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Racer Nicholas (ndom717)
Race Number 919
Date Thu, 10 Mar 2016 22:53:42
Speed 51 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 95.9%
Rank 3rd place (out of 4)
Opponents carbon123 (2nd place) tevefan (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.
Famous Fables of Economics, Chapter 4: Fable of the Keys (book) by Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis (see stats)