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typeracer

Pit Stop
Racer Jon (jonsport)
Race Number 1490
Date Fri, 9 Sep 2016 4:21:17
Speed 70 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 90.7%
Rank 4th place (out of 5)
Opponents pocky17 (2nd place) shahid_abbas (5th 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)