| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
173.20 |
1.0797 |
0.2049 |
210 |
2 |
158.79 |
2013-02-24 |
| 2. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
158.53 |
1.0555 |
0.1258 |
363 |
1 |
158.53 |
2013-02-24 |
| 3. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
157.87 |
1.0768 |
0.1378 |
295 |
1 |
157.87 |
2013-02-26 |
| 4. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
157.47 |
1.0412 |
0.1302 |
225 |
2 |
141.06 |
2014-09-20 |
| 5. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
155.97 |
1.0993 |
0.0592 |
265 |
1 |
155.97 |
2011-11-06 |
| 6. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
153.98 |
1.0533 |
0.1194 |
257 |
2 |
149.41 |
2013-02-24 |
| 7. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
151.86 |
1.0232 |
0.1523 |
350 |
2 |
148.08 |
2013-03-05 |
| 8. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
149.86 |
1.0417 |
0.0698 |
253 |
2 |
145.82 |
2013-03-05 |
| 9. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
148.99 |
1.0521 |
0.0504 |
171 |
2 |
135.98 |
2012-04-03 |
| 10. |
Races are not won in the first corner; however, they are oft... |
147.94 |
1.0535 |
0.0817 |
326 |
1 |
147.94 |
2012-02-18 |
| 11. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
147.82 |
1.0023 |
0.0947 |
211 |
1 |
147.82 |
2011-12-10 |
| 12. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
147.77 |
1.0711 |
0.0222 |
213 |
1 |
147.77 |
2011-11-06 |
| 13. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
147.15 |
1.0197 |
0.0715 |
226 |
3 |
134.63 |
2012-02-18 |
| 14. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
146.10 |
0.9893 |
0.0970 |
323 |
1 |
146.10 |
2013-02-25 |
| 15. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
145.66 |
1.0941 |
0.0201 |
256 |
1 |
145.66 |
2013-03-05 |
| 16. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
145.04 |
1.0349 |
0.0423 |
234 |
1 |
145.04 |
2012-02-15 |
| 17. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
144.85 |
1.1114 |
-0.0374 |
247 |
1 |
144.85 |
2012-04-03 |
| 18. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
144.38 |
1.0740 |
0.0375 |
264 |
1 |
144.38 |
2013-02-24 |
| 19. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
144.19 |
0.9653 |
0.1153 |
394 |
2 |
140.54 |
2013-03-05 |
| 20. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
142.76 |
0.9514 |
0.1102 |
237 |
1 |
142.76 |
2013-02-24 |
| 21. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
142.25 |
1.0109 |
0.0470 |
276 |
1 |
142.25 |
2012-04-03 |
| 22. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
142.08 |
0.9786 |
0.0769 |
235 |
1 |
142.08 |
2013-03-05 |
| 23. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
142.08 |
1.0444 |
0.0048 |
197 |
2 |
127.93 |
2012-02-15 |
| 24. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
141.00 |
1.0668 |
-0.0167 |
350 |
1 |
141.00 |
2012-01-08 |
| 25. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
140.56 |
1.0943 |
-0.0177 |
206 |
1 |
140.56 |
2012-04-03 |
| 26. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
139.51 |
1.0095 |
0.0256 |
316 |
1 |
139.51 |
2012-02-18 |
| 27. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
139.49 |
1.0621 |
-0.0064 |
263 |
1 |
139.49 |
2011-09-21 |
| 28. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
139.29 |
1.0669 |
0.0004 |
286 |
1 |
139.29 |
2012-04-03 |
| 29. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
139.18 |
1.0368 |
-0.0020 |
276 |
2 |
136.43 |
2012-04-03 |
| 30. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
138.80 |
1.0252 |
-0.0006 |
176 |
3 |
135.82 |
2012-04-03 |
| 31. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
138.09 |
1.1323 |
-0.0724 |
341 |
1 |
138.09 |
2011-11-06 |
| 32. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
137.98 |
1.0885 |
-0.0283 |
341 |
1 |
137.98 |
2012-04-03 |
| 33. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
137.64 |
1.0352 |
-0.0101 |
341 |
1 |
137.64 |
2012-02-15 |
| 34. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
137.03 |
1.0328 |
0.0242 |
356 |
1 |
137.03 |
2013-02-24 |
