How quickly do you read?

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I'm around the average scale when it comes to reading. I think I read fast innof.

I don't take this test very seriously. Considering the type of material, I could have skimmed it and probably would not have lost much comprehension.

Really, for me, a lot of the reading that I do is technical material, and it takes a lot longer to digest it than it does to read it. When I'm reading for pleasure, I want to enjoy the nuances of the material. I don't see any reason to do anything to speed up my reading. There are a lot more useful things that I can do.

999 wpm

2/11 (18%)

About what I expected -- I read fast (and literally cannot read slow) but have terrible comprehension. The only way that I can understand something adequately is to read it over and over and over and over and over again, and only sometimes does that actually work in the long-term. Other fun thing is that even if it works in the short-term, it doesn't always work in the long-term. Although the weird thing is that sometimes something I read that way will end up in some kind of unconscious storehouse of information and then when triggered, something I read will come out of me perfectly accurate (sometimes word for word, which always scares me a little because I'm never sure whether something is in my own words or not), and yet if actually tested on it, this usually won't happen.

189 wpm, 6/11 (55%) comprehension.

Meh, I actually expected to do worse. If there had been a "don't know" option on the comprehension part, that score would've been a lot lower. I guess I'm better at knowing that at thinking I know. Prior to brain-meltage I was an above average reader with w/really good comprehension.

Thanks.

I just noticed my typo of "comprehension".

I didn't notice, but now I did.

Darnit. I shouldn't have mentioned it.

On a completely unrelated note, I just noticed that I was awesome.

159 wpm
10/11 (one of the correct answers was just a lucky guess though, as I really had no clue about the answer)

I'm dyslexic by the way.

219 wpm and 9 out of 11

I've always been a slow reader except when the topic interests me. If it interests me, I can read very quickly. If not, I will read and re-read the same paragraph multiple times before the meaning actually sinks in. My Aspie friend reads about 2x the speed that I do. We sat down to read comics one time and she was done with a full book around the time I'd gotten to the half-way point.

Seems like you were at an advantage there, getting to enjoy the comics longer

That's a good point. You are most correct!

I normally read in the 3-350 range, but I can read at about 650-700 if I need to.

Words per Minute = 312
Comprehension: 10/11

I'm satisfied.

I would have probably read a lot faster if it was something a bit more interesting, I do admit, but- if it was poetry, I probably would have scored 12wpm and 0/11 respectively (Poetry is probably the worst thing that I have to read for my work- I have to draw pictures next to it to comprehend it a lot of the time).

I hate poetry too. It never makes any sense to me.

Speed 194 wpm - not surprising, I am a really slow reader
Comprehension 10/11 - I did go back to a paragraph or two, if I thought I might have missed something, which also explains the low wpm.

241 wpm

82% comprehension

9/11 correct answers

I've always been a slow reader plus I have to keep going back to double check what I've just read and my eyes keep skipping ahead then missing bits but that may be boredom. I only like reading things I'm interested in otherwise it goes straight over my head.

Tiffinity.