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Racer dreth (dreth)
Race Number 36
Date Mon, 1 May 2017 23:20:38
Speed 77 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 85.5%
Rank 1st place (out of 4)
Opponents gearsoftheapparatus (2nd place) senthasiddu (4th 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)