| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
84.86 |
0.9846 |
1.0646 |
281 |
1 |
84.86 |
2014-04-13 |
| 2. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
82.67 |
1.0445 |
0.9532 |
373 |
1 |
82.67 |
2015-07-23 |
| 3. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
78.63 |
1.0426 |
0.8555 |
323 |
3 |
66.74 |
2014-04-13 |
| 4. |
His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly... |
78.55 |
1.0314 |
0.8624 |
172 |
1 |
78.55 |
2014-04-13 |
| 5. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
75.16 |
1.0477 |
0.7691 |
360 |
1 |
75.16 |
2013-11-08 |
| 6. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
69.05 |
1.1018 |
0.5578 |
220 |
2 |
55.91 |
2012-06-14 |
| 7. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
67.46 |
0.9557 |
0.6777 |
331 |
1 |
67.46 |
2013-09-22 |
| 8. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
67.30 |
1.0387 |
0.6171 |
239 |
1 |
67.30 |
2014-04-13 |
| 9. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
66.91 |
0.9769 |
0.6349 |
263 |
2 |
56.96 |
2013-11-08 |
| 10. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
64.52 |
1.0403 |
0.5305 |
193 |
2 |
54.26 |
2013-09-22 |
| 11. |
This business is filled to the brim with unrealistic people ... |
64.17 |
0.9348 |
0.6207 |
229 |
1 |
64.17 |
2013-11-09 |
| 12. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
62.22 |
1.0795 |
0.4510 |
226 |
1 |
62.22 |
2012-06-14 |
| 13. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
60.63 |
0.7876 |
0.6761 |
316 |
1 |
60.63 |
2014-11-04 |
| 14. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
59.52 |
1.0498 |
0.3795 |
180 |
1 |
59.52 |
2011-10-28 |
| 15. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
56.68 |
0.9780 |
0.3880 |
337 |
2 |
52.30 |
2012-06-12 |
| 16. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
53.87 |
1.0684 |
0.2583 |
253 |
1 |
53.87 |
2012-06-14 |
| 17. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
53.46 |
0.9795 |
0.3072 |
308 |
1 |
53.46 |
2011-12-03 |
| 18. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
53.33 |
1.0029 |
0.2745 |
209 |
1 |
53.33 |
2011-10-29 |
| 19. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
51.63 |
1.0388 |
0.2351 |
243 |
1 |
51.63 |
2011-10-28 |
| 20. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
51.56 |
0.9792 |
0.2999 |
265 |
1 |
51.56 |
2011-10-28 |
| 21. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
51.24 |
1.1016 |
0.1313 |
233 |
1 |
51.24 |
2011-10-28 |
| 22. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
50.46 |
0.9941 |
0.2175 |
217 |
1 |
50.46 |
2011-05-19 |
| 23. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
50.45 |
1.0515 |
0.1544 |
166 |
1 |
50.45 |
2011-05-21 |
| 24. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
50.29 |
0.9576 |
0.2571 |
212 |
1 |
50.29 |
2011-05-19 |
| 25. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
49.93 |
1.0615 |
0.1645 |
305 |
1 |
49.93 |
2011-10-23 |
| 26. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
49.60 |
1.0486 |
0.1453 |
289 |
1 |
49.60 |
2011-10-28 |
| 27. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
48.83 |
1.0679 |
0.1268 |
177 |
1 |
48.83 |
2011-05-21 |
| 28. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
48.81 |
1.0529 |
0.1209 |
351 |
1 |
48.81 |
2011-05-24 |
| 29. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
48.73 |
0.8629 |
0.3140 |
299 |
1 |
48.73 |
2011-10-16 |
| 30. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
48.71 |
0.9991 |
0.1729 |
225 |
2 |
47.40 |
2011-10-23 |
| 31. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
48.65 |
1.0429 |
0.1256 |
259 |
2 |
46.01 |
2011-10-23 |
| 32. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
48.52 |
0.9559 |
0.2137 |
195 |
1 |
48.52 |
2011-10-23 |
| 33. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
48.00 |
1.0521 |
0.0972 |
171 |
1 |
48.00 |
2011-05-24 |
| 34. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
47.45 |
0.9855 |
0.1885 |
258 |
1 |
47.45 |
2011-10-28 |
| 35. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
47.37 |
0.9711 |
0.1668 |
176 |
1 |
47.37 |
2011-05-19 |
