| 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... |
99.08 |
1.0797 |
0.3966 |
210 |
1 |
99.08 |
2011-08-15 |
| 2. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
90.71 |
1.1018 |
0.2474 |
220 |
3 |
76.81 |
2009-12-24 |
| 3. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
90.43 |
1.0218 |
0.3267 |
268 |
1 |
90.43 |
2011-08-19 |
| 4. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
89.24 |
1.0774 |
0.2854 |
304 |
1 |
89.24 |
2011-08-19 |
| 5. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
88.65 |
0.9946 |
0.3297 |
246 |
2 |
80.22 |
2010-04-26 |
| 6. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
87.93 |
1.0197 |
0.2911 |
226 |
1 |
87.93 |
2010-03-29 |
| 7. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
83.85 |
0.9614 |
0.2937 |
292 |
3 |
69.52 |
2011-09-15 |
| 8. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
83.80 |
1.0799 |
0.1678 |
243 |
1 |
83.80 |
2009-10-30 |
| 9. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
83.42 |
1.0907 |
0.1576 |
303 |
1 |
83.42 |
2010-03-17 |
| 10. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
83.18 |
1.0201 |
0.2223 |
303 |
1 |
83.18 |
2010-03-13 |
| 11. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
82.97 |
0.9430 |
0.2987 |
297 |
1 |
82.97 |
2011-08-15 |
| 12. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
82.43 |
1.0829 |
0.1493 |
288 |
1 |
82.43 |
2010-03-13 |
| 13. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
82.12 |
1.0885 |
0.1408 |
315 |
1 |
82.12 |
2011-05-23 |
| 14. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
81.51 |
0.9286 |
0.2872 |
194 |
2 |
79.51 |
2010-03-19 |
| 15. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
81.33 |
1.0613 |
0.1578 |
456 |
2 |
73.42 |
2010-03-11 |
| 16. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
80.38 |
1.0521 |
0.1429 |
171 |
1 |
80.38 |
2010-02-09 |
| 17. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
80.37 |
1.1081 |
0.1261 |
206 |
1 |
80.37 |
2010-07-04 |
| 18. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
79.67 |
0.9991 |
0.1905 |
225 |
1 |
79.67 |
2009-09-18 |
| 19. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
79.21 |
0.9910 |
0.1930 |
295 |
2 |
70.62 |
2010-03-18 |
| 20. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
78.87 |
0.9857 |
0.1903 |
293 |
2 |
71.76 |
2010-04-27 |
| 21. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
78.85 |
0.9601 |
0.2213 |
308 |
1 |
78.85 |
2011-08-28 |
| 22. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
78.63 |
0.9570 |
0.2181 |
287 |
2 |
66.19 |
2010-03-17 |
| 23. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
78.24 |
1.0240 |
0.1409 |
256 |
1 |
78.24 |
2010-03-11 |
| 24. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
78.03 |
0.9676 |
0.2050 |
442 |
2 |
69.10 |
2010-03-18 |
| 25. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
77.80 |
0.9814 |
0.2188 |
364 |
1 |
77.80 |
2010-03-19 |
| 26. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
76.43 |
1.0669 |
0.1056 |
286 |
1 |
76.43 |
2010-03-23 |
| 27. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
76.38 |
1.0385 |
0.0991 |
230 |
1 |
76.38 |
2010-03-17 |
| 28. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
75.69 |
0.9912 |
0.1647 |
237 |
1 |
75.69 |
2011-09-15 |
| 29. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
75.46 |
1.0023 |
0.1213 |
211 |
1 |
75.46 |
2010-03-13 |
| 30. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
75.36 |
0.9665 |
0.2068 |
326 |
1 |
75.36 |
2010-07-04 |
| 31. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
74.70 |
0.9632 |
0.1573 |
392 |
2 |
68.36 |
2010-03-20 |
| 32. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
74.63 |
1.0740 |
0.0773 |
264 |
1 |
74.63 |
2010-03-13 |
| 33. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
74.25 |
1.0109 |
0.0972 |
