| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
56.71 |
1.0714 |
0.1346 |
129 |
1 |
56.71 |
2009-10-06 |
| 2. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
55.50 |
0.9866 |
0.1941 |
218 |
1 |
55.50 |
2009-02-04 |
| 3. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
55.25 |
1.0213 |
0.1537 |
240 |
1 |
55.25 |
2009-07-13 |
| 4. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
55.20 |
0.9873 |
0.1874 |
155 |
1 |
55.20 |
2009-10-06 |
| 5. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
55.10 |
0.9724 |
0.2003 |
237 |
1 |
55.10 |
2009-01-07 |
| 6. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
54.75 |
0.9706 |
0.1944 |
216 |
1 |
54.75 |
2011-12-21 |
| 7. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
54.07 |
1.0711 |
0.0786 |
213 |
1 |
54.07 |
2009-10-06 |
| 8. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
54.01 |
1.0565 |
0.0922 |
247 |
1 |
54.01 |
2011-12-21 |
| 9. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
53.75 |
1.0334 |
0.1090 |
131 |
1 |
53.75 |
2014-01-06 |
| 10. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
53.71 |
1.0796 |
0.0625 |
129 |
2 |
48.64 |
2008-12-24 |
| 11. |
In any war, there are calms between storms. There will be da... |
53.27 |
1.1294 |
0.0143 |
192 |
1 |
53.27 |
2024-10-26 |
| 12. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
53.25 |
1.0596 |
0.0728 |
239 |
1 |
53.25 |
2009-01-07 |
| 13. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
53.17 |
1.0197 |
0.1111 |
226 |
1 |
53.17 |
2009-07-13 |
| 14. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
52.91 |
1.0201 |
0.1050 |
303 |
2 |
51.92 |
2009-01-07 |
| 15. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
52.83 |
0.9857 |
0.1378 |
293 |
1 |
52.83 |
2008-12-18 |
| 16. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
52.61 |
0.9964 |
0.1223 |
203 |
1 |
52.61 |
2009-06-02 |
| 17. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
52.44 |
0.9785 |
0.1372 |
335 |
1 |
52.44 |
2008-12-24 |
| 18. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
52.27 |
1.0060 |
0.1056 |
171 |
1 |
52.27 |
2009-06-02 |
| 19. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
52.17 |
0.9350 |
0.1752 |
195 |
1 |
52.17 |
2011-12-21 |
| 20. |
One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the av... |
52.12 |
0.9247 |
0.1849 |
253 |
1 |
52.12 |
2014-01-06 |
| 21. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
52.02 |
0.9691 |
0.1375 |
223 |
1 |
52.02 |
2008-12-18 |
| 22. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
51.99 |
1.0787 |
0.0267 |
237 |
1 |
51.99 |
2008-12-12 |
| 23. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
51.98 |
0.9773 |
0.1284 |
123 |
1 |
51.98 |
2011-12-21 |
| 24. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
51.96 |
0.9722 |
0.1337 |
283 |
1 |
51.96 |
2009-10-06 |
| 25. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
51.86 |
1.0829 |
0.0199 |
288 |
1 |
51.86 |
2009-01-07 |
| 26. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
51.70 |
1.0797 |
0.0194 |
210 |
1 |
51.70 |
2009-01-08 |
| 27. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
51.45 |
0.9635 |
0.1312 |
389 |
1 |
51.45 |
2009-10-06 |
| 28. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
51.43 |
1.0004 |
0.0931 |
212 |
1 |
51.43 |
2008-12-19 |
| 29. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
51.27 |
1.0385 |
0.0514 |
230 |
1 |
51.27 |
2009-01-08 |
| 30. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
51.27 |
0.9710 |
0.1193 |
173 |
1 |
51.27 |
2009-07-13 |
| 31. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
51.10 |
0.9072 |
0.1801 |
237 |
4 |
46.98 |
2011-12-21 |
| 32. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
51.06 |
0.9820 |
0.1042 |
267 |
2 |
48.82 |
2008-12-18 |
| 33. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
51.06 |
1.0534 |
0.0324 |
357 |
1 |
51.06 |
2008-12-24 |
| 34. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
51.04 |
0.9865 |
0.0990 |
276 |
1 |
51.04 |
2008-12-16 |
| 35. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
50.88 |
1.0993 |
-0.0176 |
265 |
1 |
50.88 |
2009-01-07 |
