| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
112.83 |
1.0334 |
0.5728 |
131 |
9 |
74.56 |
2010-04-05 |
| 2. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
110.78 |
1.1114 |
0.4673 |
247 |
11 |
79.62 |
2010-04-07 |
| 3. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
110.74 |
1.0521 |
0.5254 |
171 |
8 |
80.25 |
2011-03-04 |
| 4. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
106.72 |
1.0788 |
0.4400 |
171 |
9 |
81.85 |
2010-04-04 |
| 5. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
102.85 |
1.1016 |
0.3640 |
233 |
10 |
85.79 |
2010-12-22 |
| 6. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
102.75 |
1.0787 |
0.3856 |
237 |
13 |
77.35 |
2010-12-03 |
| 7. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
101.80 |
1.1018 |
0.3462 |
220 |
15 |
77.82 |
2009-11-16 |
| 8. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
101.56 |
1.0463 |
0.3985 |
182 |
5 |
73.36 |
2010-04-06 |
| 9. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
98.28 |
1.0613 |
0.3401 |
266 |
7 |
79.41 |
2010-04-05 |
| 10. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
97.99 |
0.9786 |
0.4163 |
193 |
5 |
66.24 |
2009-10-22 |
| 11. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
96.61 |
1.0711 |
0.3019 |
213 |
15 |
76.02 |
2010-04-06 |
| 12. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
94.93 |
1.0799 |
0.2701 |
243 |
11 |
72.60 |
2011-03-04 |
| 13. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
93.89 |
0.9899 |
0.3453 |
163 |
5 |
61.17 |
2010-01-09 |
| 14. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
93.87 |
1.0528 |
0.2826 |
201 |
8 |
63.66 |
2009-10-09 |
| 15. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
93.78 |
1.0251 |
0.3099 |
261 |
4 |
76.71 |
2009-11-16 |
| 16. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
93.75 |
1.0399 |
0.2972 |
294 |
4 |
86.15 |
2010-07-16 |
| 17. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
93.67 |
1.1296 |
0.2370 |
252 |
1 |
93.67 |
2010-12-22 |
| 18. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
93.58 |
0.9946 |
0.3381 |
246 |
7 |
65.20 |
2011-03-04 |
| 19. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
93.51 |
1.0515 |
0.2797 |
250 |
7 |
65.32 |
2010-04-05 |
| 20. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
93.37 |
1.0029 |
0.3250 |
209 |
8 |
62.20 |
2010-04-05 |
| 21. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
93.26 |
1.0214 |
0.3073 |
269 |
3 |
78.85 |
2009-11-16 |
| 22. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
92.81 |
1.0429 |
0.2786 |
259 |
4 |
74.24 |
2011-03-04 |
| 23. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
92.50 |
1.0398 |
0.2721 |
110 |
6 |
73.08 |
2009-11-16 |
| 24. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
92.01 |
1.0767 |
0.2327 |
212 |
3 |
85.79 |
2010-04-05 |
| 25. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
91.21 |
1.0390 |
0.2578 |
205 |
8 |
72.47 |
2009-09-26 |
| 26. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
91.08 |
1.0796 |
0.2143 |
129 |
9 |
68.91 |
2009-11-16 |
| 27. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
90.62 |
1.0218 |
0.2674 |
268 |
4 |
75.41 |
2010-04-05 |
| 28. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
90.56 |
1.0426 |
0.2480 |
323 |
5 |
67.72 |
2010-10-20 |
| 29. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
90.31 |
1.0419 |
0.2428 |
261 |
7 |
70.29 |
2009-11-16 |
| 30. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
90.00 |
1.0885 |
0.1939 |
315 |
10 |
73.80 |
2010-04-05 |
| 31. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
89.82 |
1.0454 |
0.2327 |
255 |
6 |
83.10 |
2009-10-22 |
| 32. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
89.63 |
1.0668 |
0.2104 |
350 |
7 |
74.68 |
2009-10-29 |
| 33. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
89.62 |
1.0352 |
0.2428 |
341 |
1 |
89.62 |
2009-11-16 |
| 34. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
89.14 |
1.0483 |
0.2196 |
227 |
10 |
73.80 |
2009-11-16 |
