| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
171.05 |
1.0601 |
0.3351 |
256 |
1 |
171.05 |
2009-02-19 |
| 2. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
155.82 |
1.0529 |
0.2201 |
373 |
3 |
140.72 |
2010-01-20 |
| 3. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
155.07 |
1.1070 |
0.1584 |
265 |
1 |
155.07 |
2009-05-13 |
| 4. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
151.52 |
1.0106 |
0.2251 |
302 |
3 |
132.61 |
2009-03-30 |
| 5. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
151.17 |
1.0576 |
0.1751 |
231 |
2 |
145.24 |
2009-02-20 |
| 6. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
150.49 |
1.0414 |
0.1854 |
234 |
1 |
150.49 |
2009-02-19 |
| 7. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
148.89 |
1.0800 |
0.1324 |
129 |
1 |
148.89 |
2009-02-20 |
| 8. |
Earlier tonight I went out. I went out hard. I drank a lot o... |
148.39 |
1.0404 |
0.1710 |
554 |
1 |
148.39 |
2022-04-16 |
| 9. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
148.08 |
1.0557 |
0.1528 |
289 |
1 |
148.08 |
2009-02-19 |
| 10. |
There are but two types of men who desire war: those who hav... |
144.96 |
1.0726 |
0.1118 |
256 |
1 |
144.96 |
2022-12-26 |
| 11. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
144.77 |
1.0427 |
0.1381 |
269 |
1 |
144.77 |
2009-02-19 |
| 12. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
143.93 |
1.0404 |
0.1353 |
406 |
1 |
143.93 |
2009-02-19 |
| 13. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
143.34 |
1.0270 |
0.1434 |
303 |
1 |
143.34 |
2009-02-19 |
| 14. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
143.05 |
1.0960 |
0.0721 |
315 |
2 |
135.68 |
2009-02-20 |
| 15. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
142.73 |
1.1086 |
0.0550 |
233 |
1 |
142.73 |
2009-02-19 |
| 16. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
142.42 |
1.0873 |
0.0727 |
243 |
3 |
117.97 |
2010-04-27 |
| 17. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
142.22 |
1.0901 |
0.0707 |
288 |
2 |
130.00 |
2009-02-21 |
| 18. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
141.74 |
1.0320 |
0.1260 |
401 |
2 |
123.80 |
2009-02-20 |
| 19. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
139.79 |
1.0682 |
0.0724 |
266 |
1 |
139.79 |
2009-02-19 |
| 20. |
Do you think there is the possibility of you and I? In this ... |
139.67 |
1.0544 |
0.0822 |
473 |
1 |
139.67 |
2022-04-14 |
| 21. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
138.75 |
0.9632 |
0.1690 |
287 |
1 |
138.75 |
2009-02-19 |
| 22. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
138.74 |
0.9890 |
0.1445 |
272 |
2 |
129.13 |
2009-02-20 |
| 23. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
136.45 |
1.0094 |
0.1035 |
256 |
2 |
120.70 |
2009-02-19 |
| 24. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
136.30 |
1.0638 |
0.0467 |
247 |
2 |
125.98 |
2009-02-19 |
| 25. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
135.90 |
1.0165 |
0.0921 |
316 |
1 |
135.90 |
2009-02-19 |
| 26. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
134.46 |
1.0059 |
0.0915 |
283 |
1 |
134.46 |
2009-06-13 |
| 27. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
133.78 |
0.9636 |
0.1262 |
281 |
2 |
127.08 |
2009-02-19 |
| 28. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
133.72 |
1.0272 |
0.0624 |
226 |
1 |
133.72 |
2009-02-19 |
| 29. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
133.40 |
1.0567 |
0.0308 |
314 |
1 |
133.40 |
2009-02-20 |
| 30. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
133.07 |
1.0736 |
0.0121 |
350 |
2 |
129.86 |
2009-02-19 |
| 31. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
132.36 |
0.9957 |
0.0838 |
323 |
1 |
132.36 |
2009-02-19 |
| 32. |
We're sorry skeletons, you're so misunderstood. You only wan... |
