| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
171.80 |
0.9869 |
0.2472 |
193 |
4 |
144.75 |
2016-02-28 |
| 2. |
The men in the room suddenly realized that they didn't want ... |
167.48 |
1.0378 |
0.1760 |
215 |
1 |
167.48 |
2016-02-28 |
| 3. |
The number one challenge I've seen with myself and with othe... |
164.49 |
1.0161 |
0.1721 |
239 |
2 |
148.32 |
2015-10-28 |
| 4. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
165.42 |
1.0479 |
0.1424 |
205 |
2 |
154.17 |
2015-10-28 |
| 5. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
155.32 |
0.9762 |
0.1417 |
249 |
2 |
138.25 |
2015-10-12 |
| 6. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
163.21 |
1.0567 |
0.1184 |
314 |
2 |
148.60 |
2015-08-24 |
| 7. |
At 211 degrees, water is hot. At 212 degrees, it boils. And ... |
140.37 |
0.9021 |
0.1064 |
174 |
1 |
140.37 |
2015-10-27 |
| 8. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
163.24 |
1.0791 |
0.1014 |
259 |
2 |
146.21 |
2015-10-28 |
| 9. |
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. |
150.73 |
0.9719 |
0.0980 |
44 |
1 |
150.73 |
2015-10-14 |
| 10. |
It's a funny thing, but people mostly have it backward. They... |
161.77 |
1.0677 |
0.0962 |
173 |
1 |
161.77 |
2015-10-27 |
| 11. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
159.99 |
1.0667 |
0.0955 |
308 |
1 |
159.99 |
2015-10-16 |
| 12. |
Hope you're feeling better now, hope you got my letter, how ... |
150.35 |
1.0065 |
0.0878 |
251 |
1 |
150.35 |
2016-08-18 |
| 13. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
161.63 |
1.0883 |
0.0821 |
189 |
2 |
158.21 |
2015-10-28 |
| 14. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
152.24 |
1.0197 |
0.0743 |
204 |
1 |
152.24 |
2015-10-16 |
| 15. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
150.70 |
1.0106 |
0.0737 |
302 |
1 |
150.70 |
2015-10-21 |
| 16. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
155.53 |
1.0504 |
0.0715 |
225 |
2 |
142.49 |
2015-10-28 |
| 17. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
146.56 |
0.9836 |
0.0714 |
289 |
2 |
136.53 |
2015-08-24 |
| 18. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
155.34 |
1.0466 |
0.0714 |
230 |
1 |
155.34 |
2015-10-16 |
| 19. |
A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, ... |
144.02 |
0.9759 |
0.0688 |
325 |
1 |
144.02 |
2015-10-28 |
| 20. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
156.03 |
1.0476 |
0.0658 |
110 |
1 |
156.03 |
2015-02-24 |
| 21. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
162.87 |
1.1095 |
0.0654 |
252 |
3 |
151.91 |
2015-10-08 |
| 22. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
153.44 |
1.0411 |
0.0653 |
341 |
1 |
153.44 |
2015-10-16 |
| 23. |
If one day I could get out of here, I would allow myself to ... |
152.17 |
1.0345 |
0.0648 |
206 |
1 |
152.17 |
2015-10-28 |
| 24. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
148.27 |
1.0059 |
0.0627 |
283 |
1 |
148.27 |
2015-10-22 |
| 25. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
148.97 |
1.0125 |
0.0585 |
232 |
2 |
144.26 |
2015-10-28 |
| 26. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
150.79 |
1.0264 |
0.0549 |
191 |
1 |
150.79 |
2015-10-22 |
| 27. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
158.20 |
1.0845 |
0.0533 |
212 |
1 |
158.20 |
2015-10-22 |
| 28. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
155.86 |
1.0743 |
0.0493 |
297 |
2 |
145.56 |
2015-10-15 |
| 29. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
147.59 |
1.0086 |
0.0493 |
218 |
1 |
147.59 |
2014-04-16 |
| 30. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
154.28 |
1.0698 |
0.0484 |
303 |
3 |
140.97 |
2015-10-14 |
| 31. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
154.54 |
1.0617 |
0.0484 |
171 |
1 |
154.54 |
2015-10-28 |
| 32. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
145.13 |
1.0060 |
0.0392 |
225 |
2 |
138.34 |
2015-08-24 |
| 33. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
154.67 |
1.0755 |
0.0387 |
243 |
2 |
139.89 |
2014-04-10 |
| 34. |
Take my love, take my land, take me where I cannot stand. I ... |
146.87 |
1.0211 |
0.0331 |
176 |
1 |
146.87 |
2015-10-28 |
| 35. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
152.41 |
1.0638 |
0.0310 |
247 |
2 |
138.52 |
2014-08-01 |
