| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
80.54 |
1.0972 |
0.4263 |
251 |
1 |
80.54 |
2014-03-14 |
| 2. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
78.35 |
1.0189 |
0.4373 |
337 |
1 |
78.35 |
2014-03-14 |
| 3. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
76.00 |
1.0917 |
0.3408 |
243 |
1 |
76.00 |
2012-03-26 |
| 4. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
74.66 |
1.0621 |
0.3412 |
263 |
2 |
70.20 |
2012-03-26 |
| 5. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
72.30 |
0.9857 |
0.3531 |
293 |
1 |
72.30 |
2012-03-12 |
| 6. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
71.18 |
1.0165 |
0.3062 |
392 |
1 |
71.18 |
2014-03-14 |
| 7. |
I believe in love, and I know that you do too. And I believe... |
69.99 |
1.0384 |
0.2485 |
183 |
1 |
69.99 |
2012-03-26 |
| 8. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
68.97 |
1.0740 |
0.2418 |
264 |
1 |
68.97 |
2012-03-26 |
| 9. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
68.60 |
0.9351 |
0.3299 |
190 |
2 |
58.21 |
2012-03-26 |
| 10. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
68.16 |
1.0506 |
0.2405 |
277 |
1 |
68.16 |
2012-03-26 |
| 11. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
67.63 |
1.0125 |
0.2376 |
224 |
1 |
67.63 |
2012-03-12 |
| 12. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
67.56 |
1.0328 |
0.2564 |
356 |
1 |
67.56 |
2014-03-14 |
| 13. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
67.48 |
1.0063 |
0.2437 |
371 |
2 |
58.91 |
2012-03-26 |
| 14. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
67.11 |
0.9553 |
0.2946 |
430 |
1 |
67.11 |
2012-03-12 |
| 15. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
66.91 |
0.8968 |
0.3396 |
186 |
1 |
66.91 |
2012-03-27 |
| 16. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
66.85 |
1.0334 |
0.1979 |
131 |
2 |
62.95 |
2012-03-12 |
| 17. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
66.27 |
1.0545 |
0.2131 |
416 |
1 |
66.27 |
2014-03-14 |
| 18. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
65.65 |
1.0167 |
0.2054 |
378 |
1 |
65.65 |
2012-04-08 |
| 19. |
Many wines have more than 14 percent alcohol because the win... |
65.57 |
0.9739 |
0.2757 |
412 |
1 |
65.57 |
2014-03-14 |
| 20. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
65.44 |
0.9884 |
0.2222 |
233 |
2 |
55.88 |
2012-03-26 |
| 21. |
If you begin to repeat an error, or if your concentration or... |
64.64 |
0.9505 |
0.2458 |
204 |
1 |
64.64 |
2012-03-26 |
| 22. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
64.51 |
0.9768 |
0.2198 |
387 |
2 |
54.89 |
2012-03-27 |
| 23. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
64.25 |
0.9127 |
0.2742 |
252 |
1 |
64.25 |
2012-03-27 |
| 24. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
63.15 |
1.0885 |
0.0834 |
315 |
2 |
56.11 |
2010-05-05 |
| 25. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
62.67 |
1.0232 |
0.1720 |
236 |
1 |
62.67 |
2014-03-14 |
| 26. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
62.54 |
0.9293 |
0.2287 |
355 |
2 |
55.00 |
2012-03-26 |
| 27. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
61.30 |
1.0714 |
0.0537 |
129 |
3 |
53.56 |
2010-05-05 |
| 28. |
The milk and cheese and yogurt, which once came from dairy c... |
60.90 |
0.9310 |
0.1916 |
188 |
1 |
60.90 |
2012-03-26 |
| 29. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
60.51 |
0.9897 |
0.1272 |
274 |
2 |
55.66 |
2012-03-26 |
| 30. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
60.42 |
0.9776 |
0.1401 |
308 |
2 |
55.37 |
2012-03-26 |
| 31. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
60.24 |
1.0270 |
0.1231 |
255 |
1 |
60.24 |
