| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
93.80 |
0.7876 |
0.6127 |
316 |
1 |
93.80 |
2009-07-09 |
| 2. |
He's better at this than I've ever been at anything in my li... |
90.94 |
1.0320 |
0.3256 |
228 |
1 |
90.94 |
2023-08-14 |
| 3. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
90.17 |
0.9084 |
0.4377 |
404 |
2 |
73.45 |
2009-07-14 |
| 4. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
87.00 |
1.0062 |
0.2925 |
288 |
1 |
87.00 |
2009-07-14 |
| 5. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
86.78 |
0.9798 |
0.3157 |
199 |
3 |
64.31 |
2010-11-09 |
| 6. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
85.83 |
1.0885 |
0.1928 |
341 |
1 |
85.83 |
2011-12-02 |
| 7. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
84.99 |
1.0213 |
0.2474 |
240 |
2 |
68.21 |
2009-07-07 |
| 8. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
83.45 |
0.9724 |
0.2734 |
237 |
2 |
72.35 |
2009-07-07 |
| 9. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
83.02 |
0.8961 |
0.3432 |
189 |
1 |
83.02 |
2009-07-14 |
| 10. |
On the contrary, it may happen that the atoms are launched i... |
82.63 |
1.0193 |
0.2142 |
388 |
1 |
82.63 |
2023-08-14 |
| 11. |
What we do know is that, as the chemical window closed, anot... |
82.03 |
1.0216 |
0.2030 |
302 |
1 |
82.03 |
2023-08-14 |
| 12. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
81.88 |
1.0477 |
0.1746 |
360 |
2 |
80.29 |
2011-12-02 |
| 13. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
81.87 |
1.0602 |
0.1620 |
389 |
1 |
81.87 |
2010-11-29 |
| 14. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
81.55 |
0.9879 |
0.2295 |
450 |
2 |
72.40 |
2011-12-02 |
| 15. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
80.99 |
1.0485 |
0.1605 |
153 |
1 |
80.99 |
2010-11-29 |
| 16. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
80.72 |
1.0788 |
0.1262 |
171 |
3 |
77.22 |
2010-11-09 |
| 17. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
80.68 |
0.9884 |
0.2160 |
233 |
1 |
80.68 |
2009-07-14 |
| 18. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
80.46 |
1.1296 |
0.0715 |
252 |
1 |
80.46 |
2011-12-02 |
| 19. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
79.63 |
1.0095 |
0.1792 |
316 |
1 |
79.63 |
2010-11-29 |
| 20. |
The whole point was to find a way to practice nuclear war wi... |
78.37 |
1.0261 |
0.1438 |
227 |
1 |
78.37 |
2023-08-14 |
| 21. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
77.88 |
1.1068 |
0.0558 |
393 |
1 |
77.88 |
2010-11-24 |
| 22. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
77.15 |
1.0263 |
0.1254 |
267 |
1 |
77.15 |
2009-07-14 |
| 23. |
First week of boot camp, they taught us a lesson. A good sol... |
76.30 |
1.0016 |
0.1374 |
441 |
1 |
76.30 |
2023-08-14 |
| 24. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
76.23 |
0.9514 |
0.1866 |
237 |
1 |
76.23 |
2009-07-07 |
| 25. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
75.58 |
1.0630 |
0.0653 |
397 |
1 |
75.58 |
2010-11-09 |
| 26. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
75.15 |
1.0396 |
0.0823 |
149 |
1 |
75.15 |
2011-12-02 |
| 27. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
74.84 |
1.0454 |
0.0718 |
255 |
1 |
74.84 |
2010-11-09 |
| 28. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
74.55 |
1.0346 |
0.0783 |
244 |
2 |
65.90 |
2010-11-09 |
| 29. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
74.37 |
1.0523 |
0.0579 |
256 |
1 |
74.37 |
2010-11-09 |
| 30. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
74.04 |
1.0151 |
0.0902 |
152 |
1 |
74.04 |
2011-11-18 |
| 31. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
73.15 |
1.0399 |
0.0521 |
294 |
1 |
73.15 |
2010-05-30 |
| 32. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
72.74 |
1.0201 |
0.0658 |
303 |
1 |
72.74 |
2009-10-27 |
| 33. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
72.64 |
1.0034 |
0.0810 |
302 |
2 |
71.98 |
2010-11-29 |
| 34. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
72.34 |
1.0343 |
0.0456 |
242 |
1 |
72.34 |
2010-11-09 |
| 35. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
72.33 |
1.0099 |
0.0699 |
207 |
1 |
72.33 |
2023-08-14 |
| 36. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
72.27 |
1.0352 |
0.0437 |
341 |
1 |
72.27 |
2009-07-06 |
| 37. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
