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Pit Stop
Racer Andrew (trazer)
Race Number 13
Date Sat, 16 Jul 2016 22:13:14
Speed 63 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 90.7%
Rank 4th place (out of 5)
Opponents jasonatwar (3rd place) kuanying (1st place) tianamariepowell (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)