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Racer quan (hqgoldswan)
Race Number 378
Date Sat, 21 Sep 2013 07:36:34 +0000
Speed 62 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 89.7%
Rank 4th place (out of 5)
Opponents chiyya (1st place) elginz (2nd place) kohakuiro (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.
Famous Fables of Economics, Chapter 4: Fable of the Keys (book) by Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis (see stats)