| 36. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
143.30 |
1.0006 |
0.0308 |
311 |
1 |
143.30 |
2015-10-08 |
| 37. |
I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not ... |
159.57 |
1.1244 |
0.0279 |
164 |
1 |
159.57 |
2015-10-06 |
| 38. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
150.20 |
1.0697 |
0.0212 |
341 |
2 |
143.81 |
2014-04-16 |
| 39. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
151.12 |
1.0759 |
0.0174 |
273 |
1 |
151.12 |
2014-04-29 |
| 40. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
148.78 |
1.0472 |
0.0172 |
149 |
2 |
133.59 |
2014-08-24 |
| 41. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
149.68 |
1.0576 |
0.0170 |
231 |
1 |
149.68 |
2015-07-22 |
| 42. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
155.44 |
1.1062 |
0.0148 |
200 |
2 |
137.52 |
2015-10-28 |
| 43. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
153.51 |
1.0960 |
0.0133 |
315 |
2 |
142.25 |
2015-10-07 |
| 44. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
144.90 |
1.0288 |
0.0095 |
166 |
1 |
144.90 |
2015-10-12 |
| 45. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
136.34 |
0.9713 |
0.0083 |
193 |
1 |
136.34 |
2015-10-08 |
| 46. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
147.57 |
1.0524 |
0.0078 |
177 |
2 |
140.94 |
2015-08-24 |
| 47. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
138.71 |
0.9928 |
0.0044 |
293 |
2 |
128.84 |
2015-08-20 |
| 48. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
141.63 |
1.0115 |
0.0022 |
189 |
1 |
141.63 |
2015-10-28 |
| 49. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
146.37 |
1.0487 |
0.0021 |
253 |
1 |
146.37 |
2015-10-21 |
| 50. |
Three changes occur while the stacked disk structure equilib... |
128.03 |
0.9324 |
0.0018 |
440 |
1 |
128.03 |
2014-04-10 |
| 51. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
138.04 |
0.9807 |
0.0006 |
129 |
1 |
138.04 |
2014-04-09 |
| 52. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
136.95 |
0.9932 |
-0.0006 |
281 |
1 |
136.95 |
2015-09-18 |
| 53. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
146.82 |
1.0561 |
-0.0016 |
227 |
2 |
134.50 |
2015-08-27 |
| 54. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
143.03 |
1.0301 |
-0.0021 |
268 |
1 |
143.03 |
2014-04-11 |
| 55. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
147.74 |
1.0682 |
-0.0036 |
266 |
1 |
147.74 |
2014-04-09 |
| 56. |
You have two choices: you can keep running and hiding and bl... |
148.06 |
1.0722 |
-0.0071 |
164 |
1 |
148.06 |
2015-09-08 |
| 57. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
144.62 |
1.0529 |
-0.0091 |
373 |
1 |
144.62 |
2015-10-08 |
| 58. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
145.35 |
1.0585 |
-0.0097 |
226 |
2 |
134.96 |
2015-10-22 |
| 59. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
121.97 |
0.8925 |
-0.0098 |
293 |
1 |
121.97 |
2014-04-09 |
| 60. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
124.80 |
0.9068 |
-0.0114 |
212 |
1 |
124.80 |
2015-08-27 |
| 61. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
135.11 |
0.9884 |
-0.0135 |
267 |
1 |
135.11 |
2014-04-09 |
| 62. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
139.36 |
1.0181 |
-0.0141 |
276 |
1 |
139.36 |
2015-10-06 |
| 63. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
142.67 |
1.0432 |
-0.0161 |
276 |
1 |
142.67 |
2014-04-10 |
| 64. |
We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in t... |
139.38 |
1.0243 |
-0.0188 |
192 |
1 |
139.38 |
2015-10-07 |
| 65. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
122.00 |
0.8986 |
-0.0209 |
216 |
1 |
122.00 |
2014-04-17 |
| 66. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
127.59 |
0.9299 |
-0.0211 |
168 |
1 |
127.59 |
2014-04-10 |
| 67. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
141.35 |
1.0333 |
-0.0214 |
176 |
2 |
135.49 |
2015-10-08 |
| 68. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
132.55 |
0.9763 |
-0.0229 |
143 |
1 |
132.55 |
2015-02-24 |
| 69. |
Samatha is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, foc... |
139.90 |
1.0364 |
-0.0258 |
230 |
3 |
136.81 |
2015-10-08 |
| 70. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
136.86 |
1.0192 |
-0.0291 |
243 |
2 |
134.27 |
2015-10-15 |
