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Racer william (click123)
Race Number 29
Date Sun, 28 Dec 2014 15:03:27
Speed 57 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 84.9%
Rank 1st place (out of 4)
Opponents lasindu (2nd place) th1227 (3rd place) yeeping1 (4th place)

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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.
Famous Fables of Economics, Chapter 4: Fable of the Keys (book) by Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis (see stats)