How fast can you read?

[Shiriru_B]

Hello, I'd just watched a pretty novel video that was showing words passing at different speeds, the point is how fast you can read them in your head before they become a garbled mess, I'd made it just before 600 and now I'm interested what everyone else's score could be, so give it a go and reply your first try and then how far you can actually go, it'll be fun to see who got what.

 

[Kalliel]

600 for me is the sweet spot. Could catch around 80% at 900. It's pretty interesting.

 

[AstreiaNyx]

I could understand the text at 900 wpm but I’m sure I missed many words

 

[Iamnotabot]

I can see and understand the 900 wpm mark but my brain started to hurt when i concentrate. Also my sight iss bad so im pretty sure i miss a good chunk of it.

 

[JHarp]

Held spacebar for half the video for the 2x speed, didn't care about using Shift+< or > to change the base speed.
I can sit comfortably at 900 because I spent a long time when studying english and etymology in general for skimming with keywords when reading larger texts, unless I'm editing I've already learnt to skip connecting words in a way.
The fact they red-light one of the starting second/third letters just makes it even easier.

'brains amazing pattern matching ability' was the only fragment in the 900 section where it skipped in my reading but I don't even think I saw the shape of some of those words might be any number of reasons including technical there.

Might be part of my AuDHD compensating but I do tend to think at the speeds it was showing in the latter half, I spent years stopping myself from half asking a question before having an entire conversation and answering it myself before I finished the question to a person.

Now I don't even talk to people, so the problem fixed itself in a different way.

 

[Worthy39]

Takes us writers an hour to write you're 1.5K words, and you guys can blow through it in under two minutes. Ungrateful. I topped out at 450...

 

[Shiriru_B]

What the hay, why are some of you so fast.

 

[McPhoenixDavid]

Hello, I'd just watched a pretty novel video that was showing words passing at different speeds, the point is how fast you can read them in your head before they become a garbled mess, I'd made it just before 600 and now I'm interested what everyone else's score could be, so give it a go and reply your first try and then how far you can actually go, it'll be fun to see who got what.

I once finished a 1M words' worth of story in a day. This is nothing.

900 wpm.

 

[Grizzly18]

I got to 900 I don’t think I missed any words cause I didn’t loose focus and try to fill in any blanks. It was pretty difficult though I don’t think I could have done it for long. I’d say I can read actual books around 450 wpm maybe more. I remember that I reread The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan a few years ago and I’m pretty sure I did it in like 2-3 hours. I looked it up the books around 87,000 words some napkin math gave me 450 x 60 is 27,000 87/27 is like 3.2 so yeah probably around 450wpm for a regular not missing anything reading speed.

 

[Eldoria]

I once finished a 1M words' worth of story in a day. This is nothing.

900 wpm.

Hi, you're back. I hope your exam is successful.

 

[Omarfaruq]

Hi, you're back. I hope your exam is successful.

Shifu what exam?

 

[Eldoria]

Shifu what exam?

A selfish request

My final exam is on next Saturday. I could not make the cut in all the previous examinations. This is the last chance. So please pray for me. God bless you. ?

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[Omarfaruq]

A selfish request

My final exam is on next Saturday. I could not make the cut in all the previous examinations. This is the last chance. So please pray for me. God bless you. ?

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If I call you shifu will you mind?

 

[Eldoria]

If I call you shifu will you mind?

What is shifu?

 

[Omarfaruq]

What is shifu?

It means master in manderin. Same meaning as sensei but sounds cute. I think you are very cute that's why I thought of calling you shifu instead of sensei, sensei kinda sounds like what you call a old man ?

 

[Eldoria]

It means master in manderin. Same meaning as sensei but sounds cute. I think you are very cute that's why I thought of calling you shifu instead of sensei, sensei kinda sounds like what you call a old man ?

Oh... I don't mind. Just call me whatever you think is good.

 

[Omarfaruq]

Oh... I don't mind. Just call me whatever you think is good.

I hope you won't call me a pervert for saying you are cute. ?

 

[Eldoria]

I hope you won't call me a pervert for saying you are cute. ?

Well, a perv*** wouldn't ask for permission. You're not that kind of person.

 

[Omarfaruq]

Well, a perv*** wouldn't ask for permission. You're not that kind of person.

Well thanks, I am only 14 think of me as your lil bro.

 

[McPhoenixDavid]

Hi, you're back. I hope your exam is successful.

Hiii! Yes, I am back.

The exam was unsuccessful. ?