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Pit Stop
Racer George (prolearner)
Race Number 42
Date Sat, 25 Nov 2017 1:36:41
Speed 48 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 93.5%
Rank 3rd place (out of 4)
Opponents enderblitz (4th 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)

Typing Review: