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Racer AtiF (atifs.78650@yahoo.com)
Race Number 170
Date Tue, 24 Jul 2012 6:52:12
Speed 24 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 77.5%
Rank 5th place (out of 5)
Opponents merinocool (1st place) mmo94 (3rd 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)