curtis (elijohnson)

Race #476

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Official speed 49.18 wpm (62.22 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start April 15, 2010 5:19:17pm UTC
Race Finish April 15, 2010 5:20:19pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 3)
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.