Jimmy (flashcode)

Race #137

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Official speed 40.75 wpm (96.59 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 3, 2008 10:49:57am UTC
Race Finish October 3, 2008 10:51:34am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 3)
Points 0.00
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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.