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Racer hellion88 (hellion88)
Race Number 64
Date Sun, 10 Jun 2018 22:13:15
Speed 45 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 93.8%
Rank 5th place (out of 5)
Opponents georgecheriton (2nd place) giannisl9 (3rd place) papegoja388 (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)

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