| 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 ... |
97.16 |
1.0788 |
0.1921 |
171 |
1 |
97.16 |
2010-11-22 |
| 2. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
96.52 |
1.1016 |
0.1663 |
233 |
1 |
96.52 |
2011-06-10 |
| 3. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
94.24 |
1.0403 |
0.2123 |
193 |
1 |
94.24 |
2010-11-22 |
| 4. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
94.00 |
1.0412 |
0.1930 |
225 |
2 |
89.25 |
2010-11-22 |
| 5. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
91.36 |
1.1215 |
0.1020 |
200 |
2 |
89.28 |
2010-11-22 |
| 6. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
88.82 |
0.9286 |
0.2363 |
194 |
1 |
88.82 |
2010-10-22 |
| 7. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
88.32 |
0.9964 |
0.1629 |
203 |
1 |
88.32 |
2010-10-22 |
| 8. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
86.95 |
1.1323 |
0.0427 |
341 |
1 |
86.95 |
2011-06-10 |
| 9. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
86.66 |
0.9769 |
0.1585 |
263 |
1 |
86.66 |
2011-06-10 |
| 10. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
85.09 |
1.1114 |
0.0022 |
247 |
1 |
85.09 |
2011-06-10 |
| 11. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
83.12 |
1.0630 |
0.0608 |
397 |
2 |
80.12 |
2011-06-10 |
| 12. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
82.89 |
1.0034 |
0.0826 |
302 |
1 |
82.89 |
2011-05-25 |
| 13. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
82.87 |
1.0173 |
0.1137 |
268 |
2 |
78.37 |
2010-11-22 |
| 14. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
82.53 |
1.0016 |
0.0761 |
218 |
1 |
82.53 |
2010-11-22 |
| 15. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
82.50 |
0.9855 |
0.1301 |
258 |
1 |
82.50 |
2010-10-20 |
| 16. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
82.29 |
1.0516 |
0.0269 |
281 |
3 |
77.57 |
2011-06-10 |
| 17. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
82.20 |
1.0352 |
0.0454 |
341 |
2 |
82.10 |
2011-06-10 |
| 18. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
81.91 |
1.1068 |
0.0079 |
393 |
1 |
81.91 |
2010-11-24 |
| 19. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
81.90 |
1.0403 |
0.0736 |
275 |
1 |
81.90 |
2010-11-22 |
| 20. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
81.84 |
1.0426 |
0.0300 |
323 |
1 |
81.84 |
2010-11-22 |
| 21. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
81.17 |
1.0214 |
0.0855 |
281 |
1 |
81.17 |
2011-06-10 |
| 22. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
80.69 |
1.0012 |
0.0595 |
260 |
1 |
80.69 |
2011-06-10 |
| 23. |
Around midafternoon, the snow thinned into sleet, and some u... |
80.41 |
0.9904 |
0.1044 |
203 |
1 |
80.41 |
2010-10-22 |
| 24. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
80.25 |
1.0263 |
0.0247 |
267 |
1 |
80.25 |
2011-06-10 |
| 25. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
80.24 |
1.0083 |
0.0882 |
273 |
1 |
80.24 |
2011-06-10 |
| 26. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
79.84 |
1.0444 |
-0.0042 |
197 |
2 |
76.27 |
2010-10-20 |
| 27. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
79.83 |
1.1162 |
-0.0283 |
189 |
1 |
79.83 |
2010-10-22 |
| 28. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
79.75 |
0.9485 |
0.0988 |
236 |
2 |
76.38 |
2011-06-10 |
| 29. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
79.13 |
1.0763 |
0.0028 |
367 |
1 |
79.13 |
2010-10-22 |
| 30. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
79.10 |
0.9966 |
0.0399 |
259 |
1 |
79.10 |
2010-10-07 |
| 31. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
78.81 |
1.0368 |
-0.0031 |
276 |
1 |
78.81 |
2011-05-25 |
| 32. |
Not too many days from this day, not too many hours from thi... |
78.54 |
0.9773 |
0.0439 |
123 |
1 |
78.54 |
2010-10-07 |
| 33. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
78.38 |
1.0261 |
