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Pit Stop
Racer Viraemia (viraemia)
Race Number 37
Date Sun, 10 May 2015 2:52:21
Speed 87 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 95.4%
Rank 2nd place (out of 5)
Opponents earnest8 (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)