| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Some drivers actually perform best when there is a little ex... |
64.93 |
0.9684 |
0.3724 |
240 |
1 |
64.93 |
2013-10-19 |
| 2. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
64.57 |
1.0472 |
0.2835 |
149 |
1 |
64.57 |
2013-11-06 |
| 3. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
62.07 |
1.0873 |
0.1947 |
243 |
1 |
62.07 |
2013-11-07 |
| 4. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
61.03 |
1.1093 |
0.1483 |
220 |
2 |
56.80 |
2013-10-19 |
| 5. |
If you begin to repeat an error, or if your concentration or... |
60.32 |
0.9549 |
0.2912 |
204 |
1 |
60.32 |
2014-01-01 |
| 6. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
58.71 |
1.0095 |
0.2042 |
211 |
3 |
44.49 |
2013-10-19 |
| 7. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
58.31 |
1.0227 |
0.1905 |
378 |
1 |
58.31 |
2013-11-06 |
| 8. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
58.25 |
0.9682 |
0.2477 |
341 |
2 |
53.85 |
2013-10-27 |
| 9. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
58.05 |
0.9779 |
0.2219 |
255 |
1 |
58.05 |
2013-11-06 |
| 10. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
57.55 |
1.0672 |
0.1224 |
239 |
1 |
57.55 |
2013-10-27 |
| 11. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
56.78 |
1.1095 |
0.0677 |
252 |
1 |
56.78 |
2013-10-18 |
| 12. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
56.77 |
1.0189 |
0.1553 |
290 |
1 |
56.77 |
2013-11-05 |
| 13. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
56.75 |
0.9797 |
0.1991 |
269 |
2 |
51.63 |
2013-11-07 |
| 14. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
56.64 |
1.0836 |
0.0915 |
206 |
1 |
56.64 |
2013-10-19 |
| 15. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
56.22 |
0.9927 |
0.1722 |
262 |
1 |
56.22 |
2014-01-01 |
| 16. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
55.98 |
0.9757 |
0.1790 |
176 |
2 |
48.48 |
2013-11-07 |
| 17. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
55.86 |
0.9932 |
0.1702 |
281 |
1 |
55.86 |
2013-11-06 |
| 18. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
55.62 |
1.0060 |
0.1455 |
260 |
1 |
55.62 |
2013-10-19 |
| 19. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
55.20 |
1.0792 |
0.0677 |
251 |
1 |
55.20 |
2013-10-19 |
| 20. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
54.84 |
1.0165 |
0.1170 |
316 |
1 |
54.84 |
2013-10-19 |
| 21. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
54.45 |
0.9963 |
0.1278 |
274 |
1 |
54.45 |
2013-11-06 |
| 22. |
One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the av... |
54.45 |
0.9278 |
0.1998 |
253 |
1 |
54.45 |
2013-10-27 |
| 23. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
54.42 |
1.0557 |
0.0714 |
289 |
1 |
54.42 |
2013-11-07 |
| 24. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
54.32 |
0.9873 |
0.1349 |
274 |
1 |
54.32 |
2013-10-19 |
| 25. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
54.30 |
0.9864 |
0.1410 |
292 |
1 |
54.30 |
2013-10-18 |
| 26. |
You have to be a fairly determined ecological detective to f... |
53.69 |
0.9040 |
0.2064 |
188 |
1 |
53.69 |
2013-10-19 |
| 27. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
53.40 |
0.9996 |
0.1124 |
483 |
1 |
53.40 |
2013-10-27 |
| 28. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
53.36 |
1.0208 |
0.0829 |
231 |
2 |
52.15 |
2013-10-27 |
| 29. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
53.35 |
0.9836 |
0.1113 |
123 |
1 |
53.35 |
2013-10-18 |
| 30. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
52.79 |
1.0540 |
0.0331 |
184 |
1 |
52.79 |
2013-11-06 |
| 31. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
52.39 |
0.9980 |
0.0881 |
295 |
1 |
52.39 |
2013-11-06 |
| 32. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
52.38 |
0.9128 |
0.1675 |
237 |
1 |
52.38 |
2013-10-18 |
| 33. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
52.22 |
0.8845 |
0.1966 |
239 |
1 |
52.22 |
2013-11-06 |
| 34. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
52.18 |
0.9103 |
0.1684 |
269 |
1 |
52.18 |
2013-11-04 |
| 35. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
52.17 |
