| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
155.95 |
1.0799 |
0.1680 |
243 |
1 |
155.95 |
2009-05-22 |
| 2. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
150.53 |
1.0529 |
0.1546 |
351 |
2 |
140.05 |
2009-06-01 |
| 3. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
149.10 |
0.9897 |
0.2040 |
274 |
1 |
149.10 |
2009-06-01 |
| 4. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
148.79 |
0.9965 |
0.1973 |
310 |
1 |
148.79 |
2009-05-21 |
| 5. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
147.28 |
1.1018 |
0.0731 |
220 |
1 |
147.28 |
2009-06-01 |
| 6. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
147.23 |
1.0885 |
0.0957 |
315 |
1 |
147.23 |
2009-05-22 |
| 7. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
147.06 |
0.9687 |
0.2155 |
371 |
1 |
147.06 |
2009-06-01 |
| 8. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
144.82 |
1.0168 |
0.1459 |
271 |
1 |
144.82 |
2009-05-22 |
| 9. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
144.21 |
1.0396 |
0.1096 |
149 |
1 |
144.21 |
2009-06-01 |
| 10. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
143.99 |
1.0417 |
0.1104 |
253 |
1 |
143.99 |
2009-06-01 |
| 11. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
142.43 |
1.0334 |
0.1020 |
131 |
1 |
142.43 |
2010-02-22 |
| 12. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
141.11 |
0.9907 |
0.1389 |
211 |
2 |
126.99 |
2010-02-21 |
| 13. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
139.38 |
1.0352 |
0.0846 |
341 |
4 |
132.05 |
2009-09-03 |
| 14. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
138.48 |
1.0595 |
0.0529 |
379 |
1 |
138.48 |
2009-06-01 |
| 15. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
138.01 |
1.0767 |
0.0272 |
212 |
1 |
138.01 |
2009-05-22 |
| 16. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
138.00 |
1.0385 |
0.0657 |
230 |
1 |
138.00 |
2009-05-22 |
| 17. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
137.28 |
1.0167 |
0.0903 |
378 |
2 |
136.05 |
2009-06-01 |
| 18. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
137.05 |
0.9997 |
0.1022 |
382 |
1 |
137.05 |
2009-06-01 |
| 19. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
136.58 |
1.0263 |
0.0674 |
267 |
2 |
128.46 |
2009-06-01 |
| 20. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
136.22 |
1.0189 |
0.0760 |
337 |
1 |
136.22 |
2009-05-22 |
| 21. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
135.81 |
0.9820 |
0.1091 |
267 |
1 |
135.81 |
2009-09-03 |
| 22. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
134.98 |
0.9966 |
0.0843 |
259 |
3 |
114.89 |
2009-06-01 |
| 23. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
134.36 |
0.9675 |
0.1185 |
383 |
2 |
127.62 |
2009-09-03 |
| 24. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
133.97 |
0.9946 |
0.0785 |
246 |
1 |
133.97 |
2009-05-21 |
| 25. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
133.78 |
0.9986 |
0.0738 |
283 |
2 |
126.11 |
2009-09-03 |
| 26. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
133.43 |
0.9740 |
0.0909 |
209 |
1 |
133.43 |
2009-05-22 |
| 27. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
133.11 |
0.8961 |
0.1669 |
189 |
3 |
119.11 |
2009-06-01 |
| 28. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
132.65 |
1.0619 |
0.0043 |
354 |
1 |
132.65 |
2010-02-21 |
| 29. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
132.22 |
1.0316 |
0.0314 |
333 |
3 |
126.11 |
2010-02-21 |
| 30. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
132.01 |
1.0515 |
0.0041 |
250 |
3 |
125.83 |
2009-05-22 |
| 31. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
131.91 |
1.0213 |
0.0321 |
240 |
2 |
122.96 |
2009-06-01 |
| 32. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
131.29 |
1.0389 |
0.0144 |
318 |
2 |
124.06 |
2009-09-03 |
| 33. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
131.26 |
0.8826 |
0.1702 |
296 |
1 |
131.26 |
2009-06-01 |
| 34. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
130.90 |
1.0577 |
-0.0127 |
247 |
1 |
130.90 |
2009-06-01 |
| 35. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
130.89 |
1.0399 |
0.0137 |
294 |
1 |
130.89 |
2009-06-01 |
| 36. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
130.32 |
1.0523 |
-0.0128 |
256 |
1 |
130.32 |
2009-09-03 |
| 37. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
130.14 |
0.9756 |
0.0654 |
229 |
1 |
130.14 |
2009-05-21 |
| 38. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
129.93 |
1.0352 |
0.0085 |
341 |
1 |
129.93 |
2009-05-21 |
| 39. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
128.93 |
1.0668 |
-0.0318 |
350 |
2 |
121.62 |
2009-06-01 |
