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Racer Kelvin Jay (kelvinjay)
Race Number 654
Date Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:51:19 +0000
Speed 64 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 91.2%
Rank 2nd place (out of 4)
Opponents feryll (4th place) jjames55 (3rd place) slow_joe (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.
Famous Fables of Economics, Chapter 4: Fable of the Keys (book) by Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis (see stats)