View Pit Stop page for race #608 by eyan — Ghost race
View profile for Marry Ann (eyan)
| Official speed | 34.49 wpm (88.72 seconds elapsed during race) |
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| Race Start | April 15, 2009 1:55:08pm UTC |
| Race Finish | April 15, 2009 1:56:37pm UTC |
| Outcome | No win (2 of 5) |
| Points | 0.00 |
| Text | #271 (Length: 255 characters) 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. |