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Pit Stop
Racer Jimbo (jimbono)
Race Number 11
Date Thu, 17 Apr 2014 17:46:50
Speed 34 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 82%
Rank 2nd place (out of 2)
Opponents grienko (1st 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)