1.0509 |
0.0353 |
295 |
1 |
52.17 |
2013-10-27 |
| 36. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
52.17 |
0.8603 |
0.2183 |
270 |
1 |
52.17 |
2013-11-06 |
| 37. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
52.02 |
1.0755 |
0.0010 |
243 |
2 |
51.69 |
2013-11-06 |
| 38. |
It's about realizing that there are no problems. Only situat... |
52.00 |
0.9182 |
0.1595 |
207 |
1 |
52.00 |
2013-11-06 |
| 39. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
51.98 |
0.9989 |
0.0834 |
282 |
1 |
51.98 |
2013-11-06 |
| 40. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
51.75 |
1.0506 |
0.0192 |
259 |
1 |
51.75 |
2013-10-18 |
| 41. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
51.56 |
0.9922 |
0.0748 |
264 |
1 |
51.56 |
2013-10-18 |
| 42. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
51.44 |
0.9833 |
0.0834 |
387 |
2 |
47.62 |
2013-11-07 |
| 43. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
51.41 |
1.0036 |
0.0607 |
277 |
1 |
51.41 |
2013-10-18 |
| 44. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
51.28 |
1.0426 |
0.0139 |
131 |
1 |
51.28 |
2013-10-18 |
| 45. |
However we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of ... |
51.26 |
1.0051 |
0.0493 |
162 |
1 |
51.26 |
2013-11-07 |
| 46. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
51.17 |
0.9255 |
0.1330 |
174 |
1 |
51.17 |
2013-11-05 |
| 47. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
51.07 |
1.0125 |
0.0422 |
232 |
1 |
51.07 |
2013-10-18 |
| 48. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
50.74 |
0.9434 |
0.1105 |
367 |
2 |
46.58 |
2013-11-07 |
| 49. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
50.72 |
1.0667 |
-0.0076 |
308 |
1 |
50.72 |
2013-10-18 |
| 50. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
50.58 |
0.9503 |
0.0892 |
211 |
1 |
50.58 |
2013-10-27 |
| 51. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
50.50 |
0.9756 |
0.0710 |
216 |
1 |
50.50 |
2013-11-06 |
| 52. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
50.44 |
1.0086 |
0.0300 |
218 |
1 |
50.44 |
2014-01-01 |
| 53. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
50.29 |
1.0777 |
-0.0398 |
226 |
1 |
50.29 |
2013-10-27 |
| 54. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
50.26 |
0.8981 |
0.1503 |
255 |
1 |
50.26 |
2013-10-27 |
| 55. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
50.06 |
0.9909 |
0.0491 |
293 |
1 |
50.06 |
2013-10-19 |
| 56. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
50.04 |
1.0615 |
-0.0294 |
201 |
2 |
47.48 |
2013-10-27 |
| 57. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
49.97 |
0.9543 |
0.0859 |
265 |
1 |
49.97 |
2013-11-05 |
| 58. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
49.64 |
0.9698 |
0.0621 |
389 |
1 |
49.64 |
2013-11-06 |
| 59. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
49.25 |
1.0243 |
-0.0025 |
153 |
1 |
49.25 |
2013-10-23 |
| 60. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
49.25 |
1.0268 |
-0.0158 |
179 |
1 |
49.25 |
2013-10-19 |
| 61. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
49.20 |
1.0320 |
-0.0088 |
401 |
1 |
49.20 |
2013-10-27 |
| 62. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
49.11 |
0.9621 |
0.0501 |
201 |
1 |
49.11 |
2013-10-18 |
| 63. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
49.09 |
0.9541 |
0.0615 |
236 |
1 |
49.09 |
2013-10-18 |
| 64. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
48.98 |
1.0287 |
-0.0168 |
269 |
1 |
48.98 |
2013-10-18 |
| 65. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
48.96 |
1.0664 |
-0.0507 |
389 |
1 |
48.96 |
2013-11-05 |
| 66. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
48.57 |
0.9538 |
0.0507 |
276 |
1 |
48.57 |
2013-11-06 |
| 67. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
48.53 |
1.0403 |
-0.0387 |
234 |
1 |
48.53 |
2013-10-18 |
| 68. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
48.49 |
0.9108 |
0.0920 |
235 |
2 |
45.66 |
2013-11-07 |
| 69. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
48.40 |
0.9841 |
0.0152 |
263 |
2 |
46.54 |
2013-11-05 |
| 70. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
48.36 |
