Slow Typer (4rs3n1c)

Race #787

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Official speed 73.85 wpm (69.87 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 16, 2021 12:58:12pm UTC
Race Finish October 16, 2021 12:59:22pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. opticalswitches (78.90 wpm)
3. mohan2002 (70.58 wpm)
4. preetishmajumdar (67.07 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 97.23
Text #269 (Length: 430 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. In a manner of speaking, he slowed down the typists to prevent jamming, and thus speed up the typing.