| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
88.76 |
1.1016 |
0.2796 |
233 |
1 |
88.76 |
2013-12-23 |
| 2. |
You know, I believe if there's any kind of God it wouldn't b... |
87.88 |
1.0891 |
0.2750 |
341 |
1 |
87.88 |
2024-11-06 |
| 3. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
82.21 |
1.0714 |
0.2074 |
129 |
2 |
76.37 |
2013-12-23 |
| 4. |
Sometimes you concentrate more on racing the cars around you... |
82.12 |
1.0968 |
0.1921 |
365 |
1 |
82.12 |
2013-12-23 |
| 5. |
And in the dream I knew that he was goin' on ahead and that ... |
82.11 |
0.9598 |
0.3189 |
220 |
1 |
82.11 |
2012-10-17 |
| 6. |
Well, all I can say Gerry is that some marches are for thing... |
81.52 |
1.0371 |
0.2335 |
482 |
1 |
81.52 |
2020-11-12 |
| 7. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
81.20 |
1.1215 |
0.1527 |
200 |
1 |
81.20 |
2013-12-23 |
| 8. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
79.72 |
1.0328 |
0.2182 |
356 |
2 |
70.52 |
2024-11-06 |
| 9. |
All age brings is space between your words and what they mea... |
79.33 |
1.0679 |
0.1670 |
200 |
1 |
79.33 |
2020-11-12 |
| 10. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
78.23 |
1.0972 |
0.1310 |
251 |
1 |
78.23 |
2013-12-23 |
| 11. |
Some of Washington's religious style probably reflected an E... |
77.87 |
0.8932 |
0.3194 |
439 |
1 |
77.87 |
2020-11-12 |
| 12. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
77.08 |
1.0398 |
0.1590 |
110 |
1 |
77.08 |
2012-10-17 |
| 13. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
76.67 |
1.0387 |
0.1657 |
239 |
1 |
76.67 |
2013-12-23 |
| 14. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
76.46 |
1.0795 |
0.1233 |
226 |
1 |
76.46 |
2013-12-23 |
| 15. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
75.75 |
0.9855 |
0.2051 |
258 |
1 |
75.75 |
2024-11-06 |
| 16. |
They typically had very rosy views about their own futures, ... |
75.33 |
1.0271 |
0.1597 |
250 |
1 |
75.33 |
2024-11-06 |
| 17. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
75.14 |
1.1018 |
0.0669 |
220 |
1 |
75.14 |
2012-10-18 |
| 18. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
75.09 |
1.0667 |
0.1131 |
406 |
1 |
75.09 |
2012-10-17 |
| 19. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
75.08 |
1.0346 |
0.1500 |
244 |
2 |
64.76 |
2024-11-06 |
| 20. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
74.83 |
0.9216 |
0.2568 |
255 |
1 |
74.83 |
2024-11-06 |
| 21. |
Being comfortable in the car is critical. If you're not comf... |
74.36 |
0.9911 |
0.1657 |
212 |
1 |
74.36 |
2012-10-17 |
| 22. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
74.10 |
1.0441 |
0.1234 |
316 |
1 |
74.10 |
2013-12-23 |
| 23. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
73.64 |
1.0483 |
0.0968 |
227 |
1 |
73.64 |
2013-12-23 |
| 24. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
72.74 |
1.0396 |
0.0918 |
149 |
1 |
72.74 |
2012-10-17 |
| 25. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
72.07 |
1.0403 |
0.0976 |
275 |
1 |
72.07 |
2012-10-18 |
| 26. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
71.01 |
0.9966 |
0.1081 |
259 |
1 |
71.01 |
2014-05-18 |
| 27. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
70.79 |
1.0740 |
0.0421 |
264 |
2 |
64.07 |
2013-12-23 |
| 28. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
70.59 |
1.0669 |
0.0442 |
213 |
2 |
69.96 |
2013-12-23 |
| 29. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
70.25 |
0.9365 |
0.1565 |
248 |
2 |
64.55 |
2013-12-23 |
| 30. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
70.21 |
0.9965 |
0.0954 |
168 |
1 |
70.21 |
2013-12-23 |
| 31. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
69.79 |
1.0417 |
0.0436 |
253 |
1 |
69.79 |
2012-10-17 |
| 32. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
