Race Updates Discord About Merch
Home Profile History Competitions Texts Upgrade

typeracer

Pit Stop
Racer JDO (jdobserver)
Race Number 14
Date Thu, 19 Nov 2015 17:06:20
Speed 47 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 88.5%
Rank 4th place (out of 5)
Opponents ahizzlejuan4 (2nd place) lilmzzkeke99 (3rd 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)