| 36. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
50.64 |
0.9365 |
0.1407 |
248 |
2 |
50.04 |
2008-12-24 |
| 37. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
50.61 |
0.9672 |
0.1096 |
396 |
2 |
49.30 |
2009-01-07 |
| 38. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
50.56 |
1.0261 |
0.0489 |
273 |
1 |
50.56 |
2009-01-08 |
| 39. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
50.38 |
1.0340 |
0.0377 |
406 |
1 |
50.38 |
2009-07-13 |
| 40. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
50.36 |
0.9532 |
0.1178 |
258 |
2 |
50.14 |
2009-07-13 |
| 41. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
50.33 |
1.0349 |
0.0353 |
234 |
1 |
50.33 |
2009-01-08 |
| 42. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
50.25 |
1.0099 |
0.0583 |
207 |
1 |
50.25 |
2009-01-08 |
| 43. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
50.13 |
1.0941 |
-0.0145 |
256 |
1 |
50.13 |
2009-10-06 |
| 44. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
50.10 |
1.0077 |
0.0739 |
250 |
1 |
50.10 |
2011-12-21 |
| 45. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
50.00 |
1.0417 |
0.0214 |
253 |
1 |
50.00 |
2009-10-06 |
| 46. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
49.90 |
0.9068 |
0.1553 |
269 |
2 |
49.11 |
2011-12-21 |
| 47. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
49.78 |
0.9986 |
0.0598 |
283 |
1 |
49.78 |
2009-01-07 |
| 48. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
49.68 |
1.0167 |
0.0400 |
378 |
1 |
49.68 |
2008-12-18 |
| 49. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
49.65 |
0.9619 |
0.0945 |
393 |
1 |
49.65 |
2009-01-07 |
| 50. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
49.48 |
0.9576 |
0.0955 |
212 |
3 |
47.07 |
2008-12-24 |
| 51. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
49.43 |
1.0117 |
0.0575 |
297 |
1 |
49.43 |
2011-12-21 |
| 52. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
49.14 |
0.9814 |
0.0782 |
364 |
1 |
49.14 |
2009-10-06 |
| 53. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
48.89 |
1.0203 |
0.0193 |
261 |
2 |
47.12 |
2011-12-21 |
| 54. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
48.73 |
0.9257 |
0.1114 |
317 |
1 |
48.73 |
2009-07-13 |
| 55. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
48.70 |
0.9966 |
0.0391 |
259 |
2 |
48.50 |
2009-10-06 |
| 56. |
Achilles will never overtake the tortoise. He must first rea... |
48.42 |
1.0924 |
-0.0579 |
289 |
1 |
48.42 |
2024-10-26 |
| 57. |
She did not tell them to clean up their lives, or go and sin... |
48.37 |
1.1457 |
-0.1081 |
311 |
1 |
48.37 |
2024-09-28 |
| 58. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
48.29 |
0.9597 |
0.0677 |
347 |
2 |
45.14 |
2009-07-13 |
| 59. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
48.16 |
1.0252 |
-0.0016 |
176 |
1 |
48.16 |
2014-01-06 |
| 60. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
48.08 |
1.0297 |
-0.0078 |
249 |
1 |
48.08 |
2009-07-13 |
| 61. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
48.02 |
1.0666 |
-0.0460 |
297 |
1 |
48.02 |
2008-12-19 |
| 62. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
47.94 |
0.9567 |
0.0629 |
273 |
1 |
47.94 |
2008-12-24 |
| 63. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
47.89 |
0.9851 |
0.0332 |
317 |
1 |
47.89 |
2011-12-21 |
| 64. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
47.86 |
0.9266 |
0.0912 |
267 |
1 |
47.86 |
2009-10-06 |
| 65. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
47.84 |
1.0201 |
-0.0030 |
172 |
3 |
45.17 |
2009-06-02 |
| 66. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
47.64 |
0.9500 |
0.0631 |
362 |
2 |
44.51 |
2009-06-02 |
| 67. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
47.44 |
1.1296 |
-0.1084 |
252 |
1 |
47.44 |
2011-12-21 |
| 68. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
47.32 |
0.9275 |
0.0785 |
211 |
1 |
47.32 |
2008-12-24 |
| 69. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
47.20 |
0.8533 |
0.1513 |
232 |
1 |
47.20 |
2011-12-21 |
| 70. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
46.71 |
0.9084 |
0.0850 |
404 |
