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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 297510 | 2021-01-13 09:36:58 | 166.34 | 98% |
| 287307 | 2019-03-15 05:21:50 | 133.26 | 98% |
| 286930 | 2019-03-15 02:50:55 | 129.59 | 98% |
| 274689 | 2018-11-18 20:47:04 | 165.82 | 97% |
| 253293 | 2018-09-07 05:25:55 | 138.55 | 96% |
| 244042 | 2018-08-26 02:33:47 | 171.21 | 99% |
| 239932 | 2018-06-01 02:56:34 | 166.05 | 98% |
| 223218 | 2018-01-18 16:01:47 | 98.07 | 97% |
| 222200 | 2018-01-16 21:34:16 | 124.74 | 97% |
| 221458 | 2018-01-14 02:56:41 | 115.15 | 97% |
| 216898 | 2017-12-23 05:23:02 | 126.18 | 99% |
| 215612 | 2017-12-17 06:51:15 | 155.24 | 99% |
| 192564 | 2017-10-03 03:07:59 | 120.32 | 96% |
| 171412 | 2017-06-07 02:57:25 | 131.61 | 97% |
| 169262 | 2017-06-01 15:02:14 | 151.66 | 98% |
| 168133 | 2017-05-28 22:34:03 | 155.91 | 96% |
| 167047 | 2017-05-25 20:34:40 | 157.66 | 90% |
| 158013 | 2017-04-16 04:20:48 | 149.50 | 94% |
| 134660 | 2017-01-12 05:28:44 | 144.28 | 91% |
| 134457 | 2017-01-12 01:34:47 | 125.98 | 88% |
| 131910 | 2017-01-08 05:26:05 | 145.73 | 95% |
| 131279 | 2017-01-06 10:37:31 | 155.84 | 97% |
| 128937 | 2016-12-31 03:54:56 | 148.02 | 93% |
| 128801 | 2016-12-30 07:00:07 | 126.12 | 91% |
| 128080 | 2016-12-26 23:28:24 | 164.44 | 98% |
| 127421 | 2016-12-22 19:54:13 | 146.83 | 96% |
| 126127 | 2016-12-18 08:21:26 | 129.85 | 85% |
| 124621 | 2016-12-12 00:22:36 | 147.36 | 96% |
| 124200 | 2016-12-09 00:50:55 | 124.30 | 91% |
| 118524 | 2016-12-01 05:46:28 | 132.60 | 91% |
| 105126 | 2016-11-06 03:49:30 | 148.49 | 93% |
| 100402 | 2016-10-22 05:46:18 | 117.96 | 93% |
| 95807 | 2016-10-11 00:40:54 | 156.84 | 96% |
| 84809 | 2016-09-18 03:36:00 | 115.71 | 84% |
| 84172 | 2016-09-17 03:53:37 | 132.04 | 89% |
| 83632 | 2016-09-16 18:13:21 | 153.44 | 97% |
| 81844 | 2016-09-09 01:07:56 | 127.30 | 90% |
| 77261 | 2016-09-03 06:47:01 | 100.14 | 84% |
| 76970 | 2016-09-02 05:36:05 | 109.68 | 90% |
| 75950 | 2016-08-31 09:29:46 | 121.72 | 92% |
| 74773 | 2016-08-30 02:56:23 | 107.36 | 87% |
| 74745 | 2016-08-30 02:36:41 | 118.95 | 90% |
| 74660 | 2016-08-30 01:33:42 | 132.27 | 94% |
| 74248 | 2016-08-29 05:36:56 | 79.53 | 83% |
| 72633 | 2016-08-25 20:43:40 | 99.22 | 86% |
| 46295 | 2016-07-14 05:12:21 | 132.63 | 99% |
| 46081 | 2016-07-13 12:28:41 | 116.61 | 95% |
| 39081 | 2016-06-03 04:24:42 | 129.00 | 92% |
| 37094 | 2016-05-28 05:05:51 | 125.67 | 93% |
| 36230 | 2016-05-26 01:44:11 | 147.54 | 97% |
| 34560 | 2016-05-22 00:11:03 | 111.11 | 85% |
| 31752 | 2016-05-14 07:21:09 | 131.00 | 89% |
| 27942 | 2016-05-03 06:11:27 | 141.04 | 96% |
| 27000 | 2016-05-02 01:34:51 | 138.00 | 91% |
| 25452 | 2016-04-26 16:43:19 | 129.66 | 92% |
| 23385 | 2016-01-30 06:37:30 | 146.12 | 92% |
| 22740 | 2016-01-18 07:21:40 | 152.51 | 94% |
| 22276 | 2016-01-02 06:34:09 | 114.54 | 87% |
| 21237 | 2015-12-16 20:09:06 | 124.88 | 89% |
| 20201 | 2015-10-18 23:52:02 | 92.74 | 78% |
| 20190 | 2015-10-18 02:13:49 | 136.56 | 91% |
| 19378 | 2015-10-13 22:22:43 | 109.42 | 79% |
| 19120 | 2015-10-08 23:42:50 | 134.41 | 90% |
| 18186 | 2015-09-16 06:08:20 | 145.19 | 97% |
| 16572 | 2015-05-15 01:24:55 | 166.51 | 96% |
| 15553 | 2015-04-13 13:27:49 | 82.99 | 82% |
| 15210 | 2015-04-13 09:07:30 | 111.24 | 90% |
| 14896 | 2015-04-13 05:19:14 | 116.90 | 87% |
| 8884 | 2015-02-22 05:09:37 | 103.13 | 88% |
| 6912 | 2015-02-16 22:36:09 | 128.43 | 95% |
| 6826 | 2015-02-16 21:25:10 | 119.33 | 92% |
| 4597 | 2015-02-13 03:57:30 | 136.20 | 92% |
| 4588 | 2015-02-13 03:05:47 | 129.35 | 93% |
| 3761 | 2015-02-10 04:08:08 | 128.34 | 93% |
| 1940 | 2015-02-04 04:08:12 | 136.77 | 94% |
| 1682 | 2015-02-03 08:01:47 | 134.54 | 96% |
| 1446 | 2015-02-03 01:05:05 | 143.26 | 97% |
| 1329 | 2015-02-02 06:22:18 | 106.25 | 90% |
| 222 | 2015-01-31 08:34:10 | 101.60 | 89% |