| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
150.03 |
1.0463 |
0.1457 |
182 |
2 |
131.22 |
2011-08-09 |
| 2. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
149.40 |
1.0368 |
0.1557 |
276 |
2 |
145.19 |
2009-04-24 |
| 3. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
148.00 |
1.0993 |
0.0789 |
265 |
1 |
148.00 |
2009-04-23 |
| 4. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
147.09 |
1.0053 |
0.1656 |
232 |
1 |
147.09 |
2009-04-24 |
| 5. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
143.67 |
1.0099 |
0.1326 |
207 |
1 |
143.67 |
2011-08-09 |
| 6. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
143.21 |
1.0201 |
0.1256 |
375 |
1 |
143.21 |
2011-08-09 |
| 7. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
143.00 |
1.0120 |
0.1272 |
290 |
1 |
143.00 |
2011-08-09 |
| 8. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
142.99 |
1.0711 |
0.0637 |
213 |
1 |
142.99 |
2009-04-23 |
| 9. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
142.88 |
1.1018 |
0.0308 |
220 |
1 |
142.88 |
2009-04-23 |
| 10. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
142.27 |
1.1114 |
0.0200 |
247 |
1 |
142.27 |
2009-04-23 |
| 11. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
141.00 |
1.0577 |
0.0626 |
247 |
1 |
141.00 |
2009-04-23 |
| 12. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
140.88 |
1.0787 |
0.0429 |
237 |
2 |
134.57 |
2011-08-09 |
| 13. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
139.75 |
1.0486 |
0.0660 |
289 |
1 |
139.75 |
2011-08-09 |
| 14. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
139.56 |
0.9756 |
0.1353 |
229 |
1 |
139.56 |
2011-08-09 |
| 15. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
139.52 |
1.0799 |
0.0283 |
243 |
1 |
139.52 |
2009-04-23 |
| 16. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
138.77 |
1.0201 |
0.0862 |
303 |
1 |
138.77 |
2009-04-23 |
| 17. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
137.34 |
1.0213 |
0.0698 |
240 |
1 |
137.34 |
2011-08-09 |
| 18. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
136.74 |
1.0389 |
0.0523 |
318 |
1 |
136.74 |
2009-04-23 |
| 19. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
136.65 |
1.0016 |
0.0826 |
218 |
1 |
136.65 |
2009-04-24 |
| 20. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
136.57 |
1.0068 |
0.0846 |
358 |
1 |
136.57 |
2009-04-24 |
| 21. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
136.36 |
1.0167 |
0.0765 |
378 |
2 |
131.90 |
2009-04-24 |
| 22. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
136.28 |
0.9754 |
0.1165 |
362 |
1 |
136.28 |
2009-04-24 |
| 23. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
136.27 |
0.9593 |
0.1311 |
398 |
2 |
134.98 |
2011-08-09 |
| 24. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
136.23 |
0.9965 |
0.0841 |
168 |
1 |
136.23 |
2009-04-23 |
| 25. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
136.17 |
1.0496 |
0.0346 |
314 |
1 |
136.17 |
2009-04-23 |
| 26. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
135.44 |
1.0398 |
0.0287 |
110 |
1 |
135.44 |
2009-04-24 |
| 27. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
135.05 |
0.9897 |
0.0839 |
274 |
1 |
135.05 |
2011-08-09 |
| 28. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
134.56 |
0.9289 |
0.1407 |
204 |
1 |
134.56 |
2011-08-09 |
| 29. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
134.07 |
0.9619 |
0.1113 |
393 |
1 |
134.07 |
2009-04-23 |
| 30. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
133.99 |
1.0613 |
0.0110 |
456 |
2 |
130.89 |
2009-04-24 |
| 31. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
133.97 |
1.0516 |
0.0152 |
281 |
1 |
133.97 |
2009-04-24 |
| 32. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
133.87 |
0.9691 |
0.0968 |
223 |
1 |
133.87 |
2009-04-23 |
| 33. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
133.84 |
1.0534 |
0.0149 |
357 |
1 |
133.84 |
2009-04-23 |
| 34. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
132.11 |
0.9910 |
0.0631 |
295 |
1 |
132.11 |
2009-04-23 |
| 35. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
131.92 |
1.0619 |
-0.0077 |
354 |
1 |
131.92 |
2009-04-23 |
| 36. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
131.56 |
1.0261 |
0.0197 |
273 |
1 |
131.56 |
2009-04-23 |
| 37. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
130.92 |
0.9614 |
0.0842 |
292 |
1 |
130.92 |
2009-04-23 |
| 38. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
130.91 |
1.0429 |
-0.0018 |
259 |
1 |
130.91 |
