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Pit Stop
Racer Martin (hiro3120)
Race Number 43
Date Sat, 13 Aug 2016 6:40:43
Speed 35 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 86.7%
Rank 3rd place (out of 3)
Opponents kvega42 (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)