| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
No battle is ever won. They are not even fought. The field o... |
88.25 |
0.9937 |
0.4759 |
159 |
1 |
88.25 |
2017-01-15 |
| 2. |
We have all got to exert ourselves a little to keep sane, an... |
81.04 |
1.0166 |
0.3151 |
121 |
1 |
81.04 |
2017-01-15 |
| 3. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
79.71 |
1.0565 |
0.2699 |
247 |
2 |
70.12 |
2017-01-15 |
| 4. |
There is no way that this winter is ever going to end as lon... |
78.17 |
1.0372 |
0.2514 |
183 |
1 |
78.17 |
2021-12-23 |
| 5. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
75.84 |
0.9991 |
0.2641 |
225 |
1 |
75.84 |
2017-01-15 |
| 6. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
75.24 |
0.9884 |
0.2641 |
233 |
1 |
75.24 |
2017-01-15 |
| 7. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
74.15 |
1.0788 |
0.1529 |
171 |
2 |
68.66 |
2010-10-29 |
| 8. |
If you're ever feeling bored and aimless in a shopping mall,... |
74.14 |
0.9514 |
0.2819 |
357 |
1 |
74.14 |
2017-01-15 |
| 9. |
We spent as much money as we could, and got as little for it... |
73.62 |
1.0486 |
0.1792 |
400 |
1 |
73.62 |
2017-01-15 |
| 10. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
73.17 |
1.0297 |
0.1881 |
249 |
1 |
73.17 |
2013-10-17 |
| 11. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
72.70 |
1.0167 |
0.1972 |
378 |
1 |
72.70 |
2013-10-15 |
| 12. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
72.57 |
1.0907 |
0.1179 |
303 |
1 |
72.57 |
2013-10-17 |
| 13. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
72.45 |
1.0214 |
0.1849 |
269 |
1 |
72.45 |
2014-01-13 |
| 14. |
He smiled understandingly - much more than understandingly. ... |
71.96 |
0.9504 |
0.2499 |
335 |
1 |
71.96 |
2016-10-19 |
| 15. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
71.71 |
1.1215 |
0.0993 |
200 |
1 |
71.71 |
2014-07-21 |
| 16. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
71.29 |
1.0201 |
0.1637 |
172 |
1 |
71.29 |
2009-01-18 |
| 17. |
The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a... |
70.78 |
1.0282 |
0.1453 |
459 |
1 |
70.78 |
2017-01-15 |
| 18. |
Whatever principle of intelligence we attain unto in this li... |
70.66 |
1.0668 |
0.1013 |
279 |
1 |
70.66 |
2021-12-23 |
| 19. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
70.40 |
1.0621 |
0.1327 |
263 |
1 |
70.40 |
2013-10-17 |
| 20. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
70.35 |
1.0767 |
0.0930 |
212 |
1 |
70.35 |
2009-01-19 |
| 21. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
70.03 |
1.0031 |
0.1969 |
304 |
2 |
62.92 |
2013-10-15 |
| 22. |
He guessed as well as he could, and crawled along for a good... |
69.98 |
1.0474 |
0.1243 |
347 |
1 |
69.98 |
2017-01-15 |
| 23. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
69.76 |
1.0150 |
0.1920 |
325 |
2 |
63.42 |
2014-10-16 |
| 24. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
69.53 |
1.0263 |
0.1308 |
267 |
2 |
66.91 |
2013-10-17 |
| 25. |
For a moment the last sunshine fell with romantic affection ... |
68.92 |
0.9907 |
0.1587 |
260 |
1 |
68.92 |
2017-01-15 |
| 26. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
68.80 |
1.0053 |
0.1391 |
232 |
1 |
68.80 |
2013-10-17 |
| 27. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
68.62 |
1.0417 |
0.0993 |
253 |
1 |
68.62 |
2009-01-18 |
| 28. |
Talk to me baby. Tell me what you're feeling. You say you do... |
68.59 |
1.0460 |
0.0919 |
239 |
1 |
68.59 |
2021-12-23 |
| 29. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
68.05 |
0.9485 |
0.1848 |
236 |
1 |
68.05 |
2017-01-15 |
| 30. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
67.63 |
0.9768 |
0.1503 |
387 |
1 |
67.63 |
2013-10-15 |
| 31. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
67.48 |
1.0349 |
0.0874 |
234 |
1 |
67.48 |
2009-01-18 |
| 32. |
The man who pulls the lever that breaks your neck will be a ... |
67.08 |
1.0692 |
0.0454 |
213 |
1 |
67.08 |
