Jon (learningthedvorak)

Race #574

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Official speed 30.34 wpm (100.86 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 16, 2011 1:41:59am UTC
Race Finish December 16, 2011 1:43:40am UTC
Outcome No win (1 of 1)
Accuracy 82.0%
Points 0.00
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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.