View Pit Stop page for race #498 by ms_american — Ghost race
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| Official speed | 49.18 wpm (80.03 seconds elapsed during race) |
|---|---|
| Race Start | April 29, 2009 10:33:35pm UTC |
| Race Finish | April 29, 2009 10:34:55pm UTC |
| Outcome | Win (1 of 3) |
| Points | 0.00 |
| 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. |