| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
152.33 |
1.0788 |
0.1643 |
171 |
1 |
152.33 |
2009-05-05 |
| 2. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
146.30 |
0.9879 |
0.2060 |
450 |
1 |
146.30 |
2009-05-07 |
| 3. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
144.08 |
0.9946 |
0.1812 |
246 |
1 |
144.08 |
2009-05-10 |
| 4. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
142.60 |
0.9863 |
0.1774 |
339 |
1 |
142.60 |
2012-12-11 |
| 5. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
141.12 |
1.0203 |
0.1313 |
261 |
2 |
120.52 |
2013-04-30 |
| 6. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
140.40 |
1.0767 |
0.0691 |
212 |
2 |
127.51 |
2009-05-06 |
| 7. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
139.34 |
1.0218 |
0.1153 |
268 |
1 |
139.34 |
2009-05-06 |
| 8. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
138.15 |
1.0201 |
0.1073 |
375 |
2 |
136.07 |
2009-05-27 |
| 9. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
138.00 |
1.0060 |
0.1202 |
171 |
2 |
127.38 |
2009-05-27 |
| 10. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
137.54 |
0.9905 |
0.1319 |
337 |
1 |
137.54 |
2012-10-01 |
| 11. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
137.50 |
0.9844 |
0.1377 |
293 |
1 |
137.50 |
2009-05-05 |
| 12. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
136.95 |
0.9910 |
0.1266 |
295 |
2 |
129.28 |
2009-05-10 |
| 13. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
136.86 |
1.0516 |
0.0653 |
281 |
1 |
136.86 |
2009-05-11 |
| 14. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
136.23 |
1.0498 |
0.0619 |
180 |
2 |
135.87 |
2012-12-07 |
| 15. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
135.57 |
1.0031 |
0.1032 |
304 |
1 |
135.57 |
2012-10-01 |
| 16. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
135.54 |
0.9365 |
0.1696 |
248 |
1 |
135.54 |
2009-05-05 |
| 17. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
135.45 |
1.0577 |
0.0477 |
247 |
1 |
135.45 |
2009-05-07 |
| 18. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
135.40 |
1.0165 |
0.0885 |
392 |
1 |
135.40 |
2009-05-10 |
| 19. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
134.86 |
1.0343 |
0.0662 |
242 |
1 |
134.86 |
2009-10-01 |
| 20. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
134.69 |
1.0316 |
0.0676 |
333 |
1 |
134.69 |
2012-12-07 |
| 21. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
134.09 |
0.8941 |
0.2002 |
216 |
1 |
134.09 |
2009-05-05 |
| 22. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
133.95 |
1.0613 |
0.0318 |
456 |
1 |
133.95 |
2009-05-20 |
| 23. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
133.93 |
0.9833 |
0.1097 |
355 |
3 |
126.31 |
2013-11-11 |
| 24. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
133.66 |
1.0034 |
0.0874 |
302 |
1 |
133.66 |
2009-05-05 |
| 25. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
133.66 |
1.0125 |
0.0783 |
224 |
2 |
120.84 |
2009-05-05 |
| 26. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
133.57 |
1.0340 |
0.0560 |
406 |
1 |
133.57 |
2009-05-05 |
| 27. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
133.51 |
0.9567 |
0.1328 |
273 |
2 |
130.89 |
2009-05-05 |
| 28. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
133.17 |
1.0004 |
0.0864 |
212 |
1 |
133.17 |
2009-05-05 |
| 29. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
133.11 |
1.0799 |
0.0064 |
243 |
1 |
133.11 |
2009-05-05 |
| 30. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
133.07 |
0.9687 |
0.1172 |
371 |
1 |
133.07 |
2009-05-31 |
| 31. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
132.74 |
1.0189 |
0.0643 |
337 |
1 |
132.74 |
2009-05-05 |
| 32. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
132.53 |
0.9965 |
0.0850 |
277 |
2 |
126.85 |
2009-05-10 |
| 33. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
132.50 |
1.0117 |
0.0696 |
297 |
1 |
132.50 |
2012-12-07 |
| 34. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
132.38 |
0.9907 |
0.0896 |
211 |
1 |
132.38 |
2013-04-30 |
| 35. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
131.73 |
1.0349 |
0.0401 |
234 |
2 |
126.18 |
2012-12-11 |
| 36. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
131.08 |
1.0454 |
0.0243 |
255 |
1 |
131.08 |
2012-11-09 |
| 37. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
130.81 |
1.0506 |
0.0169 |
277 |
1 |
130.81 |
2012-12-08 |
| 38. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
130.72 |
0.9500 |
0.1168 |
362 |
1 |
130.72 |
2009-05-05 |
| 39. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
130.70 |
1.0768 |
-0.0102 |
295 |
1 |
130.70 |
