| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
163.60 |
0.9740 |
0.4149 |
209 |
1 |
163.60 |
2009-02-09 |
| 2. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
158.37 |
0.9088 |
0.4445 |
348 |
2 |
118.12 |
2009-02-09 |
| 3. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
156.54 |
0.8852 |
0.4492 |
201 |
1 |
156.54 |
2009-02-10 |
| 4. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
156.54 |
0.9897 |
0.3403 |
274 |
1 |
156.54 |
2009-02-10 |
| 5. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
156.21 |
0.9805 |
0.3536 |
292 |
1 |
156.21 |
2009-02-10 |
| 6. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
154.52 |
0.8753 |
0.4489 |
427 |
2 |
112.96 |
2009-04-19 |
| 7. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
150.83 |
0.8958 |
0.3921 |
322 |
1 |
150.83 |
2009-02-10 |
| 8. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
149.47 |
0.9005 |
0.3696 |
212 |
1 |
149.47 |
2009-02-09 |
| 9. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
147.70 |
0.9513 |
0.3089 |
354 |
1 |
147.70 |
2009-04-21 |
| 10. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
147.64 |
0.9074 |
0.3550 |
396 |
1 |
147.64 |
2009-02-09 |
| 11. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
147.05 |
0.9636 |
0.2871 |
254 |
1 |
147.05 |
2009-02-10 |
| 12. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
146.25 |
0.9899 |
0.2493 |
163 |
1 |
146.25 |
2009-02-10 |
| 13. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
145.58 |
0.9691 |
0.2686 |
223 |
1 |
145.58 |
2009-02-10 |
| 14. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
145.05 |
0.9646 |
0.2681 |
264 |
1 |
145.05 |
2009-02-10 |
| 15. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
143.72 |
0.9798 |
0.2367 |
199 |
1 |
143.72 |
2009-02-09 |
| 16. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
143.60 |
0.9500 |
0.2733 |
362 |
2 |
142.29 |
2009-02-10 |
| 17. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
143.46 |
0.8826 |
0.3387 |
296 |
1 |
143.46 |
2009-02-09 |
| 18. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
142.21 |
0.9365 |
0.2741 |
248 |
2 |
114.75 |
2010-06-07 |
| 19. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
141.01 |
0.9682 |
0.2288 |
143 |
1 |
141.01 |
2009-04-21 |
| 20. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
140.52 |
0.9684 |
0.2290 |
388 |
1 |
140.52 |
2009-04-21 |
| 21. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
140.23 |
0.9710 |
0.2147 |
173 |
2 |
132.77 |
2009-02-10 |
| 22. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
140.22 |
0.9754 |
0.2228 |
362 |
1 |
140.22 |
2009-02-10 |
| 23. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
139.29 |
1.0201 |
0.1644 |
303 |
1 |
139.29 |
2009-02-09 |
| 24. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
139.01 |
0.9786 |
0.2026 |
235 |
2 |
138.07 |
2009-02-09 |
| 25. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
138.47 |
1.0099 |
0.1643 |
207 |
2 |
116.50 |
2010-06-07 |
| 26. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
138.40 |
0.9863 |
0.1946 |
339 |
2 |
119.08 |
2009-02-10 |
| 27. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
137.23 |
0.9879 |
0.1872 |
450 |
1 |
137.23 |
2009-04-21 |
| 28. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
137.12 |
0.9168 |
0.2500 |
240 |
1 |
137.12 |
2009-02-09 |
| 29. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
136.82 |
0.9275 |
0.2321 |
211 |
1 |
136.82 |
2009-02-10 |
| 30. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
136.71 |
1.0023 |
0.1577 |
211 |
1 |
136.71 |
2009-02-09 |
| 31. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
135.50 |
0.9202 |
0.2306 |
254 |
2 |
135.03 |
2009-02-10 |
| 32. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
135.27 |
1.0993 |
0.0482 |
265 |
1 |
135.27 |
2009-02-10 |
| 33. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
134.57 |
0.9843 |
0.1542 |
234 |
1 |
134.57 |
2009-02-09 |
| 34. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
134.38 |
1.0487 |
0.0882 |
231 |
2 |
103.47 |
2009-02-09 |
