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Racer Homie (gjosborn)
Race Number 254
Date Fri, 14 Feb 2014 00:25:25 +0000
Speed 78 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 95.1%
Rank 1st place (out of 5)
Opponents dr_gmanswag (4th place) voyagerblas (3rd place) zokari1 (5th 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)