tan (tanspk)

Race #565

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Official speed 40.40 wpm (75.74 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 28, 2011 4:18:44pm UTC
Race Finish May 28, 2011 4:20:00pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 3)
Accuracy 97.0%
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.