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Pit Stop
Racer Logan (arctx)
Race Number 148
Date Sun, 11 Jun 2023 22:59:51
Speed 70 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 93.9%
Rank 3rd place (out of 4)
Opponents mercury80 (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)

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