View Pit Stop page for race #1279 by timratha — Ghost race
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| Official speed | 52.40 wpm (75.11 seconds elapsed during race) |
|---|---|
| Race Start | August 31, 2011 1:13:33pm UTC |
| Race Finish | August 31, 2011 1:14:48pm UTC |
| Outcome | No win (1 of 1) |
| Accuracy | 95.0% |
| 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. |