Pongal (decoder96)

Race #1723

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Official speed 66.24 wpm (59.42 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 28, 2021 7:52:06pm UTC
Race Finish October 28, 2021 7:53:05pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 4)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 66.24
Text #270 (Length: 328 characters)

Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the most common pairings of letters in the English language. He then split up those letters 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.