Text race history for qwerty (zxcvbgt)

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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
1932 2014-06-17 09:55:25 116.91 96%
1649 2014-05-30 18:01:26 108.08 95%
1079 2014-02-15 13:20:32 112.75 96%
650 2014-02-02 11:48:18 109.75 96%
495 2013-10-30 12:34:31 100.50 92%
354 2013-06-02 07:31:59 98.69 92%