Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
77.74 |
0.8867 |
0.8536 |
163 |
1 |
77.74 |
2015-12-25 |
2. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
69.96 |
1.0462 |
0.5070 |
184 |
1 |
69.96 |
2016-02-20 |
3. |
Don't tell me what's in, don't tell me how to write, don't t... |
67.14 |
1.0695 |
0.4249 |
183 |
1 |
67.14 |
2015-08-14 |
4. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
66.91 |
0.8559 |
0.6355 |
191 |
1 |
66.91 |
2015-12-25 |
5. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
66.04 |
1.0608 |
0.4434 |
258 |
1 |
66.04 |
2015-08-19 |
6. |
And when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn ... |
65.22 |
1.0602 |
0.3961 |
389 |
1 |
65.22 |
2015-08-14 |
7. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
65.02 |
1.0528 |
0.3904 |
201 |
1 |
65.02 |
2016-10-28 |
8. |
First of all, you must be comfortable, otherwise it will be ... |
63.84 |
0.9831 |
0.4352 |
222 |
1 |
63.84 |
2015-08-14 |
9. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
63.68 |
1.0419 |
0.3757 |
261 |
1 |
63.68 |
2015-08-14 |
10. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
63.10 |
1.0038 |
0.4313 |
237 |
2 |
54.18 |
2014-07-28 |
11. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
61.90 |
1.1016 |
0.2762 |
233 |
1 |
61.90 |
2014-03-31 |
12. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
61.88 |
1.0767 |
0.2983 |
212 |
1 |
61.88 |
2014-03-31 |
13. |
If you spend too much time trying to find out what is good o... |
61.68 |
1.0120 |
0.3581 |
196 |
1 |
61.68 |
2015-08-19 |
14. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
61.06 |
0.8670 |
0.4971 |
318 |
2 |
50.31 |
2015-08-14 |
15. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
60.91 |
1.0398 |
0.3050 |
110 |
1 |
60.91 |
2014-07-28 |
16. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
60.90 |
1.0399 |
0.3208 |
294 |
1 |
60.90 |
2014-07-28 |
17. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
60.45 |
1.0261 |
0.3172 |
273 |
1 |
60.45 |
2015-10-29 |
18. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
60.44 |
0.9843 |
0.3558 |
234 |
1 |
60.44 |
2014-03-31 |
19. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
58.00 |
0.9946 |
0.2955 |
246 |
1 |
58.00 |
2014-03-31 |
20. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
57.97 |
0.9729 |
0.3167 |
255 |
1 |
57.97 |
2014-03-31 |
21. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
57.40 |
0.9365 |
0.3418 |
248 |
1 |
57.40 |
2015-08-14 |
22. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
57.04 |
1.0083 |
0.3047 |
273 |
1 |
57.04 |
2015-10-29 |
23. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
56.52 |
0.8070 |
0.4478 |
167 |
1 |
56.52 |
2015-12-25 |
24. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
55.21 |
1.0972 |
0.1599 |
251 |
1 |
55.21 |
2012-05-20 |
25. |
I believe in love, and I know that you do too. And I believe... |
55.09 |
1.0384 |
0.1764 |
183 |
1 |
55.09 |
2012-05-20 |
26. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
52.59 |
0.9572 |
0.2100 |
201 |
1 |
52.59 |
2012-05-20 |
27. |
He implies there is a correlation between his daily work and... |
52.35 |
0.9706 |
0.1967 |
216 |
1 |
52.35 |
2012-01-16 |
28. |
Paranoia is a survival trait when you run in my circles. It ... |
52.20 |
1.0153 |
0.1493 |
261 |
1 |
52.20 |
2015-08-14 |
29. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
51.65 |
0.8958 |
0.2566 |
322 |
1 |
51.65 |
2012-05-20 |
30. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
51.62 |
0.8791 |
0.2668 |
190 |
1 |
51.62 |
2014-07-10 |
31. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
51.60 |
1.1022 |
0.0792 |
259 |
1 |
51.60 |
2012-04-19 |
32. |
I leave you with photographs, pictures of trickery, and stai... |
50.96 |
0.9016 |
0.2383 |
192 |
1 |
50.96 |
2014-07-10 |
33. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
50.51 |
0.9468 |
0.1750 |
276 |
2 |
47.68 |
2015-08-14 |
34. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
49.99 |
1.0567 |
0.0544 |
303 |
1 |
49.99 |
2012-05-20 |
35. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
49.97 |
1.0346 |
0.1171 |
244 |
1 |
49.97 |
2012-05-20 |
36. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
49.94 |
0.9916 |
0.1601 |
282 |
1 |
49.94 |
2012-01-17 |
37. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
49.71 |
0.9340 |
0.1694 |
296 |
2 |
41.26 |
2014-07-10 |
38. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
49.68 |
1.0375 |
0.1115 |
200 |
1 |
49.68 |
2012-01-17 |
39. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
49.63 |
1.0213 |
0.0777 |
240 |
1 |
49.63 |
2014-07-10 |
40. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
49.54 |
1.0390 |
0.0573 |
205 |
1 |
49.54 |
2012-04-20 |
41. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
