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Racer Tom (tomsyzhang)
Race Number 257
Date Sun, 20 Feb 2022 02:53:20 +0000
Speed 67 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 95.4%
Rank 4th place (out of 5)
Opponents jazzfunk37 (3rd place) megceratops (1st place) scdudeman (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)

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