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Pit Stop
Racer Bobbie (mcacciatore)
Race Number 58
Date Sat, 20 Aug 2016 4:56:14
Speed 60 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 91.9%
Rank 3rd place (out of 4)
Opponents buenasnoches (2nd place) kumi29 (4th 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)