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Pick a pace. See if you can keep it.

Each test shows the same 272-word passage one word at a time at a fixed speed, then asks four questions. The adult average is 238 words a minute, so 250 is normal reading and 500 is about twice that.

Pace	Against average	The King James Bible
200 wpm test	0.8×	65.3 hours
250 wpm test	1.1×	52.2 hours
300 wpm test	1.3×	43.5 hours
350 wpm test	1.5×	37.3 hours
400 wpm test	1.7×	32.6 hours
450 wpm test	1.9×	29.0 hours
500 wpm test	2.1×	26.1 hours
600 wpm test	2.5×	21.8 hours
700 wpm test	2.9×	18.6 hours
750 wpm test	3.2×	17.4 hours
800 wpm test	3.4×	16.3 hours
1000 wpm test	4.2×	13.1 hours