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Racer Oscar (ilacyero)
Race Number 29
Date Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:40:54 +0000
Speed 59 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 93.2%
Rank 5th place (out of 5)
Opponents antongesmundo (2nd place) leeroy909 (4th place) xxxphillipxxx (1st place)

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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 (see stats)