| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
112.24 |
1.0218 |
-1.0357 |
268 |
1 |
112.24 |
2009-11-16 |
| 2. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
111.66 |
1.0799 |
-1.0945 |
243 |
2 |
102.22 |
2009-11-10 |
| 3. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
109.01 |
1.0214 |
-1.0371 |
166 |
1 |
109.01 |
2013-12-27 |
| 4. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
108.03 |
1.0183 |
-1.0336 |
191 |
2 |
102.25 |
2010-03-26 |
| 5. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
106.85 |
1.0124 |
-1.0260 |
204 |
1 |
106.85 |
2009-11-13 |
| 6. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
105.72 |
0.9756 |
-0.9888 |
229 |
2 |
94.18 |
2009-10-25 |
| 7. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
104.88 |
0.9941 |
-1.0082 |
217 |
1 |
104.88 |
2009-11-16 |
| 8. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
103.99 |
1.0445 |
-1.0552 |
373 |
1 |
103.99 |
2009-11-16 |
| 9. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
103.72 |
0.9376 |
-0.9461 |
367 |
2 |
96.66 |
2010-03-26 |
| 10. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
103.09 |
1.0496 |
-1.0625 |
314 |
3 |
95.36 |
2009-11-13 |
| 11. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
102.33 |
0.9266 |
-0.9392 |
267 |
1 |
102.33 |
2010-09-26 |
| 12. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
100.73 |
1.0883 |
-1.0680 |
303 |
1 |
100.73 |
2010-09-26 |
| 13. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
100.09 |
1.0361 |
-1.0476 |
269 |
1 |
100.09 |
2009-10-23 |
| 14. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
99.97 |
1.0521 |
-1.0667 |
171 |
1 |
99.97 |
2009-03-27 |
| 15. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
99.67 |
1.0441 |
-1.0553 |
252 |
2 |
93.25 |
2013-12-27 |
| 16. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
99.54 |
1.0074 |
-1.0196 |
242 |
1 |
99.54 |
2010-09-26 |
| 17. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
99.12 |
1.0462 |
-1.0624 |
184 |
1 |
99.12 |
2009-10-23 |
| 18. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
98.97 |
1.0679 |
-1.0572 |
177 |
1 |
98.97 |
2010-06-22 |
| 19. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
98.30 |
0.9171 |
-0.9314 |
165 |
1 |
98.30 |
2010-06-22 |
| 20. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
98.01 |
0.9936 |
-1.0063 |
311 |
1 |
98.01 |
2013-12-27 |
| 21. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
97.85 |
1.0197 |
-1.0340 |
226 |
1 |
97.85 |
2010-06-22 |
| 22. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
97.47 |
0.9612 |
-0.9729 |
256 |
1 |
97.47 |
2009-03-27 |
| 23. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
96.88 |
0.9943 |
-1.0061 |
373 |
1 |
96.88 |
2009-11-16 |
| 24. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
96.68 |
0.9127 |
-0.9272 |
252 |
1 |
96.68 |
2009-11-10 |
| 25. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
96.39 |
1.0347 |
-1.0253 |
550 |
1 |
96.39 |
2010-03-26 |
| 26. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
95.11 |
1.0038 |
-0.9851 |
237 |
1 |
95.11 |
2013-12-27 |
| 27. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
94.69 |
0.9682 |
-0.9827 |
143 |
1 |
94.69 |
2009-11-16 |
| 28. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
94.54 |
0.9843 |
-0.9996 |
234 |
2 |
80.42 |
2009-03-27 |
| 29. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
93.93 |
1.0477 |
-1.0586 |
360 |
1 |
93.93 |
2009-10-25 |
| 30. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
93.70 |
1.0073 |
-1.0142 |
369 |
1 |
93.70 |
2009-10-23 |
| 31. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
93.27 |
0.9411 |
-0.9521 |
318 |
2 |
90.64 |
2010-09-26 |
| 32. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
92.92 |
1.0165 |
-1.0269 |
392 |
1 |
92.92 |
2009-10-23 |
| 33. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
92.90 |
1.0203 |
-1.0293 |
261 |
1 |
92.90 |
2010-09-26 |
