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Pit Stop
Racer kevin (megaakevin)
Race Number 28
Date Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:00:02
Speed 33 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 87.3%
Rank 4th place (out of 5)
Opponents dctt (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)