| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
97.46 |
1.0993 |
-1.1125 |
265 |
1 |
97.46 |
2008-12-22 |
| 2. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
97.33 |
1.0523 |
-1.0672 |
256 |
2 |
93.00 |
2008-09-02 |
| 3. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
90.91 |
1.0555 |
-1.0666 |
363 |
1 |
90.91 |
2008-12-10 |
| 4. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
90.88 |
1.0829 |
-1.0942 |
288 |
1 |
90.88 |
2008-09-02 |
| 5. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
89.53 |
1.0787 |
-1.0913 |
237 |
1 |
89.53 |
2008-10-13 |
| 6. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
88.54 |
1.0352 |
-1.0458 |
341 |
1 |
88.54 |
2008-09-02 |
| 7. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
87.07 |
0.9527 |
-0.9650 |
251 |
3 |
82.85 |
2008-12-10 |
| 8. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
85.03 |
1.0034 |
-1.0169 |
302 |
2 |
70.70 |
2009-05-30 |
| 9. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
83.68 |
1.0251 |
-1.0383 |
261 |
4 |
72.67 |
2009-05-30 |
| 10. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
83.58 |
1.0053 |
-1.0186 |
232 |
3 |
73.55 |
2009-05-30 |
| 11. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
83.46 |
0.9734 |
-0.9859 |
289 |
2 |
67.74 |
2009-05-30 |
| 12. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
82.74 |
0.9910 |
-1.0028 |
295 |
4 |
68.74 |
2009-05-30 |
| 13. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
80.80 |
1.0016 |
-1.0164 |
218 |
1 |
80.80 |
2008-12-20 |
| 14. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
79.91 |
1.0167 |
-1.0254 |
378 |
2 |
75.80 |
2008-12-20 |
| 15. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
79.55 |
1.0565 |
-1.0707 |
247 |
1 |
79.55 |
2008-12-11 |
| 16. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
79.47 |
1.1114 |
-1.1255 |
247 |
3 |
65.82 |
2009-05-30 |
| 17. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
79.37 |
1.0668 |
-1.0772 |
350 |
1 |
79.37 |
2008-08-31 |
| 18. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
78.83 |
1.0203 |
-1.0293 |
261 |
1 |
78.83 |
2008-10-13 |
| 19. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
78.26 |
0.9168 |
-0.9278 |
240 |
3 |
62.95 |
2009-05-26 |
| 20. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
78.24 |
1.0528 |
-1.0685 |
201 |
1 |
78.24 |
2008-12-22 |
| 21. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
77.53 |
1.0441 |
-1.0553 |
252 |
1 |
77.53 |
2008-12-10 |
| 22. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
77.51 |
1.0534 |
-1.0644 |
357 |
1 |
77.51 |
2008-12-10 |
| 23. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
77.36 |
0.9843 |
-0.9995 |
234 |
1 |
77.36 |
2008-08-31 |
| 24. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
77.06 |
1.0165 |
-1.0269 |
392 |
2 |
66.10 |
2009-05-30 |
| 25. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
76.69 |
0.9907 |
-1.0041 |
211 |
1 |
76.69 |
2008-08-31 |
| 26. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
76.52 |
1.0595 |
-1.0701 |
379 |
2 |
64.07 |
2009-05-29 |
| 27. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
76.43 |
1.0368 |
-1.0496 |
276 |
1 |
76.43 |
2008-12-10 |
| 28. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
76.37 |
1.0417 |
-1.0557 |
253 |
1 |
76.37 |
2008-12-10 |
| 29. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
76.34 |
0.9756 |
-0.9888 |
229 |
1 |
76.34 |
2008-10-13 |
| 30. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
76.25 |
0.9553 |
-0.9623 |
430 |
1 |
76.25 |
2008-12-10 |
| 31. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
76.00 |
1.0445 |
-1.0552 |
373 |
1 |
76.00 |
2008-08-31 |
| 32. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
74.64 |
1.0340 |
-1.0431 |
406 |
1 |
74.64 |
2008-12-10 |
| 33. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
74.41 |
0.9795 |
-0.9917 |
308 |
1 |
74.41 |
2008-12-22 |
| 34. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
73.66 |
0.9964 |
-1.0089 |
203 |
1 |
73.66 |
2008-12-20 |
| 35. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
73.53 |
0.9780 |
-0.9900 |
337 |
2 |
61.50 |
2009-05-29 |
| 36. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
72.90 |
0.9798 |
-0.9964 |
199 |
2 |
66.85 |
2009-05-30 |
| 37. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
72.81 |
0.9513 |
-0.9608 |
354 |
1 |
72.81 |
2008-08-31 |
