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Pit Stop
Racer Rhein (rheinalexis)
Race Number 54
Date Mon, 4 Jul 2016 14:32:58
Speed 34 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 88.2%
Rank 3rd place (out of 5)
Opponents syudah (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)