Ghassan (lightbeam)

Race #137

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Official speed 72.46 wpm (52.33 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start June 2, 2013 2:35:48pm UTC
Race Finish June 2, 2013 2:36:40pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 3)
Opponents 1. a_baby (75.52 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 0.00
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Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times reported on a typing demonstration given the previous day in Brooklyn by a Thomas Osborne of Rochester, New York. The Times reported that Mr. Osborne "holds the championship for fast typing, having accomplished 126 words a minute at Toronto August 13, 1888."