| For reference, an average college student reads at 450 words per minute. Average “high level exec” = 575 Average college professor = 675 Speed readers = 1,500 World speed reading champion = 4,700 Average adult: 300 wpm Mine is 480 words per minute. That is essentially one book page, considering each page contains 40 lines with 12 words each. |
Haruhi ism  It's fun, isn't it? |
| I'm a bit above 600 last time I checked. |
| A little more than one page/minute ~500 wpm I'll verify someday c: |
| 800-1300 |
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| I like to take my time |
themanualreader@proton.me |
| Too lazy to check as it makes no difference. Though interested in how much those speed readers understand and remember. |
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| Is there an online test you can link? I'm probably about average, I always feel like it takes me more than four hours to read 240 page books though maybe you slow down over time. I'm more worried about college students level of cognition, not their speed. Edit: A test would be more to prove what you're capable of, not what you actually do in general so I don't know if that would be all that helpful anyway. It really depends on the words too so it just seems like there is no reliable way of measuring this. |
OchimushaMar 4, 2015 3:17 PM
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| I never really counted. But I'm a fast reader, I guess. |
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| one chapter per month maybe, unless it's a textbook for class and I need to know the material, then one chapter per week. I'm going to guess 100 words/minute here. |
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| I definitely read quickly, I am always reading a book and no matter what language what movie or show I'm watching is in I watch it with subtitles, because I absorb the dialogue better with subtitles on, definitely forces quick reading. I never had it measured or anything. I know how to speed read, or at least how it works and I can to an extent, but I'm not entirely successful and I don't pursue it really either. Speed reading is simply scanning lines of text and absorbing previous lines as you scan the next line. I have issues with speed reading, because if information I am absorbing is of interest to me and I ponder on it, I stop absorbing new information but I keep on scanning lines of text, and then I have to retrace my steps. Reading out loud though without thinking about what I am saying, I can read out loud very quickly if I like using this method. I think most people can, they just don't think about how speed reading works, give it a shot. |
xEmptiness said: "if we follow what SW is suggesting, nihilism is the conclusion" |
| I don't know, but I'll estimate it at 170 wpm. I don't speedread, and I don't believe in skipping over words like some people do when they read books and stuff. In order for me to appreciate or enjoy anything, I have to take my time at it. |
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zat-bust said: Reading two words in a second isn't a bad thing if you understand the words and can piece together the contextone chapter per month maybe, unless it's a textbook for class and I need to know the material, then one chapter per week. I'm going to guess 100 words/minute here. |
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| Just did an online test and apparently I read at about 227 words per minute. I did however get an 100% on comprehension though, so I got that going for me, which is nice. |
| Assume nothing, expect everything. Lelouch vi Britannia said: If the King does not lead, how can he expect his subordinates to follow? |
| Verified : around 500 wpm both in my native language and in English c: |
Stalker-tan said: http://www.spritzinc.com/ I feel like that's a scam to make money, everyone here could probably do the "700 wpm". They make you feel like you're superior to others so that you buy their product. |
xEmptiness said: "if we follow what SW is suggesting, nihilism is the conclusion" |
| I can do speed reading but only if it's law related, which is my subject at uni, or any news on papers, anywhere amounts to 1000wpm, but then I'll forget it all and only retain very little if I don't jot down somewhere. Also the comprehension rate when I do speed reading is not that great, only 70-75% I guess. |
Haruhi ism It's fun, isn't it? |
| I read at about 275 wpm. It's certainly within my ability to go higher than that, but I'm sure I'd process information much less efficiently if I did. Plus I'm easily distracted by tiny things. I'd be willing to believe 700 wpm is reasonable for some people, but when you get higher than that, I don't imagine many people would be able to fully comprehend or remember a fraction of what they just read. Maybe I just think that because I'm jealous of their reading ability. |
| 535 wpm when I'm reading through a text book. A little slower when I'm reading for leisure. |
| ^It's the latter I believe, with 80% comprehension rate or higher, seeing that reading for leisure is at a lot slower pace. |
Haruhi ism It's fun, isn't it? |
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