| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
144.34 |
1.0498 |
0.2135 |
180 |
1 |
144.34 |
2011-05-21 |
| 2. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
141.71 |
1.0483 |
0.1933 |
227 |
1 |
141.71 |
2010-02-14 |
| 3. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
140.85 |
1.0666 |
0.1709 |
297 |
1 |
140.85 |
2010-02-14 |
| 4. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
137.53 |
1.0714 |
0.1272 |
129 |
1 |
137.53 |
2009-12-26 |
| 5. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
135.18 |
1.0679 |
0.1390 |
177 |
2 |
122.58 |
2011-05-22 |
| 6. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
134.35 |
1.0389 |
0.1425 |
318 |
1 |
134.35 |
2011-05-22 |
| 7. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
134.15 |
0.9513 |
0.2302 |
354 |
2 |
123.84 |
2011-05-22 |
| 8. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
132.91 |
1.0555 |
0.1128 |
363 |
1 |
132.91 |
2011-05-21 |
| 9. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
132.76 |
0.9910 |
0.1766 |
295 |
2 |
127.88 |
2011-12-08 |
| 10. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
132.73 |
0.9941 |
0.1687 |
217 |
1 |
132.73 |
2011-12-04 |
| 11. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
130.68 |
1.0361 |
0.1117 |
269 |
2 |
122.63 |
2011-05-21 |
| 12. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
128.71 |
1.0232 |
0.1419 |
236 |
1 |
128.71 |
2011-05-21 |
| 13. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
126.75 |
1.0885 |
0.0268 |
315 |
1 |
126.75 |
2015-06-12 |
| 14. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
125.92 |
1.0696 |
0.0317 |
226 |
1 |
125.92 |
2010-02-14 |
| 15. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
125.82 |
1.0608 |
0.0763 |
258 |
1 |
125.82 |
2011-12-04 |
| 16. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
124.42 |
1.0165 |
0.0787 |
392 |
2 |
112.94 |
2015-06-12 |
| 17. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
124.40 |
0.9846 |
0.1050 |
281 |
1 |
124.40 |
2011-12-08 |
| 18. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
124.33 |
1.0662 |
0.0625 |
407 |
1 |
124.33 |
2011-05-22 |
| 19. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
124.16 |
1.0183 |
0.0653 |
191 |
1 |
124.16 |
2011-12-04 |
| 20. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
124.04 |
1.0619 |
0.0300 |
354 |
2 |
115.05 |
2011-12-04 |
| 21. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
123.93 |
1.0528 |
0.0295 |
201 |
2 |
116.46 |
2011-12-08 |
| 22. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
123.67 |
0.9614 |
0.1266 |
292 |
2 |
119.06 |
2011-05-21 |
| 23. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
122.54 |
0.9064 |
0.1778 |
399 |
2 |
110.52 |
2011-12-04 |
| 24. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
122.21 |
1.0863 |
0.0200 |
210 |
2 |
118.26 |
2015-06-12 |
| 25. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
122.12 |
0.9570 |
0.1157 |
287 |
1 |
122.12 |
2009-12-26 |
| 26. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
121.97 |
0.9994 |
0.1010 |
269 |
1 |
121.97 |
2011-12-04 |
| 27. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
121.94 |
0.9622 |
0.1137 |
392 |
1 |
121.94 |
2011-12-08 |
| 28. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
121.63 |
0.9851 |
0.0841 |
317 |
1 |
121.63 |
2009-12-26 |
| 29. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
121.55 |
1.0621 |
0.0232 |
263 |
1 |
121.55 |
2011-05-21 |
| 30. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
121.48 |
1.0905 |
0.0062 |
210 |
1 |
121.48 |
2015-06-12 |
| 31. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
120.90 |
0.9485 |
0.1142 |
291 |
1 |
120.90 |
2010-02-14 |
| 32. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
120.36 |
0.9997 |
0.0595 |
382 |
1 |
120.36 |
2011-12-04 |
