| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
160.60 |
1.0316 |
0.2408 |
333 |
1 |
160.60 |
2009-06-12 |
| 2. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
158.71 |
1.0389 |
0.2163 |
318 |
1 |
158.71 |
2010-09-30 |
| 3. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
158.56 |
0.9843 |
0.2630 |
234 |
4 |
125.19 |
2009-08-05 |
| 4. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
157.18 |
1.0029 |
0.2320 |
209 |
1 |
157.18 |
2009-08-02 |
| 5. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
155.98 |
1.0496 |
0.1814 |
314 |
1 |
155.98 |
2009-08-02 |
| 6. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
155.01 |
1.0257 |
0.2047 |
401 |
1 |
155.01 |
2010-06-30 |
| 7. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
154.72 |
1.0292 |
0.1911 |
262 |
1 |
154.72 |
2009-08-02 |
| 8. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
152.84 |
1.0613 |
0.1503 |
456 |
1 |
152.84 |
2009-08-03 |
| 9. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
152.03 |
1.1014 |
0.1366 |
273 |
1 |
152.03 |
2010-07-01 |
| 10. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
151.85 |
1.1323 |
0.1001 |
341 |
1 |
151.85 |
2010-07-01 |
| 11. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
151.83 |
1.0797 |
0.1133 |
210 |
1 |
151.83 |
2009-06-12 |
| 12. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
149.49 |
0.9786 |
0.1961 |
193 |
1 |
149.49 |
2009-06-02 |
| 13. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
148.64 |
1.0521 |
0.1162 |
171 |
1 |
148.64 |
2009-06-12 |
| 14. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
148.18 |
0.9636 |
0.2058 |
254 |
2 |
129.13 |
2009-08-02 |
| 15. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
146.98 |
1.0767 |
0.0810 |
212 |
2 |
144.61 |
2010-05-12 |
| 16. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
146.78 |
1.0445 |
0.1147 |
373 |
1 |
146.78 |
2009-06-12 |
| 17. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
146.53 |
1.0419 |
0.1144 |
261 |
3 |
126.55 |
2009-06-12 |
| 18. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
145.65 |
1.0516 |
0.0973 |
281 |
2 |
113.06 |
2009-05-23 |
| 19. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
145.36 |
1.0565 |
0.0879 |
247 |
2 |
131.80 |
2009-06-12 |
| 20. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
144.40 |
1.0441 |
0.1365 |
316 |
2 |
141.70 |
2010-07-01 |
| 21. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
143.33 |
1.0099 |
0.1180 |
207 |
2 |
135.02 |
2010-09-30 |
| 22. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
143.03 |
1.0577 |
0.0672 |
247 |
1 |
143.03 |
2009-06-11 |
| 23. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
142.08 |
0.9411 |
0.1805 |
318 |
2 |
141.01 |
2011-07-15 |
| 24. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
141.70 |
1.0596 |
0.0561 |
239 |
1 |
141.70 |
2009-06-12 |
| 25. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
140.82 |
1.0391 |
0.0777 |
358 |
2 |
138.65 |
2009-06-11 |
| 26. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
140.40 |
1.0203 |
0.0905 |
261 |
3 |
127.27 |
2010-09-30 |
| 27. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
139.94 |
1.1081 |
0.0302 |
206 |
1 |
139.94 |
2010-07-06 |
| 28. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
139.56 |
0.9991 |
0.1021 |
225 |
1 |
139.56 |
2009-06-07 |
| 29. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
139.54 |
1.0131 |
0.0835 |
225 |
1 |
139.54 |
2010-06-30 |
| 30. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
139.35 |
1.0795 |
0.0500 |
226 |
2 |
132.96 |
2010-07-01 |
| 31. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
139.26 |
1.0261 |
0.0703 |
273 |
1 |
139.26 |
2011-07-15 |
| 32. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
139.05 |
1.0016 |
0.0904 |
218 |
1 |
139.05 |
2009-07-31 |
| 33. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
138.33 |
1.0483 |
0.0396 |
227 |
1 |
138.33 |
2008-10-17 |
| 34. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
137.88 |
1.0613 |
0.0269 |
266 |
2 |
133.60 |
2009-07-31 |
| 35. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
137.87 |
1.0124 |
0.0724 |
