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Pit Stop
Racer MipMip (mipmip)
Race Number 2
Date Thu, 13 Nov 2014 14:43:54
Speed 43 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 76.1%
Rank 5th place (out of 5)
Opponents dr_ahmed (1st place) jandro2006 (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.
— (book) by Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis (see stats)