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typeracer

Pit Stop
Racer 4b786NI4Us (laurier001)
Race Number 1729
Date Tue, 10 Jun 2014 23:58:05
Speed 69 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 89.9%
Rank 4th place (out of 5)
Opponents jash52 (1st place) khirin (2nd place) voyagerblas (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)