How to read fast?

>im hella not taking ritalin
Good. I was given that shit and it was no fun.

Have you tried audiobooks?
It could be that you do not like the activity of reading. Is it better if the material is read to you?

Do people actually keep track of how long it takes them to read something? What is the point?

audiobooks are even slower
and the whole point is to not-hate reading as an activity since it's so important for learning

it takes 5 seconds to do one of those "read this paragraph with a timer and we'll tell you how many words per minute you read"
welll it takes me longer cuz i read slow teehee
and yes i worry because if i can somehow improve and read twice as many books under the same amount of time that i can do now it'd be a very valuable skill

also i need to read a lot of stuff for school and if im taking 4 hours to do something that the rest of the class does in 2 im wasting a lot of time over the course of the course

OP, I think you should try to improve your reading comprehension. Once your comprehension improves your speed should improve.
Like said, you should read more.

I did some cursory googling and found this: opencolleges.edu.au/informed/adult-literacy/
From the page, this seems relevant to you:
>Stop Backtracking
>One of the biggest problems that average readers face is going back and re-reading previous lines. Backtracking will slow your down a lot, so try using your finger to avoid going back and reading the same words.

And I think you will benefit if you:
>Keep notes. Whenever you find interesting words that are used in order to describe something more easily, write them down somewhere (have a notebook just for new words). Writing the words down will help you remember them.

and

>Write. When you’re put into a position where you have to explain something or communicate ideas, you’re forced to use new words in order to be clear and help other people understand you. Start writing about something that you’re passionate about and use new words that you’ve stumbled upon before.

I wish you success in your studies.

500 wpm, who cares """cheating"""?

someone posted then deleted, op, but there is a program that will train you to read faster. look up spreedr or spreeder - it's something like that

readingsoft.com/

I got 333 WPM with 100% comprehension rate ( wasted measured but i understood everything )

I read fiction really slowly. And often backtrack over bits of particularly moving prose to commit them to memory. Good books aren't meant to be speedread you dingus.