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Pit Stop
Racer Jm (runket)
Race Number 206
Date Fri, 28 Apr 2023 19:50:25
Speed 81 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 96.9%
Rank 3rd place (out of 5)
Opponents felixxxxx (2nd place) jordan_speedy_hands (5th place) schimoda (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)

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