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Racer The Yellow King (jharwell626)
Race Number 4152
Date Thu, 31 Mar 2016 04:59:24 +0000
Speed 80 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 96.8%
Rank 1st place (out of 5)
Opponents _igor_ (4th place) ascension2015 (2nd 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. In a manner of speaking, he slowed down the typists to prevent jamming, and thus speed up the typing.
The Greatest Stories Never Told (book) by Rick Beyer (see stats)