| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
125.66 |
1.0337 |
-1.0461 |
214 |
3 |
117.55 |
2008-10-29 |
| 2. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
122.26 |
1.0788 |
-1.0950 |
171 |
3 |
116.50 |
2008-10-29 |
| 3. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
121.38 |
1.0062 |
-1.0178 |
288 |
1 |
121.38 |
2008-10-29 |
| 4. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
119.52 |
1.1114 |
-1.1255 |
247 |
1 |
119.52 |
2008-12-03 |
| 5. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
119.19 |
1.0390 |
-1.0533 |
205 |
3 |
104.70 |
2008-10-26 |
| 6. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
118.20 |
1.0567 |
-1.0684 |
303 |
3 |
111.17 |
2008-10-26 |
| 7. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
116.27 |
1.0385 |
-1.0513 |
230 |
2 |
113.92 |
2008-11-06 |
| 8. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
115.45 |
1.0577 |
-1.0727 |
247 |
1 |
115.45 |
2008-10-30 |
| 9. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
115.35 |
1.0131 |
-1.0287 |
225 |
1 |
115.35 |
2008-11-07 |
| 10. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
114.64 |
1.0787 |
-1.0913 |
237 |
3 |
110.94 |
2008-10-27 |
| 11. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
114.61 |
1.0595 |
-1.0701 |
379 |
2 |
113.51 |
2008-12-19 |
| 12. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
114.24 |
1.0613 |
-1.0733 |
266 |
4 |
110.00 |
2008-11-14 |
| 13. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
114.10 |
1.0352 |
-1.0458 |
341 |
1 |
114.10 |
2008-10-25 |
| 14. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
112.99 |
1.0454 |
-1.0630 |
255 |
1 |
112.99 |
2008-10-22 |
| 15. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
112.62 |
0.9734 |
-0.9859 |
289 |
1 |
112.62 |
2008-12-03 |
| 16. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
112.56 |
1.0251 |
-1.0383 |
261 |
2 |
111.78 |
2008-11-14 |
| 17. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
112.51 |
0.9886 |
-0.9997 |
220 |
3 |
104.50 |
2008-11-07 |
| 18. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
111.54 |
0.9633 |
-0.9757 |
304 |
1 |
111.54 |
2008-10-26 |
| 19. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
111.35 |
1.0441 |
-1.0553 |
252 |
1 |
111.35 |
2008-10-25 |
| 20. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
111.17 |
1.0183 |
-1.0336 |
191 |
3 |
101.70 |
2008-12-03 |
| 21. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
110.73 |
1.0498 |
-1.0653 |
180 |
2 |
105.23 |
2008-10-30 |
| 22. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
110.68 |
0.9376 |
-0.9462 |
367 |
2 |
103.31 |
2008-10-29 |
| 23. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
110.62 |
1.0486 |
-1.0600 |
289 |
2 |
108.84 |
2008-10-26 |
| 24. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
110.59 |
0.9798 |
-0.9964 |
199 |
1 |
110.59 |
2008-10-27 |
| 25. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
110.46 |
1.0523 |
-1.0672 |
256 |
1 |
110.46 |
2008-10-26 |
| 26. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
110.35 |
1.0417 |
-1.0557 |
253 |
1 |
110.35 |
2008-10-26 |
| 27. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
110.13 |
1.0391 |
-1.0463 |
358 |
1 |
110.13 |
2008-12-19 |
| 28. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
109.83 |
1.0555 |
-1.0666 |
363 |
1 |
109.83 |
2008-10-25 |
| 29. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
109.61 |
1.0596 |
-1.0735 |
239 |
1 |
109.61 |
2008-10-27 |
| 30. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
108.96 |
0.9852 |
-0.9971 |
264 |
1 |
108.96 |
2008-10-29 |
| 31. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
108.68 |
0.9905 |
-0.9974 |
377 |
2 |
99.24 |
2008-12-03 |
| 32. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
108.31 |
0.8553 |
-0.8706 |
174 |
1 |
108.31 |
2008-10-10 |
| 33. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
107.88 |
1.0168 |
-1.0279 |
271 |
1 |
107.88 |
2008-12-03 |
| 34. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
107.63 |
0.9866 |
-1.0021 |
218 |
3 |
101.96 |
2008-12-03 |
| 35. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
107.61 |
0.9897 |
-1.0029 |
274 |
1 |
107.61 |
2008-10-29 |
| 36. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
107.40 |
1.0885 |
-1.0988 |
315 |
2 |
106.78 |
2008-10-27 |
| 37. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
107.16 |
1.0462 |
-1.0624 |
184 |
1 |
107.16 |
2008-11-06 |
| 38. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
107.00 |
0.9941 |
-1.0082 |
217 |
2 |
106.71 |
2008-11-06 |
| 39. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
106.78 |
0.9879 |
-0.9945 |
450 |
2 |
102.83 |
2008-12-03 |
| 40. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
106.77 |
1.0829 |
-1.0942 |
288 |
1 |
106.77 |
2008-10-29 |
| 41. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
105.77 |
0.9687 |
-0.9777 |
371 |
1 |
105.77 |
2008-10-25 |
| 42. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
105.64 |
0.9833 |
-0.9946 |
355 |
2 |
103.46 |
2008-12-19 |
| 43. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
105.63 |
0.9820 |
-0.9926 |
267 |
1 |
105.63 |
2008-10-29 |
| 44. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
105.54 |
1.0565 |
-1.0707 |
247 |
2 |
103.21 |
2008-10-25 |
| 45. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
105.35 |
0.9763 |
-0.9885 |
289 |
2 |
103.13 |
2008-11-07 |
| 46. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
105.26 |
0.9910 |
-1.0028 |
295 |
2 |
101.87 |
2008-10-25 |
| 47. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
105.00 |
0.9266 |
-0.9396 |
278 |
1 |
105.00 |
2008-10-26 |
| 48. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
104.94 |
1.0368 |
-1.0496 |
276 |
2 |
99.07 |
2008-10-30 |
| 49. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
104.44 |
0.9635 |
-0.9732 |
389 |
3 |
96.85 |
2008-11-07 |
| 50. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
104.43 |
0.9681 |
-0.9754 |
378 |
1 |
104.43 |
2008-10-30 |
| 51. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
104.11 |
0.8996 |
-0.9157 |
192 |
1 |
104.11 |
2008-10-13 |
| 52. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
104.01 |
1.0534 |
-1.0644 |
357 |
1 |
104.01 |
2008-10-13 |
| 53. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
103.83 |
0.9899 |
-1.0051 |
163 |
2 |
102.13 |
2008-11-14 |
| 54. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
103.82 |
0.9234 |
-0.9323 |
346 |
2 |
102.48 |
2008-11-14 |
| 55. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
103.73 |
1.0068 |
-1.0164 |
358 |
2 |
102.89 |
2008-10-26 |
| 56. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
103.39 |
0.9841 |
-0.9935 |
334 |
1 |
103.39 |
2008-12-19 |
| 57. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
103.22 |
0.9557 |
-0.9633 |
331 |
1 |
103.22 |
2008-10-29 |
| 58. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
103.03 |
0.9553 |
-0.9623 |
430 |
1 |
103.03 |
2008-10-25 |
| 59. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
102.43 |
0.9965 |
-1.0106 |
168 |
2 |
100.89 |
2008-10-27 |
| 60. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
102.22 |
1.0668 |
-1.0772 |
350 |
1 |
102.22 |
2008-12-03 |
| 61. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
101.91 |
1.0095 |
-1.0222 |
316 |
1 |
101.91 |
2008-11-16 |
| 62. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
101.60 |
0.9213 |
-0.9325 |
295 |
2 |
96.11 |
2008-11-07 |
| 63. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
101.54 |
0.9756 |
-0.9888 |
229 |
3 |
96.19 |
2008-10-29 |
| 64. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
101.47 |
1.1018 |
-1.1188 |
220 |
1 |
101.47 |
2008-10-10 |
| 65. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
101.37 |
0.9202 |
-0.9325 |
254 |
1 |
101.37 |
2008-12-19 |
| 66. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
101.36 |
0.9072 |
-0.9209 |
237 |
1 |
101.36 |
2008-10-27 |
| 67. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
101.25 |
1.0257 |
-1.0337 |
401 |
1 |
101.25 |
2008-10-29 |
