How fast can you read?

[Tom]

Staples have made a test to see how fast you can read, it will ask you 3 questions at the end to test if you have read it properly, not skimmed so pay attention.


I thought it would be fun/interesting to see how fast people on exilian can read. My score was 553 words per minute which is 121% faster than the national average.


Linkies:


http://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/marketing/technology-research-centers/ereaders/speed-reader/


Don't do it multiple times as it seems to be the same passage, so just do it once and post your times here and we can see who wins.

[Jubal]

766 in my case. Not that surprising given fast reading is basically what I spend half my life doing.

[Tom]

Fair enough, I was happy being above most people my age by several hundred words per minute and also above high ranked executives.

[Cuddly Khan]

You read 218 words per minute, 13% slower than the national average. I like to take my time reading books, I got all three answers right both times I tried it. When I read books I read it at the same pace as if someone were saying it.

[Tom]

That's understandable, often I get so in to the book I skip paragraphs and let my imagination make up the details. I did get all the questions right though.

[Jubal]

I vary my speed a lot - reading for enjoyment I do quite slowly, reading for information I'm a lot faster. 

[Tom]

I read at the same speed pretty much constantly

[comrade_general]

364

More than I thought since I sometimes go back and reread a few bits here and there.

[Tom]

Better than average

[Jubal]

It'd be interesting to know if there are any significant differences in the national average between different English-speaking countries.

[Tom]

Tbh I think the staples test is based on American averages but that would be really interesting