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Pit Stop
Racer blekii (blekii)
Race Number 24
Date Tue, 2 Dec 2014 21:07:21
Speed 55 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 84.9%
Rank 5th place (out of 5)
Opponents dbchavez (2nd place) janlonden (3rd place) madlibs (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)