Skulkan (skulkan)

Race #1356

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Official speed 54.33 wpm (56.32 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 18, 2012 10:58:48pm UTC
Race Finish October 18, 2012 10:59:45pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 4)
Accuracy 87.0%
Points 0.00
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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.