| 34. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
92.89 |
0.9884 |
-1.0018 |
233 |
2 |
91.49 |
2010-03-26 |
| 35. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
92.80 |
0.9833 |
-0.9946 |
355 |
1 |
92.80 |
2009-10-25 |
| 36. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
92.80 |
0.8841 |
-0.8934 |
194 |
1 |
92.80 |
2010-06-22 |
| 37. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
92.38 |
1.0053 |
-1.0185 |
232 |
1 |
92.38 |
2009-11-10 |
| 38. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
92.18 |
0.9286 |
-0.9420 |
194 |
1 |
92.18 |
2009-03-27 |
| 39. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
91.43 |
1.0320 |
-1.0061 |
293 |
1 |
91.43 |
2009-10-21 |
| 40. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
91.37 |
1.0328 |
-1.0097 |
356 |
1 |
91.37 |
2009-10-25 |
| 41. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
91.37 |
0.9266 |
-0.9398 |
278 |
1 |
91.37 |
2009-03-27 |
| 42. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
90.44 |
1.0340 |
-1.0431 |
406 |
3 |
87.89 |
2009-11-10 |
| 43. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
90.28 |
1.0060 |
-1.0217 |
171 |
1 |
90.28 |
2009-10-21 |
| 44. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
89.91 |
0.9697 |
-0.9810 |
249 |
1 |
89.91 |
2010-06-22 |
| 45. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
89.87 |
0.8722 |
-0.8822 |
285 |
2 |
87.71 |
2009-11-10 |
| 46. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
89.80 |
1.1081 |
-1.0849 |
206 |
1 |
89.80 |
2013-12-27 |
| 47. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
89.72 |
1.0534 |
-1.0646 |
357 |
1 |
89.72 |
2009-11-13 |
| 48. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
89.36 |
0.9649 |
-0.9776 |
193 |
2 |
88.89 |
2013-12-27 |
| 49. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
89.06 |
0.9965 |
-1.0084 |
277 |
1 |
89.06 |
2009-03-27 |
| 50. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
89.00 |
0.9865 |
-0.9980 |
276 |
1 |
89.00 |
2009-03-27 |
| 51. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
88.87 |
0.9922 |
-0.9656 |
341 |
1 |
88.87 |
2009-11-10 |
| 52. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
88.63 |
0.9754 |
-0.9835 |
362 |
1 |
88.63 |
2009-10-23 |
| 53. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
88.61 |
1.0444 |
-1.0616 |
197 |
2 |
82.41 |
2009-10-21 |
| 54. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
87.96 |
1.0095 |
-1.0222 |
316 |
1 |
87.96 |
2009-10-23 |
| 55. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
87.94 |
0.9068 |
-0.9180 |
269 |
1 |
87.94 |
2009-03-27 |
| 56. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
87.68 |
1.0261 |
-1.0014 |
410 |
1 |
87.68 |
2013-12-27 |
| 57. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
87.32 |
1.0787 |
-1.0913 |
237 |
2 |
84.81 |
2009-03-27 |
| 58. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
87.32 |
0.9553 |
-0.9623 |
430 |
1 |
87.32 |
2009-10-23 |
| 59. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
87.06 |
0.9769 |
-0.9906 |
263 |
1 |
87.06 |
2009-11-10 |
| 60. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
87.03 |
1.0154 |
-0.9800 |
351 |
1 |
87.03 |
2009-10-21 |
| 61. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
86.95 |
0.8077 |
-0.8212 |
167 |
1 |
86.95 |
2010-09-26 |
| 62. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
86.63 |
0.9894 |
-0.9986 |
323 |
1 |
86.63 |
2013-12-27 |
| 63. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
86.26 |
0.9212 |
-0.9317 |
323 |
2 |
82.48 |
2010-06-22 |
| 64. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
86.23 |
0.9005 |
-0.9125 |
212 |
1 |
86.23 |
2009-10-25 |
| 65. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
85.89 |
0.9758 |
-0.9879 |
314 |
1 |
85.89 |
2009-10-23 |
| 66. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
85.62 |
0.9811 |
-0.9910 |
272 |
2 |
79.81 |
2009-03-27 |