| 36. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
46.14 |
0.7938 |
0.3163 |
176 |
3 |
29.88 |
2011-05-22 |
| 37. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
45.84 |
1.0506 |
0.0799 |
277 |
1 |
45.84 |
2011-05-19 |
| 38. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
45.82 |
0.9572 |
0.1869 |
376 |
1 |
45.82 |
2011-10-16 |
| 39. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
45.61 |
1.1296 |
-0.0042 |
252 |
1 |
45.61 |
2011-05-19 |
| 40. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
45.40 |
0.9340 |
0.1571 |
296 |
1 |
45.40 |
2011-05-21 |
| 41. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
45.23 |
0.9946 |
0.0919 |
246 |
1 |
45.23 |
2011-05-20 |
| 42. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
45.16 |
1.0023 |
0.0809 |
211 |
1 |
45.16 |
2011-05-19 |
| 43. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
44.99 |
1.0296 |
0.0576 |
437 |
1 |
44.99 |
2011-05-21 |
| 44. |
One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the av... |
44.94 |
0.9247 |
0.1600 |
253 |
1 |
44.94 |
2011-05-19 |
| 45. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
44.39 |
1.0240 |
0.0399 |
256 |
1 |
44.39 |
2011-05-19 |
| 46. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
44.19 |
1.0462 |
0.0094 |
184 |
2 |
36.43 |
2011-05-17 |
| 47. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
43.64 |
1.0213 |
0.0236 |
240 |
1 |
43.64 |
2011-05-19 |
| 48. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
43.62 |
0.9710 |
0.0703 |
173 |
2 |
38.93 |
2011-05-21 |
| 49. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
43.59 |
0.9500 |
0.0993 |
362 |
1 |
43.59 |
2011-05-19 |
| 50. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
43.57 |
0.8951 |
0.1536 |
193 |
1 |
43.57 |
2011-05-24 |
| 51. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
43.55 |
0.9668 |
0.1217 |
383 |
1 |
43.55 |
2011-05-24 |
| 52. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
43.37 |
0.8919 |
0.1480 |
205 |
1 |
43.37 |
2011-05-24 |
| 53. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
43.01 |
0.8653 |
0.1789 |
255 |
1 |
43.01 |
2011-05-20 |
| 54. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
42.66 |
1.0289 |
-0.0002 |
276 |
1 |
42.66 |
2011-05-24 |
| 55. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
42.61 |
0.9128 |
0.1518 |
369 |
1 |
42.61 |
2011-05-21 |
| 56. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
42.36 |
0.9936 |
0.0229 |
311 |
1 |
42.36 |
2011-05-19 |
| 57. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
42.27 |
1.0941 |
-0.0479 |
256 |
1 |
42.27 |
2011-05-18 |
| 58. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
42.22 |
0.9673 |
0.0857 |
232 |
1 |
42.22 |
2011-05-19 |
| 59. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
41.90 |
0.9785 |
0.0305 |
335 |
1 |
41.90 |
2011-05-19 |
| 60. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
41.87 |
0.9572 |
0.0471 |
201 |
1 |
41.87 |
2011-10-16 |
| 61. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
41.81 |
1.0487 |
-0.0501 |
231 |
2 |
32.97 |
2011-05-16 |
| 62. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
41.55 |
0.9820 |
0.0180 |
267 |
1 |
41.55 |
2011-10-22 |
| 63. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
41.45 |
1.0767 |
-0.0838 |
212 |
1 |
41.45 |
2011-05-19 |
| 64. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
41.19 |
0.8975 |
0.0917 |
268 |
1 |
41.19 |
2011-05-19 |
| 65. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
40.88 |
0.9772 |
0.0004 |
217 |
1 |
40.88 |
2011-05-24 |
| 66. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
40.77 |
1.0218 |
-0.0464 |
268 |
1 |
40.77 |
2011-04-15 |
| 67. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
40.76 |
0.9429 |
0.0364 |
287 |
1 |
40.76 |
2011-05-20 |
| 68. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
39.98 |
1.0074 |
-0.0459 |
242 |
1 |
39.98 |
2011-05-21 |
| 69. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
39.89 |
0.9756 |
-0.0201 |
229 |
1 |
39.89 |
2011-05-18 |
| 70. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
39.88 |
0.9916 |
0.0077 |
282 |
2 |
37.83 |
2011-05-20 |
| 71. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
