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Pit Stop
Racer Chaos (dta457)
Race Number 13
Date Fri, 27 Feb 2015 4:45:00
Speed 40 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 93%
Rank 3rd place (out of 5)
Opponents mariayan0615 (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)