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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
3829. | W (w_v_) | 75.23 | 94% | 2020-11-21 |
3830. | kathol (kathol) | 75.23 | 97% | 2020-05-28 |
3831. | Nasir (nasirkabir) | 75.22 | 99% | 2019-10-09 |
3832. | ableable (ableford) | 75.21 | 96% | 2020-05-19 |
3833. | Shahid (shahid_abbas) | 75.20 | 89% | 2017-04-30 |
3834. | A (kerning) | 75.19 | 97% | 2018-08-21 |
3835. | demod (rebase) | 75.19 | 97% | 2019-02-24 |
3836. | Jeremy (gamingbull) | 75.19 | 97% | 2017-10-17 |
3837. | Liam (1snowbane420) | 75.15 | 98% | 2019-08-05 |
3838. | swagfish (4thunion) | 75.14 | 96% | 2020-12-14 |
3839. | Ben (bentontypesfast) | 75.14 | 97% | 2019-08-08 |
3840. | Hessi (hessijames) | 75.13 | 97% | 2018-02-21 |
3841. | Hello (islambek198) | 75.10 | 96% | 2020-10-24 |
3842. | Pointyepic (pointyepic) | 75.10 | 95% | 2019-11-26 |
3843. | Rev (revcows) | 75.09 | 98% | 2020-11-30 |
3844. | Momocat (acornboo) | 75.09 | 97% | 2017-11-20 |
3845. | nic (rainbowarsenal) | 75.08 | 95% | 2019-02-06 |
3846. | Alex (alexisstillalive) | 75.07 | 96% | 2020-11-10 |
3847. | Julia (juliaoh) | 75.06 | 97% | 2017-06-24 |
3848. | Nick (an_uncreative_name) | 75.06 | 95% | 2019-11-08 |
3849. | Jarod (terminuszwei) | 75.06 | 96% | 2020-09-05 |
3850. | Tyler (muslim_platypus) | 75.05 | 97% | 2018-11-29 |
3851. | xerb (xerb) | 75.05 | 95% | 2020-04-02 |
3852. | Fitzy (fitzyg) | 75.05 | 97% | 2019-04-02 |
3853. | nat (bobby_tortilla) | 75.05 | 95% | 2020-02-09 |
3854. | Leviathan (furyx) | 75.04 | 95% | 2019-08-25 |
3855. | ninja (riddickbr) | 75.04 | 98% | 2020-10-29 |
3856. | Lie Algebra (liealgebracow) | 75.01 | 92% | 2017-01-16 |
3857. | atoi (atoi) | 75.00 | 96% | 2017-05-21 |
3858. | Nikola (elenhar) | 75.00 | 95% | 2017-02-27 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
---|---|---|---|
Default (English) | 12,575 | 77.00 | January 13, 2017 |
Instant Death Mode | 11 | 114.62 | January 21, 2019 |
ᗜ Stenography | 4 | 71.67 | September 10, 2020 |