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Racer Brandon (bpow)
Race Number 130
Date Fri, 6 Jul 2018 15:19:37 +0000
Speed 84 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 98.5%
Rank 1st place (out of 4)
Opponents cholador (4th place) kkayakk (3rd place) schmepper (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.
Famous Fables of Economics, Chapter 4: Fable of the Keys (book) by Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis (see stats)

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