| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
159.44 |
1.0218 |
0.2153 |
268 |
1 |
159.44 |
2009-05-14 |
| 2. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
159.29 |
1.0714 |
0.1645 |
129 |
1 |
159.29 |
2008-12-07 |
| 3. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
156.97 |
1.0795 |
0.1384 |
226 |
1 |
156.97 |
2012-08-02 |
| 4. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
156.28 |
1.0213 |
0.1912 |
240 |
1 |
156.28 |
2014-02-11 |
| 5. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
153.90 |
0.9485 |
0.2456 |
236 |
1 |
153.90 |
2008-12-07 |
| 6. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
153.29 |
1.0788 |
0.1105 |
171 |
1 |
153.29 |
2008-12-07 |
| 7. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
153.17 |
1.0799 |
0.1085 |
243 |
2 |
151.55 |
2008-12-07 |
| 8. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
150.98 |
1.0596 |
0.1118 |
239 |
1 |
150.98 |
2008-12-11 |
| 9. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
150.94 |
1.0261 |
0.1450 |
273 |
1 |
150.94 |
2008-12-07 |
| 10. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
150.46 |
1.0483 |
0.1191 |
227 |
1 |
150.46 |
2008-12-07 |
| 11. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
150.32 |
1.0595 |
0.1068 |
379 |
1 |
150.32 |
2008-12-07 |
| 12. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
148.84 |
0.9866 |
0.1682 |
218 |
2 |
140.49 |
2008-12-07 |
| 13. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
148.19 |
1.0515 |
0.0983 |
250 |
1 |
148.19 |
2008-12-07 |
| 14. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
148.08 |
1.0368 |
0.1121 |
276 |
2 |
141.23 |
2008-12-07 |
| 15. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
147.60 |
1.0426 |
0.1026 |
323 |
3 |
141.96 |
2015-02-13 |
| 16. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
147.26 |
1.0885 |
0.0541 |
315 |
1 |
147.26 |
2008-12-07 |
| 17. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
147.16 |
0.9855 |
0.1563 |
258 |
1 |
147.16 |
2010-09-09 |
| 18. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
145.95 |
0.9831 |
0.1493 |
469 |
2 |
143.37 |
2008-12-07 |
| 19. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
145.35 |
0.9527 |
0.1750 |
251 |
3 |
138.54 |
2008-12-11 |
| 20. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
144.74 |
1.0555 |
0.0675 |
363 |
1 |
144.74 |
2008-12-07 |
| 21. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
144.24 |
1.0796 |
0.0395 |
129 |
1 |
144.24 |
2008-12-07 |
| 22. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
144.08 |
0.9936 |
0.1243 |
311 |
1 |
144.08 |
2008-12-07 |
| 23. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
143.31 |
1.0214 |
0.0905 |
269 |
2 |
141.57 |
2008-12-07 |
| 24. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
142.73 |
1.0201 |
0.0873 |
303 |
2 |
134.11 |
2008-12-07 |
| 25. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
140.91 |
0.9857 |
0.1076 |
293 |
1 |
140.91 |
2014-02-11 |
| 26. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
140.42 |
1.0528 |
0.0367 |
201 |
1 |
140.42 |
2011-08-11 |
| 27. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
140.37 |
1.0613 |
0.0278 |
266 |
2 |
121.29 |
2008-12-06 |
| 28. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
139.83 |
1.0025 |
0.0824 |
256 |
1 |
139.83 |
2008-12-07 |
| 29. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
139.23 |
1.0389 |
0.0414 |
340 |
1 |
139.23 |
2009-05-14 |
| 30. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
139.19 |
1.0463 |
0.0336 |
182 |
1 |
139.19 |
2009-05-14 |
| 31. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
139.06 |
1.0523 |
0.0266 |
256 |
2 |
134.21 |
2008-12-07 |
| 32. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
138.27 |
0.9756 |
0.0972 |
229 |
3 |
125.72 |
2008-12-07 |
| 33. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
137.99 |
0.9289 |
0.1417 |
204 |
3 |
123.76 |
2009-05-14 |
| 34. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
137.97 |
0.9740 |
0.0965 |
209 |
1 |
137.97 |
2012-08-02 |
| 35. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
