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Racer Dan (quellhorst)
Race Number 93
Date Sat, 27 Jun 2015 23:08:18
Speed 62 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 88.7%
Rank 2nd place (out of 5)
Opponents 092767 (1st place) iiirxs (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)