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Pit Stop
Racer Candice (coelze)
Race Number 80
Date Fri, 29 Apr 2016 13:28:30
Speed 53 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 86%
Rank 3rd place (out of 5)
Opponents jags_0101 (4th place) ma_chung_ming (5th place) radambc (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)