1 |
46.71 |
2014-01-06 |
| 71. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
46.65 |
1.0429 |
-0.0514 |
259 |
1 |
46.65 |
2014-01-06 |
| 72. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
46.64 |
1.0063 |
-0.0147 |
371 |
1 |
46.64 |
2009-07-13 |
| 73. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
46.51 |
1.0131 |
-0.0242 |
225 |
2 |
44.56 |
2009-10-06 |
| 74. |
One day Grandpa began to forget things. It was little things... |
46.39 |
1.0624 |
-0.0724 |
381 |
1 |
46.39 |
2024-10-01 |
| 75. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
46.12 |
1.0669 |
-0.0733 |
213 |
1 |
46.12 |
2014-01-06 |
| 76. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
46.09 |
1.0025 |
-0.0226 |
256 |
1 |
46.09 |
2008-12-12 |
| 77. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
46.03 |
0.9916 |
0.0031 |
282 |
1 |
46.03 |
2011-12-21 |
| 78. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
46.03 |
0.8914 |
0.0876 |
366 |
1 |
46.03 |
2011-12-21 |
| 79. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
45.93 |
0.9786 |
-0.0022 |
235 |
1 |
45.93 |
2009-01-07 |
| 80. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
45.83 |
0.9740 |
0.0004 |
209 |
2 |
43.82 |
2008-12-23 |
| 81. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
45.79 |
1.0053 |
-0.0319 |
232 |
1 |
45.79 |
2009-06-02 |
| 82. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
45.78 |
1.0214 |
-0.0481 |
166 |
1 |
45.78 |
2009-06-02 |
| 83. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
45.76 |
0.8442 |
0.1297 |
265 |
2 |
42.78 |
2009-01-08 |
| 84. |
I always make offers with escape clauses. In real estate, I ... |
45.76 |
1.0151 |
-0.0266 |
265 |
1 |
45.76 |
2024-10-01 |
| 85. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
45.65 |
1.0516 |
-0.0812 |
281 |
2 |
44.03 |
2009-02-04 |
| 86. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
45.55 |
1.0547 |
-0.0716 |
257 |
1 |
45.55 |
2014-01-06 |
| 87. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
45.54 |
1.0361 |
-0.0679 |
269 |
1 |
45.54 |
2009-01-07 |
| 88. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
45.48 |
0.8573 |
0.1106 |
270 |
1 |
45.48 |
2008-12-23 |
| 89. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
45.39 |
1.0201 |
-0.0549 |
375 |
2 |
43.54 |
2009-01-08 |
| 90. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
45.06 |
0.9281 |
0.0308 |
273 |
1 |
45.06 |
2008-12-16 |
| 91. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
45.05 |
1.0189 |
-0.0610 |
337 |
1 |
45.05 |
2009-01-07 |
| 92. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
44.93 |
0.9884 |
-0.0329 |
262 |
1 |
44.93 |
2009-10-06 |
| 93. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
44.88 |
1.0389 |
-0.0849 |
340 |
1 |
44.88 |
2009-01-08 |
| 94. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
44.83 |
0.9792 |
-0.0116 |
265 |
1 |
44.83 |
2011-12-21 |
| 95. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
44.81 |
1.0399 |
-0.0872 |
294 |
1 |
44.81 |
2008-12-12 |
| 96. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
44.65 |
0.8910 |
0.0592 |
150 |
1 |
44.65 |
2011-12-21 |
| 97. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
44.49 |
0.9884 |
-0.0424 |
233 |
1 |
44.49 |
2009-06-02 |
| 98. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
44.14 |
0.9583 |
-0.0048 |
341 |
1 |
44.14 |
2009-10-08 |
| 99. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
44.12 |
0.8956 |
0.0428 |
322 |
1 |
44.12 |
2009-01-08 |
| 100. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
44.03 |
0.9612 |
-0.0251 |
256 |
1 |
44.03 |
2009-01-07 |
| 101. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
44.01 |
0.8810 |
0.0553 |
282 |
1 |
44.01 |
2009-10-08 |
| 102. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
44.01 |
1.0025 |
-0.0674 |
336 |
1 |
44.01 |
2009-06-02 |
| 103. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
43.93 |
0.9125 |
0.0215 |
308 |
1 |
43.93 |
2009-01-07 |
| 104. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
43.78 |
1.0462 |
-0.1158 |
184 |
1 |
43.78 |
2008-12-18 |
| 105. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
