How to read faster without losing comprehension
Reading faster is not about skimming harder — it is about removing waste. The average reader loses speed to regressions, subvocalization and drifting attention, all of which are trainable.
01Eliminate rereading first
Regressions — jumping back to reread — are the single biggest speed leak, and they are mostly habit rather than necessity. A forced-pace display makes them physically impossible, which retrains the habit fast.
02Use a pacer slightly above comfort
Like any training, adaptation needs mild overload. Reading ~10–15% above your comfortable rate for short sessions raises the comfortable rate itself within weeks.
03Check comprehension honestly
After each fast session, summarize what you read in two sentences. If you cannot, drop the pace — speed you cannot comprehend at is not reading speed.
How Anchor does this for you
Anchor's forced-pace RSVP display makes regressions impossible, its WPM control lets you sit exactly at overload pace, and session stats show whether your comfortable rate is actually climbing.
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