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typeracer

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Racer Celine (typelight)
Race Number 28
Date Sun, 28 Jun 2015 5:49:43
Speed 76 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 93.8%
Rank 5th place (out of 5)
Opponents jessegarcia (2nd place) keyroses (1st place) tajiracer (3rd place) zero9o (4th place)

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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)