| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
105.62 |
1.0788 |
0.2327 |
171 |
2 |
104.86 |
2010-04-26 |
| 2. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
105.26 |
1.0496 |
0.2582 |
314 |
2 |
92.05 |
2010-03-11 |
| 3. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
103.84 |
1.0109 |
0.3053 |
400 |
2 |
97.57 |
2010-04-27 |
| 4. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
102.86 |
1.0696 |
0.2072 |
226 |
2 |
102.35 |
2010-04-16 |
| 5. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
100.66 |
1.0619 |
0.1888 |
354 |
1 |
100.66 |
2012-11-28 |
| 6. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
100.46 |
1.1018 |
0.1456 |
220 |
4 |
88.56 |
2010-05-05 |
| 7. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
99.78 |
1.0885 |
0.1504 |
315 |
1 |
99.78 |
2010-03-18 |
| 8. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
99.44 |
1.0029 |
0.2319 |
209 |
1 |
99.44 |
2010-04-13 |
| 9. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
99.12 |
1.0567 |
0.1743 |
303 |
2 |
65.22 |
2011-05-13 |
| 10. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
97.60 |
1.0565 |
0.1554 |
247 |
1 |
97.60 |
2010-03-31 |
| 11. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
96.95 |
1.0529 |
0.1511 |
351 |
2 |
90.51 |
2010-03-18 |
| 12. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
96.70 |
1.0796 |
0.1202 |
129 |
1 |
96.70 |
2010-03-03 |
| 13. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
95.03 |
0.9758 |
0.2044 |
314 |
1 |
95.03 |
2012-12-10 |
| 14. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
94.64 |
1.0483 |
0.1261 |
227 |
1 |
94.64 |
2010-03-18 |
| 15. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
94.02 |
1.0521 |
0.1128 |
171 |
1 |
94.02 |
2010-04-01 |
| 16. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
93.62 |
0.9527 |
0.2098 |
251 |
1 |
93.62 |
2011-03-16 |
| 17. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
92.73 |
1.0251 |
0.1249 |
261 |
1 |
92.73 |
2010-03-31 |
| 18. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
92.73 |
1.0095 |
0.1418 |
316 |
1 |
92.73 |
2012-12-10 |
| 19. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
92.32 |
1.0426 |
0.1037 |
323 |
1 |
92.32 |
2010-04-13 |
| 20. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
91.95 |
0.9710 |
0.1706 |
173 |
2 |
91.23 |
2010-04-29 |
| 21. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
91.75 |
0.9693 |
0.1812 |
360 |
1 |
91.75 |
2010-04-15 |
| 22. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
91.39 |
1.1162 |
0.0533 |
189 |
2 |
91.05 |
2010-05-03 |
| 23. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
91.16 |
1.0534 |
0.0780 |
357 |
1 |
91.16 |
2010-04-27 |
| 24. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
89.94 |
1.0577 |
0.0581 |
247 |
2 |
85.25 |
2010-03-15 |
| 25. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
89.49 |
1.0034 |
0.1073 |
302 |
1 |
89.49 |
2010-03-05 |
| 26. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
89.35 |
1.0141 |
0.1212 |
304 |
1 |
89.35 |
2012-11-28 |
| 27. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
89.00 |
1.0516 |
0.0530 |
281 |
1 |
89.00 |
2010-03-18 |
| 28. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
88.95 |
1.0441 |
0.0600 |
252 |
3 |
85.65 |
2010-04-27 |
| 29. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
88.86 |
1.0396 |
0.0628 |
149 |
1 |
88.86 |
2010-03-31 |
| 30. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
88.29 |
1.0885 |
0.0332 |
341 |
1 |
88.29 |
2011-05-12 |
| 31. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
88.23 |
1.0666 |
0.0278 |
297 |
1 |
88.23 |
2010-05-17 |
| 32. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
88.14 |
0.9965 |
0.0968 |
168 |
2 |
82.14 |
2010-03-17 |
| 33. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
88.05 |
1.0361 |
0.0572 |
269 |
3 |
84.32 |
2012-12-10 |
| 34. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
87.56 |
0.9786 |
0.1086 |
235 |
1 |
87.56 |
2010-04-29 |
| 35. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
87.09 |
0.9776 |
0.1040 |
308 |
1 |
87.09 |
2010-03-31 |
| 36. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
86.89 |
1.0138 |
0.0646 |
231 |
1 |
86.89 |
2010-03-11 |
| 37. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
86.28 |
0.9731 |
0.0971 |
129 |
1 |
86.28 |
2010-03-15 |
| 38. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
85.81 |
1.0368 |
0.0287 |
276 |
1 |
85.81 |
2010-03-11 |
| 39. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
85.69 |
1.0714 |
-0.0096 |
129 |
1 |
85.69 |
2010-03-18 |
| 40. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
85.60 |
