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Racer nihao (loawl)
Race Number 36
Date Wed, 16 Jul 2014 04:26:57 +0000
Speed 104 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 94.6%
Rank 2nd place (out of 8)
Opponents soutenshu1 (1st place) xiangtingk (4th place) yaohui (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)