71.76 |
1.0506 |
0.0206 |
277 |
1 |
71.76 |
2010-05-30 |
| 38. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
71.22 |
0.8852 |
0.1780 |
201 |
1 |
71.22 |
2011-11-18 |
| 39. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
71.20 |
0.9509 |
0.1120 |
225 |
1 |
71.20 |
2023-08-14 |
| 40. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
70.39 |
0.9907 |
0.0601 |
211 |
1 |
70.39 |
2011-12-02 |
| 41. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
70.25 |
1.0352 |
0.0135 |
341 |
1 |
70.25 |
2010-11-09 |
| 42. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
70.24 |
1.0684 |
-0.0198 |
253 |
1 |
70.24 |
2010-11-09 |
| 43. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
70.15 |
0.9756 |
0.0716 |
229 |
1 |
70.15 |
2010-11-29 |
| 44. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
69.81 |
0.9439 |
0.0982 |
476 |
1 |
69.81 |
2011-11-18 |
| 45. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
69.54 |
1.0419 |
-0.0038 |
261 |
2 |
65.08 |
2011-12-02 |
| 46. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
69.17 |
0.9430 |
0.0896 |
211 |
1 |
69.17 |
2011-12-02 |
| 47. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
69.04 |
0.9894 |
0.0412 |
323 |
2 |
68.97 |
2011-12-02 |
| 48. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
68.95 |
1.1114 |
-0.0821 |
247 |
1 |
68.95 |
2009-07-05 |
| 49. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
68.89 |
1.0787 |
-0.0503 |
237 |
1 |
68.89 |
2009-07-06 |
| 50. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
68.75 |
1.0796 |
-0.0533 |
129 |
2 |
61.75 |
2009-07-06 |
| 51. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
68.64 |
0.9844 |
0.0403 |
293 |
1 |
68.64 |
2011-11-18 |
| 52. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
68.45 |
0.9540 |
0.0678 |
285 |
1 |
68.45 |
2010-11-29 |
| 53. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
68.35 |
0.9275 |
0.0928 |
211 |
1 |
68.35 |
2010-11-29 |
| 54. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
68.23 |
0.9946 |
0.0239 |
246 |
1 |
68.23 |
2009-07-06 |
| 55. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
67.84 |
1.0740 |
-0.0613 |
264 |
1 |
67.84 |
2010-11-29 |
| 56. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
67.80 |
1.0131 |
-0.0010 |
225 |
2 |
60.58 |
2010-05-30 |
| 57. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
67.18 |
0.8826 |
0.1203 |
296 |
1 |
67.18 |
2011-12-02 |
| 58. |
Come and hold my hand. I want to contact the living. Not sur... |
67.11 |
1.0315 |
-0.0297 |
201 |
1 |
67.11 |
2023-08-14 |
| 59. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
67.06 |
1.0417 |
-0.0406 |
253 |
1 |
67.06 |
2009-07-06 |
| 60. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
66.98 |
1.0261 |
-0.0262 |
410 |
1 |
66.98 |
2010-11-09 |
| 61. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
66.46 |
0.9726 |
0.0195 |
154 |
1 |
66.46 |
2011-12-02 |
| 62. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
66.01 |
1.1016 |
-0.1162 |
233 |
1 |
66.01 |
2009-07-05 |
| 63. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
65.84 |
0.9904 |
-0.0075 |
203 |
1 |
65.84 |
2010-11-09 |
| 64. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
65.10 |
1.0168 |
-0.0450 |
271 |
1 |
65.10 |
2010-05-30 |
| 65. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
64.55 |
0.9772 |
-0.0136 |
217 |
2 |
60.81 |
2010-05-30 |
| 66. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
64.47 |
0.9857 |
-0.0233 |
293 |
1 |
64.47 |
2009-10-27 |
| 67. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
64.31 |
0.9633 |
-0.0033 |
304 |
1 |
64.31 |
2009-07-06 |
| 68. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
64.29 |
1.0124 |
-0.0527 |
204 |
1 |
64.29 |
2011-12-02 |
| 69. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
64.28 |
0.9871 |
-0.0275 |
209 |
1 |
64.28 |
2010-11-09 |
| 70. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
63.35 |
1.0042 |
-0.0585 |
352 |
1 |
63.35 |
2010-11-09 |
| 71. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
63.04 |
1.0337 |
-0.0926 |
214 |
2 |
57.20 |
2009-10-27 |
| 72. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
63.00 |
0.9754 |
-0.0349 |
362 |
1 |
63.00 |
2009-07-09 |
| 73. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
62.70 |
0.9045 |
0.0315 |
235 |
1 |
62.70 |
2009-10-27 |
| 74. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
