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Race #128

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Official speed 54.39 wpm (56.26 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 3, 2013 5:53:20pm UTC
Race Finish May 3, 2013 5:54:16pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 4)
Accuracy 93.0%
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.