| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
73.60 |
0.9820 |
0.2675 |
274 |
2 |
66.14 |
2013-03-21 |
| 2. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
72.79 |
1.0454 |
0.1876 |
255 |
2 |
71.82 |
2013-03-13 |
| 3. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
71.78 |
1.1016 |
0.1167 |
233 |
1 |
71.78 |
2013-03-13 |
| 4. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
71.67 |
1.0602 |
0.1604 |
389 |
1 |
71.67 |
2012-10-25 |
| 5. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
70.50 |
1.0787 |
0.1164 |
237 |
1 |
70.50 |
2012-04-16 |
| 6. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
69.42 |
1.0138 |
0.1639 |
231 |
1 |
69.42 |
2015-09-11 |
| 7. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
69.29 |
1.0596 |
0.1139 |
239 |
1 |
69.29 |
2013-04-16 |
| 8. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
68.46 |
1.0523 |
0.1051 |
256 |
1 |
68.46 |
2012-10-25 |
| 9. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
68.45 |
0.9097 |
0.2516 |
153 |
1 |
68.45 |
2012-04-15 |
| 10. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
68.17 |
1.0621 |
0.1138 |
263 |
1 |
68.17 |
2012-04-15 |
| 11. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
67.83 |
1.0426 |
0.1075 |
323 |
1 |
67.83 |
2012-10-25 |
| 12. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
67.76 |
1.0060 |
0.1388 |
171 |
1 |
67.76 |
2012-04-15 |
| 13. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
67.21 |
1.0883 |
0.0843 |
303 |
1 |
67.21 |
2013-03-21 |
| 14. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
65.90 |
1.0565 |
0.0583 |
247 |
1 |
65.90 |
2013-03-13 |
| 15. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
65.33 |
1.0993 |
0.0067 |
265 |
2 |
64.79 |
2012-10-25 |
| 16. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
64.70 |
0.9866 |
0.1071 |
218 |
1 |
64.70 |
2013-03-21 |
| 17. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
64.36 |
0.9632 |
0.1705 |
345 |
1 |
64.36 |
2013-03-21 |
| 18. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
64.21 |
0.9907 |
0.0967 |
211 |
1 |
64.21 |
2012-05-09 |
| 19. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
63.86 |
0.9966 |
0.0857 |
259 |
2 |
60.73 |
2013-04-16 |
| 20. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
63.76 |
1.0218 |
0.0565 |
268 |
1 |
63.76 |
2012-10-25 |
| 21. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
63.66 |
1.0462 |
0.0272 |
184 |
1 |
63.66 |
2015-09-11 |
| 22. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
63.59 |
1.0012 |
0.0795 |
260 |
1 |
63.59 |
2012-04-15 |
| 23. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
63.45 |
0.9898 |
0.1238 |
353 |
2 |
59.57 |
2013-03-21 |
| 24. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
63.37 |
1.0441 |
0.0316 |
252 |
1 |
63.37 |
2012-04-15 |
| 25. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
63.36 |
0.9946 |
0.0797 |
246 |
1 |
63.36 |
2013-03-13 |
| 26. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
63.30 |
0.9532 |
0.1186 |
258 |
2 |
58.80 |
2013-03-21 |
| 27. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
63.22 |
1.0944 |
0.0219 |
308 |
1 |
63.22 |
2012-10-25 |
| 28. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
63.03 |
0.9540 |
0.1125 |
285 |
1 |
63.03 |
2013-03-21 |
| 29. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
62.88 |
0.9663 |
0.1050 |
330 |
1 |
62.88 |
2013-03-21 |
| 30. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
62.55 |
1.0042 |
0.0978 |
352 |
1 |
62.55 |
2012-10-25 |
| 31. |
One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the av... |
62.55 |
0.9247 |
0.1402 |
253 |
1 |
62.55 |
2012-05-28 |
| 32. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
62.51 |
1.0025 |
0.0566 |
256 |
1 |
62.51 |
2012-10-25 |
| 33. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
62.40 |
1.0038 |
0.0841 |
237 |
1 |
62.40 |
2013-03-13 |
| 34. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
61.67 |
1.0292 |
0.0144 |
262 |
2 |
59.89 |
2015-09-11 |
| 35. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
61.41 |
1.0340 |
0.0121 |
406 |
1 |
61.41 |
2012-04-16 |
| 36. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
61.36 |
1.0399 |
0.0055 |
294 |
1 |
61.36 |
2015-09-11 |
| 37. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
61.14 |
0.9964 |
0.0396 |
203 |
1 |
61.14 |
2012-04-15 |
| 38. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
60.85 |
0.9942 |
0.0456 |
483 |
2 |
57.41 |
2012-05-09 |
| 39. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
60.77 |
0.9965 |
0.0335 |
310 |
1 |
60.77 |
2012-10-25 |
| 40. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
60.68 |
0.9843 |
0.0389 |
234 |
3 |
58.39 |
2012-10-25 |
