| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Only, we must allow time. But our demands as far as time is ... |
125.07 |
1.0747 |
0.1690 |
532 |
1 |
125.07 |
2017-02-13 |
| 2. |
Right, I am going to tell you how this works. You're going i... |
108.62 |
1.0444 |
0.0420 |
487 |
1 |
108.62 |
2010-07-14 |
| 3. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
119.25 |
0.8887 |
0.3040 |
464 |
1 |
119.25 |
2010-09-07 |
| 4. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
101.60 |
1.0362 |
-0.0265 |
437 |
1 |
101.60 |
2010-05-13 |
| 5. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
95.77 |
0.9603 |
-0.0093 |
430 |
1 |
95.77 |
2009-10-13 |
| 6. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
97.84 |
0.9644 |
0.0048 |
398 |
1 |
97.84 |
2009-10-29 |
| 7. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
91.30 |
1.0857 |
-0.1721 |
393 |
1 |
91.30 |
2009-10-13 |
| 8. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
88.85 |
0.9673 |
-0.0867 |
393 |
1 |
88.85 |
2009-06-28 |
| 9. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
103.07 |
0.9681 |
0.0556 |
392 |
1 |
103.07 |
2010-09-07 |
| 10. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
84.61 |
1.0057 |
-0.1682 |
382 |
1 |
84.61 |
2009-06-17 |
| 11. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
97.14 |
1.0669 |
-0.1046 |
379 |
1 |
97.14 |
2009-06-26 |
| 12. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
110.85 |
1.0227 |
0.0788 |
378 |
1 |
110.85 |
2013-02-01 |
| 13. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
100.67 |
0.9736 |
0.0277 |
378 |
2 |
96.65 |
2017-02-13 |
| 14. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
86.86 |
1.0265 |
-0.1658 |
375 |
1 |
86.86 |
2009-06-17 |
| 15. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
118.81 |
1.0529 |
0.1242 |
373 |
2 |
113.66 |
2010-09-07 |
| 16. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
86.93 |
1.0132 |
-0.1549 |
371 |
1 |
86.93 |
2009-06-15 |
| 17. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
74.99 |
0.9740 |
-0.2317 |
371 |
1 |
74.99 |
2009-06-26 |
| 18. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
109.91 |
1.0128 |
0.0800 |
369 |
1 |
109.91 |
2009-06-28 |
| 19. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
82.85 |
0.9787 |
-0.1582 |
364 |
1 |
82.85 |
2009-07-29 |
| 20. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
102.85 |
1.0628 |
-0.0449 |
363 |
2 |
97.69 |
2009-10-29 |
| 21. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
109.58 |
0.9649 |
0.1281 |
360 |
1 |
109.58 |
2009-10-29 |
| 22. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
119.79 |
1.0607 |
0.1263 |
357 |
1 |
119.79 |
2010-07-14 |
| 23. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
88.44 |
0.9885 |
-0.1157 |
355 |
1 |
88.44 |
2009-06-17 |
| 24. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
110.84 |
0.9574 |
0.1411 |
354 |
1 |
110.84 |
2009-06-28 |
| 25. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
107.39 |
1.0253 |
0.0387 |
337 |
1 |
107.39 |
2010-09-07 |
| 26. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
100.62 |
1.0101 |
-0.0146 |
336 |
1 |
100.62 |
2009-10-29 |
| 27. |
And the great owners, who must lose their land in an upheava... |
114.46 |
1.0419 |
0.0990 |
333 |
1 |
114.46 |
2016-12-30 |
| 28. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
79.31 |
0.9609 |
-0.1742 |
331 |
1 |
79.31 |
2009-06-26 |
| 29. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
105.02 |
1.0495 |
-0.0126 |
323 |
2 |
97.44 |
2009-10-21 |
| 30. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
68.09 |
0.9011 |
-0.2275 |
322 |
1 |
68.09 |
2009-06-26 |
| 31. |
I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart o... |
123.38 |
1.0528 |
0.1744 |
321 |
1 |
123.38 |
2017-02-13 |
| 32. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
90.87 |
0.9424 |
-0.0431 |
320 |
1 |
90.87 |
2009-06-28 |
| 33. |
No one has ever witnessed the complete evolution of any star... |
113.53 |
0.9394 |
0.1625 |
319 |
1 |
113.53 |
2017-02-13 |
| 34. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
89.67 |
1.0188 |
-0.1246 |
316 |
1 |
89.67 |
2009-10-13 |
| 35. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
133.71 |
1.0165 |
0.3052 |
