45WPM (30wpm_aug23_20)

Race #188

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Official speed 47.19 wpm (64.84 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start August 25, 2020 1:56:05am UTC
Race Finish August 25, 2020 1:57:10am UTC
Outcome No win (5 of 5)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 37.75
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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.