| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
126.40 |
0.9631 |
0.5926 |
345 |
1 |
126.40 |
2021-05-01 |
| 2. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
121.45 |
1.0073 |
0.4529 |
369 |
2 |
105.00 |
2021-05-01 |
| 3. |
Maybe someday we can talk about our past and we can talk abo... |
108.97 |
1.0646 |
0.2434 |
162 |
1 |
108.97 |
2021-05-01 |
| 4. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
105.70 |
1.1018 |
0.1664 |
220 |
2 |
104.79 |
2009-01-05 |
| 5. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
101.48 |
1.0528 |
0.1632 |
201 |
2 |
88.71 |
2010-07-25 |
| 6. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
100.78 |
1.0486 |
0.1606 |
289 |
1 |
100.78 |
2009-01-05 |
| 7. |
The rain fell slow, down on all the roofs of uncertainty. I ... |
98.27 |
1.0467 |
0.1325 |
204 |
1 |
98.27 |
2021-05-01 |
| 8. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
97.99 |
1.0033 |
0.1711 |
189 |
2 |
86.48 |
2009-01-05 |
| 9. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
97.40 |
1.0292 |
0.1385 |
262 |
1 |
97.40 |
2009-01-06 |
| 10. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
97.38 |
1.0016 |
0.1667 |
218 |
2 |
89.80 |
2009-01-04 |
| 11. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
97.05 |
1.0034 |
0.1607 |
302 |
1 |
97.05 |
2009-01-16 |
| 12. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
96.34 |
1.0297 |
0.1255 |
249 |
1 |
96.34 |
2009-01-05 |
| 13. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
96.31 |
1.0515 |
0.1033 |
250 |
3 |
88.79 |
2009-04-18 |
| 14. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
96.01 |
1.0168 |
0.1337 |
271 |
1 |
96.01 |
2009-01-06 |
| 15. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
95.84 |
1.0013 |
0.1488 |
273 |
3 |
87.17 |
2009-07-07 |
| 16. |
She may be the beauty or the beast. May be the famine or the... |
95.82 |
1.0221 |
0.1288 |
227 |
1 |
95.82 |
2021-05-01 |
| 17. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
95.41 |
1.0252 |
0.1182 |
176 |
2 |
87.42 |
2009-01-05 |
| 18. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
95.21 |
1.0167 |
0.1264 |
378 |
1 |
95.21 |
2009-01-04 |
| 19. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
95.20 |
1.0213 |
0.1198 |
240 |
2 |
91.76 |
2009-07-07 |
| 20. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
94.76 |
0.9772 |
0.1595 |
217 |
1 |
94.76 |
2009-02-07 |
| 21. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
93.77 |
0.9991 |
0.1257 |
225 |
1 |
93.77 |
2009-01-04 |
| 22. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
93.54 |
0.9527 |
0.1692 |
251 |
2 |
89.46 |
2009-01-16 |
| 23. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
93.34 |
0.9763 |
0.1429 |
289 |
2 |
83.10 |
2009-01-16 |
| 24. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
93.13 |
1.0095 |
0.1075 |
316 |
1 |
93.13 |
2009-04-18 |
| 25. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
92.95 |
0.9754 |
0.1408 |
362 |
1 |
92.95 |
2009-04-18 |
| 26. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
91.98 |
1.0613 |
0.0419 |
266 |
1 |
91.98 |
2009-01-16 |
| 27. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
91.43 |
1.0668 |
0.0298 |
350 |
1 |
91.43 |
2009-01-05 |
| 28. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
91.04 |
1.0218 |
0.0686 |
268 |
1 |
91.04 |
2009-01-04 |
| 29. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
90.91 |
1.0029 |
0.0869 |
209 |
3 |
88.39 |
2009-01-06 |
| 30. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
90.85 |
0.9553 |
0.1361 |
430 |
2 |
84.58 |
2009-01-04 |
| 31. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
90.77 |
1.0462 |
0.0415 |
184 |
1 |
90.77 |
2009-01-03 |
| 32. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
90.64 |
0.9899 |
0.0965 |
163 |
2 |
85.01 |
2009-07-07 |
| 33. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
90.63 |
1.0529 |
0.0338 |
351 |
1 |
90.63 |
2009-01-03 |
| 34. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
90.59 |
0.9619 |
0.1260 |
393 |
1 |
90.59 |
2009-07-07 |
| 35. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
90.55 |
0.9540 |
0.1324 |
285 |
1 |
90.55 |
2009-01-16 |
| 36. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
90.16 |
1.0417 |
0.0394 |
253 |
1 |
90.16 |
2009-01-04 |
| 37. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
89.86 |
1.0555 |
0.0217 |
363 |
1 |
89.86 |
2009-01-05 |
