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Racer Octavius (daddyoctavius)
Race Number 1
Date Wed, 6 Nov 2013 0:02:02
Speed 42 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 91.4%
Rank 2nd place (out of 2)
Opponents d0m1n8er (1st 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)