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Pit Stop
Racer David (davideverything)
Race Number 20
Date Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:09:18
Speed 74 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 91.7%
Rank 1st place (out of 2)
Opponents aivko2 (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)