316 |
4 |
108.58 |
2009-10-29 |
| 36. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
112.11 |
1.0960 |
0.0160 |
315 |
1 |
112.11 |
2009-10-13 |
| 37. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
112.98 |
1.0567 |
0.0595 |
314 |
2 |
109.61 |
2010-07-14 |
| 38. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
105.13 |
1.0006 |
0.0379 |
311 |
2 |
103.96 |
2009-10-21 |
| 39. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
144.56 |
0.9866 |
0.4442 |
308 |
1 |
144.56 |
2009-07-10 |
| 40. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
89.03 |
0.9183 |
-0.0389 |
308 |
1 |
89.03 |
2016-12-30 |
| 41. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
107.02 |
1.0270 |
0.0309 |
303 |
1 |
107.02 |
2009-06-28 |
| 42. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
110.19 |
1.0639 |
0.0260 |
303 |
1 |
110.19 |
2009-09-30 |
| 43. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
101.74 |
1.0743 |
-0.0684 |
297 |
1 |
101.74 |
2009-10-10 |
| 44. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
96.26 |
0.9980 |
-0.0454 |
295 |
1 |
96.26 |
2009-06-28 |
| 45. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
89.20 |
0.9332 |
-0.0516 |
295 |
1 |
89.20 |
2009-06-17 |
| 46. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
85.81 |
0.9271 |
-0.0810 |
295 |
1 |
85.81 |
2009-06-17 |
| 47. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
99.56 |
1.0464 |
-0.0582 |
294 |
1 |
99.56 |
2009-10-10 |
| 48. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
68.18 |
0.9928 |
-0.3221 |
293 |
2 |
63.82 |
2009-07-29 |
| 49. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
114.08 |
0.9909 |
0.1412 |
293 |
2 |
101.37 |
2013-02-01 |
| 50. |
The rising heat from multiple fires, caused by the heat flas... |
120.88 |
0.9753 |
0.2222 |
291 |
1 |
120.88 |
2017-02-13 |
| 51. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
81.78 |
1.0189 |
-0.2130 |
290 |
1 |
81.78 |
2009-07-29 |
| 52. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
104.39 |
1.0557 |
-0.0233 |
289 |
2 |
103.74 |
2010-09-07 |
| 53. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
125.54 |
1.0901 |
0.1532 |
288 |
1 |
125.54 |
2016-07-06 |
| 54. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
108.26 |
1.0130 |
0.0567 |
288 |
1 |
108.26 |
2009-10-13 |
| 55. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
94.12 |
0.9632 |
-0.0329 |
287 |
1 |
94.12 |
2010-09-07 |
| 56. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
102.49 |
0.9604 |
0.0498 |
285 |
1 |
102.49 |
2009-09-30 |
| 57. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
98.16 |
1.0059 |
-0.0354 |
283 |
1 |
98.16 |
2009-10-29 |
| 58. |
Say to all of you, I have been treated this day with no resp... |
122.57 |
0.9970 |
0.2162 |
281 |
1 |
122.57 |
2016-12-30 |
| 59. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
124.24 |
1.0588 |
0.1697 |
281 |
1 |
124.24 |
2010-07-14 |
| 60. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
115.99 |
1.0338 |
0.1179 |
277 |
1 |
115.99 |
2017-02-13 |
| 61. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
107.40 |
1.0759 |
-0.0092 |
273 |
1 |
107.40 |
2010-07-14 |
| 62. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
119.81 |
1.0250 |
0.1623 |
271 |
3 |
104.69 |
2013-02-01 |
| 63. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
95.75 |
0.9765 |
-0.0319 |
269 |
3 |
91.07 |
2009-10-10 |
| 64. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
114.00 |
1.0427 |
0.0849 |
269 |
2 |
110.06 |
2011-11-03 |
| 65. |
Let me tell you the story of right hand, left hand. It's a t... |
106.33 |
0.9779 |
0.0386 |
269 |
1 |
106.33 |
2020-05-31 |
| 66. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
108.22 |
1.0301 |
0.0378 |
268 |
1 |
108.22 |
2009-06-28 |
| 67. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
68.67 |
0.9884 |
-0.3097 |
267 |
1 |
68.67 |
2009-06-15 |
| 68. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
101.08 |
1.0682 |
-0.0688 |
266 |
1 |
101.08 |
2009-10-10 |
| 69. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
119.22 |
1.1070 |
0.0704 |
265 |
1 |
119.22 |
2009-10-29 |
| 70. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
97.50 |
0.9543 |
0.0152 |
265 |
1 |
97.50 |
2010-07-14 |
