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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2417. | cheruiyot (son_of_man) | 87.03 | 97% | 2020-03-05 |
2418. | Greg (musoccer) | 87.03 | 98% | 2019-04-24 |
2419. | Andre (smallchicken) | 87.02 | 98% | 2018-04-05 |
2420. | Timo (urmaul) | 87.01 | 94% | 2017-02-27 |
2421. | Isaac (dolemitesundae) | 87.00 | 98% | 2020-08-19 |
2422. | garbyal ✌(-‿-)✌ (garb... | 87.00 | 96% | 2019-03-10 |
2423. | Luke (slammed80) | 86.99 | 98% | 2020-08-14 |
2424. | Faith (faithfirst) | 86.98 | 97% | 2017-08-31 |
2425. | stijn (stimixer) | 86.96 | 97% | 2019-01-13 |
2426. | Mary (teachman) | 86.95 | 96% | 2018-04-16 |
2427. | might quit cause (theyellow... | 86.94 | 97% | 2018-04-08 |
2428. | Ricky (rcheungwtf) | 86.93 | 98% | 2018-03-02 |
2429. | Jacob (zoticus) | 86.93 | 94% | 2017-01-24 |
2430. | Max (cyanite) | 86.91 | 97% | 2020-08-31 |
2431. | Schaden (bredboi) | 86.90 | 97% | 2020-08-16 |
2432. | Oneness (dreamtime) | 86.90 | 99% | 2019-11-26 |
2433. | Jocho Muaguadabo (alezander... | 86.89 | 98% | 2019-07-31 |
2434. | CALIBER (risen_one) | 86.88 | 98% | 2017-08-23 |
2435. | Aakash (staticxy) | 86.85 | 97% | 2017-06-18 |
2436. | Jack (jman777) | 86.85 | 97% | 2019-06-22 |
2437. | Ben (benji_cs) | 86.84 | 97% | 2019-07-18 |
2438. | [removed] (daichia94) | 86.83 | 97% | 2017-11-19 |
2439. | 災禍 (psyaika) | 86.83 | 96% | 2019-11-29 |
2440. | Vince (vietzerg) | 86.83 | 97% | 2020-06-03 |
2441. | Fluff (afluffyflamingo) | 86.81 | 95% | 2020-02-22 |
2442. | Graeme (grayzee227) | 86.80 | 97% | 2020-05-24 |
2443. | ⠀ (fopdoodle) | 86.80 | 96% | 2020-10-28 |
2444. | Ruben (rubenzhang) | 86.79 | 97% | 2018-10-28 |
2445. | Joanna (ebk92) | 86.78 | 97% | 2018-08-10 |
2446. | Snail (snail_geezer) | 86.77 | 97% | 2020-06-19 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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Default (English) | 13,168 | 76.46 | January 13, 2017 |
Instant Death Mode | 11 | 114.62 | January 21, 2019 |
ᗜ Stenography | 11 | 58.91 | September 10, 2020 |
All TypeRacer Texts | 0 | 0.00 | January 1, 1970 |