1.0320 |
0.0630 |
293 |
1 |
85.60 |
2010-04-27 |
| 41. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
85.19 |
1.0240 |
0.0338 |
256 |
1 |
85.19 |
2010-03-18 |
| 42. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
85.16 |
0.9213 |
0.1367 |
295 |
1 |
85.16 |
2010-03-11 |
| 43. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
84.72 |
1.0829 |
-0.0318 |
288 |
1 |
84.72 |
2010-03-05 |
| 44. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
84.60 |
0.9986 |
0.0509 |
283 |
2 |
81.79 |
2011-05-12 |
| 45. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
84.38 |
0.9266 |
0.1208 |
267 |
1 |
84.38 |
2012-12-07 |
| 46. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
84.29 |
1.0352 |
0.0110 |
341 |
1 |
84.29 |
2010-03-31 |
| 47. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
84.04 |
0.9997 |
0.0441 |
382 |
1 |
84.04 |
2010-03-09 |
| 48. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
83.76 |
0.9681 |
0.0727 |
378 |
1 |
83.76 |
2011-05-12 |
| 49. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
83.64 |
0.9820 |
0.0575 |
274 |
1 |
83.64 |
2010-03-11 |
| 50. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
83.32 |
0.9786 |
0.0539 |
193 |
1 |
83.32 |
2010-04-27 |
| 51. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
83.23 |
1.0795 |
-0.0188 |
226 |
1 |
83.23 |
2012-12-07 |
| 52. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
83.10 |
1.1016 |
-0.0705 |
233 |
2 |
83.03 |
2010-03-15 |
| 53. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
82.52 |
1.0337 |
-0.0110 |
214 |
1 |
82.52 |
2010-03-03 |
| 54. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
82.27 |
1.0109 |
0.0096 |
276 |
1 |
82.27 |
2010-03-11 |
| 55. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
82.15 |
1.0486 |
-0.0295 |
289 |
2 |
77.79 |
2010-03-15 |
| 56. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
82.09 |
1.0023 |
0.0159 |
211 |
1 |
82.09 |
2010-04-29 |
| 57. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
81.85 |
1.0388 |
0.0032 |
243 |
2 |
63.64 |
2010-03-11 |
| 58. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
81.67 |
1.0068 |
0.0067 |
358 |
1 |
81.67 |
2010-03-21 |
| 59. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
81.64 |
1.0183 |
-0.0066 |
191 |
1 |
81.64 |
2010-03-31 |
| 60. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
81.59 |
1.0787 |
-0.0673 |
237 |
1 |
81.59 |
2010-03-11 |
| 61. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
81.14 |
0.9936 |
0.0130 |
311 |
1 |
81.14 |
2012-12-07 |
| 62. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
80.82 |
0.9857 |
0.0168 |
293 |
1 |
80.82 |
2010-04-15 |
| 63. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
80.72 |
0.9342 |
0.0683 |
434 |
1 |
80.72 |
2010-03-05 |
| 64. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
80.20 |
0.9907 |
0.0037 |
211 |
1 |
80.20 |
2010-03-03 |
| 65. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
79.80 |
1.0445 |
-0.0561 |
373 |
1 |
79.80 |
2010-03-17 |
| 66. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
79.79 |
1.0201 |
-0.0303 |
303 |
1 |
79.79 |
2010-03-11 |
| 67. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
79.65 |
0.9567 |
0.0692 |
184 |
1 |
79.65 |
2011-03-16 |
| 68. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
79.14 |
0.9330 |
0.0494 |
360 |
1 |
79.14 |
2010-03-10 |
| 69. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
78.91 |
0.9553 |
0.0254 |
430 |
1 |
78.91 |
2010-03-18 |
| 70. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
78.73 |
1.0197 |
-0.0437 |
226 |
1 |
78.73 |
2011-05-12 |
| 71. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
78.41 |
1.0004 |
-0.0287 |
212 |
1 |
78.41 |
2010-04-01 |
| 72. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
78.40 |
1.0389 |
-0.0668 |
318 |
1 |
78.40 |
2010-03-15 |
| 73. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
77.91 |
1.0725 |
-0.0811 |
233 |
1 |
77.91 |
2011-03-16 |
| 74. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
77.76 |
1.0444 |
-0.0808 |
197 |
2 |
77.05 |
2010-03-18 |
| 75. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
76.88 |
0.9846 |
-0.0311 |
281 |
1 |
76.88 |
2010-03-08 |
| 76. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
76.55 |
0.9863 |
-0.0369 |
339 |
1 |
76.55 |
2010-03-05 |
| 77. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
76.48 |
0.9567 |
-0.0077 |
273 |
1 |
76.48 |
2010-03-11 |
| 78. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
75.76 |
0.9682 |
-0.0299 |
143 |
1 |
75.76 |
2010-03-05 |
| 79. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
75.58 |
0.9965 |
-0.0594 |
310 |
1 |
75.58 |
2010-04-06 |
