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Pit Stop
Racer timothy (thovin)
Race Number 1604
Date Mon, 25 Apr 2016 22:56:43
Speed 64 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 89.9%
Rank 1st place (out of 4)
Opponents ckjbb (3rd place) torpeldt (4th 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)