2014-03-14 |
| 32. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
60.03 |
1.0567 |
0.0541 |
303 |
2 |
55.54 |
2012-03-26 |
| 33. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
59.86 |
0.8961 |
0.2075 |
189 |
1 |
59.86 |
2010-05-05 |
| 34. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
59.73 |
0.9464 |
0.1633 |
323 |
1 |
59.73 |
2012-03-26 |
| 35. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
59.68 |
0.9023 |
0.2442 |
231 |
1 |
59.68 |
2012-03-12 |
| 36. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
59.66 |
1.0389 |
0.0661 |
318 |
1 |
59.66 |
2012-03-12 |
| 37. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
59.56 |
0.9509 |
0.1889 |
225 |
2 |
57.04 |
2012-03-26 |
| 38. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
59.28 |
1.0074 |
0.0907 |
242 |
1 |
59.28 |
2009-09-29 |
| 39. |
First of all, you must be comfortable, otherwise it will be ... |
59.27 |
0.9831 |
0.1103 |
222 |
1 |
59.27 |
2012-03-26 |
| 40. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
58.80 |
1.0197 |
0.0646 |
226 |
1 |
58.80 |
2009-09-30 |
| 41. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
58.55 |
1.0289 |
0.0580 |
276 |
1 |
58.55 |
2012-03-26 |
| 42. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
58.49 |
0.9734 |
0.1077 |
289 |
2 |
55.75 |
2012-03-26 |
| 43. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
58.36 |
0.9430 |
0.1389 |
297 |
1 |
58.36 |
2012-03-26 |
| 44. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
58.11 |
0.9281 |
0.1513 |
273 |
1 |
58.11 |
2012-03-26 |
| 45. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
57.91 |
1.0445 |
0.0269 |
373 |
1 |
57.91 |
2012-03-26 |
| 46. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
57.17 |
1.0788 |
-0.0277 |
171 |
2 |
55.08 |
2009-09-30 |
| 47. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
56.92 |
0.8533 |
0.1998 |
232 |
1 |
56.92 |
2010-05-05 |
| 48. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
56.83 |
1.0261 |
0.0223 |
273 |
1 |
56.83 |
2012-03-26 |
| 49. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
56.41 |
1.0768 |
0.0058 |
295 |
1 |
56.41 |
2012-03-26 |
| 50. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
56.36 |
0.9157 |
0.1307 |
350 |
1 |
56.36 |
2012-03-26 |
| 51. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
54.89 |
1.0385 |
-0.0263 |
230 |
2 |
51.50 |
2009-09-30 |
| 52. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
54.57 |
1.0213 |
-0.0165 |
240 |
1 |
54.57 |
2009-09-30 |
| 53. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
54.41 |
1.0352 |
-0.0270 |
341 |
1 |
54.41 |
2010-05-05 |
| 54. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
54.15 |
1.0012 |
0.0023 |
260 |
1 |
54.15 |
2010-05-05 |
| 55. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
53.43 |
1.0498 |
-0.0679 |
180 |
1 |
53.43 |
2009-09-29 |
| 56. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
53.28 |
0.8263 |
0.1555 |
162 |
1 |
53.28 |
2009-09-29 |
| 57. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
52.43 |
1.1114 |
-0.1461 |
247 |
1 |
52.43 |
2009-10-22 |
| 58. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
52.29 |
1.0251 |
-0.0619 |
261 |
2 |
49.64 |
2009-10-01 |
| 59. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
52.26 |
0.9340 |
0.0306 |
296 |
2 |
48.57 |
2009-09-30 |
| 60. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
52.07 |
0.9233 |
0.0297 |
168 |
1 |
52.07 |
2009-09-29 |
| 61. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
51.96 |
1.0399 |
-0.0755 |
294 |
1 |
51.96 |
2009-09-30 |
| 62. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
51.83 |
0.9946 |
-0.0380 |
246 |
1 |
51.83 |
2009-09-30 |