| 35. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
88.55 |
1.0252 |
0.2331 |
176 |
4 |
65.08 |
2009-10-09 |
| 36. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
88.54 |
1.0555 |
0.2067 |
363 |
11 |
72.70 |
2009-11-07 |
| 37. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
88.45 |
1.0337 |
0.2248 |
214 |
4 |
72.93 |
2009-10-06 |
| 38. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
87.32 |
1.0565 |
0.1851 |
247 |
8 |
67.41 |
2009-09-25 |
| 39. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
86.72 |
1.0201 |
0.2117 |
172 |
3 |
77.41 |
2009-09-15 |
| 40. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
85.62 |
1.0577 |
0.1590 |
247 |
5 |
70.41 |
2009-10-09 |
| 41. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
84.99 |
1.0498 |
0.1573 |
180 |
8 |
70.17 |
2009-10-26 |
| 42. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
84.75 |
1.0297 |
0.1760 |
249 |
5 |
72.28 |
2009-09-03 |
| 43. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
84.59 |
1.0441 |
0.1604 |
252 |
3 |
73.56 |
2009-10-06 |
| 44. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
83.43 |
0.9991 |
0.1884 |
225 |
4 |
75.37 |
2009-09-26 |
| 45. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
80.95 |
1.0131 |
0.1367 |
225 |
3 |
67.90 |
2009-09-03 |
| 46. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
80.24 |
1.0714 |
0.0666 |
129 |
8 |
64.56 |
2009-07-12 |
| 47. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
77.70 |
1.0444 |
0.0573 |
197 |
3 |
69.92 |
2009-09-03 |
| 48. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
75.95 |
1.0396 |
0.0366 |
149 |
2 |
70.01 |
2009-09-14 |
| 49. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
75.26 |
1.0197 |
0.0489 |
226 |
3 |
63.66 |
2009-07-19 |
| 50. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
74.51 |
1.0060 |
0.0511 |
171 |
4 |
65.96 |
2009-07-20 |
| 51. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
73.92 |
1.0797 |
-0.0319 |
210 |
2 |
54.82 |
2009-06-22 |
| 52. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
73.91 |
1.0596 |
-0.0096 |
239 |
5 |
65.43 |
2009-07-11 |
| 53. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
73.88 |
1.0368 |
0.0132 |
276 |
4 |
61.76 |
2009-07-22 |
| 54. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
73.14 |
1.0993 |
-0.0601 |
265 |
3 |
67.24 |
2009-06-30 |
| 55. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
72.69 |
0.9710 |
0.0593 |
173 |
7 |
57.48 |
2009-07-07 |
| 56. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
72.50 |
1.0138 |
0.0162 |
231 |
5 |
64.65 |
2009-07-22 |
| 57. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
71.74 |
1.0666 |
-0.0479 |
297 |
1 |
71.74 |
2009-08-13 |
| 58. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
71.38 |
1.0696 |
-0.0568 |
226 |
2 |
60.78 |
2009-06-26 |
| 59. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
70.64 |
1.0385 |
-0.0354 |
230 |
2 |
61.03 |
2009-06-09 |
| 60. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
70.55 |
1.0016 |
-0.0008 |
218 |
1 |
70.55 |
2009-08-15 |
| 61. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
69.21 |
1.0214 |
-0.0403 |
166 |
2 |
63.61 |
2009-06-06 |
| 62. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
69.20 |
1.0496 |
-0.0670 |
314 |
1 |
69.20 |
2009-06-26 |
| 63. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
67.98 |
1.0033 |
-0.0409 |
189 |
4 |
54.99 |
2009-06-26 |
| 64. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
67.38 |
1.0417 |
-0.0856 |
253 |
5 |
58.61 |
2009-06-26 |
| 65. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
67.35 |
1.0462 |
-0.0925 |
184 |
4 |
55.37 |
2009-06-08 |
| 66. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
67.33 |
0.9772 |
-0.0215 |
217 |
5 |
55.37 |
2009-06-22 |
| 67. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
67.24 |
0.9281 |
0.0298 |
273 |
2 |
61.75 |
2009-06-06 |
| 68. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
66.66 |
0.9907 |
-0.0450 |
211 |
2 |
61.98 |
