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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2773. | heshashin (chkhsmtyvneli) | 83.25 | 96% | 2020-10-24 |
2774. | Aya (uwub) | 83.22 | 98% | 2020-12-05 |
2775. | Needle (engineerblanket) | 83.22 | 97% | 2017-12-05 |
2776. | Michael (ren206) | 83.21 | 97% | 2020-04-18 |
2777. | Shapes (yshapes) | 83.20 | 97% | 2020-08-12 |
2778. | Kid from Beyoğlu (euthymia) | 83.19 | 97% | 2020-02-22 |
2779. | Felipe (felipegomes) | 83.19 | 99% | 2017-12-06 |
2780. | Dharma (cdharmateja) | 83.18 | 100% | 2020-02-21 |
2781. | Aaron (1377718) | 83.17 | 98% | 2018-12-11 |
2782. | Barry (rip21) | 83.16 | 98% | 2018-02-22 |
2783. | Brent (brentdrns) | 83.15 | 97% | 2019-08-27 |
2784. | Alonne (freeman_1337) | 83.14 | 97% | 2018-01-27 |
2785. | Siddharth (siddharthkurnal) | 83.14 | 96% | 2020-06-04 |
2786. | deget (deget) | 83.14 | 98% | 2019-02-22 |
2787. | Wei (rebeccawei7) | 83.13 | 97% | 2017-07-16 |
2788. | Ken (imnotagreenplant) | 83.13 | 97% | 2019-10-24 |
2789. | Justin (therenzhe) | 83.12 | 97% | 2020-10-29 |
2790. | Dave (hankatola) | 83.12 | 93% | 2017-04-26 |
2791. | 144p 1998 VW Beetle (stryke... | 83.11 | 96% | 2019-12-01 |
2792. | touch me (sertouchme) | 83.10 | 99% | 2020-11-30 |
2793. | uwos (artuist) | 83.09 | 97% | 2018-09-06 |
2794. | Night (nightjack) | 83.08 | 97% | 2019-08-15 |
2795. | Žan (fastap) | 83.07 | 97% | 2017-04-18 |
2796. | Jack (user85793) | 83.07 | 99% | 2020-07-27 |
2797. | mayo (mayo_tp01) | 83.07 | 97% | 2017-12-17 |
2798. | Nate (natopotato262) | 83.06 | 97% | 2020-04-22 |
2799. | Jacob (siskonwich) | 83.04 | 96% | 2018-05-06 |
2800. | shui (sammi76) | 83.02 | 97% | 2018-03-06 |
2801. | mo (stoney_freckles) | 83.02 | 97% | 2018-01-15 |
2802. | Prateek (pmach) | 83.02 | 98% | 2017-07-05 |
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 |