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typeracer

Pit Stop
Racer Sōsuke Aizen (seedfactor)
Race Number 1193
Date Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:50:53
Speed 71 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 90.9%
Rank 4th place (out of 5)
Opponents jrenzi (2nd place) ramzi_ (5th 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)