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Pit Stop
Racer Petter (crixus)
Race Number 475
Date Fri, 16 May 2014 22:48:52
Speed 52 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 93.4%
Rank 4th place (out of 5)
Opponents geniehunter (5th 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)