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typeracer

Pit Stop
Racer permil (permil)
Race Number 1112
Date Sun, 28 Sep 2014 11:38:24
Speed 145 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 98.5%
Rank 2nd place (out of 7)
Opponents dq_maniac (4th place) mayo_tp01 (6th place) melanie2525 (5th place) welneco (7th place) yoru15 (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)