| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
140.14 |
1.0399 |
0.1639 |
294 |
2 |
128.57 |
2009-01-04 |
| 2. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
136.99 |
1.0165 |
0.1588 |
392 |
1 |
136.99 |
2008-11-07 |
| 3. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
134.18 |
0.9986 |
0.1491 |
283 |
3 |
126.03 |
2008-11-07 |
| 4. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
133.26 |
0.9636 |
0.1755 |
254 |
2 |
128.66 |
2008-11-07 |
| 5. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
131.21 |
0.9723 |
0.1528 |
364 |
1 |
131.21 |
2011-09-13 |
| 6. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
130.98 |
1.0138 |
0.1052 |
231 |
1 |
130.98 |
2008-11-07 |
| 7. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
130.50 |
1.0296 |
0.0921 |
437 |
1 |
130.50 |
2008-11-06 |
| 8. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
130.30 |
1.0261 |
0.0856 |
273 |
2 |
128.68 |
2008-11-07 |
| 9. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
130.09 |
0.8811 |
0.2352 |
239 |
3 |
126.64 |
2009-01-10 |
| 10. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
129.78 |
0.9068 |
0.2053 |
269 |
1 |
129.78 |
2009-06-30 |
| 11. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
129.54 |
0.9910 |
0.1179 |
295 |
2 |
110.74 |
2009-06-30 |
| 12. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
129.41 |
1.0168 |
0.0905 |
271 |
2 |
123.43 |
2008-11-07 |
| 13. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
129.24 |
1.0429 |
0.0601 |
259 |
1 |
129.24 |
2009-01-04 |
| 14. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
129.19 |
0.9776 |
0.1266 |
308 |
1 |
129.19 |
2008-11-07 |
| 15. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
128.96 |
1.0390 |
0.0592 |
205 |
1 |
128.96 |
2008-11-07 |
| 16. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
128.78 |
1.0496 |
0.0501 |
314 |
1 |
128.78 |
2008-11-07 |
| 17. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
128.75 |
1.0608 |
0.0727 |
258 |
1 |
128.75 |
2010-09-05 |
| 18. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
128.72 |
1.1016 |
-0.0016 |
233 |
1 |
128.72 |
2008-11-07 |
| 19. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
127.73 |
0.9811 |
0.1129 |
272 |
1 |
127.73 |
2008-11-07 |
| 20. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
127.02 |
0.9202 |
0.1643 |
254 |
2 |
121.34 |
2009-06-30 |
| 21. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
125.91 |
1.0316 |
0.0478 |
333 |
1 |
125.91 |
2009-06-30 |
| 22. |
We often believe the more we practice a skill or technique -... |
125.53 |
0.9907 |
0.1155 |
397 |
1 |
125.53 |
2011-09-13 |
| 23. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
125.37 |
0.9768 |
0.0967 |
387 |
2 |
114.62 |
2008-11-07 |
| 24. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
124.99 |
1.0577 |
0.0065 |
247 |
2 |
119.37 |
2009-01-10 |
| 25. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
124.79 |
0.9281 |
0.1429 |
273 |
1 |
124.79 |
2008-11-07 |
| 26. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
124.74 |
1.0201 |
0.0494 |
375 |
1 |
124.74 |
2009-06-30 |
| 27. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
124.72 |
1.1114 |
-0.0488 |
247 |
2 |
122.56 |
2009-06-30 |
| 28. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
124.60 |
1.0352 |
0.0317 |
341 |
1 |
124.60 |
2010-09-05 |
| 29. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
124.52 |
0.9852 |
0.0787 |
264 |
2 |
119.08 |
2008-11-07 |
| 30. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
124.04 |
0.9084 |
0.1551 |
404 |
2 |
115.05 |
2010-09-05 |
| 31. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
123.86 |
0.9164 |
0.1463 |
305 |
1 |
123.86 |
2008-11-07 |
| 32. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
123.74 |
1.0534 |
0.0056 |
357 |
1 |
123.74 |
2008-11-07 |
| 33. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
123.61 |
1.0389 |
0.0185 |
318 |
1 |
123.61 |
2009-06-30 |
| 34. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
123.28 |
0.9213 |
0.1321 |
295 |
3 |
119.26 |
2008-11-07 |
| 35. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