204 |
1 |
137.87 |
2009-06-12 |
| 36. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
137.23 |
0.9763 |
0.1053 |
289 |
1 |
137.23 |
2009-05-23 |
| 37. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
135.43 |
1.0034 |
0.0628 |
302 |
1 |
135.43 |
2009-06-07 |
| 38. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
135.40 |
1.0529 |
0.0145 |
351 |
2 |
127.03 |
2009-06-12 |
| 39. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
135.21 |
0.9894 |
0.0810 |
323 |
1 |
135.21 |
2009-08-05 |
| 40. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
135.04 |
1.0218 |
0.0399 |
268 |
2 |
133.96 |
2017-06-25 |
| 41. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
135.03 |
1.0515 |
0.0111 |
250 |
1 |
135.03 |
2009-06-12 |
| 42. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
134.96 |
0.9831 |
0.0889 |
469 |
3 |
119.59 |
2009-06-12 |
| 43. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
134.95 |
1.0023 |
0.0597 |
211 |
1 |
134.95 |
2009-08-03 |
| 44. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
134.62 |
1.1114 |
-0.0528 |
247 |
1 |
134.62 |
2009-08-02 |
| 45. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
134.33 |
1.0885 |
-0.0263 |
315 |
1 |
134.33 |
2009-07-30 |
| 46. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
134.25 |
0.9866 |
0.0680 |
218 |
2 |
121.53 |
2009-05-27 |
| 47. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
134.24 |
0.9852 |
0.0733 |
264 |
2 |
123.87 |
2009-08-05 |
| 48. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
134.22 |
1.0165 |
0.0455 |
392 |
2 |
124.76 |
2011-08-01 |
| 49. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
133.35 |
1.0141 |
0.0733 |
304 |
1 |
133.35 |
2010-07-06 |
| 50. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
133.00 |
0.9572 |
0.1342 |
376 |
1 |
133.00 |
2011-08-02 |
| 51. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
132.77 |
0.9687 |
0.0825 |
371 |
1 |
132.77 |
2009-05-23 |
| 52. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
132.53 |
1.0073 |
0.0453 |
369 |
1 |
132.53 |
2009-11-04 |
| 53. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
132.39 |
0.9792 |
0.1027 |
265 |
2 |
128.14 |
2010-07-06 |
| 54. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
132.36 |
0.8933 |
0.1563 |
363 |
2 |
128.89 |
2011-07-15 |
| 55. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
132.27 |
0.9899 |
0.0479 |
163 |
1 |
132.27 |
2009-07-31 |
| 56. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
131.61 |
1.0352 |
0.0051 |
341 |
1 |
131.61 |
2009-06-12 |
| 57. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
131.57 |
1.0668 |
-0.0274 |
350 |
2 |
124.86 |
2009-06-12 |
| 58. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
131.36 |
1.0168 |
0.0199 |
271 |
3 |
128.56 |
2011-07-15 |
| 59. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
130.89 |
1.0719 |
-0.0128 |
360 |
1 |
130.89 |
2011-06-26 |
| 60. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
130.32 |
1.0060 |
0.0163 |
171 |
3 |
125.13 |
2011-06-26 |
| 61. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
130.29 |
0.9776 |
0.0493 |
308 |
1 |
130.29 |
2011-06-25 |
| 62. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
129.54 |
1.0669 |
-0.0133 |
213 |
1 |
129.54 |
2010-09-30 |
| 63. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
129.38 |
0.9430 |
0.0692 |
211 |
2 |
115.76 |
2010-07-01 |
| 64. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
129.36 |
0.9213 |
0.0985 |
295 |
1 |
129.36 |
2011-06-03 |
| 65. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
129.21 |
1.0595 |
-0.0389 |
379 |
1 |
129.21 |
2009-08-05 |
| 66. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
129.04 |
1.0033 |
0.0067 |
189 |
4 |
122.29 |
2009-07-31 |
| 67. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
128.80 |
0.8956 |
0.1238 |
322 |
1 |
128.80 |
2009-08-02 |
| 68. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
128.37 |
0.9612 |
0.0502 |
256 |
2 |
122.23 |
2011-07-15 |
| 69. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
127.92 |
0.9769 |
0.0288 |
263 |
1 |
127.92 |
2009-06-20 |
| 70. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
