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Pit Stop
Racer SheepWizard (sheepwizard)
Race Number 6
Date Mon, 24 Mar 2014 23:55:31
Speed 25 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 80.7%
Rank 2nd place (out of 2)
Opponents master_griffgriff (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)