| 63. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
51.82 |
1.0429 |
-0.0877 |
259 |
2 |
45.84 |
2009-09-30 |
| 64. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
51.76 |
1.0796 |
-0.1289 |
129 |
2 |
48.92 |
2009-09-30 |
| 65. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
51.57 |
0.9309 |
0.0191 |
284 |
2 |
51.50 |
2009-09-30 |
| 66. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
51.29 |
0.9873 |
-0.0433 |
155 |
1 |
51.29 |
2009-09-30 |
| 67. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
51.18 |
1.0529 |
-0.1084 |
351 |
1 |
51.18 |
2009-09-29 |
| 68. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
51.13 |
1.0595 |
-0.1133 |
379 |
1 |
51.13 |
2009-09-30 |
| 69. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
50.94 |
0.8878 |
0.0521 |
346 |
1 |
50.94 |
2012-03-26 |
| 70. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
50.88 |
0.9786 |
-0.0401 |
235 |
1 |
50.88 |
2009-09-30 |
| 71. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
50.63 |
1.0361 |
-0.1008 |
269 |
1 |
50.63 |
2009-09-29 |
| 72. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
50.62 |
0.9722 |
-0.0360 |
283 |
1 |
50.62 |
2009-09-30 |
| 73. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
50.24 |
0.9792 |
-0.0138 |
265 |
1 |
50.24 |
2009-12-25 |
| 74. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
50.12 |
1.0060 |
-0.0859 |
171 |
1 |
50.12 |
2009-09-29 |
| 75. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
50.12 |
1.0487 |
-0.1289 |
231 |
1 |
50.12 |
2009-12-25 |
| 76. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
49.94 |
1.0120 |
-0.0914 |
290 |
2 |
48.61 |
2009-09-30 |
| 77. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
49.92 |
1.0331 |
-0.1142 |
234 |
1 |
49.92 |
2010-08-02 |
| 78. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
49.86 |
1.0034 |
-0.0850 |
302 |
1 |
49.86 |
2009-09-29 |
| 79. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
49.42 |
1.0387 |
-0.0947 |
239 |
1 |
49.42 |
2012-03-26 |
| 80. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
49.35 |
1.0669 |
-0.1242 |
286 |
2 |
48.67 |
2009-12-25 |
| 81. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
49.34 |
1.0254 |
-0.0744 |
217 |
1 |
49.34 |
2009-09-30 |
| 82. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
49.30 |
1.0211 |
-0.0809 |
213 |
1 |
49.30 |
2010-08-02 |
| 83. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
49.01 |
1.0314 |
-0.0882 |
452 |
1 |
49.01 |
2009-09-29 |
| 84. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
48.36 |
0.8188 |
0.0742 |
183 |
1 |
48.36 |
2009-09-29 |
| 85. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
48.20 |
0.9068 |
-0.0149 |
269 |
1 |
48.20 |
2012-03-26 |
| 86. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
48.14 |
1.0596 |
-0.1739 |
239 |
2 |
46.11 |
2009-09-30 |
| 87. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
48.07 |
0.9161 |
-0.0317 |
200 |
2 |
46.10 |
2009-09-30 |
| 88. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
47.91 |
1.0320 |
-0.1113 |
293 |
1 |
47.91 |
2009-09-29 |
| 89. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
47.78 |
0.8791 |
0.0010 |
190 |
1 |
47.78 |
2009-09-29 |
| 90. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
47.18 |
1.0444 |
-0.1812 |
197 |
1 |
47.18 |
2009-09-29 |
| 91. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
47.10 |
1.0767 |
-0.2106 |
212 |
1 |
47.10 |
2009-09-29 |
| 92. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
47.01 |
0.9088 |
-0.0370 |
348 |
1 |
47.01 |
2009-09-29 |
| 93. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
46.59 |
0.9429 |
-0.0828 |
287 |
1 |
46.59 |
2009-09-29 |
