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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48940 | 2017-04-16 04:20:48 | 149.69 | 98% |
| 47964 | 2017-03-11 01:26:45 | 142.67 | 96% |
| 47592 | 2017-02-25 07:22:01 | 142.44 | 97% |
| 46231 | 2016-08-18 09:11:29 | 153.11 | 97% |
| 45292 | 2016-08-10 08:30:14 | 149.77 | 98% |
| 44913 | 2016-08-05 13:26:26 | 138.27 | 97% |
| 44818 | 2016-07-30 05:25:03 | 156.07 | 99% |
| 43448 | 2016-07-13 08:24:56 | 149.50 | 96% |
| 43311 | 2016-07-11 14:52:04 | 167.42 | 100% |
| 43115 | 2016-07-10 14:48:57 | 126.16 | 92% |
| 43061 | 2016-07-10 13:08:40 | 148.12 | 97% |
| 42237 | 2016-06-11 13:02:25 | 150.92 | 98% |
| 42010 | 2016-05-22 13:33:56 | 125.53 | 94% |
| 42002 | 2016-05-22 13:27:51 | 140.37 | 96% |
| 41790 | 2016-05-20 09:48:38 | 157.03 | 98% |
| 41442 | 2016-05-04 08:54:19 | 156.01 | 97% |
| 40740 | 2016-01-30 06:37:29 | 153.69 | 99% |
| 40598 | 2016-01-22 10:22:56 | 138.13 | 95% |
| 39896 | 2016-01-08 15:12:02 | 127.05 | 95% |
| 38864 | 2015-12-27 02:11:42 | 102.84 | 96% |
| 36542 | 2015-10-23 08:08:55 | 118.15 | 92% |
| 36226 | 2015-10-15 04:38:13 | 124.37 | 91% |
| 34253 | 2015-07-05 07:43:38 | 132.70 | 93% |
| 33687 | 2015-06-26 07:27:41 | 149.37 | 98% |
| 33214 | 2015-06-13 14:03:37 | 108.63 | 89% |
| 32973 | 2015-06-06 09:08:58 | 129.25 | 95% |
| 32940 | 2015-05-30 11:50:06 | 125.54 | 93% |
| 32246 | 2015-05-02 14:03:24 | 145.68 | 97% |
| 31664 | 2015-03-30 13:33:31 | 112.39 | 95% |
| 30895 | 2015-03-08 03:32:39 | 140.92 | 98% |
| 30659 | 2015-03-01 12:32:32 | 125.76 | 94% |
| 29788 | 2015-02-24 10:17:11 | 127.79 | 96% |
| 28684 | 2015-02-14 07:44:37 | 120.54 | 95% |
| 28279 | 2015-02-13 03:05:52 | 112.85 | 94% |
| 28252 | 2015-02-12 13:09:00 | 136.99 | 99% |
| 27624 | 2015-02-09 03:39:43 | 138.85 | 96% |
| 26558 | 2015-01-30 13:11:17 | 135.93 | 97% |
| 26557 | 2015-01-30 13:10:31 | 128.03 | 97% |
| 25672 | 2015-01-18 12:02:07 | 129.52 | 96% |
| 25366 | 2015-01-13 14:15:47 | 136.47 | 97% |
| 23960 | 2014-10-27 07:52:43 | 131.15 | 95% |
| 23894 | 2014-10-26 12:42:07 | 100.31 | 90% |
| 23392 | 2014-10-12 11:58:08 | 104.25 | 90% |
| 23300 | 2014-10-11 06:56:17 | 111.07 | 92% |
| 22254 | 2014-05-31 13:56:26 | 115.82 | 91% |
| 21524 | 2014-04-28 03:19:19 | 125.83 | 96% |
| 21506 | 2014-04-28 03:05:53 | 122.44 | 95% |
