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Racer Elver (danielnene80)
Race Number 477
Date Wed, 23 Jul 2014 0:51:02
Speed 66 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 97.4%
Rank 2nd place (out of 5)
Opponents jess_p (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)