A refracting telescope uses a lens instead of a mirror to focus the incoming light, relying on refraction rather than reflection to achieve its purpose. Refraction is the bending of a beam of light as it passes from one transparent medium (for example, air) into another (such as glass).
—from Astronomy: A Beginner's Guide to the Universe (7th Edition), a book by Eric Chaisson, Steve McMillan
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Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
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1357. | anurag (sabanurag) | 98.11 | 97% | 2020-11-29 |
1358. | Apex Pro (hotw1ng) | 98.10 | 95% | 2020-06-28 |
1359. | qweriup (qweriup) | 98.10 | 97% | 2020-05-04 |
1360. | tstats[sglavacreeper] (sgla... | 98.09 | 97% | 2018-05-30 |
1361. | Stanislav🍆 (stanislav2000) | 98.07 | 98% | 2019-01-10 |
1362. | tunners (kaiserwashington) | 98.04 | 97% | 2020-03-11 |
1363. | Erik (rooksplates) | 98.00 | 97% | 2020-11-26 |
1364. | Alonzo (alonrodrigu) | 98.00 | 97% | 2019-02-08 |
1365. | David (dcohen91) | 98.00 | 94% | 2017-05-15 |
1366. | (onah) | 97.96 | 98% | 2019-12-10 |
1367. | Khoa (lackhoa) | 97.95 | 99% | 2018-05-06 |
1368. | rahmu (rahmu) | 97.92 | 99% | 2018-08-01 |
1369. | OuttaCtrl (outtactrl) | 97.92 | 97% | 2017-08-09 |
1370. | Lennie (lenniedoricent) | 97.92 | 96% | 2017-07-03 |
1371. | Robert (stantor) | 97.91 | 96% | 2020-12-08 |
1372. | Roland (wailgree) | 97.91 | 97% | 2018-08-01 |
1373. | Joshua (mrjoshy) | 97.84 | 98% | 2017-10-02 |
1374. | Nathan (n0xie) | 97.81 | 96% | 2019-12-06 |
1375. | Boomer (xcaliver01) | 97.81 | 96% | 2019-10-15 |
1376. | GnnnR (gnr1) | 97.80 | 98% | 2018-03-27 |
1377. | Ayush (bravoayush87) | 97.80 | 99% | 2017-08-23 |
1378. | LeeAnn (leeanncat) | 97.79 | 97% | 2017-12-23 |
1379. | XrXr (xrxr) | 97.79 | 99% | 2019-11-29 |
1380. | Alex (national235) | 97.76 | 97% | 2017-12-07 |
1381. | jay (jlizh) | 97.75 | 97% | 2018-10-19 |
1382. | Peter (meffisto420) | 97.74 | 98% | 2017-01-29 |
1383. | Jordan (yurf) | 97.71 | 97% | 2018-04-10 |
1384. | Speedies19 (speedies19) | 97.70 | 97% | 2020-06-23 |
1385. | Boris (bb667) | 97.70 | 96% | 2020-07-06 |
1386. | Alex (alexstrang25) | 97.69 | 99% | 2019-09-16 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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Default (English) | 13,168 | 76.46 | January 13, 2017 |
á—ś Stenography | 11 | 58.91 | September 10, 2020 |
Instant Death Mode | 11 | 114.62 | January 21, 2019 |
All TypeRacer Texts | 0 | 0.00 | January 1, 1970 |