| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
52.24 |
1.1114 |
-1.1270 |
247 |
1 |
52.24 |
2014-08-12 |
| 2. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
48.22 |
0.9884 |
-0.9970 |
262 |
1 |
48.22 |
2014-08-12 |
| 3. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
44.19 |
1.0445 |
-1.0565 |
373 |
1 |
44.19 |
2014-08-12 |
| 4. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
43.94 |
0.9047 |
-0.9245 |
118 |
1 |
43.94 |
2014-08-12 |
| 5. |
First of all, you must be comfortable, otherwise it will be ... |
42.52 |
0.9831 |
-0.9986 |
222 |
1 |
42.52 |
2014-08-12 |
| 6. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
42.23 |
0.8559 |
-0.8680 |
191 |
3 |
29.61 |
2014-08-12 |
| 7. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
40.86 |
1.0523 |
-1.0695 |
256 |
1 |
40.86 |
2011-08-16 |
| 8. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
40.13 |
0.9893 |
-1.0021 |
323 |
1 |
40.13 |
2021-02-06 |
| 9. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
39.25 |
0.7877 |
-0.7960 |
142 |
1 |
39.25 |
2014-08-12 |
| 10. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
39.16 |
1.0252 |
-1.0446 |
176 |
1 |
39.16 |
2015-06-24 |
| 11. |
The label doesn't mention that that rib-eye steak came from ... |
38.19 |
0.7731 |
-0.7840 |
145 |
1 |
38.19 |
2011-08-22 |
| 12. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
37.94 |
0.8190 |
-0.8249 |
135 |
1 |
37.94 |
2011-08-16 |
| 13. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
37.64 |
1.0917 |
-1.0811 |
243 |
2 |
35.23 |
2011-08-24 |
| 14. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
37.44 |
0.9795 |
-0.9924 |
308 |
1 |
37.44 |
2015-06-24 |
| 15. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
36.15 |
0.8791 |
-0.8929 |
190 |
1 |
36.15 |
2011-08-22 |
| 16. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
35.96 |
0.9226 |
-0.9317 |
177 |
2 |
28.57 |
2011-08-16 |
| 17. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
35.83 |
0.8956 |
-0.9059 |
217 |
1 |
35.83 |
2011-08-22 |
| 18. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
35.35 |
0.9673 |
-0.9409 |
232 |
1 |
35.35 |
2011-08-22 |
| 19. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
34.62 |
0.9485 |
-0.9597 |
236 |
1 |
34.62 |
2011-08-22 |
| 20. |
The time has come for man to plant the seed of his highest h... |
32.86 |
0.8953 |
-0.9077 |
193 |
2 |
30.97 |
2010-02-08 |
| 21. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
32.20 |
0.9266 |
-0.9377 |
278 |
3 |
27.04 |
2010-03-05 |
| 22. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
31.87 |
0.9907 |
-1.0052 |
211 |
2 |
28.46 |
2010-02-08 |
| 23. |
You have to be a fairly determined ecological detective to f... |
31.66 |
0.8994 |
-0.9102 |
188 |
1 |
31.66 |
2011-09-14 |
| 24. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
31.37 |
0.8360 |
-0.8497 |
170 |
1 |
31.37 |
2010-01-12 |
| 25. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
30.91 |
0.9396 |
-0.9552 |
119 |
1 |
30.91 |
2011-08-24 |
| 26. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
30.44 |
1.0444 |
-1.0639 |
197 |
1 |
30.44 |
2010-01-12 |
| 27. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
30.42 |
0.8747 |
-0.8921 |
201 |
1 |
30.42 |
2009-12-31 |
| 28. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
30.24 |
0.9532 |
-0.9674 |
258 |
1 |
30.24 |
2010-02-08 |
| 29. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
29.94 |
0.9758 |
-0.9880 |
314 |
1 |
29.94 |
2010-02-17 |
| 30. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
29.90 |
0.8910 |
-0.9022 |
150 |
2 |
26.54 |
2010-01-12 |
| 31. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
29.84 |
0.9820 |
-0.9947 |
274 |
1 |
29.84 |
2010-01-13 |
| 32. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
29.43 |
0.9233 |
-0.9445 |
168 |
3 |
25.60 |
2010-03-05 |