69.75 |
0.9697 |
0.1153 |
249 |
3 |
64.44 |
2013-12-24 |
| 33. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
69.69 |
1.0545 |
0.0410 |
416 |
1 |
69.69 |
2013-12-23 |
| 34. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
69.36 |
1.0516 |
0.0271 |
281 |
1 |
69.36 |
2013-12-23 |
| 35. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
69.34 |
0.9894 |
0.0893 |
323 |
1 |
69.34 |
2013-12-23 |
| 36. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
69.33 |
1.1114 |
-0.0338 |
247 |
1 |
69.33 |
2013-12-23 |
| 37. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
69.32 |
0.9964 |
0.0816 |
203 |
1 |
69.32 |
2013-12-24 |
| 38. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
69.26 |
1.0595 |
0.0174 |
379 |
1 |
69.26 |
2012-10-18 |
| 39. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
69.08 |
1.0016 |
0.0728 |
218 |
1 |
69.08 |
2013-12-23 |
| 40. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
69.01 |
1.0232 |
0.0650 |
236 |
1 |
69.01 |
2014-04-13 |
| 41. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
68.85 |
1.0829 |
-0.0122 |
288 |
1 |
68.85 |
2012-10-17 |
| 42. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
68.54 |
0.9687 |
0.0977 |
371 |
2 |
64.47 |
2013-12-23 |
| 43. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
68.26 |
0.9907 |
0.0708 |
211 |
1 |
68.26 |
2013-12-23 |
| 44. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
67.97 |
1.0261 |
0.0417 |
410 |
1 |
67.97 |
2013-12-23 |
| 45. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
67.92 |
1.0167 |
0.0399 |
378 |
2 |
64.50 |
2012-10-18 |
| 46. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
67.50 |
1.0284 |
0.0386 |
282 |
2 |
66.86 |
2013-12-23 |
| 47. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
67.23 |
0.9925 |
0.0673 |
247 |
1 |
67.23 |
2013-12-24 |
| 48. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
66.95 |
1.0120 |
0.0291 |
290 |
1 |
66.95 |
2013-12-23 |
| 49. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
66.69 |
1.0232 |
0.0312 |
350 |
1 |
66.69 |
2014-05-18 |
| 50. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
66.62 |
0.9965 |
0.0397 |
310 |
2 |
63.30 |
2013-12-23 |
| 51. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
66.56 |
1.0487 |
-0.0143 |
231 |
1 |
66.56 |
2013-12-23 |
| 52. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
66.26 |
1.0088 |
0.0340 |
396 |
1 |
66.26 |
2013-12-23 |
| 53. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
66.20 |
1.0031 |
0.0392 |
304 |
1 |
66.20 |
2013-12-23 |
| 54. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
66.20 |
1.0521 |
-0.0235 |
171 |
1 |
66.20 |
2012-10-17 |
| 55. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
66.07 |
1.0183 |
0.0088 |
191 |
1 |
66.07 |
2012-10-17 |
| 56. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
66.07 |
1.0053 |
0.0221 |
232 |
1 |
66.07 |
2012-10-18 |
| 57. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
66.07 |
1.0883 |
-0.0486 |
303 |
1 |
66.07 |
2012-10-17 |
| 58. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
65.34 |
1.0358 |
-0.0067 |
349 |
1 |
65.34 |
2012-10-18 |
| 59. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
65.21 |
1.0885 |
-0.0634 |
341 |
1 |
65.21 |
2012-10-18 |
| 60. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
65.19 |
0.9368 |
0.0772 |
173 |
1 |
65.19 |
2012-10-18 |
| 61. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
65.19 |
1.0316 |
-0.0179 |
333 |
1 |
65.19 |
2013-12-23 |
| 62. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
65.07 |
1.0012 |
0.0112 |
260 |
1 |
65.07 |
2012-10-22 |
| 63. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
64.88 |
1.0463 |
-0.0379 |
182 |
1 |
64.88 |
2013-12-23 |
| 64. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