2012-10-01 |
| 40. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
130.62 |
1.0296 |
0.0363 |
437 |
1 |
130.62 |
2009-05-05 |
| 41. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
130.41 |
1.0917 |
-0.0275 |
243 |
1 |
130.41 |
2012-12-07 |
| 42. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
129.88 |
1.0254 |
0.0345 |
217 |
2 |
105.18 |
2012-12-07 |
| 43. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
128.65 |
1.0016 |
0.0483 |
218 |
1 |
128.65 |
2009-05-05 |
| 44. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
128.53 |
1.0529 |
-0.0040 |
351 |
1 |
128.53 |
2009-05-05 |
| 45. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
127.93 |
1.0131 |
0.0309 |
225 |
1 |
127.93 |
2009-05-06 |
| 46. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
127.83 |
1.0426 |
0.0006 |
323 |
1 |
127.83 |
2012-11-03 |
| 47. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
127.64 |
0.9723 |
0.0693 |
364 |
3 |
120.76 |
2012-12-07 |
| 48. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
127.61 |
0.8947 |
0.1467 |
366 |
1 |
127.61 |
2009-05-07 |
| 49. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
127.41 |
0.9925 |
0.0473 |
247 |
1 |
127.41 |
2012-12-07 |
| 50. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
127.31 |
1.0445 |
-0.0056 |
373 |
2 |
123.95 |
2009-06-24 |
| 51. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
126.83 |
0.9740 |
0.0610 |
209 |
1 |
126.83 |
2013-04-30 |
| 52. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
126.38 |
0.9986 |
0.0327 |
283 |
1 |
126.38 |
2009-05-20 |
| 53. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
126.37 |
0.9795 |
0.0518 |
308 |
1 |
126.37 |
2012-10-03 |
| 54. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
126.14 |
1.0619 |
-0.0325 |
354 |
1 |
126.14 |
2012-12-16 |
| 55. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
126.00 |
0.9772 |
0.0510 |
217 |
2 |
112.37 |
2009-05-05 |
| 56. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
125.74 |
0.9756 |
0.0505 |
229 |
1 |
125.74 |
2009-05-06 |
| 57. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
125.40 |
1.0477 |
-0.0244 |
360 |
1 |
125.40 |
2009-10-01 |
| 58. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
124.56 |
0.9084 |
0.1081 |
300 |
2 |
123.46 |
2012-10-03 |
| 59. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
124.42 |
0.9776 |
0.0378 |
308 |
1 |
124.42 |
2009-05-05 |
| 60. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
124.24 |
0.9734 |
0.0405 |
289 |
1 |
124.24 |
2009-05-05 |
| 61. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
124.07 |
0.9351 |
0.0774 |
190 |
1 |
124.07 |
2009-05-05 |
| 62. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
123.77 |
0.9572 |
0.0528 |
201 |
1 |
123.77 |
2009-05-05 |
| 63. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
123.32 |
0.9942 |
0.0122 |
483 |
1 |
123.32 |
2009-05-05 |
| 64. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
122.77 |
0.9570 |
0.0449 |
287 |
1 |
122.77 |
2009-05-06 |
| 65. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
122.60 |
1.0138 |
-0.0133 |
231 |
1 |
122.60 |
2009-05-05 |
| 66. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
122.18 |
0.9084 |
0.0887 |
404 |
1 |
122.18 |
2009-05-05 |
| 67. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
121.71 |
1.0334 |
-0.0402 |
131 |
1 |
121.71 |
2012-12-11 |
| 68. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
121.06 |
1.0391 |
-0.0512 |
358 |
1 |
121.06 |
2009-06-01 |
| 69. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
120.35 |
1.0361 |
-0.0540 |
269 |
1 |
120.35 |
2009-05-05 |
| 70. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
120.17 |
0.9786 |
0.0021 |
193 |
1 |
120.17 |
2012-12-11 |
| 71. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
120.05 |
0.9583 |
0.0214 |
341 |
1 |
120.05 |
2009-10-05 |
| 72. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
119.86 |
0.9339 |
0.0442 |
310 |
1 |
119.86 |
2009-05-31 |
| 73. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
119.77 |
0.9286 |
0.0488 |
194 |
2 |
112.42 |
2009-06-02 |
| 74. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
118.98 |
0.9532 |
0.0178 |
258 |
1 |
118.98 |
2013-11-11 |
| 75. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
118.94 |
1.0399 |
-0.0693 |
294 |
1 |
118.94 |
2009-05-06 |
| 76. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
118.94 |
1.0053 |
-0.0347 |
232 |
1 |
118.94 |
2009-05-28 |
| 77. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
118.77 |
1.0429 |
-0.0737 |
259 |
1 |
118.77 |
2009-05-11 |
| 78. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
