Oscar (oscarmyt)

Race #3

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Official speed 52.86 wpm (57.89 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 25, 2013 6:49:54pm UTC
Race Finish January 25, 2013 6:50:52pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 2)
Accuracy 85.0%
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.