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Racer Basil (basil_abs)
Race Number 4488
Date Sun, 23 Aug 2015 10:48:48
Speed 73 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 91.2%
Rank 3rd place (out of 3)
Opponents hotwater1228 (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)