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typeracer

Pit Stop
Racer mint (mintynuggets)
Race Number 1000
Date Thu, 2 Oct 2014 11:48:00
Speed 132 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 86.6%
Rank 2nd place (out of 2)
Opponents slow_and_clumsy (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)