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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
Language: English
This text has been typed more than 1000 times:
Avg. speed: 44 WPM
Avg. accuracy: 95.2%

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User Speed Accuracy Points Place Date Options
1 joshua728 234 WPM 100.0% 187 1/2 Sept. 5, 2021
2 arenasnow 205 WPM 100.0% 164 1/2 May 26, 2019
3 flaneur 186 WPM 99.0% 149 1/2 April 18, 2023
4 arenasnow2 185 WPM N/A N/A 1/3 Aug. 27, 2010
5 evestay 183 WPM 100.0% 146 1/2 Jan. 2, 2024
6 deroche1 176 WPM 100.0% N/A 1/2 Dec. 14, 2016
7 volhosis 175 WPM 100.0% 140 1/2 July 15, 2019
8 minilek 174 WPM 98.0% N/A 1/2 Nov. 12, 2012
9 atthetop 172 WPM 99.0% 137 1/2 Sept. 17, 2019
10 traben 170 WPM 100.0% 136 1/2 July 26, 2022