Tom (tomarran)

Race #646

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Official speed 32.11 wpm (95.30 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start August 23, 2013 1:19:20pm UTC
Race Finish August 23, 2013 1:20:55pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Accuracy 94.0%
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.