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Racer frollo44 (frollo44)
Race Number 67
Date Fri, 22 Feb 2013 4:01:33
Speed 94 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 98.5%
Rank 1st place (out of 5)
Opponents krys317 (3rd place) notypoz (2nd place) sketchy123 (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)