| 35. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
134.30 |
1.0399 |
0.1065 |
294 |
1 |
134.30 |
2009-02-10 |
| 36. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
133.85 |
0.9293 |
0.2089 |
355 |
3 |
130.00 |
2009-04-21 |
| 37. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
133.77 |
1.0417 |
0.0925 |
253 |
2 |
113.21 |
2009-02-10 |
| 38. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
133.53 |
0.9768 |
0.1604 |
387 |
1 |
133.53 |
2009-02-09 |
| 39. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
133.28 |
1.0534 |
0.0813 |
357 |
2 |
117.51 |
2010-06-07 |
| 40. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
133.15 |
1.0053 |
0.1240 |
232 |
2 |
132.48 |
2009-02-09 |
| 41. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
132.86 |
1.0441 |
0.0862 |
252 |
2 |
131.48 |
2009-02-10 |
| 42. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
132.02 |
1.0340 |
0.0928 |
406 |
2 |
107.35 |
2009-02-10 |
| 43. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
131.80 |
1.0498 |
0.0651 |
180 |
3 |
118.90 |
2009-02-10 |
| 44. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
131.52 |
0.8602 |
0.2549 |
206 |
1 |
131.52 |
2009-02-10 |
| 45. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
131.37 |
0.9376 |
0.1838 |
367 |
1 |
131.37 |
2009-02-10 |
| 46. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
130.78 |
0.9553 |
0.1629 |
430 |
1 |
130.78 |
2009-02-08 |
| 47. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
130.28 |
1.0445 |
0.0631 |
373 |
2 |
108.94 |
2009-02-09 |
| 48. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
129.30 |
0.9699 |
0.1277 |
269 |
1 |
129.30 |
2009-02-09 |
| 49. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
129.18 |
0.8770 |
0.2234 |
300 |
1 |
129.18 |
2009-02-09 |
| 50. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
129.08 |
0.9464 |
0.1551 |
323 |
1 |
129.08 |
2009-02-10 |
| 51. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
128.31 |
0.8996 |
0.1846 |
192 |
1 |
128.31 |
2009-02-10 |
| 52. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
128.00 |
0.9795 |
0.1076 |
308 |
1 |
128.00 |
2009-02-10 |
| 53. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
127.71 |
0.9734 |
0.1109 |
289 |
1 |
127.71 |
2009-02-09 |
| 54. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
127.69 |
1.0555 |
0.0303 |
363 |
1 |
127.69 |
2009-04-21 |
| 55. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
127.66 |
0.9266 |
0.1594 |
278 |
1 |
127.66 |
2009-02-10 |
| 56. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
127.47 |
0.9049 |
0.1830 |
351 |
1 |
127.47 |
2009-02-08 |
| 57. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
126.88 |
1.0316 |
0.0497 |
333 |
1 |
126.88 |
2009-02-09 |
| 58. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
126.52 |
1.0483 |
0.0231 |
227 |
1 |
126.52 |
2009-02-10 |
| 59. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
126.09 |
1.0337 |
0.0364 |
214 |
2 |
124.66 |
2009-02-10 |
| 60. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
126.00 |
1.0797 |
-0.0154 |
210 |
1 |
126.00 |
2009-02-09 |
| 61. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
125.50 |
1.0486 |
0.0178 |
289 |
1 |
125.50 |
2009-02-09 |
| 62. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
124.76 |
0.9786 |
0.0754 |
193 |
1 |
124.76 |
2009-02-09 |
| 63. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
124.60 |
1.0368 |
0.0220 |
276 |
1 |
124.60 |
2009-02-10 |
| 64. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
124.01 |
0.9772 |
0.0721 |
217 |
1 |
124.01 |
2009-02-10 |
| 65. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
123.12 |
1.0361 |
0.0100 |
269 |
1 |
123.12 |
2009-02-08 |
| 66. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
121.03 |
1.0565 |
-0.0319 |
247 |
1 |
121.03 |
2009-02-10 |
| 67. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
120.95 |
0.9841 |
0.0462 |
334 |
1 |
120.95 |
2009-02-09 |
| 68. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
120.93 |
1.0613 |
-0.0300 |
456 |
1 |
120.93 |
2009-02-10 |
