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Pit Stop
Racer Jardo (captlulzbeard)
Race Number 88
Date Sun, 11 Sep 2016 14:08:52
Speed 80 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 88%
Rank 3rd place (out of 4)
Opponents ankush12345 (1st place) jojololly (2nd place) onepanda (4th 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)