Useless, but cool to know...

[lady_songsmith]

You read between 850 - 900 words per minute. Virtual Speed Reader. (The average rate is between 200 - 250 words per minute.) It is assumed that you did not skim the words nor fail to understand the meaning of what was read.

http://mindbluff.com/askread2.htm

(the truly scary thing is that I finished the passage in it's entirety well before the timer ran out... I tried another one (JFK's inaugural address) and finished at :47. I'm a freak, what can I say?)