View Pit Stop page for race #285 by sharoncates — Ghost race
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| Official speed | 43.38 wpm (70.54 seconds elapsed during race) |
|---|---|
| Race Start | October 19, 2011 12:27:03am UTC |
| Race Finish | October 19, 2011 12:28:14am UTC |
| Outcome | No win (2 of 3) |
| Accuracy | 98.0% |
| 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. |