View Pit Stop page for race #84 by ichi — Ghost race
| Official speed | 35.06 wpm (87.28 seconds elapsed during race) |
|---|---|
| Race Start | September 25, 2009 11:50:57pm UTC |
| Race Finish | September 25, 2009 11:52:24pm UTC |
| Outcome | No win (2 of 2) |
| 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. |