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Pit Stop
Racer Kellie (han_an214)
Race Number 12
Date Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:31:57
Speed 45 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 94.1%
Rank 1st place (out of 3)
Opponents koi_hai (3rd 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)