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typeracer

Pit Stop
Racer saksham (withsakki)
Race Number 424
Date Thu, 16 Mar 2017 8:33:38
Speed 70 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 91.4%
Rank 5th place (out of 5)
Opponents cnhan21 (1st place) exxyap (3rd place) peekabo0 (2nd 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)