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Racer K (dkreesha)
Race Number 14
Date Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:43:12 +0000
Speed 43 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 91.1%
Rank 2nd place (out of 4)
Opponents vana143 (3rd place)

Text typed:

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.
The Greatest Stories Never Told (book) by Rick Beyer (see stats)