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Pit Stop
Racer Lexor (lexor)
Race Number 35
Date Wed, 28 Nov 2012 0:39:56
Speed 116 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 97.3%
Rank 1st place (out of 3)
Opponents christalclear (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)