| 71. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
93.87 |
0.9841 |
-0.0591 |
263 |
1 |
93.87 |
2009-09-30 |
| 72. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
115.22 |
1.0370 |
0.1016 |
262 |
1 |
115.22 |
2009-10-29 |
| 73. |
It wasn't always so clear, but the Rust programming language... |
124.52 |
1.0211 |
0.1951 |
259 |
1 |
124.52 |
2020-05-31 |
| 74. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
108.10 |
1.0506 |
0.0170 |
259 |
1 |
108.10 |
2016-12-30 |
| 75. |
We hold our rifles in missing hands. We stand tall on missin... |
109.96 |
1.0081 |
0.0834 |
256 |
1 |
109.96 |
2017-02-13 |
| 76. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
89.02 |
1.0481 |
-0.1774 |
255 |
1 |
89.02 |
2009-06-26 |
| 77. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
78.83 |
0.9265 |
-0.1504 |
254 |
1 |
78.83 |
2009-06-26 |
| 78. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
113.01 |
1.0507 |
0.0715 |
253 |
1 |
113.01 |
2016-12-30 |
| 79. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
94.45 |
1.0487 |
-0.1185 |
253 |
1 |
94.45 |
2009-06-17 |
| 80. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
100.62 |
1.0511 |
-0.0556 |
252 |
1 |
100.62 |
2009-06-28 |
| 81. |
She belonged to a different age, but being so entire, so com... |
113.11 |
1.0039 |
0.1253 |
252 |
1 |
113.11 |
2017-02-13 |
| 82. |
I'll tell you a riddle. You're waiting for a train, a train ... |
119.54 |
1.0847 |
0.0992 |
251 |
1 |
119.54 |
2017-02-13 |
| 83. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
97.14 |
1.0590 |
-0.1010 |
250 |
1 |
97.14 |
2009-10-21 |
| 84. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
93.25 |
0.9762 |
-0.0557 |
249 |
1 |
93.25 |
2009-06-28 |
| 85. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
73.73 |
0.9425 |
-0.2153 |
248 |
1 |
73.73 |
2011-11-03 |
| 86. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
89.27 |
1.0638 |
-0.1849 |
247 |
3 |
82.52 |
2009-06-17 |
| 87. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
89.68 |
1.1198 |
-0.2358 |
247 |
1 |
89.68 |
2009-10-13 |
| 88. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
99.63 |
1.0018 |
-0.0176 |
246 |
1 |
99.63 |
2009-10-10 |
| 89. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
109.60 |
1.0131 |
0.0732 |
245 |
1 |
109.60 |
2010-05-13 |
| 90. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
124.76 |
1.0672 |
0.1652 |
239 |
1 |
124.76 |
2010-09-07 |
| 91. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
84.56 |
1.0865 |
-0.2526 |
237 |
1 |
84.56 |
2009-06-28 |
| 92. |
I was assailed by memories of a life that wasn't mine anymor... |
106.36 |
1.0259 |
0.0276 |
237 |
1 |
106.36 |
2017-02-13 |
| 93. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
115.69 |
0.9852 |
0.1577 |
235 |
2 |
104.25 |
2009-10-29 |
| 94. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
77.62 |
1.0414 |
-0.2772 |
234 |
1 |
77.62 |
2009-06-26 |
| 95. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
102.36 |
0.9927 |
0.0150 |
234 |
2 |
97.15 |
2013-01-30 |
| 96. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
104.57 |
1.0403 |
-0.0090 |
234 |
3 |
92.59 |
2009-10-29 |
| 97. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
103.87 |
0.9948 |
0.0301 |
233 |
2 |
78.26 |
2009-09-30 |
| 98. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
90.05 |
1.1086 |
-0.2195 |
233 |
1 |
90.05 |
2009-10-10 |
| 99. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
109.17 |
1.0208 |
0.0578 |
231 |
3 |
101.68 |
2010-09-07 |
| 100. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
78.32 |
1.0576 |
-0.2883 |
231 |
1 |
78.32 |
2009-06-17 |
| 101. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
85.50 |
1.0466 |
-0.2035 |
230 |
1 |
85.50 |
2010-09-07 |
| 102. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
92.81 |
1.0561 |
-0.1419 |
227 |
2 |
84.90 |
2010-07-18 |
| 103. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
121.21 |
1.0585 |
0.1426 |
226 |
1 |
121.21 |
2010-09-07 |
| 104. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
85.65 |
1.0272 |
-0.1844 |
226 |
1 |
85.65 |
2009-10-21 |
| 105. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
115.21 |
1.0504 |
0.0902 |
225 |
1 |
115.21 |
2010-07-14 |