122.65 |
0.9540 |
0.0916 |
285 |
1 |
122.65 |
2009-06-30 |
| 36. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
122.53 |
1.0131 |
0.0294 |
225 |
1 |
122.53 |
2008-11-07 |
| 37. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
122.30 |
1.0619 |
-0.0139 |
354 |
2 |
119.44 |
2008-11-07 |
| 38. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
122.28 |
1.0696 |
-0.0289 |
226 |
1 |
122.28 |
2008-11-06 |
| 39. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
122.13 |
1.0796 |
-0.0415 |
129 |
1 |
122.13 |
2008-11-07 |
| 40. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
121.41 |
0.9879 |
0.0575 |
450 |
2 |
118.57 |
2009-01-04 |
| 41. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
121.13 |
0.9411 |
0.0940 |
318 |
1 |
121.13 |
2008-11-06 |
| 42. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
120.95 |
0.9266 |
0.1079 |
278 |
1 |
120.95 |
2008-11-07 |
| 43. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
120.91 |
1.0352 |
0.0003 |
341 |
1 |
120.91 |
2008-11-06 |
| 44. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
120.82 |
1.0417 |
-0.0126 |
253 |
2 |
117.08 |
2008-11-07 |
| 45. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
120.30 |
0.9846 |
0.0414 |
281 |
1 |
120.30 |
2008-11-06 |
| 46. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
120.29 |
1.0711 |
-0.0492 |
213 |
2 |
115.27 |
2008-11-07 |
| 47. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
120.23 |
1.0385 |
-0.0138 |
230 |
1 |
120.23 |
2008-11-07 |
| 48. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
120.02 |
0.9646 |
0.0592 |
264 |
3 |
115.82 |
2008-11-07 |
| 49. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
119.87 |
1.0095 |
0.0128 |
316 |
2 |
78.10 |
2009-06-30 |
| 50. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
119.86 |
1.0004 |
0.0168 |
212 |
1 |
119.86 |
2008-11-07 |
| 51. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
119.72 |
0.9514 |
0.0710 |
237 |
1 |
119.72 |
2008-11-07 |
| 52. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
119.71 |
0.9756 |
0.0451 |
229 |
2 |
117.74 |
2008-11-07 |
| 53. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
119.33 |
1.0034 |
0.0138 |
302 |
2 |
115.69 |
2008-11-07 |
| 54. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
119.11 |
0.9614 |
0.0584 |
292 |
1 |
119.11 |
2008-11-07 |
| 55. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
119.06 |
1.0444 |
-0.0346 |
197 |
2 |
116.44 |
2008-11-07 |
| 56. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
118.96 |
1.0029 |
0.0062 |
209 |
1 |
118.96 |
2009-01-04 |
| 57. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
118.89 |
1.0068 |
0.0114 |
358 |
2 |
118.29 |
2008-11-07 |
| 58. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
118.66 |
0.9342 |
0.0822 |
434 |
1 |
118.66 |
2008-11-07 |
| 59. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
118.18 |
0.9886 |
0.0227 |
220 |
2 |
115.94 |
2008-11-07 |
| 60. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
117.80 |
0.9527 |
0.0527 |
251 |
1 |
117.80 |
2008-11-07 |
| 61. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
117.52 |
1.0368 |
-0.0328 |
276 |
2 |
114.39 |
2008-11-07 |
| 62. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
117.23 |
0.9734 |
0.0269 |
289 |
1 |
117.23 |
2011-09-13 |
| 63. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
117.15 |
0.9049 |
0.1004 |
351 |
2 |
108.20 |
2008-11-07 |
| 64. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
116.94 |
0.9863 |
0.0162 |
339 |
1 |
116.94 |
2008-11-07 |
| 65. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
116.90 |
0.9805 |
0.0218 |
292 |
1 |
116.90 |
2008-11-07 |
| 66. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
116.63 |
0.9966 |
-0.0018 |
259 |
2 |
116.18 |
2008-11-07 |
| 67. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
116.28 |
0.8878 |
0.1044 |
346 |
1 |
116.28 |
2009-06-30 |
| 68. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
116.25 |
0.8951 |
0.0992 |
193 |
1 |
116.25 |
2008-11-07 |
| 69. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
116.05 |
0.9567 |
0.0335 |
