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Pit Stop
Racer Thesis (thesisantithesissinthesis)
Race Number 8
Date Mon, 8 Jun 2015 22:18:24
Speed 43 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 92.7%
Rank 3rd place (out of 3)
Opponents 17maxklivans (2nd place) krashthrills (1st 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)