| 68. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
101.12 |
1.0340 |
-1.0431 |
406 |
1 |
101.12 |
2008-10-29 |
| 69. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
100.68 |
0.9266 |
-0.9392 |
267 |
2 |
94.34 |
2008-11-11 |
| 70. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
100.28 |
0.9936 |
-1.0063 |
311 |
1 |
100.28 |
2008-10-29 |
| 71. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
100.03 |
0.9772 |
-0.9911 |
217 |
1 |
100.03 |
2008-11-06 |
| 72. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
100.00 |
0.9942 |
-1.0011 |
483 |
1 |
100.00 |
2008-10-22 |
| 73. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
99.36 |
0.9965 |
-1.0094 |
310 |
1 |
99.36 |
2008-10-13 |
| 74. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
99.12 |
1.0331 |
-1.0477 |
234 |
1 |
99.12 |
2008-10-26 |
| 75. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
99.02 |
0.9754 |
-0.9834 |
362 |
1 |
99.02 |
2008-10-10 |
| 76. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
98.89 |
0.9468 |
-0.9597 |
276 |
1 |
98.89 |
2008-10-25 |
| 77. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
98.79 |
0.9109 |
-0.9213 |
401 |
1 |
98.79 |
2008-11-06 |
| 78. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
98.72 |
1.0016 |
-1.0164 |
218 |
2 |
95.80 |
2008-10-13 |
| 79. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
98.57 |
1.0063 |
-1.0180 |
371 |
1 |
98.57 |
2008-12-03 |
| 80. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
98.29 |
0.9513 |
-0.9608 |
354 |
2 |
96.83 |
2008-10-26 |
| 81. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
97.97 |
0.8919 |
-0.9043 |
205 |
2 |
97.40 |
2008-12-03 |
| 82. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
97.71 |
0.9946 |
-1.0076 |
246 |
1 |
97.71 |
2008-10-30 |
| 83. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
97.67 |
0.9851 |
-0.9963 |
317 |
1 |
97.67 |
2008-11-11 |
| 84. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
97.64 |
0.9233 |
-0.9408 |
168 |
2 |
97.12 |
2008-10-26 |
| 85. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
97.60 |
0.9168 |
-0.9278 |
240 |
2 |
91.08 |
2008-10-26 |
| 86. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
97.02 |
1.0398 |
-1.0596 |
110 |
1 |
97.02 |
2008-10-26 |
| 87. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
96.70 |
0.9966 |
-1.0092 |
259 |
1 |
96.70 |
2008-10-26 |
| 88. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
96.57 |
0.8770 |
-0.8873 |
300 |
1 |
96.57 |
2008-10-26 |
| 89. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
96.45 |
0.9372 |
-0.9462 |
320 |
2 |
95.16 |
2008-10-10 |
| 90. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
96.38 |
0.9514 |
-0.9633 |
237 |
2 |
90.21 |
2008-10-26 |
| 91. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
95.20 |
1.0073 |
-1.0141 |
369 |
1 |
95.20 |
2008-10-27 |
| 92. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
94.92 |
1.0263 |
-1.0388 |
267 |
1 |
94.92 |
2008-10-29 |
| 93. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
94.72 |
0.9597 |
-0.9692 |
347 |
2 |
93.04 |
2008-10-26 |
| 94. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
94.72 |
1.0297 |
-1.0438 |
249 |
2 |
86.22 |
2008-10-25 |
| 95. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
94.67 |
1.0099 |
-1.0233 |
207 |
1 |
94.67 |
2008-10-22 |
| 96. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
94.58 |
0.9811 |
-0.9909 |
272 |
1 |
94.58 |
2008-12-03 |
| 97. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
94.43 |
0.9540 |
-0.9664 |
285 |
1 |
94.43 |
2008-10-26 |
| 98. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
94.18 |
0.9710 |
-0.9880 |
173 |
1 |
94.18 |
2008-10-13 |
| 99. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
93.66 |
0.9527 |
-0.9650 |
251 |
2 |
89.18 |
2008-10-10 |
| 100. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
93.49 |
0.9049 |
-0.9137 |
351 |
1 |
93.49 |
2008-10-29 |
| 101. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
93.16 |
0.9087 |
-0.9136 |
393 |
1 |
93.16 |
2008-11-11 |
