| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
75.04 |
1.0714 |
0.2939 |
129 |
3 |
68.25 |
2012-05-06 |
| 2. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
67.74 |
1.0596 |
0.1744 |
239 |
1 |
67.74 |
2012-04-30 |
| 3. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
67.22 |
1.0331 |
0.1900 |
234 |
2 |
62.15 |
2012-04-30 |
| 4. |
First of all, you must be comfortable, otherwise it will be ... |
66.90 |
0.9831 |
0.2339 |
222 |
1 |
66.90 |
2012-04-30 |
| 5. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
66.82 |
1.0602 |
0.1582 |
389 |
1 |
66.82 |
2012-04-30 |
| 6. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
66.77 |
1.0565 |
0.1587 |
247 |
1 |
66.77 |
2012-04-30 |
| 7. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
66.00 |
1.0630 |
0.1696 |
397 |
1 |
66.00 |
2012-05-04 |
| 8. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
65.25 |
1.0419 |
0.1455 |
261 |
1 |
65.25 |
2009-09-13 |
| 9. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
64.51 |
1.0595 |
0.1169 |
379 |
3 |
50.71 |
2012-04-30 |
| 10. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
64.34 |
1.0016 |
0.1689 |
218 |
1 |
64.34 |
2009-07-13 |
| 11. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
64.03 |
1.0768 |
0.1291 |
295 |
1 |
64.03 |
2012-04-30 |
| 12. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
63.95 |
1.0053 |
0.1593 |
232 |
2 |
57.35 |
2012-05-05 |
| 13. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
63.74 |
1.0487 |
0.1101 |
231 |
1 |
63.74 |
2009-07-12 |
| 14. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
63.66 |
0.9168 |
0.2434 |
240 |
1 |
63.66 |
2012-05-02 |
| 15. |
In the late 1960s, a growing number of people became concern... |
62.93 |
0.9668 |
0.2198 |
383 |
1 |
62.93 |
2012-04-29 |
| 16. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
62.46 |
0.9792 |
0.1964 |
265 |
1 |
62.46 |
2012-05-06 |
| 17. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
62.23 |
0.9898 |
0.1780 |
353 |
2 |
57.49 |
2012-04-30 |
| 18. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
62.10 |
0.8773 |
0.2547 |
205 |
1 |
62.10 |
2012-04-27 |
| 19. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
62.05 |
1.0340 |
0.0987 |
406 |
2 |
55.33 |
2013-03-27 |
| 20. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
61.65 |
0.9540 |
0.1688 |
285 |
1 |
61.65 |
2012-04-30 |
| 21. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
61.24 |
0.9597 |
0.1583 |
347 |
1 |
61.24 |
2010-01-04 |
| 22. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
61.05 |
1.0668 |
0.0457 |
350 |
1 |
61.05 |
2009-07-12 |
| 23. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
60.95 |
1.0403 |
0.1106 |
275 |
1 |
60.95 |
2012-04-29 |
| 24. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
60.57 |
1.0390 |
0.0615 |
205 |
1 |
60.57 |
2009-07-12 |
| 25. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
60.45 |
0.9068 |
0.1932 |
225 |
2 |
58.12 |
2012-05-06 |
| 26. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
60.21 |
0.9966 |
0.0999 |
259 |
1 |
60.21 |
2009-07-12 |
| 27. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
60.08 |
0.9922 |
0.1400 |
341 |
1 |
60.08 |
2012-08-15 |
| 28. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
59.92 |
1.0454 |
0.0445 |
255 |
1 |
59.92 |
2012-04-30 |
| 29. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
59.87 |
1.0252 |
0.0622 |
176 |
2 |
55.98 |
2012-08-15 |
| 30. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
59.80 |
1.0621 |
0.0496 |
263 |
1 |
59.80 |
2012-05-06 |
| 31. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
59.79 |
1.1014 |
0.0254 |
273 |
1 |
59.79 |
2012-05-04 |
| 32. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
59.53 |
1.0885 |
0.0284 |
341 |
1 |
59.53 |
2012-04-29 |
| 33. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
59.50 |
0.9820 |
0.1033 |
267 |
1 |
59.50 |
2009-07-11 |
| 34. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
59.31 |
1.0109 |
0.1007 |
400 |
1 |
59.31 |
