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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 65295 | 2018-02-13 21:32:55 | 139.01 | 97% |
| 64436 | 2018-02-08 12:18:09 | 129.29 | 98% |
| 55621 | 2017-12-07 09:08:45 | 135.61 | 98% |
| 55207 | 2017-08-16 17:36:00 | 128.93 | 96% |
| 55143 | 2017-08-16 14:24:29 | 140.22 | 96% |
| 52802 | 2017-08-02 16:42:26 | 126.87 | 97% |
| 51616 | 2017-07-25 15:31:52 | 129.66 | 97% |
| 47742 | 2016-09-19 09:21:06 | 152.63 | 94% |
| 47436 | 2016-09-14 19:50:07 | 157.09 | 97% |
| 47150 | 2016-09-11 09:14:03 | 155.69 | 97% |
| 46959 | 2016-09-10 14:25:25 | 119.95 | 79% |
| 45378 | 2016-08-20 21:56:40 | 144.24 | 92% |
| 44847 | 2016-08-15 16:40:35 | 133.07 | 87% |
| 42766 | 2016-07-07 00:10:19 | 128.64 | 92% |
| 42374 | 2016-06-23 18:23:29 | 127.05 | 91% |
| 41693 | 2016-05-26 00:34:20 | 139.50 | 97% |
| 41626 | 2016-05-25 21:54:22 | 138.28 | 96% |
| 41166 | 2016-05-14 21:28:31 | 122.25 | 88% |
| 40944 | 2016-05-08 19:23:11 | 126.41 | 88% |
| 40512 | 2016-04-25 19:19:45 | 126.94 | 86% |
| 39164 | 2016-04-01 22:01:42 | 147.16 | 97% |
| 38069 | 2016-03-14 20:32:48 | 144.97 | 91% |
| 37982 | 2016-03-12 21:11:50 | 137.62 | 89% |
| 37257 | 2016-03-02 21:34:47 | 140.39 | 93% |
| 37027 | 2016-03-01 15:42:47 | 127.62 | 83% |
| 36322 | 2016-02-24 21:34:11 | 139.70 | 92% |
| 35425 | 2016-01-11 23:49:20 | 135.91 | 96% |
| 35413 | 2016-01-11 23:41:03 | 136.74 | 96% |
| 33982 | 2015-01-17 22:34:11 | 132.34 | 95% |
| 33704 | 2015-01-13 18:17:26 | 139.60 | 96% |
| 33407 | 2014-10-12 20:26:21 | 145.41 | 95% |
| 33156 | 2014-10-08 21:10:24 | 139.52 | 94% |
| 33134 | 2014-10-08 20:35:44 | 140.06 | 95% |
| 32862 | 2014-09-19 15:50:22 | 121.30 | 91% |
| 32407 | 2014-08-24 14:52:29 | 141.74 | 93% |
| 31497 | 2014-08-08 22:47:04 | 157.80 | 95% |
| 30900 | 2014-06-19 17:55:28 | 142.43 | 95% |
| 30547 | 2014-06-13 16:58:53 | 128.97 | 92% |
| 30318 | 2014-06-11 17:28:05 | 131.97 | 93% |
| 30155 | 2014-06-08 22:50:33 | 133.79 | 95% |
| 29907 | 2014-05-24 17:31:16 | 120.25 | 89% |
| 29878 | 2014-05-24 12:01:04 | 130.42 | 93% |
| 29548 | 2014-05-11 12:49:40 | 138.24 | 94% |
| 29258 | 2014-05-04 15:00:55 | 143.88 | 96% |
| 28925 | 2014-04-30 21:15:04 | 144.59 | 96% |
| 28526 | 2014-04-18 21:55:26 | 122.52 | 90% |
| 27422 | 2014-03-22 16:17:34 | 129.68 | 92% |
| 27276 | 2014-03-16 14:45:25 | 151.07 | 98% |
| 27237 | 2014-03-16 12:45:37 | 112.34 | 90% |
| 26766 | 2014-03-09 13:37:29 | 154.75 | 98% |
| 25336 | 2014-02-22 00:37:36 | 118.95 | 89% |
| 24395 | 2014-02-08 12:14:39 | 140.50 | 91% |
| 23379 | 2014-01-28 14:03:08 | 145.61 | 94% |
| 22642 | 2014-01-22 23:27:47 | 136.89 | 90% |
| 22065 | 2014-01-18 13:13:15 | 145.85 | 96% |
| 21571 | 2014-01-15 18:22:36 | 133.63 | 95% |
| 21317 | 2014-01-13 21:37:47 | 146.74 | 97% |
| 20565 | 2014-01-04 13:23:35 | 121.41 | 92% |
| 19349 | 2013-12-28 13:02:33 | 153.14 | 99% |
| 18229 | 2013-12-01 15:32:47 | 133.36 | 94% |
| 17898 | 2013-11-24 18:15:07 | 141.36 | 94% |
| 17042 | 2013-11-08 18:53:18 | 147.15 | 99% |
| 16562 | 2013-10-26 18:32:10 | 145.03 | 94% |
| 13454 | 2013-08-25 00:22:48 | 130.43 | 95% |
| 13422 | 2013-08-24 13:56:53 | 136.51 | 98% |
| 10504 | 2013-07-21 18:05:25 | 130.03 | 94% |
| 10292 | 2013-07-19 19:59:45 | 136.23 | 97% |
| 9295 | 2013-06-29 17:30:59 | 134.26 | 93% |
| 8711 | 2013-06-22 19:55:53 | 138.49 | 95% |
| 7895 | 2013-06-13 14:51:22 | 124.23 | 92% |
| 7496 | 2013-05-18 09:31:02 | 144.95 | 97% |
| 7278 | 2013-05-11 18:27:31 | 158.85 | 99% |
| 7015 | 2013-05-04 16:18:08 | 134.23 | 94% |
| 5377 | 2013-04-04 15:57:57 | 133.98 | 92% |
| 4853 | 2013-03-29 10:26:41 | 136.04 | 97% |
| 3854 | 2013-02-09 23:46:23 | 117.19 | 91% |
| 3645 | 2013-02-01 18:08:02 | 144.38 | 99% |
| 3506 | 2013-01-30 16:02:40 | 146.41 | 96% |
| 3364 | 2013-01-28 14:50:47 | 127.37 | 94% |
| 3239 | 2013-01-27 00:13:20 | 138.17 | 94% |
| 2049 | 2013-01-01 18:42:00 | 126.83 | 95% |
| 1775 | 2012-12-22 13:15:23 | 114.64 | 92% |
| 1259 | 2012-11-02 21:17:27 | 135.23 | 94% |