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Race #473

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Official speed 31.65 wpm (96.68 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 1, 2012 9:05:52am UTC
Race Finish May 1, 2012 9:07:29am UTC
Outcome No win (5 of 5)
Opponents 1. aakashevans (45.92 wpm)
Accuracy 86.0%
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.