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Racer Nic (huntaway)
Race Number 21
Date Wed, 9 Oct 2013 15:09:43 +0000
Speed 74 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 88.3%
Rank 4th place (out of 5)
Opponents cheshirewendy (3rd place) india_vikas_yadav (1st place) notpro (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)