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Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times reported on a typing demonstration given the previous day in Brooklyn by a Thomas Osborne of Rochester, New York. The Times reported that Mr. Osborne "holds the championship for fast typing, having accomplished 126 words a minute at Toronto August 13, 1888."
— 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: | 65 WPM |
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Avg. accuracy: | 95.8% |
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1 | joshua728 | 206 WPM | 100.0% | 175 | 1/2 | Dec. 11, 2021 | |
2 | arenasnow2 | 193 WPM | 100.0% | N/A | 1/3 | Sept. 2, 2012 | |
3 | arenasnow | 191 WPM | 100.0% | 163 | 1/2 | May 26, 2019 | |
4 | typos_z | 181 WPM | 99.0% | 154 | 1/2 | Aug. 27, 2023 | |
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8 | flaneur | 174 WPM | 100.0% | 148 | 1/2 | Sept. 11, 2023 | |
9 | sahibprime | 171 WPM | 100.0% | 145 | 1/2 | Sept. 11, 2023 | |
10 | fenno4 | 169 WPM | 100.0% | 144 | 1/2 | Nov. 5, 2023 |