Jake (shocker)

Race #101

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Official speed 46.59 wpm (65.68 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 28, 2009 11:59:36am UTC
Race Finish May 28, 2009 12:00:41pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 4)
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.