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Pit Stop
Racer darionta (coolboy21)
Race Number 61
Date Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:11:39
Speed 43 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 91.7%
Rank 3rd place (out of 5)
Opponents cobbin (4th 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)