| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Hackers in Amtrak computers, or air-traffic control computer... |
130.26 |
0.8091 |
0.2393 |
113 |
1 |
130.26 |
2016-12-08 |
| 2. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
146.27 |
0.9851 |
0.2238 |
237 |
1 |
146.27 |
2012-02-20 |
| 3. |
What you need to learn, children, is the difference between ... |
161.48 |
1.1152 |
0.2208 |
167 |
1 |
161.48 |
2018-06-07 |
| 4. |
It's funny how one single thing you choose to see could chan... |
154.04 |
1.0039 |
0.2186 |
113 |
1 |
154.04 |
2016-12-08 |
| 5. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
132.77 |
0.8778 |
0.2163 |
285 |
1 |
132.77 |
2012-11-19 |
| 6. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
151.10 |
1.0472 |
0.2076 |
397 |
1 |
151.10 |
2014-03-14 |
| 7. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
145.15 |
0.9841 |
0.2076 |
217 |
1 |
145.15 |
2008-12-10 |
| 8. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
142.17 |
0.9604 |
0.2075 |
285 |
2 |
129.12 |
2009-10-19 |
| 9. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
148.53 |
1.0115 |
0.2060 |
189 |
2 |
136.62 |
2016-12-08 |
| 10. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
135.51 |
0.9136 |
0.2047 |
348 |
2 |
128.90 |
2013-04-29 |
| 11. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
146.04 |
1.0018 |
0.2008 |
246 |
2 |
133.34 |
2014-03-14 |
| 12. |
I thought I was gonna be the first Funspot kill screen and t... |
147.81 |
1.0286 |
0.1918 |
361 |
1 |
147.81 |
2020-09-16 |
| 13. |
Baby, don't you know, all o'them tears gon' come and go. Bab... |
143.17 |
0.9530 |
0.1902 |
249 |
1 |
143.17 |
2020-09-16 |
| 14. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
144.77 |
1.0033 |
0.1886 |
203 |
1 |
144.77 |
2016-12-12 |
| 15. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
135.44 |
0.9451 |
0.1774 |
419 |
1 |
135.44 |
2015-02-20 |
| 16. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
155.61 |
1.1093 |
0.1663 |
220 |
1 |
155.61 |
2012-11-19 |
| 17. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
146.32 |
1.0414 |
0.1622 |
234 |
1 |
146.32 |
2014-03-14 |
| 18. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
143.99 |
1.0287 |
0.1554 |
269 |
2 |
127.48 |
2012-11-19 |
| 19. |
There is no instance of a country having benefited from prol... |
139.53 |
0.9508 |
0.1545 |
209 |
1 |
139.53 |
2020-09-16 |
| 20. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
138.24 |
0.9918 |
0.1529 |
400 |
1 |
138.24 |
2009-10-19 |
| 21. |
With the money they earn they'll be able to buy more police ... |
153.28 |
1.1172 |
0.1500 |
198 |
1 |
153.28 |
2016-12-12 |
| 22. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
126.85 |
0.8936 |
0.1486 |
346 |
3 |
119.14 |
2011-12-13 |
| 23. |
His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly... |
144.47 |
1.0379 |
0.1479 |
172 |
1 |
144.47 |
2012-02-20 |
| 24. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
133.17 |
0.9609 |
0.1394 |
331 |
2 |
125.51 |
2010-09-22 |
| 25. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
134.76 |
0.9763 |
0.1321 |
143 |
1 |
134.76 |
2009-09-11 |
| 26. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
139.01 |
1.0130 |
0.1309 |
288 |
1 |
139.01 |
2012-01-14 |
| 27. |
Time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wh... |
137.42 |
0.9587 |
0.1295 |
115 |
1 |
137.42 |
2016-12-08 |
| 28. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
149.58 |
1.1095 |
0.1241 |
252 |
1 |
149.58 |
2012-02-20 |
| 29. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
131.86 |
0.9673 |
0.1217 |
393 |
2 |
127.11 |
2015-02-20 |
| 30. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
125.20 |
0.9108 |
0.1189 |
235 |
1 |
125.20 |
2013-05-17 |
| 31. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
119.73 |
0.8721 |
0.1182 |
231 |
1 |
119.73 |
2014-03-14 |
| 32. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
139.75 |
1.0471 |
0.1154 |
406 |
1 |
139.75 |
2017-09-12 |
| 33. |
I leave you with photographs, pictures of trickery, and stai... |
121.61 |
0.9054 |
0.0996 |
192 |
1 |
121.61 |
2012-02-20 |
| 34. |
The recipe for turning fruit into wine goes something like t... |
118.75 |
0.8787 |
0.0955 |