137.72 |
0.9566 |
0.1119 |
576 |
1 |
137.72 |
2015-07-28 |
| 36. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
137.71 |
0.9619 |
0.1066 |
393 |
2 |
128.21 |
2012-05-08 |
| 37. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
137.71 |
0.9632 |
0.1053 |
392 |
1 |
137.71 |
2008-12-07 |
| 38. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
137.62 |
1.0168 |
0.0510 |
271 |
1 |
137.62 |
2008-12-07 |
| 39. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
137.18 |
1.0263 |
0.0380 |
267 |
1 |
137.18 |
2008-12-07 |
| 40. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
137.11 |
0.9676 |
0.0962 |
442 |
1 |
137.11 |
2008-12-07 |
| 41. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
136.78 |
0.9697 |
0.0915 |
249 |
1 |
136.78 |
2008-12-07 |
| 42. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
136.41 |
1.0696 |
-0.0112 |
226 |
1 |
136.41 |
2009-05-14 |
| 43. |
They are important, you understand, without being interestin... |
136.25 |
1.0359 |
0.0212 |
372 |
1 |
136.25 |
2023-05-17 |
| 44. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
136.25 |
0.8878 |
0.1693 |
346 |
2 |
133.92 |
2008-12-07 |
| 45. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
136.19 |
0.8916 |
0.1651 |
216 |
2 |
124.76 |
2008-12-07 |
| 46. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
136.08 |
0.9514 |
0.1044 |
237 |
3 |
131.55 |
2009-05-14 |
| 47. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
135.94 |
1.0621 |
-0.0074 |
263 |
1 |
135.94 |
2011-08-11 |
| 48. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
134.98 |
0.9064 |
0.1409 |
399 |
2 |
131.05 |
2008-12-08 |
| 49. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
134.87 |
0.9593 |
0.0871 |
398 |
1 |
134.87 |
2010-09-09 |
| 50. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
134.86 |
0.9687 |
0.0776 |
371 |
2 |
131.53 |
2008-12-08 |
| 51. |
Wood and other fibrous material is mixed with liquid and mas... |
134.79 |
0.8906 |
0.1552 |
238 |
1 |
134.79 |
2011-08-11 |
| 52. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
134.13 |
0.9964 |
0.0443 |
203 |
2 |
130.21 |
2009-05-14 |
| 53. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
133.40 |
0.9786 |
0.0564 |
193 |
2 |
121.91 |
2012-08-02 |
| 54. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
133.30 |
1.0337 |
0.0005 |
214 |
2 |
122.37 |
2012-05-08 |
| 55. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
132.74 |
0.9851 |
0.0448 |
317 |
1 |
132.74 |
2008-12-06 |
| 56. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
132.46 |
1.0391 |
-0.0114 |
358 |
1 |
132.46 |
2008-12-07 |
| 57. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
132.37 |
0.9941 |
0.0329 |
217 |
1 |
132.37 |
2008-12-07 |
| 58. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
132.32 |
1.0053 |
0.0213 |
232 |
1 |
132.32 |
2008-12-06 |
| 59. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
132.16 |
0.8852 |
0.1402 |
201 |
1 |
132.16 |
2009-05-14 |
| 60. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
132.11 |
0.9567 |
0.0683 |
273 |
1 |
132.11 |
2008-12-06 |
| 61. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
131.86 |
1.0214 |
0.0017 |
166 |
2 |
124.74 |
2015-02-13 |
| 62. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
131.40 |
1.0063 |
0.0132 |
371 |
1 |
131.40 |
2008-12-06 |
| 63. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
131.40 |
0.9635 |
0.0560 |
389 |
1 |
131.40 |
2008-12-07 |
| 64. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
131.34 |
0.9646 |
0.0544 |
264 |
1 |
131.34 |
2009-05-14 |
| 65. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
131.26 |
0.9612 |
0.0572 |
256 |
1 |
131.26 |
2008-12-07 |
| 66. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
130.78 |
0.8890 |
0.1257 |
199 |
2 |
129.91 |
2008-12-07 |
| 67. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
130.11 |
0.9833 |
0.0262 |
355 |
1 |
130.11 |
2009-05-14 |
| 68. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
129.52 |
1.0375 |
-0.0326 |
200 |
1 |
129.52 |
2015-02-13 |
| 69. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
129.47 |
0.9879 |
