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Pit Stop
Racer Preeti (preetirawal)
Race Number 27
Date Sat, 18 May 2013 10:56:07
Speed 50 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 89.9%
Rank 3rd place (out of 5)
Opponents angel_lovely (1st place) benmatthew (2nd place) justys143 (5th place)

Text typed:

Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the most common pairings of letters in the English language. He then split up those letters 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)