443 |
1 |
118.75 |
2015-02-20 |
| 35. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
132.66 |
0.9963 |
0.0926 |
274 |
2 |
125.19 |
2014-03-14 |
| 36. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
139.90 |
1.0590 |
0.0912 |
250 |
1 |
139.90 |
2011-06-06 |
| 37. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
119.98 |
0.9012 |
0.0888 |
322 |
1 |
119.98 |
2009-12-21 |
| 38. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
139.14 |
1.0576 |
0.0845 |
231 |
1 |
139.14 |
2008-12-09 |
| 39. |
Yes, well, those pressures are everywhere in everyone, urgin... |
132.95 |
0.9782 |
0.0824 |
299 |
1 |
132.95 |
2019-03-22 |
| 40. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
123.25 |
0.9332 |
0.0817 |
295 |
2 |
109.53 |
2012-01-14 |
| 41. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
130.03 |
0.9931 |
0.0810 |
339 |
1 |
130.03 |
2013-05-17 |
| 42. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
110.07 |
0.8328 |
0.0754 |
343 |
1 |
110.07 |
2011-02-11 |
| 43. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
138.20 |
1.0601 |
0.0739 |
256 |
1 |
138.20 |
2013-04-29 |
| 44. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
131.90 |
1.0106 |
0.0734 |
302 |
1 |
131.90 |
2009-08-31 |
| 45. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
124.53 |
0.9574 |
0.0701 |
354 |
2 |
117.03 |
2016-12-12 |
| 46. |
Corn is what feeds the steer that becomes the steak. Corn fe... |
125.45 |
0.9775 |
0.0672 |
473 |
1 |
125.45 |
2013-04-29 |
| 47. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
119.02 |
0.9070 |
0.0666 |
192 |
1 |
119.02 |
2013-04-29 |
| 48. |
But I believe in true love, you know? I don't believe that e... |
138.47 |
1.0740 |
0.0661 |
213 |
1 |
138.47 |
2017-07-11 |
| 49. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
129.35 |
1.0069 |
0.0603 |
242 |
1 |
129.35 |
2016-12-30 |
| 50. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
117.69 |
0.9119 |
0.0599 |
396 |
1 |
117.69 |
2008-12-10 |
| 51. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
129.56 |
1.0101 |
0.0574 |
336 |
1 |
129.56 |
2008-12-09 |
| 52. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
125.99 |
0.9885 |
0.0545 |
469 |
1 |
125.99 |
2009-09-01 |
| 53. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
135.79 |
1.0676 |
0.0543 |
456 |
1 |
135.79 |
2011-06-06 |
| 54. |
She seemed to know, to accept, to welcome her position, the ... |
130.61 |
1.0147 |
0.0534 |
124 |
1 |
130.61 |
2016-12-08 |
| 55. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
135.72 |
1.0669 |
0.0533 |
379 |
2 |
130.75 |
2015-02-20 |
| 56. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
138.49 |
1.0800 |
0.0525 |
129 |
1 |
138.49 |
2011-06-16 |
| 57. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
111.92 |
0.8794 |
0.0471 |
427 |
3 |
105.03 |
2013-04-29 |
| 58. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
123.80 |
0.9713 |
0.0454 |
193 |
2 |
121.60 |
2012-02-20 |
| 59. |
It's our land. We were born on it, and we got killed on it, ... |
120.37 |
0.9164 |
0.0413 |
171 |
1 |
120.37 |
2016-12-08 |
| 60. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
128.88 |
1.0208 |
0.0393 |
231 |
1 |
128.88 |
2010-01-11 |
| 61. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
120.36 |
0.9503 |
0.0326 |
211 |
1 |
120.36 |
2013-04-29 |
| 62. |
We enter a spiritual puberty where we snap to the fact that ... |
116.87 |
0.9110 |
0.0322 |
457 |
1 |
116.87 |
2017-07-11 |
| 63. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
129.66 |
1.0538 |
0.0251 |
367 |
1 |
129.66 |
2015-02-20 |
| 64. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
113.08 |
0.9135 |
0.0247 |
393 |
1 |
113.08 |
2013-04-29 |
| 65. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
122.27 |
0.9829 |
0.0219 |
229 |
1 |
122.27 |
2009-08-28 |
| 66. |
Every life is in many days, day after day. We walk through o... |
116.18 |
0.9367 |
0.0190 |
185 |
1 |
116.18 |
2018-06-07 |
| 67. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
115.01 |
0.9271 |
0.0179 |
295 |
1 |
115.01 |
2008-12-10 |
| 68. |
In the middle of our life journey I found myself in a dark w... |
126.90 |
1.0257 |
0.0138 |
220 |
1 |
126.90 |
2020-02-04 |
| 69. |