0.0166 |
450 |
1 |
129.47 |
2008-12-06 |
| 70. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
129.47 |
1.0297 |
-0.0252 |
249 |
1 |
129.47 |
2011-08-11 |
| 71. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
128.58 |
0.9763 |
0.0213 |
289 |
1 |
128.58 |
2008-12-07 |
| 72. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
128.26 |
0.9865 |
0.0086 |
276 |
1 |
128.26 |
2008-12-07 |
| 73. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
128.14 |
1.0068 |
-0.0126 |
358 |
2 |
126.98 |
2008-12-06 |
| 74. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
128.07 |
1.0124 |
-0.0187 |
204 |
1 |
128.07 |
2008-12-11 |
| 75. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
128.04 |
1.0444 |
-0.0510 |
197 |
1 |
128.04 |
2012-05-08 |
| 76. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
127.87 |
0.8947 |
0.0974 |
366 |
2 |
126.14 |
2008-12-11 |
| 77. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
127.64 |
1.0993 |
-0.1090 |
265 |
1 |
127.64 |
2008-12-11 |
| 78. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
127.63 |
0.9723 |
0.0180 |
364 |
1 |
127.63 |
2008-12-06 |
| 79. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
127.02 |
0.9097 |
0.0758 |
464 |
1 |
127.02 |
2008-12-07 |
| 80. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
126.91 |
0.9754 |
0.0093 |
362 |
1 |
126.91 |
2008-12-07 |
| 81. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
126.85 |
0.9164 |
0.0678 |
305 |
1 |
126.85 |
2008-12-11 |
| 82. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
126.57 |
1.0252 |
-0.0432 |
176 |
1 |
126.57 |
2008-12-07 |
| 83. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
126.39 |
0.8956 |
0.0850 |
322 |
2 |
108.22 |
2012-08-02 |
| 84. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
126.27 |
0.9894 |
-0.0097 |
323 |
2 |
122.16 |
2011-02-08 |
| 85. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
126.24 |
1.0150 |
-0.0355 |
325 |
2 |
117.83 |
2017-11-16 |
| 86. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
125.97 |
0.8958 |
0.0816 |
322 |
1 |
125.97 |
2014-02-07 |
| 87. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
125.92 |
0.9583 |
0.0187 |
341 |
1 |
125.92 |
2012-08-02 |
| 88. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
125.77 |
0.8615 |
0.1143 |
110 |
1 |
125.77 |
2014-02-07 |
| 89. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
125.25 |
1.0197 |
-0.0479 |
226 |
1 |
125.25 |
2008-12-07 |
| 90. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
125.14 |
1.0349 |
-0.0640 |
234 |
1 |
125.14 |
2008-12-08 |
| 91. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
125.11 |
0.9278 |
0.0429 |
295 |
1 |
125.11 |
2008-12-07 |
| 92. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
125.00 |
0.9772 |
-0.0074 |
217 |
1 |
125.00 |
2008-12-07 |
| 93. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
124.61 |
0.9372 |
0.0296 |
320 |
2 |
122.43 |
2008-12-07 |
| 94. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
124.21 |
1.0013 |
-0.0376 |
273 |
1 |
124.21 |
2008-12-07 |
| 95. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
124.05 |
0.9072 |
0.0553 |
237 |
1 |
124.05 |
2008-12-07 |
| 96. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
124.03 |
0.9342 |
0.0281 |
434 |
1 |
124.03 |
2008-12-07 |
| 97. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
123.60 |
1.0099 |
-0.0509 |
207 |
1 |
123.60 |
2008-12-08 |
| 98. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
122.76 |
0.9365 |
0.0160 |
248 |
2 |
119.38 |
2009-05-14 |
| 99. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
122.70 |
1.0555 |
-0.1035 |
323 |
1 |
122.70 |
2023-05-17 |
| 100. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
122.43 |
0.9844 |
-0.0345 |
293 |
1 |
122.43 |
2008-12-07 |
| 101. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
122.14 |
1.0025 |
-0.0548 |
336 |
2 |
121.10 |
2009-05-14 |
| 102. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
121.94 |
1.0797 |
-0.1336 |
210 |
1 |
121.94 |
2008-12-07 |
| 103. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
121.93 |
1.0288 |
-0.0828 |
300 |
1 |
121.93 |
