 |
| 30. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
33.03 |
0.9899 |
0.0964 |
163 |
1 |
33.03 |
2009-07-14 |
| 31. |
I'll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. Witho... |
32.87 |
0.8270 |
0.2589 |
117 |
1 |
32.87 |
2012-03-19 |
| 32. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
32.82 |
0.8422 |
0.2435 |
164 |
2 |
30.90 |
2011-07-05 |
| 33. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
32.65 |
0.9710 |
0.1008 |
173 |
3 |
29.85 |
2010-02-16 |
| 34. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
32.12 |
1.0029 |
0.0513 |
209 |
1 |
32.12 |
2010-02-16 |
| 35. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
32.07 |
0.8152 |
0.2440 |
163 |
1 |
32.07 |
2009-07-13 |
| 36. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
31.60 |
1.0565 |
-0.0159 |
247 |
1 |
31.60 |
2009-07-27 |
| 37. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
31.56 |
0.9207 |
0.1238 |
174 |
2 |
28.01 |
2011-03-20 |
| 38. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
31.40 |
0.8360 |
0.1998 |
170 |
1 |
31.40 |
2009-07-12 |
| 39. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
31.38 |
1.0696 |
-0.0372 |
226 |
1 |
31.38 |
2009-05-11 |
| 40. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
31.34 |
0.9965 |
0.0333 |
168 |
1 |
31.34 |
2009-07-13 |
| 41. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
30.99 |
0.9263 |
0.1001 |
188 |
1 |
30.99 |
2009-07-14 |
| 42. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
30.88 |
0.8562 |
0.1631 |
170 |
1 |
30.88 |
2012-03-19 |
| 43. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
30.63 |
1.0120 |
-0.0020 |
290 |
1 |
30.63 |
2009-07-27 |
| 44. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
30.54 |
0.8382 |
0.1701 |
268 |
1 |
30.54 |
2009-05-11 |
| 45. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
30.30 |
0.9045 |
0.0956 |
235 |
1 |
30.30 |
2009-07-28 |
| 46. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
30.26 |
0.9048 |
0.0983 |
271 |
1 |
30.26 |
2009-04-21 |
| 47. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
30.25 |
1.0796 |
-0.0863 |
129 |
2 |
27.98 |
2009-07-28 |
| 48. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
29.80 |
1.0485 |
-0.0307 |
153 |
1 |
29.80 |
2011-07-05 |
| 49. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
29.60 |
0.9532 |
0.0219 |
258 |
1 |
29.60 |
2010-02-16 |
| 50. |
In most cases, there is more to be gained by maximizing the ... |
29.43 |
1.0598 |
-0.0949 |
196 |
1 |
29.43 |
2012-10-30 |
| 51. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
29.41 |
0.9212 |
0.0521 |
323 |
2 |
28.80 |
2009-07-14 |
| 52. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
29.33 |
0.8096 |
0.1657 |
209 |
1 |
29.33 |
2009-07-14 |
| 53. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
29.26 |
0.9846 |
-0.0207 |
281 |
1 |
29.26 |
2009-07-14 |
| 54. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
29.06 |
1.0390 |
-0.0844 |
205 |
1 |
29.06 |
2009-12-19 |
| 55. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
29.00 |
0.8956 |
0.0633 |
217 |
1 |
29.00 |
2009-07-11 |
| 56. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
28.95 |
0.9614 |
-0.0037 |
292 |
1 |
28.95 |
2009-07-13 |
| 57. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
28.91 |
0.9857 |
-0.0334 |
293 |
1 |
28.91 |
2009-07-14 |
| 58. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
28.73 |
0.9430 |
-0.0030 |
211 |
1 |
28.73 |
2012-10-23 |
| 59. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
28.53 |
0.7708 |
0.1752 |
207 |
1 |
28.53 |
2012-10-30 |
| 60. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
28.48 |
0.8153 |
0.1285 |
200 |
1 |
28.48 |
2012-03-19 |
| 61. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
28.26 |
0.8615 |
0.0702 |
110 |
1 |
28.26 |
2009-12-19 |
| 62. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
28.23 |
0.9726 |
-0.0484 |
154 |
1 |
28.23 |
2012-03-19 |
| 63. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
28.03 |
0.9786 |
-0.0552 |
235 |
1 |
28.03 |
2009-07-13 |
| 64. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
28.02 |
0.9772 |
-0.0571 |
217 |
1 |
28.02 |
2009-07-11 |
| 65. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
27.97 |
0.8125 |
0.1119 |
197 |
1 |
27.97 |