39.87 |
1.0284 |
-0.0285 |
282 |
1 |
39.87 |
2011-04-17 |
| 72. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
39.53 |
0.8619 |
0.0848 |
119 |
1 |
39.53 |
2011-04-14 |
| 73. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
39.33 |
0.9763 |
-0.0333 |
289 |
1 |
39.33 |
2011-05-19 |
| 74. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
39.29 |
0.9281 |
0.0194 |
273 |
1 |
39.29 |
2011-05-18 |
| 75. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
39.11 |
0.9865 |
-0.0473 |
276 |
1 |
39.11 |
2011-05-21 |
| 76. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
38.96 |
0.9068 |
0.0309 |
269 |
1 |
38.96 |
2011-04-15 |
| 77. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
38.90 |
1.0232 |
-0.0444 |
350 |
1 |
38.90 |
2011-05-16 |
| 78. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
38.52 |
0.8353 |
0.0959 |
283 |
1 |
38.52 |
2011-05-17 |
| 79. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
38.47 |
1.0943 |
-0.1392 |
206 |
1 |
38.47 |
2011-04-17 |
| 80. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
38.43 |
0.8941 |
0.0296 |
216 |
1 |
38.43 |
2011-05-24 |
| 81. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
38.18 |
0.9339 |
-0.0200 |
310 |
1 |
38.18 |
2011-04-17 |
| 82. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
37.91 |
1.0565 |
-0.1504 |
247 |
1 |
37.91 |
2011-04-14 |
| 83. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
37.73 |
0.8821 |
0.0222 |
176 |
3 |
30.82 |
2011-04-17 |
| 84. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
37.60 |
0.9461 |
-0.0483 |
193 |
1 |
37.60 |
2011-05-21 |
| 85. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
37.48 |
0.7877 |
0.1153 |
142 |
1 |
37.48 |
2011-05-22 |
| 86. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
37.20 |
0.9504 |
-0.0639 |
263 |
1 |
37.20 |
2011-05-19 |
| 87. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
37.19 |
0.8559 |
0.0363 |
191 |
1 |
37.19 |
2011-05-17 |
| 88. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
36.99 |
0.8573 |
0.0329 |
270 |
2 |
35.38 |
2011-04-14 |
| 89. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
36.99 |
0.8910 |
-0.0029 |
150 |
1 |
36.99 |
2011-04-15 |
| 90. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
36.95 |
0.9965 |
-0.1158 |
168 |
2 |
28.74 |
2011-04-17 |
| 91. |
As civilizations grew, humans spread out across the face of ... |
36.88 |
0.9418 |
-0.0518 |
188 |
1 |
36.88 |
2011-04-19 |
| 92. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
36.57 |
0.9612 |
-0.0848 |
256 |
1 |
36.57 |
2011-04-15 |
| 93. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
36.55 |
0.9965 |
-0.1203 |
277 |
1 |
36.55 |
2011-04-14 |
| 94. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
36.55 |
0.8533 |
0.0239 |
232 |
2 |
31.33 |
2011-04-17 |
| 95. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
36.48 |
0.8360 |
0.0374 |
170 |
1 |
36.48 |
2011-04-14 |
| 96. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
36.25 |
0.9578 |
-0.0898 |
281 |
1 |
36.25 |
2011-05-19 |
| 97. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
36.24 |
0.9084 |
-0.0361 |
404 |
1 |
36.24 |
2011-05-19 |
| 98. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
36.18 |
0.9485 |
-0.0800 |
236 |
1 |
36.18 |
2011-04-15 |
| 99. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
36.02 |
1.0515 |
-0.1905 |
250 |
1 |
36.02 |
2011-04-17 |
| 100. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
35.83 |
0.9019 |
-0.0382 |
204 |
1 |
35.83 |
2011-04-19 |
| 101. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
35.14 |
0.8022 |
0.0425 |
215 |
1 |
35.14 |
2011-04-17 |
| 102. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
35.02 |
0.8914 |
-0.0520 |
366 |
1 |
35.02 |
2011-05-17 |
| 103. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
34.60 |
0.8892 |
-0.0546 |
207 |
2 |
30.56 |
2011-04-17 |
| 104. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
34.18 |
0.8793 |
-0.0594 |
157 |
1 |
34.18 |
2011-04-19 |
| 105. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
34.10 |
0.9726 |
-0.1624 |
154 |
1 |
34.10 |
2011-04-14 |