49.31 |
1.0531 |
0.0800 |
272 |
1 |
49.31 |
2012-05-20 |
42. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
49.03 |
1.0485 |
0.0746 |
153 |
2 |
44.80 |
2012-01-17 |
43. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
48.92 |
1.0352 |
0.0537 |
341 |
1 |
48.92 |
2012-03-04 |
44. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
48.84 |
0.9865 |
0.0990 |
276 |
1 |
48.84 |
2012-01-17 |
45. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
48.81 |
1.0183 |
0.0600 |
191 |
2 |
38.81 |
2012-02-26 |
46. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
48.43 |
0.9846 |
0.0891 |
281 |
1 |
48.43 |
2012-05-20 |
47. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
48.35 |
0.9740 |
0.0953 |
209 |
1 |
48.35 |
2012-05-20 |
48. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
47.33 |
0.9049 |
0.1510 |
351 |
1 |
47.33 |
2012-05-20 |
49. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
47.04 |
0.9196 |
0.1258 |
148 |
1 |
47.04 |
2011-09-25 |
50. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
46.77 |
0.9529 |
0.1254 |
269 |
1 |
46.77 |
2012-05-20 |
51. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
46.51 |
0.9792 |
0.0911 |
265 |
1 |
46.51 |
2012-01-17 |
52. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
46.44 |
1.0214 |
0.0514 |
281 |
1 |
46.44 |
2012-01-03 |
53. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
46.23 |
1.0203 |
0.0085 |
261 |
1 |
46.23 |
2012-05-20 |
54. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
46.04 |
0.9048 |
0.1209 |
271 |
3 |
36.30 |
2012-05-20 |
55. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
45.75 |
0.9461 |
0.0684 |
276 |
2 |
38.57 |
2012-05-20 |
56. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
45.47 |
0.9665 |
0.0914 |
326 |
1 |
45.47 |
2012-01-17 |
57. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
45.28 |
0.9342 |
0.0740 |
434 |
1 |
45.28 |
2012-05-08 |
58. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
45.04 |
0.9234 |
0.0808 |
346 |
1 |
45.04 |
2012-01-17 |
59. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
44.87 |
1.0797 |
-0.0901 |
210 |
1 |
44.87 |
2011-08-26 |
60. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
44.85 |
0.9411 |
0.0544 |
318 |
1 |
44.85 |
2012-01-03 |
61. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
44.64 |
0.8996 |
0.0849 |
192 |
1 |
44.64 |
2012-05-20 |
62. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
44.27 |
1.0292 |
-0.0489 |
262 |
2 |
39.40 |
2012-01-16 |
63. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
43.79 |
1.0417 |
-0.0735 |
253 |
1 |
43.79 |
2011-09-25 |
64. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
43.63 |
1.0796 |
-0.1175 |
129 |
2 |
41.72 |
2011-07-18 |
65. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
42.84 |
1.0296 |
-0.0737 |
437 |
1 |
42.84 |
2012-01-17 |
66. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
42.64 |
0.9855 |
-0.0071 |
258 |
1 |
42.64 |
2012-01-16 |
67. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
42.32 |
1.0506 |
-0.0842 |
277 |
1 |
42.32 |
2012-05-20 |
68. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
42.08 |
0.9263 |
0.0097 |
188 |
1 |
42.08 |
2011-09-25 |
69. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
41.88 |
1.0343 |
-0.0691 |
242 |
1 |
41.88 |
2011-07-18 |
70. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
40.94 |
0.9646 |
-0.0587 |
264 |
1 |
40.94 |
2011-09-25 |
71. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
40.61 |
0.9722 |
-0.0708 |
283 |
1 |
40.61 |
2011-07-18 |
72. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
40.30 |
0.9068 |
-0.0117 |
269 |
2 |
38.73 |
2011-06-29 |
73. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
40.07 |
1.0396 |
-0.1594 |
149 |
1 |
40.07 |
2011-07-07 |
74. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
39.87 |
1.1114 |
-0.2316 |
247 |
1 |
39.87 |
2011-06-27 |
75. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
39.70 |
0.8125 |
0.0696 |
197 |
1 |
39.70 |
2011-06-27 |
76. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
39.58 |
0.9785 |
-0.0992 |
335 |
1 |
39.58 |
2011-07-07 |
77. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
39.51 |
0.9068 |
-0.0340 |
225 |
1 |
39.51 |
2012-01-03 |
78. |
I'll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. They ... |
39.07 |
0.9774 |
-0.1139 |
196 |
1 |
39.07 |
2012-01-17 |
79. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
38.54 |
0.9540 |
-0.1032 |
285 |
1 |
38.54 |
2011-06-29 |
80. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
37.95 |
1.0029 |
-0.1697 |
209 |
1 |
37.95 |
2011-06-19 |
81. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
37.94 |
0.8602 |
-0.0227 |
206 |
1 |
37.94 |
2012-01-17 |
82. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