| 71. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
138.38 |
1.0320 |
-0.0302 |
401 |
1 |
138.38 |
2015-02-24 |
| 72. |
Don't bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everythin... |
136.68 |
1.0136 |
-0.0305 |
240 |
2 |
134.08 |
2015-10-08 |
| 73. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
123.57 |
0.9243 |
-0.0332 |
240 |
1 |
123.57 |
2015-08-20 |
| 74. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
140.92 |
1.0498 |
-0.0347 |
261 |
1 |
140.92 |
2015-08-27 |
| 75. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
137.34 |
1.0267 |
-0.0355 |
261 |
1 |
137.34 |
2014-08-24 |
| 76. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
148.56 |
1.1070 |
-0.0386 |
265 |
1 |
148.56 |
2015-10-15 |
| 77. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
123.90 |
0.9377 |
-0.0393 |
198 |
2 |
119.60 |
2015-09-10 |
| 78. |
In the beginning there was only a small amount of injustice ... |
137.14 |
1.0419 |
-0.0454 |
224 |
1 |
137.14 |
2015-10-22 |
| 79. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
141.38 |
1.0601 |
-0.0459 |
256 |
1 |
141.38 |
2014-04-20 |
| 80. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
135.54 |
1.0243 |
-0.0461 |
153 |
2 |
133.77 |
2014-06-18 |
| 81. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
123.58 |
0.9424 |
-0.0505 |
320 |
1 |
123.58 |
2015-08-20 |
| 82. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
147.55 |
1.1093 |
-0.0533 |
220 |
1 |
147.55 |
2014-08-25 |
| 83. |
So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever s... |
144.83 |
1.1026 |
-0.0537 |
239 |
1 |
144.83 |
2015-10-12 |
| 84. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
142.63 |
1.0800 |
-0.0610 |
129 |
1 |
142.63 |
2015-10-07 |
| 85. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
136.42 |
1.0426 |
-0.0653 |
131 |
1 |
136.42 |
2015-09-10 |
| 86. |
Finally, gentlemen, there are people with an hereditary anim... |
119.23 |
0.9346 |
-0.0657 |
471 |
1 |
119.23 |
2015-08-20 |
| 87. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
132.29 |
1.0165 |
-0.0661 |
316 |
1 |
132.29 |
2014-04-16 |
| 88. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
128.25 |
0.9966 |
-0.0665 |
377 |
1 |
128.25 |
2014-08-24 |
| 89. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
132.77 |
1.0250 |
-0.0666 |
271 |
1 |
132.77 |
2014-04-15 |
| 90. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
133.94 |
1.0419 |
-0.0684 |
323 |
1 |
133.94 |
2015-09-18 |
| 91. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
135.35 |
1.0483 |
-0.0690 |
305 |
2 |
124.64 |
2014-05-26 |
| 92. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
134.95 |
1.0464 |
-0.0693 |
213 |
1 |
134.95 |
2014-05-26 |
| 93. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
127.75 |
0.9885 |
-0.0697 |
355 |
1 |
127.75 |
2014-08-27 |
| 94. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
126.07 |
0.9817 |
-0.0702 |
304 |
1 |
126.07 |
2014-05-04 |
| 95. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
138.74 |
1.0753 |
-0.0706 |
206 |
1 |
138.74 |
2014-04-10 |
| 96. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
135.11 |
1.0509 |
-0.0717 |
295 |
1 |
135.11 |
2014-08-27 |
| 97. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
127.58 |
0.9922 |
-0.0740 |
264 |
1 |
127.58 |
2014-04-15 |
| 98. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
143.05 |
1.1138 |
-0.0755 |
341 |
2 |
142.12 |
2015-02-24 |
| 99. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
135.06 |
1.0506 |
-0.0794 |
259 |
1 |
135.06 |
2015-09-03 |
| 100. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
136.23 |
1.0639 |
-0.0822 |
303 |
1 |
136.23 |
2014-04-10 |
| 101. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
132.32 |
1.0471 |
-0.0826 |
406 |
1 |
132.32 |
2015-01-31 |
| 102. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
130.28 |
1.0208 |
-0.0841 |
231 |
1 |
130.28 |
2015-09-16 |
| 103. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
134.38 |
1.0543 |
-0.0911 |
182 |
1 |
134.38 |
2014-04-09 |
| 104. |
We live in an age when people do more writing than they have... |
130.22 |
1.0342 |
-0.0938 |
280 |
1 |
130.22 |
2015-08-27 |
| 105. |
It's really hard to do nothing totally. Even just sitting he... |
132.21 |
1.0485 |
-0.0943 |
171 |
1 |
132.21 |
2016-08-18 |
