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typeracer

Pit Stop
Racer davide (dabide)
Race Number 4869
Date Fri, 15 Jul 2016 9:20:57
Speed 50 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 93.5%
Rank 2nd place (out of 4)
Opponents magnathor07 (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)