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Pit Stop
Racer Abdullah (abdullahkokash)
Race Number 17
Date Mon, 13 Apr 2015 18:32:56
Speed 57 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 91.1%
Rank 3rd place (out of 5)
Opponents beastoftyping (1st place)

Text typed:

Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the most common pairings of letters in the English language. He then split up those letters so that their type bars were farther apart and less likely to jam. That in turn dictated the layout of the keyboard - known as QWERTY, for the first five letters in the upper row.
— (book) by Rick Beyer (see stats)