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Pit Stop
Racer Takayuki (dq_maniac)
Race Number 1886
Date Sun, 28 Sep 2014 11:38:30
Speed 119 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 94.6%
Rank 4th place (out of 7)
Opponents mayo_tp01 (6th place) melanie2525 (5th place) permil (2nd place) welneco (7th place) yoru15 (3rd place)

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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)