43.63 |
0.9226 |
0.0059 |
348 |
1 |
43.63 |
2009-01-07 |
| 106. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
43.62 |
0.8878 |
0.0398 |
346 |
2 |
41.78 |
2009-06-02 |
| 107. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
43.47 |
0.9376 |
-0.0133 |
367 |
1 |
43.47 |
2008-12-12 |
| 108. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
43.45 |
1.0034 |
-0.0800 |
302 |
1 |
43.45 |
2008-12-12 |
| 109. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
43.32 |
0.9430 |
-0.0222 |
211 |
1 |
43.32 |
2008-12-24 |
| 110. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
43.26 |
0.9148 |
0.0051 |
317 |
1 |
43.26 |
2009-01-07 |
| 111. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
43.23 |
0.9164 |
0.0029 |
305 |
1 |
43.23 |
2008-12-24 |
| 112. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
43.16 |
1.0016 |
-0.0842 |
218 |
1 |
43.16 |
2009-01-08 |
| 113. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
42.76 |
0.8890 |
0.0200 |
199 |
2 |
40.87 |
2009-05-15 |
| 114. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
42.70 |
1.0767 |
-0.1693 |
212 |
1 |
42.70 |
2009-01-08 |
| 115. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
42.69 |
0.9097 |
-0.0017 |
153 |
1 |
42.69 |
2011-12-21 |
| 116. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
42.67 |
0.9342 |
-0.0268 |
434 |
1 |
42.67 |
2009-01-07 |
| 117. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
42.60 |
1.0218 |
-0.1168 |
268 |
1 |
42.60 |
2009-06-02 |
| 118. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
42.54 |
0.7876 |
0.1174 |
316 |
1 |
42.54 |
2014-01-06 |
| 119. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
42.33 |
1.0168 |
-0.1175 |
271 |
1 |
42.33 |
2009-01-08 |
| 120. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
42.11 |
0.8971 |
-0.0015 |
266 |
1 |
42.11 |
2008-12-16 |
| 121. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
42.09 |
0.9426 |
-0.0475 |
317 |
1 |
42.09 |
2008-12-12 |
| 122. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
41.86 |
0.9330 |
-0.0431 |
360 |
2 |
41.79 |
2009-01-08 |
| 123. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
41.69 |
1.0515 |
-0.1658 |
250 |
1 |
41.69 |
2009-03-06 |
| 124. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
41.55 |
0.9763 |
-0.0932 |
289 |
1 |
41.55 |
2009-01-07 |
| 125. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
41.39 |
0.9843 |
-0.1051 |
234 |
1 |
41.39 |
2009-01-08 |
| 126. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
40.95 |
0.9965 |
-0.1263 |
168 |
2 |
35.40 |
2016-02-10 |
| 127. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
40.94 |
0.9049 |
-0.0343 |
351 |
1 |
40.94 |
2009-01-07 |
| 128. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
40.85 |
0.8975 |
-0.0286 |
268 |
1 |
40.85 |
2009-05-15 |
| 129. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
40.57 |
0.9005 |
-0.0380 |
212 |
1 |
40.57 |
2009-03-06 |
| 130. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
40.04 |
1.0183 |
-0.1678 |
191 |
1 |
40.04 |
2011-12-21 |
| 131. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
39.94 |
0.8996 |
-0.0508 |
192 |
2 |
38.96 |
2009-01-08 |
| 132. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
39.81 |
0.9293 |
-0.0832 |
355 |
1 |
39.81 |
2009-01-07 |
| 133. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
39.37 |
0.9325 |
-0.0947 |
156 |
1 |
39.37 |
2009-06-02 |
| 134. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
37.55 |
0.8553 |
-0.0575 |
174 |
1 |
37.55 |
2009-01-07 |
| 135. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
36.46 |
1.0214 |
-0.2471 |
269 |
1 |
36.46 |
2009-01-09 |
| 136. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
36.40 |
1.0337 |
-0.2609 |
214 |
1 |
36.40 |
2009-06-02 |
| 137. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
33.32 |
0.9279 |
-0.2201 |
317 |
1 |
33.32 |
2009-01-07 |
| 138. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
32.07 |
1.0529 |
-0.3723 |
351 |
1 |
32.07 |
2016-02-10 |
| 139. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
30.74 |
1.0396 |
-0.3872 |
149 |
1 |
30.74 |
2009-03-06 |