| 33. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
29.39 |
0.9068 |
-0.9167 |
269 |
1 |
29.39 |
2011-08-24 |
| 34. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
29.33 |
0.8792 |
-0.8828 |
296 |
1 |
29.33 |
2010-01-13 |
| 35. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
29.09 |
1.0365 |
-1.0195 |
162 |
2 |
23.46 |
2010-01-12 |
| 36. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
29.02 |
0.7690 |
-0.7803 |
142 |
1 |
29.02 |
2009-12-10 |
| 37. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
28.97 |
0.8773 |
-0.8867 |
205 |
1 |
28.97 |
2010-01-13 |
| 38. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
28.69 |
0.9251 |
-0.9330 |
177 |
1 |
28.69 |
2009-12-30 |
| 39. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
28.43 |
0.9048 |
-0.9131 |
271 |
1 |
28.43 |
2010-01-12 |
| 40. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
28.34 |
0.7852 |
-0.7922 |
149 |
3 |
24.27 |
2009-12-31 |
| 41. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
28.27 |
0.8941 |
-0.9050 |
216 |
1 |
28.27 |
2010-02-08 |
| 42. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
28.11 |
0.8996 |
-0.9180 |
192 |
1 |
28.11 |
2010-01-12 |
| 43. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
27.96 |
0.9941 |
-1.0094 |
217 |
1 |
27.96 |
2009-12-15 |
| 44. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
27.66 |
1.0349 |
-1.0485 |
234 |
1 |
27.66 |
2009-07-10 |
| 45. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
27.59 |
1.0004 |
-1.0194 |
212 |
1 |
27.59 |
2010-01-14 |
| 46. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
27.51 |
1.0173 |
-0.9860 |
268 |
1 |
27.51 |
2010-01-12 |
| 47. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
27.39 |
0.7352 |
-0.7482 |
106 |
1 |
27.39 |
2009-12-15 |
| 48. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
27.26 |
0.9500 |
-0.9607 |
362 |
1 |
27.26 |
2010-01-12 |
| 49. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
27.22 |
0.9202 |
-0.9338 |
254 |
1 |
27.22 |
2009-12-30 |
| 50. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
27.15 |
1.0214 |
-1.0360 |
269 |
1 |
27.15 |
2011-08-24 |
| 51. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
26.79 |
0.9263 |
-0.9357 |
188 |
1 |
26.79 |
2009-12-31 |
| 52. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
26.65 |
0.9529 |
-0.9252 |
269 |
1 |
26.65 |
2010-01-13 |
| 53. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
26.26 |
0.7934 |
-0.8071 |
134 |
2 |
25.47 |
2009-12-16 |
| 54. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
26.23 |
0.8615 |
-0.8743 |
110 |
1 |
26.23 |
2010-02-17 |
| 55. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
26.09 |
0.9559 |
-0.9661 |
195 |
1 |
26.09 |
2009-12-10 |
| 56. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
26.06 |
0.8551 |
-0.8691 |
171 |
1 |
26.06 |
2009-12-03 |
| 57. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
26.06 |
0.7938 |
-0.8057 |
176 |
1 |
26.06 |
2009-07-10 |
| 58. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
25.95 |
0.8899 |
-0.8917 |
293 |
1 |
25.95 |
2010-01-13 |
| 59. |
As civilizations grew, humans spread out across the face of ... |
25.87 |
0.9418 |
-0.9491 |
188 |
1 |
25.87 |
2009-12-31 |
| 60. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
25.78 |
1.0565 |
-1.0720 |
247 |
1 |
25.78 |
2009-12-07 |
| 61. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
25.76 |
0.9649 |
-0.9789 |
193 |
1 |
25.76 |
2009-12-31 |
| 62. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
25.67 |
1.0029 |
-1.0222 |
209 |
2 |
25.59 |
2009-12-31 |
| 63. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
25.59 |
1.0337 |
-1.0472 |
214 |
1 |
25.59 |
2009-12-15 |
| 64. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
25.59 |
0.8810 |
-0.8931 |
282 |
1 |
25.59 |
2009-12-24 |
