View Pit Stop page for race #168 by zthien — Ghost race
| Official speed | 50.47 wpm (102.24 seconds elapsed during race) |
|---|---|
| Race Start | August 16, 2009 10:08:06am UTC |
| Race Finish | August 16, 2009 10:09:48am UTC |
| Outcome | No win (2 of 2) |
| Opponents |
1. galactic (55.68 wpm) |
| Points | 0.00 |
| Text | #269 (Length: 430 characters) Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the most common pairings of letters in the English language. He then split up those letters 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. In a manner of speaking, he slowed down the typists to prevent jamming, and thus speed up the typing. |