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Racer Marco (marwhal)
Race Number 193
Date Mon, 17 Mar 2014 22:30:17
Speed 122 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 97.4%
Rank 2nd place (out of 2)
Opponents vicissitudes2 (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)