| 67. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
85.38 |
0.9965 |
-1.0107 |
168 |
1 |
85.38 |
2009-10-25 |
| 68. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
85.29 |
1.0251 |
-1.0383 |
261 |
1 |
85.29 |
2009-03-27 |
| 69. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
84.95 |
0.8958 |
-0.9048 |
322 |
1 |
84.95 |
2009-11-10 |
| 70. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
84.90 |
0.9597 |
-0.9693 |
347 |
2 |
84.05 |
2009-10-23 |
| 71. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
84.86 |
1.0252 |
-1.0414 |
176 |
1 |
84.86 |
2009-03-27 |
| 72. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
84.68 |
0.9965 |
-1.0095 |
310 |
1 |
84.68 |
2009-11-10 |
| 73. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
84.64 |
0.8602 |
-0.8733 |
206 |
3 |
78.14 |
2013-12-27 |
| 74. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
84.51 |
1.0062 |
-1.0179 |
288 |
1 |
84.51 |
2009-10-20 |
| 75. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
83.92 |
1.0613 |
-1.0733 |
266 |
1 |
83.92 |
2009-10-20 |
| 76. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
83.76 |
1.0396 |
-1.0566 |
149 |
1 |
83.76 |
2009-03-27 |
| 77. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
83.72 |
0.9234 |
-0.9324 |
346 |
1 |
83.72 |
2013-12-27 |
| 78. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
83.52 |
0.9946 |
-1.0077 |
246 |
1 |
83.52 |
2009-03-27 |
| 79. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
83.23 |
0.9426 |
-0.9537 |
317 |
1 |
83.23 |
2010-03-26 |
| 80. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
83.17 |
0.9631 |
-0.9269 |
345 |
1 |
83.17 |
2010-09-26 |
| 81. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
82.98 |
0.9023 |
-0.8708 |
231 |
1 |
82.98 |
2013-12-27 |
| 82. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
82.82 |
0.9846 |
-0.9971 |
281 |
1 |
82.82 |
2009-03-27 |
| 83. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
82.22 |
1.0763 |
-1.0501 |
367 |
1 |
82.22 |
2013-12-27 |
| 84. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
82.19 |
0.9884 |
-0.9983 |
262 |
1 |
82.19 |
2009-03-27 |
| 85. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
81.58 |
0.9464 |
-0.9561 |
323 |
1 |
81.58 |
2013-12-27 |
| 86. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
80.98 |
1.0289 |
-1.0387 |
276 |
1 |
80.98 |
2013-12-27 |
| 87. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
80.87 |
0.9089 |
-0.9200 |
342 |
1 |
80.87 |
2009-10-23 |
| 88. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
79.83 |
1.0173 |
-0.9852 |
268 |
1 |
79.83 |
2009-10-23 |
| 89. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
79.81 |
0.8947 |
-0.9030 |
366 |
1 |
79.81 |
2009-03-27 |
| 90. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
79.60 |
0.9986 |
-1.0102 |
283 |
3 |
71.18 |
2009-03-27 |
| 91. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
79.42 |
0.9991 |
-1.0118 |
225 |
1 |
79.42 |
2009-11-10 |
| 92. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
79.32 |
0.9045 |
-0.9164 |
235 |
1 |
79.32 |
2009-03-17 |
| 93. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
78.84 |
0.9485 |
-0.9597 |
236 |
1 |
78.84 |
2013-12-27 |
| 94. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
78.48 |
0.9681 |
-0.9755 |
378 |
1 |
78.48 |
2009-11-13 |
| 95. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
78.11 |
0.9897 |
-1.0029 |
274 |
1 |
78.11 |
2009-03-27 |
| 96. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
77.79 |
0.8770 |
-0.8873 |
300 |
1 |
77.79 |
2010-03-26 |
| 97. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
77.36 |
1.0389 |
-1.0502 |
318 |
1 |
77.36 |
2009-11-16 |
| 98. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
77.27 |
0.9168 |
-0.9277 |
240 |
1 |
77.27 |
2009-03-27 |
| 99. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
76.76 |
1.0109 |
-1.0226 |
276 |
1 |
76.76 |
2009-10-21 |