276 |
3 |
66.64 |
2010-04-08 |
| 34. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
73.51 |
0.9908 |
0.1512 |
342 |
1 |
73.51 |
2010-03-13 |
| 35. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
72.98 |
0.9916 |
0.1391 |
282 |
1 |
72.98 |
2010-02-09 |
| 36. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
72.53 |
1.0389 |
0.0441 |
318 |
1 |
72.53 |
2010-03-23 |
| 37. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
72.45 |
0.9127 |
0.1651 |
252 |
2 |
69.34 |
2010-04-18 |
| 38. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
71.65 |
1.0787 |
-0.0119 |
237 |
2 |
68.49 |
2009-09-25 |
| 39. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
71.63 |
1.0567 |
0.0117 |
303 |
1 |
71.63 |
2010-03-13 |
| 40. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
71.16 |
1.0254 |
0.0761 |
217 |
2 |
62.63 |
2009-09-19 |
| 41. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
71.09 |
0.9843 |
0.0703 |
234 |
1 |
71.09 |
2010-04-08 |
| 42. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
70.88 |
0.9084 |
0.1521 |
404 |
1 |
70.88 |
2009-12-24 |
| 43. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
70.85 |
0.9820 |
0.0742 |
274 |
1 |
70.85 |
2009-09-09 |
| 44. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
68.84 |
0.9430 |
0.0754 |
211 |
1 |
68.84 |
2010-03-13 |
| 45. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
68.69 |
1.0213 |
-0.0011 |
240 |
2 |
66.30 |
2009-10-30 |
| 46. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
68.32 |
0.8947 |
0.1280 |
366 |
2 |
61.09 |
2010-03-13 |
| 47. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
68.11 |
0.9646 |
0.0492 |
264 |
2 |
65.19 |
2010-03-13 |
| 48. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
68.04 |
0.9769 |
0.0346 |
263 |
1 |
68.04 |
2009-09-10 |
| 49. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
67.45 |
0.9597 |
0.0491 |
347 |
1 |
67.45 |
2010-04-08 |
| 50. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
67.16 |
0.9509 |
0.0878 |
225 |
1 |
67.16 |
2010-03-11 |
| 51. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
66.85 |
0.8981 |
0.1021 |
393 |
1 |
66.85 |
2009-09-22 |
| 52. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
66.71 |
0.9266 |
0.0687 |
278 |
1 |
66.71 |
2009-09-10 |
| 53. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
66.67 |
1.0445 |
-0.0507 |
373 |
1 |
66.67 |
2009-11-04 |
| 54. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
66.35 |
1.0396 |
-0.0587 |
149 |
1 |
66.35 |
2009-09-10 |
| 55. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
66.30 |
0.9675 |
0.0293 |
383 |
1 |
66.30 |
2010-03-13 |
| 56. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
66.17 |
0.9365 |
0.0503 |
248 |
1 |
66.17 |
2011-08-15 |
| 57. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
66.13 |
0.9128 |
0.1135 |
369 |
1 |
66.13 |
2010-02-09 |
| 58. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
66.03 |
0.8956 |
0.0923 |
322 |
2 |
57.96 |
2009-12-24 |
| 59. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
65.85 |
0.9088 |
0.0770 |
348 |
2 |
62.59 |
2010-04-08 |
| 60. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
65.75 |
0.9899 |
-0.0156 |
163 |
1 |
65.75 |
2009-09-17 |
| 61. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
65.46 |
1.0941 |
-0.0882 |
256 |
1 |
65.46 |
2010-03-25 |
| 62. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
65.36 |
0.8753 |
0.1071 |
427 |
1 |
65.36 |
2010-02-09 |
| 63. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
65.36 |
1.0477 |
-0.0721 |
360 |
2 |
58.42 |
2009-09-15 |
| 64. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
65.35 |
1.0167 |
-0.0369 |
378 |
2 |
59.44 |
2009-09-10 |
| 65. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
64.97 |
0.9756 |
-0.0096 |
229 |
1 |
64.97 |
2009-10-30 |
| 66. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