| 106. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
138.51 |
1.0877 |
-0.0952 |
129 |
2 |
133.48 |
2015-08-20 |
| 107. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
123.99 |
0.9841 |
-0.0957 |
217 |
2 |
117.90 |
2014-04-09 |
| 108. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
124.16 |
0.9980 |
-0.0958 |
341 |
1 |
124.16 |
2014-08-25 |
| 109. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
118.14 |
0.9536 |
-0.0959 |
311 |
1 |
118.14 |
2014-04-14 |
| 110. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
130.62 |
1.0461 |
-0.1018 |
286 |
1 |
130.62 |
2014-04-16 |
| 111. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
118.13 |
0.9574 |
-0.1050 |
354 |
1 |
118.13 |
2014-04-09 |
| 112. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
137.09 |
1.0867 |
-0.1051 |
171 |
2 |
133.84 |
2014-04-17 |
| 113. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
127.19 |
1.0199 |
-0.1093 |
225 |
1 |
127.19 |
2014-04-09 |
| 114. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
123.16 |
1.0090 |
-0.1174 |
300 |
1 |
123.16 |
2014-07-22 |
| 115. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
121.33 |
0.9915 |
-0.1206 |
281 |
1 |
121.33 |
2014-04-09 |
| 116. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
126.90 |
1.0412 |
-0.1233 |
205 |
1 |
126.90 |
2014-04-09 |
| 117. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
130.05 |
1.0588 |
-0.1238 |
281 |
1 |
130.05 |
2014-08-01 |
| 118. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
134.16 |
1.0881 |
-0.1268 |
210 |
1 |
134.16 |
2014-04-09 |
| 119. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
125.16 |
1.0272 |
-0.1294 |
226 |
1 |
125.16 |
2014-04-16 |
| 120. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
124.82 |
1.0387 |
-0.1365 |
333 |
1 |
124.82 |
2014-04-09 |
| 121. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
131.39 |
1.0800 |
-0.1383 |
213 |
1 |
131.39 |
2014-04-09 |
| 122. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
124.25 |
1.0332 |
-0.1408 |
267 |
1 |
124.25 |
2015-08-20 |
| 123. |
When the light of life has gone, no change for the meter. Th... |
126.76 |
1.0543 |
-0.1424 |
233 |
1 |
126.76 |
2014-04-09 |
| 124. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
106.92 |
0.9070 |
-0.1440 |
192 |
1 |
106.92 |
2014-04-09 |
| 125. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
123.31 |
1.0291 |
-0.1445 |
240 |
1 |
123.31 |
2014-04-09 |
| 126. |
The day is made up of 24 hours and an infinite number of mom... |
125.34 |
1.0577 |
-0.1498 |
200 |
1 |
125.34 |
2015-08-20 |
| 127. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
118.39 |
1.0035 |
-0.1520 |
310 |
1 |
118.39 |
2014-04-09 |
| 128. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
120.21 |
1.0178 |
-0.1557 |
207 |
1 |
120.21 |
2014-04-09 |
| 129. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
115.32 |
0.9852 |
-0.1571 |
235 |
1 |
115.32 |
2014-04-13 |
| 130. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
108.11 |
0.9374 |
-0.1582 |
232 |
1 |
108.11 |
2014-04-09 |
| 131. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
114.23 |
0.9841 |
-0.1646 |
263 |
1 |
114.23 |
2014-04-09 |
| 132. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
122.51 |
1.0511 |
-0.1690 |
252 |
1 |
122.51 |
2014-04-16 |
| 133. |
Ultimately, this is not about solving your problems. It's ab... |
118.98 |
1.0390 |
-0.1788 |
260 |
1 |
118.98 |
2014-04-09 |
| 134. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
113.47 |
1.0227 |
-0.2009 |
378 |
1 |
113.47 |
2014-04-09 |
| 135. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
116.34 |
1.0464 |
-0.2052 |
294 |
1 |
116.34 |
2014-04-09 |
| 136. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
104.84 |
0.9681 |
-0.2095 |
392 |
1 |
104.84 |
2014-04-09 |
| 137. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
119.61 |
1.0836 |
-0.2208 |
206 |
1 |
119.61 |
2014-04-09 |
| 138. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
115.63 |
1.0543 |
-0.2214 |
360 |
1 |
115.63 |
2014-08-01 |
| 139. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
118.88 |
1.0777 |
-0.2251 |
226 |
1 |
118.88 |
2014-04-09 |
| 140. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
109.71 |
1.0125 |
-0.2297 |
171 |
1 |
109.71 |
2014-04-09 |