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typeracer

Pit Stop
Racer Prasannjeet (misteeque)
Race Number 9267
Date Mon, 13 Oct 2014 11:34:38
Speed 70 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 87.6%
Rank 2nd place (out of 5)
Opponents ghostday (1st place) igaz (3rd 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)