| 106. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
77.87 |
1.0194 |
-0.2539 |
224 |
1 |
77.87 |
2009-06-26 |
| 107. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
99.54 |
1.0086 |
-0.0299 |
218 |
2 |
89.00 |
2010-05-13 |
| 108. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
94.32 |
0.9931 |
-0.0659 |
218 |
1 |
94.32 |
2011-11-03 |
| 109. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
94.87 |
1.0418 |
-0.1044 |
214 |
3 |
82.55 |
2009-10-21 |
| 110. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
124.52 |
1.0800 |
0.1483 |
213 |
4 |
102.00 |
2009-10-13 |
| 111. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
92.34 |
0.9068 |
0.0027 |
212 |
2 |
83.84 |
2010-09-07 |
| 112. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
102.95 |
1.0845 |
-0.0687 |
212 |
1 |
102.95 |
2009-06-17 |
| 113. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
79.63 |
0.9346 |
-0.1524 |
211 |
1 |
79.63 |
2009-06-17 |
| 114. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
89.92 |
1.0881 |
-0.2046 |
210 |
3 |
86.97 |
2009-10-21 |
| 115. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
87.19 |
1.0640 |
-0.1980 |
210 |
1 |
87.19 |
2011-11-03 |
| 116. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
70.08 |
1.0178 |
-0.3293 |
207 |
1 |
70.08 |
2009-06-26 |
| 117. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
115.80 |
1.0479 |
0.0951 |
205 |
3 |
100.09 |
2009-10-29 |
| 118. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
159.40 |
1.0615 |
0.5133 |
201 |
2 |
130.94 |
2009-07-12 |
| 119. |
In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the ... |
113.31 |
1.0020 |
0.1180 |
201 |
1 |
113.31 |
2016-12-30 |
| 120. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
55.13 |
0.8964 |
-0.3576 |
199 |
1 |
55.13 |
2009-06-26 |
| 121. |
Silence fell between them, as tangible as the dark tree shad... |
105.54 |
1.0440 |
0.0037 |
199 |
1 |
105.54 |
2020-05-31 |
| 122. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
114.42 |
0.9377 |
0.2008 |
198 |
1 |
114.42 |
2013-02-01 |
| 123. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
80.84 |
0.9352 |
-0.1392 |
194 |
1 |
80.84 |
2009-06-17 |
| 124. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
79.10 |
0.9713 |
-0.1928 |
193 |
1 |
79.10 |
2009-06-17 |
| 125. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
122.95 |
1.0264 |
0.1850 |
191 |
1 |
122.95 |
2009-10-29 |
| 126. |
Oh, no, sir. I'm sorry, sir. I could never answer to a whist... |
106.97 |
0.9795 |
0.0914 |
190 |
1 |
106.97 |
2016-12-30 |
| 127. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
102.94 |
0.9422 |
0.0695 |
190 |
1 |
102.94 |
2010-05-13 |
| 128. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
97.28 |
1.0883 |
-0.1214 |
189 |
1 |
97.28 |
2010-07-18 |
| 129. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
68.21 |
0.9027 |
-0.2346 |
189 |
1 |
68.21 |
2009-06-26 |
| 130. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
89.76 |
1.0540 |
-0.1732 |
184 |
1 |
89.76 |
2009-09-30 |
| 131. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
98.16 |
1.0582 |
-0.0920 |
180 |
2 |
95.22 |
2009-10-13 |
| 132. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
79.47 |
1.0279 |
-0.2501 |
172 |
1 |
79.47 |
2009-06-17 |
| 133. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
112.13 |
1.0867 |
0.0170 |
171 |
4 |
100.07 |
2009-10-21 |
| 134. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
90.41 |
1.0042 |
-0.1158 |
168 |
1 |
90.41 |
2009-10-21 |
| 135. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
80.52 |
0.9974 |
-0.2073 |
163 |
1 |
80.52 |
2009-06-17 |
| 136. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
85.21 |
0.9791 |
-0.1451 |
154 |
1 |
85.21 |
2009-10-21 |
| 137. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
87.49 |
1.0472 |
-0.1903 |
149 |
2 |
84.09 |
2009-06-26 |
| 138. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
87.67 |
0.9807 |
-0.1273 |
129 |
2 |
78.10 |
2009-10-21 |
| 139. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
110.17 |
1.0877 |
-0.0025 |
129 |
1 |
110.17 |
2009-06-28 |
| 140. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
106.96 |
1.0476 |
-0.0003 |
110 |
1 |
106.96 |
2009-10-21 |