8 (space_rabit)

Race #2366

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Official speed 62.07 wpm (63.41 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start March 22, 2021 2:15:40pm UTC
Race Finish March 22, 2021 2:16:44pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 62.07
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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.