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typeracer

Pit Stop
Racer meh (isuckbutimtrying)
Race Number 13564
Date Wed, 30 Dec 2015 17:35:38
Speed 93 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 94.3%
Rank 1st place (out of 4)
Opponents boom1975 (4th place) kp94 (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)