64.92 |
0.9894 |
-0.0185 |
323 |
1 |
64.92 |
2009-09-09 |
| 67. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
64.78 |
0.9266 |
0.0379 |
267 |
3 |
60.71 |
2009-09-15 |
| 68. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
64.72 |
1.0441 |
-0.0393 |
316 |
1 |
64.72 |
2009-09-15 |
| 69. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
64.36 |
0.9754 |
-0.0112 |
362 |
2 |
64.25 |
2009-09-17 |
| 70. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
64.04 |
1.0261 |
-0.0747 |
273 |
1 |
64.04 |
2009-09-15 |
| 71. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
63.90 |
0.9500 |
0.0033 |
362 |
1 |
63.90 |
2010-02-09 |
| 72. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
63.45 |
0.9723 |
-0.0243 |
364 |
1 |
63.45 |
2010-03-13 |
| 73. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
63.15 |
0.9540 |
-0.0160 |
285 |
1 |
63.15 |
2009-12-24 |
| 74. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
62.95 |
1.0183 |
-0.0871 |
191 |
1 |
62.95 |
2009-09-11 |
| 75. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
62.77 |
0.9938 |
-0.0589 |
339 |
1 |
62.77 |
2009-09-09 |
| 76. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
62.25 |
0.9672 |
-0.0345 |
396 |
1 |
62.25 |
2009-09-09 |
| 77. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
62.14 |
0.9758 |
-0.0505 |
314 |
1 |
62.14 |
2009-09-18 |
| 78. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
62.05 |
1.0203 |
-0.0937 |
261 |
1 |
62.05 |
2009-09-09 |
| 79. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
62.00 |
1.0788 |
-0.1619 |
171 |
1 |
62.00 |
2009-09-11 |
| 80. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
61.97 |
0.9943 |
-0.0691 |
373 |
1 |
61.97 |
2009-09-16 |
| 81. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
61.70 |
0.9411 |
-0.0224 |
318 |
1 |
61.70 |
2009-09-18 |
| 82. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
61.50 |
0.9485 |
-0.0319 |
236 |
1 |
61.50 |
2009-09-11 |
| 83. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
61.34 |
1.0486 |
-0.1353 |
289 |
1 |
61.34 |
2009-09-09 |
| 84. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
61.23 |
1.0666 |
-0.1556 |
297 |
1 |
61.23 |
2009-11-04 |
| 85. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
61.10 |
0.8996 |
0.0038 |
192 |
1 |
61.10 |
2009-09-15 |
| 86. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
61.03 |
1.0201 |
-0.1083 |
375 |
1 |
61.03 |
2009-09-25 |
| 87. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
60.84 |
0.9351 |
-0.0356 |
190 |
1 |
60.84 |
2009-09-09 |
| 88. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
60.76 |
0.9485 |
-0.0423 |
291 |
1 |
60.76 |
2009-09-19 |
| 89. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
60.49 |
0.9922 |
-0.0514 |
341 |
1 |
60.49 |
2009-09-15 |
| 90. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
60.49 |
1.0251 |
-0.1276 |
261 |
1 |
60.49 |
2009-09-11 |
| 91. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
59.97 |
1.0316 |
-0.1360 |
333 |
1 |
59.97 |
2009-09-22 |
| 92. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
59.77 |
0.9279 |
-0.0326 |
317 |
1 |
59.77 |
2009-09-10 |
| 93. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
59.13 |
0.9148 |
-0.0342 |
317 |
1 |
59.13 |
2009-09-11 |
| 94. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
58.80 |
0.9691 |
-0.0954 |
223 |
1 |
58.80 |
2009-09-09 |
| 95. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
58.72 |
1.0016 |
-0.1332 |
218 |
2 |
58.68 |
2009-08-24 |
| 96. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
58.59 |
0.8553 |
0.0106 |
174 |
2 |
52.09 |
2009-09-11 |
| 97. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
58.42 |
0.9546 |
-0.0548 |
198 |
2 |
58.38 |
2010-03-25 |
| 98. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
58.18 |
0.9330 |
-0.0616 |
360 |
1 |
