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Pit Stop
Racer Carlos (freshgzu)
Race Number 25
Date Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:13:22
Speed 56 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 93.4%
Rank 2nd place (out of 2)
Opponents shiny_mr (1st 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)