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Pit Stop
Racer AshwiNNN (ashwin1998)
Race Number 1623
Date Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:43:11
Speed 126 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 14%
Rank 1st place (out of 4)
Opponents elevations (4th place) gtpc (2nd place) mokori (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)