| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
105.36 |
1.0521 |
0.3443 |
171 |
1 |
105.36 |
2009-08-04 |
| 2. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
103.34 |
1.0429 |
0.3298 |
259 |
1 |
103.34 |
2009-08-04 |
| 3. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
101.12 |
1.0799 |
0.2607 |
243 |
3 |
94.63 |
2009-08-04 |
| 4. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
95.63 |
1.0993 |
0.1692 |
265 |
2 |
91.83 |
2009-08-04 |
| 5. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
94.59 |
1.0619 |
0.1984 |
354 |
2 |
88.36 |
2009-08-04 |
| 6. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
93.88 |
1.1114 |
0.1331 |
247 |
3 |
87.70 |
2009-08-03 |
| 7. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
93.80 |
1.0426 |
0.2028 |
323 |
2 |
86.21 |
2009-08-04 |
| 8. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
93.71 |
1.0523 |
0.1883 |
256 |
1 |
93.71 |
2009-02-07 |
| 9. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
91.76 |
1.0565 |
0.1596 |
247 |
2 |
89.15 |
2009-05-03 |
| 10. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
88.19 |
0.9740 |
0.1927 |
209 |
2 |
73.03 |
2009-08-03 |
| 11. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
87.32 |
0.9532 |
0.2046 |
258 |
2 |
79.88 |
2009-08-04 |
| 12. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
87.26 |
0.9798 |
0.1728 |
199 |
2 |
79.35 |
2009-08-04 |
| 13. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
87.14 |
1.0292 |
0.1262 |
262 |
1 |
87.14 |
2009-08-03 |
| 14. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
86.62 |
1.0516 |
0.0977 |
281 |
1 |
86.62 |
2009-04-19 |
| 15. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
86.20 |
1.0419 |
0.1022 |
261 |
1 |
86.20 |
2009-02-16 |
| 16. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
85.96 |
1.0445 |
0.0973 |
373 |
1 |
85.96 |
2009-08-04 |
| 17. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
85.22 |
1.1018 |
0.0227 |
220 |
1 |
85.22 |
2009-08-13 |
| 18. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
84.66 |
0.9820 |
0.1442 |
267 |
4 |
68.61 |
2009-08-12 |
| 19. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
84.62 |
1.0498 |
0.0683 |
180 |
2 |
81.73 |
2009-08-03 |
| 20. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
84.51 |
1.0885 |
0.0362 |
315 |
1 |
84.51 |
2009-08-13 |
| 21. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
83.94 |
0.9831 |
0.1386 |
469 |
1 |
83.94 |
2009-12-02 |
| 22. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
83.29 |
1.0595 |
0.0480 |
379 |
1 |
83.29 |
2009-02-16 |
| 23. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
83.14 |
0.9710 |
0.1255 |
173 |
1 |
83.14 |
2009-12-02 |
| 24. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
82.78 |
1.0297 |
0.0673 |
249 |
1 |
82.78 |
2009-08-03 |
| 25. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
82.62 |
0.9074 |
0.1951 |
396 |
1 |
82.62 |
2009-08-04 |
| 26. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
82.25 |
0.9897 |
0.0991 |
274 |
1 |
82.25 |
2009-08-04 |
| 27. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
82.17 |
1.0331 |
0.0547 |
234 |
2 |
79.80 |
2009-08-04 |
| 28. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
81.90 |
0.9724 |
0.1176 |
237 |
1 |
81.90 |
2009-08-03 |
| 29. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
80.72 |
1.0296 |
0.0473 |
437 |
1 |
80.72 |
2009-12-02 |
| 30. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
80.21 |
0.9768 |
0.0895 |
387 |
3 |
79.03 |
2009-08-03 |
| 31. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
79.89 |
0.9772 |
0.0787 |
217 |
2 |
78.73 |
2009-04-19 |
| 32. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
79.85 |
0.9676 |
0.0995 |
442 |
1 |
79.85 |
2009-08-05 |