| 21176 | 2014-04-23 06:41:39 | 110.78 | 95% |
| 20890 | 2014-04-20 22:54:58 | 103.56 | 92% |
| 20772 | 2014-04-16 01:51:49 | 111.31 | 95% |
| 20707 | 2014-04-16 00:18:42 | 129.36 | 98% |
| 20297 | 2014-04-03 11:39:52 | 119.85 | 94% |
| 19967 | 2014-03-31 06:15:16 | 112.13 | 94% |
| 19661 | 2014-03-29 09:23:42 | 125.51 | 97% |
| 18790 | 2014-03-24 16:48:22 | 96.95 | 93% |
| 18281 | 2014-03-21 04:51:31 | 128.50 | 96% |
| 17943 | 2014-03-18 22:06:21 | 106.46 | 94% |
| 17767 | 2014-03-16 02:29:45 | 125.88 | 97% |
| 17344 | 2014-03-12 06:46:49 | 112.44 | 94% |
| 17132 | 2014-03-08 02:24:45 | 104.45 | 94% |
| 16870 | 2014-03-03 10:27:23 | 115.32 | 95% |
| 16202 | 2014-02-23 08:17:36 | 108.40 | 95% |
| 15887 | 2014-02-19 06:56:19 | 113.11 | 94% |
| 15387 | 2014-02-13 02:27:02 | 89.74 | 92% |
| 15292 | 2014-02-11 05:56:03 | 96.82 | 90% |
| 14091 | 2014-02-02 08:32:27 | 101.87 | 94% |
| 13949 | 2014-01-30 07:44:04 | 104.96 | 97% |
| 13726 | 2014-01-29 07:55:44 | 113.03 | 95% |
| 12578 | 2014-01-21 05:21:15 | 112.60 | 96% |
| 12566 | 2014-01-21 05:12:20 | 117.22 | 95% |
| 12338 | 2014-01-20 09:25:24 | 97.20 | 95% |
| 11563 | 2014-01-14 10:05:34 | 107.32 | 97% |
| 11360 | 2014-01-13 02:22:46 | 101.70 | 96% |
| 10765 | 2014-01-05 04:47:48 | 97.73 | 96% |
| 9977 | 2013-12-22 13:24:37 | 94.68 | 95% |
| 9352 | 2013-12-14 09:41:14 | 105.97 | 99% |
| 9178 | 2013-12-13 10:06:54 | 87.75 | 95% |
| 8196 | 2013-08-25 12:25:24 | 114.82 | 92% |
| 7607 | 2013-08-16 16:13:59 | 129.66 | 97% |
| 6185 | 2013-08-10 20:17:52 | 92.29 | 95% |
| 6152 | 2013-08-10 19:48:23 | 83.61 | 91% |
| 5606 | 2013-08-09 23:51:01 | 88.71 | 89% |
| 4997 | 2013-08-08 12:12:12 | 134.13 | 100% |
| 4152 | 2013-08-02 15:28:29 | 123.14 | 97% |
| 4088 | 2013-08-02 13:51:20 | 114.63 | 96% |
| 4036 | 2013-08-01 11:23:59 | 125.28 | 97% |
| 3311 | 2013-05-29 12:01:12 | 128.99 | 100% |
| 2933 | 2013-02-02 23:14:35 | 92.56 | 93% |
| 2555 | 2013-01-28 07:28:48 | 119.63 | 97% |
| 1358 | 2013-01-19 07:45:31 | 117.63 | 96% |
| 1232 | 2013-01-18 11:13:04 | 104.03 | 95% |
| 1197 | 2013-01-18 10:43:21 | 96.35 | 94% |
| 1089 | 2013-01-17 00:55:42 | 114.44 | 96% |
| 446 | 2013-01-12 02:38:25 | 117.78 | 99% |
| 424 | 2013-01-12 02:15:54 | 94.29 | 97% |
| 282 | 2013-01-11 03:47:56 | 98.83 | 97% |
| 22 | 2013-01-09 01:52:10 | 82.10 | 86% |