| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Demons run when a good man goes to war. Night will fall and ... |
95.39 |
1.1002 |
0.9153 |
277 |
1 |
95.39 |
2021-10-18 |
| 2. |
Look, all I know is what they taught me at command school. T... |
82.18 |
1.0331 |
0.7030 |
190 |
1 |
82.18 |
2021-10-20 |
| 3. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
77.61 |
1.0270 |
0.6260 |
255 |
1 |
77.61 |
2025-03-01 |
| 4. |
During our lives we learn that numbers are linear, that the ... |
76.96 |
1.0465 |
0.5780 |
504 |
1 |
76.96 |
2025-03-01 |
| 5. |
Like a river flows surely to the sea, darling so it goes. So... |
74.73 |
1.0386 |
0.5363 |
167 |
1 |
74.73 |
2021-10-18 |
| 6. |
Technique is just a means to an end, and that end is making ... |
73.11 |
1.0787 |
0.4657 |
279 |
1 |
73.11 |
2025-03-01 |
| 7. |
I walk this empty street, on the Boulevard of Broken Dreams.... |
72.03 |
1.0368 |
0.4828 |
121 |
1 |
72.03 |
2025-03-01 |
| 8. |
Half the time she did things not simply, not for themselves;... |
70.79 |
1.0497 |
0.4453 |
166 |
1 |
70.79 |
2021-10-18 |
| 9. |
It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best... |
67.28 |
1.0561 |
0.3651 |
264 |
1 |
67.28 |
2021-10-18 |
| 10. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
60.41 |
0.9023 |
0.3905 |
231 |
1 |
60.41 |
2025-03-01 |
| 11. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
57.20 |
0.9633 |
0.2440 |
304 |
1 |
57.20 |
2009-04-29 |
| 12. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
56.47 |
1.1018 |
0.0895 |
220 |
1 |
56.47 |
2009-04-29 |
| 13. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
55.56 |
1.0060 |
0.1661 |
171 |
1 |
55.56 |
2009-05-04 |
| 14. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
54.87 |
1.0565 |
0.1010 |
247 |
1 |
54.87 |
2009-06-11 |
| 15. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
51.57 |
1.1016 |
-0.0140 |
233 |
1 |
51.57 |
2009-06-09 |
| 16. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
51.28 |
0.9786 |
0.1030 |
193 |
1 |
51.28 |
2009-04-29 |
| 17. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
51.00 |
1.0331 |
0.0425 |
234 |
2 |
48.60 |
2009-06-11 |
| 18. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
50.80 |
0.9576 |
0.1148 |
212 |
1 |
50.80 |
2009-04-29 |
| 19. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
50.67 |
0.9710 |
0.0978 |
173 |
2 |
48.16 |
2009-06-11 |
| 20. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
50.42 |
1.0063 |
0.0572 |
371 |
1 |
50.42 |
2009-05-02 |
| 21. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
49.90 |
0.9233 |
0.1294 |
168 |
2 |
45.42 |
2009-04-28 |
| 22. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
49.86 |
1.0668 |
-0.0153 |
350 |
1 |
49.86 |
2009-04-29 |
| 23. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
49.31 |
1.0595 |
-0.0198 |
379 |
1 |
49.31 |
2009-04-28 |
| 24. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
49.28 |
1.0444 |
-0.0053 |
197 |
2 |
49.10 |
2009-06-11 |
| 25. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
49.24 |
1.0767 |
-0.0384 |
212 |
1 |
49.24 |
2009-05-06 |
| 26. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
48.48 |
1.0696 |
-0.0476 |
226 |
1 |
48.48 |
2009-05-04 |
| 27. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
48.41 |
0.9729 |
0.0488 |
255 |
1 |
48.41 |
2009-04-28 |
| 28. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
48.12 |
0.9636 |
0.0511 |
254 |
1 |
48.12 |
2009-05-17 |
| 29. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
47.96 |
1.0095 |
0.0019 |
316 |
1 |
47.96 |
2009-04-29 |
| 30. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
47.70 |
0.9164 |
0.0900 |
305 |
1 |
47.70 |
2009-05-13 |
| 31. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
47.17 |
1.0390 |
-0.0451 |
205 |
1 |
47.17 |
2009-04-29 |
| 32. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
46.46 |
0.9946 |
-0.0150 |
246 |
1 |
46.46 |
2009-06-09 |
| 33. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
46.11 |
1.0340 |
-0.0614 |
406 |
1 |
46.11 |
2009-05-06 |
| 34. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
45.66 |
1.0004 |
-0.0379 |
212 |
1 |
45.66 |
2009-04-27 |
| 35. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
45.58 |
1.0534 |
-0.0924 |
357 |
1 |
45.58 |