2009-06-06 |
| 69. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
66.52 |
0.9682 |
-0.0245 |
143 |
4 |
60.32 |
2009-06-05 |
| 70. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
66.50 |
1.0389 |
-0.0934 |
340 |
2 |
57.06 |
2009-06-04 |
| 71. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
65.75 |
0.9731 |
-0.0451 |
129 |
1 |
65.75 |
2009-06-08 |
| 72. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
65.15 |
0.9966 |
-0.0714 |
259 |
5 |
56.76 |
2009-06-08 |
| 73. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
65.12 |
1.0263 |
-0.1019 |
267 |
3 |
57.86 |
2009-06-05 |
| 74. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
64.88 |
1.0534 |
-0.1315 |
357 |
1 |
64.88 |
2009-06-01 |
| 75. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
64.24 |
1.0109 |
-0.0986 |
276 |
3 |
54.22 |
2009-06-08 |
| 76. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
63.66 |
1.0023 |
-0.1006 |
211 |
2 |
55.10 |
2009-06-21 |
| 77. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
62.90 |
1.0331 |
-0.1425 |
234 |
2 |
54.24 |
2009-06-21 |
| 78. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
62.71 |
0.9964 |
-0.1065 |
203 |
4 |
56.67 |
2009-06-17 |
| 79. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
61.32 |
0.9576 |
-0.0870 |
212 |
3 |
58.45 |
2009-06-02 |
| 80. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
61.22 |
0.9798 |
-0.1145 |
199 |
2 |
53.61 |
2009-06-09 |
| 81. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
59.63 |
0.9724 |
-0.1263 |
237 |
1 |
59.63 |
2009-06-10 |
| 82. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
59.21 |
0.9965 |
-0.1585 |
168 |
4 |
53.17 |
2009-06-06 |
| 83. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
57.83 |
0.9072 |
-0.0880 |
237 |
1 |
57.83 |
2009-06-05 |
| 84. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
57.78 |
1.0352 |
-0.2150 |
341 |
1 |
57.78 |
2009-05-21 |
| 85. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
57.76 |
1.0292 |
-0.2110 |
262 |
1 |
57.76 |
2009-06-04 |
| 86. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
57.27 |
0.9048 |
-0.0904 |
271 |
2 |
54.63 |
2009-05-22 |
| 87. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
57.25 |
0.9936 |
-0.1818 |
311 |
1 |
57.25 |
2009-05-20 |
| 88. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
57.23 |
1.0487 |
-0.2399 |
231 |
1 |
57.23 |
2009-06-02 |
| 89. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
56.94 |
0.9649 |
-0.1580 |
193 |
3 |
49.63 |
2009-06-02 |
| 90. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
56.01 |
1.0183 |
-0.2271 |
191 |
2 |
43.04 |
2009-06-02 |
| 91. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
55.77 |
1.0516 |
-0.2613 |
281 |
3 |
52.52 |
2009-05-29 |
| 92. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
55.75 |
0.9464 |
-0.1541 |
323 |
1 |
55.75 |
2009-06-04 |
| 93. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
55.24 |
0.9699 |
-0.1871 |
269 |
3 |
49.14 |
2009-06-02 |
| 94. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
54.86 |
1.0201 |
-0.2406 |
375 |
1 |
54.86 |
2009-05-18 |
| 95. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
54.80 |
0.9756 |
-0.1997 |
229 |
2 |
45.55 |
2009-06-05 |
| 96. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
54.78 |
1.0053 |
-0.2298 |
232 |
3 |
49.68 |
2009-05-17 |
| 97. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
54.73 |
1.0391 |
-0.2605 |
358 |
1 |
54.73 |
2009-06-02 |
| 98. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
54.49 |
1.0529 |
-0.2807 |
351 |
1 |
54.49 |
2009-05-17 |
| 99. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
54.02 |
1.0213 |
-0.2574 |
240 |
2 |
52.02 |
2009-06-02 |
| 100. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
53.73 |
0.9740 |
-0.2145 |
209 |
2 |
48.86 |
2009-04-23 |
| 101. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
53.68 |
0.8961 |
-0.1357 |
189 |
1 |
53.68 |
2009-06-02 |
| 102. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
53.67 |