1.0561 |
-0.0584 |
227 |
1 |
48.36 |
2013-10-19 |
| 71. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
48.32 |
0.9332 |
0.0655 |
267 |
1 |
48.32 |
2013-11-06 |
| 72. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
47.93 |
1.0304 |
-0.0358 |
257 |
1 |
47.93 |
2013-10-18 |
| 73. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
47.90 |
0.9780 |
0.0062 |
173 |
1 |
47.90 |
2013-10-18 |
| 74. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
47.85 |
1.0654 |
-0.0790 |
247 |
1 |
47.85 |
2013-10-27 |
| 75. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
47.84 |
1.0090 |
-0.0141 |
300 |
1 |
47.84 |
2013-11-05 |
| 76. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
47.73 |
1.0194 |
-0.0351 |
224 |
1 |
47.73 |
2013-10-18 |
| 77. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
47.51 |
0.9480 |
0.0347 |
297 |
1 |
47.51 |
2013-10-27 |
| 78. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
47.42 |
0.9084 |
0.0733 |
271 |
2 |
46.07 |
2013-10-19 |
| 79. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
47.26 |
0.9368 |
0.0329 |
176 |
2 |
43.73 |
2013-11-04 |
| 80. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
47.15 |
1.0543 |
-0.0775 |
360 |
1 |
47.15 |
2014-01-01 |
| 81. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
46.99 |
0.9598 |
0.0138 |
209 |
2 |
45.20 |
2013-10-18 |
| 82. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
46.07 |
1.0595 |
-0.1141 |
166 |
1 |
46.07 |
2013-10-18 |
| 83. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
46.03 |
1.0461 |
-0.0900 |
286 |
1 |
46.03 |
2013-11-05 |
| 84. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
46.00 |
1.0419 |
-0.0878 |
341 |
1 |
46.00 |
2013-11-06 |
| 85. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
45.97 |
0.9594 |
-0.0112 |
258 |
1 |
45.97 |
2013-10-19 |
| 86. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
45.96 |
0.9928 |
-0.0436 |
293 |
1 |
45.96 |
2013-10-18 |
| 87. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
45.85 |
0.9650 |
-0.0149 |
347 |
1 |
45.85 |
2013-11-05 |
| 88. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
45.83 |
1.0461 |
-0.0966 |
318 |
1 |
45.83 |
2013-11-05 |
| 89. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
45.77 |
0.8959 |
0.0555 |
328 |
1 |
45.77 |
2013-11-06 |
| 90. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
45.71 |
0.8847 |
0.0574 |
282 |
1 |
45.71 |
2013-10-19 |
| 91. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
45.63 |
0.9716 |
-0.0246 |
330 |
1 |
45.63 |
2013-10-23 |
| 92. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
45.52 |
1.0199 |
-0.0829 |
225 |
1 |
45.52 |
2014-01-01 |
| 93. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
45.49 |
0.9952 |
-0.0528 |
220 |
1 |
45.49 |
2013-10-18 |
| 94. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
45.46 |
0.9857 |
-0.0406 |
268 |
1 |
45.46 |
2013-11-05 |
| 95. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
45.31 |
0.9136 |
0.0260 |
348 |
1 |
45.31 |
2013-10-18 |
| 96. |
Dropping through sky, through the glass of the roof, through... |
45.23 |
0.9745 |
-0.0420 |
217 |
1 |
45.23 |
2013-11-07 |
| 97. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
45.19 |
1.0178 |
-0.0859 |
207 |
1 |
45.19 |
2013-10-19 |
| 98. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
44.92 |
0.9931 |
-0.0605 |
339 |
2 |
42.24 |
2013-10-27 |
| 99. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
44.89 |
0.9643 |
-0.0280 |
282 |
1 |
44.89 |
2013-10-18 |
| 100. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
44.66 |
0.8718 |
0.0543 |
318 |
1 |
44.66 |
2013-10-27 |
| 101. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
44.53 |
0.8953 |
0.0190 |
158 |
1 |
44.53 |
2013-10-18 |
| 102. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
44.44 |
0.9740 |
-0.0522 |
371 |
1 |
44.44 |
2013-10-18 |
| 103. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
43.93 |
0.9338 |
-0.0162 |
326 |
1 |
43.93 |
2013-10-19 |
| 104. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
43.92 |
1.0067 |
-0.0855 |
422 |
1 |
43.92 |
2013-10-27 |
| 105. |
Grits and fried chicken won't disappear, but perhaps future ... |
