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Pit Stop
Racer Stefan (sftmccloud)
Race Number 59
Date Tue, 22 Jul 2014 3:00:47
Speed 118 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 94.6%
Rank 3rd place (out of 10)
Opponents djdkdjdkdjdk (6th place) dwalk1989 (4th place) earlwolf (8th place) koreandj111 (5th place) sonicyellow (7th place) toph_bbq (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)