2009-04-23 |
| 39. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
130.54 |
1.0417 |
-0.0047 |
253 |
1 |
130.54 |
2009-04-23 |
| 40. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
130.19 |
0.9879 |
0.0575 |
450 |
1 |
130.19 |
2011-08-09 |
| 41. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
129.67 |
1.0829 |
-0.0489 |
288 |
1 |
129.67 |
2009-04-23 |
| 42. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
129.67 |
1.0203 |
0.0156 |
261 |
1 |
129.67 |
2009-04-24 |
| 43. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
129.50 |
0.9682 |
0.0610 |
143 |
1 |
129.50 |
2009-04-24 |
| 44. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
128.62 |
1.0252 |
-0.0077 |
176 |
1 |
128.62 |
2009-04-24 |
| 45. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
128.39 |
1.0138 |
0.0080 |
231 |
1 |
128.39 |
2009-04-23 |
| 46. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
128.15 |
1.0352 |
-0.0124 |
341 |
1 |
128.15 |
2009-04-24 |
| 47. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
127.99 |
0.9798 |
0.0335 |
199 |
1 |
127.99 |
2009-04-23 |
| 48. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
127.90 |
1.0214 |
-0.0049 |
269 |
1 |
127.90 |
2009-04-23 |
| 49. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
127.55 |
1.0296 |
-0.0078 |
437 |
2 |
124.00 |
2009-04-23 |
| 50. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
126.64 |
1.0109 |
-0.0020 |
276 |
1 |
126.64 |
2009-04-23 |
| 51. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
126.53 |
0.9646 |
0.0417 |
264 |
3 |
119.33 |
2009-04-24 |
| 52. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
126.05 |
1.0263 |
-0.0238 |
267 |
1 |
126.05 |
2009-04-24 |
| 53. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
125.69 |
1.0025 |
-0.0012 |
336 |
1 |
125.69 |
2009-04-23 |
| 54. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
125.44 |
0.8602 |
0.1360 |
206 |
1 |
125.44 |
2011-08-09 |
| 55. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
124.29 |
0.9886 |
0.0030 |
220 |
1 |
124.29 |
2009-04-23 |
| 56. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
124.18 |
0.9398 |
0.0577 |
419 |
2 |
121.36 |
2009-04-23 |
| 57. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
124.05 |
1.0498 |
-0.0674 |
180 |
1 |
124.05 |
2009-04-24 |
| 58. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
123.87 |
0.9074 |
0.0848 |
396 |
1 |
123.87 |
2009-04-24 |
| 59. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
123.56 |
1.0025 |
-0.0194 |
256 |
1 |
123.56 |
2009-04-24 |
| 60. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
123.49 |
0.9430 |
0.0324 |
211 |
1 |
123.49 |
2009-04-24 |
| 61. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
123.10 |
1.0029 |
-0.0298 |
209 |
2 |
122.83 |
2009-04-24 |
| 62. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
123.10 |
1.0034 |
-0.0254 |
302 |
1 |
123.10 |
2009-04-24 |
| 63. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
122.98 |
0.9965 |
-0.0173 |
277 |
2 |
119.87 |
2009-04-24 |
| 64. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
122.72 |
0.9540 |
0.0207 |
285 |
2 |
119.48 |
2009-04-24 |
| 65. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
122.08 |
0.9857 |
-0.0154 |
293 |
1 |
122.08 |
2009-04-24 |
| 66. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
122.00 |
0.9286 |
0.0411 |
194 |
2 |
117.00 |
2009-04-23 |
| 67. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
121.95 |
1.0379 |
-0.0327 |
245 |
1 |
121.95 |
2011-08-09 |
| 68. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
121.89 |
0.9376 |
0.0676 |
360 |
1 |
121.89 |
2011-08-09 |
| 69. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
121.49 |
0.9820 |
-0.0127 |
267 |
1 |
121.49 |
2009-04-24 |
| 70. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
121.10 |
0.9863 |
-0.0185 |
339 |
1 |
121.10 |
2009-04-23 |
| 71. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
121.10 |
0.9120 |
0.0846 |
436 |
1 |
121.10 |
2011-08-09 |
| 72. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
121.05 |
0.9844 |
-0.0166 |
293 |
1 |
121.05 |
2009-04-23 |
| 73. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
120.75 |
0.9893 |
-0.0286 |
323 |
2 |
103.73 |
2011-08-09 |
| 74. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
120.57 |
0.9665 |
0.0419 |
326 |
1 |
120.57 |
2011-08-09 |
| 75. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
120.41 |
0.9176 |
0.0790 |
365 |
1 |
120.41 |
2011-08-09 |
| 76. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
