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Pit Stop
Racer Carley (ccooper17)
Race Number 34
Date Thu, 6 Mar 2014 20:29:27
Speed 34 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 85%
Rank 4th place (out of 4)

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)