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Pit Stop
Racer Mihaela (mihaela6)
Race Number 649
Date Thu, 3 Jul 2014 13:36:43
Speed 78 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 97.1%
Rank 3rd place (out of 4)
Opponents pitagorus (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)