2012-05-05 |
| 35. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
58.82 |
1.0388 |
0.0648 |
243 |
1 |
58.82 |
2012-04-30 |
| 36. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
58.49 |
0.9811 |
0.0848 |
272 |
1 |
58.49 |
2012-05-02 |
| 37. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
58.42 |
1.0189 |
0.0466 |
337 |
1 |
58.42 |
2012-04-29 |
| 38. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
58.17 |
1.0389 |
0.0204 |
318 |
1 |
58.17 |
2012-05-06 |
| 39. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
58.11 |
0.9614 |
0.0973 |
292 |
3 |
57.08 |
2012-05-04 |
| 40. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
58.11 |
1.0533 |
0.0300 |
257 |
1 |
58.11 |
2012-05-02 |
| 41. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
58.00 |
0.9698 |
0.1170 |
397 |
1 |
58.00 |
2012-04-30 |
| 42. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
57.97 |
1.0523 |
0.0013 |
256 |
3 |
48.14 |
2009-10-06 |
| 43. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
57.61 |
1.0213 |
0.0260 |
240 |
1 |
57.61 |
2009-07-13 |
| 44. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
57.51 |
0.9798 |
0.0637 |
199 |
1 |
57.51 |
2012-05-02 |
| 45. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
57.04 |
1.0567 |
-0.0176 |
303 |
2 |
51.35 |
2012-04-30 |
| 46. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
56.85 |
1.0328 |
0.0356 |
356 |
1 |
56.85 |
2012-04-29 |
| 47. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
56.78 |
1.1018 |
-0.0718 |
220 |
1 |
56.78 |
2009-10-06 |
| 48. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
56.71 |
0.9740 |
0.0565 |
209 |
1 |
56.71 |
2009-10-06 |
| 49. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
56.67 |
1.0120 |
0.0197 |
290 |
2 |
52.62 |
2009-07-11 |
| 50. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
56.63 |
0.8722 |
0.1606 |
285 |
2 |
56.15 |
2012-05-02 |
| 51. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
56.51 |
0.9289 |
0.0987 |
204 |
1 |
56.51 |
2010-02-02 |
| 52. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
56.36 |
1.0767 |
-0.0525 |
212 |
2 |
54.24 |
2012-05-04 |
| 53. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
56.19 |
1.0173 |
0.0503 |
268 |
1 |
56.19 |
2009-10-06 |
| 54. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
56.07 |
0.9754 |
0.0481 |
362 |
1 |
56.07 |
2012-04-29 |
| 55. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
56.00 |
0.9633 |
0.0556 |
304 |
1 |
56.00 |
2009-07-13 |
| 56. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
55.98 |
0.8919 |
0.1267 |
205 |
1 |
55.98 |
2012-05-06 |
| 57. |
He started running, up and up, until he hurled himself into ... |
55.85 |
1.0172 |
0.0322 |
341 |
1 |
55.85 |
2012-04-30 |
| 58. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
55.54 |
1.0498 |
-0.0421 |
180 |
2 |
52.77 |
2009-07-11 |
| 59. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
55.30 |
0.9074 |
0.1026 |
396 |
1 |
55.30 |
2012-04-30 |
| 60. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
55.27 |
1.0496 |
-0.0446 |
314 |
1 |
55.27 |
2009-07-11 |
| 61. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
55.06 |
0.9893 |
0.0130 |
323 |
2 |
52.17 |
2012-04-30 |
| 62. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
55.04 |
0.9976 |
0.0263 |
174 |
1 |
55.04 |
2012-04-27 |
| 63. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
55.01 |
1.1215 |
-0.0939 |
200 |
1 |
55.01 |
2012-04-30 |
| 64. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
54.95 |
0.9682 |
0.0305 |
143 |
1 |
54.95 |
2009-07-11 |
| 65. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
54.84 |
0.9485 |
0.0498 |
236 |
1 |
54.84 |
2010-02-02 |
| 66. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
54.71 |
0.9303 |
0.0610 |
176 |
1 |
54.71 |
2012-05-02 |
| 67. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
54.34 |
0.9351 |
0.0506 |
190 |
3 |
50.75 |
2010-05-31 |
| 68. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
54.29 |
0.9576 |
0.0305 |
212 |