| 33. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
120.28 |
1.0412 |
0.0129 |
225 |
1 |
120.28 |
2011-12-08 |
| 34. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
120.18 |
1.0565 |
-0.0057 |
247 |
1 |
120.18 |
2009-12-26 |
| 35. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
120.12 |
0.9763 |
0.0763 |
289 |
1 |
120.12 |
2011-05-21 |
| 36. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
119.85 |
1.0797 |
-0.0343 |
210 |
1 |
119.85 |
2011-05-21 |
| 37. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
119.59 |
1.0138 |
0.0343 |
231 |
1 |
119.59 |
2011-12-04 |
| 38. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
119.53 |
0.9769 |
0.0692 |
263 |
2 |
111.93 |
2010-02-14 |
| 39. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
119.21 |
0.9286 |
0.1155 |
194 |
1 |
119.21 |
2011-05-22 |
| 40. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
119.13 |
0.9938 |
0.0510 |
339 |
1 |
119.13 |
2010-02-14 |
| 41. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
118.96 |
0.9372 |
0.1103 |
320 |
1 |
118.96 |
2011-05-22 |
| 42. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
118.85 |
1.0251 |
0.0148 |
261 |
1 |
118.85 |
2009-12-26 |
| 43. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
118.84 |
0.9668 |
0.1176 |
383 |
1 |
118.84 |
2011-12-04 |
| 44. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
118.76 |
1.0993 |
-0.0602 |
265 |
1 |
118.76 |
2010-02-14 |
| 45. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
118.18 |
1.0885 |
-0.0175 |
341 |
1 |
118.18 |
2011-05-22 |
| 46. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
118.10 |
0.9922 |
0.0840 |
341 |
1 |
118.10 |
2011-12-04 |
| 47. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
117.97 |
1.0523 |
-0.0224 |
256 |
1 |
117.97 |
2011-12-08 |
| 48. |
A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, ... |
117.56 |
0.9726 |
0.0686 |
325 |
1 |
117.56 |
2015-06-12 |
| 49. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
117.18 |
1.0391 |
-0.0059 |
358 |
1 |
117.18 |
2009-12-26 |
| 50. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
116.77 |
0.8961 |
0.1240 |
189 |
1 |
116.77 |
2009-12-26 |
| 51. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
116.76 |
1.0485 |
0.0092 |
153 |
2 |
116.38 |
2012-03-17 |
| 52. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
116.67 |
0.9699 |
0.0518 |
269 |
1 |
116.67 |
2011-05-21 |
| 53. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
116.36 |
0.9045 |
0.1160 |
235 |
1 |
116.36 |
2011-05-22 |
| 54. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
116.10 |
0.9805 |
0.0417 |
292 |
1 |
116.10 |
2011-12-04 |
| 55. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
116.10 |
1.0013 |
0.0153 |
273 |
1 |
116.10 |
2011-05-22 |
| 56. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
115.88 |
0.9772 |
0.0350 |
217 |
2 |
113.03 |
2011-05-21 |
| 57. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
115.77 |
1.0154 |
0.0490 |
351 |
1 |
115.77 |
2010-02-14 |
| 58. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
114.91 |
1.0347 |
-0.0018 |
550 |
2 |
112.27 |
2011-12-04 |
| 59. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
114.76 |
0.9468 |
0.0589 |
276 |
2 |
111.50 |
2010-02-14 |
| 60. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
114.75 |
0.9672 |
0.0449 |
396 |
2 |
105.53 |
2010-02-14 |
| 61. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
114.53 |
1.0264 |
0.0175 |
422 |
1 |
114.53 |
2011-05-22 |
| 62. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
114.52 |
0.9790 |
0.0653 |
311 |
1 |
114.52 |
2011-05-22 |
| 63. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
114.06 |
0.9635 |
0.0418 |
389 |
2 |
109.00 |
2011-12-08 |
| 64. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
113.87 |
1.0534 |
-0.0531 |
357 |
1 |
113.87 |
2011-05-21 |
