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Pit Stop
Racer Ali (freshorc)
Race Number 184
Date Fri, 12 Apr 2013 6:47:32
Speed 61 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 93.2%
Rank 4th place (out of 5)
Opponents elanab (1st place) mukeshyadav (5th place) pollo_grande (2nd 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)