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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 68699 | 2022-08-13 03:18:39 | 136.61 | 99% |
| 62487 | 2016-06-16 18:04:07 | 118.00 | 94% |
| 62288 | 2016-05-05 18:35:44 | 127.00 | 98% |
| 61599 | 2016-03-08 17:12:59 | 126.05 | 95% |
| 59867 | 2016-02-09 10:25:41 | 125.23 | 94% |
| 59540 | 2016-01-29 10:15:27 | 146.10 | 99% |
| 59032 | 2015-12-31 14:30:56 | 115.16 | 92% |
| 58779 | 2015-12-18 15:38:31 | 138.32 | 98% |
| 58729 | 2015-12-12 13:44:26 | 141.08 | 97% |
| 58588 | 2015-12-02 11:16:43 | 128.59 | 96% |
| 58299 | 2015-11-19 09:37:13 | 129.76 | 95% |
| 57909 | 2015-11-04 08:58:49 | 138.18 | 97% |
| 57896 | 2015-11-04 08:46:28 | 127.30 | 94% |
| 57282 | 2015-10-14 16:01:40 | 115.48 | 95% |
| 56332 | 2015-09-04 13:10:56 | 130.99 | 97% |
| 56193 | 2015-09-01 17:43:51 | 140.42 | 96% |
| 55707 | 2015-08-25 16:47:20 | 146.41 | 99% |
| 54808 | 2015-08-13 12:28:25 | 120.40 | 92% |
| 54436 | 2015-08-07 15:47:01 | 121.99 | 92% |
| 51869 | 2015-06-25 15:40:34 | 131.46 | 97% |
| 51826 | 2015-06-23 12:54:53 | 113.55 | 94% |
| 50003 | 2013-03-10 21:03:57 | 114.47 | 92% |
| 49517 | 2013-02-07 17:10:40 | 131.36 | 97% |
| 48665 | 2012-12-02 14:48:25 | 117.47 | 95% |
| 47905 | 2012-09-09 10:03:56 | 126.35 | 96% |
| 47249 | 2012-08-07 17:13:40 | 101.27 | 92% |
| 47224 | 2012-08-06 14:18:24 | 112.72 | 94% |
| 47170 | 2012-08-03 14:19:14 | 116.61 | 95% |
| 47157 | 2012-08-03 14:10:02 | 114.89 | 93% |
| 47052 | 2012-08-01 16:21:51 | 108.07 | 94% |
| 44903 | 2012-06-12 11:44:14 | 111.07 | 94% |
| 44770 | 2012-06-10 12:22:09 | 113.30 | 94% |
| 44348 | 2012-06-02 17:43:10 | 113.69 | 92% |
| 43510 | 2012-05-19 09:46:17 | 116.37 | 94% |
| 43426 | 2012-05-17 16:33:28 | 120.40 | 96% |
| 43292 | 2012-05-16 14:36:39 | 119.23 | 95% |
| 42681 | 2012-05-07 17:29:52 | 103.89 | 92% |
| 42329 | 2012-05-01 09:11:03 | 122.87 | 94% |
| 41494 | 2012-04-06 14:39:41 | 119.20 | 95% |
| 41297 | 2012-04-02 11:51:12 | 109.04 | 95% |
| 41208 | 2012-04-01 11:15:57 | 123.50 | 96% |
| 39780 | 2012-02-26 18:08:16 | 119.64 | 94% |
| 39639 | 2012-02-22 18:55:27 | 112.34 | 95% |
| 39589 | 2012-02-21 16:25:12 | 108.71 | 93% |
| 39243 | 2012-02-13 15:36:25 | 97.28 | 92% |
| 39195 | 2012-02-13 14:41:58 | 120.45 | 95% |
| 38973 | 2012-02-09 15:49:48 | 117.73 | 94% |
| 38934 | 2012-02-09 15:02:14 | 113.07 | 94% |
| 37589 | 2011-12-30 13:45:30 | 126.41 | 97% |
| 36617 | 2011-11-26 13:54:25 | 104.60 | 92% |
| 35263 | 2011-10-28 16:44:48 | 117.09 | 93% |
| 33799 | 2011-10-02 12:34:58 | 103.89 | 90% |
| 33730 | 2011-09-26 14:03:13 | 127.49 | 97% |
| 32228 | 2011-07-11 13:57:49 | 116.50 | 95% |
| 31893 | 2011-06-25 20:20:27 | 102.01 | 92% |
| 30676 | 2011-05-08 19:09:50 | 126.28 | 96% |
| 30603 | 2011-05-08 13:40:37 | 106.18 | 93% |
| 30531 | 2011-05-04 17:51:46 | 95.54 | 90% |
| 30504 | 2011-05-04 17:14:16 | 103.41 | 92% |
| 29676 | 2011-04-17 10:33:46 | 117.75 | |
| 29522 | 2011-04-15 07:27:04 | 103.48 | |
| 29215 | 2011-04-09 13:20:13 | 118.95 | |
| 29158 | 2011-04-08 16:35:06 | 101.64 | |
| 29106 | 2011-04-08 11:13:32 | 100.64 | |
| 28773 | 2011-04-03 08:03:50 | 109.18 | |
| 28766 | 2011-04-02 14:20:42 | 105.14 | |
