| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
101.23 |
1.0016 |
0.2990 |
218 |
1 |
101.23 |
2012-12-25 |
| 2. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
98.38 |
1.0337 |
0.2338 |
214 |
1 |
98.38 |
2010-05-23 |
| 3. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
96.94 |
1.0943 |
0.1878 |
206 |
1 |
96.94 |
2010-05-22 |
| 4. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
95.08 |
1.0574 |
0.1958 |
205 |
1 |
95.08 |
2012-07-11 |
| 5. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
94.91 |
1.0477 |
0.1777 |
360 |
1 |
94.91 |
2016-11-06 |
| 6. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
93.14 |
1.0334 |
0.1600 |
131 |
1 |
93.14 |
2010-05-23 |
| 7. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
91.72 |
1.0796 |
0.0964 |
129 |
1 |
91.72 |
2010-05-23 |
| 8. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
91.62 |
1.0316 |
0.1526 |
333 |
1 |
91.62 |
2012-07-11 |
| 9. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
91.07 |
1.0577 |
0.1114 |
247 |
3 |
83.69 |
2010-09-07 |
| 10. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
90.95 |
1.0120 |
0.1586 |
290 |
3 |
81.01 |
2016-11-06 |
| 11. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
90.47 |
0.9938 |
0.1717 |
339 |
1 |
90.47 |
2016-11-06 |
| 12. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
89.86 |
1.0917 |
0.0889 |
243 |
1 |
89.86 |
2012-07-10 |
| 13. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
88.80 |
1.0389 |
0.1064 |
318 |
1 |
88.80 |
2016-11-06 |
| 14. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
88.53 |
1.0944 |
0.0901 |
308 |
2 |
85.19 |
2010-09-07 |
| 15. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
88.32 |
1.0667 |
0.1094 |
406 |
1 |
88.32 |
2012-07-10 |
| 16. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
87.95 |
1.0788 |
0.0478 |
171 |
2 |
85.71 |
2012-07-10 |
| 17. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
87.01 |
1.0013 |
0.1179 |
273 |
1 |
87.01 |
2012-07-10 |
| 18. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
86.60 |
1.0567 |
0.0589 |
303 |
1 |
86.60 |
2011-06-30 |
| 19. |
I like them, I like them! I liked them first! Before I even ... |
86.55 |
0.9672 |
0.1550 |
177 |
1 |
86.55 |
2016-11-06 |
| 20. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
85.95 |
1.0214 |
0.0796 |
166 |
1 |
85.95 |
2010-05-22 |
| 21. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
85.83 |
1.0257 |
0.0855 |
401 |
1 |
85.83 |
2012-07-11 |
| 22. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
85.79 |
1.0711 |
0.0279 |
213 |
2 |
83.70 |
2012-12-25 |
| 23. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
85.43 |
1.0523 |
0.0430 |
256 |
1 |
85.43 |
2010-05-23 |
| 24. |
Our prematurity brought a second big advantage: it forced us... |
85.34 |
0.9962 |
0.1171 |
455 |
1 |
85.34 |
2016-11-26 |
| 25. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
85.30 |
1.0565 |
0.0384 |
247 |
1 |
85.30 |
2010-05-23 |
| 26. |
It was as if that great rush of anger had washed me clean, e... |
84.74 |
1.0216 |
0.0765 |
240 |
1 |
84.74 |
2016-11-26 |
| 27. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
84.38 |
1.1016 |
-0.0160 |
233 |
1 |
84.38 |
2010-05-22 |
| 28. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
83.91 |
0.8467 |
0.2577 |
343 |
1 |
83.91 |
2012-07-10 |
| 29. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
83.71 |
1.0615 |
0.0411 |
305 |
2 |
82.08 |
2012-07-11 |
| 30. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
83.38 |
1.0352 |
0.0402 |
341 |
1 |
83.38 |
2012-12-25 |
| 31. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
83.28 |
1.0515 |
0.0180 |
250 |
1 |
83.28 |
2010-09-07 |
| 32. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
83.19 |
1.0613 |
0.0099 |
266 |
2 |
79.27 |
2010-05-23 |
| 33. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
83.17 |
1.0141 |
0.0924 |
304 |
