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Racer Angela (medoricho)
Race Number 1124
Date Fri, 8 Feb 2013 01:32:14 +0000
Speed 103 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 96.8%
Rank 1st place (out of 5)
Opponents rekogan (4th place) swagpiratex (3rd 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)