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Pit Stop
Racer Damien (damienknowles36)
Race Number 10
Date Mon, 2 May 2016 20:37:01
Speed 87 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 87.8%
Rank 1st place (out of 4)
Opponents jimingyee (3rd place) soulskiez (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)