| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
157.42 |
1.0086 |
0.2595 |
218 |
2 |
139.68 |
2009-01-23 |
| 2. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
152.09 |
1.0419 |
0.1903 |
341 |
1 |
152.09 |
2009-01-24 |
| 3. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
151.51 |
0.9836 |
0.2409 |
289 |
3 |
140.58 |
2009-02-05 |
| 4. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
149.30 |
1.0197 |
0.1850 |
204 |
1 |
149.30 |
2009-01-23 |
| 5. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
148.24 |
1.0576 |
0.1374 |
231 |
1 |
148.24 |
2009-01-23 |
| 6. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
146.22 |
1.0873 |
0.0911 |
243 |
1 |
146.22 |
2009-02-01 |
| 7. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
144.77 |
1.0301 |
0.1383 |
268 |
1 |
144.77 |
2009-01-26 |
| 8. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
144.56 |
1.0617 |
0.1044 |
171 |
1 |
144.56 |
2009-01-25 |
| 9. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
143.54 |
0.8830 |
0.2792 |
300 |
1 |
143.54 |
2009-01-24 |
| 10. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
142.56 |
1.0743 |
0.0785 |
297 |
1 |
142.56 |
2009-02-02 |
| 11. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
142.14 |
1.0672 |
0.0799 |
239 |
4 |
131.56 |
2009-01-24 |
| 12. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
141.11 |
0.9866 |
0.1537 |
308 |
1 |
141.11 |
2009-01-24 |
| 13. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
140.83 |
1.0033 |
0.1347 |
203 |
1 |
140.83 |
2009-01-23 |
| 14. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
139.96 |
1.0543 |
0.0730 |
182 |
1 |
139.96 |
2009-01-24 |
| 15. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
139.76 |
0.9869 |
0.1385 |
193 |
2 |
132.35 |
2009-01-25 |
| 16. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
139.64 |
1.0341 |
0.0933 |
273 |
1 |
139.64 |
2009-01-24 |
| 17. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
138.73 |
1.0165 |
0.1033 |
316 |
1 |
138.73 |
2009-01-24 |
| 18. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
138.45 |
1.0901 |
0.0302 |
288 |
2 |
133.72 |
2009-01-25 |
| 19. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
138.21 |
1.0370 |
0.0792 |
262 |
1 |
138.21 |
2009-01-23 |
| 20. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
137.85 |
1.0506 |
0.0625 |
259 |
2 |
129.09 |
2009-02-01 |
| 21. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
136.66 |
0.9468 |
0.1568 |
318 |
1 |
136.66 |
2009-01-25 |
| 22. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
136.26 |
0.9885 |
0.1187 |
469 |
1 |
136.26 |
2009-01-23 |
| 23. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
136.09 |
1.0461 |
0.0553 |
318 |
1 |
136.09 |
2009-01-25 |
| 24. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
136.06 |
1.0529 |
0.0486 |
373 |
2 |
132.19 |
2009-01-24 |
| 25. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
135.58 |
0.9709 |
0.1228 |
264 |
1 |
135.58 |
2009-01-25 |
| 26. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
135.15 |
0.9603 |
0.1367 |
430 |
1 |
135.15 |
2009-01-24 |
| 27. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
134.81 |
1.0601 |
0.0255 |
256 |
1 |
134.81 |
2009-01-24 |
| 28. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
134.58 |
1.0881 |
-0.0051 |
210 |
1 |
134.58 |
2009-01-23 |
| 29. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
132.57 |
1.1070 |
-0.0375 |
265 |
1 |
132.57 |
2009-01-23 |
| 30. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
132.42 |
0.9012 |
0.1716 |
322 |
1 |
132.42 |
2009-01-23 |
| 31. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
132.26 |
0.9271 |
0.1434 |
323 |
2 |
122.16 |
2009-01-23 |
| 32. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
132.25 |
0.9810 |
0.0920 |
362 |
1 |
132.25 |
2009-01-24 |
| 33. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
132.14 |
0.9864 |
0.0845 |
292 |
1 |
132.14 |
2009-02-02 |
| 34. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
131.50 |
0.9917 |
0.0723 |
317 |
1 |
131.50 |
2009-01-24 |
| 35. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
131.14 |
1.0676 |
-0.0040 |
456 |
1 |
131.14 |
2009-01-25 |
| 36. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
130.64 |
1.0387 |
0.0204 |
333 |
1 |
130.64 |
2009-01-26 |
| 37. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
129.86 |
1.0404 |
0.0131 |
406 |
1 |
129.86 |
2009-01-25 |
| 38. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
129.73 |
1.0800 |
-0.0354 |
213 |
1 |
129.73 |
2009-02-01 |
| 39. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
129.34 |
0.9915 |
0.0519 |
281 |
4 |
120.58 |
