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Pit Stop
Racer pablo (pabloi_zx3)
Race Number 9
Date Mon, 27 Feb 2017 20:20:34
Speed 50 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 90.9%
Rank 3rd place (out of 5)
Opponents llzwei (2nd place) senthasiddu (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)