> I usually listen at 1.5x passively.

Eminem's song "Rap God" has a segment where he goes at about 6 words per second (@4m23s):

Racine sings the english translation of the Disappearance of Hatsune Miku much faster:

However, there is a difference between a rehearsed and practiced performance and communication that makes these things more a feat of acrobatics.

	▲	throw0101d 8 days ago \| parent [-]
		For a time in the 1980s John Moschitta was well-known for making fast-talking commercials: * FedEx: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeK5ZjtpO-M * Micro Machines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzd11GMBONg * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Moschitta_Jr.

i can catch a single fastball. sometimes. i cant catch 1 per second