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Racer Phillip (subitusattack)
Race Number 108
Date Tue, 15 Mar 2016 21:41:59 +0000
Speed 89 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 89.2%
Rank 3rd place (out of 3)
Opponents grahamh (1st place) urmaul (2nd 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)