2009-04-29 |
| 36. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
45.50 |
0.9342 |
0.0257 |
434 |
1 |
45.50 |
2009-04-29 |
| 37. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
45.30 |
0.9724 |
-0.0165 |
237 |
1 |
45.30 |
2009-05-04 |
| 38. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
45.29 |
1.0214 |
-0.0664 |
166 |
1 |
45.29 |
2009-06-09 |
| 39. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
45.20 |
0.8947 |
0.0592 |
366 |
2 |
41.97 |
2009-04-29 |
| 40. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
45.06 |
0.9567 |
-0.0063 |
273 |
1 |
45.06 |
2009-06-11 |
| 41. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
44.80 |
1.0257 |
-0.0810 |
401 |
2 |
42.13 |
2009-06-04 |
| 42. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
44.78 |
0.9851 |
-0.0409 |
317 |
1 |
44.78 |
2009-04-29 |
| 43. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
44.25 |
1.0120 |
-0.0791 |
290 |
1 |
44.25 |
2009-04-29 |
| 44. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
44.20 |
0.9756 |
-0.0439 |
229 |
1 |
44.20 |
2009-06-11 |
| 45. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
44.08 |
1.0261 |
-0.0969 |
273 |
1 |
44.08 |
2009-04-29 |
| 46. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
44.02 |
0.8295 |
0.0994 |
209 |
1 |
44.02 |
2009-06-10 |
| 47. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
43.33 |
0.9857 |
-0.0723 |
293 |
1 |
43.33 |
2009-04-29 |
| 48. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
42.61 |
1.0385 |
-0.1406 |
230 |
1 |
42.61 |
2009-04-29 |
| 49. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
42.28 |
0.9513 |
-0.0597 |
354 |
1 |
42.28 |
2009-06-10 |
| 50. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
42.25 |
0.9907 |
-0.1001 |
211 |
1 |
42.25 |
2009-04-29 |
| 51. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
41.96 |
1.0426 |
-0.1581 |
323 |
1 |
41.96 |
2009-04-28 |
| 52. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
41.81 |
0.9986 |
-0.1174 |
283 |
1 |
41.81 |
2009-04-29 |
| 53. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
41.47 |
1.0033 |
-0.1295 |
189 |
1 |
41.47 |
2009-06-11 |
| 54. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
41.27 |
0.9570 |
-0.0867 |
287 |
1 |
41.27 |
2009-06-11 |
| 55. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
41.12 |
0.9731 |
-0.1064 |
129 |
1 |
41.12 |
2009-04-29 |
| 56. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
41.09 |
0.8573 |
0.0098 |
270 |
1 |
41.09 |
2009-04-28 |
| 57. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
40.11 |
1.0529 |
-0.2078 |
351 |
1 |
40.11 |
2009-06-09 |
| 58. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
39.93 |
1.0023 |
-0.1608 |
211 |
1 |
39.93 |
2009-04-29 |
| 59. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
39.86 |
1.0189 |
-0.1786 |
337 |
1 |
39.86 |
2009-04-29 |
| 60. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
39.40 |
0.9281 |
-0.0967 |
273 |
1 |
39.40 |
2009-06-11 |
| 61. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
39.36 |
0.8722 |
-0.0420 |
285 |
1 |
39.36 |
2009-04-29 |
| 62. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
39.34 |
1.0389 |
-0.2099 |
340 |
1 |
39.34 |
2009-06-09 |
| 63. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
39.28 |
0.9084 |
-0.0802 |
300 |
2 |
37.39 |
2009-06-05 |
| 64. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
37.80 |
0.9005 |
-0.1036 |
212 |
1 |
37.80 |
2009-04-29 |
| 65. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
37.45 |
0.9365 |
-0.1470 |
248 |
1 |
37.45 |
2009-06-11 |
| 66. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
37.37 |
1.0168 |
-0.2297 |
271 |
1 |
37.37 |
2009-06-09 |
| 67. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
37.28 |
0.9168 |
-0.1312 |
240 |
1 |
37.28 |
2009-04-29 |
| 68. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
37.07 |
0.8971 |
-0.1154 |
266 |
1 |
37.07 |
2009-06-11 |
| 69. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
37.04 |
0.9597 |
-0.1786 |
347 |
1 |
37.04 |
2009-06-09 |
| 70. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
34.45 |
0.9309 |
-0.2053 |
284 |
1 |
34.45 |
2009-06-05 |
| 71. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
33.37 |
1.0441 |
-0.3414 |
252 |
1 |
33.37 |
2009-06-11 |