64.71 |
1.0644 |
-0.0431 |
257 |
1 |
64.71 |
2012-10-17 |
| 65. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
64.70 |
0.9213 |
0.0853 |
295 |
1 |
64.70 |
2013-12-23 |
| 66. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
64.66 |
0.9632 |
0.0431 |
392 |
1 |
64.66 |
2013-12-23 |
| 67. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
64.27 |
1.0261 |
-0.0269 |
273 |
1 |
64.27 |
2012-10-18 |
| 68. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
64.25 |
0.9904 |
0.0261 |
203 |
1 |
64.25 |
2013-12-23 |
| 69. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
64.24 |
0.9756 |
0.0231 |
229 |
1 |
64.24 |
2012-10-17 |
| 70. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
64.02 |
1.0334 |
-0.0387 |
131 |
1 |
64.02 |
2012-10-17 |
| 71. |
Corn is what feeds the steer that becomes the steak. Corn fe... |
64.00 |
1.0008 |
0.0081 |
473 |
1 |
64.00 |
2013-12-23 |
| 72. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
63.95 |
0.9863 |
0.0081 |
339 |
1 |
63.95 |
2012-10-17 |
| 73. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
63.93 |
1.0445 |
-0.0508 |
373 |
1 |
63.93 |
2012-10-17 |
| 74. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
63.87 |
0.9593 |
0.0344 |
398 |
1 |
63.87 |
2013-12-23 |
| 75. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
63.49 |
0.9670 |
0.0361 |
307 |
1 |
63.49 |
2012-10-18 |
| 76. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
63.33 |
0.9398 |
0.0453 |
419 |
1 |
63.33 |
2013-12-23 |
| 77. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
63.08 |
0.9908 |
0.0056 |
342 |
1 |
63.08 |
2012-10-18 |
| 78. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
63.02 |
0.9339 |
0.0464 |
310 |
1 |
63.02 |
2013-12-23 |
| 79. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
62.47 |
1.1014 |
-0.1146 |
273 |
1 |
62.47 |
2013-12-23 |
| 80. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
62.33 |
1.0029 |
-0.0338 |
209 |
1 |
62.33 |
2014-05-18 |
| 81. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
62.22 |
1.0444 |
-0.0773 |
197 |
1 |
62.22 |
2012-10-17 |
| 82. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
61.83 |
1.0124 |
-0.0513 |
204 |
1 |
61.83 |
2012-10-17 |
| 83. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
61.27 |
1.0172 |
-0.0530 |
341 |
2 |
59.65 |
2012-10-22 |
| 84. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
61.19 |
0.9897 |
-0.0380 |
274 |
1 |
61.19 |
2013-12-23 |
| 85. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
60.92 |
0.9509 |
0.0122 |
225 |
1 |
60.92 |
2012-10-17 |
| 86. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
60.78 |
1.0555 |
-0.1021 |
323 |
1 |
60.78 |
2012-10-18 |
| 87. |
Well, I'm your Vitameatavegamin girl! Are you tired, run dow... |
60.56 |
0.7492 |
0.1937 |
135 |
1 |
60.56 |
2020-11-12 |
| 88. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
60.30 |
0.9884 |
-0.0507 |
233 |
1 |
60.30 |
2012-10-17 |
| 89. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
60.24 |
0.9233 |
0.0134 |
168 |
1 |
60.24 |
2012-10-17 |
| 90. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
59.82 |
0.9068 |
0.0242 |
269 |
1 |
59.82 |
2012-10-18 |
| 91. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
59.61 |
0.9583 |
-0.0164 |
341 |
1 |
59.61 |
2013-12-23 |
| 92. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
59.18 |
0.9045 |
0.0158 |
235 |
1 |
59.18 |
2012-10-20 |
| 93. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
58.78 |
0.9614 |
-0.0473 |
292 |
1 |
58.78 |
2012-10-17 |
| 94. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
58.76 |
0.9665 |
-0.0342 |
326 |
1 |
58.76 |
2012-10-17 |
| 95. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
58.57 |
1.0138 |
-0.1032 |
231 |
1 |
58.57 |
2012-10-17 |
| 96. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
