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Racer คูมิ-คนญึ่ปุ่น (kumi813)
Race Number 173
Date Sun, 11 Aug 2013 15:28:49 +0000
Speed 60 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 93.2%
Rank 2nd place (out of 5)
Opponents justinlover1101 (5th place) ops348 (4th place) rogeriusx (1st 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)