View Pit Stop page for race #696 by laura3 — Ghost race
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| Official speed | 44.78 wpm (68.33 seconds elapsed during race) |
|---|---|
| Race Start | December 4, 2008 11:07:12pm UTC |
| Race Finish | December 4, 2008 11:08:20pm UTC |
| Outcome | Win (1 of 3) |
| 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. |