37.61 |
0.9758 |
-0.1431 |
314 |
1 |
37.61 |
2011-06-30 |
83. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
36.70 |
0.8533 |
-0.0409 |
232 |
1 |
36.70 |
2011-07-07 |
84. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
36.03 |
0.9912 |
-0.1679 |
237 |
1 |
36.03 |
2011-06-26 |
85. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
36.01 |
1.0388 |
-0.2111 |
243 |
1 |
36.01 |
2011-06-26 |
86. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
35.93 |
1.0263 |
-0.2331 |
267 |
1 |
35.93 |
2011-07-01 |
87. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
35.88 |
1.0696 |
-0.2798 |
226 |
1 |
35.88 |
2011-06-26 |
88. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
35.45 |
0.9128 |
-0.0878 |
369 |
1 |
35.45 |
2011-06-27 |
89. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
35.13 |
1.0684 |
-0.2621 |
253 |
1 |
35.13 |
2011-06-27 |
90. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
35.11 |
0.9504 |
-0.1802 |
263 |
1 |
35.11 |
2011-06-29 |
91. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
35.08 |
1.0337 |
-0.2593 |
214 |
1 |
35.08 |
2011-06-30 |
92. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
34.98 |
0.9567 |
-0.1415 |
184 |
1 |
34.98 |
2011-06-26 |
93. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
34.68 |
0.9754 |
-0.2032 |
362 |
1 |
34.68 |
2011-06-26 |
94. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
34.67 |
0.9805 |
-0.2100 |
292 |
1 |
34.67 |
2011-06-27 |
95. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
34.45 |
1.0062 |
-0.2453 |
288 |
1 |
34.45 |
2011-06-26 |
96. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
34.33 |
1.0521 |
-0.2988 |
171 |
1 |
34.33 |
2011-06-27 |
97. |
The label doesn't mention that that rib-eye steak came from ... |
33.91 |
0.7731 |
-0.0224 |
145 |
1 |
33.91 |
2011-06-19 |
98. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
33.60 |
0.8935 |
-0.1417 |
328 |
1 |
33.60 |
2011-06-26 |
99. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
33.43 |
0.7877 |
-0.0451 |
142 |
1 |
33.43 |
2011-06-26 |
100. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
33.37 |
0.8442 |
-0.1034 |
265 |
1 |
33.37 |
2011-06-26 |
101. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
33.13 |
0.9161 |
-0.1872 |
200 |
1 |
33.13 |
2011-06-26 |
102. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
33.04 |
0.8787 |
-0.1448 |
202 |
1 |
33.04 |
2011-06-26 |
103. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
32.87 |
0.9724 |
-0.2437 |
237 |
1 |
32.87 |
2011-06-19 |
104. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
32.15 |
0.8709 |
-0.1537 |
202 |
1 |
32.15 |
2011-06-26 |
105. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
32.05 |
1.0426 |
-0.3363 |
323 |
1 |
32.05 |
2011-06-19 |
106. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
32.00 |
0.7805 |
-0.0789 |
154 |
2 |
30.94 |
2011-09-25 |
107. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
31.61 |
1.0883 |
-0.3589 |
303 |
1 |
31.61 |
2011-06-26 |
108. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
31.58 |
0.8666 |
-0.1663 |
150 |
1 |
31.58 |
2011-06-19 |
109. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
31.30 |
1.0016 |
-0.3161 |
218 |
1 |
31.30 |
2011-06-19 |
110. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
31.16 |
0.8845 |
-0.1974 |
273 |
1 |
31.16 |
2011-06-29 |
111. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
31.12 |
1.0389 |
-0.3510 |
318 |
1 |
31.12 |
2011-06-18 |
112. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
30.28 |
0.8353 |
-0.1608 |
283 |
1 |
30.28 |
2011-06-26 |
113. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
30.28 |
1.0201 |
-0.3592 |
172 |
1 |
30.28 |
2011-06-19 |
114. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
29.54 |
0.8070 |
-0.1534 |
137 |
1 |
29.54 |
2011-06-26 |
115. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
29.46 |
0.7876 |
-0.1361 |
316 |
1 |
29.46 |
2011-06-26 |
116. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
27.02 |
0.7259 |
-0.1259 |
186 |
1 |
27.02 |
2011-06-19 |
117. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
26.75 |
0.9233 |
-0.3434 |
168 |
1 |
26.75 |
2011-06-26 |
118. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
26.67 |
0.9731 |
-0.3996 |
129 |
1 |
26.67 |
2011-06-18 |
119. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
25.32 |
1.0487 |
-0.4979 |
231 |
1 |
25.32 |
2011-06-19 |
120. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
25.20 |
0.8118 |
-0.2533 |
109 |
1 |
25.20 |
2011-06-19 |
121. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
22.46 |
1.0270 |
-0.4996 |
255 |
1 |
22.46 |
2011-06-19 |
122. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
18.95 |
0.8551 |
-0.4423 |
171 |
1 |
18.95 |
2011-06-19 |