127.91 |
1.0390 |
-0.0351 |
205 |
2 |
118.27 |
2009-08-02 |
| 71. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
127.79 |
1.0201 |
-0.0129 |
303 |
1 |
127.79 |
2009-06-20 |
| 72. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
127.61 |
0.9785 |
0.0300 |
335 |
1 |
127.61 |
2009-06-12 |
| 73. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
126.82 |
0.9468 |
0.0517 |
276 |
2 |
116.90 |
2009-08-02 |
| 74. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
125.41 |
0.8353 |
0.1600 |
283 |
1 |
125.41 |
2009-05-27 |
| 75. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
125.22 |
1.0462 |
-0.0660 |
184 |
3 |
118.00 |
2009-08-05 |
| 76. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
124.96 |
0.9986 |
-0.0138 |
283 |
1 |
124.96 |
2009-06-12 |
| 77. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
124.34 |
0.9884 |
-0.0100 |
233 |
2 |
121.40 |
2009-07-04 |
| 78. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
124.24 |
1.0788 |
-0.1060 |
171 |
1 |
124.24 |
2008-10-17 |
| 79. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
123.82 |
0.9635 |
0.0170 |
389 |
1 |
123.82 |
2009-06-12 |
| 80. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
123.42 |
1.0167 |
-0.0380 |
378 |
1 |
123.42 |
2009-08-03 |
| 81. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
123.14 |
0.9684 |
0.0040 |
388 |
1 |
123.14 |
2009-05-23 |
| 82. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
122.89 |
0.8722 |
0.0984 |
285 |
2 |
117.53 |
2009-05-27 |
| 83. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
122.41 |
1.0799 |
-0.1198 |
243 |
1 |
122.41 |
2009-08-03 |
| 84. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
121.34 |
0.9557 |
0.0059 |
331 |
2 |
113.98 |
2009-06-01 |
| 85. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
120.72 |
1.0352 |
-0.0822 |
341 |
1 |
120.72 |
2009-05-23 |
| 86. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
120.50 |
1.0337 |
-0.0857 |
214 |
1 |
120.50 |
2009-08-02 |
| 87. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
120.36 |
0.9994 |
-0.0213 |
269 |
1 |
120.36 |
2010-09-30 |
| 88. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
120.19 |
1.0487 |
-0.1076 |
231 |
1 |
120.19 |
2009-05-23 |
| 89. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
120.16 |
0.9997 |
-0.0502 |
382 |
1 |
120.16 |
2009-06-12 |
| 90. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
119.98 |
1.0993 |
-0.1570 |
265 |
1 |
119.98 |
2009-08-02 |
| 91. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
119.82 |
0.8573 |
0.0895 |
270 |
2 |
115.77 |
2009-06-12 |
| 92. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
118.88 |
0.8852 |
0.0526 |
201 |
1 |
118.88 |
2009-05-23 |
| 93. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
118.57 |
0.9514 |
-0.0179 |
237 |
2 |
118.46 |
2009-06-12 |
| 94. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
118.52 |
1.0095 |
-0.0778 |
316 |
1 |
118.52 |
2009-07-31 |
| 95. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
118.14 |
1.0534 |
-0.1214 |
357 |
1 |
118.14 |
2009-06-07 |
| 96. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
117.50 |
0.9731 |
-0.0609 |
129 |
1 |
117.50 |
2009-05-23 |
| 97. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
117.36 |
0.9330 |
-0.0029 |
360 |
2 |
113.26 |
2009-05-23 |
| 98. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
116.39 |
0.9570 |
-0.0395 |
287 |
2 |
115.94 |
2009-05-23 |
| 99. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
116.23 |
0.9846 |
-0.0712 |
281 |
2 |
105.49 |
2009-05-24 |
| 100. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
115.53 |
1.0138 |
-0.1053 |
231 |
2 |
100.53 |
2009-05-23 |
| 101. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
115.16 |
0.9278 |
-0.0191 |
295 |
1 |
115.16 |
2008-10-17 |
| 102. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
115.10 |
1.0829 |
-0.1759 |
288 |
1 |
115.10 |
2009-05-23 |
| 103. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
114.71 |
0.9125 |
-0.0083 |
308 |
2 |
105.12 |
2009-05-23 |
| 104. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
114.20 |
0.9168 |
