John (baseball9)

Race #1600

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Official speed 69.37 wpm (57.26 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 31, 2015 7:19:30am UTC
Race Finish January 31, 2015 7:20:28am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 2)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 0.00
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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.