0.9844 |
-0.2228 |
293 |
1 |
53.67 |
2009-05-19 |
| 103. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
53.53 |
0.9852 |
-0.2269 |
264 |
1 |
53.53 |
2009-06-04 |
| 104. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
53.51 |
0.9776 |
-0.2191 |
308 |
2 |
52.40 |
2009-06-05 |
| 105. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
53.46 |
0.9289 |
-0.1725 |
204 |
1 |
53.46 |
2009-06-04 |
| 106. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
52.63 |
0.9578 |
-0.2132 |
281 |
1 |
52.63 |
2009-05-19 |
| 107. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
52.46 |
0.9633 |
-0.2206 |
304 |
1 |
52.46 |
2009-06-05 |
| 108. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
52.33 |
0.9128 |
-0.1692 |
133 |
1 |
52.33 |
2009-05-08 |
| 109. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
52.22 |
0.9278 |
-0.1863 |
295 |
1 |
52.22 |
2009-06-05 |
| 110. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
51.96 |
1.0120 |
-0.2759 |
290 |
2 |
51.86 |
2009-05-17 |
| 111. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
49.50 |
1.0124 |
-0.3134 |
204 |
3 |
44.93 |
2009-05-21 |
| 112. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
49.43 |
0.8951 |
-0.1956 |
193 |
2 |
44.24 |
2009-04-23 |
| 113. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
49.37 |
0.9729 |
-0.2751 |
255 |
1 |
49.37 |
2009-04-28 |
| 114. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
48.89 |
0.9527 |
-0.2609 |
251 |
1 |
48.89 |
2009-05-29 |
| 115. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
48.15 |
0.9619 |
-0.2779 |
393 |
1 |
48.15 |
2009-05-23 |
| 116. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
47.90 |
0.8852 |
-0.2071 |
201 |
1 |
47.90 |
2009-06-02 |
| 117. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
47.83 |
0.9636 |
-0.2866 |
254 |
1 |
47.83 |
2009-05-21 |
| 118. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
47.63 |
0.9941 |
-0.3221 |
217 |
1 |
47.63 |
2009-05-30 |
| 119. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
47.51 |
0.9500 |
-0.2765 |
362 |
1 |
47.51 |
2009-05-08 |
| 120. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
47.48 |
0.9866 |
-0.3172 |
218 |
2 |
44.60 |
2009-04-24 |
| 121. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
47.35 |
0.9045 |
-0.2348 |
235 |
1 |
47.35 |
2009-04-23 |
| 122. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
45.41 |
0.9786 |
-0.3369 |
235 |
1 |
45.41 |
2009-05-20 |
| 123. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
45.41 |
0.9884 |
-0.3451 |
262 |
1 |
45.41 |
2009-04-28 |
| 124. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
45.41 |
0.9846 |
-0.3435 |
281 |
1 |
45.41 |
2009-04-10 |
| 125. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
45.09 |
0.9843 |
-0.3495 |
234 |
1 |
45.09 |
2009-05-29 |
| 126. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
43.92 |
0.8810 |
-0.2595 |
282 |
1 |
43.92 |
2009-04-23 |
| 127. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
43.52 |
1.0349 |
-0.4210 |
234 |
1 |
43.52 |
2009-04-30 |
| 128. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
42.37 |
1.0203 |
-0.4199 |
261 |
1 |
42.37 |
2009-04-29 |
| 129. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
42.25 |
0.9485 |
-0.3517 |
236 |
2 |
42.04 |
2009-04-29 |
| 130. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
42.04 |
1.0125 |
-0.4212 |
224 |
1 |
42.04 |
2009-04-10 |
| 131. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
42.00 |
1.0068 |
-0.4121 |
358 |
1 |
42.00 |
2009-04-29 |
| 132. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
38.78 |
0.8890 |
-0.3439 |
199 |
1 |
38.78 |
2009-04-10 |
| 133. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
38.67 |
1.0261 |
-0.4822 |
273 |
1 |
38.67 |
2009-04-10 |
| 134. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
38.47 |
0.9734 |
-0.4318 |
289 |
1 |
38.47 |
2009-04-29 |
| 135. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
38.06 |
0.9614 |
-0.4245 |
292 |
1 |
38.06 |
2009-04-10 |