View Pit Stop page for race #792 by gharraph — Ghost race
View profile for Sherief (gharraph)
| Official speed | 40.33 wpm (75.87 seconds elapsed during race) |
|---|---|
| Race Start | October 3, 2012 12:29:36am UTC |
| Race Finish | October 3, 2012 12:30:52am UTC |
| Outcome | Win (1 of 4) |
| Accuracy | 95.0% |
| 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. |