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typeracer

Pit Stop
Racer mayo (mayo_tp01)
Race Number 5847
Date Sun, 28 Sep 2014 11:38:42
Speed 87 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 92.7%
Rank 6th place (out of 7)
Opponents dq_maniac (4th place) melanie2525 (5th place) permil (2nd place) welneco (7th place) yoru15 (3rd place)

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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)