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Pit Stop
Racer Liam (lmulquee)
Race Number 759
Date Wed, 27 Jan 2016 1:14:53
Speed 68 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 97.4%
Rank 1st place (out of 4)
Opponents alarune (4th place) buddy99 (3rd place) bumblebeetuna (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.
Famous Fables of Economics, Chapter 4: Fable of the Keys (book) by Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis (see stats)