62.39 |
1.0577 |
-0.1263 |
247 |
1 |
62.39 |
2009-07-05 |
| 75. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
62.14 |
1.0679 |
-0.1403 |
177 |
1 |
62.14 |
2010-11-29 |
| 76. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
61.89 |
1.0154 |
-0.0915 |
351 |
1 |
61.89 |
2009-10-27 |
| 77. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
61.86 |
1.0214 |
-0.0979 |
166 |
1 |
61.86 |
2009-07-06 |
| 78. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
61.14 |
1.0033 |
-0.0906 |
189 |
1 |
61.14 |
2009-07-05 |
| 79. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
61.09 |
0.9681 |
-0.0561 |
378 |
1 |
61.09 |
2009-07-21 |
| 80. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
60.96 |
1.0799 |
-0.1699 |
243 |
1 |
60.96 |
2009-07-06 |
| 81. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
60.86 |
0.9088 |
-0.0003 |
348 |
1 |
60.86 |
2009-07-07 |
| 82. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
60.79 |
1.0016 |
-0.0941 |
218 |
2 |
58.76 |
2009-07-21 |
| 83. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
60.10 |
1.0555 |
-0.1583 |
363 |
1 |
60.10 |
2009-07-06 |
| 84. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
59.07 |
1.0201 |
-0.1383 |
375 |
1 |
59.07 |
2009-07-06 |
| 85. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
59.06 |
0.9763 |
-0.0946 |
289 |
2 |
55.53 |
2009-10-27 |
| 86. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
58.68 |
1.0138 |
-0.1378 |
231 |
1 |
58.68 |
2009-07-04 |
| 87. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
58.57 |
1.0767 |
-0.2024 |
212 |
2 |
55.97 |
2009-10-27 |
| 88. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
58.11 |
0.9843 |
-0.1168 |
234 |
1 |
58.11 |
2010-05-30 |
| 89. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
56.79 |
0.9852 |
-0.1374 |
264 |
1 |
56.79 |
2009-07-06 |
| 90. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
56.55 |
1.0498 |
-0.2056 |
180 |
1 |
56.55 |
2009-07-05 |
| 91. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
55.71 |
0.7850 |
0.0466 |
154 |
1 |
55.71 |
2009-07-04 |
| 92. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
55.55 |
0.9991 |
-0.1698 |
225 |
1 |
55.55 |
2009-07-09 |
| 93. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
55.41 |
0.9636 |
-0.1364 |
254 |
1 |
55.41 |
2009-07-05 |
| 94. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
55.40 |
0.9612 |
-0.1342 |
256 |
1 |
55.40 |
2009-07-05 |
| 95. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
54.50 |
0.9578 |
-0.1442 |
281 |
1 |
54.50 |
2009-07-04 |
| 96. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
53.86 |
1.0167 |
-0.2127 |
378 |
1 |
53.86 |
2009-07-07 |
| 97. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
52.53 |
0.9500 |
-0.1658 |
362 |
1 |
52.53 |
2009-07-07 |
| 98. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
52.06 |
0.9570 |
-0.1798 |
287 |
2 |
45.31 |
2009-10-27 |
| 99. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
51.20 |
1.0385 |
-0.2742 |
230 |
2 |
49.42 |
2009-07-04 |
| 100. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
50.78 |
0.8382 |
-0.0801 |
268 |
1 |
50.78 |
2009-07-07 |
| 101. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
50.67 |
0.9619 |
-0.2055 |
393 |
1 |
50.67 |
2009-07-04 |
| 102. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
49.16 |
0.8958 |
-0.1619 |
322 |
1 |
49.16 |
2009-10-27 |
| 103. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
47.02 |
0.9567 |
-0.2548 |
273 |
1 |
47.02 |
2009-07-04 |
| 104. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
46.69 |
1.0714 |
-0.3744 |
129 |
1 |
46.69 |
2009-07-05 |
| 105. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
46.30 |
1.0165 |
-0.3253 |
392 |
1 |
46.30 |
2009-07-09 |
| 106. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
45.23 |
0.8890 |
-0.2138 |
199 |
1 |
45.23 |
2009-07-05 |
| 107. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
44.46 |
0.8975 |
-0.2338 |
268 |
1 |
44.46 |
2009-07-04 |
| 108. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
42.01 |
0.9740 |
-0.3469 |
209 |
1 |
42.01 |
2009-07-04 |
| 109. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
40.80 |
0.9330 |
-0.3239 |
360 |
1 |
40.80 |
2009-07-05 |
| 110. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
36.49 |
0.8105 |
-0.2658 |
204 |
1 |
36.49 |
2009-07-04 |