273 |
1 |
116.05 |
2008-11-07 |
| 70. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
115.91 |
1.0398 |
-0.0611 |
110 |
1 |
115.91 |
2008-11-07 |
| 71. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
115.89 |
0.9731 |
0.0034 |
129 |
2 |
68.82 |
2009-06-30 |
| 72. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
115.79 |
1.0613 |
-0.0723 |
266 |
1 |
115.79 |
2008-11-07 |
| 73. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
115.56 |
0.9740 |
0.0080 |
209 |
1 |
115.56 |
2008-11-07 |
| 74. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
114.97 |
1.0197 |
-0.0416 |
226 |
1 |
114.97 |
2008-11-07 |
| 75. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
114.95 |
0.8916 |
0.0896 |
216 |
1 |
114.95 |
2008-11-07 |
| 76. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
114.63 |
0.9376 |
0.0459 |
367 |
1 |
114.63 |
2008-11-07 |
| 77. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
114.55 |
0.9570 |
0.0221 |
287 |
2 |
109.23 |
2009-01-04 |
| 78. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
114.50 |
0.9681 |
0.0172 |
378 |
1 |
114.50 |
2008-11-07 |
| 79. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
114.47 |
0.9088 |
0.0731 |
348 |
1 |
114.47 |
2008-11-06 |
| 80. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
114.29 |
1.0714 |
-0.1051 |
129 |
1 |
114.29 |
2008-11-07 |
| 81. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
114.13 |
1.0389 |
-0.0627 |
340 |
2 |
113.14 |
2008-11-07 |
| 82. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
113.99 |
0.9754 |
0.0033 |
362 |
1 |
113.99 |
2008-11-07 |
| 83. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
113.89 |
1.0340 |
-0.0571 |
406 |
1 |
113.89 |
2008-11-07 |
| 84. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
113.80 |
1.0025 |
-0.0307 |
336 |
1 |
113.80 |
2008-11-07 |
| 85. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
113.72 |
1.1018 |
-0.1380 |
220 |
1 |
113.72 |
2008-11-07 |
| 86. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
113.32 |
0.9398 |
0.0363 |
419 |
2 |
109.22 |
2011-09-13 |
| 87. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
113.06 |
0.9884 |
-0.0196 |
262 |
1 |
113.06 |
2008-11-07 |
| 88. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
112.93 |
0.9578 |
0.0051 |
281 |
2 |
78.38 |
2008-11-07 |
| 89. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
112.88 |
1.0555 |
-0.0911 |
363 |
1 |
112.88 |
2008-11-07 |
| 90. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
112.62 |
0.9635 |
0.0026 |
389 |
1 |
112.62 |
2008-11-06 |
| 91. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
112.54 |
0.9820 |
-0.0192 |
267 |
1 |
112.54 |
2008-11-07 |
| 92. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
112.52 |
1.0214 |
-0.0632 |
269 |
2 |
108.20 |
2008-11-07 |
| 93. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
112.35 |
0.9865 |
-0.0270 |
276 |
2 |
76.25 |
2008-11-07 |
| 94. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
112.07 |
1.0120 |
-0.0568 |
290 |
1 |
112.07 |
2009-01-04 |
| 95. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
112.04 |
1.0025 |
-0.0469 |
256 |
1 |
112.04 |
2009-06-30 |
| 96. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
111.95 |
0.7876 |
0.1699 |
316 |
1 |
111.95 |
2011-09-13 |
| 97. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
111.94 |
1.0289 |
-0.0697 |
276 |
1 |
111.94 |
2008-11-07 |
| 98. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
111.87 |
1.0331 |
-0.0811 |
234 |
2 |
105.66 |
2008-11-07 |
| 99. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
111.61 |
0.9857 |
-0.0347 |
293 |
1 |
111.61 |
2008-11-07 |
| 100. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
111.30 |
0.9045 |
0.0451 |
235 |
1 |
111.30 |
2008-11-07 |
| 101. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
111.23 |
0.9649 |
-0.0173 |
193 |
2 |
109.52 |
2009-01-04 |
| 102. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
111.22 |
0.8933 |
0.0617 |
363 |
2 |
111.20 |
2008-11-07 |
| 103. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
110.95 |
0.9907 |
-0.0460 |
211 |
1 |
110.95 |
2008-11-07 |
