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Pit Stop
Racer grizz (grizz69)
Race Number 3
Date Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:48:07
Speed 65 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 88.5%
Rank 4th place (out of 5)
Opponents dingdongg (5th place) roboltz (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)