2021-12-23 |
| 33. |
But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another ... |
66.73 |
1.0142 |
0.0674 |
154 |
1 |
66.73 |
2021-12-23 |
| 34. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
66.15 |
0.9756 |
0.1244 |
229 |
1 |
66.15 |
2009-01-19 |
| 35. |
There was a little boy once upon a time who in spite of his ... |
65.53 |
1.1026 |
-0.0122 |
208 |
1 |
65.53 |
2021-12-23 |
| 36. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
65.50 |
0.9805 |
0.1114 |
292 |
2 |
62.08 |
2009-01-19 |
| 37. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
65.23 |
0.9899 |
0.0926 |
163 |
1 |
65.23 |
2014-10-16 |
| 38. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
65.23 |
1.0711 |
0.0101 |
213 |
1 |
65.23 |
2009-01-18 |
| 39. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
64.88 |
1.0201 |
0.0601 |
303 |
2 |
61.50 |
2009-01-18 |
| 40. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
64.81 |
0.9665 |
0.1601 |
326 |
1 |
64.81 |
2014-10-16 |
| 41. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
64.52 |
1.0346 |
0.0811 |
244 |
1 |
64.52 |
2009-12-17 |
| 42. |
I wish we'll end up this crazy way before we burn our steam.... |
63.91 |
1.0418 |
0.0222 |
185 |
1 |
63.91 |
2017-02-24 |
| 43. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
63.54 |
1.0352 |
0.0225 |
341 |
1 |
63.54 |
2009-01-18 |
| 44. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
63.47 |
1.0034 |
0.0516 |
302 |
1 |
63.47 |
2009-01-18 |
| 45. |
As passions are contagious, and the bulk of men are more gui... |
62.55 |
1.0380 |
-0.0014 |
274 |
1 |
62.55 |
2021-12-23 |
| 46. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
62.50 |
1.0379 |
0.0385 |
245 |
1 |
62.50 |
2010-10-29 |
| 47. |
As incredible as it may sound, once radio had been invented,... |
62.25 |
1.0359 |
-0.0068 |
292 |
1 |
62.25 |
2021-12-23 |
| 48. |
Many wines have more than 14 percent alcohol because the win... |
62.20 |
0.9739 |
0.0929 |
412 |
2 |
59.25 |
2013-10-17 |
| 49. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
62.12 |
0.9527 |
0.0805 |
251 |
3 |
55.86 |
2009-01-18 |
| 50. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
61.74 |
0.9557 |
0.0746 |
331 |
1 |
61.74 |
2013-10-15 |
| 51. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
61.71 |
0.9820 |
0.0458 |
267 |
1 |
61.71 |
2010-10-29 |
| 52. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
61.67 |
0.9786 |
0.0468 |
235 |
1 |
61.67 |
2013-10-15 |
| 53. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
61.43 |
1.0498 |
-0.0316 |
180 |
1 |
61.43 |
2010-01-17 |
| 54. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
61.37 |
1.1162 |
-0.0554 |
189 |
1 |
61.37 |
2010-04-21 |
| 55. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
61.31 |
1.0320 |
0.0266 |
293 |
1 |
61.31 |
2010-02-26 |
| 56. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
61.03 |
1.0521 |
-0.0397 |
171 |
1 |
61.03 |
2010-10-29 |
| 57. |
A semitrailer is legally defined as a vehicle designed so th... |
60.95 |
0.9544 |
0.0607 |
228 |
1 |
60.95 |
2017-01-15 |
| 58. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
60.84 |
1.0426 |
-0.0307 |
323 |
1 |
60.84 |
2009-01-18 |
| 59. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
60.42 |
0.9567 |
0.0479 |
273 |
2 |
54.36 |
2009-01-18 |
| 60. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
60.30 |
0.9844 |
0.0193 |
293 |
1 |
60.30 |
2013-10-17 |
| 61. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
60.22 |
0.9646 |
0.0361 |
264 |
1 |
60.22 |
2009-01-18 |
| 62. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
60.16 |
0.9576 |
0.0428 |
212 |
1 |
60.16 |
2009-01-18 |
| 63. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
60.06 |
0.9309 |
0.0663 |
284 |
1 |
60.06 |
2010-02-26 |
| 64. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
59.53 |
0.9087 |
0.0866 |
393 |
1 |
59.53 |
2009-01-19 |
| 65. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
59.32 |
0.9632 |
