How fast can you read?

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  1. Bogomip

    Bogomip ... Yo Momma

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    371 and 64% comprehension :)

    luckily i never usually go for speed reading, just nice leisurly reading suits me :)
     
  2. TheoGeo

    TheoGeo What are these goddamn animals?!

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    242wpm and 82% comprehension but i can certainly read on paper faster, and im extreamly tired right now, night night
     
  3. cerberus

    cerberus What's a Dremel?

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    225 wpm with 91% comprehension
     
  4. yodasarmpit

    yodasarmpit Modder

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    320 wpm 73%

    The only time I really speed read is if I'm searching for something within a text, or trying to pick out the key points.
     
  5. GMan

    GMan Minimodder

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    You read at 1245 words per minute.
    Your comprehension is 100%.
    That was the first time around. Second speed reading test was at 4816 words per minute, but then I'd already read it and automatically shifted to scanning for changes. No point in redoing the comprehension test.

    I learned to speed read a very long time ago when my job was to rewrite/update/proofread technical instructions. Most of these ran to over 2000 pages and comprehension was a must. I can actually read both visible pages at once for about an hour until I get a headache (my left eye is a wanderer) with very high (90%) comprehension. Reading for pleasure, I read even faster - I finished the Lord of the Rings trilogy in about 7 hours of intermittent reading over a weeks period. I can't really read for much more than 2 hours at a time without my glasses.
     
  6. cderalow

    cderalow bondage master!

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    464, 73% comprehension
     
  7. Langer

    Langer Jesse Lang

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    417WPM
    89% comprehension
     

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