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Pit Stop
Racer Woku (writingotaku)
Race Number 775
Date Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:15:46
Speed 67 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 92.7%
Rank 2nd place (out of 5)
Opponents amateur_ (1st place) kstlaurent (4th place) sherwinmorante (3rd 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)