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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
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| Language: | English |
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| Avg. speed: | 83 WPM |
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| Avg. accuracy: | 96.6% |
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| 1 | joshua728 | 225 WPM | 99.0% | 172 | 1/2 | Oct. 13, 2023 |
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| 2 | mythicalrocket | 215 WPM | 99.0% | 165 | 1/4 | March 25, 2023 |
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| 3 | arenasnow2 | 204 WPM | 99.0% | N/A | 1/3 | Aug. 21, 2012 |
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| 4 | arenasnow | 201 WPM | 99.0% | 154 | 1/2 | March 25, 2019 |
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| 5 | typos_z | 199 WPM | 99.0% | 152 | 1/2 | May 7, 2023 |
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| 6 | megaextremist | 195 WPM | 99.0% | 149 | 1/3 | Aug. 14, 2021 |
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| 7 | sahibprime | 194 WPM | 100.0% | 149 | 1/2 | Sept. 11, 2023 |
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| 8 | florentine | 193 WPM | 99.0% | N/A | 1/3 | July 5, 2017 |
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| 9 | iamtyperacer | 192 WPM | 99.0% | 147 | 1/5 | April 13, 2021 |
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| 10 | flaneur | 192 WPM | 99.0% | 147 | 1/4 | April 16, 2023 |
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