View Pit Stop page for race #316 by ewudog — Ghost race
| Official speed | 99.99 wpm (39.36 seconds elapsed during race) |
|---|---|
| Race Start | April 20, 2009 11:10:18pm UTC |
| Race Finish | April 20, 2009 11:10:58pm UTC |
| Outcome | Win (1 of 4) |
| Points | 0.00 |
| Text | #270 (Length: 328 characters) Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the most common pairings of letters in the English language. He then split up those letters 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. |