| 33. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
79.34 |
1.0257 |
0.0327 |
401 |
2 |
78.77 |
2009-04-19 |
| 34. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
79.25 |
1.0528 |
-0.0070 |
201 |
1 |
79.25 |
2009-08-05 |
| 35. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
78.99 |
0.9213 |
0.1265 |
295 |
2 |
77.10 |
2009-08-13 |
| 36. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
78.71 |
0.9500 |
0.0957 |
362 |
1 |
78.71 |
2009-12-02 |
| 37. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
78.64 |
1.0666 |
-0.0239 |
297 |
1 |
78.64 |
2009-02-08 |
| 38. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
78.53 |
0.9786 |
0.0573 |
193 |
2 |
76.39 |
2009-02-16 |
| 39. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
78.43 |
0.9964 |
0.0435 |
203 |
2 |
76.80 |
2009-08-04 |
| 40. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
78.36 |
0.9811 |
0.0604 |
272 |
2 |
75.51 |
2009-03-20 |
| 41. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
77.89 |
0.9731 |
0.0469 |
129 |
1 |
77.89 |
2009-08-05 |
| 42. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
77.88 |
0.9699 |
0.0619 |
269 |
1 |
77.88 |
2009-04-18 |
| 43. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
77.83 |
0.9776 |
0.0543 |
308 |
1 |
77.83 |
2009-02-16 |
| 44. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
77.44 |
1.0596 |
-0.0352 |
239 |
1 |
77.44 |
2009-08-03 |
| 45. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
77.32 |
1.0337 |
-0.0094 |
214 |
1 |
77.32 |
2009-02-08 |
| 46. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
77.22 |
0.9852 |
0.0386 |
264 |
1 |
77.22 |
2009-08-03 |
| 47. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
76.61 |
0.9672 |
0.0547 |
396 |
1 |
76.61 |
2009-08-13 |
| 48. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
76.26 |
1.0124 |
-0.0041 |
204 |
1 |
76.26 |
2009-02-16 |
| 49. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
76.23 |
0.9622 |
0.0545 |
392 |
1 |
76.23 |
2009-08-04 |
| 50. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
76.08 |
0.9946 |
0.0134 |
246 |
1 |
76.08 |
2009-02-16 |
| 51. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
75.86 |
1.0263 |
-0.0218 |
267 |
1 |
75.86 |
2009-08-03 |
| 52. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
75.82 |
1.0613 |
-0.0556 |
266 |
3 |
70.37 |
2009-08-03 |
| 53. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
75.79 |
1.0797 |
-0.0809 |
210 |
2 |
72.47 |
2009-04-18 |
| 54. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
75.71 |
1.0062 |
-0.0029 |
288 |
1 |
75.71 |
2009-03-20 |
| 55. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
75.62 |
1.0004 |
-0.0044 |
212 |
1 |
75.62 |
2009-05-04 |
| 56. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
75.35 |
0.9894 |
0.0134 |
323 |
1 |
75.35 |
2009-08-03 |
| 57. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
75.19 |
1.0529 |
-0.0567 |
351 |
1 |
75.19 |
2009-02-08 |
| 58. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
75.01 |
0.9411 |
0.0536 |
318 |
3 |
69.98 |
2009-08-04 |
| 59. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
74.97 |
0.9342 |
0.0626 |
434 |
1 |
74.97 |
2009-02-07 |
| 60. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
74.82 |
1.0361 |
-0.0438 |
269 |
1 |
74.82 |
2009-08-04 |
| 61. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
74.67 |
0.9649 |
0.0233 |
193 |
1 |
74.67 |
2009-04-18 |
| 62. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
74.55 |
0.9754 |
0.0184 |
362 |
1 |
74.55 |
2009-02-07 |
| 63. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
74.09 |
1.0463 |
-0.0694 |
182 |
1 |
74.09 |
2009-05-04 |
| 64. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
73.91 |
0.9635 |
0.0210 |
389 |
1 |
73.91 |
2009-05-04 |
| 65. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
