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Racer Timur (raidou)
Race Number 16
Date Mon, 1 Oct 2012 21:32:23
Speed 85 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 94.3%
Rank 2nd place (out of 5)
Opponents belivar (3rd place) outplayed (1st place) yotzin (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)