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Race Result Details |
| Racer | nguy (nguy) |
| Race Number | 80 |
| Date | Sun, 29 May 2016 13:12:02 +0000 |
| Speed |
56 WPM
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| Accuracy | 88.5% |
| Rank | 3rd place (out of 4) |
| Opponents | trialtry (2nd 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)
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