| 35. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
135.99 |
1.0385 |
-0.0303 |
230 |
2 |
135.30 |
2012-02-18 |
| 36. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
135.48 |
1.0337 |
-0.0283 |
214 |
1 |
135.48 |
2012-02-15 |
| 37. |
Sometimes you concentrate more on racing the cars around you... |
135.45 |
1.0968 |
-0.0529 |
365 |
1 |
135.45 |
2012-02-18 |
| 38. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
135.33 |
1.0058 |
0.0226 |
411 |
1 |
135.33 |
2012-04-03 |
| 39. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
134.95 |
0.9894 |
0.0172 |
323 |
1 |
134.95 |
2012-02-15 |
| 40. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
134.94 |
0.9084 |
0.0957 |
300 |
1 |
134.94 |
2011-09-21 |
| 41. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
134.88 |
0.9857 |
0.0149 |
293 |
1 |
134.88 |
2012-04-03 |
| 42. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
134.78 |
1.0799 |
-0.0828 |
243 |
1 |
134.78 |
2012-02-15 |
| 43. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
134.00 |
0.9557 |
0.0462 |
331 |
1 |
134.00 |
2013-02-24 |
| 44. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
133.90 |
0.9866 |
0.0041 |
218 |
1 |
133.90 |
2011-12-10 |
| 45. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
133.73 |
1.0528 |
-0.0645 |
201 |
1 |
133.73 |
2012-02-18 |
| 46. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
133.47 |
1.0025 |
-0.0101 |
336 |
2 |
122.57 |
2012-02-15 |
| 47. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
132.99 |
1.0029 |
-0.0219 |
209 |
1 |
132.99 |
2011-12-10 |
| 48. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
132.82 |
1.0389 |
-0.0506 |
318 |
2 |
132.28 |
2012-04-03 |
| 49. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
132.47 |
0.9916 |
0.0349 |
282 |
2 |
120.38 |
2012-04-03 |
| 50. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
132.24 |
1.1162 |
-0.0933 |
189 |
1 |
132.24 |
2012-01-08 |
| 51. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
131.88 |
1.0340 |
-0.0493 |
406 |
2 |
128.73 |
2012-02-15 |
| 52. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
131.65 |
0.9865 |
-0.0077 |
276 |
1 |
131.65 |
2011-09-21 |
| 53. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
131.64 |
1.0316 |
-0.0499 |
333 |
1 |
131.64 |
2012-02-15 |
| 54. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
131.43 |
1.0334 |
-0.0643 |
131 |
1 |
131.43 |
2013-02-24 |
| 55. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
131.39 |
1.0667 |
-0.0522 |
406 |
1 |
131.39 |
2011-12-10 |
| 56. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
130.82 |
1.0679 |
-0.0765 |
177 |
2 |
129.28 |
2012-04-03 |
| 57. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
130.77 |
0.9281 |
0.0474 |
273 |
1 |
130.77 |
2011-09-21 |
| 58. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
130.75 |
1.0016 |
-0.0357 |
218 |
2 |
127.36 |
2012-02-15 |
| 59. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
130.71 |
1.0296 |
-0.0524 |
437 |
1 |
130.71 |
2012-02-18 |
| 60. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
130.57 |
1.0125 |
-0.0459 |
224 |
1 |
130.57 |
2012-04-03 |
| 61. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
130.50 |
1.0719 |
-0.0749 |
360 |
1 |
130.50 |
2012-02-18 |
| 62. |
We might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been... |
130.49 |
0.9359 |
0.0730 |
353 |
1 |
130.49 |
2012-02-18 |
| 63. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
129.82 |
0.9213 |
0.0431 |
295 |
1 |
129.82 |
2011-12-10 |
| 64. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
129.76 |
0.9567 |
0.0069 |
273 |
1 |
129.76 |
2012-04-03 |
| 65. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
129.69 |
1.0168 |
-0.0522 |
271 |
1 |
129.69 |
2011-09-21 |
| 66. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
129.31 |
1.0577 |
-0.1016 |
247 |
1 |
129.31 |
2011-11-06 |
| 67. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
129.13 |
1.1081 |
-0.1153 |
206 |
1 |
129.13 |
2012-02-18 |
| 68. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
129.07 |
1.0487 |
-0.0957 |
231 |
1 |
129.07 |
2012-02-18 |
