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Racer Cora (corakuo)
Race Number 424
Date Tue, 18 Oct 2016 13:54:10
Speed 46 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 92.5%
Rank 5th place (out of 5)
Opponents enzolibron (2nd place) sammbee (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)