| 40. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
128.88 |
1.0109 |
0.0220 |
276 |
1 |
128.88 |
2009-05-22 |
| 41. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
128.65 |
0.9540 |
0.0744 |
285 |
1 |
128.65 |
2009-09-03 |
| 42. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
128.60 |
1.0053 |
0.0225 |
232 |
1 |
128.60 |
2009-06-01 |
| 43. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
128.23 |
0.9570 |
0.0715 |
287 |
1 |
128.23 |
2009-06-01 |
| 44. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
127.76 |
1.0555 |
-0.0311 |
363 |
1 |
127.76 |
2009-05-21 |
| 45. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
127.03 |
0.9899 |
0.0225 |
163 |
2 |
124.18 |
2009-06-01 |
| 46. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
126.59 |
0.9682 |
0.0434 |
143 |
2 |
110.54 |
2010-02-22 |
| 47. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
126.56 |
0.9278 |
0.0882 |
295 |
1 |
126.56 |
2009-05-21 |
| 48. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
126.44 |
0.9936 |
0.0184 |
311 |
2 |
120.55 |
2009-09-03 |
| 49. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
126.18 |
1.0023 |
0.0060 |
211 |
1 |
126.18 |
2009-06-01 |
| 50. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
126.18 |
1.0483 |
-0.0411 |
227 |
1 |
126.18 |
2009-05-22 |
| 51. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
125.78 |
0.9653 |
0.0499 |
394 |
1 |
125.78 |
2009-09-03 |
| 52. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
125.75 |
0.9772 |
0.0260 |
217 |
1 |
125.75 |
2009-06-01 |
| 53. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
125.63 |
0.9005 |
0.1037 |
212 |
1 |
125.63 |
2009-06-01 |
| 54. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
125.47 |
0.9965 |
0.0031 |
168 |
1 |
125.47 |
2009-09-09 |
| 55. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
125.26 |
1.0289 |
-0.0218 |
276 |
1 |
125.26 |
2010-02-21 |
| 56. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
125.22 |
1.0419 |
-0.0395 |
261 |
1 |
125.22 |
2009-06-01 |
| 57. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
125.12 |
0.9064 |
0.1044 |
399 |
3 |
117.76 |
2009-06-01 |
| 58. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
124.69 |
1.0095 |
-0.0125 |
316 |
1 |
124.69 |
2009-06-01 |
| 59. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
124.51 |
1.0613 |
-0.0597 |
456 |
1 |
124.51 |
2010-02-21 |
| 60. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
124.22 |
0.9293 |
0.0658 |
355 |
1 |
124.22 |
2009-05-22 |
| 61. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
123.96 |
1.0545 |
-0.0216 |
416 |
1 |
123.96 |
2009-09-03 |
| 62. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
123.29 |
1.0426 |
-0.0565 |
323 |
1 |
123.29 |
2009-06-01 |
| 63. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
123.07 |
0.9763 |
0.0082 |
289 |
1 |
123.07 |
2009-09-03 |
| 64. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
122.17 |
0.9049 |
0.0782 |
351 |
1 |
122.17 |
2009-05-22 |
| 65. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
121.83 |
0.9894 |
-0.0101 |
323 |
2 |
106.80 |
2009-06-01 |
| 66. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
121.59 |
1.0251 |
-0.0543 |
261 |
1 |
121.59 |
2009-06-01 |
| 67. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
121.58 |
0.9723 |
0.0043 |
364 |
1 |
121.58 |
2009-06-01 |
| 68. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
120.95 |
0.9852 |
-0.0171 |
264 |
1 |
120.95 |
2009-06-01 |
| 69. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
120.34 |
0.9942 |
-0.0226 |
483 |
2 |
117.15 |
2009-06-01 |
| 70. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
120.22 |
1.0165 |
-0.0507 |
392 |
1 |
120.22 |
2009-06-01 |
| 71. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
120.11 |
0.9398 |
0.0305 |
419 |
1 |
120.11 |
2009-05-22 |
| 72. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
119.86 |
0.8845 |
0.0748 |
273 |
1 |
119.86 |
2010-02-21 |
| 73. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
119.56 |
0.9612 |
-0.0047 |
256 |
1 |
119.56 |
2009-09-03 |
| 74. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
119.46 |
0.9965 |
-0.0402 |
277 |
1 |
119.46 |
2010-02-21 |
| 75. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
119.01 |
1.0567 |
-0.1040 |
303 |
1 |
119.01 |
2009-05-21 |
| 76. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
118.65 |
0.8722 |
0.0798 |
285 |
1 |
118.65 |
2010-02-21 |
| 77. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
118.56 |
1.0565 |
-0.1107 |
247 |
1 |
118.56 |
2009-06-01 |
| 78. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
118.50 |
0.9557 |
-0.0015 |
331 |
1 |
118.50 |
2009-06-01 |
