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Race Result Details |
| Racer | Peter (slangekop66) |
| Race Number | 866 |
| Date | Thu, 19 Nov 2020 16:41:12 +0000 |
| Speed |
75 WPM
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| Accuracy | 96.9% |
| Rank | 1st place (out of 4) |
| Opponents | giant_loads (2nd place) kraken111 (3rd place) |
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