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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 171787 | 2023-10-01 02:40:49 | 110.43 | 97.8% |
| 169387 | 2023-09-04 01:52:27 | 123.11 | 99% |
| 164479 | 2023-06-22 14:30:32 | 120.32 | 99% |
| 163559 | 2023-06-09 12:50:00 | 103.74 | 98% |
| 161165 | 2023-05-13 22:23:24 | 107.80 | 99% |
| 156092 | 2023-03-22 23:56:53 | 107.92 | 98% |
| 154758 | 2023-03-11 18:45:04 | 106.63 | 98% |
| 154467 | 2023-03-08 20:36:21 | 104.06 | 98% |
| 146441 | 2022-12-02 13:28:41 | 112.46 | 99% |
| 139478 | 2022-10-09 04:33:33 | 109.07 | 98% |
| 138436 | 2022-10-01 07:15:58 | 94.74 | 96% |
| 135881 | 2022-09-05 15:44:41 | 106.37 | 98% |
| 132139 | 2022-07-24 04:36:16 | 111.53 | 99% |
| 130627 | 2022-07-07 03:59:09 | 96.20 | 97% |
| 126891 | 2022-06-07 02:22:45 | 111.87 | 99% |
| 122206 | 2022-04-28 05:40:13 | 99.37 | 98% |
| 120830 | 2022-04-18 01:23:47 | 84.57 | 95% |
| 118064 | 2022-04-02 08:48:48 | 102.01 | 97% |
| 111709 | 2022-02-16 23:24:28 | 98.59 | 98% |
| 111340 | 2022-02-13 16:32:34 | 82.89 | 96% |
| 107490 | 2022-01-18 16:26:16 | 90.78 | 96% |
| 106864 | 2022-01-13 19:14:27 | 98.85 | 98% |
| 104008 | 2021-12-24 12:22:27 | 74.32 | 95% |
| 94332 | 2020-05-03 22:47:02 | 90.19 | 97% |
| 90483 | 2020-03-29 02:54:17 | 93.12 | 97% |
| 81480 | 2019-08-31 06:32:27 | 88.34 | 96% |
| 77987 | 2019-06-28 00:11:34 | 106.31 | 99% |
| 73775 | 2019-03-26 23:20:38 | 97.26 | 97% |
| 73168 | 2019-03-20 23:14:48 | 119.82 | 99% |
| 71953 | 2019-03-01 23:09:20 | 97.86 | 97% |
| 71534 | 2019-02-18 08:33:40 | 81.91 | 96% |
| 63061 | 2018-09-25 22:06:25 | 101.48 | 98% |
| 58512 | 2018-06-23 22:31:50 | 106.09 | 98% |
| 57734 | 2018-06-02 22:15:49 | 86.09 | 96% |
| 56805 | 2018-05-14 02:04:46 | 97.54 | 98% |
| 51990 | 2018-02-21 16:52:35 | 107.02 | 99% |
| 47035 | 2017-11-21 21:47:54 | 92.76 | 98% |
| 41553 | 2017-07-13 15:19:09 | 96.35 | 98% |
| 41080 | 2017-07-04 18:51:11 | 81.52 | 96% |
| 39598 | 2017-06-04 12:19:26 | 89.91 | 98% |
| 39171 | 2017-05-29 00:07:06 | 84.18 | 96% |
| 36818 | 2017-04-09 12:52:13 | 88.66 | 94% |
| 35767 | 2017-03-18 20:19:32 | 85.71 | 95% |
| 34905 | 2017-02-18 18:42:22 | 84.65 | 93% |
| 30841 | 2016-11-06 22:20:27 | 78.76 | 90% |
| 30708 | 2016-11-04 19:30:33 | 66.68 | 86% |
| 29489 | 2016-10-11 22:13:55 | 78.92 | 90% |
| 29456 | 2016-10-10 00:42:27 | 78.68 | 92% |
| 29028 | 2016-10-02 12:46:12 | 74.98 | 92% |
| 25281 | 2016-06-02 13:36:50 | 78.09 | 94% |
| 24120 | 2016-05-11 16:29:55 | 83.94 | 95% |
| 24035 | 2016-05-10 22:30:15 | 80.02 | 92% |
| 23638 | 2016-05-06 19:01:51 | 77.48 | 91% |
| 23213 | 2016-04-29 13:48:40 | 74.59 | 93% |
| 22965 | 2016-04-26 02:35:03 | 70.66 | 89% |
| 22764 | 2016-04-24 02:11:33 | 73.59 | 90% |
| 22258 | 2016-04-19 19:36:13 | 75.92 | 91% |
| 20791 | 2016-04-02 05:12:13 | 80.15 | 96% |
| 19409 | 2016-03-14 06:02:13 | 74.00 | 91% |
| 17969 | 2016-02-16 08:09:51 | 79.03 | 96% |
| 17771 | 2016-02-14 05:44:09 | 82.14 | 95% |
| 16860 | 2016-01-17 19:00:46 | 71.07 | 93% |
| 16340 | 2016-01-02 00:51:43 | 74.71 | 91% |
| 16161 | 2015-12-29 21:33:14 | 77.80 | 93% |
| 15595 | 2015-12-15 14:25:16 | 57.15 | 90% |
| 15473 | 2015-12-12 00:33:16 | 71.47 | 93% |
| 15000 | 2015-12-02 14:42:31 | 69.84 | 92% |
| 14839 | 2015-11-27 21:35:44 | 69.83 | 90% |
| 12820 | 2015-09-08 05:42:06 | 70.52 | 92% |
| 12668 | 2015-09-04 07:17:24 | 73.00 | 90% |
| 11107 | 2015-07-28 19:08:15 | 72.56 | 93% |
| 10746 | 2015-07-20 09:48:57 | 65.59 | 92% |
| 10728 | 2015-07-20 09:19:09 | 66.61 | 90% |
| 9492 | 2015-06-27 04:55:07 | 79.04 | 93% |
| 9431 | 2015-06-24 23:42:38 | 68.17 | 89% |
| 8321 | 2015-06-06 15:18:04 | 61.92 | 91% |
| 6865 | 2015-05-11 16:25:25 | 69.45 | 92% |
| 6331 | 2015-05-02 20:02:34 | 67.27 | 90% |
| 5047 | 2015-03-21 06:30:01 | 71.81 | 95% |
| 4506 | 2015-03-04 22:59:00 | 70.43 | 93% |
| 3067 | 2015-01-20 23:37:04 | 65.81 | 92% |
| 2945 | 2015-01-15 19:19:47 | 59.54 | 90% |
| 2027 | 2015-01-05 18:02:18 | 62.25 | 92% |
| 1489 | 2014-12-27 19:32:42 | 64.03 | 93% |
| 1127 | 2014-12-17 16:15:31 | 55.58 | 94% |
| 1086 | 2014-12-17 15:22:11 | 60.64 | 92% |