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Pit Stop
Racer Ronak (ronakkaria)
Race Number 33097
Date Sat, 15 Sep 2018 16:24:22
Speed 78 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 95.1%
Rank 4th place (out of 5)
Opponents nidzoni (2nd place) rustylimbs (1st place) spicylobotomy (5th 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)

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