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typeracer

Pit Stop
Racer AikChun (aikchun616)
Race Number 3029
Date Fri, 7 Feb 2014 7:21:21
Speed 83 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 95.7%
Rank 3rd place (out of 4)
Opponents astrotypist (1st place) mstew354 (2nd place)

Text typed:

Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyboard. These competitions are somewhat underplayed in the conventional history. In fact, typing contests and demonstrations of speed were fairly common during this period. They involved many different machines, with various manufacturers claiming to hold the speed record.
— (book) by Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis (see stats)