1 |
83.17 |
2012-12-25 |
| 34. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
82.84 |
1.0361 |
0.0306 |
269 |
1 |
82.84 |
2010-05-23 |
| 35. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
82.65 |
1.0211 |
0.0728 |
213 |
1 |
82.65 |
2012-07-11 |
| 36. |
Then listen up! When I joined the corps, we didn't have any ... |
82.49 |
0.9198 |
0.1111 |
213 |
1 |
82.49 |
2016-11-06 |
| 37. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
81.75 |
0.9710 |
0.0743 |
173 |
1 |
81.75 |
2010-05-21 |
| 38. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
81.66 |
1.0797 |
-0.0347 |
210 |
1 |
81.66 |
2010-09-07 |
| 39. |
It is not difficult to wield a sword in one hand; the way to... |
81.62 |
1.0499 |
0.0134 |
194 |
1 |
81.62 |
2016-11-06 |
| 40. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
81.39 |
1.1068 |
-0.0194 |
393 |
1 |
81.39 |
2010-05-22 |
| 41. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
80.86 |
0.9795 |
0.0609 |
308 |
1 |
80.86 |
2010-09-07 |
| 42. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
80.62 |
1.0292 |
0.0061 |
262 |
1 |
80.62 |
2010-05-23 |
| 43. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
80.53 |
1.0296 |
0.0127 |
437 |
1 |
80.53 |
2011-06-20 |
| 44. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
80.36 |
0.9881 |
0.0863 |
424 |
1 |
80.36 |
2012-07-11 |
| 45. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
80.36 |
1.0444 |
-0.0174 |
197 |
1 |
80.36 |
2010-05-22 |
| 46. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
80.04 |
0.9884 |
0.0405 |
233 |
1 |
80.04 |
2010-05-21 |
| 47. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
79.89 |
0.9865 |
0.0420 |
276 |
1 |
79.89 |
2010-05-21 |
| 48. |
It was too big to be called a sword. Massive, thick, heavy, ... |
79.37 |
0.8879 |
0.1226 |
113 |
1 |
79.37 |
2016-11-06 |
| 49. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
78.80 |
1.0521 |
-0.0441 |
171 |
1 |
78.80 |
2012-07-10 |
| 50. |
If someone gives you an opinion and says, "Hey, you look so ... |
78.68 |
1.0068 |
0.0129 |
312 |
1 |
78.68 |
2016-11-06 |
| 51. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
78.50 |
0.9289 |
0.0780 |
204 |
1 |
78.50 |
2012-07-11 |
| 52. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
78.36 |
0.8826 |
0.1265 |
296 |
1 |
78.36 |
2011-07-28 |
| 53. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
76.44 |
1.0714 |
-0.0981 |
129 |
1 |
76.44 |
2010-05-21 |
| 54. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
75.05 |
1.0487 |
-0.0894 |
231 |
1 |
75.05 |
2011-07-28 |
| 55. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
74.20 |
1.0390 |
-0.0896 |
205 |
2 |
72.74 |
2011-06-20 |
| 56. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
74.11 |
1.0787 |
-0.1282 |
237 |
1 |
74.11 |
2010-05-23 |
| 57. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
74.10 |
1.0863 |
-0.0998 |
210 |
1 |
74.10 |
2010-05-22 |
| 58. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
74.06 |
1.0454 |
-0.0971 |
255 |
1 |
74.06 |
2010-05-22 |
| 59. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
73.36 |
1.0124 |
-0.0726 |
204 |
2 |
55.68 |
2012-07-10 |
| 60. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
73.16 |
0.9936 |
-0.0540 |
311 |
1 |
73.16 |
2010-05-22 |
| 61. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
72.93 |
1.0441 |
-0.1061 |
252 |
1 |
72.93 |
2010-05-22 |
| 62. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
72.78 |
1.0498 |
-0.1200 |
180 |
1 |
72.78 |
2010-05-23 |
| 63. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
72.65 |
0.9676 |
-0.0262 |
442 |
1 |
72.65 |
2010-05-22 |
| 64. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
72.53 |
0.9632 |
-0.0252 |
392 |
1 |
72.53 |
2011-06-20 |
| 65. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
72.14 |
1.0349 |
-0.1094 |
234 |
1 |
72.14 |
2010-05-23 |
