Billy (billyidle)

Race #1151

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Official speed 52.88 wpm (57.87 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start April 26, 2013 6:58:19am UTC
Race Finish April 26, 2013 6:59:17am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Accuracy 91.0%
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.