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Pit Stop
Racer Omer (okirnap)
Race Number 9625
Date Mon, 8 May 2017 21:54:44
Speed 65 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 89.7%
Rank 3rd place (out of 5)
Opponents unequaled (2nd place) ventistar (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.
— (book) by Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis (see stats)