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Pit Stop
Racer Clive (black2dark1)
Race Number 261
Date Wed, 2 Dec 2015 3:43:40
Speed 74 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 90.7%
Rank 2nd place (out of 5)
Opponents blackrudra (5th place) hzezlzlzoz (4th place) severet (3rd 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)