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How fast can you read?

Average is 300 w/min.
Anyways, my fastest is 2800 w/min. [Average: 2200 w/min Also, when I read calmly for fun it's 1200 w/min]
What's yours?
I would prefer to read well than read fast. I mean, what does it even mean to say you read 2800 WPM? Odds are you were skimming like a hovercraft.
1246372 wpm with .0000000000000001 comprehension.pretty impressive,huh.
fast reading means nothing if you understand 0% of the text you are reading
I can read at 10,000 wpm and understand 0% of the text.

The world record holder Howard Stephen Berg can read at 25,000 wpm and with a comprehension rate of 90%. Like he actually understands 90% of the text. IDK how do that
The real test of rapid reading is posed by opening any chess book. I can clip along at a dazzling one game per hour, provided that coffee is available and it's not annotated by one of the really good authors. Then I slow down and savor each word.

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