| 38. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
72.67 |
0.9330 |
-0.9404 |
360 |
2 |
59.23 |
2009-05-30 |
| 39. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
72.46 |
0.8826 |
-0.8937 |
296 |
1 |
72.46 |
2008-08-31 |
| 40. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
71.80 |
0.9557 |
-0.9633 |
331 |
1 |
71.80 |
2008-12-22 |
| 41. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
71.77 |
0.9697 |
-0.9809 |
249 |
1 |
71.77 |
2008-10-13 |
| 42. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
71.68 |
0.9991 |
-1.0117 |
225 |
1 |
71.68 |
2008-08-31 |
| 43. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
71.41 |
0.9941 |
-1.0082 |
217 |
1 |
71.41 |
2008-12-10 |
| 44. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
71.40 |
0.9233 |
-0.9408 |
168 |
2 |
71.09 |
2008-12-20 |
| 45. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
70.93 |
0.9351 |
-0.9510 |
190 |
1 |
70.93 |
2008-08-31 |
| 46. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
70.72 |
0.9532 |
-0.9667 |
258 |
1 |
70.72 |
2008-09-02 |
| 47. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
70.37 |
1.0352 |
-1.0446 |
341 |
1 |
70.37 |
2008-12-10 |
| 48. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
70.17 |
0.9811 |
-0.9909 |
272 |
1 |
70.17 |
2008-12-10 |
| 49. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
69.67 |
1.0131 |
-1.0287 |
225 |
1 |
69.67 |
2008-12-20 |
| 50. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
69.45 |
0.9567 |
-0.9689 |
273 |
1 |
69.45 |
2008-08-31 |
| 51. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
69.14 |
1.0252 |
-1.0413 |
176 |
1 |
69.14 |
2008-12-20 |
| 52. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
68.50 |
0.9109 |
-0.9213 |
401 |
1 |
68.50 |
2008-08-31 |
| 53. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
68.50 |
0.8958 |
-0.9047 |
322 |
4 |
66.54 |
2008-12-22 |
| 54. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
68.34 |
0.9619 |
-0.9711 |
393 |
3 |
60.11 |
2009-05-30 |
| 55. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
68.06 |
0.9675 |
-0.9734 |
383 |
1 |
68.06 |
2008-12-20 |
| 56. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
67.67 |
0.9266 |
-0.9392 |
267 |
1 |
67.67 |
2008-08-31 |
| 57. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
67.39 |
0.9514 |
-0.9633 |
237 |
1 |
67.39 |
2008-12-10 |
| 58. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
67.31 |
0.9072 |
-0.9209 |
237 |
1 |
67.31 |
2008-08-31 |
| 59. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
67.05 |
0.9430 |
-0.9589 |
211 |
1 |
67.05 |
2008-12-10 |
| 60. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
65.75 |
1.0516 |
-1.0635 |
281 |
1 |
65.75 |
2008-12-10 |
| 61. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
65.72 |
1.0483 |
-1.0620 |
227 |
2 |
62.07 |
2009-05-30 |
| 62. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
65.40 |
0.9234 |
-0.9323 |
346 |
1 |
65.40 |
2008-12-10 |
| 63. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
65.06 |
0.9213 |
-0.9325 |
295 |
1 |
65.06 |
2008-12-20 |
| 64. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
63.21 |
0.9426 |
-0.9535 |
317 |
2 |
60.71 |
2009-05-30 |
| 65. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
62.77 |
0.9820 |
-0.9926 |
267 |
1 |
62.77 |
2009-05-30 |
| 66. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
62.64 |
0.9884 |
-1.0018 |
233 |
2 |
57.91 |
2009-05-30 |
| 67. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
62.15 |
0.9886 |
-0.9997 |
220 |
1 |
62.15 |
2009-05-30 |
| 68. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
61.77 |
0.8878 |
-0.9000 |
346 |
1 |
61.77 |
2008-09-02 |
| 69. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
61.14 |
1.0214 |
-1.0347 |
269 |
1 |
61.14 |
2009-05-30 |
| 70. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
60.93 |
1.0385 |
-1.0513 |
230 |
2 |
58.54 |
2009-05-30 |
| 71. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
60.91 |
0.8770 |
-0.8873 |
300 |
1 |
60.91 |
2008-12-22 |
| 72. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
60.34 |
1.0666 |
-1.0793 |
297 |
2 |
51.70 |
2009-05-29 |
| 73. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
60.26 |
0.9649 |
-0.9776 |
193 |
1 |
60.26 |
2009-05-30 |
| 74. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
60.17 |
0.9088 |
-0.9174 |
348 |
3 |
51.65 |
2009-05-30 |
