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typeracer

Pit Stop
Racer Tony (xilophone)
Race Number 1
Date Mon, 4 Nov 2013 19:24:48
Speed 69 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 87.3%
Rank 1st place (out of 5)
Opponents alexandriaw (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)