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typeracer

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Racer i'd buy that for a dollar! (pentalon)
Race Number 39623
Date Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:27:03
Speed 103 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 91.7%
Rank 2nd place (out of 4)
Opponents mda_p (4th place) nomak (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)