kirto (kirto)

Race #128

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Official speed 56.59 wpm (54.07 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 16, 2018 4:21:19pm UTC
Race Finish December 16, 2018 4:22:13pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 45.27
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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.