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Pit Stop
Racer Jayz (jaywangs)
Race Number 5
Date Mon, 9 Jun 2014 11:17:39
Speed 50 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 83.3%
Rank 3rd place (out of 4)
Opponents jam_jam14 (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)