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typeracer

Pit Stop
Racer Faka (kiliman)
Race Number 10
Date Thu, 27 Oct 2016 16:19:59
Speed 67 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 91.7%
Rank 3rd place (out of 4)
Opponents siothrune (4th place) sqrt_polski (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)