73.73 |
0.9005 |
0.0747 |
212 |
2 |
69.94 |
2009-05-04 |
| 66. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
73.48 |
1.0073 |
-0.0260 |
369 |
1 |
73.48 |
2009-08-05 |
| 67. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
73.44 |
0.9857 |
-0.0139 |
293 |
1 |
73.44 |
2009-02-08 |
| 68. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
73.19 |
0.9557 |
0.0201 |
331 |
1 |
73.19 |
2009-12-02 |
| 69. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
73.17 |
1.0829 |
-0.1122 |
288 |
1 |
73.17 |
2009-02-08 |
| 70. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
72.82 |
1.0534 |
-0.0867 |
357 |
1 |
72.82 |
2009-08-03 |
| 71. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
72.39 |
0.8602 |
0.0963 |
206 |
1 |
72.39 |
2009-08-03 |
| 72. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
71.91 |
0.9226 |
0.0360 |
348 |
1 |
71.91 |
2009-03-20 |
| 73. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
71.69 |
0.8890 |
0.0567 |
199 |
3 |
66.12 |
2009-08-03 |
| 74. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
71.62 |
0.9966 |
-0.0488 |
259 |
1 |
71.62 |
2009-08-04 |
| 75. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
71.02 |
0.9168 |
0.0248 |
240 |
1 |
71.02 |
2009-04-19 |
| 76. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
70.97 |
0.9293 |
0.0112 |
355 |
1 |
70.97 |
2009-03-20 |
| 77. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
70.96 |
1.0334 |
-0.1004 |
131 |
1 |
70.96 |
2009-05-03 |
| 78. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
70.78 |
1.0714 |
-0.1432 |
129 |
1 |
70.78 |
2009-03-20 |
| 79. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
70.77 |
0.9631 |
0.0252 |
345 |
1 |
70.77 |
2009-12-02 |
| 80. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
70.54 |
1.0214 |
-0.0892 |
269 |
1 |
70.54 |
2009-03-20 |
| 81. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
70.29 |
0.9279 |
0.0091 |
317 |
2 |
68.25 |
2009-12-02 |
| 82. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
70.17 |
0.9833 |
-0.0528 |
355 |
1 |
70.17 |
2009-02-07 |
| 83. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
70.10 |
0.9786 |
-0.0511 |
235 |
1 |
70.10 |
2009-02-08 |
| 84. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
70.09 |
0.9330 |
0.0014 |
360 |
2 |
66.85 |
2009-08-03 |
| 85. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
70.07 |
0.8961 |
0.0281 |
189 |
2 |
68.71 |
2009-04-18 |
| 86. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
69.97 |
0.9289 |
-0.0050 |
204 |
1 |
69.97 |
2009-08-03 |
| 87. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
69.85 |
0.8810 |
0.0444 |
282 |
1 |
69.85 |
2009-03-20 |
| 88. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
69.81 |
1.0399 |
-0.1106 |
294 |
1 |
69.81 |
2009-04-08 |
| 89. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
69.81 |
0.9614 |
-0.0343 |
292 |
1 |
69.81 |
2009-04-18 |
| 90. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
69.74 |
1.0213 |
-0.1014 |
240 |
1 |
69.74 |
2009-02-08 |
| 91. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
69.72 |
0.9429 |
-0.0187 |
287 |
2 |
69.14 |
2009-05-03 |
| 92. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
69.45 |
1.0025 |
-0.0823 |
336 |
1 |
69.45 |
2009-08-03 |
| 93. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
69.31 |
0.8919 |
0.0238 |
205 |
1 |
69.31 |
2009-08-03 |
| 94. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
69.16 |
0.9865 |
-0.0700 |
276 |
1 |
69.16 |
2009-08-05 |
| 95. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
69.05 |
0.8382 |
0.0762 |
268 |
1 |
69.05 |
2009-03-20 |
| 96. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
68.90 |
1.0352 |
-0.1207 |
341 |
1 |
68.90 |
2009-08-05 |
| 97. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
