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Pit Stop
Racer Mikhail (mikhail8)
Race Number 102
Date Sat, 23 Nov 2013 21:28:55
Speed 69 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 91.4%
Rank 4th place (out of 4)
Opponents greenberry (2nd place) gt24 (3rd place) kmdkk (1st 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)