| 26116 | 2011-02-28 17:39:24 | 95.51 | |
| 26065 | 2011-02-28 10:09:02 | 96.93 | |
| 25356 | 2011-02-24 10:39:34 | 85.15 | |
| 25257 | 2011-02-22 14:20:14 | 93.92 | |
| 24723 | 2011-02-17 08:55:45 | 98.29 | |
| 24623 | 2011-02-15 09:49:07 | 84.58 | |
| 24461 | 2011-02-13 20:14:57 | 91.33 | |
| 24374 | 2011-02-12 18:26:48 | 94.95 | |
| 24173 | 2011-02-11 06:58:23 | 86.27 | |
| 23684 | 2011-02-05 20:46:39 | 92.35 | |
| 23540 | 2011-02-04 18:00:10 | 110.86 | |
| 23266 | 2011-01-30 16:51:53 | 117.27 | |
| 22829 | 2011-01-26 10:38:06 | 76.79 | |
| 22600 | 2011-01-21 14:49:57 | 103.86 | |
| 22572 | 2011-01-21 09:50:58 | 87.04 | |
| 22177 | 2011-01-14 20:59:10 | 94.04 | |
| 22059 | 2011-01-13 16:24:46 | 90.16 | |
| 22052 | 2011-01-13 16:18:13 | 100.69 | |
| 21476 | 2011-01-02 19:32:36 | 117.68 | |
| 21342 | 2010-12-31 11:36:44 | 100.84 | |
| 20293 | 2010-12-08 14:28:01 | 90.17 | |
| 19877 | 2010-11-19 21:15:31 | 93.53 | |
| 19671 | 2010-11-12 19:17:22 | 98.62 | |
| 18800 | 2010-09-30 18:31:59 | 103.31 | |
| 17828 | 2010-09-04 05:14:23 | 102.33 | |
| 17770 | 2010-09-01 15:29:54 | 94.38 | |
| 17517 | 2010-08-26 14:03:38 | 97.29 | |
| 17048 | 2010-08-15 07:35:12 | 99.12 | |
| 16404 | 2010-08-08 11:55:26 | 97.13 | |
| 16036 | 2010-08-02 14:43:02 | 80.72 | |
| 15881 | 2010-07-31 18:46:42 | 94.92 | |
| 15779 | 2010-07-29 19:25:49 | 105.46 | |
| 15588 | 2010-07-17 15:41:32 | 102.43 | |
| 15477 | 2010-07-14 10:24:28 | 96.01 | |
| 14770 | 2010-05-24 11:19:25 | 85.13 | |
| 14265 | 2010-05-03 13:11:04 | 110.28 | |
| 13640 | 2010-03-21 11:46:44 | 77.82 | |
| 12853 | 2010-02-13 10:53:58 | 86.03 | |
| 12619 | 2010-02-04 17:18:25 | 91.18 | |
| 12354 | 2010-01-27 09:14:52 | 83.71 | |
| 12178 | 2010-01-20 19:33:18 | 100.51 | |
| 11895 | 2010-01-07 13:18:23 | 82.18 | |
| 11216 | 2009-12-11 20:10:01 | 93.20 | |
| 10861 | 2009-11-26 10:44:59 | 89.70 | |
| 10162 | 2009-10-21 12:41:57 | 92.60 | |
| 10092 | 2009-10-20 10:09:25 | 103.96 | |
| 9882 | 2009-10-15 15:10:17 | 105.05 | |
| 9504 | 2009-10-05 14:07:59 | 96.42 | |
| 9042 | 2009-09-20 09:36:28 | 97.57 | |
| 8981 | 2009-09-16 14:11:22 | 87.01 | |
| 8798 | 2009-09-12 16:20:39 | 90.73 | |
| 8305 | 2009-09-03 19:10:27 | 91.75 | |
| 8119 | 2009-08-29 15:12:52 | 82.84 | |
| 8084 | 2009-08-29 07:53:29 | 96.05 | |
| 7818 | 2009-08-20 19:51:35 | 89.02 | |
| 7204 | 2009-08-08 15:20:36 | 82.86 | |
| 7100 | 2009-08-07 13:41:04 | 100.12 | |
| 7073 | 2009-08-07 10:03:42 | 103.64 | |
| 6677 | 2009-07-22 13:55:35 | 79.10 | |
| 6284 | 2009-07-12 13:21:52 | 83.18 | |
| 5888 | 2009-07-06 12:10:42 | 89.92 | |
| 5471 | 2009-06-26 18:57:39 | 82.77 | |
| 4865 | 2009-06-08 13:57:05 | 82.75 | |
| 4519 | 2009-06-01 18:08:02 | 75.27 | |
| 4074 | 2009-05-23 13:08:57 | 79.41 | |
| 3915 | 2009-05-18 18:35:40 | 74.92 | |
| 2858 | 2009-04-22 10:24:43 | 68.77 | |
| 2808 | 2009-04-21 15:08:24 | 84.11 | |
| 2754 | 2009-04-20 07:50:31 | 79.68 | |
| 2634 | 2009-04-17 12:56:10 | 77.75 | |
| 1915 | 2009-04-02 15:46:46 | 75.75 | |
| 1595 | 2009-03-28 18:47:32 | 68.42 | |
| 1247 | 2009-03-14 20:20:40 | 74.99 | |
| 1147 | 2009-03-05 16:44:24 | 74.16 | |
| 1073 | 2009-02-27 16:52:37 | 74.31 | |
| 737 | 2009-02-13 15:25:54 | 62.28 | |
| 350 | 2009-01-28 17:28:00 | 62.09 |