| 66. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
71.66 |
1.0251 |
-0.1070 |
261 |
1 |
71.66 |
2011-07-28 |
| 67. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
71.22 |
0.9485 |
-0.0315 |
291 |
2 |
65.50 |
2013-04-10 |
| 68. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
71.15 |
0.8919 |
0.0203 |
205 |
1 |
71.15 |
2010-05-23 |
| 69. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
71.00 |
1.0183 |
-0.1122 |
191 |
1 |
71.00 |
2010-05-23 |
| 70. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
70.57 |
0.8981 |
0.0125 |
393 |
1 |
70.57 |
2015-04-26 |
| 71. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
70.33 |
0.9572 |
-0.0113 |
376 |
1 |
70.33 |
2012-12-26 |
| 72. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
70.14 |
1.0095 |
-0.1106 |
316 |
1 |
70.14 |
2010-05-22 |
| 73. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
69.50 |
0.9805 |
-0.0838 |
292 |
1 |
69.50 |
2010-05-23 |
| 74. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
68.75 |
0.9509 |
-0.0304 |
225 |
1 |
68.75 |
2012-12-25 |
| 75. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
68.61 |
1.0545 |
-0.1332 |
416 |
1 |
68.61 |
2010-05-21 |
| 76. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
67.58 |
1.0388 |
-0.1400 |
243 |
1 |
67.58 |
2010-09-07 |
| 77. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
67.09 |
1.0608 |
-0.1669 |
258 |
1 |
67.09 |
2013-06-15 |
| 78. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
66.76 |
0.9811 |
-0.1220 |
272 |
1 |
66.76 |
2010-05-22 |
| 79. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
66.51 |
0.9468 |
-0.0936 |
276 |
2 |
65.06 |
2013-06-15 |
| 80. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
65.46 |
1.0399 |
-0.1951 |
294 |
1 |
65.46 |
2010-05-22 |
| 81. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
65.19 |
0.9907 |
-0.1562 |
211 |
1 |
65.19 |
2010-05-22 |
| 82. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
64.93 |
0.9376 |
-0.0996 |
367 |
1 |
64.93 |
2010-05-23 |
| 83. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
64.31 |
0.9513 |
-0.1231 |
354 |
2 |
63.80 |
2012-12-25 |
| 84. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
62.75 |
0.9049 |
-0.0951 |
351 |
1 |
62.75 |
2010-05-22 |
| 85. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
62.75 |
0.9439 |
-0.1316 |
476 |
1 |
62.75 |
2010-05-22 |
| 86. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
62.62 |
0.9371 |
-0.0956 |
318 |
1 |
62.62 |
2012-12-26 |
| 87. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
62.48 |
0.9871 |
-0.1638 |
227 |
1 |
62.48 |
2010-05-22 |
| 88. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
62.12 |
0.8852 |
-0.0868 |
201 |
1 |
62.12 |
2010-05-22 |
| 89. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
61.70 |
0.9372 |
-0.1422 |
320 |
1 |
61.70 |
2010-09-07 |
| 90. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
61.23 |
1.0883 |
-0.2717 |
303 |
1 |
61.23 |
2012-12-26 |
| 91. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
61.06 |
0.9851 |
-0.2004 |
317 |
1 |
61.06 |
2010-05-22 |
| 92. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
59.79 |
0.9084 |
-0.1391 |
404 |
1 |
59.79 |
2011-06-20 |
| 93. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
59.77 |
0.9286 |
-0.1643 |
194 |
1 |
59.77 |
2010-09-07 |
| 94. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
59.20 |
0.9758 |
-0.2171 |
314 |
1 |
59.20 |
2010-09-07 |
| 95. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
56.84 |
0.8595 |
-0.1301 |
242 |
1 |
56.84 |
2010-09-07 |
| 96. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
54.98 |
1.0060 |
-0.3078 |
171 |
1 |
54.98 |
2010-05-22 |
| 97. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
53.57 |
0.9351 |
-0.2561 |
190 |
1 |
53.57 |
2010-05-22 |
| 98. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
41.83 |
0.9653 |
-0.4252 |
394 |
1 |
41.83 |
2010-05-22 |