| 41. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
60.40 |
1.0385 |
-0.0169 |
230 |
1 |
60.40 |
2013-04-16 |
| 42. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
60.33 |
0.9881 |
0.0750 |
424 |
1 |
60.33 |
2012-10-25 |
| 43. |
Being comfortable in the car is critical. If you're not comf... |
60.32 |
0.9911 |
0.0273 |
212 |
2 |
58.98 |
2013-03-21 |
| 44. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
59.55 |
1.0240 |
-0.0183 |
256 |
1 |
59.55 |
2012-04-15 |
| 45. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
59.34 |
0.9567 |
0.0910 |
184 |
2 |
57.37 |
2012-10-25 |
| 46. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
59.23 |
0.9278 |
0.0781 |
295 |
1 |
59.23 |
2012-04-15 |
| 47. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
58.84 |
1.0389 |
-0.0399 |
340 |
1 |
58.84 |
2013-03-13 |
| 48. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
58.78 |
1.0120 |
-0.0172 |
290 |
1 |
58.78 |
2012-04-15 |
| 49. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
58.70 |
1.0214 |
-0.0325 |
166 |
1 |
58.70 |
2012-04-16 |
| 50. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
58.60 |
0.8914 |
0.1015 |
366 |
1 |
58.60 |
2015-09-11 |
| 51. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
58.48 |
0.9485 |
0.0437 |
236 |
2 |
54.39 |
2012-04-15 |
| 52. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
58.44 |
1.0034 |
-0.0147 |
302 |
1 |
58.44 |
2012-04-15 |
| 53. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
58.36 |
1.0696 |
-0.0846 |
226 |
1 |
58.36 |
2012-04-15 |
| 54. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
58.18 |
1.0183 |
-0.0384 |
191 |
1 |
58.18 |
2015-09-11 |
| 55. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
58.08 |
1.0131 |
-0.0333 |
225 |
1 |
58.08 |
2012-10-25 |
| 56. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
58.06 |
0.9614 |
0.0251 |
292 |
1 |
58.06 |
2012-04-15 |
| 57. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
58.00 |
0.9553 |
0.0341 |
430 |
1 |
58.00 |
2012-04-16 |
| 58. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
57.96 |
0.9846 |
-0.0048 |
281 |
1 |
57.96 |
2012-05-09 |
| 59. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
57.91 |
1.0714 |
-0.1000 |
129 |
1 |
57.91 |
2013-03-21 |
| 60. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
57.73 |
1.0521 |
-0.0798 |
171 |
1 |
57.73 |
2012-04-16 |
| 61. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
57.72 |
0.9622 |
0.0218 |
392 |
1 |
57.72 |
2015-09-11 |
| 62. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
57.69 |
1.0013 |
-0.0254 |
273 |
1 |
57.69 |
2012-10-25 |
| 63. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
57.63 |
0.9676 |
0.0167 |
442 |
2 |
56.46 |
2012-04-16 |
| 64. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
57.50 |
1.0083 |
0.0096 |
273 |
1 |
57.50 |
2012-05-09 |
| 65. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
57.47 |
1.0429 |
-0.0714 |
259 |
1 |
57.47 |
2012-04-15 |
| 66. |
I often see racers, particularly at the back of the pack in ... |
57.22 |
0.9653 |
0.0023 |
349 |
1 |
57.22 |
2012-10-25 |
| 67. |
We often believe the more we practice a skill or technique -... |
57.13 |
0.9907 |
0.0112 |
397 |
1 |
57.13 |
2012-10-25 |
| 68. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
57.08 |
0.9763 |
-0.0104 |
289 |
1 |
57.08 |
2012-10-25 |
| 69. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
57.05 |
0.9865 |
-0.0194 |
276 |
1 |
57.05 |
2012-10-25 |
| 70. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
57.01 |
1.0232 |
-0.0224 |
236 |
1 |
57.01 |
2012-04-15 |
| 71. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
56.91 |
1.0316 |
-0.0641 |
333 |
1 |
56.91 |
2012-04-15 |
| 72. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
56.91 |
0.9125 |
0.0528 |
308 |
1 |
56.91 |
2012-05-28 |
| 73. |
Many wines have more than 14 percent alcohol because the win... |
56.83 |
0.9739 |
0.0241 |
412 |
2 |
54.66 |
2012-10-25 |
| 74. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
56.73 |
0.9894 |
-0.0246 |
323 |
1 |
56.73 |
2012-05-09 |
| 75. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
56.63 |
0.8941 |
0.0660 |
216 |
1 |
56.63 |
2012-04-15 |
| 76. |
We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry a... |
56.08 |
0.9871 |
-0.0015 |
209 |
1 |
56.08 |
2012-04-15 |
| 77. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
55.74 |
0.9936 |
-0.0503 |
311 |
1 |
55.74 |
2012-10-25 |
| 78. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
55.59 |
0.9646 |
-0.0246 |
264 |
1 |
55.59 |
2012-04-15 |
| 79. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
55.44 |
1.0150 |
-0.0276 |
325 |
1 |
55.44 |
2012-10-25 |
| 80. |
