View Pit Stop page for race #1325 by coleen82 — Ghost race
| Official speed | 44.39 wpm (68.93 seconds elapsed during race) |
|---|---|
| Race Start | December 3, 2009 6:42:36pm UTC |
| Race Finish | December 3, 2009 6:43:45pm UTC |
| Outcome | Win (1 of 3) |
| Points | 0.00 |
| Text | #271 (Length: 255 characters) 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. |