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Pit Stop
Racer Sheldon (godspeedmango)
Race Number 202
Date Tue, 29 Dec 2015 2:24:34
Speed 61 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 86.2%
Rank 5th place (out of 5)
Opponents dariuslimemil (1st place) sharky15 (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)