68.75 |
0.8353 |
0.0821 |
283 |
1 |
68.75 |
2009-03-20 |
| 98. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
68.45 |
0.9763 |
-0.0710 |
289 |
1 |
68.45 |
2009-02-08 |
| 99. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
68.18 |
0.9619 |
-0.0545 |
393 |
1 |
68.18 |
2009-05-03 |
| 100. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
67.81 |
0.9899 |
-0.0974 |
163 |
1 |
67.81 |
2009-02-16 |
| 101. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
67.55 |
0.8951 |
0.0009 |
193 |
1 |
67.55 |
2009-04-18 |
| 102. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
67.49 |
0.9275 |
-0.0379 |
211 |
1 |
67.49 |
2009-08-13 |
| 103. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
67.21 |
0.9045 |
-0.0150 |
235 |
1 |
67.21 |
2009-08-13 |
| 104. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
67.15 |
1.0201 |
-0.1313 |
303 |
1 |
67.15 |
2009-05-03 |
| 105. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
67.12 |
0.9758 |
-0.0871 |
314 |
1 |
67.12 |
2009-02-07 |
| 106. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
66.95 |
0.8916 |
-0.0056 |
216 |
2 |
60.56 |
2009-02-07 |
| 107. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
66.89 |
0.8958 |
-0.0063 |
322 |
1 |
66.89 |
2009-03-20 |
| 108. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
66.43 |
1.0120 |
-0.1341 |
290 |
1 |
66.43 |
2009-02-07 |
| 109. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
65.87 |
1.0095 |
-0.1394 |
316 |
1 |
65.87 |
2009-12-02 |
| 110. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
65.79 |
1.0138 |
-0.1441 |
231 |
1 |
65.79 |
2009-02-07 |
| 111. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
65.23 |
0.8722 |
-0.0067 |
285 |
1 |
65.23 |
2009-04-18 |
| 112. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
64.89 |
0.9097 |
-0.0100 |
464 |
1 |
64.89 |
2009-12-02 |
| 113. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
64.89 |
0.9464 |
-0.0832 |
323 |
1 |
64.89 |
2009-05-04 |
| 114. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
64.06 |
0.9234 |
-0.0711 |
346 |
1 |
64.06 |
2009-02-08 |
| 115. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
63.74 |
0.9084 |
-0.0617 |
404 |
1 |
63.74 |
2009-02-07 |
| 116. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
63.22 |
1.0261 |
-0.1924 |
273 |
1 |
63.22 |
2009-03-20 |
| 117. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
62.40 |
0.8956 |
-0.0664 |
322 |
2 |
50.67 |
2009-12-02 |
| 118. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
61.76 |
0.9734 |
-0.1577 |
289 |
1 |
61.76 |
2009-04-18 |
| 119. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
61.73 |
0.9485 |
-0.1312 |
236 |
1 |
61.73 |
2009-03-20 |
| 120. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
60.76 |
0.9266 |
-0.1239 |
267 |
1 |
60.76 |
2009-02-16 |
| 121. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
59.81 |
0.9365 |
-0.1452 |
248 |
1 |
59.81 |
2009-02-16 |
| 122. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
59.78 |
0.8770 |
-0.0843 |
300 |
1 |
59.78 |
2009-02-08 |
| 123. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
58.56 |
1.0214 |
-0.2537 |
166 |
1 |
58.56 |
2009-05-04 |
| 124. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
57.72 |
0.8852 |
-0.1213 |
201 |
1 |
57.72 |
2009-02-08 |
| 125. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
54.39 |
0.8595 |
-0.1406 |
242 |
1 |
54.39 |
2009-02-08 |
| 126. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
53.95 |
1.1016 |
-0.3903 |
233 |
1 |
53.95 |
2009-05-04 |
| 127. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
53.82 |
0.8573 |
-0.1442 |
270 |
1 |
53.82 |
2009-02-16 |
| 128. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
40.27 |
0.9844 |
-0.4520 |
293 |
1 |
40.27 |
2009-08-03 |