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Race Result Details |
Racer | Jean (orangedrum) |
Race Number | 1382 |
Date | Thu, 22 Oct 2020 16:33:41 +0000 |
Speed | 63 WPM Try to beat? |
Accuracy | 95.9% |
Rank | 2nd place (out of 4) |
Opponents | njsan1997 (1st place) prig (3rd place) |
Text typed:
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times reported on a typing demonstration given the previous day in Brooklyn by a Thomas Osborne of Rochester, New York. The Times reported that Mr. Osborne "holds the championship for fast typing, having accomplished 126 words a minute at Toronto August 13, 1888."
— 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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