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Pit Stop
Racer Lora (loraochka)
Race Number 142
Date Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:44:48
Speed 28 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 91.1%
Rank 3rd place (out of 3)
Opponents caojudeu (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)