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Racer Matthew (elevations)
Race Number 228
Date Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:43:26
Speed 86 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 90.4%
Rank 4th place (out of 4)
Opponents ashwin1998 (1st place) gtpc (2nd place) mokori (3rd 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)