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Race #9798

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Official speed 145.37 wpm (21.05 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start September 14, 2011 12:37:51pm UTC
Race Finish September 14, 2011 12:38:12pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 3)
Accuracy 95.0%
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.