119.78 |
0.9786 |
-0.0310 |
193 |
1 |
119.78 |
2009-04-24 |
| 77. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
119.16 |
0.9846 |
-0.0379 |
281 |
1 |
119.16 |
2009-04-24 |
| 78. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
118.53 |
0.9786 |
-0.0364 |
235 |
1 |
118.53 |
2009-04-23 |
| 79. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
118.42 |
0.9636 |
-0.0219 |
254 |
1 |
118.42 |
2011-08-09 |
| 80. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
118.21 |
0.9500 |
-0.0077 |
362 |
1 |
118.21 |
2009-04-24 |
| 81. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
117.71 |
0.9936 |
-0.0374 |
227 |
1 |
117.71 |
2011-08-09 |
| 82. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
117.70 |
1.0462 |
-0.1163 |
184 |
1 |
117.70 |
2009-04-23 |
| 83. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
116.33 |
0.8996 |
0.0198 |
192 |
1 |
116.33 |
2011-08-09 |
| 84. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
116.30 |
0.9763 |
-0.0521 |
289 |
1 |
116.30 |
2009-04-24 |
| 85. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
115.70 |
1.0197 |
-0.1027 |
226 |
1 |
115.70 |
2009-04-23 |
| 86. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
115.61 |
0.9785 |
-0.0562 |
335 |
1 |
115.61 |
2009-04-24 |
| 87. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
115.38 |
0.8553 |
0.0569 |
174 |
2 |
99.85 |
2009-04-24 |
| 88. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
114.93 |
0.9351 |
-0.0269 |
190 |
1 |
114.93 |
2009-04-23 |
| 89. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
114.61 |
0.8852 |
0.0280 |
201 |
1 |
114.61 |
2011-08-09 |
| 90. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
113.87 |
1.0487 |
-0.1486 |
231 |
1 |
113.87 |
2009-04-24 |
| 91. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
113.30 |
0.9553 |
-0.0476 |
430 |
1 |
113.30 |
2009-04-24 |
| 92. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
113.26 |
0.9769 |
-0.0788 |
263 |
1 |
113.26 |
2009-04-23 |
| 93. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
111.26 |
0.9649 |
-0.0819 |
193 |
1 |
111.26 |
2009-04-23 |
| 94. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
111.24 |
0.9557 |
-0.0655 |
331 |
1 |
111.24 |
2009-04-24 |
| 95. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
110.98 |
1.0714 |
-0.1985 |
129 |
1 |
110.98 |
2009-04-24 |
| 96. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
109.63 |
0.9635 |
-0.0872 |
389 |
1 |
109.63 |
2009-04-24 |
| 97. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
109.60 |
0.9088 |
-0.0329 |
348 |
1 |
109.60 |
2009-04-23 |
| 98. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
108.95 |
0.9527 |
-0.0873 |
251 |
1 |
108.95 |
2009-04-24 |
| 99. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
108.30 |
0.8105 |
0.0454 |
204 |
1 |
108.30 |
2009-04-23 |
| 100. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
108.08 |
0.9109 |
-0.0499 |
401 |
1 |
108.08 |
2009-04-24 |
| 101. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
106.14 |
0.9570 |
-0.1125 |
287 |
1 |
106.14 |
2011-08-09 |
| 102. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
104.74 |
0.8961 |
-0.0680 |
189 |
1 |
104.74 |
2009-04-23 |
| 103. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
104.18 |
1.0095 |
-0.1836 |
316 |
1 |
104.18 |
2009-04-23 |
| 104. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
103.52 |
0.7876 |
0.0367 |
316 |
1 |
103.52 |
2009-04-23 |
| 105. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
102.28 |
0.8956 |
-0.0793 |
322 |
1 |
102.28 |
2009-04-23 |
| 106. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
101.53 |
0.8770 |
-0.0682 |
300 |
1 |
101.53 |
2009-04-24 |
| 107. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
100.13 |
0.8878 |
-0.0937 |
346 |
1 |
100.13 |
2009-04-23 |
| 108. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
99.94 |
0.9986 |
-0.2052 |
283 |
1 |
99.94 |
2009-04-23 |
| 109. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
98.63 |
0.9045 |
-0.1219 |
235 |
1 |
98.63 |
2009-04-23 |
| 110. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
98.42 |
0.9485 |
-0.1655 |
291 |
1 |
98.42 |
2011-08-09 |
| 111. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
95.47 |
0.9710 |
-0.2207 |
173 |
1 |
95.47 |
2009-04-23 |
| 112. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
94.89 |
0.9964 |
-0.2442 |
203 |
1 |
94.89 |
2009-04-24 |
| 113. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
78.64 |
0.8916 |
-0.2702 |
216 |
1 |
78.64 |
2009-04-24 |