Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the winter and then laying them off when the work slowed down, Jay had instituted a system of paying workers a steady wage year-round. A 1937 Fortune magazine article about this and other progressive labor policies at Hormel might well shock those familiar only with the company's labor relations in the 1980s.
—from SPAM: A Biography: The Amazing True Story of America's "Miracle Meat!", a book by Carolyn Wyman
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Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
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12884. | Lindsay (palindrome) | 82.20 | — | 2011-02-25 |
12885. | Cakeman (cakeman45) | 82.19 | 96.8% | 2024-03-05 |
12886. | Nathan (hewittdallas) | 82.19 | 97% | 2019-09-23 |
12887. | Pradipta (proydu) | 82.19 | 99% | 2014-07-16 |
12888. | knicked (knicked) | 82.19 | 95% | 2020-03-17 |
12889. | Bún Bò (snowk49) | 82.18 | 99% | 2020-01-18 |
12890. | Arun (arun_karnati) | 82.18 | 96% | 2014-06-28 |
12891. | Fjord (fjord41) | 82.17 | 98% | 2019-04-09 |
12892. | Stevie (stevie_fox) | 82.17 | 98% | 2021-01-08 |
12893. | LeQ (xlequitox) | 82.17 | 97% | 2021-04-21 |
12894. | DJ (exility133) | 82.17 | 96.7% | 2021-02-05 |
12895. | Kevin (baeyoona) | 82.17 | 92% | 2015-11-14 |
12896. | Matt (mlefkow) | 82.17 | — | 2010-07-01 |
12897. | Kevin (hyperdubz) | 82.17 | 97% | 2016-08-28 |
12898. | Sriracha (saragrant) | 82.16 | 98% | 2015-10-16 |
12899. | Cell (cell) | 82.16 | 97% | 2016-07-29 |
12900. | Andrew (andy_pie) | 82.15 | 97% | 2020-09-09 |
12901. | Riada (riadadvorak) | 82.15 | 98% | 2021-05-10 |
12902. | Harry (hazman) | 82.15 | 97% | 2020-07-05 |
12903. | Sisbug4 (sisbug4) | 82.14 | 98% | 2016-02-14 |
12904. | Makisa (makisa) | 82.14 | 96% | 2023-11-08 |
12905. | Sexy (doublebi) | 82.14 | 97% | 2017-08-28 |
12906. | Hossein (hossein_nas) | 82.14 | 97% | 2024-01-16 |
12907. | Gordon (crazyjugglerdrummer) | 82.14 | 92% | 2013-05-08 |
12908. | May (thiyp) | 82.13 | 98.7% | 2023-11-21 |
12909. | Daniel (kimster773) | 82.13 | 97% | 2021-02-18 |
12910. | kelp (k3lp_boy) | 82.13 | 96% | 2017-09-27 |
12911. | Nattaphoom (attomos) | 82.13 | 94% | 2014-03-30 |
12912. | Austen (schmollsy9) | 82.12 | 95% | 2023-12-09 |
12913. | Ari (akalisan) | 82.12 | 94% | 2021-04-25 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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Default (English) | 87,957 | 76.95 | August 20, 2009 |
Long Texts | 108 | 73.53 | December 30, 2016 |
Instant Death Mode | 86 | 79.76 | April 2, 2010 |
Riverside Middle School | 3 | 72.81 | January 25, 2011 |
##typeracer | 2 | 55.97 | January 27, 2021 |