| 94. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
46.58 |
0.9597 |
-0.0970 |
347 |
1 |
46.58 |
2009-09-29 |
| 95. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
46.57 |
0.9411 |
-0.0819 |
318 |
1 |
46.57 |
2009-09-30 |
| 96. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
46.57 |
1.0711 |
-0.2178 |
213 |
1 |
46.57 |
2010-08-02 |
| 97. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
44.73 |
0.9740 |
-0.1541 |
209 |
1 |
44.73 |
2009-09-29 |
| 98. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
44.64 |
0.9213 |
-0.0985 |
295 |
1 |
44.64 |
2009-09-30 |
| 99. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
43.62 |
1.0053 |
-0.2041 |
232 |
1 |
43.62 |
2009-10-22 |
| 100. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
43.51 |
0.9572 |
-0.1572 |
201 |
1 |
43.51 |
2009-09-29 |
| 101. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
42.87 |
0.9863 |
-0.1927 |
339 |
1 |
42.87 |
2009-09-29 |
| 102. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
42.86 |
0.9635 |
-0.1691 |
389 |
2 |
39.40 |
2009-10-22 |
| 103. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
42.49 |
0.9045 |
-0.1222 |
235 |
1 |
42.49 |
2009-12-25 |
| 104. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
42.42 |
1.0131 |
-0.2363 |
225 |
1 |
42.42 |
2009-09-29 |
| 105. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
42.30 |
1.0099 |
-0.2343 |
207 |
1 |
42.30 |
2009-09-29 |
| 106. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
42.15 |
0.9468 |
-0.1716 |
276 |
1 |
42.15 |
2009-10-22 |
| 107. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
41.95 |
0.9430 |
-0.1784 |
211 |
1 |
41.95 |
2009-09-29 |
| 108. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
41.86 |
0.9786 |
-0.2135 |
193 |
1 |
41.86 |
2009-10-22 |
| 109. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
41.10 |
1.0528 |
-0.3018 |
201 |
1 |
41.10 |
2009-09-29 |
| 110. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
40.92 |
0.8956 |
-0.1383 |
322 |
1 |
40.92 |
2009-09-29 |
| 111. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
40.48 |
1.0829 |
-0.3370 |
288 |
1 |
40.48 |
2009-09-29 |
| 112. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
40.37 |
0.9532 |
-0.2121 |
258 |
1 |
40.37 |
2009-10-20 |
| 113. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
39.68 |
1.0013 |
-0.2727 |
273 |
1 |
39.68 |
2009-09-29 |
| 114. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
39.48 |
0.9084 |
-0.1786 |
404 |
1 |
39.48 |
2009-09-29 |
| 115. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
39.00 |
0.9614 |
-0.2416 |
292 |
1 |
39.00 |
2009-09-29 |
| 116. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
38.98 |
0.9754 |
-0.2529 |
362 |
1 |
38.98 |
2009-09-29 |
| 117. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
38.97 |
0.9756 |
-0.2607 |
229 |
1 |
38.97 |
2009-09-29 |
| 118. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
38.10 |
0.8602 |
-0.1625 |
206 |
1 |
38.10 |
2009-09-29 |
| 119. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
37.91 |
1.0029 |
-0.3129 |
209 |
2 |
37.70 |
2009-10-22 |
| 120. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
37.21 |
0.9646 |
-0.2822 |
264 |
1 |
37.21 |
2009-10-22 |
| 121. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
36.33 |
0.7876 |
-0.1182 |
316 |
1 |
36.33 |
2009-09-29 |
| 122. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
35.95 |
0.8845 |
-0.2244 |
273 |
1 |
35.95 |
2012-03-26 |
| 123. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
33.30 |
1.0441 |
-0.3927 |
316 |
1 |
33.30 |
2009-09-29 |
| 124. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
31.25 |
1.0124 |
-0.4430 |
204 |
1 |
31.25 |
2012-03-26 |