A strange little side quest
The fun part of looking behind Typing Race is seeing how many older ideas are still alive in modern play. A top Formula 1 tyre stop can happen in under two seconds; McLaren set a 1.80-second pit-stop record. There is another connection worth keeping in the same mental pocket: A major archery competition held at Finsbury in England in 1583 drew about 3,000 participants. That gives Typing Race a little more company than it first appears to have.