| 104. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
110.71 |
0.8935 |
0.0604 |
328 |
1 |
110.71 |
2008-11-07 |
| 105. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
110.70 |
0.9430 |
-0.0062 |
211 |
1 |
110.70 |
2009-01-04 |
| 106. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
110.37 |
0.9048 |
0.0411 |
271 |
1 |
110.37 |
2009-01-10 |
| 107. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
109.63 |
0.8382 |
0.0972 |
268 |
2 |
107.13 |
2008-11-07 |
| 108. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
109.44 |
0.9234 |
0.0152 |
346 |
1 |
109.44 |
2008-11-07 |
| 109. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
109.39 |
0.9769 |
-0.0462 |
263 |
1 |
109.39 |
2008-11-07 |
| 110. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
109.11 |
0.8996 |
0.0253 |
192 |
1 |
109.11 |
2008-11-07 |
| 111. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
108.83 |
0.9289 |
-0.0032 |
204 |
1 |
108.83 |
2008-11-07 |
| 112. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
108.76 |
0.9991 |
-0.0713 |
225 |
2 |
107.26 |
2008-11-07 |
| 113. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
108.38 |
0.9758 |
-0.0510 |
314 |
1 |
108.38 |
2008-11-07 |
| 114. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
108.07 |
1.0486 |
-0.1264 |
289 |
1 |
108.07 |
2008-11-07 |
| 115. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
106.61 |
0.9513 |
-0.0387 |
354 |
1 |
106.61 |
2008-11-07 |
| 116. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
105.22 |
0.9468 |
-0.0506 |
276 |
1 |
105.22 |
2008-11-07 |
| 117. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
105.09 |
0.8353 |
0.0678 |
283 |
1 |
105.09 |
2009-06-30 |
| 118. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
105.02 |
0.8810 |
0.0148 |
282 |
1 |
105.02 |
2008-11-07 |
| 119. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
104.51 |
0.9339 |
-0.0448 |
310 |
1 |
104.51 |
2008-11-07 |
| 120. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
104.50 |
0.8947 |
0.0007 |
366 |
1 |
104.50 |
2008-11-07 |
| 121. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
104.07 |
0.9426 |
-0.0527 |
317 |
1 |
104.07 |
2008-11-07 |
| 122. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
103.42 |
0.9500 |
-0.0666 |
362 |
1 |
103.42 |
2009-06-30 |
| 123. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
103.41 |
1.0297 |
-0.1498 |
249 |
1 |
103.41 |
2008-11-07 |
| 124. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
103.25 |
0.8958 |
-0.0115 |
322 |
1 |
103.25 |
2008-11-06 |
| 125. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
103.15 |
0.9964 |
-0.1175 |
203 |
1 |
103.15 |
2008-11-07 |
| 126. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
102.91 |
0.9464 |
-0.0645 |
323 |
1 |
102.91 |
2008-11-07 |
| 127. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
101.47 |
0.9233 |
-0.0673 |
168 |
1 |
101.47 |
2008-11-07 |
| 128. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
101.42 |
0.9266 |
-0.0626 |
267 |
1 |
101.42 |
2008-11-06 |
| 129. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
101.08 |
0.9212 |
-0.0569 |
323 |
1 |
101.08 |
2008-11-07 |
| 130. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
100.98 |
1.0944 |
-0.1895 |
308 |
1 |
100.98 |
2011-09-13 |
| 131. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
98.19 |
1.0334 |
-0.2039 |
131 |
1 |
98.19 |
2008-11-07 |
| 132. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
97.77 |
1.0463 |
-0.2186 |
182 |
1 |
97.77 |
2009-06-30 |
| 133. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
96.54 |
1.0060 |
-0.1890 |
171 |
1 |
96.54 |
2008-11-07 |
| 134. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
95.37 |
0.9691 |
-0.1580 |
223 |
1 |
95.37 |
2008-11-07 |
| 135. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
91.08 |
0.8467 |
-0.0480 |
343 |
1 |
91.08 |
2011-09-13 |
| 136. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
88.54 |
0.9072 |
-0.1564 |
237 |
1 |
88.54 |
2009-01-04 |
| 137. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
30.11 |
0.9148 |
-0.6660 |
317 |
1 |
30.11 |
2009-06-30 |