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.
—from The Greatest Stories Never Told, a book by Rick Beyer
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| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
|---|---|---|---|
| Default (English) | 15,147 | 52.71 | September 30, 2008 |
| Instant Death Mode | 11 | 61.21 | July 17, 2011 |
| Riverside Middle School | 3 | 41.82 | February 7, 2011 |