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typeracer

Pit Stop
Racer Ruby (rubyjem00)
Race Number 751
Date Fri, 18 Sep 2015 19:23:41
Speed 80 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 91.7%
Rank 3rd place (out of 5)
Opponents ice252 (2nd place) osto (5th place) tshafer3 (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)