My son, from whence this madness, this neglect of my command... |
119.28 |
0.9761 |
0.0105 |
171 |
1 |
119.28 |
2016-12-08 |
| 70. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
121.35 |
0.9931 |
0.0009 |
218 |
1 |
121.35 |
2013-04-29 |
| 71. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
107.64 |
0.8837 |
-0.0002 |
157 |
1 |
107.64 |
2009-09-11 |
| 72. |
I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself q... |
119.60 |
0.9925 |
-0.0006 |
275 |
1 |
119.60 |
2016-12-12 |
| 73. |
A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. ... |
122.98 |
1.0195 |
-0.0020 |
239 |
1 |
122.98 |
2014-03-14 |
| 74. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
129.13 |
1.0682 |
-0.0049 |
266 |
1 |
129.13 |
2015-03-24 |
| 75. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
115.21 |
0.9538 |
-0.0070 |
276 |
1 |
115.21 |
2011-09-08 |
| 76. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
127.88 |
1.0698 |
-0.0111 |
303 |
1 |
127.88 |
2015-02-20 |
| 77. |
One key element of any society is its collection of statuses... |
111.63 |
0.9088 |
-0.0118 |
406 |
1 |
111.63 |
2020-02-04 |
| 78. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
113.74 |
0.9519 |
-0.0131 |
323 |
1 |
113.74 |
2008-12-09 |
| 79. |
Give not thyself up, then, to fire, lest it invert thee, dea... |
122.63 |
1.0280 |
-0.0158 |
163 |
1 |
122.63 |
2016-12-12 |
| 80. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
111.76 |
0.9352 |
-0.0178 |
194 |
1 |
111.76 |
2008-12-11 |
| 81. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
127.26 |
1.0615 |
-0.0179 |
201 |
1 |
127.26 |
2009-09-11 |
| 82. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
110.73 |
0.9377 |
-0.0201 |
198 |
1 |
110.73 |
2009-09-01 |
| 83. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
110.08 |
0.9264 |
-0.0207 |
177 |
1 |
110.08 |
2016-12-12 |
| 84. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
125.57 |
1.0557 |
-0.0217 |
289 |
1 |
125.57 |
2008-12-11 |
| 85. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
106.72 |
0.8964 |
-0.0225 |
199 |
1 |
106.72 |
2011-02-11 |
| 86. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
125.30 |
1.0585 |
-0.0251 |
226 |
1 |
125.30 |
2011-06-16 |
| 87. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
120.22 |
1.0234 |
-0.0308 |
392 |
1 |
120.22 |
2008-12-09 |
| 88. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
119.03 |
1.0135 |
-0.0316 |
358 |
1 |
119.03 |
2013-05-17 |
| 89. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
107.69 |
0.9206 |
-0.0353 |
317 |
2 |
107.03 |
2008-12-09 |
| 90. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
123.30 |
1.0511 |
-0.0353 |
252 |
1 |
123.30 |
2015-02-20 |
| 91. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
104.06 |
0.8901 |
-0.0362 |
273 |
1 |
104.06 |
2009-08-31 |
| 92. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
122.31 |
1.0432 |
-0.0367 |
276 |
2 |
116.63 |
2008-12-10 |
| 93. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
114.45 |
0.9801 |
-0.0397 |
289 |
1 |
114.45 |
2010-11-02 |
| 94. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
119.50 |
1.0304 |
-0.0443 |
257 |
1 |
119.50 |
2013-04-29 |
| 95. |
I kissed her cheek as she turned it to me. I think I would h... |
123.18 |
1.0630 |
-0.0454 |
237 |
1 |
123.18 |
2018-06-07 |
| 96. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
113.38 |
0.9836 |
-0.0515 |
289 |
2 |
99.58 |
2009-08-31 |
| 97. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
122.15 |
1.0667 |
-0.0518 |
308 |
1 |
122.15 |
2009-09-11 |
| 98. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
107.03 |
0.9332 |
-0.0540 |
267 |
1 |
107.03 |
2009-08-28 |
| 99. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
110.68 |
0.9736 |
-0.0570 |
378 |
1 |
110.68 |
2010-01-11 |
| 100. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
115.41 |
1.0144 |
-0.0648 |
162 |
1 |
115.41 |
2015-02-20 |
| 101. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
111.54 |
0.9809 |
-0.0681 |
209 |
1 |
111.54 |
2014-03-14 |
| 102. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
117.82 |
1.0333 |
-0.0696 |
176 |
1 |
117.82 |
2009-09-11 |
| 103. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
117.23 |
