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Pit Stop
Racer yarkee (yarkee)
Race Number 2131
Date Sun, 22 Mar 2015 11:16:18
Speed 67 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 96.8%
Rank 4th place (out of 5)
Opponents comeonn1 (3rd place) pangit413 (2nd place) syke24 (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)