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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13319. | kaiiennn (yknyong1) | 80.87 | 90% | 2012-10-24 |
13320. | Hail (voolcan) | 80.87 | 94% | 2016-08-27 |
13321. | Ray (rayh40) | 80.86 | 96% | 2022-08-15 |
13322. | Powerfulmojo (powerfulmojopi) | 80.86 | 95% | 2014-07-07 |
13323. | Free Palestine (chaoticorder) | 80.86 | 95.8% | 2023-11-21 |
13324. | peter (mazzmos) | 80.86 | 92% | 2013-05-18 |
13325. | Douglas (lasdoug) | 80.86 | 96% | 2014-03-24 |
13326. | A-A-RON (hihyooka) | 80.86 | — | 2010-05-10 |
13327. | MrSkatey (mrskatey) | 80.85 | 98% | 2024-03-29 |
13328. | Thomas (sfumato) | 80.85 | 96% | 2024-03-12 |
13329. | Khong (khong_eiei) | 80.85 | 97% | 2021-01-20 |
13330. | darth (darthgeek3) | 80.85 | 97% | 2014-05-01 |
13331. | Eetu (woltti) | 80.84 | 96% | 2024-03-15 |
13332. | TomVoldemort (tomvoldemort) | 80.84 | 96% | 2022-10-06 |
13333. | Hans (brotaufstrich) | 80.84 | 97% | 2023-06-11 |
13334. | Rajesh (rajeshbetty) | 80.84 | 97% | 2011-12-01 |
13335. | Conner (jabronee) | 80.83 | 94% | 2015-07-09 |
13336. | Kieran (deathranger999) | 80.83 | 91% | 2016-10-23 |
13337. | Deron (deronpianoplayer) | 80.83 | 93% | 2014-11-05 |
13338. | Ken (kssanchez1989) | 80.83 | 96% | 2016-07-26 |
13339. | Schmo (intriq) | 80.82 | 96% | 2014-04-18 |
13340. | Aharon (yogurtspit) | 80.82 | 97% | 2023-12-20 |
13341. | Katie (kmt2129) | 80.82 | 97% | 2018-04-12 |
13342. | Douglas (douglasmm24) | 80.82 | 96.2% | 2021-02-07 |
13343. | Juan (linuxguy0481) | 80.82 | — | 2010-02-16 |
13344. | Coco (ummena) | 80.81 | 96.2% | 2024-02-15 |
13345. | Amogh (amogh_14) | 80.81 | 97% | 2021-12-27 |
13346. | Allen (agginham) | 80.81 | 96% | 2020-09-04 |
13347. | Dol (indiff) | 80.81 | — | 2010-12-03 |
13348. | kartik (krtkv) | 80.80 | 96% | 2024-02-09 |
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 |