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Pit Stop
Racer lim (yeeping1)
Race Number 2872
Date Sun, 28 Dec 2014 15:03:59
Speed 39 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 92.2%
Rank 4th place (out of 4)
Opponents click123 (1st place) lasindu (2nd place) th1227 (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.
Famous Fables of Economics, Chapter 4: Fable of the Keys (book) by Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis (see stats)