View Pit Stop page for race #603 by tadam — Ghost race
| Official speed | 65.11 wpm (79.25 seconds elapsed during race) |
|---|---|
| Race Start | February 19, 2009 3:47:36pm UTC |
| Race Finish | February 19, 2009 3:48:55pm UTC |
| Outcome | No win (2 of 3) |
| Points | 0.00 |
| Text | #269 (Length: 430 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. In a manner of speaking, he slowed down the typists to prevent jamming, and thus speed up the typing. |