| 80. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
74.74 |
0.9074 |
0.0217 |
396 |
1 |
74.74 |
2010-03-10 |
| 81. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
74.65 |
0.9792 |
-0.0218 |
265 |
1 |
74.65 |
2010-03-09 |
| 82. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
74.60 |
0.9843 |
-0.0608 |
234 |
1 |
74.60 |
2010-03-30 |
| 83. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
74.55 |
0.9665 |
-0.0026 |
326 |
1 |
74.55 |
2010-03-05 |
| 84. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
74.53 |
0.9687 |
-0.0430 |
371 |
1 |
74.53 |
2010-03-21 |
| 85. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
74.33 |
1.0257 |
-0.1035 |
401 |
1 |
74.33 |
2010-03-11 |
| 86. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
73.77 |
0.9557 |
-0.0394 |
331 |
1 |
73.77 |
2010-04-16 |
| 87. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
73.20 |
1.0213 |
-0.1147 |
240 |
1 |
73.20 |
2010-03-03 |
| 88. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
72.17 |
1.0232 |
-0.0915 |
350 |
1 |
72.17 |
2010-03-08 |
| 89. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
71.74 |
0.8845 |
0.0060 |
273 |
1 |
71.74 |
2012-12-07 |
| 90. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
71.70 |
0.9640 |
-0.0559 |
334 |
1 |
71.70 |
2010-03-05 |
| 91. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
71.25 |
1.0211 |
-0.1110 |
213 |
1 |
71.25 |
2010-03-11 |
| 92. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
71.17 |
0.9376 |
-0.0304 |
360 |
1 |
71.17 |
2011-03-03 |
| 93. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
69.42 |
0.9364 |
-0.0451 |
351 |
1 |
69.42 |
2011-05-12 |
| 94. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
69.02 |
0.9866 |
-0.1309 |
218 |
1 |
69.02 |
2010-03-05 |
| 95. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
68.87 |
1.0254 |
-0.1332 |
217 |
1 |
68.87 |
2010-04-13 |
| 96. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
68.17 |
0.9468 |
-0.1022 |
276 |
1 |
68.17 |
2010-03-05 |
| 97. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
68.09 |
0.9546 |
-0.0871 |
198 |
1 |
68.09 |
2010-04-01 |
| 98. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
68.08 |
0.8353 |
0.0123 |
283 |
1 |
68.08 |
2010-03-08 |
| 99. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
66.28 |
1.0297 |
-0.2093 |
249 |
1 |
66.28 |
2010-03-08 |
| 100. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
66.16 |
0.9084 |
-0.0879 |
300 |
1 |
66.16 |
2010-03-05 |
| 101. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
66.16 |
0.9941 |
-0.1752 |
217 |
1 |
66.16 |
2010-03-11 |
| 102. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
66.15 |
1.0083 |
-0.1520 |
273 |
1 |
66.15 |
2012-12-07 |
| 103. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
64.89 |
0.9202 |
-0.1159 |
254 |
1 |
64.89 |
2010-03-08 |
| 104. |
Finally, gentlemen, there are people with an hereditary anim... |
64.84 |
0.9383 |
-0.1246 |
471 |
1 |
64.84 |
2011-03-03 |
| 105. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
63.87 |
0.9430 |
-0.1502 |
297 |
1 |
63.87 |
2010-03-05 |
| 106. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
62.81 |
1.0173 |
-0.2011 |
268 |
1 |
62.81 |
2010-03-10 |
| 107. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
62.14 |
0.9351 |
-0.1660 |
190 |
1 |
62.14 |
2010-03-08 |
| 108. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
61.96 |
0.9844 |
-0.2169 |
293 |
1 |
61.96 |
2010-03-15 |
| 109. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
61.85 |
0.9899 |
-0.2248 |
163 |
1 |
61.85 |
2010-04-16 |
| 110. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
61.79 |
1.0463 |
-0.2824 |
182 |
1 |
61.79 |
2010-04-15 |
| 111. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
58.90 |
0.8919 |
-0.1628 |
205 |
1 |
58.90 |
2010-03-05 |
| 112. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
58.84 |
0.9684 |
-0.2395 |
388 |
1 |
58.84 |
2010-03-03 |
| 113. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
57.64 |
1.0767 |
-0.3645 |
212 |
1 |
57.64 |
2010-03-05 |
| 114. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
56.53 |
0.9068 |
-0.2042 |
269 |
1 |
56.53 |
2010-03-08 |
| 115. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
56.22 |
0.9005 |
-0.2045 |
212 |
1 |
56.22 |
2012-12-07 |
| 116. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
54.16 |
1.1014 |
-0.3994 |
273 |
1 |
54.16 |
2010-03-03 |
| 117. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
43.23 |
1.0073 |
-0.4728 |
369 |
1 |
43.23 |
2010-03-15 |
| 118. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
35.26 |
0.9820 |
-0.5479 |
267 |
1 |
35.26 |
2010-04-15 |