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Racer duke49 (duke49)
Race Number 47
Date Thu, 23 Oct 2014 14:30:16
Speed 29 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 93.1%
Rank 3rd place (out of 5)
Opponents evelynnn (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)