Charles (imperative2)

Race #445

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Official speed 43.25 wpm (70.75 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start March 12, 2016 10:10:20pm UTC
Race Finish March 12, 2016 10:11:31pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 4)
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.