-0.0008 |
273 |
1 |
78.38 |
2010-10-22 |
| 34. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
78.28 |
1.0270 |
0.0350 |
255 |
1 |
78.28 |
2010-11-24 |
| 35. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
77.82 |
1.0025 |
0.0170 |
256 |
1 |
77.82 |
2010-11-24 |
| 36. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
77.45 |
0.9461 |
0.0648 |
193 |
1 |
77.45 |
2010-11-22 |
| 37. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
77.19 |
0.9540 |
0.0555 |
285 |
1 |
77.19 |
2011-06-10 |
| 38. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
77.13 |
1.0714 |
-0.0698 |
129 |
2 |
70.37 |
2010-11-22 |
| 39. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
76.95 |
1.0669 |
-0.0263 |
286 |
1 |
76.95 |
2010-10-22 |
| 40. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
76.75 |
0.9546 |
0.0823 |
198 |
1 |
76.75 |
2010-10-20 |
| 41. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
76.42 |
1.0398 |
-0.0493 |
110 |
1 |
76.42 |
2010-10-20 |
| 42. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
76.41 |
0.9905 |
0.0424 |
337 |
2 |
72.02 |
2010-10-20 |
| 43. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
76.15 |
1.0251 |
-0.0294 |
261 |
1 |
76.15 |
2010-10-22 |
| 44. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
76.00 |
1.0441 |
-0.0471 |
252 |
1 |
76.00 |
2010-10-22 |
| 45. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
75.81 |
1.0390 |
-0.0496 |
205 |
1 |
75.81 |
2010-10-20 |
| 46. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
75.80 |
1.0141 |
0.0154 |
304 |
1 |
75.80 |
2011-05-25 |
| 47. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
75.66 |
1.0352 |
-0.0406 |
341 |
1 |
75.66 |
2011-06-10 |
| 48. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
75.19 |
0.9439 |
0.0493 |
476 |
1 |
75.19 |
2010-10-22 |
| 49. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
75.19 |
0.9994 |
0.0164 |
269 |
2 |
71.74 |
2010-10-22 |
| 50. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
75.17 |
1.0197 |
-0.0378 |
226 |
2 |
72.91 |
2011-05-25 |
| 51. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
74.95 |
1.0109 |
-0.0285 |
276 |
1 |
74.95 |
2010-10-20 |
| 52. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
74.88 |
1.0602 |
-0.0753 |
389 |
1 |
74.88 |
2010-10-20 |
| 53. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
74.73 |
1.0389 |
-0.0581 |
318 |
1 |
74.73 |
2010-10-20 |
| 54. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
74.62 |
1.0445 |
-0.0659 |
373 |
1 |
74.62 |
2010-10-22 |
| 55. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
74.01 |
1.0218 |
-0.0554 |
268 |
1 |
74.01 |
2010-10-20 |
| 56. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
73.92 |
0.9965 |
-0.0280 |
310 |
1 |
73.92 |
2010-10-20 |
| 57. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
73.61 |
1.0183 |
-0.0597 |
191 |
1 |
73.61 |
2010-10-22 |
| 58. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
73.48 |
0.9504 |
0.0063 |
263 |
1 |
73.48 |
2011-06-10 |
| 59. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
72.86 |
0.9908 |
0.0093 |
342 |
1 |
72.86 |
2010-10-20 |
| 60. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
72.67 |
0.9863 |
-0.0304 |
339 |
1 |
72.67 |
2010-10-20 |
| 61. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
72.63 |
0.9884 |
-0.0378 |
233 |
1 |
72.63 |
2010-11-22 |
| 62. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
72.42 |
0.9266 |
0.0215 |
267 |
1 |
72.42 |
2010-10-07 |
| 63. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
72.38 |
1.0454 |
-0.1008 |
255 |
1 |
72.38 |
2011-05-25 |
| 64. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
72.33 |
0.9636 |
-0.0169 |
254 |
1 |
72.33 |
2010-10-20 |
| 65. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
72.21 |
0.9614 |
-0.0127 |
292 |
1 |
72.21 |
2011-06-10 |
| 66. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
