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Racer Tariq (htariq)
Race Number 5884
Date Tue, 2 May 2017 12:13:39
Speed 74 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 96.2%
Rank 4th place (out of 5)
Opponents cippo (2nd place) dombanksy (1st place) lakerfuffle (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)