| 65. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
113.86 |
1.0068 |
-0.0059 |
358 |
2 |
110.91 |
2011-05-22 |
| 66. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
113.54 |
1.0668 |
-0.0696 |
350 |
2 |
113.27 |
2011-05-22 |
| 67. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
113.36 |
0.9176 |
0.1094 |
267 |
1 |
113.36 |
2011-05-22 |
| 68. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
113.19 |
0.9376 |
0.0596 |
367 |
2 |
106.56 |
2011-05-22 |
| 69. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
112.63 |
0.9202 |
0.0664 |
254 |
1 |
112.63 |
2009-12-26 |
| 70. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
112.28 |
0.8914 |
0.0928 |
366 |
1 |
112.28 |
2009-12-26 |
| 71. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
112.22 |
1.0120 |
-0.0298 |
290 |
1 |
112.22 |
2010-02-14 |
| 72. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
111.04 |
1.0684 |
-0.0658 |
253 |
1 |
111.04 |
2011-05-22 |
| 73. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
110.84 |
0.9976 |
-0.0064 |
174 |
1 |
110.84 |
2011-05-22 |
| 74. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
110.32 |
0.9865 |
-0.0191 |
276 |
1 |
110.32 |
2011-12-04 |
| 75. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
110.21 |
0.9893 |
-0.0241 |
323 |
1 |
110.21 |
2009-12-26 |
| 76. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
110.18 |
1.0398 |
-0.0857 |
110 |
1 |
110.18 |
2011-12-04 |
| 77. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
109.88 |
0.9213 |
0.0417 |
295 |
1 |
109.88 |
2011-12-04 |
| 78. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
109.78 |
0.9330 |
0.0352 |
360 |
1 |
109.78 |
2011-12-04 |
| 79. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
109.59 |
0.9855 |
0.0078 |
258 |
2 |
106.32 |
2011-05-22 |
| 80. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
109.58 |
0.9514 |
0.0085 |
237 |
2 |
103.27 |
2011-05-22 |
| 81. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
109.06 |
0.9619 |
-0.0013 |
393 |
1 |
109.06 |
2011-05-22 |
| 82. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
108.86 |
1.0788 |
-0.1313 |
171 |
1 |
108.86 |
2011-12-04 |
| 83. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
108.53 |
1.0531 |
-0.0646 |
272 |
1 |
108.53 |
2011-05-21 |
| 84. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
108.40 |
0.9925 |
-0.0065 |
247 |
1 |
108.40 |
2011-05-22 |
| 85. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
108.04 |
0.9364 |
0.0496 |
351 |
1 |
108.04 |
2010-02-14 |
| 86. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
107.93 |
1.0419 |
-0.0971 |
261 |
1 |
107.93 |
2010-02-14 |
| 87. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
107.60 |
0.9088 |
0.0384 |
348 |
1 |
107.60 |
2011-05-22 |
| 88. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
106.51 |
0.9852 |
-0.0525 |
264 |
1 |
106.51 |
2011-05-21 |
| 89. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
106.47 |
1.0561 |
-0.0979 |
430 |
1 |
106.47 |
2011-05-22 |
| 90. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
105.84 |
0.9964 |
-0.0700 |
203 |
2 |
105.17 |
2011-05-21 |
| 91. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
105.78 |
0.9831 |
-0.0493 |
469 |
1 |
105.78 |
2009-12-26 |
| 92. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
104.86 |
0.9723 |
-0.0504 |
364 |
1 |
104.86 |
2009-12-26 |
| 93. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
104.58 |
1.0252 |
-0.1165 |
176 |
1 |
104.58 |
2011-05-22 |
| 94. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
103.89 |
0.8956 |
0.0182 |
322 |
1 |
103.89 |
2011-05-22 |
| 95. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
102.27 |
0.9005 |
-0.0072 |
212 |
2 |
99.87 |
2011-05-22 |
| 96. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
102.25 |
1.0218 |
-0.1302 |
268 |
1 |
102.25 |
2009-12-26 |
