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Racer Dean (deanlol)
Race Number 10
Date Wed, 20 Aug 2014 02:12:48 +0000
Speed 91 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 95.9%
Rank 2nd place (out of 5)
Opponents gloryglory (4th place) jeffreeezzy (1st place) xelerate (3rd 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)