Race Updates Discord About Merch
Home Profile History Competitions Texts Upgrade

typeracer

Pit Stop
Racer why (im_sorry_im_cheating)
Race Number 26
Date Sun, 12 Aug 2018 20:47:23
Speed 97 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 100%
Rank 1st place (out of 5)
Opponents killerpizza (4th place) renzo1o (5th 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)

Typing Review: