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Racer PingingCarrot16 (pingingcarrot16)
Race Number 490
Date Sun, 8 Aug 2021 13:48:06
Speed 49 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 93.5%
Rank 5th place (out of 5)
Opponents bigtrollfacechungusrarwxdsteak (3rd place) ringotongo (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.
Famous Fables of Economics, Chapter 4: Fable of the Keys (book) by Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis (see stats)

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