1.0279 |
-0.0698 |
172 |
1 |
117.23 |
2016-12-12 |
| 104. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
116.53 |
1.0362 |
-0.0719 |
437 |
1 |
116.53 |
2008-12-11 |
| 105. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
114.83 |
1.0227 |
-0.0725 |
378 |
1 |
114.83 |
2009-09-01 |
| 106. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
114.57 |
1.0178 |
-0.0778 |
207 |
1 |
114.57 |
2011-09-29 |
| 107. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
108.03 |
0.9745 |
-0.0849 |
388 |
1 |
108.03 |
2009-12-21 |
| 108. |
Looking back I know of one opportunity where an engineer cam... |
116.27 |
1.0520 |
-0.0873 |
515 |
1 |
116.27 |
2017-09-12 |
| 109. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
115.74 |
1.0418 |
-0.0896 |
214 |
1 |
115.74 |
2009-09-01 |
| 110. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
100.07 |
0.9128 |
-0.0939 |
237 |
1 |
100.07 |
2008-12-09 |
| 111. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
96.92 |
0.8913 |
-0.0939 |
201 |
1 |
96.92 |
2013-04-29 |
| 112. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
118.56 |
1.0736 |
-0.0962 |
350 |
1 |
118.56 |
2011-06-16 |
| 113. |
A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and ea... |
108.07 |
0.9496 |
-0.1006 |
101 |
1 |
108.07 |
2016-12-08 |
| 114. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
115.87 |
1.0617 |
-0.1111 |
171 |
2 |
115.70 |
2010-01-11 |
| 115. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
113.48 |
1.0507 |
-0.1125 |
253 |
1 |
113.48 |
2013-05-17 |
| 116. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
120.57 |
1.1070 |
-0.1167 |
265 |
1 |
120.57 |
2009-08-28 |
| 117. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
114.22 |
1.0567 |
-0.1182 |
314 |
1 |
114.22 |
2008-12-18 |
| 118. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
104.93 |
0.9890 |
-0.1231 |
272 |
1 |
104.93 |
2013-06-08 |
| 119. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
111.30 |
1.0529 |
-0.1354 |
373 |
1 |
111.30 |
2008-12-18 |
| 120. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
107.21 |
1.0350 |
-0.1397 |
416 |
1 |
107.21 |
2009-09-15 |
| 121. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
105.80 |
1.0094 |
-0.1403 |
256 |
1 |
105.80 |
2009-09-11 |
| 122. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
115.17 |
1.0877 |
-0.1446 |
129 |
1 |
115.17 |
2011-12-13 |
| 123. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
103.45 |
0.9974 |
-0.1516 |
163 |
1 |
103.45 |
2009-08-28 |
| 124. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
101.26 |
1.0060 |
-0.1677 |
244 |
1 |
101.26 |
2009-08-28 |
| 125. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
98.05 |
0.9762 |
-0.1713 |
249 |
1 |
98.05 |
2008-12-09 |
| 126. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
100.20 |
0.9957 |
-0.1731 |
323 |
1 |
100.20 |
2015-02-20 |
| 127. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
96.22 |
0.9726 |
-0.1774 |
396 |
1 |
96.22 |
2008-12-09 |
| 128. |
I only lose my fear when I run. I won't lose a tear when I r... |
108.62 |
1.0792 |
-0.1867 |
131 |
1 |
108.62 |
2018-10-09 |
| 129. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
81.64 |
0.8666 |
-0.1998 |
206 |
1 |
81.64 |
2008-12-09 |
| 130. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. The work was generall... |
89.89 |
0.9692 |
-0.2153 |
405 |
1 |
89.89 |
2010-01-11 |
| 131. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
88.32 |
0.9673 |
-0.2405 |
292 |
1 |
88.32 |
2008-12-18 |
| 132. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
91.47 |
1.0181 |
-0.2661 |
276 |
1 |
91.47 |
2008-12-11 |
| 133. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
82.58 |
0.9780 |
-0.3071 |
173 |
1 |
82.58 |
2008-12-16 |
| 134. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
78.95 |
0.9704 |
-0.3233 |
254 |
1 |
78.95 |
2010-01-11 |
| 135. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
56.48 |
0.9145 |
-0.4501 |
404 |
1 |
56.48 |
2011-12-13 |
| 136. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
71.21 |
1.0419 |
-0.4558 |
341 |
1 |
71.21 |
2009-12-21 |
| 137. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
35.16 |
1.0482 |
-0.7507 |
407 |
1 |
35.16 |
2013-06-08 |