131.74 |
0.9217 |
0.1191 |
235 |
1 |
131.74 |
2022-04-16 |
| 33. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
130.92 |
0.9400 |
0.1287 |
434 |
1 |
130.92 |
2009-02-19 |
| 34. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
130.90 |
1.0135 |
0.0555 |
358 |
2 |
121.73 |
2009-02-19 |
| 35. |
Written in these walls are the stories that I can't explain.... |
130.66 |
1.0561 |
0.0073 |
411 |
1 |
130.66 |
2022-12-26 |
| 36. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
130.42 |
0.9503 |
0.1115 |
211 |
1 |
130.42 |
2009-02-19 |
| 37. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
129.85 |
0.9787 |
0.0817 |
364 |
1 |
129.85 |
2009-02-19 |
| 38. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
129.13 |
1.0686 |
-0.0150 |
354 |
1 |
129.13 |
2009-02-20 |
| 39. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
127.68 |
0.9698 |
0.0726 |
389 |
1 |
127.68 |
2009-02-19 |
| 40. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
126.60 |
1.0432 |
-0.0117 |
276 |
1 |
126.60 |
2009-02-19 |
| 41. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
126.54 |
0.9809 |
0.0495 |
209 |
1 |
126.54 |
2009-02-19 |
| 42. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
126.45 |
1.0464 |
-0.0145 |
294 |
1 |
126.45 |
2009-02-20 |
| 43. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
126.20 |
1.0250 |
0.0051 |
271 |
1 |
126.20 |
2009-02-19 |
| 44. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
125.77 |
1.0035 |
0.0216 |
310 |
1 |
125.77 |
2009-02-19 |
| 45. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
125.61 |
1.0028 |
0.0206 |
259 |
1 |
125.61 |
2009-02-19 |
| 46. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
125.48 |
1.0387 |
-0.0144 |
333 |
1 |
125.48 |
2009-02-19 |
| 47. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
125.02 |
0.9228 |
0.0981 |
305 |
1 |
125.02 |
2009-02-20 |
| 48. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
124.96 |
0.9206 |
0.0987 |
317 |
1 |
124.96 |
2009-02-19 |
| 49. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
124.82 |
0.9561 |
0.0628 |
362 |
1 |
124.82 |
2009-02-19 |
| 50. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
124.73 |
0.9162 |
0.1013 |
401 |
2 |
123.09 |
2009-02-19 |
| 51. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
124.00 |
0.9609 |
0.0522 |
331 |
2 |
116.22 |
2009-02-19 |
| 52. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
123.77 |
1.0189 |
-0.0093 |
290 |
2 |
118.24 |
2009-02-20 |
| 53. |
All beauty comes from beautiful blood and a beautiful brain.... |
123.48 |
0.9864 |
0.0218 |
297 |
1 |
123.48 |
2022-12-26 |
| 54. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
123.17 |
1.0033 |
0.0006 |
203 |
1 |
123.17 |
2009-02-19 |
| 55. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
122.93 |
0.9915 |
0.0106 |
281 |
1 |
122.93 |
2009-02-19 |
| 56. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
122.74 |
0.8666 |
0.1333 |
206 |
1 |
122.74 |
2009-02-19 |
| 57. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
122.73 |
0.8794 |
0.1234 |
427 |
1 |
122.73 |
2009-02-19 |
| 58. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
122.35 |
1.0351 |
-0.0364 |
276 |
1 |
122.35 |
2009-02-19 |
| 59. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
121.97 |
0.9719 |
0.0245 |
383 |
1 |
121.97 |
2009-02-19 |
| 60. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
121.84 |
1.0481 |
-0.0582 |
255 |
1 |
121.84 |
2009-02-19 |
| 61. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
121.77 |
0.9650 |
0.0289 |
347 |
1 |
121.77 |
2009-02-19 |
| 62. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
121.51 |
1.0350 |
-0.0355 |
416 |
1 |
121.51 |
2011-03-11 |
| 63. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
121.33 |
0.9709 |
