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Racer shelby (shelbyme)
Race Number 13
Date Fri, 2 Nov 2012 15:50:23 +0000
Speed 32 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 93.8%
Rank 4th place (out of 5)
Opponents riennaalise (2nd 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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