View Pit Stop page for race #1693 by boonecz — Ghost race
View profile for Tommy (named after the gun) (boonecz)
| Official speed | 70.95 wpm (55.48 seconds elapsed during race) |
|---|---|
| Race Start | April 24, 2014 9:51:58pm UTC |
| Race Finish | April 24, 2014 9:52:54pm UTC |
| Outcome | Win (1 of 4) |
| Accuracy | 98.0% |
| 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. |