58.18 |
2009-09-10 |
| 99. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
58.06 |
0.9772 |
-0.1177 |
217 |
2 |
58.06 |
2009-09-09 |
| 100. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
58.01 |
1.0361 |
-0.1728 |
269 |
1 |
58.01 |
2009-09-25 |
| 101. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
57.85 |
0.9553 |
-0.0882 |
430 |
1 |
57.85 |
2009-08-24 |
| 102. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
57.74 |
1.0141 |
-0.1196 |
304 |
1 |
57.74 |
2009-08-24 |
| 103. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
57.39 |
0.9636 |
-0.1108 |
254 |
2 |
56.70 |
2009-09-25 |
| 104. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
57.17 |
0.9064 |
-0.0476 |
399 |
1 |
57.17 |
2009-09-18 |
| 105. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
57.11 |
0.9731 |
-0.1369 |
129 |
1 |
57.11 |
2009-09-09 |
| 106. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
56.90 |
1.0711 |
-0.2307 |
213 |
1 |
56.90 |
2009-09-15 |
| 107. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
56.78 |
0.8595 |
-0.0140 |
242 |
3 |
54.21 |
2009-09-15 |
| 108. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
56.76 |
1.1114 |
-0.2707 |
247 |
1 |
56.76 |
2009-08-15 |
| 109. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
56.45 |
1.0297 |
-0.1922 |
249 |
1 |
56.45 |
2009-09-15 |
| 110. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
56.35 |
1.0034 |
-0.1677 |
302 |
1 |
56.35 |
2009-08-15 |
| 111. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
55.65 |
0.9212 |
-0.0912 |
323 |
1 |
55.65 |
2009-08-15 |
| 112. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
55.25 |
1.0060 |
-0.1901 |
171 |
1 |
55.25 |
2009-09-15 |
| 113. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
54.97 |
1.0063 |
-0.1895 |
371 |
1 |
54.97 |
2009-08-15 |
| 114. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
54.64 |
0.8958 |
-0.0798 |
322 |
1 |
54.64 |
2009-09-17 |
| 115. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
54.52 |
0.9005 |
-0.0924 |
212 |
1 |
54.52 |
2009-11-04 |
| 116. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
54.37 |
0.9464 |
-0.1339 |
323 |
1 |
54.37 |
2009-08-24 |
| 117. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
54.20 |
0.9682 |
-0.1653 |
143 |
1 |
54.20 |
2009-09-11 |
| 118. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
54.03 |
0.8890 |
-0.0904 |
199 |
1 |
54.03 |
2009-09-15 |
| 119. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
53.80 |
0.9897 |
-0.1932 |
274 |
1 |
53.80 |
2009-08-15 |
| 120. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
52.96 |
1.0487 |
-0.2676 |
231 |
1 |
52.96 |
2009-08-15 |
| 121. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
52.55 |
0.8919 |
-0.1137 |
205 |
1 |
52.55 |
2009-09-09 |
| 122. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
52.25 |
0.9087 |
-0.1226 |
393 |
1 |
52.25 |
2009-09-15 |
| 123. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
52.07 |
1.0334 |
-0.2672 |
131 |
2 |
46.58 |
2009-09-09 |
| 124. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
49.35 |
0.8826 |
-0.1496 |
296 |
1 |
49.35 |
2009-09-09 |
| 125. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
49.23 |
1.0214 |
-0.2970 |
166 |
1 |
49.23 |
2009-12-24 |
| 126. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
48.44 |
0.9941 |
-0.2786 |
217 |
1 |
48.44 |
2009-09-09 |
| 127. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
48.21 |
0.8770 |
-0.1594 |
300 |
1 |
48.21 |
2009-08-15 |
| 128. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
46.78 |
0.9168 |
-0.2226 |
240 |
1 |
46.78 |
2009-09-09 |
| 129. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
45.73 |
0.9376 |
-0.2552 |
367 |
1 |
45.73 |
2009-02-27 |
| 130. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
41.55 |
1.0419 |
-0.4279 |
261 |
1 |
41.55 |
2009-10-12 |