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Racer night (yoru15)
Race Number 4257
Date Sun, 28 Sep 2014 11:38:29 +0000
Speed 120 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 91.9%
Rank 3rd place (out of 7)
Opponents dq_maniac (4th place) mayo_tp01 (6th place) melanie2525 (5th place) permil (2nd place) welneco (7th 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)