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Racer Awesome_Alan (awesome_alan)
Race Number 96
Date Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:04:33
Speed 75 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 91.7%
Rank 2nd place (out of 5)
Opponents angrynerd (4th place) vakamo (5th place) zulkun (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)