1 |
54.29 |
2009-09-13 |
| 69. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
54.21 |
1.0297 |
-0.0444 |
249 |
1 |
54.21 |
2009-07-12 |
| 70. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
53.86 |
0.9691 |
0.0115 |
223 |
2 |
50.68 |
2009-10-06 |
| 71. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
53.79 |
0.9570 |
0.0222 |
287 |
1 |
53.79 |
2009-07-12 |
| 72. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
53.72 |
0.9527 |
0.0246 |
251 |
2 |
52.24 |
2009-09-13 |
| 73. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
53.71 |
1.0025 |
-0.0257 |
256 |
3 |
51.33 |
2012-04-27 |
| 74. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
53.68 |
0.9965 |
-0.0197 |
277 |
1 |
53.68 |
2009-07-12 |
| 75. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
53.62 |
1.0669 |
-0.0581 |
213 |
1 |
53.62 |
2012-04-27 |
| 76. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
53.52 |
1.0099 |
-0.0371 |
207 |
2 |
52.06 |
2012-04-30 |
| 77. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
53.14 |
1.0389 |
-0.0714 |
340 |
1 |
53.14 |
2010-05-31 |
| 78. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
53.04 |
0.7876 |
0.1801 |
316 |
1 |
53.04 |
2012-04-30 |
| 79. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
52.99 |
0.9886 |
-0.0241 |
220 |
1 |
52.99 |
2009-10-06 |
| 80. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
52.65 |
0.9697 |
-0.0112 |
249 |
2 |
52.53 |
2010-01-31 |
| 81. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
52.53 |
1.0398 |
-0.0905 |
110 |
1 |
52.53 |
2012-04-29 |
| 82. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
52.37 |
0.9233 |
0.0259 |
168 |
1 |
52.37 |
2009-07-11 |
| 83. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
52.30 |
1.0334 |
-0.0860 |
131 |
1 |
52.30 |
2012-05-02 |
| 84. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
52.15 |
1.0521 |
-0.1061 |
171 |
1 |
52.15 |
2009-07-11 |
| 85. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
52.13 |
0.9514 |
-0.0032 |
237 |
1 |
52.13 |
2009-09-13 |
| 86. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
52.09 |
0.9786 |
-0.0332 |
193 |
2 |
48.71 |
2009-09-13 |
| 87. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
52.02 |
0.9646 |
-0.0190 |
264 |
1 |
52.02 |
2009-07-11 |
| 88. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
51.98 |
0.9161 |
0.0276 |
200 |
1 |
51.98 |
2009-09-13 |
| 89. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
51.69 |
1.0165 |
-0.0754 |
392 |
1 |
51.69 |
2009-07-11 |
| 90. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
51.61 |
0.9430 |
-0.0069 |
211 |
1 |
51.61 |
2012-04-27 |
| 91. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
51.45 |
0.9946 |
-0.0598 |
246 |
1 |
51.45 |
2010-03-01 |
| 92. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
51.38 |
0.9863 |
-0.0500 |
339 |
1 |
51.38 |
2009-07-11 |
| 93. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
51.13 |
1.0352 |
-0.1047 |
341 |
1 |
51.13 |
2009-07-11 |
| 94. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
50.98 |
0.9936 |
-0.0667 |
311 |
1 |
50.98 |
2009-07-11 |
| 95. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
50.91 |
1.0343 |
-0.0686 |
242 |
2 |
50.43 |
2010-01-31 |
| 96. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
50.78 |
0.9340 |
-0.0120 |
296 |
1 |
50.78 |
2009-09-13 |
| 97. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
50.36 |
0.9731 |
-0.0635 |
129 |
1 |
50.36 |
2009-07-11 |
| 98. |
Don't practice too much at first, or you're likely to develo... |
50.24 |
1.0141 |
-0.0644 |
381 |
1 |
50.24 |
2012-04-29 |
| 99. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
50.01 |
1.0088 |
-0.0640 |
396 |
1 |
50.01 |
2009-09-13 |
| 100. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
49.95 |
1.0429 |
-0.1359 |
259 |
1 |
49.95 |
2009-09-13 |
| 101. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
49.81 |
0.8595 |
0.0468 |
242 |
1 |
49.81 |
2012-04-27 |
| 102. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
