Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
154.44 |
1.0881 |
0.1473 |
210 |
1 |
154.44 |
2008-10-12 |
2. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
151.15 |
1.1138 |
0.1075 |
341 |
1 |
151.15 |
2015-12-24 |
3. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
146.43 |
0.9673 |
0.2096 |
292 |
1 |
146.43 |
2008-10-12 |
4. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
146.19 |
1.0601 |
0.1095 |
256 |
1 |
146.19 |
2008-10-05 |
5. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
145.25 |
1.0178 |
0.1457 |
207 |
1 |
145.25 |
2008-10-12 |
6. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
141.06 |
1.0101 |
0.1231 |
336 |
2 |
140.45 |
2008-10-19 |
7. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
139.04 |
0.9989 |
0.1233 |
282 |
1 |
139.04 |
2015-12-22 |
8. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
138.66 |
0.9963 |
0.1134 |
274 |
1 |
138.66 |
2008-10-12 |
9. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
138.33 |
0.9809 |
0.1246 |
209 |
1 |
138.33 |
2008-10-05 |
10. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
138.24 |
1.0106 |
0.0971 |
302 |
1 |
138.24 |
2008-10-12 |
11. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
137.64 |
1.1198 |
-0.0169 |
247 |
1 |
137.64 |
2015-12-24 |
12. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
136.13 |
1.0521 |
0.0340 |
197 |
1 |
136.13 |
2008-10-20 |
13. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
135.70 |
1.1093 |
-0.0267 |
220 |
1 |
135.70 |
2008-10-12 |
14. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
135.53 |
1.0079 |
0.0779 |
273 |
1 |
135.53 |
2008-10-12 |
15. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
135.46 |
0.9703 |
0.1226 |
394 |
1 |
135.46 |
2008-10-12 |
16. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
135.34 |
0.9339 |
0.1572 |
317 |
1 |
135.34 |
2015-12-24 |
17. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
135.27 |
1.0208 |
0.0638 |
231 |
2 |
124.74 |
2008-10-12 |
18. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
135.08 |
1.0234 |
0.0639 |
392 |
1 |
135.08 |
2015-12-24 |
19. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
134.51 |
1.0414 |
0.0363 |
234 |
1 |
134.51 |
2008-10-12 |
20. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
133.67 |
1.0188 |
0.0623 |
316 |
1 |
133.67 |
2015-06-15 |
21. |
The word science is derived from a Latin verb meaning "to kn... |
133.06 |
0.9398 |
0.0991 |
325 |
1 |
133.06 |
2019-02-13 |
22. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
132.43 |
1.0130 |
0.0489 |
288 |
1 |
132.43 |
2008-10-21 |
23. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
132.25 |
0.9931 |
0.0718 |
339 |
1 |
132.25 |
2015-12-24 |
24. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
132.20 |
0.9145 |
0.1490 |
404 |
1 |
132.20 |
2008-10-20 |
25. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
131.18 |
0.9915 |
0.0594 |
281 |
1 |
131.18 |
2008-10-20 |
26. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
130.95 |
1.0432 |
0.0073 |
276 |
1 |
130.95 |
2008-10-05 |
27. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
130.40 |
0.9284 |
0.1208 |
346 |
1 |
130.40 |
2008-10-05 |
28. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
129.98 |
1.0492 |
-0.0019 |
284 |
1 |
129.98 |
2015-12-22 |
29. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
129.39 |
1.0590 |
-0.0228 |
250 |
1 |
129.39 |
2008-10-05 |
30. |
That we don't even care as restless as we are, we feel the p... |
129.32 |
1.0426 |
-0.0065 |
258 |
1 |
129.32 |
2019-02-13 |
31. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
128.20 |
1.0529 |
-0.0226 |
373 |
2 |
125.16 |
2015-12-24 |
32. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
127.81 |
1.0069 |
0.0210 |
242 |
1 |
127.81 |
2015-12-24 |
33. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
127.63 |
1.0461 |
-0.0208 |
318 |
1 |
127.63 |
2008-10-12 |
34. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
126.85 |
1.0877 |
-0.0743 |
129 |
2 |
117.82 |
2015-12-24 |
35. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
126.77 |
1.0736 |
-0.0548 |
350 |
1 |
126.77 |
2008-10-05 |
36. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
126.55 |
0.8830 |
0.1339 |
300 |
1 |
126.55 |
2015-12-24 |
37. |
Many wines have more than 14 percent alcohol because the win... |
126.46 |
0.9545 |
0.0689 |
412 |
1 |
126.46 |
2015-12-24 |
38. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
125.50 |
0.9927 |
0.0138 |
276 |
1 |
125.50 |
2008-10-12 |
39. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
