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Pit Stop
Racer Beast (flyeaglesfly)
Race Number 487
Date Tue, 6 Feb 2018 18:52:50
Speed 75 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 93.5%
Rank 3rd place (out of 5)
Opponents bot10m (2nd place) bw1234 (1st place) relivia2 (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)

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