0.0260 |
392 |
2 |
57.46 |
2010-02-26 |
| 66. |
I have climbed the highest mountains, I have run through the... |
59.20 |
1.0120 |
-0.0261 |
176 |
1 |
59.20 |
2021-12-23 |
| 67. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
59.11 |
1.0337 |
-0.0527 |
214 |
1 |
59.11 |
2009-01-19 |
| 68. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
59.06 |
0.9997 |
-0.0159 |
382 |
1 |
59.06 |
2009-01-19 |
| 69. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
58.57 |
1.0528 |
-0.0817 |
201 |
2 |
50.75 |
2009-12-17 |
| 70. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
58.52 |
0.9843 |
-0.0141 |
234 |
1 |
58.52 |
2009-01-18 |
| 71. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
58.21 |
0.8916 |
0.0762 |
216 |
1 |
58.21 |
2013-10-17 |
| 72. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
58.10 |
0.9886 |
-0.0224 |
220 |
2 |
53.37 |
2014-07-21 |
| 73. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
57.99 |
0.9430 |
0.0220 |
297 |
1 |
57.99 |
2013-10-15 |
| 74. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
57.81 |
1.0463 |
-0.0887 |
182 |
2 |
56.79 |
2009-01-18 |
| 75. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
57.37 |
0.9619 |
-0.0057 |
393 |
1 |
57.37 |
2009-01-19 |
| 76. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
57.26 |
1.0124 |
-0.0625 |
204 |
1 |
57.26 |
2009-01-18 |
| 77. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
57.19 |
0.9593 |
-0.0067 |
398 |
1 |
57.19 |
2009-01-18 |
| 78. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
57.19 |
0.9922 |
-0.0040 |
341 |
1 |
57.19 |
2010-10-29 |
| 79. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
56.81 |
0.9068 |
0.0387 |
269 |
1 |
56.81 |
2009-01-18 |
| 80. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
56.65 |
1.0331 |
-0.0944 |
234 |
1 |
56.65 |
2009-01-19 |
| 81. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
56.63 |
1.0441 |
-0.1030 |
252 |
1 |
56.63 |
2010-10-29 |
| 82. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
56.40 |
1.0613 |
-0.1222 |
456 |
1 |
56.40 |
2009-01-18 |
| 83. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
56.29 |
0.9841 |
-0.0475 |
334 |
3 |
55.07 |
2009-12-18 |
| 84. |
I believe in love, and I know that you do too. And I believe... |
56.15 |
1.0384 |
-0.1113 |
183 |
1 |
56.15 |
2010-10-29 |
| 85. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
56.15 |
1.0477 |
-0.1138 |
360 |
1 |
56.15 |
2009-12-18 |
| 86. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
56.07 |
0.9045 |
0.0270 |
235 |
2 |
53.63 |
2009-12-21 |
| 87. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
55.98 |
0.9893 |
-0.0590 |
323 |
2 |
53.37 |
2009-12-18 |
| 88. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
55.90 |
1.0523 |
-0.1256 |
256 |
1 |
55.90 |
2009-01-18 |
| 89. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
55.82 |
0.9865 |
-0.0587 |
276 |
1 |
55.82 |
2009-01-18 |
| 90. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
55.30 |
0.7876 |
0.1337 |
316 |
1 |
55.30 |
2021-12-23 |
| 91. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
55.04 |
1.0213 |
-0.1087 |
240 |
2 |
53.46 |
2010-10-29 |
| 92. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
55.03 |
1.0033 |
-0.0929 |
189 |
1 |
55.03 |
2009-01-18 |
| 93. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
54.57 |
1.0261 |
-0.1210 |
273 |
1 |
54.57 |
2009-01-18 |
| 94. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
54.44 |
1.0109 |
-0.1067 |
276 |
1 |
54.44 |
2009-01-19 |
| 95. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
53.83 |
1.1016 |
-0.2088 |
233 |
1 |
53.83 |
2009-01-18 |
| 96. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
53.59 |
0.8826 |
0.0090 |
296 |
1 |
53.59 |
2009-01-19 |
| 97. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
53.49 |
0.9965 |
-0.1085 |
310 |
1 |
53.49 |
2009-01-19 |
| 98. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
53.40 |
1.0138 |
-0.1281 |
231 |
1 |
53.40 |