| 75. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
59.41 |
1.0399 |
-1.0490 |
294 |
1 |
59.41 |
2009-05-30 |
| 76. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
57.67 |
0.9464 |
-0.9560 |
323 |
1 |
57.67 |
2009-05-30 |
| 77. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
57.49 |
0.9893 |
-1.0008 |
323 |
1 |
57.49 |
2009-05-30 |
| 78. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
57.46 |
1.0349 |
-1.0482 |
234 |
1 |
57.46 |
2009-05-29 |
| 79. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
57.32 |
0.9646 |
-0.9772 |
264 |
1 |
57.32 |
2009-05-30 |
| 80. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
56.94 |
1.0711 |
-1.0881 |
213 |
1 |
56.94 |
2009-05-30 |
| 81. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
56.41 |
1.0201 |
-1.0367 |
172 |
1 |
56.41 |
2009-05-29 |
| 82. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
56.09 |
1.0799 |
-1.0945 |
243 |
1 |
56.09 |
2009-05-30 |
| 83. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
55.56 |
1.0029 |
-1.0185 |
209 |
1 |
55.56 |
2009-05-30 |
| 84. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
55.22 |
0.9653 |
-0.9723 |
394 |
2 |
53.62 |
2009-05-30 |
| 85. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
54.24 |
0.8975 |
-0.9105 |
268 |
1 |
54.24 |
2009-05-30 |
| 86. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
53.76 |
0.8961 |
-0.9091 |
189 |
1 |
53.76 |
2009-05-30 |
| 87. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
53.26 |
0.9429 |
-0.9543 |
287 |
2 |
48.32 |
2009-05-30 |
| 88. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
52.95 |
0.9672 |
-0.9754 |
396 |
1 |
52.95 |
2009-05-30 |
| 89. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
52.87 |
1.0444 |
-1.0616 |
197 |
1 |
52.87 |
2009-05-29 |
| 90. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
52.24 |
0.9785 |
-0.9885 |
335 |
1 |
52.24 |
2009-05-29 |
| 91. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
52.12 |
1.0109 |
-1.0225 |
276 |
1 |
52.12 |
2009-05-29 |
| 92. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
52.11 |
0.9758 |
-0.9880 |
314 |
1 |
52.11 |
2009-05-30 |
| 93. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
50.70 |
0.9226 |
-0.9326 |
348 |
1 |
50.70 |
2009-05-30 |
| 94. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
50.02 |
1.0263 |
-1.0388 |
267 |
1 |
50.02 |
2009-05-29 |
| 95. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
49.77 |
1.0168 |
-1.0279 |
271 |
1 |
49.77 |
2009-05-29 |
| 96. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
49.52 |
0.8971 |
-0.9073 |
266 |
1 |
49.52 |
2009-05-29 |
| 97. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
48.88 |
0.8947 |
-0.9030 |
366 |
2 |
46.18 |
2009-05-30 |
| 98. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
48.40 |
0.9614 |
-0.9716 |
292 |
1 |
48.40 |
2009-05-30 |
| 99. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
48.13 |
0.9841 |
-0.9935 |
334 |
1 |
48.13 |
2009-05-30 |
| 100. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
47.76 |
1.0201 |
-1.0316 |
303 |
1 |
47.76 |
2009-05-26 |
| 101. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
47.28 |
1.0261 |
-1.0397 |
273 |
1 |
47.28 |
2009-05-30 |
| 102. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
47.07 |
0.8722 |
-0.8822 |
285 |
2 |
45.22 |
2009-05-30 |
| 103. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
46.88 |
0.9342 |
-0.9438 |
434 |
2 |
43.16 |
2009-05-26 |
| 104. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
45.16 |
1.0062 |
-1.0178 |
288 |
1 |
45.16 |
2009-05-29 |
| 105. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
44.81 |
0.8442 |
-0.8540 |
265 |
2 |
43.50 |
2009-05-30 |
| 106. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
44.28 |
0.9293 |
-0.9404 |
355 |
2 |
41.14 |
2009-05-30 |
| 107. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
43.53 |
0.9148 |
-0.9255 |
317 |
1 |
43.53 |
2009-05-30 |
| 108. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
41.65 |
1.0496 |
-1.0625 |
314 |
1 |
41.65 |
2009-05-30 |
| 109. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
40.65 |
0.9986 |
-1.0102 |
283 |
1 |
40.65 |
2009-05-26 |
| 110. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
39.61 |
0.7876 |
-0.7967 |
316 |
1 |
39.61 |
2009-05-29 |
| 111. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
30.34 |
1.0025 |
-1.0142 |
336 |
1 |
30.34 |
2009-05-30 |