| 100. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
76.57 |
0.8753 |
-0.8808 |
427 |
1 |
76.57 |
2009-10-25 |
| 101. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
76.43 |
1.0214 |
-1.0345 |
269 |
1 |
76.43 |
2009-03-27 |
| 102. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
75.97 |
0.9281 |
-0.9376 |
273 |
1 |
75.97 |
2009-03-27 |
| 103. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
75.71 |
0.9072 |
-0.9209 |
237 |
2 |
74.90 |
2013-12-27 |
| 104. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
75.70 |
0.9430 |
-0.9589 |
211 |
1 |
75.70 |
2009-03-27 |
| 105. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
75.70 |
0.9084 |
-0.9167 |
404 |
2 |
71.45 |
2013-12-27 |
| 106. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
74.86 |
0.9672 |
-0.9754 |
396 |
1 |
74.86 |
2009-10-20 |
| 107. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
74.70 |
0.9731 |
-0.9936 |
129 |
3 |
66.96 |
2013-12-27 |
| 108. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
74.59 |
0.9814 |
-0.9546 |
364 |
1 |
74.59 |
2009-10-21 |
| 109. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
74.40 |
1.0385 |
-1.0513 |
230 |
1 |
74.40 |
2009-10-23 |
| 110. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
74.34 |
1.0016 |
-1.0165 |
218 |
1 |
74.34 |
2009-10-20 |
| 111. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
74.29 |
1.0034 |
-1.0168 |
302 |
1 |
74.29 |
2010-06-22 |
| 112. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
73.46 |
0.8573 |
-0.8673 |
270 |
1 |
73.46 |
2009-03-27 |
| 113. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
73.32 |
1.0343 |
-1.0076 |
242 |
1 |
73.32 |
2009-10-21 |
| 114. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
73.17 |
0.9233 |
-0.9408 |
168 |
1 |
73.17 |
2009-10-20 |
| 115. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
73.16 |
1.0768 |
-1.0497 |
295 |
1 |
73.16 |
2009-10-25 |
| 116. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
73.12 |
0.9049 |
-0.9137 |
351 |
2 |
56.14 |
2009-03-27 |
| 117. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
73.03 |
0.9619 |
-0.9711 |
393 |
1 |
73.03 |
2013-12-27 |
| 118. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
71.98 |
0.9278 |
-0.9385 |
295 |
2 |
69.07 |
2009-10-23 |
| 119. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
71.78 |
0.8670 |
-0.8772 |
318 |
1 |
71.78 |
2009-10-23 |
| 120. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
71.13 |
1.0419 |
-1.0549 |
261 |
1 |
71.13 |
2009-03-27 |
| 121. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
70.98 |
0.8890 |
-0.9031 |
199 |
1 |
70.98 |
2009-10-25 |
| 122. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
70.27 |
0.9084 |
-0.9194 |
300 |
1 |
70.27 |
2009-11-10 |
| 123. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
67.41 |
0.9635 |
-0.9731 |
389 |
1 |
67.41 |
2009-10-23 |
| 124. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
66.02 |
0.9763 |
-0.9885 |
289 |
1 |
66.02 |
2009-03-17 |
| 125. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
59.59 |
1.0346 |
-1.0041 |
244 |
1 |
59.59 |
2009-10-21 |
| 126. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
58.73 |
0.9148 |
-0.9255 |
317 |
1 |
58.73 |
2009-03-27 |
| 127. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
56.48 |
0.9844 |
-0.9947 |
293 |
1 |
56.48 |
2009-03-27 |
| 128. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
55.53 |
0.9088 |
-0.9174 |
348 |
1 |
55.53 |
2009-03-27 |
| 129. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
54.34 |
0.9557 |
-0.9634 |
331 |
1 |
54.34 |
2009-10-21 |
| 130. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
49.54 |
1.0795 |
-1.0600 |
226 |
1 |
49.54 |
2009-10-25 |
| 131. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
32.13 |
0.9468 |
-0.9596 |
276 |
1 |
32.13 |
2009-10-25 |
| 132. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
31.14 |
1.0545 |
-1.0291 |
416 |
1 |
31.14 |
2009-11-13 |