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Racer Tung (tungdtran)
Race Number 244
Date Sun, 20 Mar 2016 21:38:37
Speed 65 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 90.2%
Rank 3rd place (out of 5)
Opponents busey (2nd place) skipsomething (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)