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Pit Stop
Racer Gunnie (famous_inventions)
Race Number 108
Date Tue, 31 Jul 2012 0:37:54
Speed 46 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 90.7%
Rank 4th place (out of 4)
Opponents debbieeek (3rd place) zachlloyd (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)