| 79. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
118.47 |
1.0025 |
-0.0539 |
336 |
1 |
118.47 |
2009-09-09 |
| 80. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
118.16 |
1.0365 |
-0.0614 |
162 |
1 |
118.16 |
2010-02-21 |
| 81. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
118.07 |
0.9811 |
-0.0340 |
272 |
1 |
118.07 |
2009-05-21 |
| 82. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
117.71 |
1.0284 |
-0.0436 |
282 |
1 |
117.71 |
2010-02-22 |
| 83. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
117.52 |
0.9084 |
0.0357 |
404 |
1 |
117.52 |
2009-05-22 |
| 84. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
116.35 |
1.0060 |
-0.0802 |
171 |
1 |
116.35 |
2010-02-21 |
| 85. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
116.16 |
0.9831 |
-0.0462 |
469 |
1 |
116.16 |
2009-09-03 |
| 86. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
115.84 |
0.9087 |
0.0283 |
393 |
1 |
115.84 |
2009-06-01 |
| 87. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
115.68 |
1.0714 |
-0.1552 |
129 |
1 |
115.68 |
2009-06-01 |
| 88. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
115.26 |
0.9372 |
-0.0116 |
320 |
1 |
115.26 |
2009-09-03 |
| 89. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
115.18 |
0.8553 |
0.0606 |
174 |
1 |
115.18 |
2009-06-01 |
| 90. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
114.90 |
1.0521 |
-0.1382 |
171 |
1 |
114.90 |
2009-05-21 |
| 91. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
113.09 |
0.8878 |
0.0161 |
346 |
1 |
113.09 |
2009-06-01 |
| 92. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
112.66 |
0.9622 |
-0.0552 |
392 |
2 |
112.18 |
2009-06-01 |
| 93. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
111.93 |
0.9351 |
-0.0460 |
190 |
2 |
109.46 |
2009-06-01 |
| 94. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
111.71 |
0.9339 |
-0.0425 |
310 |
1 |
111.71 |
2009-06-01 |
| 95. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
111.56 |
0.9769 |
-0.0874 |
263 |
1 |
111.56 |
2009-06-01 |
| 96. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
111.36 |
0.8933 |
0.0031 |
363 |
2 |
108.86 |
2009-06-01 |
| 97. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
111.20 |
0.8753 |
0.0226 |
427 |
2 |
103.10 |
2009-06-01 |
| 98. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
111.07 |
0.9485 |
-0.0591 |
236 |
1 |
111.07 |
2009-06-01 |
| 99. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
110.58 |
1.0389 |
-0.1528 |
340 |
1 |
110.58 |
2009-09-03 |
| 100. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
110.46 |
0.9500 |
-0.0651 |
362 |
1 |
110.46 |
2009-06-01 |
| 101. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
110.14 |
0.9710 |
-0.0974 |
173 |
1 |
110.14 |
2009-05-22 |
| 102. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
109.56 |
0.9691 |
-0.0942 |
223 |
1 |
109.56 |
2009-06-01 |
| 103. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
108.79 |
0.9676 |
-0.0901 |
442 |
1 |
108.79 |
2010-02-21 |
| 104. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
108.56 |
0.9072 |
-0.0416 |
237 |
1 |
108.56 |
2009-06-01 |
| 105. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
108.47 |
1.0331 |
-0.1687 |
234 |
1 |
108.47 |
2009-05-21 |
| 106. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
108.08 |
0.9426 |
-0.0761 |
317 |
1 |
108.08 |
2009-06-01 |
| 107. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
106.38 |
0.8770 |
-0.0242 |
300 |
1 |
106.38 |
2009-06-01 |
| 108. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
106.09 |
0.9893 |
-0.1419 |
323 |
1 |
106.09 |
2009-06-01 |
| 109. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
105.48 |
1.0534 |
-0.2089 |
357 |
1 |
105.48 |
2009-09-03 |
| 110. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
101.82 |
0.8916 |
-0.0786 |
216 |
1 |
101.82 |
2009-06-01 |
| 111. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
98.43 |
0.9833 |
-0.1965 |
355 |
1 |
98.43 |
2009-06-01 |
| 112. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
96.96 |
0.9513 |
-0.1742 |
354 |
1 |
96.96 |
2009-06-01 |
| 113. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
96.08 |
0.9213 |
-0.1547 |
295 |
1 |
96.08 |
2009-06-01 |
| 114. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
94.46 |
0.9514 |
-0.1981 |
237 |
1 |
94.46 |
2009-05-22 |
| 115. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
88.64 |
0.8890 |
-0.1868 |
199 |
1 |
88.64 |
2009-06-01 |
| 116. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
84.27 |
0.9532 |
-0.2841 |
258 |
1 |
84.27 |
2009-05-22 |
| 117. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
81.95 |
0.9879 |
-0.3276 |
450 |
1 |
81.95 |
2009-06-01 |