49.66 |
0.8788 |
0.0214 |
134 |
1 |
49.66 |
2009-07-11 |
| 103. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
49.52 |
0.9709 |
-0.0351 |
397 |
1 |
49.52 |
2009-09-13 |
| 104. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
49.40 |
0.9833 |
-0.0843 |
355 |
1 |
49.40 |
2009-07-11 |
| 105. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
49.24 |
0.9339 |
-0.0397 |
310 |
1 |
49.24 |
2009-07-11 |
| 106. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
49.15 |
1.0131 |
-0.1222 |
225 |
1 |
49.15 |
2009-07-11 |
| 107. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
48.94 |
0.9899 |
-0.1033 |
163 |
1 |
48.94 |
2009-07-11 |
| 108. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
48.75 |
0.9583 |
-0.0318 |
341 |
1 |
48.75 |
2012-04-29 |
| 109. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
48.06 |
1.0412 |
-0.1677 |
225 |
1 |
48.06 |
2009-09-13 |
| 110. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
47.79 |
1.0993 |
-0.2318 |
265 |
1 |
47.79 |
2009-09-13 |
| 111. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
47.72 |
0.8442 |
0.0250 |
265 |
1 |
47.72 |
2009-07-11 |
| 112. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
47.65 |
0.9278 |
-0.0602 |
295 |
1 |
47.65 |
2009-09-13 |
| 113. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
47.53 |
1.0516 |
-0.1884 |
281 |
1 |
47.53 |
2009-07-11 |
| 114. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
47.37 |
0.8941 |
-0.0325 |
216 |
1 |
47.37 |
2009-07-11 |
| 115. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
46.73 |
0.8996 |
-0.0536 |
192 |
1 |
46.73 |
2009-07-11 |
| 116. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
46.60 |
0.9176 |
-0.0390 |
267 |
1 |
46.60 |
2012-04-29 |
| 117. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
46.56 |
0.9266 |
-0.0808 |
267 |
1 |
46.56 |
2009-09-13 |
| 118. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
46.55 |
0.9653 |
-0.1160 |
394 |
1 |
46.55 |
2009-07-11 |
| 119. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
46.31 |
0.8826 |
-0.0396 |
296 |
1 |
46.31 |
2009-07-11 |
| 120. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
45.53 |
1.0261 |
-0.2005 |
273 |
1 |
45.53 |
2009-09-13 |
| 121. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
45.47 |
0.9429 |
-0.1170 |
287 |
1 |
45.47 |
2009-09-13 |
| 122. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
45.45 |
0.9763 |
-0.1509 |
289 |
1 |
45.45 |
2009-07-11 |
| 123. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
44.94 |
1.0183 |
-0.2052 |
191 |
1 |
44.94 |
2009-09-13 |
| 124. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
44.91 |
0.8602 |
-0.0455 |
206 |
1 |
44.91 |
2009-09-13 |
| 125. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
44.74 |
0.9148 |
-0.1009 |
317 |
1 |
44.74 |
2009-10-06 |
| 126. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
44.49 |
0.9330 |
-0.1219 |
360 |
1 |
44.49 |
2010-01-31 |
| 127. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
44.30 |
1.0529 |
-0.2488 |
351 |
1 |
44.30 |
2009-09-13 |
| 128. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
44.05 |
1.0352 |
-0.2344 |
341 |
2 |
43.52 |
2009-09-13 |
| 129. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
43.96 |
0.8852 |
-0.0867 |
201 |
2 |
43.06 |
2009-10-06 |
| 130. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
43.55 |
0.8105 |
-0.0219 |
204 |
1 |
43.55 |
2009-10-06 |
| 131. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
43.53 |
0.9125 |
-0.1217 |
308 |
1 |
43.53 |
2009-09-13 |
| 132. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
42.37 |
1.0385 |
-0.2709 |
230 |
1 |
42.37 |
2009-07-11 |
| 133. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
42.10 |
1.0885 |
-0.3245 |
315 |
1 |
42.10 |
2009-07-11 |
| 134. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
41.84 |
1.0025 |
-0.2431 |
336 |
1 |
41.84 |
2009-07-11 |
| 135. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
37.78 |
0.9164 |
-0.2301 |
305 |
1 |
37.78 |
2009-07-11 |