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.
| Game | Time | WPM | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36541 | 2020-05-02 03:58:02 | 84.00 | 98% |
| 33689 | 2017-09-24 01:36:38 | 92.80 | 98% |
| 33157 | 2017-02-23 05:16:22 | 89.94 | 94% |
| 32493 | 2013-11-19 22:15:53 | 100.54 | 94% |
| 32167 | 2013-10-22 15:10:49 | 111.26 | 99% |
| 31884 | 2013-10-16 21:28:23 | 109.27 | 97% |
| 31685 | 2013-10-09 22:52:09 | 110.36 | 100% |
| 31115 | 2013-08-27 22:14:05 | 104.56 | 97% |
| 31092 | 2013-08-26 22:14:50 | 103.87 | 98% |
| 30867 | 2013-06-11 19:50:55 | 105.57 | 96% |
| 30700 | 2013-04-25 19:37:14 | 92.78 | 93% |
| 30298 | 2013-02-26 15:39:57 | 88.96 | 94% |
| 30248 | 2013-02-25 20:25:00 | 95.74 | 94% |
| 29890 | 2013-01-30 19:38:02 | 96.99 | 95% |
| 29551 | 2012-12-12 18:58:50 | 94.96 | 94% |
| 29415 | 2012-12-06 19:56:41 | 102.24 | 96% |
| 29077 | 2012-11-28 20:11:01 | 89.38 | 93% |
| 28704 | 2012-10-17 19:12:36 | 97.87 | 95% |
| 28406 | 2012-09-18 20:33:33 | 99.22 | 96% |
| 28297 | 2012-09-11 23:22:01 | 96.61 | 97% |
| 28024 | 2012-08-15 18:59:12 | 106.49 | 97% |
| 27941 | 2012-08-01 19:56:00 | 88.87 | 91% |
| 27697 | 2012-07-18 19:06:50 | 89.57 | 91% |
| 27273 | 2012-05-02 18:30:58 | 98.90 | 96% |
| 27079 | 2012-04-17 17:26:48 | 94.22 | 94% |
| 26120 | 2012-03-08 20:57:49 | 106.37 | 98% |
| 25459 | 2012-02-15 19:55:48 | 99.11 | 97% |
| 25217 | 2012-02-13 15:36:26 | 94.05 | 95% |
| 24740 | 2012-01-25 18:40:26 | 93.19 | 95% |
| 24168 | 2011-10-12 17:26:07 | 99.11 | 96% |
| 23375 | 2011-08-24 19:11:16 | 101.93 | 97% |
| 23158 | 2011-08-22 21:37:08 | 97.68 | 97% |
| 23005 | 2011-08-09 22:05:44 | 112.09 | 98% |
| 22424 | 2011-07-26 17:33:16 | 103.99 | 99% |
| 22267 | 2011-07-22 23:37:49 | 95.96 | 96% |
| 21764 | 2011-07-07 17:42:21 | 92.82 | 95% |
| 21406 | 2011-06-28 19:54:51 | 83.64 | 93% |
| 21129 | 2011-06-24 17:52:52 | 79.74 | 90% |
| 21124 | 2011-06-24 17:48:18 | 79.19 | 89% |
| 20971 | 2011-06-13 20:05:40 | 95.62 | 94% |
| 18908 | 2011-03-16 15:11:45 | 83.13 | |
| 18438 | 2011-02-18 20:46:39 | 91.56 | |
| 18328 | 2011-02-15 17:47:15 | 93.75 | |
| 17838 | 2011-01-28 20:37:49 | 87.63 | |
| 17382 | 2011-01-12 22:44:14 | 87.32 | |
| 17270 | 2011-01-10 23:06:51 | 85.92 | |
| 17043 | 2011-01-10 16:36:55 | 92.71 | |
| 16829 | 2011-01-05 18:43:48 | 104.39 | |
| 15812 | 2010-11-17 20:54:47 | 92.84 | |
| 15219 | 2010-10-29 19:33:29 | 90.44 | |
| 13124 | 2010-09-05 03:27:34 | 80.71 | |
| 12877 | 2010-08-31 21:14:21 | 100.75 | |
| 12495 | 2010-08-24 19:14:22 | 102.93 | |
| 12186 | 2010-08-18 05:54:08 | 83.53 | |
| 12164 | 2010-08-17 20:14:56 | 84.39 | |
| 11698 | 2010-06-26 01:01:32 | 90.15 | |
| 10931 | 2010-03-31 19:45:34 | 94.66 | |
| 10856 | 2010-03-25 22:33:23 | 95.56 | |
| 9293 | 2010-01-13 19:51:25 | 101.66 | |
| 8614 | 2009-12-02 21:43:18 | 75.50 | |
| 8507 | 2009-11-19 22:46:34 | 86.62 | |
| 8101 | 2009-11-13 17:51:49 | 89.75 | |
| 7885 | 2009-11-10 19:09:55 | 93.99 | |
| 7732 | 2009-11-06 19:29:33 | 79.24 | |
| 7235 | 2009-10-24 01:21:04 | 92.29 | |
| 7196 | 2009-10-20 19:55:32 | 84.32 | |
| 7005 | 2009-10-12 22:04:54 | 88.86 | |
| 6877 | 2009-10-09 19:56:22 | 88.50 | |
| 6602 | 2009-09-30 21:20:03 | 89.64 | |
| 6038 | 2009-09-09 19:13:42 | 83.64 | |
| 5903 | 2009-09-03 15:55:52 | 83.61 | |
| 5000 | 2009-08-05 20:16:04 | 87.74 | |
| 4993 | 2009-08-05 17:05:26 | 80.22 | |
| 4461 | 2009-07-30 19:34:20 | 84.85 | |
| 4443 | 2009-07-30 19:15:40 | 83.61 | |
| 4233 | 2009-07-23 21:26:16 | 85.27 | |
| 3569 | 2009-07-07 19:13:19 | 68.04 | |
| 3512 | 2009-06-26 19:29:18 | 86.86 | |
| 3289 | 2009-06-19 20:15:03 | 85.23 | |
| 3167 | 2009-06-14 19:32:29 | 83.32 | |
| 1393 | 2009-05-15 15:26:47 | 77.03 | |
| 446 | 2009-05-04 03:58:13 | 80.64 |