421 wpm, 55% comprehension. I would seriously contest whether the term "comprehension" is really apt in this scenario. While I can comprehend 100% of what was written in the sample text, half of it apparently was not worth remembering.
I think the numbers are kind of meaningless though, as I (and i'm sure most other readers) read different texts at different speeds and levels of comprehension depending on the cadence and style of the author. And surely everyone has read novels in which the author began to indulge him or herself and thus sped up or slowed down their reading speed accordingly.
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