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Pit Stop
Racer Muhammad Ameen (ameenb97)
Race Number 24
Date Fri, 30 Oct 2015 14:48:33
Speed 47 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 93.8%
Rank 5th place (out of 5)
Opponents sstruck007 (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)