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typeracer

Pit Stop
Racer asffsafs (emeris85)
Race Number 21
Date Mon, 15 Aug 2016 16:47:41
Speed 58 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 91.9%
Rank 4th place (out of 5)
Opponents onyx666 (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)