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Pit Stop
Racer Loc (nplisuit)
Race Number 1116
Date Tue, 18 Mar 2014 5:41:57
Speed 48 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 93.5%
Rank 4th place (out of 9)
Opponents duongdn (3rd place) hoahm (5th place) minimog (8th place) shinantori (7th place) thanhcuong_cn (2nd place) xuanchien (1st place)

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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)