View Pit Stop page for race #976 by ammara — Ghost race
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| Official speed | 42.09 wpm (72.70 seconds elapsed during race) |
|---|---|
| Race Start | June 17, 2011 10:16:14am UTC |
| Race Finish | June 17, 2011 10:17:27am UTC |
| Outcome | No win (2 of 4) |
| Accuracy | 96.0% |
| 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. |