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Racer kimmy (kimmyl11)
Race Number 13455
Date Fri, 12 Oct 2012 10:18:19 +0000
Speed 66 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 83.0%
Rank 5th place (out of 5)
Opponents andz69 (3rd place) renny666 (1st place) subonik (2nd place) xiahuaicha (4th place)

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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)