John (dongle)

Race #1544

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Official speed 53.18 wpm (57.54 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start September 16, 2017 6:53:50am UTC
Race Finish September 16, 2017 6:54:47am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 42.55
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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.