118.66 |
0.9540 |
0.0143 |
285 |
1 |
118.66 |
2012-10-01 |
| 79. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
118.40 |
0.9841 |
-0.0179 |
334 |
1 |
118.40 |
2013-04-30 |
| 80. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
118.39 |
0.8722 |
0.0939 |
285 |
1 |
118.39 |
2009-06-02 |
| 81. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
118.32 |
0.8382 |
0.1274 |
268 |
1 |
118.32 |
2012-10-01 |
| 82. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
118.06 |
0.9553 |
0.0081 |
430 |
1 |
118.06 |
2009-10-05 |
| 83. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
118.05 |
1.0352 |
-0.0718 |
341 |
1 |
118.05 |
2009-05-05 |
| 84. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
117.42 |
1.0630 |
-0.1048 |
397 |
1 |
117.42 |
2012-11-09 |
| 85. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
116.99 |
1.0025 |
-0.0478 |
256 |
1 |
116.99 |
2009-05-05 |
| 86. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
116.18 |
1.0288 |
-0.0807 |
300 |
1 |
116.18 |
2012-12-07 |
| 87. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
115.71 |
1.0534 |
-0.1091 |
357 |
1 |
115.71 |
2009-05-27 |
| 88. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
115.47 |
0.9376 |
0.0047 |
367 |
1 |
115.47 |
2009-05-06 |
| 89. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
113.37 |
0.9614 |
-0.0362 |
292 |
1 |
113.37 |
2009-05-05 |
| 90. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
112.91 |
0.9429 |
-0.0215 |
287 |
1 |
112.91 |
2012-12-11 |
| 91. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
112.86 |
0.8770 |
0.0440 |
300 |
1 |
112.86 |
2009-05-10 |
| 92. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
112.77 |
0.9894 |
-0.0691 |
323 |
1 |
112.77 |
2009-05-27 |
| 93. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
111.83 |
0.9798 |
-0.0672 |
199 |
1 |
111.83 |
2009-06-01 |
| 94. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
111.48 |
1.0214 |
-0.1116 |
166 |
1 |
111.48 |
2012-12-07 |
| 95. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
111.44 |
0.9468 |
-0.0374 |
276 |
1 |
111.44 |
2013-04-30 |
| 96. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
110.49 |
1.0385 |
-0.1368 |
230 |
1 |
110.49 |
2009-06-01 |
| 97. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
110.13 |
1.0232 |
-0.1245 |
236 |
1 |
110.13 |
2013-04-30 |
| 98. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
109.59 |
0.9212 |
-0.0269 |
323 |
1 |
109.59 |
2009-05-05 |
| 99. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
109.00 |
0.9811 |
-0.0916 |
272 |
1 |
109.00 |
2013-04-30 |
| 100. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
107.40 |
1.0177 |
-0.1412 |
392 |
1 |
107.40 |
2012-12-11 |
| 101. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
107.36 |
1.0565 |
-0.1804 |
247 |
1 |
107.36 |
2009-05-05 |
| 102. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
106.23 |
1.0668 |
-0.1999 |
350 |
1 |
106.23 |
2012-12-16 |
| 103. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
106.00 |
1.0063 |
-0.1413 |
371 |
1 |
106.00 |
2009-05-05 |
| 104. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
105.71 |
0.9128 |
-0.0501 |
369 |
1 |
105.71 |
2012-10-01 |
| 105. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
104.38 |
0.8105 |
0.0413 |
204 |
2 |
97.87 |
2012-12-11 |
| 106. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
103.35 |
0.9557 |
-0.1123 |
331 |
1 |
103.35 |
2009-05-05 |
| 107. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
102.40 |
0.7876 |
0.0481 |
316 |
1 |
102.40 |
2009-05-05 |
| 108. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
102.14 |
0.9097 |
-0.0762 |
464 |
1 |
102.14 |
2012-11-03 |
| 109. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
100.61 |
0.9411 |
-0.1201 |
318 |
1 |
100.61 |
2009-05-05 |
| 110. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
98.42 |
0.8961 |
-0.0929 |
189 |
1 |
98.42 |
2009-05-05 |
| 111. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
96.47 |
1.0297 |
-0.2424 |
249 |
1 |
96.47 |
2009-05-05 |
| 112. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
95.27 |
0.9309 |
-0.1534 |
284 |
1 |
95.27 |
2009-05-06 |
| 113. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
90.98 |
0.9916 |
-0.2491 |
282 |
1 |
90.98 |
2013-04-30 |
| 114. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
86.49 |
0.9289 |
-0.2231 |
204 |
1 |
86.49 |
2009-05-05 |
| 115. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
81.06 |
0.8826 |
-0.2211 |
296 |
1 |
81.06 |
2009-05-05 |
| 116. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
75.68 |
0.8971 |
-0.2795 |
266 |
1 |
75.68 |
2009-05-05 |