I’ve never understood why some people treat reading like it’s a hot dog eating competition. For me reading is about enjoying and absorbing a book, thinking it over, appreciating it. I doubt the speed readers are doing that. Also, some people count audio books as reading, and listen to them sped up. If all year you only read one book and it’s memorable and impactful to you, you’ve gained more than someone who hotdog ate 100 of them.