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Racer Jelena (piercingkitty)
Race Number 50
Date Sat, 30 Jan 2016 20:40:28
Speed 96 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 98.8%
Rank 2nd place (out of 4)
Opponents scottee (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)