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typeracer

Pit Stop
Racer Hampus (hampusus)
Race Number 1720
Date Fri, 5 Dec 2014 23:11:46
Speed 95 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 97.9%
Rank 1st place (out of 4)
Opponents mattman6886 (2nd place) suwayd (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)