2009-07-11 |
| 66. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
27.57 |
1.1162 |
-0.1666 |
189 |
1 |
27.57 |
2010-02-16 |
| 67. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
27.54 |
0.8892 |
0.0243 |
207 |
2 |
24.75 |
2009-07-30 |
| 68. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
27.45 |
1.0183 |
-0.1194 |
191 |
1 |
27.45 |
2010-08-19 |
| 69. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
27.40 |
0.8323 |
0.0710 |
203 |
1 |
27.40 |
2009-07-27 |
| 70. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
26.98 |
0.9964 |
-0.1075 |
203 |
1 |
26.98 |
2009-05-11 |
| 71. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
26.88 |
0.9239 |
-0.0318 |
193 |
1 |
26.88 |
2010-02-16 |
| 72. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
26.75 |
0.7352 |
0.1458 |
106 |
1 |
26.75 |
2009-07-12 |
| 73. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
26.52 |
1.0444 |
-0.1775 |
197 |
1 |
26.52 |
2010-02-10 |
| 74. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
26.28 |
0.9251 |
-0.0547 |
177 |
2 |
22.42 |
2009-07-29 |
| 75. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
25.99 |
0.9711 |
-0.1166 |
176 |
1 |
25.99 |
2010-02-16 |
| 76. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
25.87 |
1.0261 |
-0.1763 |
273 |
1 |
25.87 |
2009-07-29 |
| 77. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
25.66 |
1.1018 |
-0.2635 |
220 |
1 |
25.66 |
2009-07-29 |
| 78. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
25.58 |
0.8918 |
-0.0514 |
100 |
1 |
25.58 |
2011-03-20 |
| 79. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
25.12 |
1.0131 |
-0.1903 |
225 |
1 |
25.12 |
2010-02-16 |
| 80. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
25.03 |
0.8739 |
-0.0542 |
136 |
1 |
25.03 |
2009-12-19 |
| 81. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
24.85 |
0.9572 |
-0.1407 |
201 |
1 |
24.85 |
2009-07-29 |
| 82. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
24.82 |
1.0214 |
-0.2065 |
269 |
1 |
24.82 |
2009-07-27 |
| 83. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
24.50 |
0.9773 |
-0.1793 |
123 |
1 |
24.50 |
2011-07-05 |
| 84. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
24.25 |
1.0795 |
-0.2514 |
226 |
1 |
24.25 |
2009-08-27 |
| 85. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
24.14 |
0.9307 |
-0.1288 |
246 |
1 |
24.14 |
2009-07-25 |
| 86. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
23.45 |
0.8792 |
-0.0990 |
296 |
1 |
23.45 |
2009-07-28 |
| 87. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
22.84 |
0.9763 |
-0.2263 |
289 |
1 |
22.84 |
2009-07-29 |
| 88. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
22.81 |
0.9164 |
-0.1634 |
121 |
1 |
22.81 |
2009-07-12 |
| 89. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
22.80 |
1.0396 |
-0.2977 |
149 |
1 |
22.80 |
2009-08-27 |
| 90. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
22.79 |
0.8500 |
-0.0965 |
145 |
1 |
22.79 |
2009-08-27 |
| 91. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
22.64 |
0.9171 |
-0.1730 |
165 |
1 |
22.64 |
2009-07-30 |
| 92. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
22.20 |
0.9786 |
-0.2547 |
193 |
2 |
21.31 |
2009-10-17 |
| 93. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
22.02 |
0.8118 |
-0.0838 |
109 |
1 |
22.02 |
2009-07-12 |
| 94. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
21.84 |
0.8295 |
-0.1107 |
209 |
1 |
21.84 |
2012-03-19 |
| 95. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
21.58 |
0.9286 |
-0.2212 |
194 |
1 |
21.58 |
2012-03-19 |
| 96. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
21.28 |
0.9325 |
-0.2409 |
156 |
1 |
21.28 |
2009-07-12 |
| 97. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
21.19 |
0.8821 |
-0.1873 |
176 |
1 |
21.19 |
2009-07-25 |
| 98. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
21.00 |
0.7934 |
-0.1052 |
134 |
1 |
21.00 |
2009-07-27 |
| 99. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
20.19 |
0.8951 |
-0.2310 |
193 |
1 |
20.19 |
2009-08-27 |
| 100. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
19.47 |
1.0033 |
-0.3722 |
189 |
1 |
19.47 |
2009-07-12 |
| 101. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
19.22 |
0.7690 |
-0.1379 |
142 |
1 |
19.22 |
2009-07-27 |