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Pit Stop
Racer Arun (arunprabha)
Race Number 167
Date Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:45:53
Speed 57 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 95.4%
Rank 4th place (out of 5)
Opponents imsun93 (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)