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Pit Stop
Racer Norman (nlviands)
Race Number 2193
Date Wed, 4 Dec 2013 3:11:46
Speed 48 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 95.9%
Rank 3rd place (out of 4)
Opponents cmattis (4th place) terence1234567 (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)