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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6948. | Flashy (fatherflashy) | 53.72 | 95% | 2020-05-18 |
6949. | Maksymilian (mozartoftyping) | 53.71 | 95% | 2020-07-12 |
6950. | Zach (mczmonay) | 53.70 | 95% | 2020-10-06 |
6951. | sourabh (datikas) | 53.70 | 97% | 2020-05-25 |
6952. | fishmanbmt (fishmanbmt) | 53.70 | 96% | 2017-06-11 |
6953. | uh oh (uhoh_uhoh) | 53.68 | 95% | 2020-08-17 |
6954. | the noob (thenoobplayer) | 53.66 | 96% | 2020-12-05 |
6955. | Arjun (arjun_0004) | 53.66 | 94% | 2020-11-10 |
6956. | Del (delll) | 53.64 | 94% | 2020-09-13 |
6957. | Kalle (dolmio) | 53.64 | 94% | 2017-09-23 |
6958. | Zephaniah (pandu11) | 53.64 | 95% | 2020-11-17 |
6959. | Jiong Yang (yangfoo) | 53.64 | 97% | 2020-04-27 |
6960. | satish (satishec1887) | 53.63 | 99% | 2017-04-23 |
6961. | Dog (tropicaldog17) | 53.62 | 95% | 2020-12-18 |
6962. | Ankit (ankitkumr10) | 53.60 | 97% | 2020-11-21 |
6963. | saam4 (saam4) | 53.59 | 96% | 2020-12-04 |
6964. | (you) (user_phil) | 53.56 | 96% | 2018-06-19 |
6965. | obama (balduin) | 53.56 | 92% | 2018-01-19 |
6966. | Eugene (sushiwaumai) | 53.55 | 92% | 2020-12-16 |
6967. | Tim (timmysanantonio) | 53.55 | 96% | 2019-12-03 |
6968. | Klaus26 (26klaus) | 53.55 | 95% | 2019-10-07 |
6969. | Atabek (atabekarapov14) | 53.54 | 94% | 2020-10-25 |
6970. | Guest (you_actually) | 53.51 | 98% | 2017-07-26 |
6971. | Andrea (kazari) | 53.49 | 93% | 2017-11-21 |
6972. | Konlawat (whitewalls) | 53.49 | 91% | 2017-05-21 |
6973. | James (jamztang) | 53.48 | 95% | 2019-08-22 |
6974. | rahul (asmrahul17) | 53.47 | 87% | 2017-02-19 |
6975. | Jake (jarljake) | 53.46 | 96% | 2018-09-06 |
6976. | Luke (luimbakiml) | 53.46 | 97% | 2020-04-12 |
6977. | Mike (tubbles101) | 53.45 | 94% | 2019-04-08 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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Default (English) | 13,168 | 76.46 | January 13, 2017 |
ᗜ 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 |