58.53 |
0.9576 |
-0.0468 |
212 |
1 |
58.53 |
2012-10-19 |
| 97. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
58.07 |
1.0288 |
-0.1136 |
300 |
1 |
58.07 |
2012-10-17 |
| 98. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
57.92 |
1.0390 |
-0.1395 |
205 |
1 |
57.92 |
2012-10-17 |
| 99. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
57.75 |
0.8852 |
0.0128 |
201 |
1 |
57.75 |
2013-12-23 |
| 100. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
57.73 |
1.0063 |
-0.1089 |
371 |
1 |
57.73 |
2012-10-17 |
| 101. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
57.57 |
0.9811 |
-0.0867 |
272 |
1 |
57.57 |
2013-12-23 |
| 102. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
57.50 |
0.9168 |
-0.0230 |
240 |
3 |
51.42 |
2013-12-23 |
| 103. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
57.09 |
0.9128 |
-0.0098 |
369 |
1 |
57.09 |
2013-12-24 |
| 104. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
57.08 |
0.9636 |
-0.0764 |
254 |
1 |
57.08 |
2013-12-23 |
| 105. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
56.78 |
0.9991 |
-0.1166 |
225 |
2 |
55.91 |
2012-10-19 |
| 106. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
56.77 |
0.8935 |
-0.0098 |
328 |
1 |
56.77 |
2012-10-17 |
| 107. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
56.75 |
0.9557 |
-0.0731 |
331 |
1 |
56.75 |
2013-12-23 |
| 108. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
56.69 |
0.8602 |
0.0213 |
206 |
1 |
56.69 |
2012-10-17 |
| 109. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
55.74 |
0.9710 |
-0.1046 |
173 |
1 |
55.74 |
2012-10-17 |
| 110. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
55.59 |
0.9936 |
-0.1201 |
227 |
1 |
55.59 |
2012-10-17 |
| 111. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
54.44 |
0.9916 |
-0.1294 |
282 |
2 |
52.03 |
2012-10-18 |
| 112. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
54.38 |
0.8951 |
-0.0492 |
193 |
1 |
54.38 |
2012-10-17 |
| 113. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
53.85 |
0.9005 |
-0.0633 |
212 |
1 |
53.85 |
2012-10-17 |
| 114. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
53.82 |
0.8670 |
-0.0300 |
318 |
1 |
53.82 |
2013-12-23 |
| 115. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
53.32 |
0.7876 |
0.0418 |
316 |
1 |
53.32 |
2012-10-17 |
| 116. |
Buddhism addresses two major types of meditation. Vipassana ... |
53.31 |
0.9312 |
-0.0856 |
320 |
2 |
52.15 |
2012-10-22 |
| 117. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
53.14 |
1.0385 |
-0.2131 |
230 |
1 |
53.14 |
2012-10-17 |
| 118. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
52.16 |
0.9851 |
-0.1746 |
317 |
1 |
52.16 |
2012-10-18 |
| 119. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
51.74 |
0.9790 |
-0.1603 |
311 |
1 |
51.74 |
2012-10-17 |
| 120. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
51.65 |
0.8105 |
-0.0077 |
204 |
1 |
51.65 |
2013-12-23 |
| 121. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
51.51 |
0.9546 |
-0.1433 |
198 |
1 |
51.51 |
2014-05-18 |
| 122. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
51.36 |
0.8753 |
-0.0763 |
427 |
1 |
51.36 |
2012-10-17 |
| 123. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
50.23 |
0.9127 |
-0.1319 |
252 |
1 |
50.23 |
2012-10-17 |
| 124. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
48.87 |
0.9464 |
-0.1867 |
323 |
1 |
48.87 |
2012-10-17 |
| 125. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
46.43 |
0.8958 |
-0.1741 |
322 |
1 |
46.43 |
2012-10-17 |
| 126. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
46.11 |
0.9072 |
-0.1904 |
237 |
1 |
46.11 |
2012-10-17 |
| 127. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
44.21 |
0.8996 |
-0.2130 |
192 |
1 |
44.21 |
2012-10-19 |