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Pit Stop
Racer Essty (essty)
Race Number 316
Date Sun, 29 Nov 2015 10:50:37
Speed 60 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 95.7%
Rank 1st place (out of 5)
Opponents achabill (3rd place) kryvduk (4th place) wassupm8 (2nd place)

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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)