View Pit Stop page for race #143 by 5411 — Ghost race
| Official speed | 47.54 wpm (64.37 seconds elapsed during race) |
|---|---|
| Race Start | September 17, 2009 12:44:55pm UTC |
| Race Finish | September 17, 2009 12:46:00pm UTC |
| Outcome | Win (1 of 4) |
| 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. |