John (starfighter)

Race #1300

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Official speed 53.86 wpm (73.08 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start August 16, 2009 5:49:25pm UTC
Race Finish August 16, 2009 5:50:38pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 3)
Points 0.00
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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.