| 102. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
92.76 |
1.0444 |
-1.0616 |
197 |
1 |
92.76 |
2008-10-27 |
| 103. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
92.27 |
0.9675 |
-0.9734 |
383 |
1 |
92.27 |
2008-10-13 |
| 104. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
92.15 |
0.9857 |
-0.9983 |
293 |
1 |
92.15 |
2008-11-06 |
| 105. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
91.92 |
1.0487 |
-1.0639 |
231 |
1 |
91.92 |
2008-10-26 |
| 106. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
91.09 |
0.9991 |
-1.0117 |
225 |
1 |
91.09 |
2008-11-06 |
| 107. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
90.00 |
0.9097 |
-0.8827 |
464 |
1 |
90.00 |
2008-10-10 |
| 108. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
89.81 |
0.9398 |
-0.9462 |
419 |
1 |
89.81 |
2008-10-25 |
| 109. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
89.33 |
1.0060 |
-1.0217 |
171 |
1 |
89.33 |
2008-10-26 |
| 110. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
89.25 |
0.9740 |
-0.9885 |
209 |
1 |
89.25 |
2008-10-26 |
| 111. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
88.94 |
0.9614 |
-0.9716 |
292 |
2 |
85.89 |
2008-10-26 |
| 112. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
88.89 |
0.9593 |
-0.9683 |
398 |
2 |
88.29 |
2008-10-30 |
| 113. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
88.39 |
0.9289 |
-0.9423 |
204 |
1 |
88.39 |
2008-10-30 |
| 114. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
88.37 |
0.8852 |
-0.8963 |
201 |
1 |
88.37 |
2008-10-30 |
| 115. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
87.90 |
0.9646 |
-0.9772 |
264 |
1 |
87.90 |
2008-11-06 |
| 116. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
87.84 |
1.0619 |
-1.0724 |
354 |
1 |
87.84 |
2008-10-27 |
| 117. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
87.68 |
1.0029 |
-1.0185 |
209 |
1 |
87.68 |
2008-10-25 |
| 118. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
86.49 |
0.9649 |
-0.9776 |
193 |
2 |
85.02 |
2008-11-07 |
| 119. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
86.11 |
0.9691 |
-0.9813 |
223 |
1 |
86.11 |
2008-10-26 |
| 120. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
85.93 |
0.8811 |
-0.8918 |
239 |
1 |
85.93 |
2008-10-26 |
| 121. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
85.70 |
0.9286 |
-0.9420 |
194 |
2 |
79.35 |
2008-10-29 |
| 122. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
85.63 |
0.9148 |
-0.9255 |
317 |
1 |
85.63 |
2008-10-10 |
| 123. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
85.30 |
0.8722 |
-0.8822 |
285 |
1 |
85.30 |
2008-10-26 |
| 124. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
85.00 |
0.8890 |
-0.9031 |
199 |
1 |
85.00 |
2008-10-26 |
| 125. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
84.96 |
0.7876 |
-0.7967 |
316 |
3 |
84.42 |
2008-10-26 |
| 126. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
84.85 |
0.9084 |
-0.9193 |
300 |
2 |
84.39 |
2008-10-27 |
| 127. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
84.50 |
0.8602 |
-0.8733 |
206 |
1 |
84.50 |
2008-10-29 |
| 128. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
83.82 |
0.9365 |
-0.9486 |
248 |
2 |
79.27 |
2008-10-29 |
| 129. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
82.37 |
1.0214 |
-1.0347 |
269 |
1 |
82.37 |
2008-10-25 |
| 130. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
81.67 |
0.9676 |
-0.9740 |
442 |
1 |
81.67 |
2008-11-16 |
| 131. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
81.43 |
0.8916 |
-0.9036 |
216 |
1 |
81.43 |
2008-10-22 |
| 132. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
81.06 |
0.8956 |
-0.9041 |
322 |
1 |
81.06 |
2008-12-03 |
| 133. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
77.82 |
0.8105 |
-0.8253 |
204 |
1 |
77.82 |
2008-10-25 |
| 134. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
75.46 |
1.0252 |
-1.0413 |
176 |
1 |
75.46 |
2008-10-10 |
| 135. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
74.93 |
0.9064 |
-0.9113 |
399 |
1 |
74.93 |
2008-10-10 |