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typeracer

Pit Stop
Racer Clayton (thecoolestkid)
Race Number 7
Date Sat, 4 May 2013 4:45:16
Speed 87 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 85.3%
Rank 4th place (out of 7)
Opponents doingaegisreflector (7th place) squidster (3rd place) zhuuuu (6th 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)