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Pit Stop
Racer Ethan (wwouxdr0psh0tz)
Race Number 60
Date Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:36:15
Speed 51 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 87.3%
Rank 4th place (out of 4)
Opponents cder3 (1st place) saumera (2nd place) sokubaku (3rd 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)