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typeracer

Pit Stop
Racer Wrest (wrest)
Race Number 2230
Date Thu, 21 Aug 2014 20:30:04
Speed 102 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 98.2%
Rank 1st place (out of 4)
Opponents bloem17 (3rd place) platzo (4th place) sstevee (2nd 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)