125.13 |
0.9271 |
0.0755 |
295 |
1 |
125.13 |
2015-06-15 |
40. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
123.92 |
1.0669 |
-0.0705 |
379 |
1 |
123.92 |
2008-10-05 |
41. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
123.61 |
0.9530 |
0.0509 |
445 |
1 |
123.61 |
2015-12-24 |
42. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
123.61 |
0.9928 |
-0.0027 |
293 |
1 |
123.61 |
2008-10-12 |
43. |
Sometimes you picture me. I'm walking too far ahead, you're ... |
121.76 |
0.9504 |
-0.0166 |
170 |
1 |
121.76 |
2018-02-26 |
44. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
120.94 |
0.9604 |
0.0067 |
285 |
1 |
120.94 |
2008-10-12 |
45. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
120.22 |
0.9422 |
0.0161 |
190 |
1 |
120.22 |
2008-10-05 |
46. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
120.21 |
1.0315 |
-0.0687 |
193 |
1 |
120.21 |
2015-12-24 |
47. |
Don't bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everythin... |
119.70 |
0.9936 |
-0.0488 |
240 |
1 |
119.70 |
2015-12-28 |
48. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
119.68 |
1.0132 |
-0.0536 |
371 |
1 |
119.68 |
2008-10-05 |
49. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
119.30 |
1.0111 |
-0.0430 |
452 |
1 |
119.30 |
2015-12-22 |
50. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
118.51 |
1.0060 |
-0.0557 |
225 |
1 |
118.51 |
2008-10-05 |
51. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
118.41 |
0.9243 |
0.0266 |
240 |
1 |
118.41 |
2008-10-05 |
52. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
116.77 |
1.0466 |
-0.1115 |
230 |
1 |
116.77 |
2008-10-05 |
53. |
You're born alone and you die alone, and this world just dro... |
116.53 |
1.0642 |
-0.1329 |
206 |
1 |
116.53 |
2018-02-26 |
54. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
116.33 |
1.0800 |
-0.1550 |
129 |
1 |
116.33 |
2008-10-05 |
55. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
115.28 |
0.9957 |
-0.0682 |
323 |
1 |
115.28 |
2008-10-05 |
56. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
115.05 |
0.9727 |
-0.0443 |
442 |
1 |
115.05 |
2008-10-05 |
57. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
114.84 |
0.9745 |
-0.0524 |
388 |
1 |
114.84 |
2008-10-05 |
58. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
113.40 |
0.9726 |
-0.0590 |
396 |
1 |
113.40 |
2008-10-05 |
59. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
112.83 |
1.0697 |
-0.1565 |
341 |
1 |
112.83 |
2015-12-24 |
60. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
111.22 |
0.9029 |
-0.0094 |
393 |
1 |
111.22 |
2015-12-28 |
61. |
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. |
111.06 |
0.9719 |
-0.0972 |
44 |
1 |
111.06 |
2015-12-22 |
62. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
110.30 |
0.8984 |
-0.0071 |
267 |
1 |
110.30 |
2015-12-24 |
63. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
110.12 |
0.8955 |
-0.0036 |
436 |
1 |
110.12 |
2015-12-24 |
64. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
108.85 |
1.0753 |
-0.1967 |
206 |
1 |
108.85 |
2015-12-28 |
65. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
107.85 |
1.0197 |
-0.1579 |
204 |
2 |
105.71 |
2019-02-13 |
66. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
107.26 |
0.9269 |
-0.0602 |
269 |
1 |
107.26 |
2015-06-15 |
67. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
106.61 |
0.9359 |
-0.0816 |
355 |
1 |
106.61 |
2008-10-05 |
68. |
Listen up, maggots. You are not special. You are not a beaut... |
106.51 |
0.9701 |
-0.1174 |
145 |
2 |
104.83 |
2015-12-24 |
69. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
106.28 |
1.0082 |
-0.1623 |
212 |
1 |
106.28 |
2008-10-05 |
70. |
Take my love, take my land, take me where I cannot stand. I ... |
105.21 |
1.0211 |
-0.1824 |
176 |
1 |
105.21 |
2015-12-28 |
71. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
104.58 |
0.9357 |
-0.1007 |
204 |
1 |
104.58 |
2008-10-05 |
72. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
104.42 |
0.9981 |
-0.1631 |
211 |
1 |
104.42 |
2015-12-22 |
73. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
103.70 |
0.8778 |
-0.0459 |
285 |
1 |
103.70 |
2008-10-05 |
74. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
102.62 |
1.0016 |
-0.1818 |
217 |
1 |
102.62 |
2008-10-05 |
75. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
101.77 |
0.9658 |
-0.1475 |
308 |
1 |
101.77 |
2008-10-05 |
76. |
You know, sweetheart, if there's one thing I've learned, it'... |
99.07 |
1.0069 |
-0.2154 |
161 |
1 |
99.07 |
2015-12-28 |