| 65. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
25.38 |
0.9351 |
-0.9535 |
190 |
1 |
25.38 |
2010-01-12 |
| 66. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
25.29 |
1.0261 |
-1.0409 |
273 |
1 |
25.29 |
2010-01-12 |
| 67. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
25.23 |
0.9350 |
-0.9471 |
195 |
2 |
24.86 |
2009-12-15 |
| 68. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
25.18 |
0.8890 |
-0.9055 |
199 |
1 |
25.18 |
2010-01-12 |
| 69. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
25.02 |
1.0528 |
-1.0707 |
201 |
1 |
25.02 |
2009-12-10 |
| 70. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
24.91 |
0.8722 |
-0.8822 |
285 |
1 |
24.91 |
2010-01-13 |
| 71. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
24.91 |
0.8700 |
-0.8836 |
127 |
1 |
24.91 |
2009-12-10 |
| 72. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
24.91 |
1.0547 |
-1.0329 |
257 |
1 |
24.91 |
2011-09-14 |
| 73. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
24.91 |
0.8153 |
-0.8234 |
200 |
2 |
19.28 |
2009-12-02 |
| 74. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
24.77 |
0.8936 |
-0.9081 |
127 |
1 |
24.77 |
2009-12-01 |
| 75. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
24.62 |
0.9572 |
-0.9712 |
201 |
1 |
24.62 |
2009-12-10 |
| 76. |
Through intensive training and psychological manipulation, a... |
24.40 |
0.8073 |
-0.8187 |
173 |
1 |
24.40 |
2009-12-30 |
| 77. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
24.26 |
1.0487 |
-1.0666 |
231 |
1 |
24.26 |
2009-12-15 |
| 78. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
23.94 |
0.8125 |
-0.8229 |
197 |
1 |
23.94 |
2009-12-01 |
| 79. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
23.49 |
0.8709 |
-0.8759 |
202 |
1 |
23.49 |
2009-12-24 |
| 80. |
Desktop publishing revolutionized the creation of printed do... |
23.32 |
0.8023 |
-0.8098 |
182 |
2 |
23.06 |
2009-12-02 |
| 81. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
23.14 |
0.7916 |
-0.7968 |
184 |
1 |
23.14 |
2009-12-01 |
| 82. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
23.04 |
1.0679 |
-1.0605 |
177 |
1 |
23.04 |
2009-12-01 |
| 83. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
22.93 |
0.7375 |
-0.7472 |
148 |
1 |
22.93 |
2009-11-30 |
| 84. |
This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immo... |
22.67 |
0.8244 |
-0.8357 |
73 |
1 |
22.67 |
2009-11-30 |
| 85. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
22.66 |
0.8142 |
-0.8327 |
187 |
1 |
22.66 |
2009-12-10 |
| 86. |
Jay earned himself a promotion to lieutenant on the strength... |
22.64 |
0.8122 |
-0.8227 |
181 |
2 |
22.42 |
2009-12-25 |
| 87. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
22.46 |
0.9786 |
-0.9967 |
193 |
2 |
22.15 |
2009-12-03 |
| 88. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
22.23 |
0.9731 |
-0.9985 |
129 |
2 |
19.93 |
2009-11-30 |
| 89. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
22.11 |
0.8275 |
-0.8402 |
142 |
1 |
22.11 |
2009-12-10 |
| 90. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
20.23 |
0.7839 |
-0.7912 |
257 |
1 |
20.23 |
2009-12-01 |
| 91. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
20.15 |
1.0799 |
-1.0965 |
243 |
1 |
20.15 |
2009-12-31 |
| 92. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
19.23 |
0.8152 |
-0.8279 |
163 |
1 |
19.23 |
2009-12-02 |
| 93. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
18.35 |
1.0521 |
-1.0698 |
171 |
1 |
18.35 |
2009-12-03 |
| 94. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
18.13 |
0.8975 |
-0.9099 |
268 |
1 |
18.13 |
2009-12-02 |
| 95. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
17.66 |
0.9682 |
-0.9830 |
143 |
1 |
17.66 |
2009-12-01 |
| 96. |
The intelligent person is able to identify a problem and fin... |
12.70 |
0.8157 |
-0.8289 |
121 |
1 |
12.70 |
2009-11-30 |