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Pit Stop
Racer 8arca (8arca)
Race Number 109
Date Fri, 5 Feb 2016 13:21:06
Speed 50 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 95.7%
Rank 2nd place (out of 3)
Opponents adyso2 (3rd place) trollcannon (1st 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)