| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
136.25 |
1.0669 |
0.2673 |
213 |
1 |
136.25 |
2011-09-09 |
| 2. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
134.88 |
1.0138 |
0.3070 |
231 |
1 |
134.88 |
2012-04-30 |
| 3. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
130.89 |
1.0567 |
0.2251 |
303 |
1 |
130.89 |
2014-12-27 |
| 4. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
130.66 |
1.0533 |
0.2262 |
257 |
2 |
118.64 |
2012-10-13 |
| 5. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
130.56 |
1.0829 |
0.1956 |
288 |
2 |
122.46 |
2012-09-20 |
| 6. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
129.89 |
1.0787 |
0.1933 |
237 |
1 |
129.89 |
2010-09-05 |
| 7. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
128.05 |
1.0454 |
0.2085 |
255 |
2 |
119.00 |
2015-02-08 |
| 8. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
126.01 |
1.0165 |
0.2175 |
392 |
1 |
126.01 |
2012-04-28 |
| 9. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
125.91 |
1.0613 |
0.1717 |
456 |
1 |
125.91 |
2009-05-31 |
| 10. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
124.18 |
1.1018 |
0.1142 |
220 |
3 |
98.52 |
2015-04-17 |
| 11. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
123.63 |
1.1114 |
0.0993 |
247 |
1 |
123.63 |
2011-08-05 |
| 12. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
123.61 |
0.9841 |
0.2264 |
334 |
2 |
121.28 |
2010-10-01 |
| 13. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
121.94 |
1.0288 |
0.1653 |
300 |
1 |
121.94 |
2013-03-16 |
| 14. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
119.81 |
1.0068 |
0.1665 |
358 |
1 |
119.81 |
2009-05-19 |
| 15. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
119.32 |
0.9734 |
0.1951 |
289 |
2 |
106.76 |
2009-05-31 |
| 16. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
119.26 |
1.0506 |
0.1173 |
277 |
1 |
119.26 |
2012-04-28 |
| 17. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
118.96 |
0.9846 |
0.1803 |
281 |
2 |
106.05 |
2012-10-13 |
| 18. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
118.52 |
1.1215 |
0.0391 |
200 |
1 |
118.52 |
2015-01-02 |
| 19. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
118.31 |
1.0577 |
0.1009 |
247 |
2 |
114.69 |
2012-10-13 |
| 20. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
117.77 |
1.0412 |
0.1121 |
225 |
2 |
88.25 |
2015-11-06 |
| 21. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
116.86 |
1.0025 |
0.1419 |
336 |
1 |
116.86 |
2009-05-31 |
| 22. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
116.83 |
0.9527 |
0.1914 |
251 |
1 |
116.83 |
2009-06-23 |
| 23. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
116.19 |
0.8770 |
0.2608 |
300 |
1 |
116.19 |
2009-06-07 |
| 24. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
115.04 |
1.0477 |
0.0788 |
360 |
1 |
115.04 |
2009-05-19 |
| 25. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
114.41 |
0.9904 |
0.1300 |
203 |
1 |
114.41 |
2011-09-09 |
| 26. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
114.05 |
1.0396 |
0.0772 |
149 |
1 |
114.05 |
2014-12-02 |
| 27. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
113.75 |
1.0521 |
0.0618 |
171 |
1 |
113.75 |
2010-08-28 |
| 28. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
113.10 |
1.0203 |
0.0872 |
261 |
1 |
113.10 |
2009-05-21 |
| 29. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
113.05 |
1.0429 |
0.0642 |
259 |
1 |
113.05 |
2009-05-31 |
| 30. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
113.02 |
1.0885 |
0.0183 |
341 |
1 |
113.02 |
2011-08-05 |
| 31. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
112.55 |
1.0596 |
0.0426 |
239 |
1 |
112.55 |
2010-07-21 |
| 32. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
112.54 |
1.0213 |
0.0808 |
240 |
1 |
112.54 |
2010-07-21 |
| 33. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
112.49 |
0.9863 |
0.1153 |
339 |
1 |
112.49 |
2011-02-04 |
| 34. |
He rode past me and kept on goin'. Never said nothin' goin' ... |
112.37 |
1.0502 |
0.0502 |
535 |
1 |
112.37 |
2011-02-04 |
| 35. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
112.16 |
1.0561 |
0.0422 |
430 |
1 |
112.16 |
2012-10-13 |
