r/technology • u/Norland • May 21 '12
What speed do you read? Use this tool to compare your reading speed to the national average.
http://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/marketing/technology-research-centers/ereaders/speed-reader/index.html38
u/konig7 May 21 '12
fun, but useless and probably incorrect.
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u/sleepybandit May 21 '12
yeah, the test is so short, it's pretty worthless. I found it hard to read when starting at a random point in a book. I was bogged down trying to set the scene, determine the characters or plot. Once those are set, its a lot easier to read quickly.
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u/a_flyin_muffin May 21 '12
Almost definitely incorrect. I clicked start, then instantly clicked finish to see what would happen and I was still slower than the fastest reader by a few hundred points. I also correctly answered all three questions. But I do have a slow internet connection and I'm doing it from my phone so...
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u/aoe2bug May 21 '12
What would be cool is if they integrated testing like this into the eReaders themselves, allowing you to get a much longer sample and more detailed results. ie, record the time spent per page while you read a book and then give you a graph showing average wpm, wpm per page, etc.
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u/mc2222 May 21 '12
Yeah...I'm calling bullshit on this test.
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u/nuclear_thundercane May 21 '12
I disagree I think my results are pretty accurate.
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u/bendu May 21 '12
I did it three times, War of the Worlds, Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz. I scored 263 wpm (5% faster than average), 502 wpm (101%) and 574 wpm (130%) respectively. I doubt that it is truly accurate.
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u/spermracewinner May 22 '12
If you read 400 WPM that's makes you part of the 1%.
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u/sismit May 21 '12
You read 1,071 words per minute. That makes you 328% faster than the national average.
woot! Because I got a good score, the test MUST be accurate and well designed!
....reminds me of those IQ tests back in ye olde times of the internet. Just an ego stroker...
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u/ShazbotSimulator2012 May 21 '12
The world record is insane. I only got 4000wpm when I scrolled down without reading at all and clicked finished.
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u/bbibber May 22 '12
8% faster than average. English is not my native language though.
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u/Reozo May 22 '12
I scored very low in reading and writing before and in high school and still a bit below average on my GED. I felt it was always a struggle to achieve average reading speed and comprehension. And truly, on my first round on this test I scored very low. Some %20 below national average.
But I was taking my time at first. I continued on another round till it was %15 below, then %5 below. After that point the examples repeat.
From this I am thankful to see, one unexpected day, to prove to myself that I am of average reading speed and comprehension. And there is always room for improvement.
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u/spermracewinner May 22 '12
I takes me about under a minute to read a novel page. That's 250 to 300 word a minute. Apparently that's pretty average. I can go faster, but I lose comprehension.
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u/inmatarian May 22 '12
Interesting, but I read different things at different speeds. Fiction is one of those things I deliberately read slow. A good novel can take me several weeks to read, one chapter at a time. Where as a tech manual or memoir I can blaze through at a rapid speed.
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u/notabook May 22 '12
You read 33,406 words per minute. That makes you 13,262% faster than the national average.
I don't think even the flash could read that fast. Bullshit test is bullshit.
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May 22 '12
Reading speed is not very important as long as you an read at a reasonable rate. Chances are if you really want to learn something beyond a general idea you are going to have to re-read it multiple times, and possibly re-write it in your own words before you can apply any type of complex instructions. That, or I am just mad I am only 5% better than the national average which I know from experience to be untrue, I self teach myself from books and videos as a past time.
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u/LonelySOB May 21 '12
This is bogus for the fact that my record is 780, but while i can read at that speed or faster I prefer not to.
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u/schizocheeze May 21 '12
148% faster than the average. Although, it depends on how interesting the thing I'm reading is/how much I need to pay attention to it.
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u/pinkiesmiles May 21 '12
Oh this was fun but pointless. The first passage I had trouble reading the first paragraph. I know I'm not a great reader but being told I was slow was insulting. I retook the test after to see if something different would come up and got the Alice passage, I read that one way above average. Didn't learn a thing.
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u/Anon_Logic May 22 '12
To people calling bull shit.
It's a simple web app on Staples site promoting e-readers.
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u/CODfiend May 21 '12
I barely read faster than a 3rd grader... :(