| 69. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
128.98 |
0.8890 |
0.0647 |
199 |
1 |
128.98 |
2012-05-07 |
| 70. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
128.14 |
0.9841 |
-0.0289 |
334 |
1 |
128.14 |
2013-02-24 |
| 71. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
126.79 |
0.9168 |
0.0260 |
240 |
1 |
126.79 |
2012-04-03 |
| 72. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
126.55 |
0.9768 |
-0.0347 |
387 |
1 |
126.55 |
2013-02-24 |
| 73. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
126.50 |
0.9687 |
-0.0249 |
371 |
1 |
126.50 |
2011-12-10 |
| 74. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
126.50 |
0.9786 |
-0.0451 |
193 |
1 |
126.50 |
2011-12-10 |
| 75. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
125.81 |
1.0062 |
-0.0731 |
288 |
2 |
122.13 |
2012-01-08 |
| 76. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
125.20 |
1.0031 |
-0.0410 |
304 |
1 |
125.20 |
2011-12-10 |
| 77. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
124.61 |
0.9852 |
-0.0603 |
264 |
1 |
124.61 |
2012-02-15 |
| 78. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
124.31 |
1.0063 |
-0.0840 |
371 |
1 |
124.31 |
2011-12-11 |
| 79. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
123.99 |
1.0426 |
-0.1236 |
323 |
1 |
123.99 |
2012-02-18 |
| 80. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
123.15 |
0.9798 |
-0.0722 |
199 |
1 |
123.15 |
2011-12-10 |
| 81. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
123.03 |
1.0352 |
-0.1192 |
341 |
1 |
123.03 |
2011-12-10 |
| 82. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
122.76 |
0.8916 |
0.0194 |
216 |
1 |
122.76 |
2012-02-15 |
| 83. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
122.72 |
0.9673 |
-0.0177 |
232 |
1 |
122.72 |
2012-02-18 |
| 84. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
122.66 |
0.9941 |
-0.0868 |
217 |
1 |
122.66 |
2012-02-15 |
| 85. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
121.94 |
0.9994 |
-0.0642 |
269 |
1 |
121.94 |
2012-01-08 |
| 86. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
121.74 |
1.1018 |
-0.2058 |
220 |
1 |
121.74 |
2012-02-15 |
| 87. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
121.45 |
1.0213 |
-0.1236 |
240 |
1 |
121.45 |
2011-12-10 |
| 88. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
120.24 |
0.9546 |
-0.0318 |
198 |
1 |
120.24 |
2012-02-15 |
| 89. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
119.05 |
0.9072 |
-0.0267 |
237 |
1 |
119.05 |
2012-02-15 |
| 90. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
117.85 |
0.9148 |
-0.0396 |
317 |
1 |
117.85 |
2011-12-10 |
| 91. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
117.50 |
0.9886 |
-0.1152 |
220 |
1 |
117.50 |
2011-12-10 |
| 92. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
116.96 |
0.9464 |
-0.0743 |
323 |
1 |
116.96 |
2011-12-10 |
| 93. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
116.10 |
1.0284 |
-0.1248 |
282 |
1 |
116.10 |
2011-11-06 |
| 94. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
115.51 |
0.8958 |
-0.0348 |
322 |
1 |
115.51 |
2011-12-10 |
| 95. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
114.91 |
0.9681 |
-0.1083 |
378 |
1 |
114.91 |
2012-02-15 |
| 96. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
114.77 |
0.9202 |
-0.0699 |
254 |
1 |
114.77 |
2012-02-15 |
| 97. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
114.61 |
1.0073 |
-0.1498 |
369 |
1 |
114.61 |
2011-11-06 |
| 98. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
114.16 |
0.9045 |
-0.0582 |
235 |
1 |
114.16 |
2012-02-15 |
| 99. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
112.70 |
1.0669 |
-0.1985 |
213 |
1 |
112.70 |
2011-12-10 |
| 100. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
112.21 |
0.9601 |
-0.1240 |
308 |
1 |
112.21 |
2011-11-06 |
| 101. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
110.13 |
0.7876 |
0.0305 |
316 |
1 |
110.13 |
2012-02-15 |
| 102. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
109.24 |
0.9279 |
-0.1121 |
317 |
1 |
109.24 |
2011-11-06 |