Actually, it's mostly about WWTBAM, though various competitions are
discussed, and it's an older article; but I can't recall any
discussion of it, and it was new to me when I discovered it earlier
today. Thought it might be of some interest here.
American Prospect, "Are Men's Fingers Faster?" by Edward Cohn
http://www.prospect.org/print/V11/11/cohn-e.html
Tom