At the 2013 NCRA Convention & Expo in Nashville, Tenn., Dana Hayden (left) of Huntsville, Ark. won the 2013 Speed Contest. Deanna Boenau (center) of Sarasota, Fla., earned second place and Donna Urlaub (right) of Chicago, Ill., earned third place in the Speed Contest.
Contestants wrote and transcribed three five-minute legs – 220 Literary, 230 Legal Opinion, and 280 Testimony – and qualify for each leg with an accuracy score of 95 percent or better. The best combined score wins the championship.
Speed Contest – Overall
| Place | Names | Errors | Percentage |
| 1. | Hayden, Dana | 15 | 99.569% |
| 2 | Boenau, Deanna C. | 27 | 99.295% |
| 3 | Urlaub, Donna M. | 28 | 99.287% |
| 4 | Humphrey-Sonntag, Melanie L. | 33 | 99.164% |
| 5 | Wissenbach, John | 32 | 99.147% |
| 6 | Bryce, Jo Ann | 38 | 99.037% |
| 7 | Tyler, Karen L. | 38 | 98.959% |
| 8 | Cortopassi, Kathy A. | 83 | 97.763% |
| 9 | Radavich, Bernice E. | 96 | 97.469% |
| 10 | Frazier, Clay James | 94 | 97.440% |
| 11 | Germosen, Rich | 108 | 97.154% |
| 12 | Brezina, Thomas R. | 123 | 96.720% |
Literary
| Place | Names | Errors | Percentage |
| 1 | Bryce, Jo Ann | 1 | 99.909% |
| 2 | Boenau, Deanna C. | 4 | 99.636% |
| 2 | Urlaub, Donna M. | 4 | 99.636% |
| 3 | Hayden, Dana | 5 | 99.545% |
| 4 | Humphrey-Sonntag, Melanie L. | 7 | 99.364% |
| 5 | Tyler, Karen L. | 9 | 99.182% |
| 6 | Wissenbach, John | 10 | 99.091% |
| 7 | Cortopassi, Kathy A. | 13 | 98.818% |
| 8 | Menck, Karyn D. | 17 | 98.455% |
| 9 | Casey, Joyce Z. | 18 | 98.364% |
| 9 | Cook, Ronald L. | 18 | 98.364% |
| 10 | Germosen, Rich | 20 | 98.182% |
| 11 | Jansen, Naren | 24 | 97.818% |
| 12 | Frazier, Clay James | 28 | 97.455% |
| 13 | Radavich, Bernice E. | 29 | 97.364% |
| 14 | Brezina, Thomas R. | 31 | 97.182% |
| 14 | Frazier, Tami | 31 | 97.182% |
Legal Opinion
| Place | Names | Errors | Percentage |
| 1 | Humphrey-Sonntag, Melanie L. | 1 | 99.913% |
| 2 | Urlaub, Donna M. | 4 | 99.652% |
| 3 | Wissenbach, John | 5 | 99.565% |
| 4 | Boenau, Deanna C. | 7 | 99.391% |
| 5 | Hayden, Dana | 8 | 99.304% |
| 6 | Bryce, Jo Ann | 10 | 99.130% |
| 7 | Radavich, Bernice E. | 11 | 99.043% |
| 8 | Tyler, Karen L. | 15 | 98.696% |
| 9 | Cook, Ronald L. | 18 | 98.435% |
| 10 | Casey, Joyce Z. | 19 | 98.348% |
| 11 | Frazier, Clay James | 27 | 97.652% |
| 12 | Germosen, Rich | 28 | 97.565% |
| 13 | Brezina, Thomas R. | 29 | 97.478% |
| 14 | Cortopassi, Kathy A. | 34 | 97.043% |
| 15 | Frazier, Tami | 38 | 96.696% |
| 16 | Jansen, Naren | 53 | 95.391% |
Q&A
| Place | Names | Errors | Percentage |
| 1 | Hayden, Dana | 2 | 99.857% |
| 2 | Tyler, Karen L. | 14 | 99.000% |
| 3 | Boenau, Deanna C. | 16 | 98.857% |
| 4 | Wissenbach, John | 17 | 98.786% |
| 5 | Urlaub, Donna M. | 20 | 98.571% |
| 6 | Humphrey-Sonntag, Melanie L. | 25 | 98.214% |
| 7 | Bryce, Jo Ann | 27 | 98.071% |
| 8 | Cortopassi, Kathy A. | 36 | 97.429% |
| 9 | Frazier, Clay James | 39 | 97.214% |
| 10 | Radavich, Bernice E. | 56 | 96.000% |
| 11 | Germosen, Rich | 60 | 95.714% |
| 12 | Brezina, Thomas R. | 63 | 95.500% |
