Garrick (ratedvcu)

Race #914

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Official speed 70.53 wpm (45.09 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 3, 2010 11:54:01pm UTC
Race Finish January 3, 2010 11:54:46pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 2)
Points 0.00
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The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point in human civilization. The first wheels, disks carved from solid wood, may have been built as early as 3500 BC. The earliest use of this device was the potter's wheel, used to spin and shape clay pottery.