72.01 |
0.9698 |
0.0059 |
397 |
1 |
72.01 |
2011-06-10 |
| 67. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
71.16 |
0.8890 |
0.0389 |
199 |
1 |
71.16 |
2010-10-20 |
| 68. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
70.97 |
0.9557 |
-0.0204 |
331 |
1 |
70.97 |
2011-06-10 |
| 69. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
70.84 |
1.0567 |
-0.1286 |
303 |
1 |
70.84 |
2010-11-24 |
| 70. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
70.73 |
0.9780 |
-0.0512 |
337 |
1 |
70.73 |
2010-10-20 |
| 71. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
70.04 |
0.9509 |
0.0040 |
225 |
1 |
70.04 |
2010-10-22 |
| 72. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
69.90 |
0.9464 |
-0.0263 |
323 |
1 |
69.90 |
2010-10-20 |
| 73. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
69.66 |
0.9672 |
-0.0490 |
396 |
1 |
69.66 |
2010-10-20 |
| 74. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
69.52 |
0.9293 |
-0.0183 |
355 |
1 |
69.52 |
2010-10-22 |
| 75. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
69.44 |
1.0534 |
-0.1422 |
357 |
1 |
69.44 |
2010-10-22 |
| 76. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
69.35 |
1.0131 |
-0.1095 |
225 |
1 |
69.35 |
2010-10-22 |
| 77. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
69.31 |
1.0487 |
-0.1468 |
231 |
1 |
69.31 |
2010-10-22 |
| 78. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
69.16 |
0.9893 |
-0.0844 |
323 |
1 |
69.16 |
2011-06-10 |
| 79. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
68.94 |
0.9936 |
-0.0917 |
311 |
1 |
68.94 |
2010-10-22 |
| 80. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
68.70 |
0.9852 |
-0.0861 |
264 |
1 |
68.70 |
2010-10-20 |
| 81. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
68.07 |
1.0941 |
-0.1725 |
256 |
1 |
68.07 |
2010-10-20 |
| 82. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
67.57 |
0.8996 |
-0.0213 |
192 |
1 |
67.57 |
2010-10-20 |
| 83. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
67.43 |
0.9772 |
-0.0985 |
217 |
1 |
67.43 |
2010-10-22 |
| 84. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
67.24 |
1.0328 |
-0.1147 |
356 |
1 |
67.24 |
2010-10-22 |
| 85. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
67.21 |
0.9426 |
-0.0605 |
317 |
1 |
67.21 |
2011-06-10 |
| 86. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
66.20 |
0.9213 |
-0.0550 |
295 |
1 |
66.20 |
2010-10-07 |
| 87. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
65.98 |
0.9678 |
-0.0700 |
445 |
1 |
65.98 |
2010-10-22 |
| 88. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
65.87 |
0.9168 |
-0.0540 |
240 |
1 |
65.87 |
2010-10-22 |
| 89. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
64.39 |
0.9005 |
-0.0603 |
212 |
1 |
64.39 |
2010-10-22 |
| 90. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
64.00 |
1.0768 |
-0.2007 |
295 |
1 |
64.00 |
2010-10-07 |
| 91. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
63.53 |
0.8914 |
-0.0606 |
366 |
1 |
63.53 |
2010-10-22 |
| 92. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
63.51 |
0.9176 |
-0.0539 |
267 |
1 |
63.51 |
2010-10-07 |
| 93. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
63.48 |
1.0201 |
-0.1970 |
172 |
1 |
63.48 |
2011-06-10 |
| 94. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
63.13 |
0.9653 |
-0.1319 |
394 |
1 |
63.13 |
2010-10-20 |
| 95. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
62.43 |
0.9023 |
-0.0436 |
231 |
1 |
62.43 |
2010-10-22 |
| 96. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
61.09 |
0.9365 |
-0.1371 |
248 |
1 |
61.09 |
2010-10-22 |
| 97. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
60.82 |
0.9364 |
-0.1021 |
351 |
1 |
60.82 |
2011-06-10 |
| 98. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
60.08 |
1.0463 |
-0.2665 |
182 |
1 |
60.08 |
2010-10-22 |