| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
84.08 |
1.0800 |
0.1362 |
213 |
2 |
80.70 |
2012-10-03 |
| 2. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
83.09 |
1.0476 |
0.1474 |
110 |
1 |
83.09 |
2015-11-25 |
| 3. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
82.03 |
1.0479 |
0.1398 |
205 |
2 |
81.34 |
2012-11-17 |
| 4. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
80.58 |
1.0033 |
0.1650 |
203 |
1 |
80.58 |
2012-10-05 |
| 5. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
80.29 |
1.1095 |
0.0567 |
252 |
1 |
80.29 |
2012-10-04 |
| 6. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
80.11 |
1.0777 |
0.0816 |
226 |
2 |
77.72 |
2012-11-17 |
| 7. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
80.00 |
1.0755 |
0.0847 |
243 |
3 |
76.15 |
2012-11-17 |
| 8. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
79.96 |
0.9243 |
0.2347 |
231 |
1 |
79.96 |
2012-10-01 |
| 9. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
79.72 |
1.0272 |
0.1264 |
226 |
1 |
79.72 |
2012-10-05 |
| 10. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
79.04 |
1.0601 |
0.0825 |
256 |
1 |
79.04 |
2012-10-06 |
| 11. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
78.33 |
0.9644 |
0.1741 |
398 |
1 |
78.33 |
2012-11-17 |
| 12. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
78.22 |
0.9801 |
0.1617 |
282 |
1 |
78.22 |
2012-10-06 |
| 13. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
78.19 |
1.0086 |
0.1203 |
218 |
1 |
78.19 |
2012-10-03 |
| 14. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
77.99 |
1.0036 |
0.1278 |
277 |
2 |
73.98 |
2012-10-04 |
| 15. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
77.62 |
0.9316 |
0.1954 |
188 |
2 |
54.04 |
2012-10-09 |
| 16. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
77.61 |
1.0128 |
0.1190 |
369 |
1 |
77.61 |
2012-10-03 |
| 17. |
As customers of all races, nationalities, and cultures visit... |
77.49 |
0.9706 |
0.1647 |
353 |
1 |
77.49 |
2012-10-05 |
| 18. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
77.27 |
1.0676 |
0.0575 |
456 |
1 |
77.27 |
2012-10-05 |
| 19. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
77.25 |
1.0287 |
0.0901 |
269 |
1 |
77.25 |
2012-09-09 |
| 20. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
77.20 |
1.0418 |
0.0778 |
214 |
2 |
72.83 |
2012-10-06 |
| 21. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
77.08 |
0.9873 |
0.1283 |
274 |
3 |
72.70 |
2012-10-17 |
| 22. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
76.44 |
0.9538 |
0.1544 |
276 |
1 |
76.44 |
2012-10-01 |
| 23. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
76.22 |
1.0178 |
0.0848 |
207 |
2 |
71.86 |
2012-10-04 |
| 24. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
76.03 |
1.0181 |
0.0848 |
276 |
1 |
76.03 |
2012-10-04 |
| 25. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
75.71 |
0.9681 |
0.1348 |
392 |
2 |
69.32 |
2012-10-04 |
| 26. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
75.35 |
1.0067 |
0.0991 |
422 |
1 |
75.35 |
2012-10-04 |
| 27. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
74.81 |
0.9368 |
0.1401 |
176 |
2 |
68.76 |
2012-10-04 |
| 28. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
74.53 |
1.0131 |
0.0701 |
245 |
1 |
74.53 |
2012-11-17 |
| 29. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
74.47 |
0.9809 |
0.0942 |
209 |
1 |
74.47 |
2012-10-04 |
| 30. |
Don't practice too much at first, or you're likely to develo... |
74.27 |
0.9931 |
0.0958 |
381 |
1 |
74.27 |
2012-09-25 |
| 31. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
74.25 |
0.9609 |
0.1199 |
331 |
1 |
74.25 |
2012-10-04 |
| 32. |
His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly... |
74.00 |
1.0379 |
0.0306 |
172 |
1 |
74.00 |
2012-10-17 |
| 33. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
73.98 |
0.9791 |
0.0859 |
154 |
1 |
73.98 |
2012-10-06 |
| 34. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
73.77 |
1.0567 |
0.0120 |
314 |
1 |
73.77 |
2012-10-05 |
| 35. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
73.27 |
0.9468 |
0.1146 |
318 |
1 |
73.27 |
2012-10-09 |
| 36. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
73.26 |
0.9931 |
0.0728 |
339 |
2 |
68.85 |
2012-10-04 |
| 37. |
You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the ... |
73.17 |
1.0741 |
-0.0025 |
317 |
1 |
73.17 |
2015-11-25 |
| 38. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
73.01 |
0.9809 |
0.0844 |
250 |
1 |
73.01 |
2012-09-09 |
