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Racer Kenny (cupcake04)
Race Number 10
Date Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:10:43
Speed 59 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 92.5%
Rank 4th place (out of 5)
Opponents blazeran (3rd place) kasparovsky (2nd 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)