0.0178 |
264 |
1 |
121.33 |
2009-02-19 |
| 64. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
121.17 |
0.9574 |
0.0318 |
354 |
1 |
121.17 |
2009-02-19 |
| 65. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
121.12 |
0.9780 |
0.0070 |
173 |
1 |
121.12 |
2009-02-19 |
| 66. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
120.99 |
1.0582 |
-0.0733 |
180 |
2 |
115.32 |
2009-02-19 |
| 67. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
120.95 |
1.0341 |
-0.0480 |
273 |
1 |
120.95 |
2009-02-19 |
| 68. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
120.46 |
0.9852 |
-0.0032 |
235 |
1 |
120.46 |
2009-02-19 |
| 69. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
119.58 |
0.9833 |
-0.0071 |
387 |
1 |
119.58 |
2009-02-21 |
| 70. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
119.56 |
0.8986 |
0.0764 |
216 |
2 |
108.95 |
2009-02-19 |
| 71. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
119.32 |
0.9864 |
-0.0124 |
292 |
1 |
119.32 |
2009-02-20 |
| 72. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
119.07 |
1.0617 |
-0.0906 |
171 |
1 |
119.07 |
2009-02-19 |
| 73. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
119.07 |
1.0267 |
-0.0543 |
261 |
2 |
97.01 |
2009-06-13 |
| 74. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
118.16 |
0.9068 |
0.0564 |
212 |
1 |
118.16 |
2009-05-13 |
| 75. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
117.75 |
1.1198 |
-0.1601 |
247 |
1 |
117.75 |
2009-02-19 |
| 76. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
116.92 |
0.9271 |
0.0259 |
295 |
2 |
113.55 |
2009-02-20 |
| 77. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
116.82 |
0.9357 |
0.0161 |
204 |
1 |
116.82 |
2009-02-19 |
| 78. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
116.64 |
0.8993 |
0.0529 |
366 |
1 |
116.64 |
2009-02-20 |
| 79. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
116.64 |
0.9135 |
0.0407 |
393 |
1 |
116.64 |
2009-05-13 |
| 80. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
116.55 |
0.9678 |
-0.0169 |
392 |
1 |
116.55 |
2009-02-19 |
| 81. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
115.84 |
1.0128 |
-0.0665 |
369 |
1 |
115.84 |
2009-02-19 |
| 82. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
115.71 |
1.0057 |
-0.0612 |
382 |
1 |
115.71 |
2009-05-13 |
| 83. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
115.03 |
1.0101 |
-0.0714 |
336 |
1 |
115.03 |
2009-02-20 |
| 84. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
114.70 |
0.9658 |
-0.0298 |
308 |
2 |
114.13 |
2009-02-19 |
| 85. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
114.50 |
1.0181 |
-0.0844 |
276 |
1 |
114.50 |
2009-02-19 |
| 86. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
114.29 |
1.0082 |
-0.0779 |
212 |
1 |
114.29 |
2009-02-19 |
| 87. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
114.24 |
0.8887 |
0.0522 |
464 |
1 |
114.24 |
2009-02-20 |
| 88. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
113.92 |
1.0426 |
-0.1153 |
131 |
1 |
113.92 |
2009-02-19 |
| 89. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
113.44 |
1.0227 |
-0.0959 |
378 |
1 |
113.44 |
2010-04-27 |
| 90. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
113.27 |
0.9745 |
-0.0506 |
388 |
1 |
113.27 |
2009-02-19 |
| 91. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
113.23 |
0.9425 |
-0.0194 |
248 |
1 |
113.23 |
2009-02-19 |
| 92. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
113.13 |
0.8986 |
0.0230 |
205 |
1 |
113.13 |
2009-02-19 |
| 93. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
112.95 |
0.9762 |
-0.0546 |
249 |
3 |
107.29 |
2009-02-20 |
| 94. |
Certainly the determining acts of her life were not ideally ... |
112.79 |
1.0113 |
-0.0902 |
288 |
1 |
112.79 |
2022-12-26 |
