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Racer Kaye (kaylynnterry@yahoo.com)
Race Number 283
Date Wed, 9 Oct 2013 0:18:17
Speed 72 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 95.9%
Rank 2nd place (out of 3)

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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)