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Pit Stop
Racer yy (ufotonyyu)
Race Number 1871
Date Fri, 3 Jun 2016 3:58:21
Speed 53 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 99.6%
Rank 5th place (out of 5)
Opponents vinnyataide (3rd 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)