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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
16431. | Philip (piporace10) | 76.19 | 93% | 2015-06-23 |
16432. | eduardo (eduardonobre) | 76.19 | 96% | 2021-07-18 |
16433. | Kaladin (kaladin_stormblessed) | 76.19 | 97% | 2021-07-02 |
16434. | Moses (sheepa1) | 76.19 | 96% | 2023-04-07 |
16435. | Peter (riffert) | 76.19 | 93% | 2016-10-17 |
16436. | brubeck (brubeck) | 76.19 | 98% | 2012-07-04 |
16437. | master (yunan_elfath) | 76.19 | 91% | 2017-01-27 |
16438. | Adam (fatadz) | 76.18 | 96% | 2013-02-05 |
16439. | Brett (sonovthedawn) | 76.18 | 92% | 2016-07-21 |
16440. | Gbogi (devoepack) | 76.18 | 93% | 2016-06-18 |
16441. | lemon (ilka) | 76.18 | 89% | 2017-01-25 |
16442. | Dillon (dillpickle1031) | 76.18 | 87% | 2015-06-08 |
16443. | Ev (complexion) | 76.18 | 98% | 2022-01-22 |
16444. | Joseph (jonas223xc) | 76.18 | 96% | 2014-05-15 |
16445. | Assassin4Hire (strictmath) | 76.18 | 95% | 2014-12-07 |
16446. | Mathew (joeoej) | 76.18 | 97% | 2024-01-09 |
16447. | Nguyen Cong (ve1233) | 76.17 | 95% | 2015-02-06 |
16448. | Lucas (luc4bob) | 76.17 | 95% | 2015-08-06 |
16449. | MambaDev (stainless) | 76.17 | 93% | 2016-02-27 |
16450. | Birdman (birdman13) | 76.17 | 98% | 2022-10-27 |
16451. | Kevin (gkpc) | 76.17 | 95% | 2015-05-09 |
16452. | Matt (genios) | 76.16 | 98% | 2014-04-07 |
16453. | UnreliableSpare (unreliable... | 76.16 | 98% | 2023-01-14 |
16454. | Ethan (bell377) | 76.16 | 98% | 2024-04-09 |
16455. | JustAnIntern (botbananaman) | 76.15 | 96% | 2017-10-13 |
16456. | Kurion (kurion) | 76.15 | 89% | 2013-11-06 |
16457. | Lam (lam_blue) | 76.15 | 98% | 2011-09-23 |
16458. | M (kolk) | 76.15 | 89% | 2011-07-01 |
16459. | Discharger (fty1777) | 76.15 | 97% | 2021-10-13 |
16460. | Juan (yosohs) | 76.15 | 96.7% | 2023-12-21 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
---|---|---|---|
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 |