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Pit Stop
Racer anne (ann_gee)
Race Number 27
Date Sat, 13 Jul 2013 23:20:57
Speed 28 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 76.3%
Rank 5th place (out of 5)
Opponents darz_mariz1001 (4th place) davedavalan (3rd place) karinko (2nd place)

Text typed:

Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the English language 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)