View Pit Stop page for race #180 by hrdr — Ghost race
| Official speed | 34.87 wpm (87.75 seconds elapsed during race) |
|---|---|
| Race Start | November 21, 2008 9:25:06pm UTC |
| Race Finish | November 21, 2008 9:26:34pm UTC |
| Outcome | No win (4 of 5) |
| 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. |