| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
81.27 |
1.0767 |
0.0666 |
212 |
2 |
76.56 |
2010-03-25 |
| 2. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
81.26 |
1.0487 |
0.0917 |
231 |
1 |
81.26 |
2010-03-24 |
| 3. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
81.21 |
1.0696 |
0.0716 |
226 |
1 |
81.21 |
2010-03-28 |
| 4. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
80.52 |
1.0486 |
0.0870 |
289 |
1 |
80.52 |
2010-04-30 |
| 5. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
80.46 |
1.0124 |
0.1192 |
204 |
1 |
80.46 |
2010-03-23 |
| 6. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
79.95 |
1.0016 |
0.1205 |
218 |
1 |
79.95 |
2010-03-24 |
| 7. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
78.84 |
1.0012 |
0.1130 |
260 |
1 |
78.84 |
2010-03-25 |
| 8. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
78.51 |
1.0297 |
0.0753 |
249 |
1 |
78.51 |
2011-07-13 |
| 9. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
77.70 |
0.9557 |
0.1453 |
331 |
3 |
72.38 |
2010-03-29 |
| 10. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
77.50 |
1.1068 |
0.0253 |
393 |
1 |
77.50 |
2010-03-25 |
| 11. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
77.45 |
0.9899 |
0.0965 |
163 |
2 |
73.00 |
2010-03-24 |
| 12. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
77.12 |
1.0787 |
0.0064 |
237 |
1 |
77.12 |
2010-03-23 |
| 13. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
76.75 |
1.0203 |
0.0642 |
261 |
2 |
73.39 |
2010-03-25 |
| 14. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
76.36 |
1.0993 |
-0.0258 |
265 |
2 |
73.20 |
2010-04-30 |
| 15. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
76.31 |
0.9485 |
0.1287 |
291 |
1 |
76.31 |
2010-03-29 |
| 16. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
75.99 |
0.9635 |
0.1122 |
389 |
1 |
75.99 |
2010-03-25 |
| 17. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
75.98 |
1.0328 |
0.0754 |
356 |
2 |
73.91 |
2010-03-28 |
| 18. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
75.29 |
1.0668 |
-0.0040 |
350 |
1 |
75.29 |
2010-03-25 |
| 19. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
75.11 |
1.0099 |
0.0449 |
207 |
2 |
70.99 |
2010-03-24 |
| 20. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
75.11 |
1.0316 |
0.0299 |
333 |
1 |
75.11 |
2010-03-29 |
| 21. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
74.99 |
1.0214 |
0.0329 |
269 |
1 |
74.99 |
2010-03-24 |
| 22. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
74.98 |
0.9846 |
0.0702 |
281 |
1 |
74.98 |
2010-03-24 |
| 23. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
74.82 |
0.9965 |
0.0577 |
277 |
1 |
74.82 |
2010-03-25 |
| 24. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
74.40 |
0.9865 |
0.0622 |
276 |
1 |
74.40 |
2010-03-24 |
| 25. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
74.33 |
1.0555 |
-0.0075 |
363 |
1 |
74.33 |
2010-03-24 |
| 26. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
74.14 |
1.0004 |
0.0374 |
212 |
2 |
73.45 |
2010-03-24 |
| 27. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
74.10 |
1.0073 |
0.0440 |
369 |
1 |
74.10 |
2010-04-30 |
| 28. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
73.81 |
1.0941 |
-0.0237 |
256 |
3 |
72.38 |
2010-03-25 |
| 29. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
73.09 |
1.0444 |
-0.0221 |
197 |
1 |
73.09 |
2010-03-25 |
| 30. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
73.03 |
0.9893 |
0.0389 |
323 |
1 |
73.03 |
2010-03-25 |
| 31. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
72.46 |
0.9430 |
0.0697 |
211 |
1 |
72.46 |
2010-04-03 |
| 32. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
72.40 |
0.8916 |
0.1278 |
216 |
1 |
72.40 |
2010-03-25 |
| 33. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
72.38 |
1.0177 |
0.0393 |
392 |
1 |
72.38 |
2010-03-23 |
| 34. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
72.28 |
1.0314 |
0.0252 |
452 |
1 |
72.28 |
2010-03-24 |
| 35. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
72.20 |
1.0320 |
0.0216 |
293 |
1 |
72.20 |
2010-03-25 |
| 36. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
71.96 |
0.9653 |
0.0558 |
394 |
2 |
65.09 |
2010-03-24 |
| 37. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
71.93 |
0.9908 |
0.0675 |
342 |
1 |
71.93 |
2010-03-24 |
| 38. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
71.59 |
1.0068 |
0.0041 |
358 |
1 |
71.59 |
2010-03-24 |
| 39. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
71.55 |
0.9125 |
0.0963 |
308 |
1 |
71.55 |
2010-03-24 |
| 40. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
71.45 |
0.9965 |
0.0043 |
168 |
2 |
65.90 |
2010-03-24 |
| 41. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
71.37 |
0.9342 |
0.0737 |
434 |
1 |
71.37 |
2010-03-25 |
| 42. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
71.34 |
0.9681 |
0.0442 |
378 |
1 |
71.34 |
2010-03-22 |
| 43. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
71.12 |
0.9148 |
0.0875 |
317 |
1 |
71.12 |
2010-03-24 |