| 97. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
101.51 |
0.9572 |
-0.0261 |
376 |
2 |
101.50 |
2011-05-22 |
| 98. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
101.45 |
1.0379 |
-0.1157 |
245 |
1 |
101.45 |
2009-12-26 |
| 99. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
100.97 |
1.0254 |
-0.1016 |
217 |
1 |
100.97 |
2011-12-04 |
| 100. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
100.84 |
1.0169 |
-0.0962 |
346 |
1 |
100.84 |
2011-12-04 |
| 101. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
100.81 |
0.9986 |
-0.1163 |
283 |
1 |
100.81 |
2011-05-21 |
| 102. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
100.11 |
0.9792 |
-0.0652 |
265 |
1 |
100.11 |
2010-02-14 |
| 103. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
99.95 |
0.9710 |
-0.1032 |
173 |
1 |
99.95 |
2011-05-22 |
| 104. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
99.52 |
0.9682 |
-0.0993 |
143 |
1 |
99.52 |
2011-05-22 |
| 105. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
99.05 |
0.9709 |
-0.0635 |
397 |
1 |
99.05 |
2012-03-17 |
| 106. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
98.96 |
0.9084 |
-0.0413 |
300 |
1 |
98.96 |
2009-12-26 |
| 107. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
98.84 |
0.9176 |
-0.0144 |
365 |
1 |
98.84 |
2011-05-21 |
| 108. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
98.80 |
0.8878 |
-0.0240 |
346 |
1 |
98.80 |
2011-05-21 |
| 109. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
98.12 |
1.0270 |
-0.1331 |
255 |
1 |
98.12 |
2009-12-26 |
| 110. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
98.00 |
0.9279 |
-0.0643 |
317 |
1 |
98.00 |
2011-05-22 |
| 111. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
97.93 |
1.0795 |
-0.1929 |
226 |
1 |
97.93 |
2011-05-22 |
| 112. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
97.31 |
0.9278 |
-0.0744 |
295 |
1 |
97.31 |
2011-05-22 |
| 113. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
97.23 |
1.1081 |
-0.2237 |
206 |
1 |
97.23 |
2011-05-22 |
| 114. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
97.12 |
0.9795 |
-0.1301 |
308 |
1 |
97.12 |
2010-02-14 |
| 115. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
97.09 |
0.9074 |
-0.0522 |
396 |
1 |
97.09 |
2009-12-26 |
| 116. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
96.91 |
1.0463 |
-0.2038 |
182 |
1 |
96.91 |
2009-12-26 |
| 117. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
96.77 |
1.0328 |
-0.1482 |
356 |
1 |
96.77 |
2009-12-26 |
| 118. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
96.41 |
0.9023 |
-0.0165 |
231 |
1 |
96.41 |
2015-06-12 |
| 119. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
96.34 |
0.9109 |
-0.0657 |
401 |
2 |
92.26 |
2009-12-26 |
| 120. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
95.47 |
1.0029 |
-0.1751 |
209 |
1 |
95.47 |
2011-05-21 |
| 121. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
94.45 |
0.9936 |
-0.1481 |
227 |
1 |
94.45 |
2011-05-22 |
| 122. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
94.20 |
0.9546 |
-0.1003 |
198 |
1 |
94.20 |
2011-05-21 |
| 123. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
92.72 |
1.0038 |
-0.1637 |
237 |
1 |
92.72 |
2011-05-21 |
| 124. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
91.53 |
1.0016 |
-0.2069 |
218 |
1 |
91.53 |
2010-02-14 |
| 125. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
89.59 |
0.9168 |
-0.1331 |
240 |
1 |
89.59 |
2011-05-21 |
| 126. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
89.54 |
0.9430 |
-0.1685 |
211 |
1 |
89.54 |
2011-05-22 |
| 127. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
88.99 |
0.9693 |
-0.1709 |
360 |
1 |
88.99 |
2011-05-22 |
| 128. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
84.29 |
0.9411 |
-0.2052 |
318 |
1 |
84.29 |
2009-12-26 |