2010-10-29 |
| 99. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
53.23 |
1.0083 |
-0.0808 |
273 |
1 |
53.23 |
2010-10-29 |
| 100. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
53.17 |
0.8810 |
0.0029 |
282 |
1 |
53.17 |
2009-01-18 |
| 101. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
53.16 |
1.0168 |
-0.1343 |
271 |
1 |
53.16 |
2009-01-18 |
| 102. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
53.15 |
0.9411 |
-0.0575 |
318 |
1 |
53.15 |
2009-01-18 |
| 103. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
53.08 |
1.0368 |
-0.1562 |
276 |
1 |
53.08 |
2009-01-18 |
| 104. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
52.32 |
1.0025 |
-0.1335 |
336 |
1 |
52.32 |
2009-01-18 |
| 105. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
52.29 |
1.0334 |
-0.1693 |
131 |
1 |
52.29 |
2009-01-18 |
| 106. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
52.07 |
0.9202 |
-0.0554 |
254 |
1 |
52.07 |
2009-01-18 |
| 107. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
52.06 |
0.9942 |
-0.1272 |
483 |
1 |
52.06 |
2009-12-17 |
| 108. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
51.82 |
1.0257 |
-0.1627 |
401 |
1 |
51.82 |
2009-01-18 |
| 109. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
51.69 |
0.9088 |
-0.0479 |
348 |
1 |
51.69 |
2009-01-18 |
| 110. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
51.52 |
0.9907 |
-0.1370 |
211 |
1 |
51.52 |
2009-01-18 |
| 111. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
51.33 |
0.9429 |
-0.0907 |
287 |
1 |
51.33 |
2009-01-18 |
| 112. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
51.16 |
0.9168 |
-0.0676 |
240 |
2 |
49.98 |
2010-04-21 |
| 113. |
I'm on Johnson Avenue in San Luis Obispo, and I'm five years... |
51.02 |
0.9001 |
-0.0530 |
172 |
1 |
51.02 |
2017-02-24 |
| 114. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
50.59 |
0.8941 |
-0.0538 |
216 |
1 |
50.59 |
2009-01-18 |
| 115. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
50.47 |
0.8878 |
-0.0503 |
346 |
1 |
50.47 |
2009-01-19 |
| 116. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
50.38 |
1.0060 |
-0.1727 |
171 |
1 |
50.38 |
2010-10-29 |
| 117. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
50.33 |
0.9125 |
-0.0766 |
308 |
1 |
50.33 |
2009-01-18 |
| 118. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
50.23 |
0.9293 |
-0.0949 |
355 |
1 |
50.23 |
2010-10-29 |
| 119. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
50.11 |
0.9697 |
-0.1376 |
249 |
1 |
50.11 |
2009-12-17 |
| 120. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
48.73 |
0.9740 |
-0.1677 |
209 |
1 |
48.73 |
2009-01-18 |
| 121. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
48.65 |
0.9614 |
-0.1540 |
292 |
1 |
48.65 |
2009-01-18 |
| 122. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
48.15 |
0.9763 |
-0.1776 |
289 |
1 |
48.15 |
2009-01-18 |
| 123. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
47.30 |
0.9266 |
-0.1425 |
267 |
1 |
47.30 |
2009-12-17 |
| 124. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
47.22 |
0.8996 |
-0.1197 |
192 |
1 |
47.22 |
2009-01-18 |
| 125. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
46.98 |
0.9786 |
-0.2018 |
193 |
1 |
46.98 |
2009-01-18 |
| 126. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
46.71 |
0.9857 |
-0.2115 |
293 |
1 |
46.71 |
2009-01-18 |
| 127. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
45.13 |
0.8382 |
-0.0900 |
268 |
1 |
45.13 |
2009-01-18 |
| 128. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
44.98 |
0.9675 |
-0.2178 |
383 |
1 |
44.98 |
2009-12-17 |
| 129. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
42.81 |
0.8722 |
-0.1615 |
285 |
2 |
42.22 |
2010-10-29 |
| 130. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
37.84 |
0.9946 |
-0.3702 |
246 |
1 |
37.84 |
2009-01-18 |
| 131. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
31.36 |
1.0797 |
-0.5667 |
210 |
1 |
31.36 |
2010-10-29 |