| 39. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
72.96 |
0.9637 |
0.1057 |
342 |
2 |
68.76 |
2012-10-06 |
| 40. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
72.83 |
1.0883 |
-0.0264 |
189 |
1 |
72.83 |
2012-10-04 |
| 41. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
72.74 |
0.9703 |
0.0903 |
394 |
2 |
71.16 |
2012-10-06 |
| 42. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
72.62 |
1.0403 |
0.0101 |
234 |
1 |
72.62 |
2012-10-06 |
| 43. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
72.59 |
0.9070 |
0.1399 |
192 |
1 |
72.59 |
2012-10-04 |
| 44. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
72.57 |
0.9909 |
0.0647 |
334 |
1 |
72.57 |
2012-10-05 |
| 45. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
72.49 |
1.0543 |
-0.0074 |
182 |
1 |
72.49 |
2012-10-06 |
| 46. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
72.31 |
0.9183 |
0.1303 |
308 |
1 |
72.31 |
2012-10-06 |
| 47. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
72.28 |
0.9451 |
0.1102 |
419 |
1 |
72.28 |
2012-10-01 |
| 48. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
72.25 |
0.9841 |
0.0595 |
217 |
2 |
70.24 |
2012-09-26 |
| 49. |
At the very end of these food chains (which is to say, at th... |
72.17 |
0.8236 |
0.2156 |
178 |
1 |
72.17 |
2012-10-09 |
| 50. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
71.63 |
1.0881 |
-0.0541 |
210 |
1 |
71.63 |
2012-10-04 |
| 51. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
71.51 |
1.0682 |
-0.0312 |
266 |
1 |
71.51 |
2012-09-29 |
| 52. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
70.42 |
0.9374 |
0.0852 |
232 |
2 |
67.19 |
2012-10-04 |
| 53. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
70.05 |
0.9854 |
0.0307 |
174 |
1 |
70.05 |
2012-10-17 |
| 54. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
70.04 |
0.8981 |
0.1256 |
255 |
2 |
60.43 |
2012-09-29 |
| 55. |
The day is made up of 24 hours and an infinite number of mom... |
69.71 |
1.0577 |
-0.0419 |
200 |
1 |
69.71 |
2019-06-22 |
| 56. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
69.52 |
1.0291 |
-0.0241 |
240 |
1 |
69.52 |
2012-10-04 |
| 57. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
69.38 |
0.9400 |
0.0678 |
434 |
2 |
67.69 |
2012-10-05 |
| 58. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
69.18 |
0.9541 |
0.0486 |
236 |
1 |
69.18 |
2012-09-26 |
| 59. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
68.94 |
0.9424 |
0.0592 |
320 |
1 |
68.94 |
2012-10-04 |
| 60. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
68.88 |
1.0039 |
-0.0001 |
255 |
1 |
68.88 |
2012-10-05 |
| 61. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
68.82 |
1.0350 |
-0.0236 |
416 |
1 |
68.82 |
2012-09-26 |
| 62. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
68.67 |
1.0639 |
-0.0680 |
303 |
1 |
68.67 |
2012-09-29 |
| 63. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
68.62 |
0.9673 |
0.0308 |
393 |
1 |
68.62 |
2012-10-03 |
| 64. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
68.35 |
1.0521 |
-0.0677 |
197 |
1 |
68.35 |
2012-09-25 |
| 65. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
68.10 |
0.9434 |
0.0474 |
367 |
1 |
68.10 |
2012-10-04 |
| 66. |
My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in li... |
67.70 |
1.0141 |
-0.0258 |
258 |
1 |
67.70 |
2019-05-14 |
| 67. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
67.61 |
0.9244 |
0.0598 |
225 |
1 |
67.61 |
2012-10-06 |
| 68. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
67.42 |
0.9136 |
0.0660 |
348 |
1 |
67.42 |
2012-10-01 |
| 69. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
67.08 |
1.0101 |
-0.0368 |
336 |
1 |
67.08 |
2012-10-04 |
| 70. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
66.72 |
0.9849 |
-0.0176 |
337 |
2 |
63.97 |
2012-10-06 |
| 71. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
66.65 |
0.9948 |
-0.0304 |
233 |
1 |
66.65 |
2012-11-17 |
| 72. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
66.34 |
0.9402 |
0.0185 |
310 |
1 |
66.34 |
2012-09-29 |
| 73. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
66.29 |
1.0095 |
-0.0512 |
211 |
1 |
66.29 |
2012-10-04 |
| 74. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
66.18 |
0.9839 |
-0.0257 |
308 |
1 |
66.18 |
2012-10-06 |
| 75. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
66.09 |
0.9271 |
0.0296 |
295 |
1 |
66.09 |
2012-09-09 |
| 76. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
66.01 |
0.9932 |
-0.0299 |
281 |
1 |
66.01 |
2012-10-03 |