| 69. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
120.42 |
1.0201 |
-0.0050 |
172 |
1 |
120.42 |
2009-02-09 |
| 70. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
119.38 |
1.0523 |
-0.0436 |
256 |
1 |
119.38 |
2009-02-10 |
| 71. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
119.28 |
1.0062 |
0.0059 |
288 |
1 |
119.28 |
2009-02-10 |
| 72. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
118.63 |
1.0214 |
-0.0165 |
269 |
1 |
118.63 |
2009-02-09 |
| 73. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
118.21 |
0.9966 |
0.0057 |
259 |
1 |
118.21 |
2009-02-09 |
| 74. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
118.17 |
1.0567 |
-0.0535 |
303 |
2 |
98.16 |
2009-02-10 |
| 75. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
118.16 |
1.0125 |
-0.0123 |
224 |
1 |
118.16 |
2009-02-09 |
| 76. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
117.74 |
0.8919 |
0.1053 |
205 |
3 |
106.73 |
2009-02-10 |
| 77. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
114.07 |
0.9532 |
0.0129 |
258 |
2 |
100.94 |
2009-02-09 |
| 78. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
113.70 |
1.0398 |
-0.0861 |
110 |
1 |
113.70 |
2009-02-09 |
| 79. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
113.51 |
0.9342 |
0.0319 |
434 |
1 |
113.51 |
2009-02-08 |
| 80. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
111.91 |
1.0389 |
-0.0877 |
340 |
2 |
101.76 |
2010-06-07 |
| 81. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
111.11 |
1.0454 |
-0.1072 |
255 |
1 |
111.11 |
2009-02-10 |
| 82. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
109.90 |
1.0885 |
-0.1221 |
341 |
1 |
109.90 |
2010-06-07 |
| 83. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
109.36 |
1.0034 |
-0.0780 |
302 |
2 |
100.66 |
2009-02-10 |
| 84. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
109.30 |
1.0016 |
-0.0798 |
218 |
3 |
94.29 |
2009-01-21 |
| 85. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
109.26 |
1.0885 |
-0.1592 |
315 |
2 |
105.52 |
2009-01-26 |
| 86. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
107.62 |
1.0214 |
-0.1149 |
166 |
1 |
107.62 |
2009-01-19 |
| 87. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
106.44 |
0.9468 |
-0.0455 |
276 |
1 |
106.44 |
2009-02-08 |
| 88. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
106.28 |
1.0379 |
-0.1026 |
245 |
1 |
106.28 |
2010-06-07 |
| 89. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
106.27 |
1.0788 |
-0.1841 |
171 |
1 |
106.27 |
2009-04-21 |
| 90. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
105.29 |
1.0251 |
-0.1354 |
261 |
1 |
105.29 |
2009-02-09 |
| 91. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
104.84 |
1.0167 |
-0.1218 |
378 |
1 |
104.84 |
2010-06-07 |
| 92. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
104.76 |
1.0515 |
-0.1660 |
250 |
2 |
98.86 |
2009-01-21 |
| 93. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
102.77 |
1.0774 |
-0.1777 |
304 |
1 |
102.77 |
2010-06-07 |
| 94. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
101.40 |
1.0068 |
-0.1450 |
358 |
1 |
101.40 |
2009-02-08 |
| 95. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
101.39 |
1.0201 |
-0.1577 |
375 |
1 |
101.39 |
2009-01-19 |
| 96. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
101.07 |
1.0131 |
-0.1613 |
225 |
1 |
101.07 |
2009-01-26 |
| 97. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
99.15 |
1.1018 |
-0.2690 |
220 |
1 |
99.15 |
2009-01-26 |
| 98. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
98.39 |
1.0257 |
-0.1867 |
401 |
1 |
98.39 |
2009-02-10 |
| 99. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
97.48 |
1.0396 |
-0.2220 |
149 |
1 |
97.48 |
2009-01-26 |
| 100. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
97.01 |
1.0138 |
-0.1934 |
231 |
1 |
97.01 |
2009-01-19 |
| 101. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
96.60 |
0.9925 |
-0.1386 |
247 |
1 |
96.60 |
2010-06-07 |
| 102. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
96.34 |
1.0042 |
-0.1477 |
352 |
1 |
96.34 |
2010-06-07 |
