Brian (sharkfighter)

Race #998

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Official speed 46.05 wpm (66.45 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 16, 2012 12:31:25pm UTC
Race Finish October 16, 2012 12:32:31pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Accuracy 94.0%
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.