At 211 degrees, water is hot. At 212 degrees, it boils. And ... |
55.30 |
0.8974 |
0.0386 |
174 |
1 |
55.30 |
2015-09-11 |
| 81. |
I'll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. They ... |
55.23 |
0.9774 |
-0.0439 |
196 |
1 |
55.23 |
2013-03-13 |
| 82. |
This business is filled to the brim with unrealistic people ... |
55.21 |
0.9089 |
0.0353 |
187 |
1 |
55.21 |
2012-04-15 |
| 83. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
55.02 |
0.9342 |
0.0006 |
434 |
1 |
55.02 |
2012-10-25 |
| 84. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
54.91 |
1.0740 |
-0.1065 |
264 |
1 |
54.91 |
2012-10-25 |
| 85. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
54.88 |
1.0251 |
-0.0984 |
261 |
1 |
54.88 |
2012-10-25 |
| 86. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
54.75 |
1.0445 |
-0.1169 |
373 |
1 |
54.75 |
2012-04-15 |
| 87. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
54.56 |
0.9157 |
0.0121 |
350 |
2 |
53.34 |
2012-10-25 |
| 88. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
54.48 |
0.8947 |
0.0323 |
366 |
2 |
52.09 |
2012-04-15 |
| 89. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
54.11 |
0.9925 |
-0.0401 |
247 |
1 |
54.11 |
2012-05-09 |
| 90. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
53.90 |
0.9557 |
-0.0374 |
331 |
1 |
53.90 |
2013-03-13 |
| 91. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
53.86 |
1.0506 |
-0.1108 |
277 |
1 |
53.86 |
2012-10-25 |
| 92. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
53.75 |
0.8878 |
0.0212 |
346 |
1 |
53.75 |
2012-10-25 |
| 93. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
53.71 |
0.9863 |
-0.0734 |
339 |
1 |
53.71 |
2012-10-25 |
| 94. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
53.51 |
1.0232 |
-0.0721 |
350 |
1 |
53.51 |
2012-04-15 |
| 95. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
53.21 |
0.9330 |
-0.0262 |
360 |
1 |
53.21 |
2012-04-15 |
| 96. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
52.99 |
0.9687 |
-0.0676 |
371 |
1 |
52.99 |
2012-04-15 |
| 97. |
Dropping through sky, through the glass of the roof, through... |
52.87 |
0.9688 |
-0.0757 |
217 |
1 |
52.87 |
2012-04-15 |
| 98. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
52.84 |
1.0595 |
-0.1633 |
379 |
1 |
52.84 |
2012-04-15 |
| 99. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
52.76 |
0.9893 |
-0.0970 |
323 |
1 |
52.76 |
2012-05-28 |
| 100. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
52.56 |
1.0004 |
-0.1177 |
212 |
1 |
52.56 |
2012-04-15 |
| 101. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
52.56 |
0.8670 |
0.0269 |
318 |
1 |
52.56 |
2012-04-15 |
| 102. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
52.45 |
0.9500 |
-0.0609 |
362 |
1 |
52.45 |
2012-04-15 |
| 103. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
52.22 |
1.0077 |
-0.0839 |
250 |
2 |
50.89 |
2012-05-09 |
| 104. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
52.19 |
0.9084 |
-0.0222 |
404 |
1 |
52.19 |
2013-03-17 |
| 105. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
52.02 |
0.9049 |
-0.0196 |
351 |
2 |
51.90 |
2012-04-15 |
| 106. |
Danger is a topic you're often asked about as a sprinter. Th... |
51.81 |
0.9801 |
-0.0613 |
428 |
1 |
51.81 |
2013-03-13 |
| 107. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
51.76 |
0.8996 |
-0.0300 |
192 |
1 |
51.76 |
2013-03-17 |
| 108. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
49.80 |
1.0252 |
-0.1903 |
176 |
1 |
49.80 |
2012-04-15 |
| 109. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
49.44 |
0.8602 |
-0.0270 |
206 |
2 |
49.34 |
2013-03-13 |
| 110. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
49.28 |
0.9289 |
-0.0987 |
204 |
1 |
49.28 |
2012-04-15 |
| 111. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
48.53 |
0.9612 |
-0.1412 |
256 |
1 |
48.53 |
2012-04-15 |
| 112. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
48.53 |
1.0201 |
-0.1963 |
375 |
1 |
48.53 |
2012-04-15 |
| 113. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
46.89 |
0.9351 |
-0.1490 |
190 |
1 |
46.89 |
2012-04-15 |
| 114. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
46.77 |
0.8971 |
-0.1027 |
266 |
1 |
46.77 |
2012-04-15 |
| 115. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
46.46 |
0.9365 |
-0.1507 |
248 |
1 |
46.46 |
2012-10-25 |
| 116. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
44.00 |
1.0365 |
-0.2649 |
162 |
1 |
44.00 |
2012-04-15 |
| 117. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
43.50 |
1.0615 |
-0.3026 |
305 |
1 |
43.50 |
2012-04-15 |
| 118. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
41.17 |
0.9691 |
-0.2763 |
223 |
1 |
41.17 |
2012-04-16 |