| 44. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
70.84 |
1.0109 |
0.0189 |
400 |
1 |
70.84 |
2010-03-24 |
| 45. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
70.83 |
0.9946 |
0.0019 |
246 |
1 |
70.83 |
2010-03-23 |
| 46. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
70.79 |
0.9570 |
0.0409 |
287 |
1 |
70.79 |
2010-04-30 |
| 47. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
70.65 |
1.0189 |
-0.0214 |
337 |
1 |
70.65 |
2010-03-22 |
| 48. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
70.57 |
1.0788 |
-0.0914 |
171 |
1 |
70.57 |
2010-03-22 |
| 49. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
70.43 |
0.9572 |
0.0769 |
376 |
1 |
70.43 |
2010-03-24 |
| 50. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
70.42 |
0.9798 |
0.0054 |
199 |
1 |
70.42 |
2010-03-25 |
| 51. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
69.69 |
0.9583 |
0.0659 |
341 |
1 |
69.69 |
2010-03-22 |
| 52. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
69.58 |
0.9084 |
0.0723 |
300 |
1 |
69.58 |
2010-03-25 |
| 53. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
69.43 |
0.9916 |
0.0278 |
282 |
1 |
69.43 |
2010-03-25 |
| 54. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
69.12 |
0.9567 |
0.0579 |
184 |
1 |
69.12 |
2010-04-03 |
| 55. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
68.90 |
1.0445 |
-0.0744 |
373 |
2 |
68.16 |
2011-07-20 |
| 56. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
68.90 |
0.9884 |
-0.0200 |
233 |
1 |
68.90 |
2010-03-24 |
| 57. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
68.85 |
0.9776 |
-0.0089 |
308 |
1 |
68.85 |
2010-04-30 |
| 58. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
68.59 |
1.0907 |
-0.1232 |
303 |
2 |
64.32 |
2010-03-23 |
| 59. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
68.06 |
0.9723 |
-0.0114 |
364 |
1 |
68.06 |
2010-03-25 |
| 60. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
67.83 |
1.0389 |
-0.0825 |
340 |
1 |
67.83 |
2010-03-23 |
| 61. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
67.50 |
0.9074 |
0.0484 |
396 |
1 |
67.50 |
2010-03-28 |
| 62. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
67.41 |
0.9398 |
0.0175 |
419 |
1 |
67.41 |
2010-03-24 |
| 63. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
66.96 |
1.0154 |
-0.0240 |
351 |
1 |
66.96 |
2010-03-23 |
| 64. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
66.77 |
0.9754 |
-0.0304 |
362 |
1 |
66.77 |
2010-03-24 |
| 65. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
66.40 |
1.0529 |
-0.1194 |
351 |
1 |
66.40 |
2010-03-22 |
| 66. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
66.32 |
0.9897 |
-0.0596 |
274 |
1 |
66.32 |
2010-03-22 |
| 67. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
66.25 |
0.9879 |
-0.0478 |
450 |
1 |
66.25 |
2010-03-25 |
| 68. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
65.44 |
1.0034 |
-0.0850 |
302 |
1 |
65.44 |
2010-03-25 |
| 69. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
65.26 |
0.9109 |
0.0090 |
401 |
1 |
65.26 |
2010-03-22 |
| 70. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
64.99 |
0.8845 |
0.0294 |
273 |
1 |
64.99 |
2010-03-25 |
| 71. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
64.94 |
0.9485 |
-0.0340 |
236 |
2 |
61.75 |
2010-03-25 |
| 72. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
64.94 |
0.9045 |
0.0086 |
235 |
1 |
64.94 |
2010-03-24 |
| 73. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
64.58 |
0.9852 |
-0.0773 |
264 |
1 |
64.58 |
2010-03-24 |
| 74. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
64.44 |
0.9844 |
-0.0740 |
293 |
1 |
64.44 |
2010-03-22 |
| 75. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
63.90 |
1.0053 |
-0.1094 |
232 |
1 |
63.90 |
2011-07-20 |
| 76. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
63.09 |
0.9089 |
-0.0186 |
342 |
2 |
61.59 |
2010-03-24 |
| 77. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
61.17 |
1.0388 |
-0.1482 |
243 |
1 |
61.17 |
2011-07-20 |
| 78. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
60.15 |
0.8947 |
-0.0453 |
366 |
1 |
60.15 |
2010-03-22 |
| 79. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
59.35 |
0.9943 |
-0.1580 |
373 |
1 |
59.35 |
2010-03-23 |
| 80. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
58.69 |
0.9670 |
-0.1012 |
307 |
1 |
58.69 |
2010-03-22 |
| 81. |
You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens... |
58.66 |
0.9640 |
-0.1114 |
334 |
1 |
58.66 |
2010-03-22 |
| 82. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
55.70 |
0.9364 |
-0.1152 |
351 |
1 |
55.70 |
2010-03-22 |
| 83. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
55.27 |
1.0483 |
-0.2764 |
227 |
1 |
55.27 |
2010-03-25 |
| 84. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
54.52 |
0.9529 |
-0.1481 |
269 |
1 |
54.52 |
2010-03-23 |
| 85. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
51.66 |
0.9691 |
-0.2461 |
223 |
1 |
51.66 |
2010-03-22 |
| 86. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
51.05 |
0.9884 |
-0.2693 |
262 |
1 |
51.05 |
2010-03-22 |