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Racer King (kingshantha)
Race Number 29
Date Fri, 20 Dec 2013 16:55:47 +0000
Speed 61 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 87.7%
Rank 2nd place (out of 4)
Opponents mpogue16 (3rd place) oneobserver (1st place)

Text typed:

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.
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