| 36. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
112.11 |
0.9164 |
0.1815 |
305 |
2 |
101.34 |
2015-04-17 |
| 37. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
111.97 |
1.1068 |
-0.0103 |
393 |
1 |
111.97 |
2015-01-24 |
| 38. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
111.92 |
0.9786 |
0.1174 |
193 |
1 |
111.92 |
2009-05-31 |
| 39. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
111.69 |
1.0201 |
0.0736 |
172 |
1 |
111.69 |
2010-08-28 |
| 40. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
111.24 |
1.0767 |
0.0126 |
212 |
1 |
111.24 |
2010-08-28 |
| 41. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
111.13 |
1.0714 |
0.0169 |
129 |
1 |
111.13 |
2010-07-04 |
| 42. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
110.55 |
1.0218 |
0.0608 |
268 |
3 |
104.62 |
2014-12-02 |
| 43. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
110.21 |
0.9286 |
0.1506 |
194 |
2 |
81.77 |
2011-08-05 |
| 44. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
110.21 |
0.8553 |
0.2239 |
174 |
1 |
110.21 |
2011-09-09 |
| 45. |
Don't bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everythin... |
109.97 |
1.0086 |
0.0683 |
240 |
1 |
109.97 |
2016-01-13 |
| 46. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
109.94 |
1.0328 |
0.0438 |
356 |
2 |
103.11 |
2012-01-22 |
| 47. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
109.83 |
1.0029 |
0.0726 |
209 |
1 |
109.83 |
2010-07-21 |
| 48. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
109.43 |
0.9965 |
0.0751 |
277 |
2 |
101.65 |
2015-07-23 |
| 49. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
109.03 |
0.9936 |
0.0741 |
227 |
3 |
97.08 |
2015-04-17 |
| 50. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
108.93 |
0.8919 |
0.1748 |
205 |
1 |
108.93 |
2012-01-01 |
| 51. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
108.51 |
0.9540 |
0.1086 |
285 |
1 |
108.51 |
2009-06-07 |
| 52. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
108.02 |
1.0379 |
0.0199 |
245 |
1 |
108.02 |
2014-12-02 |
| 53. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
107.76 |
1.0763 |
-0.0210 |
367 |
1 |
107.76 |
2011-08-05 |
| 54. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
107.58 |
1.0485 |
0.0050 |
153 |
1 |
107.58 |
2010-07-04 |
| 55. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
107.45 |
1.0173 |
0.0349 |
268 |
1 |
107.45 |
2015-02-08 |
| 56. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
106.77 |
1.0463 |
-0.0007 |
182 |
1 |
106.77 |
2009-05-31 |
| 57. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
106.32 |
0.9566 |
0.0846 |
576 |
1 |
106.32 |
2014-12-28 |
| 58. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
105.94 |
1.0441 |
-0.0067 |
316 |
1 |
105.94 |
2011-08-05 |
| 59. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
105.63 |
1.0053 |
0.0291 |
232 |
1 |
105.63 |
2009-05-31 |
| 60. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
105.28 |
1.0943 |
-0.0633 |
206 |
1 |
105.28 |
2012-10-13 |
| 61. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
104.95 |
0.9430 |
0.0847 |
211 |
1 |
104.95 |
2011-02-04 |
| 62. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
104.68 |
1.0883 |
-0.0632 |
303 |
1 |
104.68 |
2011-08-05 |
| 63. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
104.67 |
1.0252 |
-0.0002 |
176 |
2 |
87.10 |
2011-02-04 |
| 64. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
104.24 |
0.9553 |
0.0655 |
430 |
1 |
104.24 |
2014-12-27 |
| 65. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
104.06 |
0.9663 |
0.0527 |
330 |
1 |
104.06 |
2012-01-09 |
| 66. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
103.88 |
0.9831 |
0.0342 |
469 |
1 |
103.88 |
2009-05-31 |
| 67. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
103.40 |
0.9684 |
0.0442 |
388 |
1 |
103.40 |
2011-02-05 |
| 68. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
103.14 |
0.9795 |
0.0305 |
308 |
1 |
103.14 |
2015-02-08 |
| 69. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
103.01 |
0.9351 |
0.0736 |
190 |
2 |
96.27 |
2015-02-08 |
| 70. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
102.79 |
0.9884 |
0.0182 |
233 |