2012-08-02 |
| 104. |
There is so much darkness in Ember, Lina. It's not just outs... |
121.54 |
1.0039 |
-0.0609 |
260 |
1 |
121.54 |
2017-08-09 |
| 105. |
The girls I like best are ones I never feel much like kiddin... |
121.43 |
0.9063 |
0.0358 |
239 |
1 |
121.43 |
2011-08-11 |
| 106. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
121.36 |
1.0445 |
-0.1029 |
373 |
1 |
121.36 |
2008-12-07 |
| 107. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
121.22 |
0.8981 |
0.0424 |
393 |
1 |
121.22 |
2008-12-07 |
| 108. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
121.19 |
1.0131 |
-0.0728 |
225 |
1 |
121.19 |
2008-12-06 |
| 109. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
119.88 |
0.9084 |
0.0217 |
404 |
1 |
119.88 |
2008-12-08 |
| 110. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
119.81 |
1.0454 |
-0.1158 |
255 |
1 |
119.81 |
2009-05-14 |
| 111. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
119.69 |
0.9942 |
-0.0656 |
483 |
1 |
119.69 |
2012-08-02 |
| 112. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
119.34 |
0.8826 |
0.0433 |
296 |
1 |
119.34 |
2008-12-08 |
| 113. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
117.86 |
0.9622 |
-0.0478 |
392 |
1 |
117.86 |
2008-12-07 |
| 114. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
117.02 |
1.1068 |
-0.1989 |
393 |
1 |
117.02 |
2012-08-02 |
| 115. |
One Eva Smith has gone - but there are millions and millions... |
116.96 |
1.0267 |
-0.1192 |
499 |
1 |
116.96 |
2025-08-29 |
| 116. |
As incredible as it may sound, once radio had been invented,... |
116.84 |
1.0359 |
-0.1294 |
292 |
1 |
116.84 |
2023-05-17 |
| 117. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
116.12 |
0.8382 |
0.0627 |
268 |
1 |
116.12 |
2008-12-06 |
| 118. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
116.11 |
0.9411 |
-0.0402 |
318 |
1 |
116.11 |
2008-12-07 |
| 119. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
115.48 |
1.0109 |
-0.1149 |
276 |
1 |
115.48 |
2014-02-07 |
| 120. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
115.34 |
0.9841 |
-0.0892 |
334 |
1 |
115.34 |
2008-12-06 |
| 121. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
113.96 |
0.9991 |
-0.1149 |
225 |
1 |
113.96 |
2009-05-14 |
| 122. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
111.48 |
1.0334 |
-0.1685 |
131 |
1 |
111.48 |
2012-08-02 |
| 123. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
109.74 |
0.8933 |
-0.0419 |
363 |
1 |
109.74 |
2008-12-08 |
| 124. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
108.68 |
0.9681 |
-0.1249 |
378 |
1 |
108.68 |
2008-12-07 |
| 125. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
107.85 |
0.8553 |
-0.0185 |
174 |
1 |
107.85 |
2011-08-11 |
| 126. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
106.76 |
0.9293 |
-0.1010 |
355 |
1 |
106.76 |
2008-12-07 |
| 127. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
106.66 |
1.0232 |
-0.1956 |
236 |
1 |
106.66 |
2012-08-02 |
| 128. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
102.64 |
0.9898 |
-0.1934 |
353 |
1 |
102.64 |
2012-08-02 |
| 129. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
102.00 |
0.9540 |
-0.1626 |
285 |
1 |
102.00 |
2008-12-07 |
| 130. |
Ladies and gentlemen. I think the confusion here is that you... |
102.00 |
0.9820 |
-0.1906 |
477 |
1 |
102.00 |
2023-05-17 |
| 131. |
However, let us leave aside the philosophical, social, and e... |
101.07 |
0.9569 |
-0.1727 |
410 |
1 |
101.07 |
2012-08-02 |
| 132. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
94.12 |
0.9873 |
-0.2570 |
155 |
1 |
94.12 |
2015-02-13 |
| 133. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
77.07 |
1.0016 |
-0.4036 |
218 |
1 |
77.07 |
2012-08-02 |
| 134. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
74.92 |
1.0352 |
-0.4539 |
341 |
1 |
74.92 |
2012-08-02 |
| 135. |
The idea of "Mr. Right" has been passed down over the genera... |
74.86 |
0.9671 |
-0.3863 |
379 |
1 |
74.86 |
2012-08-02 |
| 136. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
56.71 |
1.1018 |
-0.6618 |
220 |
1 |
56.71 |
2012-08-02 |