View Pit Stop page for race #821 by ursus — Ghost race
| Official speed | 30.70 wpm (99.67 seconds elapsed during race) |
|---|---|
| Race Start | May 31, 2010 3:51:08am UTC |
| Race Finish | May 31, 2010 3:52:48am UTC |
| Outcome | No win (2 of 3) |
| 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. |