| 95. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
111.59 |
0.9392 |
-0.0271 |
360 |
1 |
111.59 |
2009-02-19 |
| 96. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
111.21 |
0.9541 |
-0.0483 |
236 |
1 |
111.21 |
2009-02-19 |
| 97. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
110.95 |
1.0877 |
-0.1855 |
129 |
1 |
110.95 |
2009-02-19 |
| 98. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
110.16 |
1.0561 |
-0.1591 |
227 |
1 |
110.16 |
2009-02-19 |
| 99. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
110.04 |
0.9027 |
-0.0062 |
189 |
1 |
110.04 |
2009-02-20 |
| 100. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
109.73 |
0.9594 |
-0.0657 |
258 |
2 |
108.33 |
2009-02-19 |
| 101. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
108.42 |
1.0466 |
-0.1627 |
230 |
1 |
108.42 |
2009-03-30 |
| 102. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
108.20 |
0.8986 |
-0.0144 |
363 |
1 |
108.20 |
2009-02-19 |
| 103. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
108.10 |
0.9673 |
-0.0862 |
292 |
1 |
108.10 |
2009-02-19 |
| 104. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
107.73 |
1.0498 |
-0.1723 |
261 |
1 |
107.73 |
2009-02-19 |
| 105. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
107.60 |
0.9849 |
-0.1081 |
337 |
1 |
107.60 |
2009-02-19 |
| 106. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
107.31 |
0.9839 |
-0.1095 |
308 |
1 |
107.31 |
2009-02-19 |
| 107. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
107.28 |
0.9836 |
-0.1088 |
289 |
1 |
107.28 |
2009-02-19 |
| 108. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
106.55 |
1.0588 |
-0.1898 |
281 |
1 |
106.55 |
2010-01-20 |
| 109. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
106.41 |
0.9604 |
-0.0936 |
285 |
1 |
106.41 |
2009-02-19 |
| 110. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
105.91 |
0.8936 |
-0.0311 |
346 |
2 |
104.73 |
2009-02-19 |
| 111. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
105.89 |
0.9869 |
-0.1244 |
193 |
1 |
105.89 |
2009-05-13 |
| 112. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
104.82 |
0.9380 |
-0.0846 |
284 |
1 |
104.82 |
2009-02-20 |
| 113. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
102.87 |
1.0462 |
-0.2066 |
340 |
1 |
102.87 |
2009-02-19 |
| 114. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
102.56 |
1.0199 |
-0.1862 |
225 |
1 |
102.56 |
2009-02-21 |
| 115. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
102.45 |
0.9119 |
-0.0759 |
396 |
1 |
102.45 |
2009-02-19 |
| 116. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
100.49 |
1.0881 |
-0.2711 |
210 |
1 |
100.49 |
2009-02-19 |
| 117. |
I was never more hated than when I tried to be honest. Or wh... |
99.21 |
1.0268 |
-0.2183 |
164 |
1 |
99.21 |
2022-04-16 |
| 118. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
98.68 |
1.0540 |
-0.2517 |
184 |
1 |
98.68 |
2009-02-19 |
| 119. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
94.80 |
1.0095 |
-0.2386 |
211 |
1 |
94.80 |
2009-02-19 |
| 120. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
94.35 |
0.9143 |
-0.1453 |
300 |
1 |
94.35 |
2009-05-13 |
| 121. |
I just watched the man that I love go to prison so that none... |
93.29 |
1.1048 |
-0.3469 |
153 |
1 |
93.29 |
2022-12-26 |
| 122. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
90.06 |
0.9928 |
-0.2593 |
293 |
1 |
90.06 |
2009-02-19 |
| 123. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
87.60 |
0.9346 |
-0.2223 |
211 |
1 |
87.60 |
2009-02-19 |
| 124. |
If only you'd attached my legs, I wouldn't be in this ridicu... |
87.12 |
0.9274 |
-0.2199 |
162 |
1 |
87.12 |
2022-12-26 |
| 125. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
68.80 |
0.9183 |
-0.3586 |
308 |
1 |
68.80 |
2010-01-20 |