2009-01-25 |
| 40. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
129.24 |
0.9756 |
0.0672 |
223 |
1 |
129.24 |
2009-01-24 |
| 41. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
129.14 |
0.9359 |
0.1075 |
355 |
3 |
118.28 |
2009-02-01 |
| 42. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
129.11 |
0.9422 |
0.0952 |
190 |
1 |
129.11 |
2009-01-23 |
| 43. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
128.87 |
1.0057 |
0.0377 |
382 |
2 |
125.71 |
2009-01-24 |
| 44. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
128.86 |
1.0511 |
-0.0089 |
252 |
4 |
114.21 |
2009-01-25 |
| 45. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
128.78 |
0.9974 |
0.0385 |
163 |
2 |
111.07 |
2009-01-24 |
| 46. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
128.66 |
1.0199 |
0.0151 |
225 |
1 |
128.66 |
2009-01-23 |
| 47. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
127.82 |
0.9763 |
0.0552 |
143 |
1 |
127.82 |
2009-01-24 |
| 48. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
127.23 |
1.0094 |
0.0179 |
256 |
1 |
127.23 |
2009-01-25 |
| 49. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
126.57 |
0.9243 |
0.0996 |
240 |
1 |
126.57 |
2009-01-23 |
| 50. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
126.25 |
1.0250 |
-0.0029 |
271 |
1 |
126.25 |
2009-02-01 |
| 51. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
126.10 |
1.0686 |
-0.0470 |
354 |
2 |
125.80 |
2009-01-25 |
| 52. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
125.65 |
0.9922 |
0.0228 |
264 |
1 |
125.65 |
2009-01-24 |
| 53. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
125.48 |
0.9070 |
0.1012 |
192 |
1 |
125.48 |
2009-01-24 |
| 54. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
125.48 |
1.0590 |
-0.0471 |
250 |
1 |
125.48 |
2009-01-24 |
| 55. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
125.10 |
0.9352 |
0.0736 |
194 |
1 |
125.10 |
2009-01-24 |
| 56. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
125.04 |
1.0287 |
-0.0204 |
269 |
1 |
125.04 |
2009-01-24 |
| 57. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
124.78 |
0.9673 |
0.0422 |
292 |
1 |
124.78 |
2009-01-25 |
| 58. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
124.52 |
0.9952 |
0.0124 |
220 |
1 |
124.52 |
2009-01-25 |
| 59. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
123.30 |
0.9745 |
0.0229 |
388 |
2 |
121.37 |
2009-01-25 |
| 60. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
123.15 |
0.9392 |
0.0610 |
360 |
1 |
123.15 |
2009-01-23 |
| 61. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
122.54 |
0.9183 |
0.0717 |
308 |
2 |
113.39 |
2009-01-23 |
| 62. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
122.46 |
0.9678 |
0.0249 |
392 |
2 |
121.50 |
2009-01-26 |
| 63. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
122.16 |
0.9703 |
0.0223 |
394 |
1 |
122.16 |
2009-01-24 |
| 64. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
121.99 |
1.0476 |
-0.0724 |
110 |
1 |
121.99 |
2009-01-25 |
| 65. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
121.65 |
0.9284 |
0.0572 |
346 |
1 |
121.65 |
2009-01-25 |
| 66. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
121.00 |
0.8778 |
0.1006 |
285 |
1 |
121.00 |
2009-01-25 |
| 67. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
120.54 |
0.9829 |
-0.0107 |
229 |
2 |
119.94 |
2009-02-02 |
| 68. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
120.14 |
1.0479 |
-0.0799 |
205 |
1 |
120.14 |
2009-01-24 |
| 69. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
118.67 |
0.8986 |
0.0641 |
363 |
1 |
118.67 |
2009-01-26 |
| 70. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
118.43 |
0.9594 |
-0.0055 |
258 |
1 |
118.43 |
2009-01-23 |
| 71. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
118.29 |
0.9636 |
-0.0104 |
281 |
1 |
118.29 |
2009-01-26 |
| 72. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
117.90 |
1.0332 |
-0.0824 |
267 |
1 |
117.90 |
2009-01-24 |
| 73. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
117.54 |
0.9402 |
0.0064 |
310 |
3 |
112.81 |
2009-01-24 |
| 74. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
117.51 |
1.0018 |
-0.0533 |
246 |
1 |
117.51 |
2009-01-24 |
| 75. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
117.49 |
1.1086 |
-0.1601 |
233 |
1 |
117.49 |
2009-01-23 |
| 76. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
116.74 |
0.9948 |
-0.0539 |
233 |
1 |
116.74 |
2009-01-23 |
| 77. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
116.71 |
1.0042 |
-0.0663 |
168 |
1 |
116.71 |
2009-01-23 |
| 78. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
116.67 |
