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Pit Stop
Racer Maddie (madisongarrigus)
Race Number 166
Date Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:53:43
Speed 56 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 92.4%
Rank 1st place (out of 4)
Opponents brishtiteveja (4th place) cpthaak (2nd 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)