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Racer talia (lia101)
Race Number 47
Date Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:45:48 +0000
Speed 41 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 95.1%
Rank 4th place (out of 5)
Opponents nel23 (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.
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