-0.0172 |
240 |
2 |
113.43 |
2009-06-06 |
| 105. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
114.07 |
0.9578 |
-0.0610 |
281 |
1 |
114.07 |
2009-05-23 |
| 106. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
113.73 |
0.9275 |
-0.0362 |
211 |
1 |
113.73 |
2008-10-20 |
| 107. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
111.96 |
0.9841 |
-0.0998 |
334 |
1 |
111.96 |
2009-06-12 |
| 108. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
111.12 |
0.9897 |
-0.1182 |
274 |
2 |
109.93 |
2009-06-12 |
| 109. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
111.06 |
0.9109 |
-0.0350 |
401 |
1 |
111.06 |
2009-06-12 |
| 110. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
110.97 |
0.9710 |
-0.1049 |
173 |
1 |
110.97 |
2009-06-06 |
| 111. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
110.80 |
0.8961 |
-0.0283 |
189 |
2 |
104.04 |
2010-07-06 |
| 112. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
110.35 |
0.9649 |
-0.0984 |
193 |
2 |
106.15 |
2009-06-12 |
| 113. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
107.94 |
0.8941 |
-0.0437 |
216 |
1 |
107.94 |
2009-05-23 |
| 114. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
106.18 |
0.9676 |
-0.1250 |
442 |
1 |
106.18 |
2008-10-20 |
| 115. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
105.67 |
1.0004 |
-0.1762 |
212 |
1 |
105.67 |
2009-05-23 |
| 116. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
105.50 |
0.9857 |
-0.1578 |
293 |
1 |
105.50 |
2009-06-06 |
| 117. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
104.12 |
1.0201 |
-0.1982 |
375 |
1 |
104.12 |
2009-08-02 |
| 118. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
104.12 |
0.9045 |
-0.0863 |
235 |
1 |
104.12 |
2008-11-03 |
| 119. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
103.90 |
0.9289 |
-0.1151 |
204 |
1 |
103.90 |
2009-06-01 |
| 120. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
102.68 |
0.8770 |
-0.0674 |
300 |
2 |
101.90 |
2009-05-23 |
| 121. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
102.41 |
0.8105 |
-0.0105 |
204 |
2 |
91.11 |
2010-07-01 |
| 122. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
101.87 |
0.9005 |
-0.1021 |
212 |
2 |
99.14 |
2009-05-23 |
| 123. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
101.10 |
0.9619 |
-0.1629 |
393 |
1 |
101.10 |
2009-06-01 |
| 124. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
99.81 |
0.8878 |
-0.1045 |
346 |
1 |
99.81 |
2008-10-17 |
| 125. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
99.72 |
0.9234 |
-0.1352 |
346 |
1 |
99.72 |
2008-10-17 |
| 126. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
98.40 |
1.0201 |
-0.2546 |
172 |
2 |
94.16 |
2009-06-01 |
| 127. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
98.08 |
0.9084 |
-0.1346 |
404 |
1 |
98.08 |
2009-05-23 |
| 128. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
97.43 |
0.8595 |
-0.0932 |
242 |
1 |
97.43 |
2009-05-23 |
| 129. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
97.28 |
0.9697 |
-0.2062 |
249 |
1 |
97.28 |
2009-06-02 |
| 130. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
96.30 |
1.0349 |
-0.2801 |
234 |
1 |
96.30 |
2009-05-23 |
| 131. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
95.55 |
0.9464 |
-0.1918 |
323 |
1 |
95.55 |
2009-06-06 |
| 132. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
94.06 |
0.9795 |
-0.2419 |
308 |
1 |
94.06 |
2008-10-17 |
| 133. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
93.72 |
0.9646 |
-0.2306 |
264 |
1 |
93.72 |
2008-10-17 |
| 134. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
90.11 |
0.9072 |
-0.2028 |
237 |
1 |
90.11 |
2009-06-01 |
| 135. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
88.90 |
0.9622 |
-0.2593 |
392 |
1 |
88.90 |
2009-05-30 |
| 136. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
86.85 |
0.9734 |
-0.2936 |
289 |
1 |
86.85 |
2009-05-23 |
| 137. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
78.46 |
0.9309 |
-0.3197 |
284 |
1 |
78.46 |
2008-10-20 |
| 138. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
76.66 |
0.9865 |
-0.3866 |
276 |
1 |
76.66 |
2009-05-23 |