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typeracer

Pit Stop
Racer negrosis (negrosis)
Race Number 18
Date Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:10:50
Speed 78 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 95.7%
Rank 3rd place (out of 5)
Opponents dakuzo (1st place) steveng (5th 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)