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Racer NAFSHT (nafsht)
Race Number 629
Date Mon, 3 Jun 2013 19:19:47
Speed 75 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 98.8%
Rank 1st place (out of 5)
Opponents splins (2nd place) swirly22 (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)