1 |
102.79 |
2010-07-21 |
| 71. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
102.40 |
0.9514 |
0.0514 |
237 |
1 |
102.40 |
2012-10-13 |
| 72. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
102.24 |
0.9709 |
0.0303 |
397 |
1 |
102.24 |
2013-08-21 |
| 73. |
You're right, Will. I can't do this proof. But you can and w... |
101.49 |
1.0485 |
-0.0546 |
211 |
1 |
101.49 |
2018-01-12 |
| 74. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
101.42 |
1.0740 |
-0.0808 |
264 |
1 |
101.42 |
2012-01-09 |
| 75. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
101.09 |
0.8826 |
0.1073 |
296 |
1 |
101.09 |
2010-07-01 |
| 76. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
100.95 |
0.9279 |
0.0607 |
317 |
2 |
100.46 |
2009-05-31 |
| 77. |
You watched the Gulf War. What did you see day after day? Th... |
100.85 |
0.9034 |
0.0842 |
248 |
1 |
100.85 |
2018-01-12 |
| 78. |
Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the abi... |
100.79 |
1.0651 |
-0.0781 |
314 |
1 |
100.79 |
2018-01-12 |
| 79. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
100.02 |
0.9942 |
-0.0147 |
483 |
1 |
100.02 |
2009-05-31 |
| 80. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
98.99 |
0.9411 |
0.0283 |
318 |
1 |
98.99 |
2009-05-31 |
| 81. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
98.86 |
0.9087 |
0.0594 |
393 |
1 |
98.86 |
2013-03-16 |
| 82. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
98.46 |
1.0031 |
-0.0389 |
304 |
1 |
98.46 |
2011-02-04 |
| 83. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
98.42 |
1.0417 |
-0.0779 |
253 |
2 |
94.64 |
2015-07-23 |
| 84. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
98.41 |
0.9612 |
0.0025 |
256 |
1 |
98.41 |
2009-07-12 |
| 85. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
98.40 |
1.0419 |
-0.0783 |
261 |
1 |
98.40 |
2015-02-08 |
| 86. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
98.34 |
0.9905 |
-0.0275 |
337 |
1 |
98.34 |
2012-08-14 |
| 87. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
98.30 |
0.9088 |
0.0538 |
348 |
1 |
98.30 |
2012-10-13 |
| 88. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
98.12 |
0.9619 |
-0.0010 |
393 |
3 |
95.83 |
2012-01-01 |
| 89. |
Many wines have more than 14 percent alcohol because the win... |
98.06 |
0.9739 |
-0.0136 |
412 |
1 |
98.06 |
2014-12-27 |
| 90. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
97.39 |
1.1016 |
-0.1479 |
233 |
1 |
97.39 |
2009-05-19 |
| 91. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
96.91 |
0.9790 |
-0.0300 |
311 |
1 |
96.91 |
2015-02-08 |
| 92. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
96.77 |
1.0314 |
-0.0838 |
452 |
2 |
93.37 |
2016-01-13 |
| 93. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
96.67 |
0.9910 |
-0.0443 |
295 |
1 |
96.67 |
2009-07-12 |
| 94. |
Three changes occur while the stacked disk structure equilib... |
96.44 |
0.9382 |
0.0062 |
440 |
1 |
96.44 |
2010-07-21 |
| 95. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
96.38 |
0.9820 |
-0.0382 |
267 |
1 |
96.38 |
2009-06-07 |
| 96. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
96.16 |
1.0389 |
-0.0972 |
340 |
1 |
96.16 |
2012-05-19 |
| 97. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
95.31 |
0.9572 |
-0.0239 |
376 |
2 |
88.56 |
2014-10-21 |
| 98. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
95.16 |
1.0662 |
-0.1343 |
407 |
1 |
95.16 |
2010-07-21 |
| 99. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
94.09 |
0.8467 |
0.0747 |
343 |
1 |
94.09 |
2014-12-27 |
| 100. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
94.05 |
1.1162 |
-0.1952 |
189 |
1 |
94.05 |
2012-08-14 |
| 101. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
93.68 |
0.8958 |
0.0216 |
322 |
2 |
90.67 |
2014-12-27 |
| 102. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
93.50 |
0.9756 |
-0.0600 |
229 |
1 |
93.50 |
2009-05-21 |
| 103. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
93.36 |
0.9792 |
-0.0650 |
265 |
1 |
93.36 |
2015-07-23 |
| 104. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
93.17 |
0.9844 |
-0.0720 |
293 |
1 |
93.17 |
2009-05-31 |
| 105. |
