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Racer Strider (razor0512)
Race Number 136
Date Sun, 12 Jan 2014 15:20:42 +0000
Speed 80 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 87.3%
Rank 4th place (out of 5)
Opponents afghanistan2 (5th place) apetrovbg (3rd place) karellen (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)