Sharon (mikpik)

Race #848

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Official speed 46.24 wpm (66.18 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 6, 2011 6:24:20am UTC
Race Finish December 6, 2011 6:25:26am UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 5)
Opponents 4. ambocupu (40.98 wpm)
Accuracy 87.0%
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.