| 38. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
89.85 |
1.0289 |
0.0493 |
276 |
1 |
89.85 |
2009-01-05 |
| 39. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
89.81 |
1.1016 |
-0.0247 |
233 |
1 |
89.81 |
2009-04-18 |
| 40. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
88.85 |
1.0296 |
0.0361 |
437 |
1 |
88.85 |
2009-01-03 |
| 41. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
88.76 |
0.9936 |
0.0706 |
311 |
2 |
83.98 |
2009-01-16 |
| 42. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
87.35 |
0.9023 |
0.1821 |
231 |
1 |
87.35 |
2010-07-25 |
| 43. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
86.98 |
1.0025 |
0.0396 |
336 |
1 |
86.98 |
2009-04-18 |
| 44. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
86.58 |
0.9780 |
0.0600 |
337 |
2 |
75.69 |
2009-04-18 |
| 45. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
86.41 |
1.0062 |
0.0299 |
288 |
1 |
86.41 |
2009-01-03 |
| 46. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
85.88 |
0.9309 |
0.0985 |
284 |
1 |
85.88 |
2008-12-28 |
| 47. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
85.84 |
0.9614 |
0.0687 |
292 |
1 |
85.84 |
2009-04-18 |
| 48. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
85.75 |
1.0788 |
-0.0518 |
171 |
2 |
83.35 |
2009-07-07 |
| 49. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
85.73 |
0.9653 |
0.0644 |
394 |
1 |
85.73 |
2009-01-16 |
| 50. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
85.61 |
0.9601 |
0.0674 |
308 |
1 |
85.61 |
2009-01-04 |
| 51. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
85.00 |
1.0419 |
-0.0240 |
261 |
3 |
82.88 |
2009-01-16 |
| 52. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
84.85 |
0.9697 |
0.0478 |
249 |
1 |
84.85 |
2008-12-28 |
| 53. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
84.67 |
1.0251 |
-0.0115 |
261 |
1 |
84.67 |
2009-01-06 |
| 54. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
84.55 |
0.9064 |
0.1090 |
399 |
1 |
84.55 |
2009-01-04 |
| 55. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
84.51 |
1.0619 |
-0.0487 |
354 |
1 |
84.51 |
2009-01-03 |
| 56. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
84.25 |
0.9710 |
0.0388 |
173 |
2 |
83.99 |
2009-01-06 |
| 57. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
83.99 |
1.0696 |
-0.0640 |
226 |
1 |
83.99 |
2009-01-04 |
| 58. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
83.62 |
0.9758 |
0.0265 |
314 |
2 |
77.86 |
2009-01-05 |
| 59. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
83.39 |
0.8753 |
0.1270 |
427 |
2 |
76.25 |
2009-07-07 |
| 60. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
83.12 |
1.0399 |
-0.0432 |
294 |
3 |
79.74 |
2009-01-03 |
| 61. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
82.93 |
0.9164 |
0.0781 |
305 |
1 |
82.93 |
2009-01-05 |
| 62. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
82.77 |
0.8811 |
0.1144 |
239 |
1 |
82.77 |
2008-12-28 |
| 63. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
82.75 |
1.0390 |
-0.0492 |
205 |
2 |
82.34 |
2009-01-03 |
| 64. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
82.24 |
1.0368 |
-0.0507 |
276 |
1 |
82.24 |
2008-12-23 |
| 65. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
82.13 |
0.9084 |
0.0767 |
404 |
2 |
73.57 |
2009-01-06 |
| 66. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
81.64 |
0.9339 |
0.0451 |
310 |
1 |
81.64 |
2008-12-28 |
| 67. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
81.44 |
1.0201 |
-0.0441 |
303 |
1 |
81.44 |
2009-01-04 |
| 68. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
81.33 |
0.9109 |
0.0653 |
401 |
1 |
81.33 |
2008-12-23 |
| 69. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
81.13 |
1.0189 |
-0.0462 |
337 |
1 |
81.13 |
2009-01-16 |
| 70. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
80.70 |
0.9266 |
0.0407 |
267 |
1 |
80.70 |
2008-12-28 |
| 71. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
80.48 |
0.9681 |
-0.0023 |
378 |
1 |
80.48 |
2009-01-06 |
| 72. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
80.22 |
1.0391 |
-0.0768 |
358 |
1 |
80.22 |
2009-01-03 |
| 73. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
79.54 |
1.0799 |
-0.1274 |
243 |
1 |
79.54 |
2008-12-23 |
| 74. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
79.54 |
0.8996 |
0.0529 |
192 |
3 |
68.65 |
2009-01-03 |
| 75. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
79.52 |
0.9074 |
0.0478 |