0.9434 |
0.0025 |
367 |
1 |
116.67 |
2009-01-24 |
| 79. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
116.35 |
1.0264 |
-0.0918 |
191 |
1 |
116.35 |
2009-01-24 |
| 80. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
116.30 |
1.0845 |
-0.1472 |
212 |
1 |
116.30 |
2009-01-24 |
| 81. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
116.12 |
0.9762 |
-0.0392 |
249 |
1 |
116.12 |
2009-01-25 |
| 82. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
115.06 |
0.9339 |
0.0002 |
317 |
1 |
115.06 |
2009-01-25 |
| 83. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
114.45 |
0.9981 |
-0.0756 |
211 |
1 |
114.45 |
2009-01-24 |
| 84. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
114.14 |
1.0540 |
-0.1381 |
184 |
1 |
114.14 |
2009-01-23 |
| 85. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
113.55 |
0.9119 |
0.0085 |
396 |
1 |
113.55 |
2009-01-23 |
| 86. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
113.49 |
0.8624 |
0.0485 |
174 |
1 |
113.49 |
2009-01-25 |
| 87. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
112.79 |
0.9597 |
-0.0496 |
251 |
1 |
112.79 |
2009-01-24 |
| 88. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
112.66 |
1.0291 |
-0.1223 |
240 |
1 |
112.66 |
2009-01-24 |
| 89. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
112.59 |
0.9809 |
-0.0765 |
209 |
1 |
112.59 |
2009-01-23 |
| 90. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
112.48 |
1.0279 |
-0.1262 |
172 |
1 |
112.48 |
2009-01-23 |
| 91. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
111.57 |
0.9108 |
-0.0109 |
235 |
1 |
111.57 |
2009-01-23 |
| 92. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
111.25 |
1.0588 |
-0.1613 |
281 |
1 |
111.25 |
2009-01-23 |
| 93. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
110.28 |
0.9206 |
-0.0306 |
317 |
1 |
110.28 |
2009-01-25 |
| 94. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
110.12 |
0.9957 |
-0.1077 |
323 |
1 |
110.12 |
2009-01-23 |
| 95. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
110.09 |
0.9479 |
-0.0582 |
317 |
1 |
110.09 |
2009-02-05 |
| 96. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
110.04 |
1.0521 |
-0.1701 |
197 |
1 |
110.04 |
2009-01-24 |
| 97. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
108.32 |
0.9299 |
-0.0647 |
168 |
1 |
108.32 |
2009-01-24 |
| 98. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
108.07 |
0.9996 |
-0.1205 |
483 |
1 |
108.07 |
2009-01-23 |
| 99. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
107.69 |
1.0006 |
-0.1321 |
311 |
1 |
107.69 |
2009-01-24 |
| 100. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
107.64 |
0.8913 |
-0.0217 |
201 |
2 |
106.53 |
2009-01-24 |
| 101. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
107.61 |
0.9380 |
-0.0717 |
284 |
1 |
107.61 |
2009-01-23 |
| 102. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
106.40 |
0.9346 |
-0.0795 |
211 |
1 |
106.40 |
2009-01-23 |
| 103. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
105.77 |
0.9145 |
-0.0581 |
404 |
1 |
105.77 |
2009-01-25 |
| 104. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
104.78 |
0.9841 |
-0.1409 |
263 |
1 |
104.78 |
2009-01-23 |
| 105. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
104.77 |
0.9880 |
-0.1474 |
199 |
1 |
104.77 |
2009-01-24 |
| 106. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
104.55 |
1.0557 |
-0.2115 |
289 |
1 |
104.55 |
2009-01-24 |
| 107. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
104.54 |
0.9765 |
-0.1343 |
269 |
1 |
104.54 |
2009-01-24 |
| 108. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
104.29 |
0.8666 |
-0.0282 |
206 |
1 |
104.29 |
2009-01-24 |
| 109. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
103.05 |
0.9425 |
-0.1110 |
248 |
1 |
103.05 |
2009-01-23 |
| 110. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
102.60 |
1.0194 |
-0.1944 |
224 |
1 |
102.60 |
2009-01-23 |
| 111. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
101.85 |
0.9561 |
-0.1334 |
362 |
1 |
101.85 |
2009-01-23 |
| 112. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
101.68 |
0.8993 |
-0.0768 |
366 |
1 |
101.68 |
2009-01-23 |
| 113. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
93.55 |
0.9136 |
-0.1567 |
348 |
1 |
93.55 |
2009-01-25 |
| 114. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
91.56 |
1.0095 |
-0.2734 |
211 |
1 |
91.56 |
2009-01-23 |
| 115. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
86.09 |
1.0472 |
-0.3605 |
149 |
1 |
86.09 |
2009-01-23 |
| 116. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
80.14 |
0.9787 |
-0.3306 |
364 |
1 |
80.14 |
2009-01-24 |