Having endured the racial turmoil of the Civil Rights Moveme... |
92.78 |
0.9651 |
-0.0565 |
389 |
1 |
92.78 |
2015-02-08 |
| 106. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
91.94 |
0.9710 |
-0.0707 |
173 |
1 |
91.94 |
2012-10-01 |
| 107. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
91.30 |
0.9811 |
-0.0870 |
272 |
1 |
91.30 |
2015-11-04 |
| 108. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
90.96 |
0.9881 |
-0.0974 |
424 |
1 |
90.96 |
2011-08-05 |
| 109. |
A sensitive and honest-minded man, if he's concerned about e... |
90.88 |
0.9968 |
-0.1068 |
236 |
1 |
90.88 |
2015-07-23 |
| 110. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
90.60 |
1.0214 |
-0.1342 |
166 |
2 |
87.70 |
2015-07-23 |
| 111. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
90.50 |
1.0608 |
-0.1746 |
258 |
1 |
90.50 |
2015-01-23 |
| 112. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
90.48 |
0.8933 |
-0.0073 |
363 |
1 |
90.48 |
2009-05-21 |
| 113. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
89.37 |
1.0109 |
-0.1357 |
276 |
1 |
89.37 |
2011-08-05 |
| 114. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
89.11 |
0.9426 |
-0.0700 |
317 |
2 |
87.76 |
2015-11-04 |
| 115. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
88.64 |
0.9072 |
-0.0392 |
237 |
1 |
88.64 |
2012-04-30 |
| 116. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
86.61 |
0.9097 |
-0.0616 |
464 |
1 |
86.61 |
2009-05-31 |
| 117. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
85.81 |
0.9372 |
-0.0969 |
320 |
1 |
85.81 |
2012-07-30 |
| 118. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
85.75 |
1.0483 |
-0.2086 |
227 |
1 |
85.75 |
2009-08-29 |
| 119. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
85.42 |
0.8852 |
-0.0487 |
201 |
1 |
85.42 |
2009-08-02 |
| 120. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
85.02 |
0.9851 |
-0.1525 |
317 |
1 |
85.02 |
2009-06-07 |
| 121. |
The day is made up of 24 hours and an infinite number of mom... |
84.85 |
1.0529 |
-0.2220 |
200 |
1 |
84.85 |
2015-07-23 |
| 122. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
84.29 |
0.9365 |
-0.1111 |
248 |
1 |
84.29 |
2016-01-13 |
| 123. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
83.75 |
0.7876 |
0.0325 |
316 |
1 |
83.75 |
2011-08-05 |
| 124. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
83.45 |
0.9309 |
-0.1137 |
284 |
1 |
83.45 |
2010-07-04 |
| 125. |
Dear Slim, you still ain't called or wrote, I hope you have ... |
83.16 |
0.9555 |
-0.1411 |
391 |
1 |
83.16 |
2018-01-12 |
| 126. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
82.78 |
1.0131 |
-0.2025 |
225 |
1 |
82.78 |
2015-01-23 |
| 127. |
However, let us leave aside the philosophical, social, and e... |
82.30 |
0.9569 |
-0.1510 |
410 |
1 |
82.30 |
2010-08-28 |
| 128. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
80.97 |
1.0644 |
-0.2715 |
257 |
1 |
80.97 |
2015-04-17 |
| 129. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
80.13 |
0.9485 |
-0.1638 |
236 |
1 |
80.13 |
2012-10-13 |
| 130. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
79.48 |
1.0368 |
-0.2585 |
276 |
1 |
79.48 |
2015-11-05 |
| 131. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
78.16 |
0.8105 |
-0.0451 |
204 |
1 |
78.16 |
2011-02-04 |
| 132. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
78.10 |
1.0361 |
-0.2713 |
269 |
1 |
78.10 |
2011-08-05 |
| 133. |
Jerry, if you think that by threatening me you can get me to... |
73.19 |
1.0441 |
-0.3274 |
261 |
1 |
73.19 |
2018-01-12 |
| 134. |
When for years you wake up to having to win every battle eve... |
67.59 |
1.0764 |
-0.4145 |
219 |
1 |
67.59 |
2025-11-04 |
| 135. |
Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac. Sputnik, Zho... |
59.43 |
0.6916 |
-0.1096 |
359 |
1 |
59.43 |
2018-01-12 |
| 136. |
I often see racers, particularly at the back of the pack in ... |
56.07 |
1.0004 |
-0.4513 |
469 |
1 |
56.07 |
2012-08-14 |
| 137. |
Being comfortable in the car is critical. If you're not comf... |
51.88 |
0.9911 |
-0.4831 |
212 |
1 |
51.88 |
2015-09-20 |
| 138. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
45.24 |
0.8961 |
-0.4531 |
189 |
1 |
45.24 |
2015-11-17 |