396 |
1 |
79.52 |
2009-01-06 |
| 76. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
79.19 |
1.0068 |
-0.0578 |
358 |
1 |
79.19 |
2009-01-06 |
| 77. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
78.96 |
0.9513 |
-0.0045 |
354 |
1 |
78.96 |
2009-01-06 |
| 78. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
78.49 |
1.0389 |
-0.0989 |
340 |
1 |
78.49 |
2009-01-04 |
| 79. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
78.16 |
0.9843 |
-0.0494 |
234 |
1 |
78.16 |
2009-01-16 |
| 80. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
78.14 |
0.8553 |
0.0807 |
174 |
1 |
78.14 |
2009-01-04 |
| 81. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
78.00 |
0.8981 |
0.0385 |
393 |
1 |
78.00 |
2009-01-04 |
| 82. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
77.36 |
1.0352 |
-0.1083 |
341 |
1 |
77.36 |
2008-12-23 |
| 83. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
77.28 |
0.9567 |
-0.0304 |
273 |
1 |
77.28 |
2008-12-28 |
| 84. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
76.71 |
0.9286 |
-0.0094 |
194 |
1 |
76.71 |
2009-01-03 |
| 85. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
76.55 |
0.9905 |
-0.0727 |
377 |
1 |
76.55 |
2009-01-05 |
| 86. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
76.45 |
0.8916 |
0.0241 |
216 |
1 |
76.45 |
2009-01-03 |
| 87. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
76.40 |
0.9866 |
-0.0710 |
218 |
1 |
76.40 |
2009-01-05 |
| 88. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
76.36 |
0.9411 |
-0.0252 |
318 |
1 |
76.36 |
2009-01-06 |
| 89. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
76.24 |
1.0263 |
-0.1131 |
267 |
1 |
76.24 |
2009-01-16 |
| 90. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
76.16 |
1.0183 |
-0.1072 |
191 |
2 |
71.29 |
2009-01-16 |
| 91. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
76.04 |
0.9557 |
-0.0432 |
331 |
1 |
76.04 |
2009-01-03 |
| 92. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
76.01 |
0.9485 |
-0.0368 |
236 |
1 |
76.01 |
2008-12-23 |
| 93. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
74.79 |
0.8595 |
0.0370 |
242 |
1 |
74.79 |
2009-01-16 |
| 94. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
73.99 |
1.0498 |
-0.1652 |
180 |
1 |
73.99 |
2009-01-06 |
| 95. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
73.65 |
0.9965 |
-0.1153 |
168 |
2 |
68.63 |
2009-01-03 |
| 96. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
73.56 |
0.9532 |
-0.0716 |
258 |
1 |
73.56 |
2008-12-28 |
| 97. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
73.21 |
0.9570 |
-0.0796 |
287 |
1 |
73.21 |
2008-12-28 |
| 98. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
72.54 |
0.9785 |
-0.1087 |
335 |
2 |
72.18 |
2009-01-16 |
| 99. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
71.75 |
0.9964 |
-0.1374 |
203 |
1 |
71.75 |
2008-12-28 |
| 100. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
71.74 |
0.9202 |
-0.0607 |
254 |
1 |
71.74 |
2009-01-16 |
| 101. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
70.49 |
0.9049 |
-0.0594 |
351 |
1 |
70.49 |
2009-01-03 |
| 102. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
70.12 |
0.8933 |
-0.0523 |
363 |
1 |
70.12 |
2009-01-04 |
| 103. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
69.88 |
0.9234 |
-0.0850 |
346 |
1 |
69.88 |
2008-12-23 |
| 104. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
69.39 |
0.8852 |
-0.0539 |
201 |
1 |
69.39 |
2009-01-03 |
| 105. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
68.37 |
0.9275 |
-0.1095 |
211 |
1 |
68.37 |
2009-01-03 |
| 106. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
67.38 |
0.9572 |
-0.1489 |
201 |
1 |
67.38 |
2008-12-28 |
| 107. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
67.03 |
0.9342 |
-0.1310 |
434 |
1 |
67.03 |
2009-01-03 |
| 108. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
67.02 |
0.8382 |
-0.0349 |
268 |
1 |
67.02 |
2009-01-03 |
| 109. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
66.80 |
0.8890 |
-0.0902 |
199 |
1 |
66.80 |
2009-01-03 |
| 110. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
65.73 |
0.8722 |
-0.0845 |
285 |
1 |
65.73 |
2009-01-03 |
| 111. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
61.45 |
0.7876 |
-0.0507 |
316 |
1 |
61.45 |
2008-12-28 |
| 112. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
28.38 |
0.9646 |
-0.6284 |
264 |
1 |
28.38 |
2008-12-28 |