43.86 |
0.8936 |
0.0110 |
135 |
1 |
43.86 |
2013-11-06 |
| 106. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
43.39 |
0.9113 |
-0.0084 |
318 |
1 |
43.39 |
2013-10-18 |
| 107. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
42.99 |
0.9269 |
-0.0311 |
269 |
1 |
42.99 |
2013-11-04 |
| 108. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
42.69 |
0.9500 |
-0.0662 |
287 |
1 |
42.69 |
2013-10-18 |
| 109. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
42.55 |
0.9844 |
-0.0933 |
351 |
1 |
42.55 |
2013-10-19 |
| 110. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
42.53 |
0.9357 |
-0.0595 |
204 |
1 |
42.53 |
2013-10-18 |
| 111. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
42.29 |
0.9517 |
-0.0798 |
276 |
1 |
42.29 |
2013-11-05 |
| 112. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
42.26 |
0.7920 |
0.0783 |
230 |
1 |
42.26 |
2013-10-18 |
| 113. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
42.17 |
0.9265 |
-0.0560 |
254 |
1 |
42.17 |
2013-10-18 |
| 114. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
42.16 |
1.0791 |
-0.2030 |
259 |
1 |
42.16 |
2013-10-18 |
| 115. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
42.14 |
0.9425 |
-0.0713 |
248 |
1 |
42.14 |
2013-10-18 |
| 116. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
41.77 |
0.8656 |
-0.0026 |
299 |
1 |
41.77 |
2013-10-27 |
| 117. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
41.73 |
1.0130 |
-0.1513 |
288 |
1 |
41.73 |
2013-11-06 |
| 118. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
41.39 |
0.8381 |
0.0201 |
283 |
1 |
41.39 |
2013-11-07 |
| 119. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
41.24 |
0.9346 |
-0.0857 |
211 |
1 |
41.24 |
2013-10-19 |
| 120. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
41.04 |
0.9329 |
-0.0711 |
345 |
1 |
41.04 |
2013-10-18 |
| 121. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
41.02 |
0.9685 |
-0.1210 |
304 |
1 |
41.02 |
2013-10-18 |
| 122. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
40.84 |
1.0338 |
-0.1852 |
277 |
1 |
40.84 |
2013-10-18 |
| 123. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
40.75 |
0.9749 |
-0.1241 |
337 |
1 |
40.75 |
2013-10-18 |
| 124. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
40.62 |
0.9149 |
-0.0778 |
153 |
1 |
40.62 |
2013-10-18 |
| 125. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
40.32 |
1.0264 |
-0.1979 |
191 |
1 |
40.32 |
2013-10-23 |
| 126. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
40.25 |
0.9765 |
-0.1464 |
269 |
1 |
40.25 |
2013-10-19 |
| 127. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
39.91 |
1.0192 |
-0.1898 |
243 |
1 |
39.91 |
2013-10-18 |
| 128. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
39.36 |
0.9927 |
-0.1835 |
234 |
1 |
39.36 |
2013-10-19 |
| 129. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
38.09 |
0.9270 |
-0.1381 |
193 |
1 |
38.09 |
2013-10-18 |
| 130. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
37.53 |
0.8948 |
-0.1211 |
164 |
1 |
37.53 |
2013-10-18 |
| 131. |
We were all in our late twenties or early-to-middle thirties... |
37.44 |
0.8911 |
-0.1158 |
241 |
1 |
37.44 |
2013-10-19 |
| 132. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
36.93 |
0.9604 |
-0.2008 |
285 |
1 |
36.93 |
2013-10-18 |
| 133. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
36.72 |
0.9756 |
-0.2187 |
223 |
1 |
36.72 |
2013-10-18 |
| 134. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
36.63 |
0.8666 |
-0.1132 |
206 |
1 |
36.63 |
2013-10-18 |
| 135. |
While it may hold true that the final few seconds of a bike ... |
35.80 |
0.8375 |
-0.0942 |
224 |
1 |
35.80 |
2013-10-19 |
| 136. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
34.84 |
0.9763 |
-0.2580 |
143 |
1 |
34.84 |
2013-10-18 |
| 137. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
34.35 |
1.0418 |
-0.3329 |
214 |
1 |
34.35 |
2013-10-18 |
| 138. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
33.61 |
0.7923 |
-0.0989 |
316 |
1 |
33.61 |
2013-10-18 |
| 139. |
His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly... |
29.96 |
1.0379 |
-0.4247 |
172 |
1 |
29.96 |
2013-11-06 |