| 77. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
65.80 |
1.0408 |
-0.0805 |
257 |
1 |
65.80 |
2012-10-03 |
| 78. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
65.27 |
0.9561 |
-0.0096 |
362 |
1 |
65.27 |
2015-11-25 |
| 79. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
64.88 |
0.9403 |
0.0116 |
345 |
1 |
64.88 |
2012-10-17 |
| 80. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
64.71 |
0.9909 |
-0.0491 |
293 |
1 |
64.71 |
2012-10-06 |
| 81. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
64.50 |
0.9844 |
-0.0386 |
351 |
1 |
64.50 |
2012-10-04 |
| 82. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
64.49 |
1.0753 |
-0.1347 |
206 |
2 |
61.40 |
2012-10-03 |
| 83. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
64.28 |
1.0074 |
-0.0626 |
410 |
1 |
64.28 |
2012-09-29 |
| 84. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
64.10 |
1.0792 |
-0.1464 |
251 |
1 |
64.10 |
2012-10-06 |
| 85. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
64.03 |
1.0411 |
-0.1124 |
341 |
1 |
64.03 |
2012-10-04 |
| 86. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
63.95 |
1.0466 |
-0.1212 |
230 |
1 |
63.95 |
2012-09-29 |
| 87. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
63.07 |
1.0063 |
-0.0885 |
293 |
1 |
63.07 |
2012-09-29 |
| 88. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
62.93 |
1.0588 |
-0.1482 |
281 |
1 |
62.93 |
2015-11-25 |
| 89. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
62.93 |
0.9145 |
-0.0005 |
404 |
1 |
62.93 |
2012-09-25 |
| 90. |
Corn is what feeds the steer that becomes the steak. Corn fe... |
62.80 |
0.9775 |
-0.0551 |
473 |
1 |
62.80 |
2012-09-29 |
| 91. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
62.53 |
0.9594 |
-0.0562 |
258 |
1 |
62.53 |
2012-09-26 |
| 92. |
You think cooking is a cute job, huh? Like mommy in the kitc... |
62.44 |
1.0197 |
-0.1071 |
356 |
1 |
62.44 |
2015-11-25 |
| 93. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
62.40 |
0.9346 |
-0.0341 |
211 |
1 |
62.40 |
2012-09-29 |
| 94. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
62.12 |
1.0791 |
-0.1748 |
259 |
1 |
62.12 |
2012-09-09 |
| 95. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
61.64 |
0.8474 |
0.0452 |
265 |
1 |
61.64 |
2012-09-09 |
| 96. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
61.03 |
1.0188 |
-0.1261 |
316 |
1 |
61.03 |
2012-09-29 |
| 97. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
60.47 |
1.0392 |
-0.1592 |
258 |
1 |
60.47 |
2012-10-04 |
| 98. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
60.43 |
0.9332 |
-0.0574 |
295 |
1 |
60.43 |
2012-10-09 |
| 99. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
60.34 |
1.0332 |
-0.1610 |
267 |
1 |
60.34 |
2012-09-29 |
| 100. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
59.30 |
0.8913 |
-0.0315 |
201 |
1 |
59.30 |
2012-09-29 |
| 101. |
It's a funny thing, but people mostly have it backward. They... |
59.19 |
1.0677 |
-0.2132 |
173 |
1 |
59.19 |
2015-11-25 |
| 102. |
When I close my eyes, I am at the center of the sun. And I c... |
58.79 |
1.0603 |
-0.2103 |
113 |
1 |
58.79 |
2015-11-25 |
| 103. |
Don't bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everythin... |
58.45 |
0.9936 |
-0.1636 |
240 |
1 |
58.45 |
2015-11-25 |
| 104. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
56.32 |
0.9530 |
-0.1424 |
193 |
1 |
56.32 |
2012-10-06 |
| 105. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
55.99 |
0.9101 |
-0.0962 |
351 |
1 |
55.99 |
2012-09-29 |
| 106. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
55.62 |
0.8328 |
-0.0244 |
343 |
1 |
55.62 |
2012-10-04 |
| 107. |
We often believe the more we practice a skill or technique -... |
55.27 |
0.9743 |
-0.1637 |
397 |
1 |
55.27 |
2012-10-04 |
| 108. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
54.74 |
1.0511 |
-0.2580 |
252 |
1 |
54.74 |
2012-09-29 |
| 109. |
One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the av... |
52.22 |
0.9278 |
-0.1718 |
253 |
1 |
52.22 |
2012-09-08 |
| 110. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
51.79 |
1.0106 |
-0.2628 |
302 |
1 |
51.79 |
2015-11-25 |
| 111. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
51.38 |
0.8986 |
-0.1552 |
216 |
1 |
51.38 |
2015-11-25 |
| 112. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
29.49 |
0.9631 |
-0.5397 |
273 |
1 |
29.49 |
2012-10-01 |
| 113. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
28.70 |
1.1086 |
-0.6966 |
233 |
1 |
28.70 |
2012-10-04 |