| 103. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
96.28 |
1.0213 |
-0.2100 |
240 |
1 |
96.28 |
2009-01-19 |
| 104. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
95.67 |
0.9884 |
-0.1800 |
233 |
1 |
95.67 |
2010-06-07 |
| 105. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
94.89 |
1.0183 |
-0.2214 |
191 |
1 |
94.89 |
2009-01-26 |
| 106. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
94.37 |
1.0117 |
-0.1688 |
297 |
1 |
94.37 |
2010-06-07 |
| 107. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
93.46 |
1.0444 |
-0.2607 |
197 |
1 |
93.46 |
2009-01-19 |
| 108. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
93.41 |
0.9281 |
-0.1332 |
273 |
1 |
93.41 |
2009-01-22 |
| 109. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
92.52 |
1.0197 |
-0.2404 |
226 |
1 |
92.52 |
2009-01-19 |
| 110. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
92.31 |
0.9593 |
-0.1742 |
398 |
1 |
92.31 |
2010-06-07 |
| 111. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
90.91 |
1.0292 |
-0.2622 |
262 |
1 |
90.91 |
2009-02-08 |
| 112. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
90.38 |
1.0297 |
-0.2671 |
249 |
1 |
90.38 |
2009-01-26 |
| 113. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
89.13 |
1.0073 |
-0.2463 |
369 |
1 |
89.13 |
2009-01-23 |
| 114. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
89.02 |
1.0390 |
-0.2907 |
205 |
1 |
89.02 |
2009-02-08 |
| 115. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
88.67 |
0.9426 |
-0.1904 |
317 |
1 |
88.67 |
2009-01-26 |
| 116. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
88.47 |
0.9485 |
-0.1994 |
236 |
1 |
88.47 |
2010-06-07 |
| 117. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
87.88 |
0.9865 |
-0.2431 |
276 |
1 |
87.88 |
2009-01-19 |
| 118. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
87.74 |
1.0289 |
-0.2834 |
276 |
1 |
87.74 |
2009-01-26 |
| 119. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
86.52 |
0.9675 |
-0.2274 |
383 |
1 |
86.52 |
2009-01-19 |
| 120. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
86.20 |
0.9991 |
-0.2707 |
225 |
1 |
86.20 |
2009-01-19 |
| 121. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
85.21 |
0.8553 |
-0.1410 |
174 |
1 |
85.21 |
2009-01-22 |
| 122. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
84.02 |
0.9785 |
-0.2662 |
335 |
1 |
84.02 |
2009-01-26 |
| 123. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
82.26 |
0.9653 |
-0.2630 |
394 |
2 |
77.98 |
2009-01-19 |
| 124. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
81.43 |
0.8382 |
-0.1508 |
268 |
1 |
81.43 |
2010-06-07 |
| 125. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
81.10 |
0.8722 |
-0.1853 |
285 |
1 |
81.10 |
2009-01-26 |
| 126. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
80.98 |
1.0714 |
-0.3973 |
129 |
1 |
80.98 |
2009-02-09 |
| 127. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
80.32 |
0.9893 |
-0.3119 |
323 |
1 |
80.32 |
2009-01-26 |
| 128. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
79.85 |
1.0331 |
-0.3620 |
234 |
1 |
79.85 |
2009-02-08 |
| 129. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
79.20 |
0.9084 |
-0.2389 |
300 |
2 |
78.33 |
2009-01-19 |
| 130. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
78.66 |
0.9776 |
-0.3143 |
308 |
1 |
78.66 |
2009-01-19 |
| 131. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
77.58 |
0.9941 |
-0.3427 |
217 |
1 |
77.58 |
2009-01-19 |
| 132. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
75.92 |
0.9681 |
-0.3203 |
378 |
1 |
75.92 |
2009-01-26 |
| 133. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
70.10 |
0.9852 |
-0.3954 |
264 |
1 |
70.10 |
2009-01-26 |
| 134. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
69.10 |
0.9894 |
-0.4041 |
323 |
1 |
69.10 |
2009-01-19 |
| 135. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
68.75 |
0.8933 |
-0.3090 |
363 |
1 |
68.75 |
2010-06-07 |
| 136. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
57.86 |
0.9351 |
-0.4563 |
190 |
1 |
57.86 |
2009-01-19 |