| 106. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
33.76 |
0.9893 |
-0.1812 |
323 |
1 |
33.76 |
2011-04-14 |
| 107. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
33.18 |
0.8602 |
-0.0688 |
206 |
2 |
32.38 |
2011-04-15 |
| 108. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
32.98 |
0.8541 |
-0.0570 |
260 |
1 |
32.98 |
2011-04-17 |
| 109. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
32.64 |
1.0292 |
-0.2498 |
262 |
1 |
32.64 |
2011-04-14 |
| 110. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
30.94 |
0.8890 |
-0.1531 |
199 |
1 |
30.94 |
2009-04-10 |
| 111. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
29.29 |
0.9731 |
-0.2861 |
129 |
1 |
29.29 |
2009-04-10 |
| 112. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
29.17 |
0.8070 |
-0.1079 |
137 |
1 |
29.17 |
2009-05-03 |
| 113. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
28.88 |
0.9171 |
-0.2270 |
165 |
2 |
25.96 |
2009-04-10 |
| 114. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
28.49 |
1.0788 |
-0.4045 |
171 |
1 |
28.49 |
2009-05-07 |
| 115. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
27.94 |
1.0131 |
-0.3505 |
225 |
1 |
27.94 |
2009-04-30 |
| 116. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
27.64 |
0.8887 |
-0.2157 |
128 |
1 |
27.64 |
2009-04-10 |
| 117. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
27.31 |
0.9128 |
-0.2560 |
133 |
1 |
27.31 |
2009-05-03 |
| 118. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
26.30 |
0.8506 |
-0.2278 |
132 |
1 |
26.30 |
2009-04-30 |
| 119. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
26.23 |
1.0528 |
-0.4328 |
201 |
1 |
26.23 |
2009-04-10 |
| 120. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
26.02 |
0.8700 |
-0.2505 |
127 |
3 |
23.95 |
2009-06-26 |
| 121. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
25.58 |
0.9251 |
-0.3109 |
177 |
1 |
25.58 |
2009-04-10 |
| 122. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
25.12 |
0.8666 |
-0.2657 |
150 |
1 |
25.12 |
2009-10-15 |
| 123. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
25.08 |
1.0463 |
-0.4538 |
182 |
1 |
25.08 |
2009-04-10 |
| 124. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
24.75 |
1.0797 |
-0.4963 |
210 |
1 |
24.75 |
2009-05-07 |
| 125. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
24.70 |
1.0033 |
-0.4222 |
189 |
1 |
24.70 |
2009-04-10 |
| 126. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
24.69 |
0.9226 |
-0.3310 |
177 |
2 |
23.52 |
2009-04-10 |
| 127. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
24.56 |
0.7352 |
-0.1507 |
106 |
1 |
24.56 |
2009-04-10 |
| 128. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
24.31 |
1.0099 |
-0.4344 |
207 |
1 |
24.31 |
2009-04-10 |
| 129. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
24.19 |
0.9233 |
-0.3560 |
168 |
1 |
24.19 |
2009-04-10 |
| 130. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
23.78 |
0.8323 |
-0.2664 |
203 |
1 |
23.78 |
2009-04-10 |
| 131. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
23.68 |
0.8628 |
-0.3030 |
196 |
1 |
23.68 |
2009-04-10 |
| 132. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
23.42 |
0.8125 |
-0.2533 |
197 |
1 |
23.42 |
2009-04-10 |
| 133. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
23.41 |
0.8747 |
-0.3226 |
201 |
1 |
23.41 |
2009-04-10 |
| 134. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
23.39 |
1.0004 |
-0.4505 |
212 |
1 |
23.39 |
2009-04-10 |
| 135. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
23.20 |
0.8070 |
-0.2582 |
167 |
1 |
23.20 |
2009-04-10 |
| 136. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
22.76 |
0.7826 |
-0.2383 |
97 |
1 |
22.76 |
2009-04-10 |
| 137. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
22.47 |
0.8791 |
-0.3461 |
190 |
1 |
22.47 |
2009-04-10 |
| 138. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
22.19 |
0.8544 |
-0.3270 |
170 |
1 |
22.19 |
2009-04-10 |
| 139. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
20.19 |
0.7690 |
-0.2892 |
142 |
1 |
20.19 |
2009-04-10 |
| 140. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
20.14 |
0.8295 |
-0.3507 |
209 |
1 |
20.14 |
2009-04-10 |